Since the news of the feast came out, the capital has gathered many virtuous people, except for the four mountain chiefs specially summoned by the emperor, the rest of the court officials, those scholars with outstanding literary names often hold poetry society literary meetings in person. In their opinion, if there were no certain incidents caused by Zhang Shou from time to time, then this banquet before the canonization of the crown prince would definitely be the biggest event in the Yongchen period.

And because of this grand event, the Rui cavalry battalion patrolled the inner city of the capital almost all day, coupled with the outer city where dragons and snakes were mixed, the position of the soldiers and horses of the Nancheng Terracotta Division was suddenly upgraded to the fourth grade, and even the name was changed from the Nancheng Terracotta Division to the Five Cities Terracotta Division, which directly governed the Nancheng Terracotta Division and directly managed the remaining four cities...... The two counties of Shuntian Mansion and Wanping Daxing are idle.

But if you want to say that it is really idle, it may not be, after all, the Shuntian Mansion Yakuai class catches Lin Laohu, and the other three classes of errand officers, just took over a private job from Zhu Ying and a group of gentlemen two days ago, and found the head of the master of ceremonies and the head of Chu Kuan.

When he heard that Zhu Ying directly blocked the outer office of the ceremonial supervisor, Rao is Lin Laohu knew that the Zhu family was powerful, but he was still worried about being harmed by the pond fish, even if he heard that Chu was telling the ceremonial supervisor to retreat, and it was said that he was willing to apologize in front of the emperor afterwards, he was still a little relieved until two or three days passed, and no one was looking for trouble with him and his subordinates.

On this day, he was invited by Zhang Zhutou, the fast shift of Wanping County, to come over for a drink. The two people are old acquaintances for many years, in the past, Shuntianfu Yin Zheng three products, Wanping County Order is six products, although they are all head catchers, but there are also up and down, such as today's four major Beijing counties, Daxing, Wanping, Jiangning, Shangyuan, all have changed the five products, Lin Laohu had to ridicule Zhang Tou.

"There is a way that the tide rises, your county has been promoted to the fifth grade, and your head catcher is much more expensive than usual, what will happen in the future, it will be your brother's turn to take my brother and me! Hey, although Wang Datou and Qin Guogong have different temperaments, they are both difficult masters to serve, and they are much more difficult to deal with than the county lord in your family. ”

Zhang Zhutou suddenly smiled bitterly: "Where is my county, it is easy to serve." He used to sit in this position because of his hard qualifications, but now he was summoned by the emperor alone, and he was promoted to the fifth grade, which was really full of hot charcoal, and he had come up with a lot of new ideas whimsically, if he hadn't been stopped back by a few masters, hehe, he really dared to implement it! ”

It is said that the best way to quickly shorten the distance between the two, in addition to wine and women, is to scold the boss, not to mention the friendship between Zhang Zhutou and Lin Laohu, which is even more to drink while complaining, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and drinking happily. But the two of them were drinking to the point of rising, and outside the thick cotton curtain, there was a sudden anxious shout: "Zhang Ye, Zhang Ye!" Oh no, no! ”

When it is a common problem for errand people, it hurts to hear the word bad, not to mention that Zhang Zhutou and Lin Laohu were drunk at this time, and they were even more angry when they heard this. He casually raised the wine glass and wanted to smash it, but seeing Lin Laohu snatching it and giving him a look, he remembered that there were not only county officials on his head, but also a bunch of current managers that he couldn't afford to mess with, and suddenly sighed gloomily.

However, the next moment, as if he noticed that there was no reaction in the room, the person outside actually broke in directly without recklessness. The person glanced at Lin Laohu, didn't treat him as an outsider, arched his hand and said angrily: "Master Zhang, Lin Ye is also just right, the emperor and the queen mother, and a few maidens, it is said that plus nobles such as the princess and the county lord, they all went to the Xinglong Tea House in the outer city!" ”

At this moment, Lin Laohu and Zhang Zhutou sat opposite each other, and the only reaction of the two of them was...... No response. They didn't even know about such a big thing in advance! The emperor suddenly traveled, even if he didn't set up a book to drive, didn't he have to notify the major important yamen in advance, secretly guard, and cloth the three layers of guards inside and three layers outside? What's more, there are also the queen mother's concubines and a bunch of clan daughters!

Knowing that today is the final of the Imperial Chef Selection Competition, they also asked Lu Sanlang, who organized this event from beginning to end, in advance, Lu Sanlang only deduced that if the emperor came out, he would always notify the yamen where you are...... No, it's likely that the little fat man really doesn't know!

