Chapter Seventy-Three: The Palace
I asked Xiao Yunmei for the key, handed it to the Night Detective King, and said let's go, let's go to Tongbao Qianzhuang.
When I came to Tongbao Qianzhuang, the officials of the county government and the catcher had not yet had time to set off to search the city.
When the night detective king saw the guy at the counter, he leaned over and whispered, drinking dung water.
The little brother was in the middle of a cold and was snorting, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but smile and blew out of his nostrils.
Xiao Yunmei frowned, said I, and hurriedly turned her head.
The guy blushed, wiped his face with a hand towel, and asked, What did you say?
The king of the night was a little annoyed, and said, "Drink dung."
The guy stared at the Night Detective King carefully, pointed his hand into the house, and said that the second room on the left is the thatched toilet, if you want to drink, it is still too late to rush over, and the toilet has not yet fallen.
The king of the night detective grabbed the guy by the collar and said, "What are you pretending to be confused?
The man said, you old man is not reasonable, he said that he wanted to drink dung water, showed you the way, and wanted to beat people.
The king of the night detective said angrily, I won't beat you and me with your surname today. As he spoke, he raised his palm and was about to slap the little brother.
The shopkeeper of the inner hall happened to walk out, saw this scene, and hurriedly shouted. ran to ask, quickly pulled away the guy, and smiled at the night detective king, misunderstanding, misunderstanding. In July this year, Tongbao Qian Zhuang had just abolished the three-character slogan system, and my fellow had only been here for a few days, and I had not yet had time to tell him about the three-character slogan, so he did not know about it. I also invite you to do more than one sea.
The Night Detective King was a little relieved and asked, since the slogan has been canceled, and the information of the depositor has not been registered in the first place, how can I know which drawer in your storage room is mine?
The shopkeeper's way, although the slogan has been canceled, but the original of the slogan is still there. It's just that......
The Night Detective King asked, just what?
The shopkeeper said, a month ago, our boss took the book with the slogan. You'll have to make a trip to find out what drawer it is.
The Night Detective King asked, "Who is your boss and where do you live?"
The shopkeeper's road, the old general of Dingjiaying Town, the palace.
When I heard the word "palace" again, I couldn't help but be curious about the palace. In Dingjiaying Town, it seems that no matter what happens, it is always related to the palace.
Walking out of Tongbao Qianzhuang, the King of Night Detective said to me, I thought that in another half an hour, this Dingjiaying town would be closed. I know I can't trap you, but I'm afraid of causing you inconvenience, why don't you go first, and I'll go to the palace by myself, how about it?
I said that I wanted to go into the palace to see what kind of person the old general Wang of this palace was, and why he heard about the palace every day for the past two days.
Xiao Yunmei also said, last time I went in and was beaten, this breath is unconvincing, I have to go in and take a look. It's just that after a while, the government will find out the fugitives and post the portraits of the three of us, it is not easy for us to enter and exit the palace, and besides, my master and I have also taken pictures with the palace nursing home, so why don't I go and buy some disguise materials, and dress up the three of us with makeup and change our identities. In this way, there is no need to worry about the government checking people.
I thought Xiao Yunmei had a good idea, and looked at the Night Detective King, who was obviously worried about being wanted, so he agreed.
I found a place in the town to sit down and chat, and Xiao Yunmei went to a nearby shop to buy something.
The Night Detective King was also interested in my abandonment of the race, but I just didn't answer, and then remembered something and asked, You have been in the rivers and lakes for a long time, have you ever heard of someone wearing a purple sword?
The Night Detective King thought about it and said that he had heard a little. Have you ever heard of the Northern Sword God Southern Sword Venerable?
I shook my head and said it was the first time I heard of it.
