It was about to dawn, and the guards at the city gate were at their most tired, holding on to their spirits and waiting for the change of shift.

But at this moment, the shouts of the patrol guards came from the city wall.

"What people!"

"The city is heavily defended, and you must not approach it!"

Something went wrong? The guards at the city gate immediately swept away their fatigue, and hurriedly walked out to follow the prestige, and saw a person squatting under the city wall in the distance.....

The guards on the walls were raising their bows and crossbows.

"Ouch!" A guard slapped his leg, "It's Zhang Yuan!" ”

The other person also reacted, angry and anxious: "This kid is sick again!" ”

The two of them hurriedly ran out, shouting at the guards on the city wall.

"It's my own people—"

"Don't let go of the arrows—"

……

……

The guards at the city gate couldn't remember exactly when Zhang Yuan started to squat under the city wall.

I remember it was a rainy day.

He first walked around the walls every day, muttering to himself and groping around the walls.

After a few days, he suddenly yelled and laughed a few times, and then he always stood in a fixed place, looking at the city walls stupidly.

"Don't you see? This trace. He also questioned them, pointing to the halfway point of the wall.

There was a long scratch there.

The city wall of the capital is longer than the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, although it has been repaired many times, but the mottled traces are still all over, what is unusual.

Fortunately, Zhang Yuan didn't go crazy, and after being scolded by Shangguan a few times, he didn't come here to see - he began to run away from duty.

Why did you suddenly go to see the city walls again?

Several people dragged Zhang Yuan back to the city gate and scolded him one after another.

"Where did you run again?"

"General Wu said that he would drive you away and not let you guard at the city gate."

"Hurry up and find him to say good things, and then find your second uncle and them, what is the old family relationship-"

Before they finished their words, Zhang Yuan snorted: "Lao Tzu is willing to come here to guard the city gate to do it, and now he has a clue, so he doesn't need to rush it, just leave." ”

With that, he threw up his sleeves and strode away.

Leaving a few guards inexplicable.

"What's the matter?"

"What did he do at the city gate?"

"Didn't he offend Fu Yin and be dismissed and rushed here?"

Zhang Yuan, who walked out, looked back, and no one remembered that Liu Xiucai was killed.

But it doesn't matter, he remembers.

He will definitely bring the murderer to justice.

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The gate of Gyeongzhao Mansion is majestic, but unlike other yamen that are evasive and majestic, it is very busy and noisy to govern the thirteen cities of Gyeonggi.

Officials and guards came and went, others wept and wept, or told the people with angry expressions, mixed with prisoners who were escorted by the commissioners.

The past two days have been even busier, saying that there was a massacre in a city, with a large number of deaths, plus the killers and Mo disciples involved, the local government immediately sent them to Jingzhao Mansion.

Jingzhao Mansion didn't dare to ignore it, because there was still the Metropolitan Prosecutor present at that time.

There is a dushi staring, there is no way to pretend to be a lake, otherwise it may become an excuse for the dushi to take them down in the future.

The lords on the upper peak, and the miscellaneous officials below are busier.

Several bookstores were busy until noon in the early morning of the day, and they didn't even bother to drink tea.

"Is Lin Ye here?" Someone lifted the curtain and shouted.

An old official who was sorting out the paperwork with his back to the door was angry and said, "No." ”

Someone came over behind him: "Lin Ye is so busy." ”

Lin Yan turned his head to look at the man, wearing an old robe, a scruffy beard, and a black face......

He looks like an idler who will be evicted if he stands at the door.

But he was able to walk all the way into the official hall......

"Zhang joins the army again." The forest official said, "What are your orders this time?" ”

In the past, Zhang joined the army as an honorific title, but now, it is humiliating and ridiculing.

However, Zhang Yuan was not angry at all, let alone like before, if anyone dared to ridicule him, he would smash it with a fist.

