Since I met you, people are dying every day

Just as he was talking, He Quan sent someone to look for the two of them, "The master asked Mr. Ye to go and rest. The master said that Mr. Ye looked at Wen Ruo, and that's all he had seen in the school grounds. Don't get tired."

Ye Sirui came to the school grounds as an expedient measure, so he got off his horse and followed as soon as he heard the summons.

He Ying ran a few steps and walked side by side with him, "You are also very powerful, you really can't tell from the outside." Ye Sirui looked at him, he had just exercised, he was out of breath, his face was rosy, he couldn't help but sigh, this father and son talk The method is the same. "You said just now that you only have one tael of silver per month?"

He Ying said nonchalantly, "That's right."

"How can one tael of silver be enough?" Ye Sirui asked curiously.

"Speaking of which, I don't have any hobby of spending money. When I go to a restaurant with my brothers, one will be the host today and the other will be the host tomorrow, so I don't need to spend money all the time," he explained.

Ye Sirui nodded thoughtfully.

As soon as Ye Sirui came back, Ye Fu got up to leave.He Quan forced them to stay for dinner, but Ye Sirui declined politely, so He Quan ordered someone to wrap Junshan Yinzhen and ask them to take it away, but still went home in a sedan chair without mentioning it.

Later, it rained heavily, and Ye Sirui rested indoors after dinner.Suddenly I heard a young man outside say: "My lord, the officials in the punishment room are looking for you."

"Call him in." Ye Sirui said.

The pawns who came took off the straw hats and coir raincoats, and bowed to salute.His inner clothes were also mostly wet. "Thank you for making a trip," Ye Sirui said, "What's the matter?"

The pawn took out a piece of paper from his clothes, and handed it to Ye Sirui with both hands, "The case manager told me to send it to you, it was sorted out just now." There is only one list of regular customers and information common to the two brothels. sheet of paper.

Ye Sirui received it in his hand, and told the boy to beat the lantern and send him back.Ye Sirui walked under the candlestick when he was the only one left in the room, unfolded the piece of paper, scanned ten lines at a glance, and circled three names with a pen: He Ying, Lu Hengli, and Song Dingyu.

He sat down with a headache.

It's fine for He Ying to go to the brothel, but why did he go to the Yixiangyuan in the south of the city with such a high-sighted kid from a rich family?Why did Lu Hengli and Song Dingyu, two juren, go to brothels?

Ye Sirui sat quietly for a while, took out the stationery and wrote a short message, sealed it, wrote He Ying's name, and called a servant over. "Send this letter to the Second Young Master of Anshunhou's Mansion, saying that I have a few questions about riding and archery, and I am eager to ask him for advice, and ask him to reply on the spot."

The boy took the order and received the letter.Although he never revealed it, Ye Sirui could still see his strangeness: On such a rainy night, he sent a letter to the gate of the Marquis of Anshun just to ask about riding and shooting?

Ye Sirui sat down again, and called another Xiao Si at the door to come over, "Do you know when the Juren who came to Beijing to catch the exam will leave?"

"This, I really don't know, but it should be in these few days?" The servant replied cautiously.

Ye Sirui told him to back down with a gloomy face.

The dead woman, the red candle, the gold jewelry, the gold jewelry is still missing... Footprints, soap boots, secret encounters... This year is the year of the meeting...

Ye Sirui stood up abruptly. "Come here, fetch an umbrella! Another carriage."

"My lord, it's raining heavily outside, it's better to wear coir raincoats." The servant bowed and said.

"No, I'm just going to the west wing."

"My lord, it's raining too much, and it's useless to hold an umbrella. If you don't wear a coir raincoat and get wet, you will catch cold." The servant said, "If you are sick, Mother Wang will definitely peel my skin."

"What's your name?" Ye Sirui sized him up, this boy was not outstanding, he looked at most thirteen or fourteen years old, his voice hadn't changed, and he spoke with a childish voice.

The little servant knelt down and replied: "The slave was sent by Wang Momo, please give me a name from the lord."

"You are very obedient, so call me Guanyan. Serve me personally in the future."

Guan Yan was overjoyed and immediately kowtowed.

