The streets of Yanjing on a summer night are much more lively than in other seasons.

It was just dusk, and the laughter of children, the daily conversation of women and men in the lighted windows, and the sounds of the market could still be heard everywhere.

The house the guards found was located in the middle of the alley, with an inconspicuous doorway, and the courtyard walls were covered with green vines, and there were a few rose branches in between.

There are faint footsteps in the courtyard, and if you listen closely, you may be able to hear the occasional woman's shouting coming from the backyard.

In order not to attract attention, Yan Tang only brought Qi Mi with him.

After a few glances, he walked along the alley, walked about forty or fifty paces, and then turned his head to look at the two adjacent courtyards.

Qi Yiyi also followed and looked up.

There is a lot of movement in the house on the left, and the nearest woman's voice scolding children comes from here.

On the right is a house of about the same size, and through the crack in the door, there is a light in the courtyard, but it is quite quiet, and if it were not for the light, it would be convincing to say that there is no one living there.

In fact, she didn't see anything too special.

But Yan Tang stood there and stared at it for a full half quarter of an hour before moving forward again.

This time he did not stop, until he reached a small passage at the other end of the house.

Then he squatted down, took out the fire fold from his purse and lit it up, and squatted on the ground to look.

Qi Yiyi asked, "What do you see?" ”

He extinguished the fire and said with a frown: "The guards said that no one has ever seen anyone who looks like Sun Peng come in and out of this place, and almost no outsiders know about this matter.

"Then if it weren't for Alita's suspicions, it would be Sun Peng's choice to enter and exit in a very hidden way.

"But you kidnapped Alita as a surprise, so there should be no possibility that she will be tricky.

"There were flowers and plants planted at the entrance of the yard just now, so there were no stone bricks underground, but there were no wheel marks on the dirt floor.

"In addition, it is easy to attract attention by direct entry and exit by car, so it can be ruled out that Sun Peng entered and exited directly from the main entrance of the house.

"Although he knows some martial arts, he can only grab with a few hands, and it is impossible to climb over the wall to get in and out. Even if I could, I wouldn't be able to last three or four years.

"What's more, he is a dignified eunuch, and it is impossible for him to choose such a way as to climb over the wall for a long time."

At this point, he frowned and looked up again.

Qi Yiyi said seriously: "Actually, it's good to be able to climb over the wall." ”

Like her, it doesn't take any form......

Yan Tang glanced at her. Then he continued: "I just looked, the house on the left side of the courtyard is inhabited, and the things are neat, it should be a normal resident."

"On the contrary, although the courtyard is lit, it is eerily quiet.

"To put it simply, if the two courtyards are connected, then it will be easy for Sun Peng Suri to enter by car from the other end of this passage, and then enter through this courtyard, so that it can be guaranteed that it will not be known.

"And I happened to see the slate under the door extremely smooth......"

Qi Yiyi squatted down, and also looked down carefully by the light, and sure enough, he faintly saw a few stone slabs at the door polished.

The slate is polished and shiny, and naturally people often walk.

How can there be people who come in and out of a house so quietly and empty?

"If that's the case, then Sun Peng is really bothered about it." She said, staring at the two houses next to each other.

In his previous life, Sun Peng died and was blamed by the civil officials for the mishandling of the dispute in the horse market, and Xiao Heng said that he actually became a victim of the civil officials' struggle for power.

Now, she doesn't disagree with that.

If civil officials want to fight for power, in addition to fighting with the military power in the hands of the nobles, they also have to fight with the imperial power.

And they can't directly provoke the emperor, so they can only attack the eunuchs around him.

It just so happened that Sun Peng had such a handle - in this way, even if his affairs were not revealed in the past two years, the affairs of the horse market were finally known to those civil officials?

In that case, why had she never heard of the woman beside him?

Sun Peng was so good to her, he didn't hesitate to go against his principles to treat her, if something happened to him, shouldn't she show up?

And since the civil officials knew about it, wouldn't they know about this woman?

"Go in and have a look."

Just thinking about it, Yan Tang has already collected the fire fold.

She raised her eyebrows: "How to get in?" ”

He paused and said indifferently, "You are waiting here." ”

"How's that going to work? I'm a pretty girl, maybe bad people will bully me! ”

Yan Tang felt the root of his teeth itch again. He said, "Then you go back first!" ”

"No, it's my credit, and I can't let you take it away."

He stared at her speechlessly.

She jumped up with a smile: "Just carry me in!" ”

…… As soon as I entered the courtyard, a strong smell of herbs hit my face.

Although the yard is only a small three-in, it is very clean and neat.

The lights were on in the main room in the backyard, and a young woman sat on the bed, the thin curtain of water blue lowered, but the brocade mattress was still visible from the waist down.

The long hair was not combed much, and it was simply curled at the back of the head, and Xu was bedridden for many years, and his hands were thin and thin.

In this way, it really shouldn't be what an Israeli-servant woman should be.

Qi Yiyi, who was carried to the roof, crouched down, looked carefully at this clear face through the hole under the tiles, and searched for memories in his mind over and over again.

However, whether it was Su Shenci in the previous life or Qi Yiyu in this life, she should have never seen this person.

She looked at the room carefully, except for the expensive stepping bed, the rest of the furnishings were also very exquisite.

Although it is not gorgeous in her eyes, the counters, tables and chairs are all made of rosewood, the bed curtain embroidery is also fine brocade, and even the clothes on this woman's body and the fan in her hand are very particular.

This is enough to show that the owner here is extremely wealthy, and this should not be something that an ordinary tea merchant can afford.

But before and after Sun Peng's accident in his previous life, this woman did not appear from beginning to end, so that he was finally wrapped in a straw mat by the official and thrown to the grave in the western suburbs......

She suddenly regretted it a little, if she had known that she could live again, she should have asked Xiao Heng for more news.

"It's time to go."

Yan Tang's whisper suddenly came from his ears, and then his body was light, and he had already carried her back to the alley.

"Do you see anything?"

She stepped onto the sweaty horse that Yan Nan had ridden out of the palace earlier.

"The ink tea picture on her west wall was painted by Ji Pingxiu, a bachelor of Hanlin Academy, Ji Pingxiu had a very good personal relationship with Sun Peng, and now Sun Peng's small flower hall still hangs two of his calligraphy and paintings."

Speaking of this, Yan Tang paused, then stepped on the horse with his eyebrows, and there was an awe-inspiring look between his eyebrows: "I have to think about how to deal with this matter first, and go back to the house first." ”

Of course, it is impossible for an ordinary small family to have the calligraphy and painting of the great Confucian.

Qi Yiyi knew that he was interested, but he still couldn't help but remind him: "At most, the matter of the horse market will have to be decided in two or three days." ”

Yan Tang said: "I know. ”

Qi Mi didn't say anything else.

After walking a few steps, Yan Tang suddenly asked, "Are you hungry?" ”

She said, "I'm not hungry, I'll go home and eat." ”

Qi Zizhan left her something delicious.

Yan Tang didn't say anything more.