Since the establishment of the Jinyi Guard in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Taizu personally selected the thirteen people with the highest martial arts in the team, known as the Thirteen Taibao. This is on the surface, but in addition, there are actually seven secret guards, which are exclusively deployed by the royal family, and their actions are not bound by any rank or law, and are only responsible to the emperor and the members of the royal family to whom they are loyal.

These twenty positions were passed down like this, and only when one died could a position be vacated for future generations to fill in.

Now, there are more than 9,000 people in Jinyiwei, and there are only 20 positions. Therefore, the prestige of these people among the brocade guards can also be imagined - it's just that the last seven secret guards are often confidential, and ordinary people rarely see them.

"Fourteen" is one of the seven secret guards, the first of the seven, because of the love of the Queen Mother, was given the Queen Mother's family name "Wei", so people sometimes call him the Fourteenth Master, sometimes call Wei Ye.

Several brocade guards now came back to their senses and knelt down to salute.

Seeing this situation, Jiang San, who was in the lead, had roughly understood a little in his heart, and he hugged his fists and said, "Did these brothers collide with the Fourteenth Master?" ”

"No, every man has his own errand." Wei Shixi's voice was short and swift, he put the waist card back away, and looked at the dark alley at this moment—it was full of people, women, old men, young men, or yellow-haired boys who had just reached their waists.

I don't know how many pairs of eyes are looking at him with horror at this moment.

Wei Fourteen frowned slightly, "What's going on inside?" ”

A brocade-clothed guard kneeling on the ground replied: "Back to the Fourteenth Master, in the evening we received a tip-off that hundreds of people from more than a dozen townships and counties near Pingjing had entered the city together. Later it turned out that they were all coming in this direction. ”

"How many hundreds?"

"This ......," the brocade guards looked at each other, "probably ...... There are more than a hundred, we have already arrested two batches, and this batch in the alley is stubbornly resistant and unwilling to go, what to do next, we are also waiting for news from Lord Jingzhao Yin Zheng. ”

"Why are these people going into the city?"

The brocade guard hesitated, and his voice lowered, "Return...... Fourteenth Master, there is no trial yet, so ......"

Wei Shishi looked at the alley and said lightly, "Everyone is here, where do you want to go to the trial?" ”

Several Jinyi guards were asked, and they all looked at the chief Jiang Sanye on the side, and Wei Shishi's eyes also chased after him.

Jiang San coughed and stepped forward and said, "Fourteen, that's the case. You've been running errands in the palace, and you should know that there is a doctor from the hospital who lives in this alley, and during this time, because he misdiagnosed the illness of the noble concubine, so-"

"My father didn't misdiagnose," Bai Yi, who was not far away, said coldly, "The emperor hasn't convicted my father yet, why did you convict him?" ”

Jiang San was slightly displeased, paused for a moment, and then said, "In short, we suspect that there may be a connection between these two things. It is impossible for the people to pour into the city for no reason, let alone hundreds of people who suddenly come to find an inferior doctor from the Tai Hospital, there must be some famous people in it. This is a matter of confidentiality, and I ask for the understanding of the Fourteenth Master not to hinder us from performing our official duties. ”

Wei Shishi looked sideways, and at the very edge of the alley, there was an old man with a flower beard, his face full of ravines, looking like an authentic farmer, he was holding a wooden crutch in one hand, and holding an oiled paper wrapped in his arms in the other. Probably because his clothes were a little thin, he shivered a little when the night breeze blew.

Wei Shixi approached directly, and the old man was so frightened that he immediately shrank to the base of the wall, and the people who were still standing beside the old man also retreated like a low tide in an instant.

"Don't be afraid, old man." Wei Shixi leaned down, leaned into the old man's ear and said loudly, "I'll just ask a few questions." ”

"Huh? You...... You say......"

"What are you holding in your hand?"

The old man was stunned and looked at the thing in his hand, "You ask this?" ”

"Yes."

"It's ...... My daughter-in-law's bacon marinated for the New Year. ”

"What do you keep bringing bacon into the city?"

The old man raised his head, looked into Wei Shishi's eyes, and then looked back at the dark alley, before he said tremblingly, "We're all here to see Doctor Bai......

Only then did Wei 14 notice that everyone in this alley was carrying something in their hands.

Baskets, burlap bags, bamboo baskets, and some of them were not packed, but were directly tied with ropes and brought with them - fluttering pheasants, white geese, and some large mountain goods, because the light was dim and I couldn't see what they were.

The old man saw that Wei Shishi spoke kindly, so he was bold and leaned closer to him, "My lord, you ...... You can help us talk to the adult outside, we are not bad people, we are all honest farmers, this morning I heard that the Bai Shen Doctor was in trouble in the city, and we have to ask the orphan to send a child, so we hurried over to take a look, and as a result, many people were beaten as soon as they arrived here, and some were arrested, and I don't know why......"

Jiang Sanyi crossed his waist with one hand and interrupted sharply, "Shameless Diao Min!" The emperor only summoned Bai Shijun into the palace this morning, if you are all honest farmers, how can you get the news so quickly! ”

When Bai Ling heard this, his heart suddenly flashed like a bolt of lightning.

She opened her mouth slightly, and walked in the direction of the alley with some disbelief.

"Bai Ling, what are you doing? Come back. ”

Bai Ling turned a deaf ear to Bai Yi's voice behind him, and slowly walked to the entrance of the alley.

When he got closer, Bai Ling saw that the alley, which was not very spacious, was crowded with people at the moment, and there were twenty or thirty of them at a glance, and the night was dark, and the crowd was hiding in the shadows.

For a moment, Bai Ling felt like a blow to her heart - she recognized it! The people standing in this alley are all patients that Bai Shijun has treated in the past!

The crowd was silent, and everyone had panic and confusion in their eyes.

Bai Ling only felt that his nose was slightly sore, and his heart was like a sponge soaked in water, which was suddenly clenched.

Wei 14 turned around when he heard the sound and saw Bai Ling's eyes red.

Bai Ling's voice trembled a little, "They didn't lie......"

All eyes gathered.

"My father, my father was afraid that his affairs in the palace would implicate me and my brother, so, a few days ago...... So he wrote a letter to my uncle in the country, wanting our brother and sister to go there to avoid danger, and they ...... Definitely heard the news......"

Wei Fourteen turned around, looked back at the crowd hiding in the shadows, and asked in a loud voice, "Is that so?" ”

No one in the crowd dared to speak, and everyone looked at each other and nodded timidly.

Jiang San snorted angrily, "Yes, answer yes!" ”

"Yes......"

"Yes......"

"Yes, that's ......"

"...... right"

"That's right, we just want to see Doctor Kashiwa......"