In the evening, everyone dispersed, each returned home, Yizhi first went back to the room to see Xing'er, only to see her wrapped her head, crooked on the bed to sleep, Rui'er was taking care of her, Yizhi was busy asking how, Xing'er was sick and crooked to sit up, Yizhi asked not to move, appeased, and rummaged through the cabinet in the house, Xing'er saw that her face was full of anxiety, only to feel that she couldn't lie down, shouted several times in a row, dizzy for a while, couldn't support it, handed a look to Rui'er, Rui'er hurriedly said: "What the girl is looking for, tell me, I'll help you find it together, one person, where are two people fast." ”

Yizhi said: "Xiuying once gave me a small jar of plaster, saying that it is a good medicine for blood circulation and blood stasis, and it is a good prescription from the palace. I can't remember where I put it, so help me figure it out. While continuing to rummage, I saw Xing'er supporting the bed with her elbows, stretching her neck to look at her, and hurriedly said: "You can rest quickly, if you fall into the root of the disease, it will be difficult for me to rest in my life." ”

Xing'er smiled and lay down, and said: "If I fall into the root of the disease, I will pester the girl for the rest of my life, and ask the girl to raise me for the rest of my life, if the girl treats me badly, I will belch, headache, hehe, but a blessing in disguise." Remembering this, he smiled and glanced at Xing'er, and said, "This is very clever." ”

Rui'er hurriedly rummaged through them and said, "I remember that the girl smiled and said, 'I can't use it,' and put it on the table, but I don't know which one has put it away, so why don't I go out and ask." ”

Yizhi became more and more anxious, and muttered: "When you don't need it, you can see it everywhere, and when you need it, you can't find it anywhere." He came out with another box, and poured it all over the bookcase, and turned it over with a clatter.

Thinking that since he was Song Taizu, the imperial decree changed the spine punishment to the buttocks punishment, which was originally because the spine punishment was too cruel, and it hurt the flesh and skin, and even the internal organs and backbone, so the king of the letter rushed to lynch him, and thought that Wen Yanbo didn't know how to hurt, and he didn't feel even more fried.

Rui'er suddenly said happily: "Here, here!" He took out a round cake porcelain jar with a lid from the pen box, and Yi Zhi hurriedly took it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was given by Xiuying, so he laughed out loud, and his anxiety faded a little.

Although Xing'er was lying down, her eyes looked at the place where she remembered and asked, "Girl, do you want to ask Li Ping to send the ointment?" ”

Yizhi remembered it, and said to Rui'er: "You go and see how Li Ping is injured, remember to pick up the wound medicine and send it." Rui'er answered, and Xing'er said, "Li Ping was actually injured?" ”

Yizhi held the ointment box, walked to Xing'er's bed and sat down, remembering the danger at that time, and sighed: "I don't think I think it is normal to think that Li Ping has such good skills, don't you see it, seven or eight big men can't hold him, and they all tell him to knock him to the ground, which is really a material that can be made." ”

Xing'er said: "Girl, think about yourself, it's so dangerous, fortunately you are not injured, otherwise you can't afford to pay it back if you die a hundred times." Yizhi listened, looked at Xing'er for a while, and said softly: "My life is life, isn't your life life, I didn't hurt it, but I even affected you one after another, and I felt very uncomfortable, all of them were raised by my father and mother, and which one is particularly valuable." ”

Xing'er smiled: "The girl is just more expensive than me." Yizhi looked at Xing'er with a smile and said, "The mouth is so sweet, when you are well, I will take you to eat the whole sheep and drink the broth." ”

Xing'er's eyes lit up and said, "Girl, I still want to eat the fried cherry cheese of the Zhang family." ”

Yizhi was angry and laughed, and said, "Okay." ”

Xing'er laughed for a while, seeing that Yi Zhi was slightly worried, guessed her thoughts, and teased: "If you want me to say, where does the girl use such anxiety, then the Wen Daguan family still lacks your pot of medicine, so why is it in a hurry to become like this." ”

