As the saying goes, "Wen Bailing, Wu thrush." ”

Since ancient times, literati and ink writers have been especially fond of larks. Not only because of its tactful sound and good sound, but also because of its "set of work".

As far as the lark is concerned, the one who can call the "thirteen sets" is the top grade, the so-called "thirteen sets" refers to the sound it can imitate thirteen other animals or objects in turn, and after the imitation is finished, it will start over again, and the "set of work" of the best lark will repeat itself, and no noise can be heard during the chirp.

In the birdcage on Jin Wanquan's table is a very expensive "thirteen sets" of larks. This lark seems to have been holding back for a long time without showing his singing voice, this time it is singing and dancing with joy, and the house will be the sound of house sparrows, the sound of magpies, the crowing of roosters, and the laying of eggs by hens.

Jin Wanquan and Jiang Shanghan pricked up their ears, and what they heard was not the sound of birds, but the sound next door.

As expected, there was a complete silence next door, and after a while, a rush of footsteps came from the next seat.

Jin Wanquan and Jiang Shanghan glanced at each other, and there was a knock on the door in their ears.

The corners of Jin Wanquan's mouth raised slightly, and he said, "Please come in." The door was pushed open, and sure enough, it was Han Zhao who was standing outside the room!

"Dare to ask Your Excellency?"

Han Zhao smiled but didn't answer, but his eyes kept staring at the lark on the table. As the saying goes, "the prime minister's family slave is a seven-grade official", the head of the criminal department's squire's family, and the faction is naturally not small.

Han Zhao didn't speak, but a natural servant appeared behind him, and this one was not polite, he stepped in, pouted and said, "Hey, this master is the head of the Mansion of Lord Tang, the left attendant of the Criminal Department, Han Ye." ”

Hearing this, the two hurriedly stepped forward, Jin Wanquan came to Han Zhao and said with a smile: "The villain's eyes should be dug out and fed to the harrier, I have long admired the name of Mr. Han, and the villain will give you a greeting!"

Han Zhao waved his hand shyly and said, "That's it," pointing to the bird cage on the table, "This bird is yours?"

"Back to your words, it's the villain. ”

Only then did Han Zhao raise his eyelids and glance at Jin Wanquan: "How do I think you are a little faceless? I know all the experts who play birds inside and outside the capital." ”

"Mr. Han, please take a seat. Jin Wanquan saw Han Zhao sit down, and his heart was overjoyed, and then he called Xiao Wuzi and ordered the banquet to be removed and the table was set up again.

"Hey, what kind of expert is the villain, this lark was brought from the north by a friend of mine who is in business, and he said that he had been trained, and he chattered all day long, and he was very disgusting. Jiang Shanghan beckoned Han Zhao and his entourage to sit down, pouring wine one by one, Jin Wanquan glanced at him and said, "You go back first, just say that I met a friend and will go back later." ”

Jiang Shanghan will come out in response.

Han Zhao looked the birdcage up and down, and suddenly asked, "I haven't asked for the name of the honorable person, who is the mansion?"

"Don't dare, don't dare, the villain Jin Wanquan is the manager of the Yuding Dart Bureau. ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Kim. Han Zhao pointed to the lark in the cage and said, "You really failed your friend's good intentions, and you have wronged this bird." ”

Jin Wanquan pretended to be puzzled and said, "Why did Han Ye say this?"

Han Zhao immediately became interested: "This lark can be called the best in terms of coat color, feather crown and mouth. ”

"Huh?" Jin Wanquan smiled bitterly: "According to what Master Han said, it's really a waste of good things." ”

Han Zhao stretched out his hand and pointed to the birdcage: "Don't say anything else, this birdcage alone is worth this amount." He held out two fingers.

Jin Wanquan's eyes widened: "Is it worth twenty taels?" You must know that a seventh-grade official's annual salary is ninety stones, and it is only forty or fifty taels when converted into silver.

Han Zhao laughed when he heard this: "Two hundred taels." ”

"II...... Two hundred taels?" Jin Wanquan could hardly believe his ears.

There are also a few fox friends who came with Han Zhao who play with birds, seeing that Han Zhao is very interested, they all want to show that they are experts, one of them said: "I don't necessarily be able to buy two hundred taels, you see that the cage hook, the luster is so soft, this is made of copper and silver mixed casting, you look at the cover plate this carving, it looks like it is from the hand of a famous artist." ”

Han Zhao nodded again and again after hearing this, and the other simply stood up, looked the birdcage up and down, and touched it with his hand, and then said: "Everyone, this cage is made of bamboo that has grown for five years, and the bamboo used for the birdcage is not tough enough if it is less in the year, and it is too brittle after a long year, so five or six years of bamboo is the most suitable." ”

Not to be outdone, another person said, "Look at these two porcelain jars again," everyone's eyes immediately shifted to the two bird food jars in the cage, "These two jars are not only thin and fine porcelain, pure in color, but also extremely exquisite in painting, I dare to conclude that these are from the mouth of the high-grade official kiln." ”

Although Jin Wanquan said that he set up a bureau, but after listening to the analysis of these obsessive experts who play birds, he has also grown a lot of knowledge, it turns out that there are so many exquisiteness in playing birds, no wonder ordinary people would rather sell them than play when they catch good birds, where can ordinary people afford to play?

Thinking of this, he rolled his eyes, stood up and raised his glass and said, "It's really a blessing for Jin to get to know Manager Han and you today, please drink this cup." The crowd drank it all.

