I'm watching the gate in the jail

In the direction of Jishuitan on the west side of the Bell and Drum Tower, the Mongols dug a Tonghui River here during the Yuan Dynasty as the end of the Grand Canal.Since the time of the capital of Ming Dynasty, the area around the Bell and Drum Tower, even Houhai, has become the most prosperous and lively place in the capital.

Along the Xixie Street of Haizi, there are dance pavilions, singing platforms, restaurants and teahouses, which are the favorite places for the rich and powerful children and rich businessmen in the city.

After the merchant ships transported by water stopped at the wharf, the wealthy merchants, full of pride, went upstairs to drink and invite friends.Because this lake leads to Taiye Pond in the Forbidden City, you can see the lights here if you look from the turret of the Forbidden City to the northeast corner.

In addition to the benefit of the Grand Canal from the Bell and Drum Tower, the Chaoyang Gate in the east is also the main route for water transport to Beijing, and it is also the only way for the south to enter Beijing.Ever since Emperor Yongle moved the capital to Beiping and designated Beiping as Beijing Shuntian Mansion, the Dongsi Archway has become one of the famous shops in Beijing.

Officials, students, and wealthy businessmen who came to Beijing mostly stayed in inns near Dongsi Pailou.As a result, boatmen and servants gathered here, and various shops stood here.After the year of Xuande, this place became more prosperous than the Bell and Drum Tower.

Along the street there are tea shops, clothing estimates shops, shoe and hosiery shops, meat markets, wine markets, silk and satin shops, and knives and scissors shops.There are also antique shops, gold and silver buildings, jewelry pavilions, and painting shops.

Vulgar and elegant, everything is included.

As the saying goes, there are many painting buildings, row upon row; gold, pearl and jade, piled up like a mountain; colorful and fascinating, rich in the world, it is a first-class prosperous place in Beijing.

By the way, there is a secluded alley outside Dongcheng Wensiyuan.At first glance, the rooms here seem to be deep courtyards. It is estimated that outsiders will believe that the house is a palace.

In fact, this is not the case, these are shops.

This Wensiyuan is an imperial government office, specially forging gold and silver utensils for the royal family, so it is naturally expensive.Therefore, the shops opened on the left and right are also shops for antiques, calligraphy and painting.

All the people who come and go here are wealthy businessmen and dignitaries.Compared with the shops lined up at the entrance of the city, this place is much quieter and more condescending.

To say that these antique calligraphy and painting shops are not without proud capital, and those who can open a shop here to do business, either have a solid foundation and have their own unique import and export channels.Or just leaning against a big tree to enjoy the shade, with some royal blood on her body.

There is such a "Rongbao Building" in the middle of this alley. It has been in Beijing for 80 to [-] years, and it has been passed down to the third generation.

This Rong family is from Changping, North Zhili. They started trading porcelain and pottery a hundred years ago. They first made their fortune in a stall under the archway.

By the second generation of Mr. Rong, the business gradually expanded, from a "trader" to a "businessman", and he opened a "Rongbao Building".In the beginning, it was not near the Wensiyuan, but on the archway, not only doing porcelain business, but also starting to operate various cultural games.

In the hands of Rong Wancai, the third generation, that is, the current generation of shopkeepers, the business of this "Rongbao Building" is getting better and better.From the last years of Tianshun, the business shops and houses of the Rong family also moved from the noisy market entrance to the quiet Guanmao Hutong.To the east is Zhizhifang Grassland, with its back facing Yu Qianyu Shaobao's ancestral hall.

It is said that it was because Boss Rong was lucky enough to be acquainted with a high-ranking eunuch, and even got in touch with a royal relative of a certain empress in the palace, and bought shares in Rongbaolou.

From then on, the Rongbao Building of the Rong family also jumped from an ordinary antique porcelain store to an "expensive store" with at least a little bit of imperial business style.

Unlike ordinary trading shops that open early in the morning, all the shops in this alley do not open until almost before noon.Opening the door of the shop, he took out the cover representing the company, and the person on the cabinet put his hands into the sleeves and went back to the room.

There is no need to yell or solicit customers.

Whether it is buying or selling, you know what you are doing, and what will come in will naturally come in.

This business is really expensive and decent, no wonder the young man on the cabinet is squinting at people.

It wasn't until after Si time that day that Xiaoxiang, the clerk of Rongbao Building, opened the shop door, and was ready to pick up the pretense with a bamboo pole.

In the past two days, their shopkeeper was in a bad mood, and it was said that he didn't sleep well at night, so the shop opened later and later, and even their shopkeepers could be lazy and sleep late.

