The city wall of Chengdu Mansion is three zhang high, one zhang eight feet thick, a total of 4,14 zhang, divided into four gates of east and west, north and south, the moat is deep and wide, the mountain Shu County is only Chengdu Mansion gentle, just like a natural basin, fertile fields for thousands of miles, rich for thousands of years.

On the ninth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, in the early morning, the three of them were sent by the government office early, from the Gulou South Street, along the street shiny bluestone slabs and the old buildings one after another, the noisy morning market is steaming, there are steamed buns, bean curd, puff pastry, cooking cakes, dazzling.

This is Zhao Zhengli's first time entering the big city, it is inevitable to look east and west, just one street has dazzled him, and the two officials who led the way did not urge, after all, the whole Shu knew about this character, and the two of them naturally felt honored to be guided, let alone urge.

After the prosperous silkworm market, across the river covered bridge, towering mansions, towering archways, winding green spaces, pavilions, and then go a few miles to finally see the Chengdu Mansion, the eaves and arches, green bricks and green tiles, majestic stone lions are more awe-inspiring.

The government sits in the north and faces south, there are brick carvings according to the wall, the majestic gate, the instrument door, the ring stone workshop, the stone square is divided into six civil and military rooms, the left is the civil official, the official, the household, the ceremony. The right is the military position, soldiers, criminals, and workers.

There are public halls, two halls, and three halls on the main road, and some side rooms for the bureaucrats and their families to live in.

It covers a total area of tens and hundreds of acres.

There were guards with knives standing quietly on both sides of the gate of the mansion, and when they saw a few people approaching the horizontal knife to stop them, they said to the Bijia sisters wearing thin swords: "The mansion is forbidden to carry weapons!" ”

A familiar and pleasant voice came from the ya: "No need to control, let them in!"

Then I saw Yu Xiaowei, the young lady of the Yu family, walking slowly, still white and gorgeous, with three thousand green silk tied in a tassel bun, a real silk satin floating with the breeze in a bun, wearing a white skirt that was only elegant and dusty, a pure white Shu embroidered dark belt around the waist, a sachet and jade plate hanging on the waist, and a tulle brocade robe.

The already beautiful face, coupled with such a dress, adds a bit of fairy spirit, the Bi family sisters are looking at it again and again, and the kind of envy is estimated only the two of them know.

In fact, they are not bad, but they have been running around in the rivers and lakes all the year round, and their complexion is a little worse, and besides, the two sisters also have the capital to be proud of.

At that time, there will be one more person behind Yu Xiaowei, it is Li Zhanyi, the senior sister of Emei, who is also dressed exquisitely, and there are not a few silk embroidered silk up and down, and there are two scimitars with a "mandarin" and a "duck" around his waist.

Zhao Daochang found that the charm of Senior Sister Emei, who had been absent for more than a month, was a lot more, and he didn't know if her two 'heavy and heavy' who were about to come out were tired, and he really wanted to carry her with his hands.

Zhao Daochang politely bowed to the two, and the Bi family sisters followed suit, but the two of them seemed to stay in Li Zhanyi's chest for a long time, and they didn't know that they were worried about her like Zhao Daochang; Or for my own humility.

Miss Yu called the three of them into the mansion, and deliberately distanced herself from Daochang Zhao all the way, but Daochang didn't pay much attention to it, and followed him through the Yimen to the court.

Under the plaque of "Mirror Hanging" is the background picture of the huge Dan Crane Chaoyang, the official seal, documents, scrolls, pen inkstones, and signature holders are readily available in the public case, and there are books on both sides of the case, and the trial case and other supervision and jury tables and chairs.

Today is not a trial of prisoners, so the officers on both sides of the court are not the slightest coercion.

did not wait for Zhao Zhengli and his entourage to ascend to the court, three bureaucrats dressed in scarlet robes and black veils on their heads walked down the court to usher in, the front one person held the holy decree, was the third product inspector and supervisor Shi Dingkui, and the two scarlet robes and black yarns in the rear were Hu Yongbang, the governor of the state, and Cao Rui, the state pastor, all of whom were civil officials from the third grade, in charge of the military and government affairs and people's livelihood in a state.

Behind the three of them, there is a middle-aged man in a six-grade green robe, this person is Tao Xuan, the transportation envoy of Cao, who is the adjutant of a state, who controls the transportation of money, grain, water conservancy, etc., and the other position is to supervise the two governors of the head of the army and the state pastor, because the transfer envoy and the assassin are both sent by the imperial court, and it is also a tacit fact to supervise the locality.

