Nian Qianyao washed Jiangxia in blood, the pawnshop was noisy, the Yongwang Mansion handed over the theft order, a series of things made Prince Lian's Mansion vigilant for a few days, day and night, there were people staring at the word "dang" in the window of the ear room in front of the palace, as long as the disguise fell, the palace guards were immediately dispatched to intervene. But for two months, there was nothing out of the ordinary, so the hearts of the people in the house gradually slackened.

In October, Beijing is already a winter scene, and the Yongding River outside the city has formed an inch of thick ice. Rao is the city is a little warm wind, the moat under the Jinshui Bridge also bears a spider web like a fine ling, the tall city tower on the pheasant moss becomes dark red, looks gray and gloomy, the sky is faint, the clouds are accumulating, as if it is going to snow, there is no vitality, only the residual leaves on the trees, sparsely falling in the wind, as if to tell the world something, and as if shivering in the cold, adding a little bit of desolation and loneliness. On October 12, a night of strong winds, cracked silk and torn cloth roared all night, and heavy snow fell overnight, and when they got up in the morning, people found that Beijing was already a chaotic world wrapped in Qionglou Yuyu. Yinren entered the palace to ask Yinren to come back, and saw that the fourteenth elder brother Yin was already waiting in the mansion, so he said: "The first few snows were scattered and a few pieces were lost, and they melted before they landed. This snow is really refreshing! You're here, let's have a few people for a day! ”

"Oh-" Yin nodded to the case, "It was sent by the fourth brother, and today is his fortieth birthday." I'm afraid I'll have to disturb him! Yin Yu clapped his hands and said: "I said, there is always one thing in my heart, and I can't remember it anymore!" It's certain to go, but I'm afraid of being empty-handed, okay? Yin smiled: "The fourth brother has a perverse temper and never accepts any gifts, so we can't make it boring to talk to him." According to me, lift your shoulders and eat him with a mouth! If you don't care, give him the copy of the "Diamond Sutra" you copied, and Guan Bao will send him happy. Yin Xi thought that this was indeed the case, and with a smile, the two of them took a big warm sedan chair to the Andingmen Yonghe Palace to pay their respects.

At about noon, the snow fell in clumps and feathers, and more than half a foot of snow had accumulated on the street. There was no business in such weather, so the shops were closed, and there was not a single pedestrian on the empty streets. At this time, several big men drove two sedan chairs to stop outside the Wanyong pawnshop, unloaded a few large boxes, and entered the façade with white mist in their mouths. Several courtiers were snorting melon seeds to the fire at the counter, and when they saw that there were still people going to the pawnshop in this weather, they couldn't help but stick their heads out. Li Zaixin frowned and asked, "What should I be?" ”

The leader is the monk of sexual sound, with a fake braid dragged behind the big dogskin hat, looked at a few courtiers with a smile, rubbed his hands and stomped his feet and said: "A few boxes of hard goods, you can come down and take a look!" Li Zaixin and a few people opened the door and got off the cabinet, opened a box and saw an ivory Western-style ship in a flash, filling a box to the brim, I couldn't help but be taken aback, and my heart suddenly jumped; Another one was opened, and in it were neatly arranged five flowering sabers and seven pony guns. Sex Yin simply opened all the eight large boxes, but in the snow light, he saw silver and gold, and what large glass mirrors, coral beads, golden Buddha and jade Guanyin, and all kinds of gongpot feather satin flashed and dazzling - they were the objects that were lost in the Four Kings' Mansion. No need to ask, these people who came here are all Jiangyang thieves!

"We don't have the right weapons." Li Zaixin pressed the panic in his heart, fine sweat was oozing from his head, and he said critically, "How many remaining objects do you want to be?" Xingyin smiled: "Look at these weapons, they are embedded with gems, why not?" The total price of 200,000 silver is worth it, right? To put it bluntly, our lord came to Beijing to donate, and the officials are now under the edict of the fourth master to suspend the donation. These things are not safe to keep around, not because they are short of money. In fact, it is just a matter of finding a safe place to store it. So, you're out of 80,000, right? Li Zaixin took a breath of cool air and said, "Eighty thousand didn't say it." Only the owner just took the silver away to Jiangnan to buy goods, where can the store afford so much cash for a while? Thirty thousand! That's it, we have to brave the snow to go to the Silver Horn to fight the famine. ”

"Seventy thousand, no less!"