In the end, Guanyan couldn't hold back Ye Sirui.When going out, two servants wore straw hats, one held an umbrella for him, and the other held a lantern in front of him. When they reached the west wing, Ye Sirui knocked on the door, "Brother Tianshu?"

Xia Shu opened the door.Ye Sirui went in alone.This is the first time he has come to Xiashu's room in the west wing. The furniture in the room is all left over from the past. It seems that the only things that belong to Xiashu are the clothes in the closet, the sword on the wall, and... the jade flute on the table. .

Ye Sirui looked around, and then planned to take something from the library to display for him, but he couldn't care about such things at the moment. "You go to the Yuelai Inn." He said, "Wu Shanzhang and the four Juren of Songhe Academy live there. You can see if all four are in the house, and then ask Wu Shanzhang to come to the Yamen , don't disturb the others."

"Now?" Xia Shu asked.

"Now, you drive the carriage yourself, and you must take Wu Shanzhang back unharmed."

He asked the boy to take the straw hat and coir raincoat, and watched Xia Tian put it on comfortably. "Anything else to order?" Xia Shu asked him.

"Be safe," he said.

After sending Xia Shu off, Ye Sirui waited quietly in the room.While waiting, while watching the rain outside the window, trying to sort out my thoughts.

Guanyan came to report: "My lord, a yamen servant is looking for you."

Ye Sirui said: "Tell him to come in."

As soon as Ma Lu entered the door, he knelt down and kowtowed, "I know I was wrong."

Ye Sirui sized him up casually, "I can't tell, you were tortured?"

Ma Lu said: "The young ones are rough-skinned and thick-fleshed, so it doesn't matter if they can be whipped twenty times. From now on, if the adults are useful, the young ones will be sent by the adults." After speaking, he kowtowed.

Ye Sirui didn't encourage him, but said: "I see, you go down first."

I don't know how long I waited, but the boy who delivered the letter came back. "My lord, the little prince Anshun said, you can ask him any questions." Ye Sirui took the reply from him. "You've worked hard. Guanyan!" The servant came over, "What orders does your lord have?"

"Give him a penny." Guan Yan obeyed and took the money from the cabinet and gave it to him.

Ye Sirui opened the letter, and He Ying's handwriting was chic and elegant.

I have been to brothels throughout Lin County.

Ye Sirui chuckled, and he could probably imagine his pretentious expression.

The sound of the carriage driving into the yard was covered by the heavy rain, but it was spotted by the people Guanyan sent out to watch. "My lord, you're back!" Ye Sirui ordered people to prepare hot water, warm tea and towels, and personally held an umbrella to meet him.Xia Shu jumped out of the carriage and helped Wu Shanchang get down, a servant immediately rushed up to hold an umbrella for Wu Shanchang, and the group walked to the main room.

Ye Sirui ordered: "Is the hot water ready? Serve Mr. Xia to take a bath, bring some towels for Wu Shanzhang to wipe, and serve warm tea."

Xia Shu said: "No rush, I have to send him back later." Ye Sirui thought the same thing, and walked a few steps aside with him to avoid other people. "How is it?" Xia Shu said, "The four of you are all sleeping in the house." Ye Sirui felt a little more at ease, and told him to take off his coir raincoat, go to his own room, wipe off the water on his body, change his clothes before coming back .

Ye Sirui and Wu Shanzhang greeted each other, Wu Shanzhang asked: "My lord summoned you here late at night, what's your business?"

Ye Sirui said: "There is indeed something to trouble the head of the mountain." He took out a paper bag, opened it carefully, and finally revealed a small piece of red soil, "Have you seen such a land before?"

"Of course I have seen this before." Wu Shanchang stroked his beard and smiled, "There is such a piece of red soil outside the study of Songhe Academy. It is said that Mr. Feng Shui said that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered here, so it was used to build the study."

Ye Sirui had been staring at his face, paying attention to the changes in his expression, and felt that he was not lying, so he asked again: "This matter is very important, are you sure?"

Wu Shanchang was questioned by him, showing the boss's unhappy expression, "I go there every day, how can I not even recognize this. You asked me to come here to ask this?"

Ye Sirui quickly said: "I didn't doubt your intentions, it's really important, and it's inconvenient to disclose it to you now."