Seeing that she was obedient, she didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "Then his family is his family, what is he fighting for me, how can I accept this love with peace of mind." ”

Xing'er smiled again: "That girl promises to each other, Second Brother Wen will definitely be happy." ”

Yi Zhiheng glanced at Xing'er and said, "Nonsense again, it can be seen that the injury is still not serious, so let Mother Jiang send you more work to do, so as to block your mouth." ”

Xing'er said: "Girl, don't pretend with me, I don't understand the girl's mind, in the past, how to joke, the girl is very calm, only this one, every time I mention it, it's like a needle prick." ”

When I heard this, I didn't feel that my mind was heavy, and I thought that if it was one of the Qingming Courtyard, why was it him, and I was stunned when I looked at the round cake ointment, and I was full of thoughts.

Suddenly, Rui'er came in with a curtain and said to Yizhi: "Girl, Li Ping only has some bruises, it's okay, Mother Jiang sent him Fansuo, this time the son is eating, the girl doesn't have to worry." ”

Yizhi and Xing'er laughed for a while, Rui'er urged Yizhi to go to sleep, Yizhi nodded, went to the mirror, took off the hairpin red makeup, Rui'er was clumsy, pulled her hair a few times, and remembered to get angry in pain, but when she looked back, she was cowardly, trembling all over, and couldn't bear to be harsh, so she simply did it herself, freshened up and went to bed, and saw Rui'er blowing a few times before blowing out the light, and she didn't sigh, and she was about to sleep.

When I woke up the next day, I remembered that I was changing my clothes and dressing up, and I was bored for a while, so I told Xing'er to take care of her, and then went to the yard to relax, and was walking on the verandah, and met a daughter-in-law holding peach branches, willow branches, hollyhocks, cattails, and wormwood, and was going to the direction of the gate. ”

Rui'er nodded, and said: "Mother Jiang brought a group of daughters-in-law to make zongzi in the back kitchen early in the morning, and I went to take a peek at the condiments, there are sugar dumplings and meat dumplings, and this time the house is full of fragrance." ”

Yizhi thought for a while and asked, "It's almost five, my father is at home today." ”

Rui'er nodded, and Yizhi took Rui'er to Qingming Courtyard, and even the study, only to see his father holding a stack of rice paper and reading to the window, but he saw that his eyebrows were frowning, and he was worried. Yan Shu came back to his senses, covered the rice paper in his hand, and smiled at Yizhi.

Yizhi saw the clue and asked, "Daddy, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yan relieved his half-day spirit, sighed lightly, and asked, "Do you have any dealings with your third brother today?" ”

Yizhi shook his head and said: "He always goes out early and returns late late, and he can't be seen recently, besides, he is the only one in the courtyard now, and my father is busy, so it is inconvenient for me to come all the time." ”

Yan Shu nodded, and was silent for a long time, Yizhi looked at it inappropriately, and asked again, "Father, what's wrong?" Did something happen to the third brother? Yan Shu was silent for a long time, and said: "He wrote some obscene lyrics and songs, and sold the drama jokes to the third-rate music workshop, and hooked the fence and the washer, so that the well-intentioned people noticed it, and specially sent it to me to see, and praised me for teaching well." ”

Remembering not being annoyed, he said, "Let me see." Stretched out his hand to take the stack of poems to see, just pinched a corner, Yan Shu suddenly pulled back, and shouted angrily: "What's good, do you want to see it?" ”

Yizhi has never been reprimanded like this, he was startled, and it took a while to ease up, and he hurriedly said: "You, you, why should you be so angry, what is the rarity of literati selling pen and ink, such as that Liu Yong, the most famous one, although his music is beautiful and vulgar, the street knows the alleys, this year is not also in the jinshi, it can be seen that there are furrows in the chest of the official, generous and tolerant, and open the door widely." ”

"You know what." Yan Shu snorted lightly, and saw that the more memories occurred, the pink carving was delicate, and he didn't feel soft-hearted, and he couldn't bear to blame, so his voice was lowered, his mood was reduced, and he said: "Liu Yong can be lifted, that's because the official family cherishes these long-tried and unsuccessful moves, and is extraordinarily gracious and exceptionally admitted." A gentleman cherishes his reputation, and when he cherishes his wings like a bird, why should he practice himself. ”