"Forty thousand!"

"Seventy thousand!"

"Fifty-five thousand!"

"Sixty thousand!"

"Good! Sixty thousand is sixty thousand, such a big god of wealth, I have to give in......"

The two of them were both hypocritically bargaining, and the first five or six courtiers were dumbfounded. Li Zaixin said: "There are 40,000 yuan in the store, and I have to go out and borrow it." Please come to the counter and eat tea on the fire, and I will arrange it for you! As he spoke, he let go of his hand, asked a few people to carry the goods in, handed a few people a look, and said, "Wait for the good masters!" Then he went inside and reported to Liu Renzeng.

"Good! I'm here to hold them steady. You go to the Eighth Master's Mansion and talk to the Eighth Master. Li Zaixin listened, didn't say a word, and trotted to Prince Lian's mansion. Hearing that Yinxi went to the Fourth Elder Brother's Mansion, Li Zaixin stood and thought about it, and felt that it was better to go in person, because he borrowed a horse from the gatehouse, jumped up and clamped his legs, and went straight to Prince Yong's Mansion in the wind and snow, and when he arrived, he was already like a snowman.

The elder brother of the Lama Temple eats wine and appreciates the snow and tells jokes, and it is at the beginning of the year. Yinzhen has always been a busy person, with a cold face and a cold heart, neither inviting guests nor going to a feast, and being polite to his brothers but rarely doing so, everyone rarely invited him, because he came completely. The third elder brother Yinzhi, the fifth elder brother Yinqi, the sixth elder brother Yinzuo and Yinzhen Yinyu Yinxiang Yinyin Yinlu Yinli...... All came, only the seventh elder brother Yinyou did not come, and Ji Ji set up four tables in Wanfu Hall, and the fire of the earth dragon burned all over the house, but the windows were opened, which was both spacious and easy to enjoy the snow. Because of the drumming and passing the flowers, it was Yinzhi's turn to tell jokes, although Yinzhi was full of learning, he was not good at this, thought for a while, and said: "I don't have the humor of the old thirteen and the fourteenth." The old ten, it's too thick. Don't blame if you don't laugh! ——Zhang Chuanxian was the Taishou of Dengzhou, the exam showed talent, and the proposition "Boyi Shuqi" did eight shares. There is a show talent 'Bo' to do two shares, 'Yi' to do two shares, 'Shu' to do two shares, and 'Qi' to do two shares. Zhang Chuanxian was angry and funny, and criticized a few words of haiku, which was quite interesting. "Because of the pause of the cup recited:

Lonely Zhujun, crying sadly. O my son! I only said that you were at the foot of Shouyang Mountain, and you did a hungry ghost. Who knew that you were made into a big dish of eight pieces that you couldn't eat by a bastard!

"Good!" The crowd applauded. Yin Zhen's face lit up with joy and said, "Who said that the jokes told by the third brother are not good? I toast the third brother with a cup, please give the third brother another one! Everyone immediately agreed, and Yinxi smiled and said: "It's indeed a witty word, the third brother must appreciate it and say another one!" ”

"Then I'll reluctantly obey the people's lives." Yinzhi ate everyone, smiled and ate a cup, and said: "When I went to Suizhou that year, I saw that the hotel had a ridiculous couplet. The upper link is 'the drunk who sits down for three cups', and the lower link is 'going out and arching crookedly' - if you want to force me to drink again, I really want to be 'crooked'! When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but shout again.

Yinjiu has been drunk for eight minutes, and when he heard Yinzhi say that he was "rough", he was useless, and his head shook like a rattle and smiled: "It's not good, it's not good!" With this good snow, wouldn't it be a pity to have no poems, and let God down? Yin Zhen was afraid that he would be disappointed, so he said: "What Lao Shi said is that I, the third brother, the eighth brother, and the fourteenth brother are four people who have a joint poem, each sentence is black and white, black and white are clear, the poem is not good, and the three major punishments will be punished!" "The cause begins with the sentence:

The crows fight for a piece of incense,

Yinzhi interface said:

Thirteen lines of cold window posts.

