Handed in the papers in advance, Shen Ao was in a good mood, but this Taixue was not a place to stay for a long time, Shen Ao found that many students in the past noticed him, and they didn't dare to stay longer, so they hurried back to the National Prison.

I had nothing to do, so I thought that I was a bachelor in the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, and I didn't see the report after receiving my salary, so I was a little embarrassed, so I simply changed my clothes and went to the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy with a fish charm.

The office of the Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy Institute is located in the palace, when it comes to the palace, many people think that this is the place where the emperor lives alone, in fact, it still has a lot of functions, such as the harem, without the permission of the emperor, no one can easily enter, but the outer courtyard also has some office institutions, such as the Hanlin and Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy Institute are located in the palace for the emperor to summon.

When he arrived at Zhengde Gate, the forbidden army checked the fish talisman, Shen Ao entered the palace, turned left and right, and finally found the façade of the Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and paced into the lobby. ”

Shen Ao said: "Contemptible Shen Ao, come and order." ”

When he heard Shen Ao's name, he was immediately overjoyed, and said: "It turned out to be Bachelor Shen, Bachelor Shen, the lower official is polite, the lower official will bring you tea, you can sit down first." "This Hanlin Academy is not as good as other ministries, which yamen has a few small officials to serve, only here, because the small officials can not enter the palace, according to common sense, most of the emperors will send a few eunuchs to do chores, but the eunuchs are often covered by big eunuchs in the palace, where do the low-end officials like the review dare to ask them to pour tea and deliver water, so these things within their power are all done by themselves.

Shen Ao hurriedly stopped him: "No need, I'm just sitting." ”

The review had to come back, and said with a smile: "Bachelor Shen is the first time to come to the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, hehe, Xiaguan has heard of the name for a long time, and now I see it, but I never thought that Bachelor Shen is so young, but unfortunately Bachelor Shen is a busy man, otherwise the lower officials would have to ask Bachelor Shen for some painting skills." ”

Shen Ao nodded: "It turns out that this is an art academy?" Why are the several yatangs in this courtyard almost the same? ”

The house of the calligraphy and painting institute is in the northeast corner of the palace, although it is inconspicuous, but there are many buildings, seven or eight attics, which are the yatangs of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, Ruan Yu and so on.

The review grinned: "Isn't this exactly what Master Shen has to do with painting?" Don't you look at the small hall of our painting department, in fact, in this palace, the official family is every three or five days to call people, not to mention anything else, just say that the painting department is also a bachelor Zhao Lingsu, a bachelor of the painting department, has been a scholar of the Hanlin Academy of Painting and Calligraphy a year ago, and is in charge of the entire Academy of Painting and Calligraphy. ”

Shen Ao saw that this review was very powerful, and he talked endlessly, from the east to the west, but it was not annoying, so he smiled and said: "I don't know the name of Brother Tai, please give me advice." ”

This review smiled even brighter, and said busily: "Contemptible Zhou Zhuang, the current painting department of the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy review." ”

As soon as the words of the review fell, someone said: "Shen Ao, don't listen to Zhou Zhuang's nonsense, his painting skills are quite good, but this mouth is the most unreliable." Saying that, the two figures crossed the threshold of the yatang, and when they looked at it, they were frightened: "Chen Zhouzhuang has seen Your Majesty." ”

Shen Ao also had to stand up, and hurriedly saluted: "The minister has seen Your Majesty." In front of outsiders, Shen Ao still didn't dare to mess with the emperor, so as not to reduce the emperor's prestige.

The people who came were Zhao Ji and Yang Jian, Zhao Ji shook the white jade fan, and said with a smile: "Get up, hey, isn't it the final exam today?" Why, Shen Qing handed in the papers? ”

Shen Ao sneered and said, "After the test questions are done, I am idle, so I came here to sit down." ”

Zhao Ji sat down, he was wearing an ordinary long-necked shirt today, and said with a smile: "I plan to go out of the palace to take a walk, passing by here to come and see, but I bumped into you, you accompany me out of the palace." ”

Shen Ao's buttocks hadn't been hot yet, but he had to accompany the emperor to press the road, and he felt very uncomfortable, but he had to nod and say, "Obey." ”

The three of them went out of the Zhengde Gate, and those guards must have been used to Zhao Ji leaving the palace, and they didn't ask much, and immediately seven or eight forbidden army masters wearing regular clothes followed from afar, as for whether there were secret sentinels in other places, Shen Ao didn't know.

Zhao Ji shook his fan, looked at the lively scene on the street, and couldn't help but say: "Although it is lively here, I don't know what fun to go to, Shen Ao, tell me, what is there to play here?" ”

Shen Ao said very seriously: "Wang Xianggong, the student is a scholar, can a scholar come out to play?" There are a few bookstores in Bianjing City that students know, but the others are unknown. In fact, he knew that just around the corner not far away, there was a green building, and further away, there were two casinos and a worm shop, to play, there were many things in Bianjing, but if he took the emperor to the green house, the casino, and the worm shop, if he taught people to know, he was afraid that Shilin would scold him tomorrow, and he should pay attention to the impact, Shen Ao still has a little caution.