Yizhi also knew that it was inappropriate, and he was full of persuasion, but he didn't know where to start, and he was speechless for a while, when Rui'er came to report and said: "Brother Bi'er sent a sedan chair to invite the girl." ”

Yan Shu raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where is Brother Bi going to take you?" ”

Yizhi opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Brother Liangbi said that the three crispy soups in the Wen family's tea shop are excellent, and you want to take me to taste it." ”

Yan Shu listened to it, so he let go, remembered the way of ten thousand blessings, then went to the corner gate, got on the sedan chair hired by Fu Liangbi, and went to the prison department, rubbing the box of plasters all the way, and kept thinking in his heart, when the time came, Fu Liangbi's personal entourage Fang Rui was already waiting outside the gate, and saw that Yi Zhi was busy stepping forward to lead her to the division, and the two went all the way through the layers of checkpoints, and stopped for half a day, before they arrived at Fu Liangbi's public case room, and entered the house. I also saw that there were half of the Bianjing maps and dungeon maps hung on the walls, and the annotations were more detailed than the last time, Fu Liangbi was sorting out the books by the bookshelf, and when he saw Yizhi, he smiled and said: "You are here." ”

Yizhi smiled and said Wanfu, and looked at the case, listing the missing woman, the child's household registration information, where they belonged, where they disappeared, sorted one by one, and determined which thief did it by the subtle connection, divided and placed, and then listed the bandit's modus operandi, time and habits, etc., Remembering it, I only felt that the project was vast and the thought was meticulous, and it was not a few days' work, and I couldn't help but admire it more, and my heart became more and more proud.

Fu Liangbi walked to Yizhi's side, handed a yellow silk transfer letter to Yizhi, Yizhi took the transfer book, opened it, and learned that Fu Liangbi was promoted to the Academy, worshiped Zuo Si, and couldn't help but say: "Congratulations to my brother on his promotion." ”

Fu Liangbi looked at the case with full eyes, recalled the countless days and nights, sighed, and said: "Whether it is joy or not, but I don't know." The Way of Remembrance: "What do you mean by that?" ”

Fu Liangbi said: "Remember, I am the law, and those who sell people as slaves will be hanged; for the tribal people, flow three thousand miles, for the wives and concubines, children and grandchildren, three years in prison; Thus those who injure others shall be punished by the same law as robbers; and temptresses, each minus one. They bought off the three divisions of the household department, or framed the robbers' families, or other methods, for the women to be enrolled, to improve their appearance, and sold to the music fang, the goulan tile house, the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion, or the high-ranking family, the squire and the famous eunuch. ”

Remembering the way: "I remember in a trance that there are three envoys in the three divisions, the deputy envoy of salt and iron, the deputy envoy of the degree branch and the deputy envoy of the household department. My uncle was the deputy envoy of salt and iron, so he knew a little about the seven cases under salt and iron, namely the military case, the case of the army, the case of the military tax, the case of commercial taxation, the case of salt, the case of tea, the case of iron, and the case of establishment, etc., and was in charge of the national mining and metallurgy, tea, salt, commercial tax, canals and weapons. As for the household, I don't know it very well. ”

Fu Liangbi said: "There are eight cases under the degree of support: the reward case, the money and silk case, the grain case, the Changping case, the shipping case, the riding case, the Hudou case, and the Baiguan case, which are in charge of the number of financial endowments in the country. It doesn't matter, the focus is on the household department, and there are five cases under the household department: the household tax case, the supply case, the repair case, the song case, and the clothing and grain case, which are in charge of the national household registration, the two taxes, and the liquor tax. And the most important thing is this tax case. ”

He paused for a moment, and then said: "But I can't move this tax case for the time being, so as not to startle the snakes, and the gang of thieves will sometimes take a woman who is in good shape and has a good memory, and sell it to other provinces." I have found out that they colluded with the shippers to hide people in sacks of rice and flour, or in wine tanks, and smuggled them out of the cargo.

