The streets of Chang'an were bustling, and Yuwentai's carriage passed slowly.

He sat in the car, his brows furrowed, and he was pondering about the jade seal of the country. This thing flew in and out, but there were no clues or clues. Where to start?

It has always been rumored that Ran Min sent the jade seal of the country across the Yangtze River to the Jin family, but Gao Huan wiped out the Ran family again, indicating that the jade seal of the country was not in the hands of the royal family in the south. There are two possibilities in this, one is that after the abdication of Sima Dewen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the south experienced the change of the Song, Qi and Liang dynasties, and the jade seal of the country was left elsewhere in the process. Second, Ran Min did not send the jade seal of the country across the river, and the jade seal was still in the hands of the Ran family.

But before Gao Huan destroyed the Ran clan, he must have been rigorously tortured and searched, but nothing was found. And not only Gao Huan, when Murong Jun destroyed the Ran clan, he didn't find this jade seal.

Then the possibility of Ran holding the jade seal is very low. Thinking about it, Yuwentai felt that it was more likely that the jade seal would be lost in the south.

Jiangnan is wide, and Chang'an is neither friend nor foe, how to find this?

The Supreme suddenly wanted to find this jade seal, except for worrying that the jade seal would fall into Gao Huan's hands, was there any purpose behind it?

I was having a headache when I suddenly heard a commotion outside, and it seemed that someone was arguing.

He pulled the window open slightly and looked out, and saw that it was a butcher at a butcher stall on the side of the road, arguing with a group of students in white. Look again, isn't it the group of students from Qingsong Academy who passed by two days ago?

Why did a group of elementary school students quarrel with the butcher? Yu Wentai was interested, and ordered the coachman to stop the carriage and listen quietly in the car.

It turned out that the butcher said that one of the students had stolen his money. But the students all read the books of the sages, and no one recognized him, thinking that he was insulting Sven, so they quarreled.

The butcher insisted that one of them had stolen the money, and said that there were a few pieces of broken silver on the edge of the board just now, and the students gathered around to look at the meat, and asked curiously, and in a blink of an eye, the silver was gone.

He pulled one of them and demanded that he hand over the money, but the young man could not break free, and he was so anxious that his face was red. The other boy clung to the boy tightly, as if he were afraid that he would be dragged away by the butcher.

It was noisy and shouting, and for a while, there were many people around to watch the excitement. There was a lot of discussion, and there was no agreement.

The corners of Yu Wentai's lips hooked and he laughed. It's her.

Ziqing tightened Ah Ying and shouted to the butcher, "You let go of Ah Ying!" How much money you were stolen, I'll give it to you! ”

Ah Ying grabbed him: "No! If you give it to him, won't you admit that you and I stole money?! "For this group of children of official families, an innocent and noble reputation is the next step to promotion, how can they bear the stigma of stealing so inexplicably? Do you want a career in the future?

She was caught in the arm by the butcher and cried out, "Let me go!" He shook off the butcher's hand, stretched out his hand, took out the purse around his waist, poured out the two pieces of silver inside, and stretched them out in front of the butcher: "You said that if you put your broken silver on the edge of the board and don't see it, it must have been stained with the oil on the case." Look at my money, does it smell a little oily?! If you don't believe it again, go and get a bowl of water, and see if you throw the money into the water, and the oil will splash. ”

When the students saw it, they all shouted and asked the butcher to bring water, and they all wanted to prove their innocence.

The corners of Yuwentai's lips curled. This kid is a little clever.

The butcher choked, saw that his money was gone, and estimated that these students had some money on them, so he wanted to blackmail: "Don't go!" Maybe the rest of you stole it! Every one of you is going to have me searched! ”

As soon as Ah Ying heard the body search, her face immediately changed.

Ziqing immediately took half a step forward, hid Ran Ying behind her, and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't deceive people too much!" If you are not satisfied, go to the official, we are open-minded, and no one is afraid of seeing the official! ”

There were arguments again, and the students were clamoring to report to the official.

Yu Wentai thought to himself, it's really a show to meet a soldier. This group of elementary school students has no power in their families, and it is really undignified to be a butcher who sells meat on the street. was about to help them break the siege, but saw the chubby young man he had seen that day step out, grabbed the butcher's collar, and said angrily: "We are all innocent scholars, how can we allow you to be so humiliated?!" "Saying that, he raised his fist to fight.

Yu Wentai looked even happier, this is still a little bloody, maybe he will be a general in the future, I don't know whose boy it is.

The butcher was powerful and pushed him away. The fat boy fell backwards, and his body was heavy, and he hit the girl hard, and the two fell to the ground together, embarrassed.

There was another uproar in the crowd.

When Ziqing saw it, she hurriedly reached out to pick up Ah Ying.

The butcher was red-eyed, rushed to the stall and grabbed a boning knife on the case, grabbed Li Hao's clothes, picked him up from the ground, held the knife in front of his eyes and scolded: "Take out the silver money quickly!" ”

This is clearly a robbery!

Yuwentai frowned. Chang'an City, his territory, there are still people who dare to go wild like this. It's just that he didn't pass through here today, and since he bumped into him, just take care of this idle business.

Thinking like this, he called out to him, "Azie." ”

He Louqi understood what he meant, and with his sword in hand, he was about to rush over and take down the arrogant butcher.