Zhao Ji was bored with it, and suddenly put away the white marble fan, and said, "Then let's find a restaurant to sit in." ”

Zhao Ji's proposal reminded Shen Ao of entering the Immortal Restaurant, and after thinking about it, he said to Zhao Ji: "Wang Xianggong, I will take you to a place, but you need to promise that you are not allowed to covet a treasure." ”

Shen Ao's tone made Zhao Ji a little unhappy, and he frowned: "What baby?" ”

Shen Ao smiled and didn't answer.

Zhao Ji's curiosity was aroused, and he said, "Okay, I will never covet that treasure, you say it." ”

Shen Ao told him about entering the Immortal Restaurant, and Zhao Ji's eyes lit up: "Is it really Wang Youjun's Mobao?" Then he remembered that he had just opened his golden mouth, and he was a little gloomy: "Okay, I'll go with you to find out the real murderer, as for this treasure, I'll just look at it." ”

The three of them went to the Immortal Restaurant together, and when Xiao Er at the door saw Shen Ao, he immediately smiled, he didn't have the same face as he did not long ago, and welcomed Shen Ao to the second floor, and happened to see Di San'er, Di San'er snorted coldly: "What kind of wind blew Shen Gongzi here." ”

Shen Ao pulled her aside: "I'm here to help you find the wine set, let me ask you, what have you found in the last few days?" ”

De San'er said in a daze: "What did you find?" ”

Shen Ao smiled bitterly: "That's what is suspicious about the four people I said recently?"

Di San'er suddenly realized, her beautiful eyes blinked, and said: "There are many suspicious things, but I think the most suspicious are the three shopkeepers, as for Uncle An, it is impossible to do such a thing, the Di family has always been taken care of by Uncle An, and the money handled is at least more than 10,000 yuan, why did he steal the wine vessel?" Coughed, and continued: "As for the three shopkeepers, one of them is called Wang Kai, one is called Liu Huimin, and the last one is called Zeng Pan'er, they are all very suspicious, such as that Wang Kai, who got up half an hour earlier than usual this morning, Shen Gongzi, let me ask you, is it possible that he got up so early because he felt guilty because he stole something, so he didn't sleep all night?" ”

Di San'er paused for a moment, and then said: "And that Liu Huimin, when I was serving food today, I was a little absent-minded, and I found out that he was lazy." As for Zeng Pan'er, by the way, he is the most suspicious, and now someone came to the restaurant to look for him. ”

"Someone is looking for him? Who is it? Shen Ao's heart jumped violently, and even Zhao Ji on the side became nervous.

"The person who came is his relative, I saw that person come once before, it seems to be a cousin, that person does not look like a serious person, it is not a good thing at first glance."

"Could it be a prank?" Shen Ao couldn't help but think that if it was a splash, it would not be that Zeng Pan'er accidentally revealed the wine utensils with this splash, and then this splash instigated him to steal.

Di San'er shook his head and said: "No, it's not a splash, it's a stinky scholar, it seems that he is a fellow villager with that Zeng Pan'er, and he can't pass the imperial examination, so he makes a living in this Bianjing City." ”

Shen Ao was speechless, a good teacher was portrayed by her as a prank, Di San'er was too unreliable, it was better to count on any useful information from her mouth! Shen Ao smiled and said, "Can you take me to the scene where the wine was stolen?" ”

Shen Ao is a thief, and he has a lot of experience in theft, so he hopes to find some clues from there.

After hearing this, Di San'er glanced at Zhao Ji vigilantly: "Who is he?" ”

Zhao Ji hurriedly said: "The student is Shen Ao's friend and a scholar. He claimed to be a scholar, just to lower Desander's vigilance, who knew that Desan'er glared at him, and pouted angrily: "There is another stinky scholar......

"......" Zhao Ji glanced at Shen Ao depressedly.

Shen Ao smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Let's go." ”

The group went up to the top floor of the restaurant, there is no wing room here, it is an empty open space, in the direction of due east to west, on the wall is a majestic and majestic, with a hideous mask of the portrait, under the portrait is an offering table, the offering table is full of fragrance, candlelight jumping.

Desan'er said: "No one is usually allowed to come in here, and there is a lock outside, and when the wine utensils are stolen, they have been picked up." ”

Shen Ao nodded, and glanced at the offering table, there were not only incense candles on the table, but also a lot of wine utensils, several of which were lacquered wine utensils that attracted Shen Ao's attention, he paced over, picked up these wine utensils and looked left and right, Di San'er on the side said: "My grandfather was good at drinking before his death, so the wine utensils were placed on this offering table, you see, there are many lacquered wine utensils with similar appearances, but these are all fakes, only the real one has been stolen." ”

Shen Ao smiled, these lacquered wine utensils are indeed imitation of the Han Palace's fakes, but there is a piece of information that is very useful, these fakes are similar to the stolen wine utensils, and there is no trace of another candle on the ground, because if the candle is lit, it is inevitable that there will be candle water dripping on the ground to solidify, so it is certain that this thief is distinguishing the wine utensils according to the incense candles on the table.

It is conceivable that the thief came to steal at night, only by the dim light, among the many fakes, he suddenly chose the priceless treasure, then, this thief must be a scholar, and love calligraphy, and know Wang Xizhi's words very well, otherwise these lacquered wine utensils are also written on the inscription of Jun Xingjiu, if it is an illiterate person, it is impossible to recognize Wang Xizhi's true handiwork at a glance.

Finding the first clue, Shen Ao said to Di San'er: "Among these four people, which ones are illiterate and have never read?" ”