If the old housekeeper was here, there would be no such good thing at all.Regardless of when the shop opens, the clerks and servants must get up at the right time, chop firewood, boil water, and sweep the courtyard.

It's not that his old man went to Jiangxi to see off his marriage.When the old housekeeper finished his marriage and returned to the shop, their good days would be over.

Xiaoxiang will write "Rongbao Building" in three big characters, draw a gourd-shaped streamer on the bottom and hang it on the flagpole. When he turned around, he saw two men standing in front of their shop, silently calling him Startled.

It's not right to say "two men".It was a little boy who should be about six or seven years old, and behind him stood a man wearing a mask whose age and face could not be seen.

As far as this little boy looks, he is really pretty.

The big eyeballs are like two black grapes, the complexion is white, and the lips are small.Although he is young, he has a romantic charm.

He was wearing a floral grosgrain jacket, with a small crown of red-tasseled pearls on his head, and a pair of crow-colored white-soled cloth boots, the uppers of which were circled with beads as small as rice grains. side.There are four words all over the body: precious.

The child's right hand held a horsewhip, which was naturally extremely precious. The handle of the whip was wrapped with layers of red silk cloth to prevent the child's delicate palm from being worn out.

Xiaoxiang knew that there was a pasture next door to them, and many dignitaries in Beijing liked to walk and compete with their horses here.It seems that this young man should have gone for a jog early in the morning, and now he has come out from the pasture to wander around.

The man following three steps behind the beautiful child is not very tall, but he is extraordinarily energetic.He was wearing a blue-black tight-fitting robe, but the texture was also of good quality, with dark patterns faintly visible.

The man was wearing a black mask that basically covered his entire face, leaving only his mouth exposed.

The man stands behind the child, holding a rein in his right hand, which should be leading the young man's mount.

It seems that this man should be the guardian of the young master, or a personal servant or something.

Xiaoxiang looked behind the man curiously, only to find that what the man was leading was not a tall horse, but a... black donkey.

Yes, even the donkey's mane is tied with multicolored silk thread, a big colorful pompom is tied on the forehead, and a golden bell is hung around the neck.

But this is a donkey, not some expensive BMW.It seemed a bit out of place with this young man's luxurious clothes, the corners of Xiaoxiang's mouth twitched when he saw it.

It's a pity that this young man from Rongbaolou only hangs out near the archway every day, and doesn't go west.Otherwise, he must have seen another older and more beautiful young master, leading a little black donkey around the market every day.

Then he will recognize today that the little black donkey in front of him is the mount of the legendary Beizhen Fusi "King Yama".

"Have you opened? Is the shopkeeper here?"

Ignoring the surprise on the boy's face, the kid's voice is crisp and authentic as soon as he opened the store.

Listening to the tone of voice and rhyme, they are all extraordinarily elegant, this child must be a young son from a wealthy family!The sale is on!

Xiaoxiang couldn't care less about whether he was a donkey or not, so he graciously invited him in.Then he ordered the other guys to take this...donkey to the stable and feed it with good feed.

"Wait a second, I'll go invite our shopkeeper right away. You two can take a look."

After serving tea to the two of them, Xiao Xiang hurried towards the inner room, not knowing if the shopkeeper was in better health or not, these little characters like them couldn't handle such an honored guest!

Wang Zhi lowered his head, picked up the tea bowl, and glanced at it.

"It's Fuliang tea."

The child has been in the palace for more than a year, and the most luxurious and beautiful utensils in the world are in contact with him every day, and he can tell the origin of the tea in this cup at a glance.

The wenge wood official hat chair is a bit high for him, and the "masked man" just carried him up to sit on it, but this time the child wants to get down and walk.So he turned over and supported himself with both hands, and "kicked" and jumped to the ground.

"Xiaoqian, is Susu still in Fuliang?"

The child asked while looking at the furnishings on the Duobao Pavilion with his hands behind his back.

"Yes, but they will be back soon. And Lord Yang, Lord Qiu, they will all be back."

Mei Qianzhang replied with a slight smile.

The person wearing the mask was none other than Mei Qianzhang who should have "died" in Nanzhen Fusi Prison a long time ago.

But he didn't "die".

Under Wanda and Wang Zhi's repeated begging, Wan Zhen'er made the decision and kept him in Zhaode Palace.

He became a "shadow", a "shadow guard" in Zhaode Palace.On weekdays, she would never show up unless summoned, silently guarding Wan Zhen'er, Wang Zhi and His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor who was born soon.

There are not many people outside the palace who know of his existence, only the senior officials of Fusi in Beizhen.

