The chessboard street in front of Zhengyang Gate is not only the most prosperous place in Beijing, but also the most lively place in the whole world. Located in front of the Great Chumen Gate of the Imperial City, this street is full of thousands of merchants and has always been the first choice for big businessmen to open shops. However, to the disbelief of outsiders, from this chessboard street to the north through the Great Chu Gate, there is a high vermilion palace wall, which is along the thousand steps on both sides of the five mansions and six departments and various yamen and other solemn places. This hustle and bustle and solemnity are only a wall apart, and such whimsical ideas have been criticized by people for many years, but they have also won countless admiration, and even the officials in the various yamen find this chessboard street convenient.

Entering along the Great Chu Gate, there are many yamen distributed on both sides of the thousand-step corridor, the west is the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Jinyi Wei Taichang Temple and the Tongzheng Division, and the east is the six yamen in addition to the Criminal Department and the Qintian Prison Hospital of the Hanlin Academy, etc. The Left Army Governor's Mansion is sandwiched between the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion and the Right Army Governor's Mansion, it is the second yamen from north to south in the west of the Thousand Steps Corridor, although it is the building of the Taizu period, but it has been repaired for many years, but it is also magnificent and solemn.

Now that the Governor of the palm seal is not there, Chen Ying works in the signing room every day, and he rarely stays in his straight room. In the evening of that day, when he had finished sorting out his official duties, he ordered two scribes to stay in the signing room in case there was an urgent document, and he changed into civilian clothes, and went outside to meet with the two attendants and guards who were waiting in the straight room opposite, and entered a frequented restaurant on Qipan Street as usual. The restaurant restaurant on this chessboard street has always been a gathering of Beijing officials, civil and military, so although the boxes on the second floor are separated by screens, those discussions cannot be covered at all, and most of them are talking about the early dynasty.

"If you want me to say, this thing has not only been a day or two, since someone has the audacity, it is damned!"

"Damn? I think you're dizzy, and I don't want to think about what the emperor is thinking about suddenly making such a big move! If you want to talk about cleanliness, how can there be so many clean people in this world, that is, us, there are a lot of people all year round, but if you really want to support the family members and domestic servants and slaves at home, how can you rely on those money? Or can you guarantee that you will be clean? ”

"Shhhh......h Besides, how can we compare with those bold guys with our little fight? ”

Listening to the discussion in the box next door suddenly changed from noisy to very quiet whispering, Chen Ying glanced at the two relatives on the side, one of whom immediately tiptoed out of the door, and turned around after a while, but whispered in his ear: "Master, it's from the Arsenal Division of the Ministry of War." ”

"No wonder."

After spit out three words like gold, Chen Ying stopped talking, and just focused on eating. Only as in the old days in the yamen, there was food on the table, but there was no wine. When the meal was almost finished, there was a soft knock at the door. A retinue stepped forward and opened the door a crack, said a few words to the outsider, and immediately turned around.

"Master, there are people in the mansion waiting at Da Chumen, saying that there is something important to tell the master."

What's important?

Hearing this, Chen Ying's face was a little subtle. Today's morning dynasty was shocked, from Wen to Wu from top to bottom, if the news spread, I am afraid that those wealthy families in the capital will have a great shock, plus that kind of thing happened in the Jin Wangfu yesterday...... He really didn't expect that the eldest son of the emperor would make such a response in the face of the crisis, but the emperor still handed over the matter of presiding over the trial of the Xuanfu Datong mutual market fraud case to him, whether this is a burden to express support, or a warning on behalf of the last chance, he really can't say it. At this moment, there is the greatest possibility that there is something important in the house......

Thinking of this, he stood up suddenly, grabbed the big hat on the chair next to him, threw it behind him casually, and walked out without looking back, followed by the two relatives. A group of three people went out of the store, Xiao Er shouted at the back You come often, saw a silver light shooting towards the door, hurriedly pinched one after another, and felt that it was a silver horn that weighed two dollars, he skillfully stuffed it into his waist, and then ran to the counter with a smile.

"The old rule, the wine and food in the fourth room are still recorded in the accounts of the Yangning Hou Mansion...... It's really strange, at such a late hour, what is there in the Hou Mansion to find this Hou Ye......"

As soon as Chen Ying arrived at Da Chumen, the little guy who had already been there to probe his brain ran over, knelt down and kowtowed, then stood up and lowered his hand and said, "Third master, something happened at home." ”

With a wave of his hand, he assigned two relatives to watch over the idle people on the left and right, Chen Ying called the person closer, and asked in a stern tone: "Tell me carefully, what happened?" ”

Early in the morning, the old lady sent someone to pick up Miss Su Jiabiao and placed her in the Splendid Pavilion, and then several groups of people sent news to the Tatexiang Courtyard, and then the old lady called the third lady over. Not long after, Zheng's mother, who went out very early, returned home, but after a while, she went out in a panic, and came back from the back door with someone in about half an hour. The old man was later sent away by Lai's mother, because he was also the back door, so he couldn't see where he was going for a while, and it was not easy to follow. Only later, Zheng's mother and Steward Zheng went out together again, and they didn't come back until three o'clock in the afternoon. ”

