Yao Qi walked under the window, pushed open the window, revealing a narrow gap, and stared in the direction of Feihongqiao.

In the bustling crowd, Bao Cheng's anxious black face was particularly eye-catching, the flat shoulder and the test basket were thrown at his feet, and the internal guard was carrying two shoes in his hands, and he was asking something expressionlessly.

And Bao Cheng obviously didn't know what was going on, standing at a loss, at a loss, not knowing how to answer.

Xia Yuanji, who was not far away next to him, was looking at Bao Cheng with a cold face, he watched the internal guard put Bao Cheng and the test basket and the pair of shoes aside, and breathed a sigh of relief in an instant, turned his head and no longer looked at Bao Cheng, but continued to walk forward with the flow of people.

Yao Qi pouted under the window and said, "My lord, those shoes are really insignificant, Xia Yuanji is about to walk out." ”

There was a thump of going upstairs, and the floor trembled slightly.

He Zhenfu carried two shoes, pushed the door in, and exclaimed with joy: "My lord, my lord, I found it, I found it." ”

Han Changdui glanced at He Zhenfu, and said lightly: "What are you shouting, take it apart first, it's not too late to be happy." ”

He Zhenfu smiled, picked up the scissors, and cut and dismantled the coarse cotton thread one by one along the position of the thread on the sole.

The upper and the wooden sole of the shoe, which were very smooth, separated.

Yao Qi took the upper, and saw that on the fine Tianshui Bisu satin, a warm yellow Buddha's hand came to life, and it seemed to have a fragrance on the nose.

Although this embroidery is not ingenious, it is also second to none in the capital.

Such a good embroiderer is used to embroider a pair of shoes, which can't help but make people sigh, it is really luxurious.

Yao Ji took the wooden sole and looked at it carefully, frowned slightly, and said: "My lord, there is no entrainment or anything like that in the shoes, if it has not been taken out, it is just an ordinary pair of shoes, and it has been worn to the point of being half-old, and the soles have traces of wear." She flipped over the wooden soles to reveal the pattern on the bottom, and pointed a few times at the top: "Look, sir, the outer edges of the soles and the heels are worn badly. ”

Han Changwan looked at these patterns that were much lighter than those elsewhere, nodded and said, "It seems that this person is an outsider." ”

He carefully recalled Xia Yuanji's walking posture, and his heart jumped: "Xia Yuanji walks steadily, and the toes to the heels are a straight line, and they will not skim outward. Speaking of this, he smiled sadly: "This Xia Yuanji is really cautious, for fear of being found out, and specially prepared a pair of shoes worn by others." ”

He Zhenfu said: "The lowly post has already sent a message out, as long as Xia Yuanji leaves the tribute courtyard, Cheng Zongqi will bring someone to follow him, and Bao Gongzi has also arranged it, don't worry." ”

"Be sure to protect Bao Cheng." Han Changdui commanded in a deep voice.

He Zhenfu should claim to be.

After not hearing Yao Qi's voice for a long time, Han Changdui turned his head to look, only to see that she was lowering her head and picking her fingers, he smiled dumbly, and smiled in an instant, and asked with a solemn face: "What is Yao's insight into joining the army?" ”

Yao Qi let out an "ah" and looked up blankly: "What insight?" ”

Han Changdu's eyes sank, and he didn't say anything more.

As the night deepened, the candles in the courtyard stopped halfway, and the east and west houses fell into silence.

A lone lamp lit up in the room on the third floor, Han Chang was writing at the desk, and his long shadow was swaying on the plain white wall.

He Zhenfu stood beside him, looking at the handsome and unparalleled face, and sighed quietly, no wonder the nobles in the capital wanted to be close to him and were afraid of him.

"What's wrong, what's the matter?" Han Changdui saw He Zhenfu's expression complicated for a while, and suddenly felt surprised, with a hint of a sly smile, and asked lightly.

He Zhenfu came back to his senses suddenly, and said with a sneer: "No, no, what, that's it, my lord, Cheng Zongqi sent a message, and after Xia Yuanji went back, he didn't meet anyone." ”

Han Changwei was not the slightest surprised, and said expressionlessly: "This is expected, let Cheng Zongqi arrange for someone to keep an eye on Xia Yuanji, and he will enter the day after tomorrow, and let people go in and search at that time." ”

He Zhenfu replied yes, and continued: "My lord, Li Cheng's mother has already recognized the body, Cheng Zongqi has searched the Li family, and found nothing abnormal, but after asking Aunt Li, I learned that Li Cheng has often gone to the deserted house gambling house in Jinchangfang to gamble for money in the past year, and half a month before the end of the game, he took some things back from the gambling house, saying that with these things, he will definitely be on the list in the provincial test, but he wants to help the gambling house do something. ”

"But what did you bring back, and what did the gambling house ask him to do?" Han Changdui put down his pen, although he had a general idea of what Li Cheng had gotten and what he wanted to do, he still looked up and asked.