Just a few months ago, His Majesty the Emperor would send him out of the palace to follow and protect his brother-in-law who caused troubles all day long in the dark.Although Mrs. Xiaowan is the governor of Jinyiwei Beizhen Fusi, there are many people in Beijing and outside Beijing who want the life of this Xiaoguo uncle.

This time he returned to the capital with Gao Xiaoqi because of Master Wan's order, otherwise he should still be with Master Xiao Wan now.

Of course, you can also be by "that person"...

Recalling the conversation between Xiao Qiu and Master Xiao Wan in the study, he looked at the Qiu family with strict rules and regulations.Although she is used to life in the deep palace now, Mei Qianzhang, who had been bohemian for more than ten years in the early years, could not help but dim her eyes.

"When will Susu and the others come back, I miss him so much. Without Susu, the imperial city will not be so fun."

Wang Zhi only glanced at it twice, and recognized the so-called "treasures" in the room.

Some are real antiques, and some look like porcelain that has been baked in the past two years, with a kiln fire that has not had time to dissipate on it.

However, there are also many fake antiques, and the level of imitation of these fakes is so high that they can almost resemble the real ones.What is missing may be an inexplicable "Qi".

Only the children of aristocratic families who came from the piles of flowers when they were young and soaked in the piles of gold powder in Gaoliang every day can see the difference in this "qi", such as Xiao Wangzhi.

Of course, a seasoned veteran like Mei Qianzhang could tell.After all, you have seen a lot and you can touch it.

This is also the reason why Zhu Jianshen asked them to come to this so-called "Rongbao building" to investigate today.

Knowing that he could leave the palace, he ran Xiao Wang around Zhaode Palace several times happily.

Early this morning, he even pestered Mei Qianzhang to take him to Beizhen Fusi, and asked Gao Hui to lead out the "Xiao Hei" who Wanda was used to riding.

Xiao Hei is a docile donkey. When he saw Wang Zhi, he rubbed his big head towards him.Xiao Wang was amused until he giggled.

"When this case is over, they will return to Beijing."

Mei Qianzhang looked at his younger brother tenderly and said.

At that time, Master Xiaowan and the others will bring back the witnesses from the Imperial Equipment Factory, but they don't know how deeply those people from the Qiu family are involved in this case.

"Okay! Then let it end immediately!"

Wang Zhi listened, his big eyes were full of determination.

When I grow up, I can share the worries of Susu, Your Majesty and Your Majesty. Let me help Susu in this case!

In the Fuliang County Government Office, Mrs. Qiu sat in the hall with a pale face and kept twisting the handkerchief with her fingers.On a hot day, he broke out in a cold sweat.

"I, I want to see my son. The women want to see Mr. Qiu."

Mrs. Qiu yelled at Wanda and Magistrate Song who were sitting in the hall.

Wanda shook the folding fan with one hand, while nudging County Magistrate Song with her elbow, which meant to ask him to explain.

"Mrs. Qiu, it's not that Master Xiao Qiu doesn't want to see you. It's because you are his family member. According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", as a family member of an official, if you break the law, Master Qiu needs to avoid you. In this case He won't be able to meet with you until the interrogation is over."

Wanda kept nodding at the side, "It's still a matter of place. If you are in Beijing right now, and the relatives of Mr. Tangtang are involved in crimes, Xiaoqiu will not just avoid seeing you. I'm afraid he will take the initiative to resign at this time." , and then thank you behind closed doors. Isn’t that right, Master Yang?”

With a team of royal guards, Yang Xiuxian, who was standing in the hall, looked at Qiu's mother's increasingly livid face, smiled and nodded, "That's right."

"It's nonsense, what's the crime of the women? It's clear that you offended the young lady of the Rong family, which caused my son's marriage to fail. I haven't got into a fight with you yet, and you actually dragged me into the yamen..."

Mother Qiu trembled with anger.

She was just taking the housekeeper and women on the farm to check the situation in the field, and before she got back to the house, she heard that something happened at the entrance of the village.I heard that the big brother of the Wei family, who had been divorced by them, brought people to make trouble.

She knew that the boy from the Wei family was an unreasonable and reckless man, and his subordinates even led a group of rough people who could only dig rocks and burn charcoal.She was worried that her frail son would suffer, so she hurriedly led everyone to the entrance of the village to make a rescue.

Who knew that instead of seeing the boys from the Wei family, they saw a group of Miss Rong who were supposed to be married in the "Bailin Courtyard".

What made her almost faint was that Miss Rong actually claimed that she had the flesh and blood of the Qiu family!