But he saw a sword suddenly stretched out in the crossway, and looked at it and blocked it gently, but the butcher screamed, and the sharp knife in his hand had fallen to the ground.

This moment happened so fast that everyone didn't see it clearly, only to see the sharp knife on the ground, and the butcher covered his hand and screamed for pain, so painful that beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Another voice came out of the crowd: "Boss, you are so confused, you don't go to take the thief, but you hold a group of scholars." ”

The voice was loud and clear, and everyone looked at it together, but it was a tall young man who looked like a swordsman at the back of the crowd. I saw him wearing a blue shirt, a hat, and his arms were folded, and a short sword was held between his arms.

The butcher looked up at him, and said angrily, "Then you should tell me who is the thief?!" If I can't say it, they'll have to pay me! ”

The swordsman's gaze swept through the crowd, stretched his long arms lightly, and lifted out a fat man with a short figure, and the hilt of the sword touched his forehead: "Hand it over." ”

The fat man's face turned red and jumped three feet high: "I'm just a passer-by to watch the excitement!" Why did you frame me?! ”

With a bang, the sword was half unsheathed. The swordsman put the half-unsheathed sword on the fat man's neck, and said with a cold face, "If you don't hand it over, I'll chop off your fingers one by one." ”

The voice was not loud, but the fat man trembled all over his body and begged for mercy: "Don't, don't! As he spoke, he pulled out three pieces of silver from the waistband of his trousers.

The butcher was furious when he saw it, and he raised his fist to hit: "It turned out to be you bastard!" Let's go, let's see the official! ”

As he spoke, he carried the fat man in the direction of the official office.

The swordsman didn't hurry and stopped him with a sword: "Boss, you just hurt people with a knife, do you want to go to the official?" ”

The butcher was stunned, and said, "How can I hurt people with a knife?" Who did I hurt? ”

The swordsman smiled, "All the neighbors here have seen it with their own eyes, and there are also the owners—" He pointed to the chubby boy and asked him, "Would you like to be the first to sue?" ”

A group of students were disgraced and angry, and they said: "Li Hao, go sue him!" Sue him! ”

The chubby young man said angrily: "It is against the criminal law to fight and injure people in the market, and I am willing to sue first!" ”

A few students and onlookers of good deeds grabbed the thief and the butcher, and rushed to the mansion with a shout.

For a while, only the swordsman, Ran Ying and Ziqing remained in place.

Ziqing was about to take Ah Ying to accompany Li Hao, but saw Ah Ying smile and asked the swordsman: "How do you know that the thief is that person?" ”

The swordsman smiled: "I saw that he looked the most nervous, different from other people who watched the excitement, guess." Who knew that I would recruit him as soon as I bluffed him. ”

"Guess?" Ah Ying couldn't believe it, "What if you guess wrong?" ”

The swordsman laughed even harder: "Then change someone and continue to scare." ”

Ziqing said: "You are too bold and reckless. I thought you had a solid credential. If it weren't for this man, wouldn't he have wronged him in public? ”

The swordsman squinted at him, thinking, he was really bookish, he was wronged in public, and he still had time to worry about others. He said, "If I hadn't fooled him into confessing, you would still be haunted by that butcher and you wouldn't be able to get out." I don't have the ability, and I dare to pick and choose from others. ”

Ziqing was pushed by him and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

Ah Ying leaned back with a smile, clapped her hands and said, "You have a point." Dare to ask for your name? ”

The swordsman smiled: "Qingyan." ”

"Aohiko." Ah Ying read it softly, "Sure enough, it's a swordsman's name." My name is Lang Ying, and I am glad to meet you. ”

Ziqing pulled Ah Ying up angrily: "Let's go!" Without saying anything, he pulled her away.

The swordsman didn't chase after him, and stood there with his arms folded and watched them leave with a smile on his face.

It was Ran Ying, who couldn't break away from Ziqing, and while staggering away, she turned back to the swordsman and said, "Qingyan, there will be a period later!" ”

Ziqing said angrily: "There will be a period in the future, such a rude person, I just hope that it will never happen again!" ”

Yu Wentai closed the small window and said to He Louqi outside the car: "I didn't expect that there are a lot of interesting things in this market. ”

He Louqi said with a smile: "If Shang Shuling has the heart to see it, there are such interesting things every day." ”

Yu Wentai pondered for a moment and said, "Go and bring that student named Lang Ying to see me." ”

He Lou said in unison: "Why did Shang Shuling want to see him?" ”

Yu Wentai whispered, "Didn't you pay attention? He has a Jinyang accent. ”

"What's so strange about that?" He Louqi was puzzled.

"Most of the people in Qingsong Academy are the children of local noble eunuchs, why would a foreigner with a Jinyang accent mix in it? What's more, she also disguised herself as a man and deliberately hid her identity. ”

Jinyang, that is the place where the Ran family lives in seclusion. At this point in time, I can't help but have more eyes on Yuwentai.

He Louqi took the order and left, and quickly chased after them and blocked in front of them.

"The two of you stay, my son-in-law (1) wants to see this Langjun."

Exegesis:

(1) Childe: A young man who was pointed out to be noble in height during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. "Zhou Shuyu Wenjue Benji": Shi Yuanhua, who has a good appearance from time to time, saw the emperor and retired from his relatives and said: "This [son] has the most noble appearance, but hating his longevity is not enough to call his ear." ”