Han Zhao didn't have the heart to drink at the moment, he was thinking about how to get this Bailing in his hands, it was estimated that he couldn't think of what Jin Wanquan was thinking about at the moment was how to find a stubble to give him this bird.

I saw Han Zhao glance at everyone and said: "Many people here are related to me because of birds, I don't want to make a good friend of Mr. Jin today, in the future, we will be commensurate with brothers, how close and close, I don't know what Mr. Jin thinks?"

Jin Wanquan saw him hand out his voice, and hit the railway while it was hot: "I don't give up, Jin can't ask for it." ”

Since he sat down, Han Zhao's eyes had hardly left this bird cage, Jin Wanquan saw that the time had come, and coughed dryly: "The little brother doesn't know how to play with birds, just the so-called sword gift hero, I see that you love this bird so much, just make a favor and give it to Han Ye, so as not to spoil the good things." ”

As soon as these words came out, Han Zhao's eyes immediately lit up, but out of reserve, he still cleared his throat and stabilized his emotions before pretending to be embarrassed: "Brother Jin, how good is it to meet for ......the first time" Jin Wanquan didn't wait for him to finish, his face changed: "Master Han, if you don't want it, you will look down on the little brother." ”

None of the people on the side were shrewd people, and they persuaded Han Zhao to accept it, but Han Zhao only pretended to accept it reluctantly.

As soon as he accepted the bird, Han Zhao sent someone to send it to his house, as if he was afraid that the surname Jin would regret it.

At this moment, the atmosphere on the table immediately warmed up, and at this time, in Han Zhao's eyes, he no longer regarded Jin Wanquan as an outsider, everyone pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and called each other brothers.

After three rounds of drinking, Jin Wanquan deliberately put down his wine glass and sighed heavily.

Seeing this, Han Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother Jin, why are you so good?"

Jin Wanquan wanted to speak and stopped, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, everyone is so happy today, don't mention it." ”

Han Zhao didn't know that he wanted to capture him, so he asked with the pleasure of drinking: "Brother Jin Xian, don't you say that this is taking my brother and me as an outsider." ”

Jin Wanquan sighed again and said, "I'll tell you the truth, something happened to our dart game recently. ”

"Oh? ”

Jin Wanquan told him about the theft of 30,000 taels of silver, but he didn't say a word about Hong Sanye's file.

Han Zhao frowned and said: "Brother Xian, you are worrying about the sky, the dart silver was robbed in Hunan, even if you want to investigate, there is an official government and a dart bureau there, as the general manager, what do you have to do with it?"

Jin Wan said with a full face: "Big brother doesn't know, the Yuding Dart Bureau has never had such a big difference since its establishment, this time our President Tang Dart Head sprinkled all his anger on us subordinates, and strictly ordered all the people to track down the truth within a time limit. ”

Han Zhao couldn't help but ask: "But this incident happened in the Hunan territory, what kind of reputation can you find out in the capital? Not to mention that your dart bureau alone is not enough, have you reported to the official?"

Jin Wanquan shook his head and said: "Brother is not right, the big case of 30,000 taels of silver is definitely not something that ordinary thieves can do, and what can do such a big case must be done by a powerful and background Jiangyang thief gang, and the government is too lazy to wade into this troubled water, but unfortunately I am not a person in the rivers and lakes, so I can't help." As soon as he said this, Han Zhao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"When you say that, I think of a man who might be able to ask something from him. ”

Jin Wanquan deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Why does the eldest brother also have friends on the Green Forest Road?"

Han Zhao waved his hand and said: "That's not it, it's just that I heard our master mention a person a few days ago, it is said that this person has been very famous in the rivers and lakes in the past two years, and he can eat both black and white." ”

"Heavenly prison?" Jin Wanquan said with a look of disbelief: "How is it possible, only those who have been sent by the emperor himself can enter that place, and he is also worthy of a person in the rivers and lakes?"

Han Zhao Zhengse said: "This time it is really not the emperor's will, it is said that he was arrested by breaking into King Kang's mansion at night, and was personally ordered to be detained by Prince Kang." ”

"What do you mean, big brother?"

"You and I are already brothers, my brother will help you once today" Han Zhao reached into his arms, took out an iron plaque and shook it in front of Jin Wanquan and said, "Do you know what this is?" Jin Wanquan shook his head. Han Zhao smiled and said: "This is my master's criminal department token, after eating, my brother will accompany you to the prison, if you can get some clues out of that kid's mouth, my brother will be good in front of your master." ”

Jin Wanquan stood up and said, "Brother helps you righteously, how can I thank you, little brother!"

From the north gate of the Yamen of the Criminal Department to the west, through a narrow alley, at the end is the heavily guarded prison of the Criminal Department.

The walls on both sides of this alley are more than two feet high, Jiang Shanghan is carrying a food box in his hand, closely following behind Han Zhao and Jin Wan's body, from the first step into the alley, he secretly counted the number of steps, until he came to the gate of the prison, a total of 483 steps. On each side of the gate stood twenty tall armoured guards.

There is a table under the corridor, and on the wooden chair behind the desk, a guard is holding the purple clay pot in his hand with Erlang's legs.

"Yo, Manager Han, what kind of wind has blown you here?" Seeing Han Zhao, this person hurriedly put down the teapot and greeted him with a smile on his face.