Chapter XVIII

Just after the hour, Wang Li had already put on his official uniform and began to patrol the streets, it stands to reason that he is a car general, and it is enough to hand over such things as searching for suspects to his subordinates. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info But I couldn't bear the urging from above, and I couldn't catch anyone on my side for a long time, so I had to go into battle in person.

However, judging from the results of the search in the past few days, the situation is not optimistic.

It was as if the group had evaporated from the world in an instant, and they had never seen each other since the moment they entered the city. The eight gates of Chang'an City were all set up with heavy troops to strictly investigate, and it was impossible for them to escape from the city during this time.

However, the residences of both the private houses and the dignitaries in the city have been searched, and even the mansions of the princes of the court have been searched with the support of His Majesty, but there is still no result.

Although he is a son of the Wang family, the elders of the family in the court are also quite supportive of him and his uncle, but if the things that His Majesty personally explained are not done well, then he is nothing, and his uncle will not be able to sit still in Jing Zhaoyin's position.

It was the time when you were young and needed to make a career, and it was a pity to miss it when you finally had an opportunity to express yourself. And once the uncle is punished by His Majesty's anger, it will be difficult for him to turn over in this room.

As soon as he thought of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"Hey, where the hell is it?"

Wang Li was thinking about his thoughts while walking, and suddenly, he saw that the city gate in front of him was full of people, as if he was watching some kind of excitement, and there were constant shouts and scolding and the sound of fists and kicks entering the flesh.

He hurriedly took two of his subordinates to open the crowd and enter, and the people who were picked up by him saw that he was wearing a black official uniform and carrying a waist knife, and they didn't dare to stop him, so they let them pass unimpeded.

When he got closer, it turned out to be a couple of young eunuchs pulling a water cart beating the young man at the behest of an old eunuch.

The old eunuch and the old god stood aside on the ground, looking complacent, and he scolded the man who was lying on the ground with contempt and wailing: "It's really the opposite! Being splashed by the water is a blessing that you, a pariah, have cultivated for several lifetimes, and you dare to talk more? I don't think you want to live anymore! Hit me hard! ”

The passers-by on the side saw the miserable appearance of the beaten man, and they all showed unbearable expressions, but because of the obscenity of those eunuchs, they only dared to stand next to them and not speak.

And the soldiers in charge of guarding the city gate also smiled and pointed at this side, and no one meant to interfere at all.

Although Wang Li was born in a wealthy family, his temperament has never been bad. The last thing he can see is bullying the weak, and at this moment, he saw a few eunuchs bullying others, and the pressure was too great in the recent period, so he broke out at this moment.

He pulled the crowd back around him and shouted angrily at the ruthless eunuchs: "Stop it!" The city gate is heavy, how can you allow you and others to commit murder? ”

When the old eunuch saw that someone stood up to stop him, his face instantly fell. But when he just wanted to scold the comer, he saw Wang Li wearing the official uniform of a car general, and immediately greeted the people with a smile on his face: "This lord, you came just in time, quickly arrest this madman!" ”

Wang Li's face darkened, and he asked, "Dare to ask this father-in-law, what crime has this person committed?" ”

The old eunuch smiled and said, "My lord, don't you know that after this person splashed the water on him, he didn't kowtow and thank him, and he dared to ask more questions." Behold, this man deceives the king, and he should be punished for a great crime of disrespect! ”

After speaking, he glared at the man viciously.

Wang Li couldn't help frowning when he heard the old eunuch's unreasonable words.

"Resist the water? Are you from the Shosui Division? ”

"My lord." The old eunuch nodded smugly, as if the Zhengshui Division was an amazing place.

Wang Li was speechless for a while, when did the people of Zhengshui Division dare to be so arrogant?

Zhengshui Division is Wang Mang set up alone to provide daily drinking water for the palace department, Emperor Wu, in the Jianzhang Palace, once built up to 20 zhang of the dew plate to collect the nectar of heaven and earth, and then drink it with jade shavings. This was the case with successive emperors. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, after Wang Mang's dictatorship, he dismantled the Chenglu plate on the grounds of being too extravagant, and also set up the Zhengshui Division based on the eunuchs of the inner palace, which was responsible for taking water from Cuihua Mountain outside Chang'an City.