Although the old man expressed his understanding, he couldn't help muttering, Ye Sirui asked again: "I will take the exam this year, when will those students leave for Beijing?"

"We should start tomorrow." Wu Shanchang said, "I can't go in the rain. The mud on the road is not easy to walk in such a heavy rain. I have to wait for three or four days to dry before leaving."

Ye Sirui silently said in his heart, thank you for the rain.

After asking Xia Shu to send Wu Shanzhang back, Ye Sirui still told him not to disturb those students.Xia Shu didn't ask the reason, and simply agreed, and Ye Sirui felt inexplicably at ease, believing that he would keep his promise.

After a busy night, when he went to bed, Ye Sirui was still thinking vaguely whether Xia Shu had come back.

Before dawn the next day, Ye Sirui got up, put on his regular clothes and black gauze hat, and prepared to go to the morning hall.It had been raining all night, and it had turned into a hazy drizzle.Before going to court, he asked Guanyan to personally deliver another letter to the Marquis of Anshun. Guanyan yawned in a daze, and only after washing his face with cold water did he wake up.Ye Sirui told him to deliver the letter before He Ying went to the academy, and then come back with a reply.

In the morning hall, the three shifts and six chambers in charge of the case should first report to the county magistrate one by one the matters of the previous day, and then review the official documents, applications, stickers and certificates one by one, and then order the seals.After that, the county magistrate met with the chiefs of the townships to supervise the supervision of official affairs, and punish them if they were delayed.

When Ye Sirui was promoted to the hall, the district chiefs were already waiting in the corridor outside the second hall one by one.He covered a yawn with his cuff, pulling himself together a little.

"Sheng--tang--" the servants of Zaoban stood on both sides of the second hall and shouted in unison.The county magistrate, master book and Dianshi led the officials from three classes and six houses to bow to him.

The morning hall lasted for more than an hour, and Ye Sirui was promoted to the morning hall for the first time, so he needed to get acquainted with the officials in the county government and the heads of the villages, which took longer.Ye Sirui didn't have breakfast, and by the time it was over, he was already hungry, so he couldn't wait to go back to the Houyazheng room to eat.

The drizzle had stopped, but the sky was covered with white clouds, and the sun was not visible.

After dinner, Guan Yan came up to Ye Sirui and gave him the letter when he returned to the room. "Good boy." Ye Sirui praised him, opened the letter and read: Dingfang Pavilion.

Only these three words.

"Go, go to the fast class to call someone, and tell them to send four or five paces to go quickly, to keep an eye on Dingfang Pavilion for me, and go there in casual clothes, so as not to disturb anyone. Send two more horses to go quickly to Yuelai The inn, keep an eye on where the four Juren are going." Ye Sirui said to Guanyan, "Don't learn a single word of what I said, remember it?"

"Remember." Guan Yan disappeared without a trace.

After eating hastily, Ye Sirui rushed to the Wutang Hall again.The midday hall has to hear lawsuits, hear cases, and handle official business, so the time is longer, lasting two hours.Ye Sirui put all his heart and soul into the case of the female corpse in the brothel, and more lawsuits were nothing more than theft, as well as trivial conflicts between neighbors.It's just the gain and loss of money, and there are ignorant people and even more ignorant customs and customs.He despises such cases, but has to admit that such cases are the norm.

There is an evening hall after the afternoon hall. The evening hall will continue to hear the case, take statements, and summarize the work of the day.Ye Sirui went through the trial of the case in the afternoon, and assigned other affairs, and ended the evening session ahead of schedule.

Throughout the day, there was no movement at either end of Dingfang Pavilion and Yuelai Inn.

"toot toot"

The window rang three times, and Yingcao lay down by the window and asked softly, "Who is it?"

"it's me."

She had some surprises, but the surprises were shrouded in smog, a trace of fear she didn't want to admit.But she finally opened the window, and the warm night air blew in. "Why are you here now?"

"I'm leaving soon, when will I see you if I don't come today?" The man deftly turned over the window, and Yingcao closed it.The man walked to the table with ease and lit a lamp.

He stopped suddenly.Yingcao was not the only one waiting for him in the room.