The two of you looked at me, and finally Zhang Zhutou asked in a dry voice: "Is this a message from Xinglong Tea Society, let us go to guard against it, or what?" ”

"It's not...... It was the queen mother who took people out of the palace when the movement was a little big, and after arriving at the Xinglong Tea House, the news couldn't be covered, and Lu Sangongzi hurriedly passed the word, saying that the Rui cavalry camp had been arranged, and the five cities had Zhu Dagongzi personally sitting in the town to dispatch, and nothing could happen, the county government and the government government only needed to maintain law and order, and don't move the people to rush over. ”

Although the man outside the door seemed to be speaking very easily, Lin Laohu and Zhang Zhutou looked at me, and no one thought that this situation of more things was better than less things was very easy - after all, the sudden centralization of power in the Five Cities also meant that the arrogant generals they faced in the past, or the stragglers, had now become a solid group.

The future Zhao Guogong is now holding the Five Cities Terracotta Division with his own hands, can this be compared with the pile of ground snakes and veteran oils in the past?

In a bad mood, he sent away the person who reported the incident outside the door, and the two brothers and sisters drank sullenly. Although the top boss of the two, Shen Xianling, was promoted to the fifth rank, and the most difficult Wang Datou above Lin Laohu has also become a top nobleman like Zhang Chuan, the Duke of Qin, who seems to be the most proud person in front of the emperor, but both of them have a feeling that the capital has changed dramatically.

"It's been a decades old pattern, and if it changes, it will change, hey, I really don't know how to live in the future!"

Drinking stuffy wine, shabu hot pot, whining, the topic of the two people soon began to turn wildly, when the three or five points of wine became seven points, a certain voice of bad scenery actually came again: "Zhang Ye, Lin Ye, it's not good!" ”

This time, Lin Laohu also smashed the table directly in anger: "Why is it not good again!" ”

The person outside the door was not the same as before, he was taken aback by Lin Laohu's attitude, and hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Outside, Dr. Zhang, the national superintendent, and Miss Zhu of Zhao Guogong's Mansion sent someone!" ”

As soon as he heard those two titles, even Lin Laohu's scalp was numb in an instant. During these days, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying finally don't often trouble the Shuntian Mansion, the last time they cleaned up the outer city because of the matter of the Flower Party, the aftermath was also lost to the Wanping County Government, not to mention that he was relieved, Song Tuiguan was relieved, and even Qin Guogong, who seemed to be indifferent, was also relieved.

But now, Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying suddenly sent someone to Wanping County? This is obviously another accident! But he also took the initiative to send it to the door to drink here......

Sure enough, Lin Laohu immediately saw the sharp eyes of the old brother staring at him instantly. Knowing that even if he wanted to slip away at this time, it would be wishful thinking, so he simply said: "After drinking such a meal, it is time to go and walk around, let's go and see it together, if it is tricky, let's refer to it together!" ”

With Lin Laohu's words, Zhang Zhutou squeezed out a smile - if there is no doubt, forget it, if there is, of course, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy...... It's true that everyone has a headache!

However, when he and Lin Laohu arrived together, they learned that Shen Xianling actually received Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying and their party in the second hall, and heard that it was not only this pair of people who came, but also brought three scholars, and their last bit of luck was immediately dispelled.

Sure enough, when they came to the door of the second hall, they happened to hear the explanation of the cause and effect there. When I heard that an inexplicable strong man in front of Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying knocked a person who entered Beijing to take the exam directly into the water, and after falling into the water, he once assassinated people, and even when Zhu Hong went to save people, people pretended to drown under the black hand, Lin Laohu and Zhang Zhutou couldn't help but look at each other.

Did that stupid guy eat the bear's heart and leopard gall?

Zhu Hong, who had gone into the water, and Zou Ming, who had fallen into the water, Zhu Ying directly got the most stable carriage from the Zhao Guogong Mansion, burned the stove in it, and even invited the doctor to escort them over. Zou Ming was frail and already showed some signs of fever at this time, but when he talked about the scene of being knocked into the water, he still barely managed to recount the incident from his own point of view.

And Zhu Hong had the experience of going down to the river in winter in previous years, he had scrubbed his body and poured ginger soup before, and he looked like normal at this time. After talking about it in detail, he made it clear that he had already packed the wet clothes and all the belongings on his body, which naturally ushered in the admiration of Shen County's order.

And after praising it, Shen County Ling saw that Zhang Shou ordered someone to send the evidence over, so he raised his voice and shouted: "Come on, go and call Zhang Buer, by the way, let him bring two fine works that are good at verifying things!" ”

"County honor, the lowly position has come. The head of the government office Lin happened to be here in the lowly position, and he used to be the best servant before. Outside the door, Zhang Zhutou couldn't help but say, so he grabbed Lin Zhutou and entered. Although he had picked it up urgently, the smell of alcohol on his body was still unavoidable at this moment, and if he didn't pull Lin Laohu, he was afraid that he would be reprimanded by the county.