It's just that Wang Li is puzzled that this Zhengshui Division is a standard Qingshui Yamen, that is, it has no profit and no power, and it can be so arrogant with the bucket pulled by the carriage every day.

He figured out the identity of the other party, and the rest was easy.

Wang Li pulled the little eunuchs who were standing stupidly away, and helped the man who was beaten to the head bleeding.

"Thank you, my lord, and Du Wu, the grass people, thank you for saving your life." The man looked short and chubby, and he didn't look too embarrassed after being helped up by Wang Li, but thanked Wang Li very interestingly, and he didn't seem to be an ordinary person.

While thanking Wang Li, he glanced at the old eunuch who had ordered him to be beaten with hatred, and then lowered his head again, showing a look of resignation.

Wang Li didn't bother to care too much, he saw that there was no big deal, so he ordered him to find a place to bandage it.

After thanking him again, the man slowly walked away from the scene with a limp under the gaze of passers-by, and disappeared into the crowd.

"Lord ....., how can you just let this Diao people go? You should arrest it and ask for it! The old eunuch saw that the man was gone like this, and asked anxiously.

Wang Li was not to be outdone, and said: "I don't need you to teach me how to do things!" Is this city gate a place where you are waiting to be wild? Why don't you go quickly? What do you want to do here? ”

The old eunuch who Wang Li said was angry, but he didn't care at all, anyway, he was also a member of the Zhengshui Division, and if he offended, he would be offended, and it was not a big deal.

"Humph! The miscellaneous family will let him go for the sake of the adult! The old eunuch was angry, but he didn't dare to turn his face with Wang Li in public, so he had to knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, and casually found a step to make a mistake for himself.

He snorted at a few little eunuchs and said angrily: "Hmph! Let's go! ”

Several eunuchs hurriedly got into the carriage and pulled several large buckets of water and headed for the city.

Seeing that there was nothing more lively to see, the people around them also left one after another to get busy. Suddenly, the scene returned to its usual calm state.

When the soldiers of the City Gate Division saw that an official was coming, they all immediately stood up straight and began to seriously check the passers-by, sweeping away the decadent appearance just now.

Wang Li stared at the convoy delivering water with stern eyes, and he saw that the soldiers guarding the city let him go without doing much inspection, but what was reasonable made him suddenly have an idea in his heart.

"Wait!"

He intercepted the convoy of the Zhengshui Division, and asked the soldier who had just checked them with a serious face: "Have you seriously checked it just now?" Are there any thieves among them who are wanted recently? ”

The old eunuch sitting in the carriage was immediately annoyed when he saw Wang Li rushing up to embarrass him.

This is too deceitful and too much, what should he do if he and others are soft?

The soldiers questioned by Wang Li also didn't know how to answer, isn't this clear? They came in from outside the city, so how could there be thieves inside?

The old eunuch was about to say two cruel words, when suddenly, he saw Wang Li walking to the side of the carriage, stretching out his hand and knocking and touching the bucket on the cart.

Wang Li tapped and observed the bucket, and a strange idea would gradually take shape in his mind.

"Can this bucket fit a person?"

"Huh?" The old eunuch was blinded by Wang Li's sudden question, and immediately did not react.

Seeing that no one answered him, Wang Li frowned again and asked, "Let me ask you if this bucket can hold the next person?" ”

At this time, a small eunuch next to him replied smartly: "This bucket is about six feet high and four feet in diameter. ”

When Wang Li heard this answer, his mind suddenly felt as if a layer of window paper had been pierced, and the question that he couldn't figure out now suddenly became clear.

"I see, I see! I can see why I can't catch them all the time! His eyes widened, and he muttered to himself as if he had thought of something.

Suddenly, he stepped the horizontal knife on his waist and ordered his subordinates with a serious face: "You go to Jingzhao Yin Mansion to find my uncle and say that I have found the clues of the thief, and I have something important to go to the Zhengshui Division with these fathers-in-law now." Fast! ”

"No!"

As he spoke, he jumped directly into the old eunuch's car, snatched the reins from the hand of the eunuch who was driving the car, and galloped away in the carriage.

At the city gate, the guards looked at me, I looked at you, and I didn't know what had just happened. Only the dust from the carriage still filled the air, and it was difficult to disperse for a long time.