In order to prevent the shippers from violating the order and overloading, the government ordered them to store the goods in the Bianhe warehouse one day in advance, and the total inventory and delivery quantity, as well as the number of shipwrights, were reported to the warehouse management, and then on the eve of the departure, the officials of the warehouse management and the officials of Caoyun counted and checked, and registered and made a register, before they could be released. I was in contact with Cao Zhu, the transshipment of Cao Zhu, who was in charge of Cao Yun, and he was supposed to send a grade book with records of the merchant ships and passenger ships, the time of departure, and the direction of the ships for us to screen, but at this time, the order came, and I don't know if anyone didn't want me to meddle in this matter again. ”

Remembering the way: "If they don't use their hands and feet in terms of quantity, and drop the sack containing rice and noodles and the girl's sack, even if there is a book, they will not be able to find out." ”

Fu Liangbi said: "If this is the case, then there are more people they need to buy, warehouse managers, Cao Yun envoys, and escort soldiers at the port." ”

I only feel that I can't do it, and I don't know what to do for a while.

Fu Liangbi smiled: "Although they have exhausted their calculations, they are one bad move." Yizhi was just puzzled, Han Yuqi entered the hall to make a move, Yizhi saw him coming, and suddenly his heart lit up, and said: "You have been promoted, but Brother Yuqi has taken over this case?" ”

Fu Liangbi said with a smile: "Since he joined the company, as long as he steals half a day of leisure, he will come to me, this public case, except for me, probably only he knows best, he asked to take over this case, who can refute it, besides, among the officials, there are still honest and upright people, and we also have people who defend us and protect them for the purpose of justice." Han Yuqi smiled and said nothing.

Yizhi said ten thousand blessings to Han Yuqi, but he was inevitably depressed, sighed lightly, looked at the two of them with two eyes, and said: "This case involves a wide range of things, the more you listen to it, the more dangerous it becomes. ”

Fu Liangbi sighed for a long time and said: "Since I became an official, countless people have advised me to know the current affairs, so that I can ensure the prosperity of the official, but I think that if you give in one step, people will think that you are weak and can be bullied, so you can only endure and endure, and let go again and again."

I would rather not be an official than have an unjust, false and wrongful case in my hands, and my foundation is shallow, and my strength is weak.

Debts must be repaid, murder must be repaid, rich money cannot solve everything, the rights of the powerful cannot settle all problems, at least in my hands, just can't. ”

Han Yuqi said: "Sister Yizhi is also a righteous and straightforward person, I'm afraid I can't bear to see the separation of flesh and blood, and the woman is deep in the quagmire. ”

Yizhi only felt in a dilemma, and sighed: "Second brother doesn't have to praise me, even if you are wrong, I can't stand idly by, not to mention that what you are doing is a good thing to uphold justice, and what do you want me to do, just say, if I can help, I will naturally help." ”

Fu Liangbi said: "Remember, I once caught the cronies around the city lord of the dungeon, and he confessed that the city lord had a list of the big and small officials he had bribed, and the number. King Shin had something to do with this matter, and it was from his mouth that he learned about it, but there was another powerful person in the matter. ”

Puzzled, he wondered, "I don't know how I can help." ”

Fu Liangbi said: "I had dealt with Wen Erlang when I was investigating the case, and I always felt that he knew something, and now he is in charge of the warehouse division, I am afraid that he knows more details, but this person is thoughtful, has complex connections, and has been in the business market for a long time, very rigorous, and is really a wise and pragmatic person, and it is difficult to easily entrap him." Sister, you are familiar with him, maybe, you can find out a thing or two. ”

Remembering his understanding, he said: "Speaking of which, I discussed the matter of Ghost Fan Lou with him, and he said something, but he really had some insight. It's just that, as Brother Liangbi said, he is a wise and pragmatic person, even if he knows the inside story, I am afraid he will not tell him easily. ”

Fu Liangbi said: "A person like him was willing to stand up for you yesterday, it can be seen that you are different from others, if my sister asks him, he can't categorically refuse." He also said that even if it is just a hint of a star, I am afraid that it is a fatal clue, that is, there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, and I can't help but give it a try. ”

Yizhi suddenly felt that his face was hot, and he thought, if it was someone else, how could you beg me to do such a thing, although it is just by nature, but more than half of it is because I don't have the slightest personal relationship between men and women, if you and I get married, how should we live in the future, thinking about it, I don't feel more and more depressed.