"Old madam, you still miss Miss Rong as your daughter-in-law. She made it clear that she wanted to plot against your Qiu family."

Wanda is about to kneel down to this Qiu's mother.

How could such a shrewd person like her, a shrewd middle-aged woman who forced Xueba Qiu Zijin to hang herself, be tricked to such an extent.

Miss Na Rong kept saying that she was having a baby with Qiu Zijin secretly, but in the end she never saw Xiao Qiu's face at all, and Wanda, who had changed into an inspector's uniform, found out on the spot.

The scene at that time was out of control for a while. First, Qiu's mother was furious and rushed to the sedan chair with people to beat them.Then the pregnant lady Rong who was sitting in the sedan chair suddenly fainted. I don't know if she was fainted by Wanda's anger, or it was simply due to pregnancy and heatstroke, her body couldn't hold on.

In short, all the people are now brought into the county government office.

Mother Qiu, the steward of the Qiu family, the steward of the Rong family, and the eldest girl of the Rong family are all kneeling in the hall to hear the trial.

Miss Rong is still in a coma, and the doctor Song Zhixian specially invited from the town is still behind to feel her pulse.When she wakes up, no matter whose child is in her womb, she has to go to court and explain it clearly.

Because Xiaoqiu's mother was ordered by the emperor to rank seven, and they had to take Xiaoqiu's face into consideration, Song Zhixian didn't let her kneel down, and sent someone to bring a chair over for her to sit and wait for the trial.

But from Wanda's point of view, Mrs. Qiu didn't seem to appreciate it.

"So, the woman is the victim. The woman is the Rong family who was cheated. What is my crime?"

Madam Qiu saw that it was impossible to force her, so she immediately changed her strategy and began to complain, "Aren't you unreasonable in your Jin Yiwei's handling of the case?"

"Yeah, you're right."

Wanda grinned and nodded her head, "What reason do we Jinyiwei have to say? Loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, smugness and obedience are useless here. If you despise this seat, I will have someone withdraw it for you. Come on ah……"

Wanda thought to himself that I am not your son, so I am still spoiling you?

The two Jinyi guards immediately stepped forward, one of them removed the chair that Qiu's mother was sitting on, and the other made a gesture of respect to her—meaning, you should kneel by yourself, it's too ugly to kneel.

"No wonder you want to 'avoid'. Don't talk about Xiaoqiu, I'm an outsider looking at it and reacting."

Wanda said with a half-smile.

Mother Qiu had no choice but to put her honorable knee on the ground in aggrieved manner. Looking at Steward Qiu and Steward Rong, who had just been severely tortured and were beaten to death, she leaned to the side in horror.

"Bring another witness."

Song Zhixian picked up a white-headed lottery stick in the lottery tube and handed it to the Zao official. After receiving the lottery, the Zao official brought in a man from behind the government office in a short while.

"It's you……"

After seeing the man's face, Mother Qiu gritted her teeth fiercely.

That's right, it's his fault!

What the steward said before was correct, he should have been "disposed" of him long ago.

When this kid escaped from birth, no matter how hard she searched, she couldn't find him, which made her worry and fear for a long time, thinking that he died outside, or had simply fled away.

It never occurred to him that not only did he not die, but he even came out to disrupt the situation when his son returned home.

Looking at Mrs. Qiu's resentful eyes projected towards him, Yuan Mingguang used his dilapidated facial muscles to forcefully pull out a cold smile, as if he was an evil ghost climbing up from Abi Hell, watching Qiu's mother's legs and feet Weak, prostrate on the ground.

"Who is kneeling in the hall and what is presented, please explain them one by one."

Song Zhixian knocked on the gavel and continued the trial.

"The villain's surname is Yuan, a local..."

Yuan Mingguang told his life experience one by one.

Wanda and County Magistrate Song sat in the hall, listening to Yuan Mingguang's statement, their brows became tighter and tighter.

In the back hall of the government office just across the wall, Qiu Zijin, who was sitting by the wall, also had the same expression of anger.

If Yuan Mingguang's confession is true, Mrs. Qiu is at least suspected of having an affair with eunuch Liang, using the Qiu family's merchant ship to secretly transport the pottery from the kiln into the capital, and through her buying shares in Rongbao Building, an antique shop in Beijing, to sell the stolen goods... Adding up all the pieces, it was enough for her to drink a pot.

"The batch of red underglaze colored dragon-pattern ceramics specially fired for the eldest son of the emperor appeared in a 'kiln change'. According to the rules, Cao Min and He Langzhong registered this batch of kiln change porcelain and sealed it in a special warehouse..."