Seeing Lin Laohu's acquaintance, Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh, and Zhu Ying laughed even more: "Lin Zhutou, what kind of nose are you?" You can smell any wind! Did you know we were coming, waiting here? ”

If I had the ability to foresee, I wouldn't have come!

Lin Laohu sighed in his heart, but he still had to force a smile on his face. But before he could greet him and compliment, Zhang Shou said: "Since the person has been delivered, we shouldn't care about the reasoning, but today Yingying and I went to Shichahai on a whim, and these three sons who should take the spring exam next year have already made an appointment to travel to Shichahai in winter, if this matter is not an accident but a deliberate ......"

"Well, the biggest possibility is to go for them. However, they all said that they had just arrived in the capital for a few days, and they were not very familiar with people, let alone offended people, so this case was not easy to investigate, and Shen Xianzun and Lin Zhutou Zhang Zhutou were afraid that it would be harder. ”

found out that it might be a difficult unsolved case, not to mention that Shen Xianling's head was a little swollen and painful at this time, Lin Laohu and Zhang Zhutou couldn't help but secretly complain, especially when they learned that the person who hit someone into the water was silent for a while, although he woke up for a while, but he couldn't say a word, and the two exchanged a look.

After getting Lin Laohu's hint, Zhang Zhutou immediately said without hesitation: "If such a murderer refuses to die, then he has to be tortured!" "There is no brave man under Miki, and he can't torture him, is it still good to persuade him to confess?

Zhang Shou has long been accustomed to the simple and crude interrogation mode in recent years, and he has no intention of fighting for the human rights of criminal suspects, but there are doubts in this matter...... Or maybe there are a lot of slots, so he couldn't help but remind two sentences.

"I didn't notice the scene of him hitting someone and falling into the water before, but I heard Zhu Hong say that this person suddenly appeared at a gallop, and then ignored the three of them, rushed directly into the past, and knocked Zou Gongzi into the water, as if he was crazy...... Therefore, after Zhu Hong informed me about this in the store before, he also used some means to interrogate, but he did not ask for valuable information. ”

This time, Lin Laohu and Zhang Zhutou all understood. Zhu Hong's so-called means are nothing more than violent questioning, if such a shrewd person from the Zhao Guogong Mansion didn't ask in a short period of time, then it would definitely not be easy for them to ask the truth of the matter!

Even if Wanping County Ya has always had all the torture equipment, it will still take a lot of time!

Just when Shen Xianling was also having a toothache, a faint voice suddenly came from outside: "What does the young master want to ask?" ”

Hearing this voice, Zhang Shou was slightly stunned, but Zhu Ying immediately frowned: "Oh, Ah Liu is here!" I heard my father say that Uncle Hua was the best at asking for oral confessions, and Ah Liu must have this ability! ”

Seeing Zhu Ying say this, a sentence of "Then I'll go" immediately came from outside the door, and Zhang Shou couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Ah Liu obviously took the four princes to the Jiangdu Palace, but he didn't expect people to report God so quickly, so he chased here! Thinking about it again, the silver ingot bridge he and Zhu Ying went to before was not far from the Jiangdu Palace, and it was not surprising that Ah Liu rushed over when he heard the news.

I don't know...... Did the reckless boy of the four princes come with him!

Whether it is Shen Xianling or Zhang Zhutou Lin Laohu, no one will ask Ah Liu whether he has such a stupid question as having this ability - they can't wait for Ah Liu to really have this ability, so that they can solve the biggest problem for them. And if not, there is this kid who is said to be very familiar to the emperor and the confidants of the Duke of Zhao Guo who have participated in it, and if you really can't find out, there will be many people who are responsible.

But the three scholars, including Zou Ming, were confused at this time. Zou Ming couldn't help but ask: "County Zun, is this appropriate?" ”

In the store before, the Zhao Guogong Mansion who rescued him would personally interrogate the prisoner, which could still be said to be a matter of urgency. But at this time, he is already in Wanping County, and an outsider is interrogating the prisoner, which seems unreasonable, right?

But as soon as he asked this, he found that everyone was looking at him, even his two companions. He couldn't tell the difference between these gazes, he only felt as if he was being despised, and he was suddenly very depressed.

Fortunately, Lin Laohu had heard of Zhang Shou's habit of collecting young talents, and explained with a smile on his face at this time: "Zou Gongzi, some people don't die when they don't see the Yellow River, and some people don't cry when they don't see the coffin, and these people's mouths are not so easy to pry open. ”

Zou Ming didn't believe it at first, but after a while, he only heard the voice that didn't fluctuate just now: "That guy said that because he had failed many times, he listened to the rumors and wanted to enter the master of ceremonies from the palace, so as to take revenge on those examiners in the future, who knew that the master of ceremonies only accepted his own people, and did not accept outsiders at all. ”