Han Yuqi glanced at Fu Liangbi and said: "It stands to reason that I shouldn't bother my sister, but, where does my sister know, how many hidden piles have been secretly buried by our company for this public case, and how many hidden piles are still unknown. ”

After listening to Han Yuqi's words, I didn't feel that my heart softened, and my willingness rose to seven or eight points, Fu Liangbi felt rude and said: "It was my fault, I only thought about solving the case, and I didn't ask my sister if she was willing or not, she really should be beaten." So he bowed down again and again.

Seeing him like this, he became more and more soft-hearted, so he had to agree. After another conversation, he got on the sedan chair and went to the Beishanzi Tea House, just got off the sedan chair, saw Jiang Xiaoliu watering the flowers in the courtyard, and was about to call him, another boy named Tong'er greeted him, and hurriedly said: "The cousin is here, please come inside." ”

Jiang Xiaoliu heard the movement, hurriedly put down the shower, and greeted him, and said with a smile: "My cousin hasn't prepared Duan Wu at home, how can I have time to come to the tea house to play?" As he spoke, he glanced at Tong'er.

Seeing that the two of them were eager, they didn't know which one to talk to for a while, so they could only look at this one, and then look at that one, and said with a smile: "I thought, your family should be on the fifth day, maybe there is something rare to see, but I see that it is nothing more than that, and there is not even wormwood hanging at the head of the door." ”

Jiang Xiaoliu was about to answer, but Tong'er hurriedly said: "Where is it not rare, just zongzi, the back kitchen has prepared sugar filling, jujube filling, chestnut filling, walnut filling, meat filling, pine nut filling and fragrant medicine filling." The shape has horn dumplings, tube dumplings, orange hammer dumplings, and nine sub-dumplings strung together into a pagoda. If you want to look good, there are also white dumplings, yellow brown, green dumplings, black dumplings, five-color dumplings, ......"

Yizhi's eyes widened slightly, and he said: "Duanwu is just celebrating the fifth day, wrapping so many zongzi, is the land sold out?" ”

Jiang Xiaoliu wanted to answer again, but was robbed by Tong'er again, Tong'er said: "As soon as I heard this, I knew that the cousin girl was not outside the end of the five, at this time of year, who did not organize the game of solving the brown gambling and wine, and spent a few zongzi money to participate, and the winner could punish the loser to drink calamus wine, which was lively and lively, only enough." ”

Seeing Jiang Xiaoliu looking at Tong'er, he was puzzled, and said: "I only know that I play like this at home, but I don't know that I also play outside." ”

Tong'er showed her face in front of Yizhi with a heart, and she couldn't stop it anymore, and said teasingly: "Still, in the past, the owner had to ask a skilled craftsman to tie a foot high Ai Hu to make decorations, but this year, the owner has become an official, and the affairs are tedious, and he is busy and forgetful, so he has not been able to put it on the table, and the craftsman handed over the letter, which will be delivered in the afternoon, and the girl will only wait for a while, and she will be able to see it." ”

Jiang Xiaoliu glanced at Tong'er and scolded: "You idiot, everyone is as idle as you, when the distinguished guest comes, don't invite her inside, tell her to stand outside and get up quickly." As he spoke, he pushed Tong'er away, and suddenly changed his face to a smiling face, and asked Yizhi to go to the teahouse, and said: "The owner has been resting for a few days, and he has been free to look at the account, and this will be in the account room." ”

Yi Zhiqi said: "You know that I came to him, maybe just to eat tea and listen to music." ”

Jiang Xiaoliu said: "Even if the cousin girl doesn't come to the owner, such a familiar relationship, how can there be a reason to be in one place but not meet, let alone ......" and smiled meaningfully: "Uncle Wen Hai around the owner has been informed in private, and you should be eager when you see the cousin, don't lose the face of the owner." ”

Remembering it, he understood why Jiang Xiaoliu and Tong'er were secretly competing, so he smiled, only pretending not to understand.