Yinyu folding fan snorted in the palm of his hand:

Slender jade hand grinding fragrant ink,

Yin smiled and said: "Starling is so affectionate, I also have it - a little plum blossom falling into the inkstone!" - Let me say again: beautiful women look forward to each other,"

"The game of Go is busy." Yinzhen hurriedly pushed Yinzhi: "Third brother, what are you afraid of?" Hurry up! Yinzhi smiled and said:

Ancient lacquer Yaoqin new jade,

"Good!" Yin raised his eyebrows, and was about to answer, but he couldn't prevent Yin's strange voice from coming out:

Gutter knocks over tofu soup!

Everyone couldn't help laughing, and the fourteenth elder brother Yin came to twist Yin's ears, "A good poetry makes you so corrupted that there is nothing at all - isn't it black and white when the gutter overturns the tofu soup?" Punish wine, I want to pour yellow soup on my ears! Just as it was inseparable, Gao Fu'er hurriedly came in, said a few words to Yinzhen, took a step back and bowed down to obey the order, Yinzhen turned purple when he landed, and said, "What do you say?" The guards of the palace immediately took down this thief! He turned his face to Yinxiang and said, "The things that I lost in my house have fallen." The thief is now in Wanyong Pawnshop, and you are now in charge of the Criminal Department, so I have to ask you to go to the Criminal Department and transfer a few officials to be helpers. At this moment, everyone was stunned.

"Done! I'll give you another show of warm wine and slashing Huaxiong! Yinxiang smiled and got up with a sword, and said, "Old Fourteen, wait for me to come back and give me another three hundred punches!" ”

When Yinyu heard the word "Wanyong", he shivered, and when he looked at Yinyu, he also swept his gaze over, and when he looked at each other, he also got up and smiled: "I am drunk, and I happened to go with the old thirteen." Fourth Brother Xie's birthday wine, I will return the table another day! ”

"Where's the word!" Yin Zhen smiled, "It's rare to get together all year round, not to mention this good snow!" When you walked, you scattered the hearts of the people, and you failed my heart—dog! The people brought by the master are all yours and Kan'er to greet you, the sedan chair is locked, and the gate is blocked. Let's get drunk today! How? Can't you stay overnight with the fourth brother when you're drunk? "Everyone is also on the rise, where are they willing to let Yinxi go? They all got up to keep it, punished the disorder and ordered the wine, although Yinxi was uneasy, but he couldn't get out.

Yinxiang took more than 70 captains of the palace to beat horses and galloped out of the city. After crossing the Chaoyang Gate, he saw that Xin Yifei, a small officer who had always been used by the defenders in the household department, stopped his horse and asked, "It turns out that you are here on an errand?" How many people do you have? Xin Yifei met Yinxiang occasionally at the patrol post, and when he saw that it was the benefactor, he hurriedly smiled: "The thirteenth master still remembers the slave? There are not many soldiers here, only more than 100 people, and the old Qihuamen is also under the control of the slaves, and the thirteenth master wants to make people, and the slaves go over to call! "A hundred is enough." Yinxiang wiped a handful of snow water on his face, "You quietly take the guards around the intersection of the Wanyong pawnshop, no matter who it is, you are not allowed to enter or leave, there is a big thief in the Wanyong, run out of a mouse, I will whip you Xin Yifei!" This is a very simple errand, Xin Yifei repeatedly promised the convener, assigned to guard the intersection, and in less than a bag of cigarettes, the street entrance near Wanyong's pawnshop was sealed.

"Good! You will do things! Yinxiang took out the gold watch in his arms and looked at it, it didn't take a quarter of an hour to walk, a cold smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, and he pointed at the whip: "Rush into the store, take it when you meet someone!" ”

Liu Renzeng and the six or seven Chao Fengzheng and Xingyin in the store talked with each other, waiting for Li Zaixin to "take the silver" and come back, but in case of a burst of horses' hooves outside, a row of shop doors fell down with a "bang", the house was full of snow and dust, and dozens of escort military academies swarmed in, almost overturning the counters that were high in people! Liu Renzeng was so angry and funny, as soon as he said "the official army is coming", he was slapped twice in the face, and his eyes were full of gold, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "I got it wrong!" I'm a pawnshop guy! ”