Such an institution supervised by officials can naturally understand why the 'two emperors' who are accustomed to monopolizing power have resisted with their heads.

Thorn Shi Dingkui raised his holy decree with both hands above his head: "Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Daoist of the Qingcheng Dao Sect, receives the decree!" ”

Everyone in the public hall bowed their heads and knelt.

Thorn Shi waited for a long time, but he didn't hear him say, "Take the order!" Yu Xiaowei hurriedly reminded in a low voice with a cold face.

Zhao Daochang only then realized that he said: "Poor Dao Zhao Zhengli took the order!" ”

"I Shao Yingjun's life: Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Taoist of the Taoist Qingcheng faction of Chengdu Fulu Shengfu, went down the mountain to help the imperial court govern Shu, and he was specially sealed; Zhao Zhengli, the seventh Daoist of the Holy Mansion, has been awarded the seat of the Yellow Master under the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and has been commended......"

Then the assassin put away the holy decree and handed it to Zhao Zhengli, who was kowtowing: "Heavenly Master Mansion Zhang Huangshi will accept the decree!" ”

Zhao Daochang raised his hand to take it, and directly ignored the last words such as "thank you, thank you", and suddenly made the people present follow without knowing the process, and according to the procedure, the receiver returned to Xie Longen before everyone got up, and this young Zhao Daochang seemed to be out of common sense.

Thorn Stingkui didn't pursue it, and shouted helplessly: "Get up!" ”

Obviously, the Assassin rarely encounters such strange things.

Zhao Daochang did not know the occasion of the public opened the decree, and saw that the golden decree standard was written in a line of black neat and beautiful font, and the proposed decree was written four days ago, "Xingtong Gengxu five years, the fifth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar." And attached several signatures and seals, up to the Shangshu Sect and the province, down to the messenger, the noisy people all signed the seal.

The corners of several bureaucrats' mouths twitched, and Stingkui coughed dryly: "Master Zhang Huang doesn't want to question, I don't dare to lie about the holy decree." His Majesty the Emperor Yingwu Shengde also said that Zhao Huangshi was specially approved to spend half a month taking care of things, and at the end of August, he went to Beijing to officially be appointed as the disciple of the Heavenly Master's Mansion. ”

After passing the decree, several state bureaucrats and Zhao Daochang exchanged greetings and dispersed, after all, a few of them could stand in the Chengdu Mansion; This young Taoist has a merit, so he is naturally friendly with him, and he has officially become a member of the "Three Sages of the Temple", maybe in the future, he is expected to become a celestial master who always accompanies the emperor, pointing to the temples and rivers and lakes, and it does not hurt to say a few more words at this moment.

Later, the government officials arranged for the three of them to temporarily live in the wing, and Yu Xiaowei and Li Zhanyi were also in the same courtyard.

The courtyard of the wing house is divided into two main houses, east and west, where Zhao Daochang and Yu Xiaowei live, and there are secondary houses on both sides of the main house, with a total of six primary and secondary rooms, so the five people are not crowded.

As soon as he was busy here, Daochang Zhao began to ask Miss Yu about remuneration and inquire about Situ Yao's whereabouts.

Miss Yu didn't seem to buy his account much, and she didn't have a good face in the whole process, but she still settled the remuneration one by one, including the dead Lao Yue, Yu Xiaowei told Hu Hai that he had a wife and daughter, and he had sent someone to send his share over.

She didn't know much about Miss Situ's whereabouts, and only said that she had met her twice outside South Street.

When asked about Li Zhanyi, he received the same answer.

Being able to ask for clues has exceeded Zhao Daochang's expectations, and he thought that the cold face would make it difficult for him, and Zhao Daochang didn't bother to stick her cold ass with a hot face here, and it was the best policy to take the Bi family sisters away.

Out of the courtyard, Zhao Daochang looked at the beauties on both sides and complained: "It's amazing to be beautiful!" It's not the same, no breasts, no ass. Except for the good reincarnation, nothing can beat Birou, right? ”

Birou pouted unconfidently: "Miss Yu is much more dignified and elegant than me." ”

Zhao Daochang corrected: "If you don't have confidence, you can throw her a few streets at my sister's chest!" ”

Birou slammed her fists shyly, and Jasper followed with a wicked smile.