Yuan Mingguang is not a pottery craftsman in the Imperial Ware Factory.He was originally Qiu Zijin's servant, but he has been obsessed with porcelain firing technology for so many years.For this reason, Qiu Zijin specially arranged for him to work in the Qiu family's kiln factory before going to Beijing to study.

The Qiu family also has a kiln factory, which is the so-called "folk kiln". The porcelain fired by the Qiu family is usually used to hold the tea produced by the family.However, some high-quality ceramics are as beautiful as official kilns and imperial kilns, and they can also be sold at very high prices.

Yuan Mingguang's craftsmanship has been polished for many years, and it is even comparable to veteran craftsmen such as Lao Zhuang of the Yuqi Factory.Moreover, he has a smart mind and good physical strength, and he is often borrowed by the Imperial Ware Factory to burn pottery.

The same is true for this batch of dragon pattern ceramics that will be produced by the end of the year.

At that time, the same batch fired a total of four identical sets.Two sets of porcelain were of poor quality and were destroyed on the spot.A set of high-quality porcelain was sent to the capital as a tribute, and the remaining set should have been sealed up forever.Unexpectedly, a few months later, Eunuch Liang, the supervising eunuch, insisted on enshrining this set of kiln-transformed porcelain.

He Langzhong negotiated with him many times to no avail. After all, he was the supervisor of the eunuch, and his power was higher than that of the supervisor of pottery.

This was originally not related to Yuan Mingguang's business. He was just a craftsman. Who bought, used, and who used the things he made had nothing to do with him.

To his anxiety, his sister was missing.

"Your sister? Is she also working in the Qiu family? Mrs. Qiu, do you know about his sister?"

Wanda leaned over to look at Mrs. Qiu.

"I'm... a little girl, how would a woman know."

Wanda saw Mrs. Qiu's eyes wandering, obviously lying.

"The villain's younger sister is called Axia. She used to work as a tea picker in the Qiu family tea farm. She is 17 years old this year. After the tea picking season is over, she will come to the Imperial Ware Factory to help. Help cook and boil water, or It is for the kiln workers to wash clothes."

Yuan Mingguang said.

"On the day after Eunuch Liang left, my sister suddenly disappeared. I searched the whole town and couldn't find her. I even came to the county government to ask the master to help me find someone together."

"That's true. At that time, the little brother of the Yuan family did come to report that someone was missing at home. Counting it, it has been nearly a month."

"That doesn't mean that your sister has something to do with Mrs. Qiu. It also doesn't mean that this matter has something to do with Eunuch Liang."

Wanda said in embarrassment.

"Eunuch Liang is gone, and my sister is gone. Doesn't that mean it has something to do with it?"

Yuan Mingguang yelled, scratching his neck.

"This one……"

Wanda wanted to say that it wasn't enough.

"And my younger sister told me that although eunuch Liang is an eunuch, she always looks at her with obscene eyes. She also said that it would be a shame for a beautiful woman like her to be buried in the countryside, so why not go to the capital with him , not only can you double your social status, but you can also get to know the royal relatives and wealthy sons, and from then on, you can fly up the branches and become a phoenix."

"Can you get acquainted with the royal relatives?"

Wanda narrowed her eyes, "By what means? The so-called 'Rongbao Building' in Beijing?"

Mrs. Qiu lowered her head guiltily.

"My lord, Miss Rong is awake."

At this moment, Jin Yiwei came forward to report.

"Great, since the matter has something to do with 'Rongbaolou', let's just ask the girl owner of this shop."

Wanda ordered them to bring people up.

Qiu's mother was very anxious and full of resentment. She watched this so-called "Miss Rong Family" who had only met her once, walked to the court step by step, and slowly knelt down in front of Wanda and County Magistrate Song. .

"Little girl Rong, I beg the Elder Lord to avenge me."

Although Miss Rong was pale, her eyes were extremely firm. After she knelt down, she kowtowed three times to Wanda heavily.

"You also want to 'redress'? What grievances do you have?"

Wanda thought to himself, aren't you the chief culprit who framed Xiaoqiu, and you still have the face to complain about yourself in court?

Isn't Qiu Zijin the one who should be complaining?

"Little girl, I want to sue the current Uncle Guo."

Miss Rong raised her head and stared blankly at Wanda, "I want to sue him for raping the little girl. The child in this stomach is the 'evidence'!"

Today's uncle: ...

Today's Uncle Guo's boyfriend: ...

The author has something to say: Emperor: ...I have uncles from many countries, you'd better make it clear.