Four middle-aged men dressed in the rough clothes of servants stepped forward and restrained Bai Yi and Bai Ling's arms respectively.

The official looked solemn, hurriedly read Bai Yi's letter, and there was already a sneer on his face.

"My lord, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere."

Bai Ling didn't struggle, she cautiously cooperated with the movements of the servants, and looked at the city gate officials earnestly, "Where did my brother buy these things, and what they are used for, you can ask, and we will answer truthfully." When you arrive, send someone to check the map. We are innocent ordinary people, not cultists who harm others. ”

"Presumptuous, it's not your turn to say this kind of thing." The city gatekeeper's tail was long, and his eyes were contemptuous, "Drag it to the side first, don't affect the people behind!" ”

The brother and sister were pushed and escorted to the corner of the city gate.

"Squat! Hold your head! ”

The soldiers did not listen to the arguments at all, and the brother and sister had to do so.

When the two servants walked away, Bai Yi sighed in a low voice, "...... What's going on? ”

Bai Ling looked around, obviously she and Bai Yi were not the first group of people to be stopped, just in this corner, there were already five or six unlucky people who were squatting with their heads in their hands.

She frowned slightly—these people looked like scholars and talents, polite, and powerless.

Could it be...... Specializing in literati?

This made Bai Ling's heart a little uneasy, if these people were being arrested with a purpose, then it was very likely that there was some complicated case behind it.

Without knowing what the background is, it is not the best policy to act rashly.

"Have there been any big cases in the city lately?" Bai Ling asked softly, "Why did you find out the witch Gu thing here......?" ”

Bai Yi frowned and thought about it, and then shook his head for a long time, "Except for the cases that Jiang San said last time...... I haven't heard any wind outside lately. ”

Bai Ling sighed.

She thought about it, squatted down and leaned towards Bai Yi, and said in a low voice, "Then let's wait first?" See what they say for a while. ”

Bai Yi glanced at her, "When will this ......?"

"Let's wait for half an hour, don't rush for a moment." Bai Ling whispered, "It would be best if we could prove our innocence and solve this matter in a procedural manner." ”

Boling paused, and then said, "It's really not good, and we won't be stunned." You are an apprentice of the Tai Hospital, and I am the medicine next to the concubine, if they come hard, we will directly show our identity...... No matter what excuse they want to arrest people, it is not our turn for them to deal with them. ”

Bai Yi grabbed the sand on the ground and threw it not far away.

"Then wait and see."

At this juncture, it is indeed better to have more than one thing.

"Eh, I said, little brother over there!"

At the same time, they heard an unfamiliar voice behind them.

The brother and sister turned around and saw a very fat middle-aged man squatting behind them with his head in his hands.

The man was dressed in elaborate silk garments, with intricate patterns embroidered with dark threads, and a square gauze hat on his head, and his skin was snow-white.

Bai Ling secretly estimated in his heart that the weight of this middle-aged man alone could probably top the three scholars next to him.

“…… Is it calling me? Bai Yi pointed to himself.

"Yes!" With a somewhat flattering smile, the middle-aged man struggled to move this way, which was a little too difficult for him, and the fat under his clothes collided with each other, almost shaking in some fluid form.

"Are you also being detained?" The middle-aged man asked softly.

Bai Yi looked at the visitor with some vigilance, "Who are you?" ”

He hurriedly smiled, "...... Little brother, don't get me wrong, I don't have any malicious intentions, I just want to ask if you still have any money on you. ”

Bai Yi's face was stretched longer, and he pulled Bai Ling to the side to avoid it.

"Hey, don't go, don't go." The middle-aged man slapped himself lightly, "Little brother, look at my stupid mouth that can't speak...... I don't have any ill intentions. The main reason is that I forgot to bring my money bag when I went out today, so I really don't have any money to do it at this time, and I see that you seem to be holding a money bag, so I want to come to you to borrow some ......."

Bai Ling was stunned suddenly, "Dot...... What the? ”

"Then what else can you do, it's a few officials here."

The middle-aged man glanced at Bai Ling, and saw that she didn't seem to have heard of this statement, so he was patient, lowered his voice and said, "Isn't the long-lived lord going to hold a flower viewing party in Jian'an Lake today, on this kind of day, the officials in the yamen are all going to make a fortune." Withhold a few passers-by who come and go and make some ransom money, don't you know? ”

Bai Ling and Bai Yi took a deep breath at the same time.

- Could it be that the bunch of things that I was worried about just now are all non-existent worries?

This is a group of cool officials who eat and take cards, picking up soft persimmons and pinching ......??

The middle-aged man didn't notice all this, he smiled and sighed, shook his head and said, "But I think the gang guarding the east gate today is a novice, and they only know how to pick and choose those who look easy to bully, even poor scholars don't let go, but where will these sour talents have the money to do it." ”

Bai Ling and Bai Yi glanced at each other.

Bai Yi lowered his head, quickly took out a grain of broken silver from the money bag on his waist, and threw it to the middle-aged man.

"Is it enough?"

"Well, that might be a little, a little ......," the middle-aged man rubbed his thumb and forefinger lightly, gesturing silently.

Bai Yi took out another pill and put it in the palm of the middle-aged man's hand.

"Is that enough?"

"Hey...... I'll just make it clear, you might as well give me your money bag for the time being. The middle-aged man begged for mercy with some embarrassment, "To be honest, if those scholars next to him had such a little bit of silver, the official would have turned a blind eye and passed." I'm just taking that little money, it's not like that!

"This bag of money is really nothing, you can either give it to me first and let me go out in an emergency. When I go back, I will let the servants send money to ransom you and leave, and I will pay for the redemption of the two of you alone, so I will borrow interest on your bag of money, okay? ”

Bai Yi twitched the corners of his mouth distressedly, but he still pressed his emotions and threw the money bag directly into the hands of the middle-aged man.

"Good Lat! Brother! You are waiting for me right here! ”

The middle-aged man stood up with his stomach in his hands, and walked to the front left with his back bowed.

The brother and sister stared intently at the figure of the middle-aged man, only to see him with a smile on his face, holding the money in his hand, walking to the side of the servant and saying a few words, and then swaggering out.

Looking at this scene, the brother and sister understood.

Bai Yi clenched his fists and scolded in a low voice, "...... It's really high esteem for them. ”

It's no wonder that in the end, all the people who fell in this corner of the city were well-mannered scholars, because the rich people had already paid for peace and ran away.

Thinking of the money bag he had just handed to the man, Bai Yi felt a real pain in his heart.

"Then there's nothing to scruple about," Bai Ling looked at Bai Yi, "Actually, I have an idea." ”