"No matter who it is, take it and talk about it!" Yinxiang pressed his sword and shouted, "Don't move!" Bring the swag over! As he spoke, dozens of military academies had already broken into the backyard, regardless of whether they were young or young, men, women, and children, and they were all tied up like rice dumplings in an instant. The boxes brought by the sex tones and others were opened in the courtyard and examined one by one. Liu Renzeng didn't recognize Yinxiang, and when he saw him doing so brutally, he shouted: "Master Jun, we are the businessmen who report the case-" Before the words were finished, a guard next to him turned around and scolded: "Do you have some rules?" This is the Thirteenth Master! Don't speak! ”

After the inventory was completed at one time, all kinds of things were there, and only twenty-four pieces of Qixiu amber were missing. Yin Xiangfang turned his face and asked Liu Renzeng: "What did you say?" Are you the shopkeeper of this shop? How is there twenty-four pieces of amber missing? This is what the fourth brother loves the most! ”

"Then ask the thief!" Liu Renzeng didn't know whether it was frozen or angry, his face was blue and white, his whole body was trembling, and he said: "Thirteenth Master, even if you try the case, you have to find out the plaintiff and the defendant!" Yinxiang looked left and right, Xingyin and the others had long disappeared, because he spread his hands and smiled evilly, and said, "Where is the thief?" How can you tell who is good and who is bad? Without amber, I don't know where it's hidden. After a slight groan, a word popped out of his lips: "Search!" Liu Renzeng was really anxious, and jumped on his feet and shouted: "This is the pawnshop of the eighth master!" ”

Yinxiang's feet creaked like snow, paced back and forth, turned his head and said, "This is Starling's pawnshop?" Why haven't I heard? ”

"The Eighth Master's Mansion is at the opposite door, and the Thirteenth Master will know as soon as he asks!"

"I'm too lazy to ask!" Yin Xiang smiled indifferently, "With your pickled and killing talent, will you be the slave of the starling?" I just had a drink with the starling, and when I came here, the starling also knew that since it was the starling's property, he would not speak? ”

"You ——!"

"What's wrong with me?" Yin Xiang stretched his face suddenly, and with a swing of his head, it was a simple word: "Search!" ”

So the rooms in the courtyard were immediately turned upside down, smashing the door, twisting the lock, turning over the boxes and cabinets, and there was a sound in the sparse noise, and the sergeants were stuffed with their waists, happily searching the room, Yinxiang didn't pay attention to it, just waiting for what he wanted. After a while, a guard came out with a pile of case files covered in sweat, and said: "Thirteenth master, there is no amber, it's all account books!" ”

"Really?" Yinxiang took a copy in his hand, opened it and saw that it was all Zhong Wang Xiaokai, densely memorized all the secret files of the official examination, someone was punished for a certain year, month and day, where was he transferred, who took the road to re-move and over-move, and where is any position now...... Prepare it one week a week. Yinxiang let go of a sigh of relief, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he asked Liu Renzeng with a shaking account book: "What is this?" What is the use of you as a businessman, copying the secret documents of the imperial court, which is more detailed than that of the ministry? ”

Liu Renzeng's face was already as pale as earth, his hands behind his back and his legs were weak, he knelt in the snow, and said in a hoarse voice: "I don't know! I've never done anything like this! Thirteenth Master...... The owner of this store is Ren Bo'an, who went to Jiangnan...... You take him to Beijing and ask ...... Just ask......"

"Good thief shop!" Yinxiang was furious, pressed his sword and shouted angrily, "You should copy it all!" This is a rare big case in the founding of the Qing Dynasty! Give me a copy of it! ”

The soldiers lined up to enter the store and copied and robbed, there was a ghost crying wolf outside the store, Li Zaixin, who was guarding in the distance, knew that the big thing was not good, and he circled around twice like an ant in the hot pot, thinking that this matter had to be reported to Yinyu Yinyu no matter what, and he didn't have time to settle the account, so he threw a piece of silver and went out to get on the horse and rushed back to the Lama Palace.

At this time, the wind was already light, and the snow flakes were swirling in the sky. More than a dozen imperial elder brothers of Wanfutang, except for Yinyu Yinyu and Yinyu, have all been drunk and confused. Yin ate with a wide eye, danced and laughed, and said, "It's not good, it's not good!" What bird poems do you make? It's time for me, a rough man, to be in the limelight, listen to my poetry of snow! Because he grinned widely, he said loudly:

Last night, the north wind was cold, and the sky was spitting.

