Chapter 23: The Disappearance of the Imperial Capital
As soon as the bell rang, the noon door was opened, and the hundred officials entered in turn, and Ye Yun followed the ministers across the Jinshui Bridge and came to the Taihe Palace.
It didn't take long for Ye Yun to hear a familiar male duck's voice: "Kneel!" ”
Then, the civil and military officials moved in unison, lifted their robes and knelt down and shouted: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" ”
Ye Yun mingled in the crowd, and was busy kneeling down and kowtowing.
"Zhong Aiqing is flat!" Yuwen Yongdao.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the officials said in unison.
After speaking, they got up and stood in place, with their hands in front of their chests and their eyes not squinting.
Yu Wenyong sat on the throne of the dragon chair, his deep eyes patrolled back and forth among the hundred officials, and finally saw Ye Yun wearing the court clothes of Dali Temple little by little near the palace gate, and suddenly felt a little funny.
As if he was afraid that the hundred officials would find out about his abnormality, his eyes stopped on Ye Yun for a moment and then turned to other places, Yu Wenyong said: "Who has the best to play?" ”
"Back to the emperor, the minister has a book."
In a daze, Ye Yun seemed to see a figure in the front row move, and then she heard Yu Wenyong say Deng Aiqing, please speak, as for the rest of the matter...... I can only ask Zhou Gong.
When she woke up from the predicament, just in time for the ministers to retreat and salute, Ye Yun stood in place and stretched her body, and was just about to walk outside the hall, when she was called from behind: "Eldest princess, please slow down." ”
Ye Yun turned around, it turned out to be the father and son of the Ji family, and immediately smiled: "Lord Ji, Ji Shaoqing, working under Lord Ji in the future, it will inevitably trouble the adults, please don't mind too much." ”
"The eldest princess is serious, it is a blessing for the eldest princess to come to Dali Temple to help!" Thistle Road.
"I'm very happy to be able to help adults."
"The eldest princess said so, the old minister is not welcome, there is indeed a tricky case that needs to be dealt with urgently, and the case is still waiting for the Dali Temple, and the old minister is talking to the eldest princess." Speaking of the case, Ji Liang's face was more solemn.
"Without further ado, let's go to Dali Temple immediately."
"Eldest princess, please!" The three of them hurried to Dali Temple.
Goodbye Dali Temple, Ye Yun's mood was inevitably a little complicated, after all, she spent the first night of her arrival in the prison of Dali Temple.
At the gate of Dali Temple, Ji Zizhen saw her staring at the plaque in a daze, and said a little puzzled: "What is the princess thinking?" ”
Ye Yun smiled and said, "It's okay, let's go." ”
As soon as the three of them entered the door, they saw the front of the temple hurriedly coming: "Something happened to Lord Ji!" ”
"What's so alarming?"
Si Zheng was eager to approach Ji Liang and whispered a few words in his ear, Ji Liang's expression changed greatly: "Where is it!" ”
"It's in the backyard."
"Something urgent, Zizhen, you take the eldest princess to the hall first, princess, the old minister will go back when he goes."
Ye Yun nodded and said, "It's important, Master Ji can go by himself." ”
The hall is in the east courtyard of Dali Temple, it is the place where Shaoqing deals with official business on weekdays, there are two tables in the hall, separated by a partition in the middle, Ye Yun saw that there were many files and pen and ink piled up on the table outside, so he went straight inside.
Compared with the one outside, the table inside is much cleaner, with a pen holder in the upper right corner, four brushes of different thicknesses hanging on the shelf, and an inkstone on the side, and a grinder diagonally in it, and a vessel containing ink in it.