Jiang Xiaoliu led her all the way to the account room, and asked her to wait outside the door for a while, and went to report, but after a while, he was busy and came out to please, remembering that he entered the account room, only to see that the hall was elegantly arranged, and the windows on three sides were wide open, facing the Xianshan Moon Cave downstairs, with magnificent grass and trees, and a good view of dense greenery.

Wen Yanbo got up to greet him, and when he saw him, he couldn't help but feel hot in his chest, and said with a smile: "You can sit and be busy, I'm an idler, and I don't have anything to do, I only have to disturb when I come, and I have to be polite to do something." ”

Wen Yanbo smiled: "Where are you, blame me for being lazy and didn't come out to greet you?" ”

Yizhi looked at Wen Yanbo, only to feel that his face was getting hotter and hotter, and said with a busy smile: "Others are working, you are working, others are resting, you are still working, I have never seen anyone busier than you in Bianjing, I am only afraid that you will think I am disturbing, and I am embarrassed to provoke me, but I dare not delay you more." As he spoke, he took out the ointment that had been rubbed for a long time and still had residual warmth in his sleeve pocket, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Yesterday even affected you, it was really uneasy, and I don't know medical science, this jar, I heard that it is a good prescription in the palace, it is always good......" I didn't feel that my heart was beating faster and faster, and I couldn't speak nervously.

Wen Yanbo hurriedly took the ointment, thinking that she only struggled twice yesterday, she didn't care about her face, she pounced on me to block it, and today she specially sent the medicine, it can be seen that she has me in her heart, and she doesn't feel very emotional, and she thinks that I am willing to be beaten for you, those people are all measured, the thunder is heavy and the rain is small, and it is only a skin injury, but it is difficult to worry about you.

You know my thoughts, and what do you say, I hope for you in my heart, I can see you more, I can say one more word, and it is worth dying. Seeing that she wanted to speak, she couldn't speak for a while, she only lowered her head and twisted her handkerchief, her face was even more pink and smooth, which made her itch unbearable, and she didn't feel that her chest was hot, and it became more and more difficult to control herself.

Just as he was about to say something, Wen Hai came to the house and said, "Second brother, Madame has sent a message, saying that she will come to the teahouse in a while, and there are some things to discuss with the second brother. ”

Wen Yanbo was interrupted, and he couldn't help but be disappointed, and he opened his mouth for a while, wanting to let Wen Hai out, but he felt that something was wrong, and his eyebrows frowned.

Yizhi said with a smile: "Since Mrs. Wen comes, there must be something wrong, Yizhi will not bother, and will retire first." As she spoke, she said a thousand blessings and left in a hurry, when she went, Wen Yanbo only felt that her heart was empty, and she wanted to stop it, but she thought that she couldn't, so her half-raised hand slowly drooped down, and asked: "Mother went to my grandfather's house today, why did she come here, what did Uncle Hai mean by this?" ”

Wen Hai saw that Yizhi was leaving, so he closed the door tightly, and went to Wen Yanbo's ear, and said softly: "I saw that the sedan chair man who sent the girl was born, so I asked the door to invite them to tea and inquire, the two sedan chair men were tight-mouthed, and they didn't reveal it at all, but the half-grown girl next to the girl was a good head, saying that the sedan chair was hired by a rich official, and the eldest girl was taken from Yanfu to the prison department, and stayed for a long time before coming here." ”

After Wen Yanbo heard this, he came out of his mind for a long time, put the jar of plaster in the center of the case, and sat down on the high chair, leaning on the back of the chair, looking at the plaster and pondering.