Night exploration of the king's road, the North Sword God, is because there is a sword martial arts master in Beiping, this person was born to love the sword as life, at the age of fifteen to create his own swordsmanship, fight all over the north and south of the river, win more and lose less, to the age of thirty-five after the sword is through the gods, rarely in the hands of people, settled in Beiping, the people of the rivers and lakes are called the sword god. Since settling down, many people in the martial arts have snooped on his name as "Sword God", and they have come to the door to make an appointment, and the Sword God will not refuse to come, and will defeat the people who have made an appointment one by one. I hid from the god of heaven that a brother came from Beiping, and once talked to him about the invincibility of the sword god's swordsmanship, and the swordsmanship was far superior to others, but the brother said that this was not the case, since the sword god got a son a few years later, someone came to the door to make an appointment, and the sword god almost lost, and it was very reluctant to win. I asked him why there were no rumors about this, and my brother told me that his own sister was a maid in the Sword God Mansion, and he had to see it that day. The people who came to the battle covered their faces, and they used a purple sword in the competition. There are no rumors in the rivers and lakes, and I think both sides are reluctant to make a noise.
I let out an "ah" and asked, how long has this been?
The Night Detective King did the math and said, about more than ten years ago.
I asked again, what about later?
Visiting the king at night, I heard the brother say that his sister did not know martial arts, but remembered that the competition was long and that the sword god was not as easy as before, and it was quite difficult. At the end of the match, the sword god's sword was cut off by the purple sword, but the masked man admitted to losing himself. His sister said that at that time, the sky was slightly dark, and the masked man's purple sword actually glowed with purple light, and it was particularly dazzling and beautiful to dance.
After speaking, the Night Detective King asked, you seem to care about this sword?
So I told the King of Night Detectives about the murder of my uncle's family. When talking about how she went to Shaolin to apprentice, Xiao Yunmei came back with a bunch of things, including clothes, flour, rouge, paint, wigs, etc.
After Xiao Yunmei's disguise, the three of us dressed up as brothers in the countryside, the night detective king is the boss, I am the second, and Xiao Yunmei is the third.
We rolled up our trouser legs, dragged straw sandals, wore hats, and wore shabby clothes, went to the blacksmith and bought hoes, nail rakes, and shovels, and swaggered to the palace. Not long after walking, a lot of officials suddenly appeared on the street, and those officials kept asking others about their portraits.
We were thieves and didn't dare to meet them, so we had to dodge all the way, and it took us half an hour to reach the palace. The king of the night detective informed the gatekeeper that he wanted to see General Wang, and the gatekeeper pushed the door in, and soon the guard came out and looked the three of us up and down. Ask, what's the matter?
The king of the night probe bowed his head and said, and came to see General Wang for the cancellation of the slogan of Tongbao Qianzhuang.
The nursing home said casually, General Wang is not at home, and he wants to close the door.
Xiao Yunmei said wait a minute, took out five taels of silver from her arms, stuffed them into the arms of the nursing home, and said that she hoped to be accommodating.
The nursing home took the silver and checked it, and said, it is quite sensible. Come in with me, General Wang will retire here for a long time, you should leave the house as soon as you are done, don't bother more.
The Night Detective King smiled, definitely, definitely.
Just enter the gate of the palace, what catches your eye is the courtyard full of flowers and plants, only to see the courtyard full of plum orchids, bamboo chrysanthemums, strange flowers and plants, and there are countless people who can't say the name. Smelling the fragrance of flowers in the courtyard, I came to the venue in the courtyard, looked down, the field was green, colorful, and took a closer look, only to find that the venue was all paved with colored pebbles. The pebbles have golden fragrant jade, yellow travertine stone, rice topaz, green treasure, big flower green, rain mountain red, white marble, Dandong green, black jade, there are many kinds, the eyes are overwhelmed, wherever there is a road, everywhere is the patrol soldiers wearing might. When I arrived in front of the lobby, I looked up, and my eyes were full of carved beams and paintings, the carvings were vivid, and the paintings were lifelike. Entering the lobby, I saw that there were all kinds of red sandalwood, huanghuali, iron wood, wenge wood made of tables and chairs and several stools in the lobby, these furniture were finely carved, the color was gorgeous, bright as a mirror; and then look at the calligraphy hanging on the wall, the poems and texts were hearty and vigorous, and the handwriting was dancing with dragons and phoenixes, all of which were the works of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties. There is a vermilion lacquered wooden frame on the west wall, and there are all kinds of antiques placed on the shelf, as far as the Warring States Bronze Ding, and as close as the Jingdezhen colorful porcelain, all of which are priceless. From time to time, there are beautiful wives and concubines, and lovely maids passing by, all of them with peach cheeks and smiles, and beautiful eyes are looking forward to it.