Now he was smiling all over his face, and he also held out a clay pot in both hands: "I have come to tell the officials to drink a bowl of licorice soup no matter how busy they are." ”

Lin Yan smiled, and the other two people in the room also looked over and joked, "Zhang joins the army, this command is powerful." ”

"This is the iced licorice soup of the Cao family's shop, which is the most relieving of the heat." Zhang Yuan said, and took out a paper bag from his sleeve, "And candied fruit." ”

Lin Yan saw the name of the shop written on the candied fruit, which was also a famous product in the capital, the impatience in his eyes dissipated, and he waved his hand and said: "This is not cheap, Zhang has broken the cost of joining the army." ”

Zhang Yuan poured a cup of licorice soup with his own hands, and held the candied fruit in one hand in front of Lin Yan.

"What did Lin Ye say, where do you call it a fee!" He glared at him and smiled, "And what kind of expense is this, when I really resume my position in the army, then everyone will know what it is." ”

As he spoke, he leaned over and handed it over again.

Lin Yan didn't refuse again, took the tea with one hand, pinched a candied fruit with the other, and said with a smile: "Then let's touch the light of Zhang joining the army and enjoy it." ”

The other two officials also brought up the tea soup, Zhang Yuan beckoned them to eat candied fruit, and then took Lin Yuan's arm and walked a few steps to the side.

"Master Lin, I'm really bothering you." He said with a grin.

Lin Yan drank tea slowly and glanced at him: "What else is there to trouble?" Didn't I write you a letter and let you go out for a run? Not enough? ”

Zhang Yuan smiled: "It's not enough, it's not enough, I still want to take a look at the registration book of our capital for more than a year." ”

This is not a small matter, Lin Yan frowned and looked at him: "What are you looking at this?" Moreover, if you want to check the register, you have to have a copy of the Fu Yin. ”

Zhang Yuan put his shoulder on his shoulder, almost sticking it up, and his beard was tied to Lin Yan's face: "Lord Lin, Grandpa Lin, what is the big deal about grading papers, when I make a comeback, I will make up for you." ”

As he spoke, he bowed again and again, and stuffed a money bag into the sleeve of the forest official.

This is indeed not a big deal, and the register of Jingzhao Mansion is not as important as the Ministry of Officials.

Lin Yan was torn helplessly, touched Zhang Yuansai's money, and pulled out a pair of cards from his sleeve: "Okay, okay." ”

Zhang Yuan snatched the pair of cards: "Thank you Lao Lin." ”

With that, he rushed out.

Lin Yan was almost shaken down, and he snorted angrily: "Call Lao Lin when you run out." ”

A clerk next to him laughed and said, "Be content, he used to call us old guys." ”

Lin Yi shook his shirt: "No, who would have thought that we could still be called a master by Zhang Yuan, and we could still drink his tea, candied fruit." ”

"I didn't expect to see Zhang Yuan groveling, wagging his tail and begging for mercy." Another official said, full of disdain and curiosity, "What is he looking for?" No day, no night, no face, no skin? I've heard that the city gates are not well guarded, and the city gate guards are going to drive him away. ”

"It was said that someone was found to be hiding a forbidden weapon in the previous paragraph." Lin said, "I want to catch it, make meritorious service, and then reinstate the official." ”

One of the officials laughed: "It's a dream." ”

He Zhang Yuan was demoted, not because he was unfavorable on an errand, but because he acted recklessly and offended Fu Yin.

If you want to come back, it's not enough to make a contribution.

Lin Yi smiled and said: "It's strange and pitiful to see his crazy appearance, just dream, it's a thought." ”

The other two shook their heads: "It's all self-inflicted." ”

As he spoke, someone came in again, raised his eyes and lengthened his voice: "Find yesterday's newspaper booklet—" Before he finished speaking, he turned his head and went out, and the aftermath came from outside the door, "—send it to Counselor Luo." ”

Lin Yan hurriedly said respectfully outside: "Send it now." He got up and looked at the two of them again, glaring, "What are you doing in a daze!" Let's get to work! ”

Until twilight fell, the official guarding the treasury impatiently knocked on the door and window: "It's locked, it's locked, it's early, tomorrow is early." ”

Zhang Yuan flipped through it quickly, and responded repeatedly, "It's coming." Until he was dragged out by the sleeves of his coat by the little officer, he shrunk his shoulders and left in the scolding.