Ye Yun bypassed the table and sat on the chair, glanced at Ji Zizhen and said, "Please ask Ji Shaoqing to bring the file of the case that Lord Ji said." ”
"Wait a minute, eldest princess." After speaking, Ji Zizhen went to his desk, rolled up the top file, and then walked inside and handed it to Ye Yun: "Princess, the details of this case are written inside, this case should have been taken care of by Jingzhao Mansion, but due to the increasing number of missing people within a month, Jingzhao Mansion has no clue, so it was transferred to Dali Temple." ”
While Ji Zizhen was talking, Ye Yun had already opened the file and read it carefully, the file recorded that on June 25, the 26th year of Yong'an, a woman named Cui'e reported the case, claiming that her husband Li Er had gone out on June 20 and never returned, and she was worried about her husband's safety, so she went to Jingzhao Mansion to report the case.
Ye Yun continued to flip through the back, but he didn't expect that after that, it was all the missing person report records, from June 25 to today, that is, the sixth day of the first month of August, but in just over a month, the missing population in the imperial capital is as high as seventy-eight, and all of them are men in the prime of life.
Ye Yun put down the file and couldn't help but feel surprised, if she said that it was a woman who disappeared, she could understand a little, but it happened that they were all men in the prime of life, it was really weird!
"After reporting the case, can the government visit the informant's home for investigation?" Ye Yun looked up at Ji Zizhen and asked.
"According to Jingzhao Prefecture, people were sent to visit on the day of the incident, but there was no result." Thistle truth.
Hearing this, Ye Yun re-rolled up the file and put it aside, got up and walked beside him and said, "Is there something wrong with Ji Shaoqing?" ”
"What does the princess command?"
"Accompany the palace to Liushifang."
If he remembered correctly, this Liu Shifang was the residence of the first informant, did the eldest princess want to visit in person? Thinking of this, Ji Zizhen's expression changed, what his father said was that recommending character should be based on the present and look at it with a long-term vision, this eldest princess is indeed different from the past.
Thinking like this, Ji Zizhen looked at Ye Yun with more respect in his eyes: "The lower official obeys the order." ”
Coming out of Dali Temple, Ye Yun did not go directly to Liu Shifang, but took Ji Zizhen to the garment shop.
Under the incomprehensible gaze of Ji Zizhen, Ye Yun took out a piece of silver and put it on the counter and said, "The store will take out two sets of men's clothes." ”
The shopkeeper saw that Ye Yun was generous and wearing an official uniform, and immediately nodded and said, "Wait a minute, adult, let's get the small one." ”
After a while, the shopkeeper came out with two sets of clothes, one white and one blue, and his face was a little embarrassed: "It's unfortunate that the adults came, and the clothes that fit the shape of the adults are the only ones left in this white one." ”
"It's okay, as long as you can wear it," Ye Yun took the white dress and said, "Do you have a place to change it here?" ”
"Yes, yes, two adults, please." The shopkeeper brought the two of them inside, but unfortunately, only one person could be allowed inside at a time.
The shopkeeper looked at the two of them, wiped the sweat on his head and whispered: "The small shop is shabby, please forgive the two adults." ”
Ye Yun glanced at the shopkeeper and said, "Let's go get busy first." ”
"Yes, sir."
Before leaving, the shopkeeper handed the clothes in his hand to Ji Zizhen.
Glancing at the clothes in Ji Zizhen's hand, Ye Yun said, "It's better to invite Ji Shaoqing first." ”
"The lower officials don't dare, the princess invites first!" Thistle really refused.
Seeing this, Ye Yun didn't shirk it, and immediately entered the inside, and came out of it after a while, still holding the court clothes in his hand: "Ji Shaoqing, this palace is waiting for you outside." ”
"Yes."
Returning to the counter again, Ye Yun put the court clothes in his hand on the counter and took out a tael of silver and said, "Shopkeeper, please pack it together with that son's clothes and send it to Dali Temple in a while, and this silver tael will be your errand fee." ”
Hearing this, the shopkeeper smiled from ear to ear: "Don't worry, the little ones will definitely do things well." ”
While talking, Ji Zizhen came out of the inside, not to mention that this store has a good eye, this dress is worn on Ji Zizhen's body quite a bit of Yushu Linfeng.
Ye Yun bowed slightly: "Let's go." ”