In the corner tower room, Ai Songqing was sleeping in a daze when he heard a knock on the door outside.

She went down to the ground in response to the "come", but when she opened the door, she saw a maid standing outside, and the person who came said to her that there was a person with a name tag outside who came late at night, saying that she must see Bai Ling tonight.

The people below were not sure, and they were afraid of delaying Bai Ling's affairs, so they came up to ask.

Ai Songqing picked up the candlestick and walked back—however, there was only one thought on the bed that had just woken up, and the part where Bai Ling usually slept was empty.

"Eh," Ai Songqing blinked, "Bai Ling is not ......"

At the same time, there was a faint commotion outside.

"What sound?" Ai Song asked with a frown.

"It should be the one who came to find Miss Bailing," the maid whispered, "I don't know where the ruffian came from, how did he get Miss Bailing's name——"

"Where's Awan? You go and ask Ah Wan if she knows about this. Ai Songqing said softly, "Bai Ling is not here at this time, I don't know if it is on Awan's side......"

"Huh." The maid nodded, and hurriedly stepped back and went upstairs.

"Sister Songqing?" Nian Nian on the bed rubbed his eyes wistfully.

Ai Songqing closed the door, turned around and smiled, "It's okay, let's continue to sleep." ”

……

Although tonight's Lanzi is still lively, and there are still people singing and singing in the middle of the night, there is still a rather lonely sound of abacus in the Golden Pavilion.

At the beginning of each year, the cabinet and the celebrant have to reconcile the accounts, and about 20 people work around the clock for nearly a month to calculate the expenses of the imperial court for a year.

This time, Yuan Zhen came with this set of teams - but he didn't bring them all, and only received seven people.

They themselves also have their own errands in the palace, except for the two days when they first entered the Lanzi number, Yuan Zhen almost soaked in the Golden Pavilion for two days, and most of the time in this half a month, they came in the dead of night.

The seven little fathers-in-law each took their own abacus, followed Yuan Zhen and quietly went around the side gate of the Lan number from the palace, and then went straight to the Golden Pavilion from the path.

They counted the accounts in the Golden Pavilion for more than an hour every day, and after finishing the day's work, they rested directly nearby, and then returned to the palace together after dawn.

Yuan Zhen glanced at the remaining account books to be checked, and estimated in his heart that he would probably work for two more days in the future, and he would have the confidence to deal with the emperor.

At this moment, a palace man suddenly walked in quickly outside the door of the Golden Pavilion, and the person bowed respectfully to Yuan Zhen, and then walked up to Yuan Zhen and whispered something in his ear.

"Someone's making trouble?" Yuan Zhen snorted, smiling coldly, "Fight out, what do you do with so many thugs in this flower kiln?" Do you want to ask me too? ”

The man whispered a string of words again, and the more Yuan Zhen listened, the worse his face became.

"Where are the people?" Yuan Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly, "What about Bai Ling's girl?" ”

"We've detained that person, lest he's been messing around outside," the palace man whispered, "The people below have searched for several places, but they haven't found where Miss Bai is." ”

The palace man paused, raised his eyes and glanced at Yuan Zhen, "Could it be that she was afraid of taking responsibility, so Miss Bai simply took advantage of the chaos to run away......?" ”

Yuan Zhen sneered.

The people of the palace were really frightened by Yuan Zhen's smile, and hurriedly leaned over and kowtowed, saying that they had sent the turtle claws of the Lan number to go out of the Lan number at night and look for them in the Baihuaya area, and Bai Ling would definitely be unable to escape.

"Got it," Yuan Zhen's voice was nasal and procrastinating, "You go down first, take care of the person who came to blackmail us for money, I still have a little thing to finish here, I'll go down and see in person in a while." ”

"Huh." The palace man nodded hurriedly.

"No need to go out and find any more Bai Ling, let them all come back, and act as if nothing had happened." Yuan Zhen said again.

"...... this?" The palace man raised his head, and the forehead lines on his forehead were crowded together, revealing some doubt.

"Although we haven't told the public that the matter of this Lan brand is in the hands of the palace, sooner or later we have to talk about it, and now someone has come to slander the official kiln of the Heavenly Family for raising child prostitutes......"

Yuan Zhen laughed again, and after this sneer, the last bit of smile on his face faded.

"You don't have a face, the emperor still has a face!"

This sound made the people of the palace tremble, and immediately slammed his head on the ground, "...... Clear, understood! ”

After this person left, Yuan Zhen returned to his position and personally sorted out the results of the seven people's review.

Looking at the numbers in his hand for a while, Yuan Zhen suddenly felt that he was afraid that he didn't have the heart to do this kind of delicate work anymore.

He was extremely sure that Bai Ling must still be hiding somewhere in the Lan Zihao tonight, and it was absolutely impossible to escape.

Not to mention how much energy Bai Ling spent on that little girl named Nian Nian during this time, just take the matter of hiring the squatters at the bottom during this time, this matter is basically Bai Ling pushing now - even Yuan Zhen, an outsider, can see that Bai Ling has great determination and belief in these two things.

At any time, Bai Ling could take advantage of the chaos to escape, but this time was not possible.

And who is Bai Ling, how well he used Lin Jieyu's trick to kill people with a knife, others don't know, doesn't he Yuan Zhen know?

Such a young girl, who looks like a person, is suddenly stupid enough to believe in a gambler, and give money and a famous post, as if she is afraid that this trouble will not come to her door in the future......

It's not borrowing a knife, it's what it's doing?

Yuan Zhen stood up, "I'll go out, and the results of your calculations will be kept at hand for the time being, and I'll come back to take a look." ”

Dropping such a sentence, he strode out, and the sound of abacus behind him stopped slightly, and the harmony of seven people was heard.

"Understood".

……

Before Yuan Zhen could cross the trestle bridge leading to the courtyard at the very edge, he heard a familiar whimper faintly coming from the night wind.

This kind of voice, he heard a lot in the Punishment Division. Generally, those palace maids and concubines who can't figure out their identities will make such shouts when they are gagged and dragged all the way to the dungeon.

He was hoarse, but he couldn't say a word that others could understand, so it sounded like an animal's whimper.

The entourage stepped forward to push open the door for Yuan Zhen, and under the candlelight in the house, Yuan Zhen saw a man with a stench on his body being hung from a beam.

Yuan Zhen covered his nose with a little disgust, and only then did he retract half of his foot when he stepped into the room.

"Drag it out and rinse it with water." He said softly.

A few turtle paws hurriedly stepped forward to put Li Sheng down, and Li Sheng, who was still crying wolf, suddenly quieted down - he looked at Yuan Zhen's figure in a daze.

This person's voice ...... How does it sound like a father-in-law?

Why are there eunuchs in the Lan brand?

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