The street has been lit up, the footsteps of returning home are in a hurry, the guests of the restaurant and tea shop are laughing and laughing, and there are more musicians and girls singing, Zhang Yuan walked all the way through the noise to a remote alley in the north of the city, the houses in the alley are short, and there are no lights.

I heard footsteps, and a voice called "Chief?" in the dim darkness. ”

Zhang Yuan looked ahead and saw someone squatting on the ground in front of a house and standing up as he spoke.

"Plug, why are you here?" Zhang Yuan pushed open the door and walked in, lit the oil lamp in the room, and then looked at the person who followed up, who was a subordinate of Zaijingzhao Mansion before, "Don't call me the head when you say it." ”

The plug smiled and put a food box on the table: "My mother steamed the meatloaf and asked me to bring it to you to taste, and she said that you like the steamed cake she made the most." ”

"Thank you, auntie." Zhang Yuan said, and he was not polite, and opened the food box and took out the steamed cakes.

"It's cold ....." The plug was about to say, but seeing that Zhang Yuan had already gobbled it up, he swallowed the hot words back.

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Under the oil lamp, the man ate his face with oil residue all over his face, and ate five in one go, choking and burping.

The plug hurriedly picked up the teapot, but found that the teapot was empty, and Zhang Yuan had already rushed directly to the water tank to scoop up the cold water and drink it.

The bolt looked complicated: "Boss, how ..... you are doing this day"

It's really not a human being, a ghost is not a ghost.

"None of that matters." Zhang Yuan waved his hand and said, his eyebrows and eyes were full of excitement, "The eucalyptus of the rolling dragon killing Liu Xiucai has finally made progress." ”

The bolt was stunned, and he couldn't remember what Rolling Earth Dragon and Liu Xiucai were for a while, and his expression was very complicated when he thought about it, and he felt that it was from his previous life.

"Boss." He said, "You haven't given up yet?" ”

"Give up what?" Zhang Yuan smiled and said, "The eucalyptus in my hand, the murderer has not yet returned to the eucalyptus, and I will never give up, let alone say this." ”

He swallowed the steamed cake.

"I can already confirm that the thief who robbed the Rolling Earth Dragon is in the capital, since I found the sword mark on the city wall, I walked the road I was escorted to at the beginning, and inquired along the way, especially the people who passed before and after me, and found that there was an identity that appeared."

The plug was a little curious and asked, "What identity?" ”

Zhang Yuan looked at him: "Woman, embroidery girl." ”

Embroidery? The bolt was stunned.

"Do you remember the injury Zhao Wu was injured when he robbed the Rolling Earth Dragon?"

Zhang Yuan continued, reaching out and pressing on his eyelids.

"The eyes are sewn up, and sewing is exactly the craftsmanship of embroidery girls."

The bolt looked a little hesitant: "But people with high martial arts can use flying flowers, picking leaves, and threading needles and threads as weapons." ”

It's a bit too far-fetched to say that this thief is an embroiderer.

As for the people passing by along the way, there are many embroiderers in the world, and it is not that the gate does not go out of the door, and the road is very common.

He looked at Zhang Yuan, his eyes were a little sympathetic, and the leader was too obsessed and a little stunned.

Zhang Yuan didn't care about his eyes.

"I know what I'm saying sounds ridiculous."

He looked excited.

"But her sword marks have once again appeared outside the capital."

"I've found out from Jingzhao Mansion that there is an embroidery girl of origin, who I showed up when I inquired along the way."

He took a piece of paper out of his sleeve and slapped it on the table.

The plug looked through the oil lamp, and saw that there were many names written on the paper, and the lines were chaotic, but one of the names was heavily circled.

Chenzhou Xu Cheng, embroidered seven stars.