After they were full of wine and food, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong left Sun Wu's house.

"Otherwise, you two will stay at my house." Sun Wu patted Duan Ming on the shoulder.

"No, I still won't bother you to help the two of you to rest." Duan Ming said with a smile: "By the way, I just forgot to ask, Old Sun, do you have any impression of the new envoy Song Yi who is the commander of the city guarding the city?" ”

"Song Yi? I don't have much contact with it. Sun Wu thought for a while: "There have been a few times when he took a boat and deliberately came to me." ”

"This person is nothing special, he looks quite honest and simple."

"It's very energetic, but it's very polite to people."

"Oh, yes, I've heard that. He was originally a big official in the capital, but because he made a small mistake, he was demoted here to be the commander of the city guard. ”

"Minor mistakes?" Duan Ming's brows furrowed slightly: "Anyway, the envoy of the city guard is also an official of the seventh grade, and Linzhou also belongs to the rich land, although the seventh grade here is not as good as the capital, it can be regarded as a high-ranking family." was relegated to such a position, so what was the original identity of this Song Yi? ”

As he spoke, Duan Ming looked at Xu Shizhong.

As an institution exclusive to His Majesty today, the composition of the Spiegel Division is somewhat similar to that of the Ming Dynasty's Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang, which can be regarded as a spy agency.

It's just that the intelligence strength of this "secret service agency" is far inferior to that of the three "Jin, Eastern, and Western" organizations, and its authority is not as great as theirs.

However, the biggest benefit of Spiegel is that it is "above board".

It has the unique "means" of those spy agencies, and also has such "functions" as the Criminal Department and Dali Temple.

Compared with the "brocade, east, and west" that the common people are afraid of when they mention it, the common people do not have so much resistance to the Spiegel Division, and they have more respect for it.

This can be seen from the original Linzhou Caizi case.

But despite this, the Spiegel Division is still essentially a secret service after all, and there are still basic clues to collect.

If the other party is a lonely and nameless little person, if the other party is a big person, then there is no reason why Spiegel Division has no clue at all.

"The name Song Yi does sound very unfamiliar to me." Xu Shizhong hesitated for a moment and said: "Either he didn't have any fame before, or he changed his name." When I get back, I'll send someone to investigate, and maybe I'll find some clues. ”

"yes, okay." Duan Ming nodded.

Then Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong said goodbye to Sun Wu and walked towards Leaky Clothes Alley.

According to Sun Wu and Sun's statement, in fact, the most important locations are in this Leaky Clothes Lane and the Nanan City Gate.

At that time, when Sun Wu and Sun were fleeing, they happened to meet Xu Hansan, who was on the watch, and then Xu Hansan died here.

If they want to find out the truth of the matter, they must first find out how the so-called "hundred ghosts" killed Xu Hansan and how they entered the closed city gate.

Leaky Clothes Lane is a small alley, which is Duan Ming's home, and outside Leaky Clothes Lane is Zichu Street, where some ordinary people live.

Walking into Leaky Clothes Alley, Duan Ming first checked his "home" and found that nothing was missing, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

When it comes to wealth, Duan Ming should be regarded as the poorest category in the entire Linyang City, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is penniless.

Therefore, everything in Duan Ming was extremely precious, after all, Duan Ming couldn't afford to buy new ones.

However, speaking of which, Duan Ming's things themselves are not easy to be remembered by thieves.

A broken straw mat, a few broken bowls, a few old books, a straw shed, that's all.

As for candlelight and the like, in Duan Ming's opinion, he could use his own moonlight, and he didn't have to waste that oil money at all.

There is a grass hut to shelter from the rain, moonlight for reading, a straw mat for sleeping, and a bowl and chopsticks for eating, and so on.

However, Duan Ming looked comfortable, but Xu Shizhong on the side had mixed feelings in his heart.

He didn't understand how a capable person like Duan Ming had fallen to such a point?

Thinking about it again, Duan Ming helped them solve the case twice, but what did they give Duan Ming in return? Not even a sheltered house!

For the first time, Xu Shizhong was a little dissatisfied with Xing Qianqiu in his heart.

"It's good that you haven't lost it, let's go, let's go to Meridian Street and have a look." Duan Ming didn't know what Xu Shizhong was thinking, so he patted Xu Shizhong on the shoulder and left.

Xu Shizhong took a deep look at Duan Ming's "home" again, and then walked out with Duan Ming.

"Mr. Duan, I really don't understand." Looking at Duan Ming's back, he gritted his teeth and said, "You can obviously live a life of fine clothes and food, why do you have to stay here?" Even if you don't want to be an official in the court, or if you don't want to join my Spiegel Division, with your ability, even if you do anything, it's better than this. ”

"Huh?" Duan Ming looked at Xu Shizhong, who was full of seriousness, and shook his head with a smile: "Do you think I have a hard time like this?" ”

"Of course!" Xu Shizhong nodded.

"And what do you think of this Leaky Alley?" Duan Ming asked with a smile.

"Shabby." Xu Shizhong said in a deep voice.

"Definitely. The original function of clothing was to cover the body, and it was the most important step for human beings to move from barbarism to civilization. Knowing courtesy, righteousness, honesty, and understanding love, hatred, and resentment is the first embodiment of human nature. Duan Ming thought for a moment and replied: "Leaky Clothes Alley, at first glance, it sounds like the clothes are leaky, and you can't even cover the body, can this clothes still be called clothes?" ”

"Then why did you choose such a place?" Xu Shizhong asked suspiciously.

"Clothes are leaky, and humanity is broken." Duan Ming looked up at the dilapidated alley: "This leaky alley represents the inadequacy of human nature, and it represents the most fundamental things of human beings. It's like the first street outside, looking at all the ordinary people who live there, in fact? ”

"Could it be that there have been a lot of dignitaries here?" Xu Shizhong said in surprise.

"Guess what?" Duan Ming blinked: "Old Xu, you must not just look at the surface when looking at things, you have to see something deeper." ”

"Deeper?" Xu Shizhong felt that what he said with Duan Ming was a little confused, as if there was some reason, and it seemed to be hazy.

"Lao Xu, you think I'm poor here, but I don't think so." Duan Ming waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The mountain is not high, and if there is an immortal, it is famous; The water is not deep, and if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual. Si is a burrow, but Wu Dexin, the moss marks are green, and the grass is green! ”

"Lao Xu, Zifei knows the joy of fish? The son is not me, and how can you know that I am unhappy? ”

The afterglow of the setting sun shone on Duan Ming's body, as if Duan Ming's body was glowing.

At this moment, Duan Ming was like a god......