He Zhenfu shook his head: "No, Aunt Li said that Li Cheng never told her these things, even if she asked, he wouldn't say much, the things he brought back from the gambling house, he burned them after seeing them, and he didn't know what to do." ”

"It's a question and a question." Han Changwan shook his head, rubbed his eyebrows, and asked, "Do those people who sneaked into the mansion a few days ago have eyebrows?" ”

He Zhenfu said: "I followed a house in Gude Fang, but that house was heavily guarded, and it was not easy to get in, and Mr. Jin was still thinking about it." ”

"Guys Place?" Han Changdui was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "Tell Jin Yu, you don't have to try to get in, I know who did it, I just need to arrange someone to keep an eye on it, and anyone who enters and exits from that house must arrange someone to follow." ”

He Zhenfu also realized the seriousness of the matter and replied yes.

Han Changwan glanced at the dim candle flame, knocked lightly on the bookcase, and continued: "In the public hall, you still have to keep an eye on those people, the house where Li Cheng and Xia Yuanji lived, and then search carefully, and who the vegetable seller has dealings with when delivering the food, you must also carefully check it." ”

He Zhenfu said: "Yes, the humble duties have been recorded." ”

Han Changdui glanced in the direction of the door, suddenly lowered his voice, and whispered with great difficulty: "Yao joins the army, you go and watch it yourself." ”

"Yao, Yao joins the army!" He Zhenfu exclaimed in surprise, seeing Han Changdu's cold gaze, he suddenly lowered his voice, and said with a worried heart: "My lord, do you suspect Yao joining the army?" ”

Before he finished speaking, he thought of the incident before the provincial examination, when Yao Qi was thrown into the secret prison of the Internal Guard.

Although there was no conclusion in the end, he didn't know what the details were, and Yao Qi was finally released, but when he heard Han Changdui have such an order, he sighed, his own envoy still had a grudge against her after all.

It seems that Yao Qi did something taboo at the beginning, which touched Han Changdui's backlash, which made him suspicious of her so much.

Thinking of this, he felt very conflicted, since he doubted her and did not trust her, why did he bring her into the tribute courtyard and order her to do such an important thing.

Isn't this self-inflicted trouble?

Han Changdui seemed to see what He Zhenfu was thinking, and he knocked on the book case twice, and said in a deep voice: "You guessed right, I did doubt her, that's why I put her by my side." ”

He Zhenfu silently muttered a sentence of old treacherous cunning, and then changed his serious face, and said seriously: "Yes, it's just that the lowly kung fu is not as good as Yao joining the army, I'm afraid of ......"

"Afraid of what?" Han Changwan impatiently interrupted He Zhenfu's words: "I just asked you to stare at her, and I didn't let you kill her." ”

"......" He Zhenfu secretly rolled his eyes, and scolded, how can the envoy be so irritable, no wonder they are all twenty-eight or nine, and no little lady can look at it.

Gude Place.

Xie Liangmao's whole person was tense, his beautiful face was a little gray, and he showed an expression of disbelief: "What are you talking about, Li Cheng didn't come out?" ”

Ah Yong knelt on the ground, his voice trembled: "Yes, my subordinates have been waiting at the gate of the Gongyuan, and they have never waited for Li Cheng to come out, and then I went to the courtyard he rented to see it, and the things are still there, but Aunt Li is gone." ”

The candle flame jumped uncertainly, and the dark shadow fell on Xie Liangmo's face, and his brilliant face was a little more obscure.

After planning for so long, in the end, the things were gone, and even the people were gone, he was furious, his hands were tightly clenched, the green tendons on the back of his hands were cracked, and he roared bitterly: "Go and find, go and find!" Dig three feet into the ground, and dig people out for me!! ”

Ah Yong shook violently a few times, and a spirit got up from the ground, pulled his legs and ran out.

As soon as he ran out of a step, Xie Liangmao's cold voice came from behind him.

"Stop, is there any news from the Gongyuan?" The voice was cold, not half warm.

Ah Yong shuddered, and the corners of his lips twitched for a long time before he said with difficulty: "Master Yu sent a message, and that thing was found, but, but." He swallowed fiercely: "But it fell into the hands of the Department of Internal Guards." ”

This is one after another thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Xie Liangji, who split, can't come back to his senses with half a sound.

"Why did it fall into the hands of the Department of Internal Guards!" He smashed the book case a few times in succession, and he couldn't maintain the chic and dignified image of the young man on weekdays, and the whole person jumped like thunder, and scolded angrily at the top of his throat: "Does Yu Qing have a pig's brain, ah, ah, how could such an important thing fall into the hands of the Internal Security Division!" ”

Ah Yong shrunk his neck fiercely, only feeling that today's self is afraid that he will be in a catastrophe, it is better to explain things clearly and neatly, maybe his son-in-law is happy, maybe he can reward him with a good time.

He tried his best to restrain his voice from trembling, and explained clearly what happened in the Gongyuan word by word, and finally swallowed his saliva: "It was Li Jie from the Ministry of War who calculated Yu Qing." ”

Hearing this, Xie Liangmao calmed down, and did not have the anger that Ah Yong expected, but picked out a sneer at the corner of his mouth, handed a pouch to Ah Yong, and said with murderous intent: "Give this to Li Jie." ”