The little guy was very sharp-tongued, and in a short time he made the idea of the family in the morning and afternoon clear, but he did not dare to rashly assert what was wrong with the old lady. After Chen Ying listened, her eyes flickered and she stood there for a while, and finally nodded: "Your report came in time, and I will be rewarded when I turn around...... You wait here, I'll go in and send it and I'll go home!" The two of you, Ah Si is going to prepare the horse, Xiao Qi, you take my post to the Tai Hospital! ”

Hearing this, the little guy was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed. Seeing that Chen Ying led people straight to the yamen, he followed one of his relatives to prepare the horse, and he talked to the door with great enthusiasm and enthusiasm, while thinking about what benefits he could get in the future. Their family can't get ahead under the old lady, and now the third master has inherited the title and has the emperor's trust, this time the Korean prince will fall and may be able to take over the left military governor's mansion, and the benefits of flattering will be great in the future!

Suddenly, the personal entourage led two horses over, and the little guy hurriedly untied a thin horse tied to the tethered horse stake when he rushed over, and Chen Ying, who explained the matter clearly, came out of it, and the three of them got on the horse one after another, and left in a hurry along the Jiangmi Lane. On Xuanwumen Street, Chen Ying saw a team of brocade guards turn into an alley, and couldn't help but look at the horse for a moment, and then continued to move forward without saying a word.

When he entered Yangning Street from Chonghefang in the east, he jumped off his horse in front of the West Corner Gate, he didn't look at the gatehouse that greeted him, he put down the reins and gave it to his relatives behind, and went straight to the door with a horsewhip.

The mother-in-law at the second gate got the letter, and hurriedly sent someone to report the message inside, while going out to greet her. But as soon as he went out and went down the steps, he saw Chen Ying turning around, and he only had time to call the third master, and he watched people pass by.

All the way to the outside of the hall of the Tatexiang Courtyard, Chen Ying saw that on the other side of the road, Mrs. Ma was helping Zhu's mother to come over in a hurry, and after a little thought, she stood there and waited for a while. When he arrived, he didn't wait for Mrs. Ma to speak, so he nodded and said, "The second sister-in-law came just in time, I heard that the old lady is not in good health today, you can go with me to have a look." ”

From yesterday to today, a wave of stormy waves has hit, especially when it comes to Chen Jiu, Mrs. Ma, who is so young, can't bear it, and she even detains Chen Bing in the room and is not allowed to go out. What is terrible, she feels that the old lady is the pillar of the pillar at this time, and she is afraid that there is something bad about the old lady, but in the evening, the old lady was asked to come over, and she was startled when she saw it, until she was lost and depressed just now, and her husband Chen Jiu was not there.

But at this moment, just looking at Chen Ying's posture at the moment, she knew that she couldn't stop people, so she had to agree hard, and then followed Chen Ying into the door.

As soon as she entered the bright room of the main house, Chen Ying smelled an unconcealable medicinal fragrance, and her eyes jumped. Seeing the green calyx jade peony come forward to salute, he asked lightly, "The old lady is in the Westinghouse?" ”

Although they knew that the news couldn't be held for long, neither Green Calyx nor Jade Peony expected that the third master, Chen Ying, would rush back so quickly, and they were flustered, and their faces were naturally revealed. Yu Shao gritted her teeth, then lowered her head and said, "Third master, the old lady took the medicine and rested, and the third lady and the third lady took turns to accompany her, and the third lady was in it at this time." ”

"Madame is very thoughtful." Mrs. Ma on Chen Yingchong's side smiled slightly, and then said slowly, "The yamen is a little idle today, so I'll come back and take a look." I heard that the old lady's commonly used Imperial Doctor Liu happened to go to the Imperial Pharmacy in the palace, and I was looking for a good Imperial Doctor Lu from the Tai Hospital, and I had already asked someone to invite him. The old lady has been using Dr. Liu's medicine and has not seen much improvement, and now she is just changing people to take a good look. ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Ma's heart jumped, and the green calyx and the jade peony changed even more. The two glanced at each other, and when the green calyx saw that Yu Peony bit her lip and seemed to want to speak, she hurriedly shook her head desperately, and finally suppressed the Jade Peony who wanted to let go.

At this moment, the door curtain moved, but it was Mrs. Xu who came out of the Westinghouse Zhu's bedroom. She just heard it clearly in the room, so she sighed and said when she got out of the house: "The old man has filial piety, this is indeed inconvenient without Imperial Doctor Liu, the old lady only had an illness in the afternoon, and the family had just picked up the guests, so we were forced to stop us from letting people know, and we were not allowed to report to the Governor's Mansion of the Left Army." ”

"Guests? Is that the girl from the Su family? Chen Ying scoffed, but she could see that Mrs. Ma was also full of nervousness, and she couldn't help but change her face when she said it, "The old lady is kind, but there must always be a respectful elder and a young man, since she is sick, she naturally has to take care of herself first...... What was the old lady's condition? ”

"Old lady...... The old lady had only been sick when she heard about the Jin Wangfu, and the doctor said that she wanted to recuperate, and it was a little better at this time, but she didn't have the strength to speak. ”

I don't have the strength to speak! Chen Ying's heart jumped suddenly, and her right hand in her sleeve suddenly clenched into a fist. If it is really as he expected, this Hou Mansion should change the sky!