On a round of red sun, it is a phlegm pill!

Before he finished reading, he laughed at everyone. Seeing that the tenth elder brother was drunk, the royal family members all crowded under the porch to watch, pointing and laughing.

Yinyu, a person who has a concern, saw Li Zaixin killing chickens and wiping his neck in Changsui, and even made a gesture to make his eyes, said "convenient", and got up and walked to the backyard.

"Good Ninth Master!" Li Zaixin panted and caught up, and said, "The slave is dying in a hurry, and the master can't see the slave comparison!" Guys are happy here, there's something big going on in the store! ”

The snow was slippery underground, Yinyu's body shook, he almost fell, staggered two steps to stand firm, his face became extremely pale, and he muttered: "...... In the end, it is impossible to escape! Shop...... Plagied? Li Zaixin said in a panic: "It's hard to say what the situation is, something is certain!" Only then did Yinyu come to his senses and said: "It's sparse if it's copied, and I've already said that Ren Bo'an is responsible for everything." It's just that the scheming is so thorough, and the means are so ruthless, it's terrifying! …… This place is no longer a safe place for you, so you can go to my house and hide now, and I will ask you at night!" After that, he didn't let go of his hands, pretending to be nothing, he stepped back to Wanfutang, smiled reluctantly, and just said, "What other fart poems does Lao Shi have, and then I will do it-" Before he finished speaking, he was shocked, and his hairs stood on end, it turned out that not only Liu Renzeng was tied up and knelt in the courtyard, but the "dead" Ren Boan was actually escorted in by two soldiers!

The atmosphere in the courtyard has changed greatly, and the palace guards and the guards of the palace, the young man Yaoyue Zhongqi, are standing on the corridor and on the road, one by one knocking the knife and pressing the sword with murderous spirit. Yinzhi and the other elder brothers all came out of the main room, sitting on the chair set up by His Majesty in front of the eaves, only Yinxiang seemed to have just come back, one leg on the stone steps drinking hot rice wine, and talking to Nian Qianyao in a whisper. Yinyu stopped talking, and sat down next to Yinyu to watch the incident.

"You dare to ask me, 'What crime?'" Yin Zhen was wearing a dark mink cloak, wearing deerskin oil boots, pacing in the snow in front of the steps, his face was so cold that he was covered with a layer of frost, gritted his teeth and smiled: "Not to mention that you sell official mantle traffic power, nor do you say that your private and personal life disturb government decrees, I already know these in the household department." Just because you privately copied the files of hundreds of officials to blackmail the government to accumulate people's wealth, you can't escape it! I thought you were dead, you're still alive, it's good! Let's talk about it, you hired more than a dozen copyists to build a secret archive, who is the mastermind? What are you going to do with copying this thing? Because he pointed to the twenty or so sacks piled up under the porch and said to Yinyu: "Lao Jiu, I will open it later, and you will open your eyes too!" I've read the history of the twenty-first year, but I've never seen such a treacherous beetle! It's really appalling, he makes things even finer than the things of the officials! ”

Ren Bo'an originally just listened with a wooden face, but when he looked up and saw Yinzhen's gaze sweeping over, he turned his face to stare at Yinzhen and said with a smile: "Lord Shao'an, don't be impatient, I have heard that you are hard-hearted for a long time, how can you be so angry?" I copied and copied my life, and I wanted to get a "Hundred Ugly Pictures of the Crown" for future generations, so that after all generations, we would see what kind of entertainment these prosperous officials of the Qing Dynasty were. I feel that I have a great merit in doing this kind of thing, and I don't need anyone to support you - I support you to rebel, are you willing? You're so angry, I feel a little distressed! The eldest husband does things by himself, and these people in the pawnshop are all on my orders and use my money to do things, and the fourth master doesn't seem to have to bother others in vain! ”