The Bi family sisters seemed to be happy to keep Zhao Daochang at a distance from other beauties, and praised their sisters this time, which was more comfortable and pleasant than receiving the reward money.

The heart is certainly at ease; However, he was still relieved: "Don't go to your heart, Miss Yu is the daughter of Lord Shangshu, and she should keep a distance from me and other Jianghu people." ”

As soon as the three of them left, Yu Xiaowei pursed her lips with disdain and snorted coldly: "The man is really virtuous, and he can't keep the rules and precepts of cultivation, and he has been hugging left and right since he went down the mountain for only two months, and he was still looking away a few days ago!" ”

Zhao Daochang, who was out of the palace, sneezed twice in a row, and secretly said that someone scolded him.

There seem to be a lot of people who have offended recently, and I didn't think about it, so I took the Bi family sisters and walked directly towards the south gate.

There is no task, there is more money in the pocket, this place is the capital of food, eating must be indispensable, and the Bijia sisters who have not yet arrived in the Drum Tower are not able to hold on, only Zhao Daochang eats more and more fiercely, no matter what meat skewers and wine, they have to taste two bites.

Then the three of them wandered around the south city gate to see if they could meet Miss Situ.

An afternoon to no avail.

In the evening, when she returned to the mansion, Miss Yu and Li Zhanyi tightened the door, and the Bi sisters also went back to the house, and Zhao Daochang entered his own house.

Zhao Daochang is expected to stay in Chengdu Mansion for three days, looking for Situ Yao, regardless of the outcome, and then go south to Emei, to Lao Yue and Hu Hai Monument for a sacrifice, a total of five to six days before and after, and then go back to the mountain gate in the Mid-Autumn Festival to have a look, presumably a few senior brothers also know everything; I hope that he will go back and give instructions to himself.

The next day, I went to every wine shop and teahouse on North Street without any clues, but in the afternoon, I ate all over the East and West Streets.

Back to the yamen in the evening, Yu Xiaowei did not close the door today, she wore a plain skirt to enjoy the cool on the stone table in the courtyard, and there was a set of herbal tea utensils in front of the table.

The Bi family sisters looked at Zhao Daochang and asked for advice, and the Dao Chang motioned to go back to the house, he didn't want to provoke this cold and glamorous queen, it was colder than the Bi family sisters at the beginning, so he almost pasted 'men don't approach' on his face.

Who knew that Queen Leng Yan opened her mouth for the first time today: "Why don't you sit down and drink a cup of herbal tea for a day?" ”

The sudden enthusiasm made Zhao Daochang and the two sisters not react for a while, but their tone was still cold, as if they were rejecting people.

She took a sip of tea without raising her head, and then said, "I really don't want to know the whereabouts of Miss Situ?" ”

Hearing this, Daochang Zhao picked up his robe and sat down, while the Bi family sisters stood aside.

Yu Xiaowei raised her beautiful eyes and looked at the white-faced Taoist priest opposite, and then looked at the Bi family sisters on the side, and asked, "What is the matter with looking for Miss Situ two days before and after?" Do you want to add a new concubine? Or is it a bad house? ”

“……”

directly asked the Dao Chang and the Bi family sisters, these words were from Leng Yan and arrogant; The daughter of the scholar who knows the truth?

Daochang Zhao, who reacted, didn't rush to answer, and asked, "Miss Yu, in your eyes, I, Zhao, am a cowardly fanatic?" ”

Yu Xiaowei smiled contemptuously: "Otherwise, how can you be worthy of the alternative books that Zhao Daochang bought in Yafeng Village on the fifteenth day of the first month?" ”

Daoist Zhao's mind was like thunder: "You investigate this way?" ”

No wonder this Miss Yu family met again and judged the two of them, with his reputation in Yafeng Village, it was really loud, but the fine inquiries were all reverse and inferior, and she could sit down and chat calmly after she knew it, and her cultivation was really not ordinarily high.

Soon Zhao Daochang was also relieved, and he didn't live with her Yu Xiaowei for the rest of his life, why did he care about her: "Miss Yu just made a special trip to expose the troubles?" ”

"Naturally, it's not perfect, I just want the two Fanghua girls to recognize your wolf's dirty face earlier, and by the way, dispel your thoughts about Miss Situ!"

“……”

Zhao Daochang couldn't argue, it seemed that the misunderstanding was unexplained, only the Bi family sisters were still confused.