Xia Yuanji left the yamen of the Ministry of Officials in a daze, and "cultivated for a few days" under the instruction of Lord Shangshu.

Those of them who have not been in Beijing for a long time to become officials generally rent a small courtyard in the suburbs.

Xia Yuanji is not as "wealthy" as Fang Zhongjin, and the courtyard he can rent is only one room, a stove room, and a ring of earthen walls around it separates this house from the neighbor's house.

Except for the detached family, it doesn't look like the mansion of the official at all.

Xia Yuanji naturally couldn't invite any servants, so after returning home, he stayed in the house for three days.

Since there are previously purchased rice and noodles and vegetables in the stove, Xia Yuanji, who has no requirements for meals, simply solves three meals a day by himself, and does not need to leave the hospital wall in one step.

In fact, there is also fear hidden in Xia Yuanji's heart. This fear made him involuntarily choose to confine himself for three days.

Although Xia Yuanji looks honest, he is not a fool. He also has the seven emotions and six desires of ordinary people, and he will also be angry when he encounters unfair treatment or ridicule from others.

But since he was three years old, he often used the teachings of the sages to explain himself.

When he reaches adulthood, his heart becomes more and more plain and peaceful. If there is a moment of irritation in the chest, it will also be dissolved by the upbringing accumulated over the years.

So on the day of the back warehouse, the big man with a broken mouth mocked him openly and secretly. If it was placed on weekdays, Xia Yuanji would naturally not bother with him, and most of the little people like this would have passed with a smile.

But that day, Xia Yuanji suddenly became angry and couldn't contain it for some reason, and even took out a rattan and beat the money big.

Nothing like this has ever happened in Natsuharaji's life. He didn't know what was wrong, but Natsuhara Yoshi must not let something like this happen a second time.

During these three days, he consciously or unintentionally locked himself in his yard without touching anyone, just to calm himself down.

What he didn't know was that he wasn't the only one in his yard.

One of the two people, Fang Zhongjin and Qianhu Ji Chang'an, the envoys of Jinyi Wei Town, must take turns squatting on the eaves of his house, monitoring Xia Yuanji's every move.

On the morning of the fourth day, Xia Yuanji was dressed and ready to return to the yamen to order.

And Ji Changan also took advantage of the lack of people to jump to the eaves of Xia's house in the early morning to change shifts with Fang Zhongjin, who had been squatting all night.

When Ji Changan touched Fang Zhongjin, he suppressed his voice and said, "How is it?

Fang Zhongjin shook his head and said in a low voice, "There is nothing abnormal. Even...... The anger of the past few days is gone. ”

When Ji Changan heard this, he looked down at Xia Yuanji, who was still dressing and preparing. Sure enough, he saw that his face was clear, and he was seriously smoothing every fold on his official robe.

Xia Yuanji is not a person who likes to dress up, he simply abides by the phrase "a gentleman is well-dressed". As an official who has no servants to serve, he can only tidy up his clothes before going out.

Ji Changan said "hey" and said, "It's true that the nerd is running out again." Did you say he was fed poison by some Inhuman Pavilion owner?"

Fang Zhongjin frowned and said, "I can't be sure yet. At that time, I met hundreds of beggar disciples who had taken poison on Shaomu Mountain. Their pulses are all flamboyant.

But when I grabbed Lord Xia's wrist four days ago, I touched his pulse by the way. Except for some ups and downs because of the excitement, there is no other difference. ”

Ji Changan asked: "Could it be that this nerd has been poisoned not long ago, so the poison has not spread yet." And the beggars who called the flowers were poisoned deeply, so they had that kind of pulse?"

Fang Zhongjin said: "So I don't know." Last night, I felt Natsu's pulse again while he was asleep. This time it was even more stable.

If you are poisoned, you will not be poisoned at all after a few days, but your pulse will become stable as your mood calms down. This situation really doesn't make sense!"

Ji Changan scratched his head and asked again, "Maybe we are thinking too much at all." Xia nerd listened to people's gossip and lost control for a while, so he hit someone?"

Fang Zhongjin said: "This is also very likely...... Lord Xia is going out. Today he wants to go back to the Yamen, so I won't go back. Let's keep up!"

Ji Changan and Fang Zhongjin immediately quietly followed behind Xia Yuanji, who pushed open the courtyard door and went out.

Fortunately, this Lord Xia was defenseless against things outside his body. Although he was being watched for several days, he was not aware of it at all.

When Xia Yuanji returned to the ministry, Lord Shangshu still let him go through the past files in the back storeroom.

This obvious exclusion did not leave a trace of hatred or resistance on Xia Yuanji's face.

Seeing that his face was still serious, he accepted the arrangement with a warm smile on his face, and returned to the storeroom.

Fang Zhongjin and Ji Changan naturally followed closely and followed all the way to the back warehouse.

The two of them squatted on the top of the eaves for a long time, and Xia Yuanji in the house really flipped through it for a long time.

It was so long that Ji Changan was about to doze off and fall off the eaves, but Fang Zhongjin suddenly pulled Ji Changan's sleeve.

Ji Changan was stunned from his trance, and after he came to his senses, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Fang Zhongjin quietly pointed to Xia Yuanji below. At this time, Xia Yuanji had just read a book for a long time, and was twisting his neck to rest for a while.

Fang Zhongjin said: "Look at Lord Xia, is there anger on your face again?"

Ji Changan stared at it carefully for a while, and said, "It seems that there is a little bit of what you say. Why, isn't the feng shui of this ministry yamen bad? When people get here, their hearts will become evil?"

Fang Zhongjin said: "I think the problem may be in the books that Lord Xia reads. ”

This speculation is not unfounded. Because Xia Yuanji seemed to be normal in front of the back warehouse, he stayed in the back warehouse for more than an hour, and his expression changed a little.

And at this hour, Xia Yuanji didn't even go to the toilet once except for studying.

If there is any problem, it can only be in these books.

Fang Zhongjin said to Ji Chang'an: "You want to find a way to make some movement outside and lure Lord Xia out openly." The longer the better, and it's better to lead farther. So that I have time to go through all the books below. ”

Picking quarrels and making trouble is the best for Ji Chang'an, he nodded and said, "Okay!" and then quietly climbed out of the eaves.

Fang Zhongjin continued to wait on the roof beam for a while, and saw that Xia Yuanji, who had finished resting, threw his spirit back into the book.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of footsteps running from outside the house.

After the footsteps approached, sure enough, someone pushed the door in, and said with an embarrassed smile at Xia Yuanji: "Lord Xia, Lord Shangshu, please go outside and have a look." ”

Xia Yuanji raised his head with a cold look and asked, "What's the matter?"

This expression was completely different from Xia Yuanji in the past, and the little official who came to report the news remembered the big man who had been beaten before, and shrank his neck and said: "There is a person who claims to be from Yiqing Xiaozhu, saying that Lord Xia, you made a meal with them the day before yesterday, and ...... Twelve girls were called.

Still...... After leaving a message, the officials and the yamen settled the bill. Now that people have come, Lord Shangshu specially called the little one to invite you. ”

Xia Yuanji's face suddenly appeared like a black mist. He didn't answer, he got up and walked out quickly. The little official also followed closely behind Xia Yuanji and walked out.

Hiding above the eaves, Zhongjin jumped lightly to the ground, and reached out to take the book that was still open.