"Well, that's a good point!" Yin Zhen stared at Ren Bo'an viciously, and smiled viciously: "But I'm afraid that you may not be able to be so calm under Sanmu!" There's only one layer where you're wrong, you're just a vile clown, a scoundrel in the market. As for me, I'm the emperor dragon Tianhuang noble. And I'm angry, you deserve it! Said to stop Gao Fu'er: "Send him to the Prison Temple!" Seeing that it was a slit in the words, Yin Xi sneered: "Fourth brother, shouldn't such a thing be sent to the prison soon, and it's not cheap for him to send it to the Prison Temple?" Yin Zhen smiled: "I am a little relieved in Nanyali, I am afraid that he will be full of food and suddenly fall ill and die." I was asking him to live, to die! ”

The men were taken away, the soldiers were withdrawn, and the wine of the brothers was awakened. Everyone returned to the warm Wanfu Hall with their hearts, looking at each other, not knowing where the topic began. After a long time, Yinzhi smiled and said: "I didn't expect the fourth wine feast to hide a military machine, and this encounter is worth it!" The strange criminal department is unjustly imprisoned, and it turns out that there is such a big article in it! It's just such a big case, how are you going to handle it? ”

"It's so difficult for me to make a decision in my heart, and I'm about to hear the opinions of the third brother and his brothers." Yinzhen became very melancholy, sat in the easy chair and stroked his head and said, "To tell you the truth, it is for this reason that I invited you to ......" Yinzhen poured himself a glass of wine, looked up, and said: "I don't understand what the fourth brother said. Since ancient times, killing people to pay off debts and money, there is a royal law, just do it according to the "Great Qing Law", what is the difficulty? ”

Yinzhen looked at Yinzhen and sighed: "Silly brother, do you want me to explain word by word?" I didn't have a selfish intention to do this, I originally wanted to get rid of this national beetle, so I didn't even have the prince's gift. But Ren has been operating miserably in Beijing for decades, and has committed countless evils, if no one supports him, he will not dare, and he will not be able to do it! It's hard to say that none of my siblings are involved. This matter is contrary to the royal law, and I don't want to hurt the vase with a mouse. So there has to be a perfect solution. He lowered his head in pain and muttered, "Of course, maybe I'm suspicious, and it's better that I'm wrong, but I won't try this case." I don't believe that the third brother will have such a thing, so I want to ask the third brother to handle this case. The third brother wants to be considerate of my heart, so I will repair the watch to Amma, enter the palace to see the prince, and ask them to give you instructions. ”

Everyone was moved by the words, this jealous elder brother still has such a deep brotherhood. Seeing that he was both a pilgrim and a temple, Yinzhen wanted to kick Yinzhen and Yinxiang to death, and knew that he would be suspicious when he opened his mouth, so he only closed the folding fan in his hand and opened it, unfolded it and closed it again, with a casual look.

"I can't do something like that." Yinzhi saw that he was going to stuff this hot red charcoal ball into his arms, and he couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart, frowned and said: "When the emperor sees you doing this, he will inevitably think, why did he call the third child to run an errand?" According to my knowledge, the old eight and nine are familiar with the criminal department, and it is best to leave it to them! ”

Yinyu glanced at Yinyu, made up his mind in his heart, and said: "What the fourth brother just said was from the bottom of my heart, and I almost cried when I heard it. I have the same thoughts as the fourth brother: this case cannot be left unhandled, nor can it be handled in a big way. If you can trust it, I'll do it! ”

"Then it's the ninth brother." Yin Zhen looked at the snowy sky outside the door, stretched his brows and said, "That's it." In order to understand my heart, I will first take a little responsibility - Gao Fuer! ”

"In!"

"Pile the pile of sacks under the porch into the courtyard and burn it all in one fire!"

"Huh?"

"Huh?!"

"Wow!"

The crimson flames burned in the ice and snow world, and from time to time they made a roaring sound, and the flying paper ashes swirled weakly in the air, and were wet by the snow, sticking to the roasted snow. The brothers looked at it in a daze, their hearts were empty for a while, and they were a little confused, no one knew what they were feeling in their hearts, until they burned into a pile of black wet mud, and then they got up and said goodbye.

"Yinxiang, you stay for a while." Yin Zhen sent everyone off and said, "I'm tired and tired, and I'm a little restless, you can stay with me for a while." Yinxiang nodded, accompanied Yinzhen to send everyone out of the Yimen, and when he came back, he saw Wu Sidao smiling and standing under the pomegranate tree full of berries in front of Wanfu Hall.