We watched this way dumbfounded, stopped to watch from time to time, and the nursing home did not urge, but just smiled and said, You countrymen have never seen such a mansion? Have you ever seen such a beautiful woman? You can enter the palace to watch this half a day, it is already a blessing in the previous life.
Under the leadership of the nursing institute, we met with General Wang. General Wang was lying in a rocking chair in the shade of a tree in the back garden. There are a lot of people standing next to them, some serving tea, some holding towels, some shaking fans, and some pushing rocking chairs. About a dozen patrolmen with spears stood guard not far away.
General Wang squinted, hummed a song in his mouth, and patted his left hand. The nurse made a silent gesture to us and stood with his head bowed.
After the old general Wang finished his song, he stepped forward to tell him. General Wang opened his eyes and looked at the three of us, and said, "Mr. Tent."
A housekeeper answered, went to invite the account clerk to come, and handed the account book to General Wang with both hands.
General Wang asked, what was the three-character slogan of the day?
The king of the night detectives was respectful, arched his hand, and drank dung water.
Some family members couldn't help it, puffed and laughed, and General Wang shouted, presumptuous, fight.
The nursing home hurriedly stepped forward and slapped the family seven or eight times before retreating.
General Wang asked again, what did you say?
The king of the night detective was afraid that he would be too old to hear clearly, so his voice was a little louder, and he said, the slogan is...... Drink fecal water.
General Wang slapped his legs and laughed, turning his head to look at everyone while laughing, pointing at us, everyone hurriedly laughed on their faces, but they didn't dare to laugh out loud. General Wang was very satisfied, and suddenly smiled, and everyone hurriedly put on a serious expression on their faces, and the change of face was as fast as turning a book.
The Night Detective King was a little angry, but he didn't dare to attack, and asked, I don't know if this slogan can be recorded in the account book.
General Wang turned two pages and said yes, drawer 154 in the storage room.
The night probe king bowed his waist and saluted, thank you to the old general Wang.
The old general Wang threw the account book to the account room, and said casually, it was just a gold hairpin brought by a woman, and it was not worth a few dollars, but it was stored for ten years, and I don't know if this gold hairpin is enough for the storage fee of the mortgage.
My drawer is obviously a silver ticket, how can it be a gold hairpin?
General Wang said, Mr. Tent, you miss it.
The account man hurriedly opened the account book and said, the slogan of drawer No. 150, the three-character slogan is drinking dung water, and there is a gold hairpin hidden in it, which is intact after investigation.
The king of the night detective didn't believe it, so he wanted to come forward to grab the account book to watch, but the nurse pulled out his waist sword and said in front of the account man, bold, and did not retreat.
Night Detective Wang Dao, General Wang, is this account book mistaken? What I have deposited is a million taels of silver tickets from Tongbao Bank.
Xiao Yunmei said, I am afraid that someone has swallowed it privately, replaced it with a golden hairpin, and changed the account book.
General Wang said angrily, "Presumptuous!" Tongbao Qian Zhuang is the official money village of the imperial court, and although Tongbao Qian Zhuang in Dingjiaying Town is under my control, it is subject to the supervision and examination of the higher authorities, so how can it be justified in embezzling it privately?
The nurse followed, our Wang family has countless amounts of money, how can we embezzle your millions of taels of silver?
General Wang said, "You are just a peasant in the countryside, how can you have a million silver?" I think you are poor and crazy to slander Wang. Someone came and escorted the three to the county government for interrogation.
Hearing this, my anger also came up. As I said before, I'm a man who doesn't move much. I said to the night detective king, senior, I have to take care of this matter.
Xiao Yunmei clapped her hands and said, Master, kill this old immortal, he swallowed our money, not to mention, and framed us, you might as well kill him!
I saw Xiao Yunmei dancing happily, just like when she pretended to be a scholar when I was besieged by everyone at the foot of Wudang Mountain, she was angry and funny.