I'm watching the gate in the jail

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Zhi led the little donkey out of the Imperial Horse Prison from Donghua Gate, and headed for the Mansion of Baron Anle in Renshoufang.

The little black donkey he is riding now is naturally not the one Wanda had at the beginning—the "little black" was too old to ride and was placed in the Marquis's mansion for the elderly. very comfortable.It is a hundred times better than its "burning" companion.

The little black donkey that Wang Zhi is riding now was originally used to carry fodder in the Yumajian.He liked it, so he accepted it as a mount.I have been riding it when walking in Beijing for the past two years.At the beginning, he was young, and there were two eunuchs behind him when he went out.Now that he is older, the empress allows him to go out alone.

The sky is high and the clouds are light. Although it is still July, the weather is not too hot, and the warm wind blowing on the body does not make people tired.

The servants and women sweeping along the street saw such a beautiful child as soon as they opened the door, and immediately felt in a good mood for the day.

Wang went straight to Wanda's mansion without notification, just like entering his own home.

Wanda even prepared a small courtyard for him in the mansion, called "Sinan Pavilion", which is next to the "Sihai Courtyard" where Wan Lan lives.

However, like other Wanjia courtyards, Wang Zhi's courtyard is only served by servants and servants.Since there are no female relatives in the family, naturally there is no need for girls and women.Even the cooks in the kitchen are all fire-headed soldiers who retired from the original Jinyiwei yamen.

Others thought that the baron's mansion was extravagant and extravagant, but in fact only Yang Xiuxian and Qiu Zijin, who were frequent visitors, knew that it was as simple as a barracks.

Wang Zhi walked in through the small gate in the backyard, and just as he tied the donkey to the stable, he heard a clanging sound from the garden in the middle, which seemed to be the interlacing of weapons, and occasionally there were men's shouts mixed in.

"Hey……"

Wang Zhi sighed pretentiously, folded his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the garden.

Sure enough, under a wisteria flower trellis, Wanda also had his hands behind his back, shaking his head while sighing, looking at the chaos in the yard.

"Susu."

Wang Zhi strode up to Wanda and called out in a low voice.

"You are here."

Wanda turned around and took a look, with a helpless face, "Look at this... hey..."

Looking in the direction of Wanda's finger, the first thing that came into view was a woodworking table with all kinds of messy tools piled up on it.All ink fountains, planes, saws, hammers, chisels, files, and even drills and axes are all available.

Looking into the middle of the yard, a domestic servant was holding a wooden saw and sawing a piece of wood on a low stool.And the young master of this family, Mr. Wanlan, tied the hem of his clothes around his waist, put one foot on the ground and the other on the stirrup, holding a small axe, and chopping a stake.

I don't know how long he has been working, the original fair little face was flushed by the sun.However, the piece of wood that was placed upright and higher than his body was still not cut, but a pile of wood blocks and sawdust splashed out on the ground.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!"

Wan Lan was full of enthusiasm while chopping and whispering.

"How about I go help him?"

Wang pointed at Wan Lan and said.

"Let him go, as long as he doesn't get hurt, he can say anything."

Wanda waved his hand and led Wang straight to the top chair under the flower stand.

"In case of injury, this kid will suffer on his own."

At that time, my sister felt distressed and sent seven or eight internal servants to monitor him every day under the name of "serving". They are not allowed to do this, and they are not allowed to go there, and they can't suffocate this kid.

"When did Alan fall in love with being a carpenter again?"

As soon as Wang Zhi sat down, a servant brought iced sherbet.

"In the first two months of this year, weren't you still obsessed with calligraphy and painting? His painting of a hundred birds facing the phoenix is ​​still hanging in the Zhaode Palace. Your Majesty looks at it every day, and says it is better than his own painting. If it weren't for the hindrance With Yu Alan's status, I can't wait to get it in Fengtian Palace and let all the officials pass it around for viewing."

In order to satisfy the young master's hobby of calligraphy and painting, His Majesty specially invited several famous calligraphy and painting enshrined in the palace to come to the baron's mansion to teach him.He also opened the inner library, no matter which dynasty's works, as long as the young master likes it, he can just take it for viewing, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't return it.

It's only been a few months, why don't you stop painting and become a carpenter instead?

"Hey, since the painting "The Picture of Fishing Snow in the Cold River" he painted last time was considered to be Song Huizong's imperial brush, and it was auctioned at Xinghaihui for a high price of tens of thousands of dollars. He suddenly said that it was boring and not fun. , never touched a pen again."

Wanda pointed to the direction of the warehouse at home, "The paintbrushes, papers, and various paints given by the palace have all been sealed away. Your Majesty's painstaking efforts are really wasted."

"Alan is too smart, she can learn everything in one go..."

Wang Zhi said sincerely.

Although he is only ten years old this year, the splendid articles he wrote even surprised the current cabinet chief minister, Shang Ren. He repeatedly asked who the child prodigy who wrote such articles was and where he is now, wishing to recruit him as a disciple immediately.

You must know that this Shangge boss was the number one scholar in the "Three Yuan Jidi" that was rare in the Ming Dynasty.He won the first place in the three rounds of the township examination, general examination, and palace examination. He is a true "heavenly talent", and he is upright and upright.

When I heard that the primary school student who made the fuss was the younger brother of Concubine Wan Gui, the adopted son Wan Lan adopted by Baron Anle Wanda from Tzu Chi Hall, the expression of this always quiet Shangge elder was extremely wonderful, and he couldn't help murmuring "How come?" "It's a pity..." and other sentences, and finally gave up the idea of ​​accepting him as a disciple.

Mr. Shange pays great attention to the official voice. Although he has never had any conflicts with this famous evil star in the capital, Mr. Wan, he also tries to avoid contact with him as much as possible.

Moreover, although this young master Wan Lan is young, he has already taken the position of a paid official with a hundred households of Jin Yiwei.

In addition, the empress loves her nephew very much, and she can't wait to add him twice a year. Calculated, the monthly salary is much higher than that of the cabinet bosses, so naturally she will not pursue an economic career.

"Before he was going to learn to play the piano, and he was going to learn to paint earlier this year. Now he is going to be a carpenter... I don't know what this kid is going to do next..."

Wanda scratched her head in embarrassment.

For this talented child, even Master Xiao Wan is helpless.

In his "last life", he heard that there were several strange emperors in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that some of them liked to cultivate immortality and alchemy, some liked to fight crickets, some built a zoo in the palace, and some liked to do carpentry.

Wanda originally thought that these were all nonsense in the TV series.

After all, he saw that his emperor's brother-in-law was quite normal, except for going up and down every day, he was just criticizing papers.Except for a few days during the Chinese New Year, he never rests, he is simply a workaholic.

Until he raised the eldest son of the emperor until he was seven or eight years old, this talented little guy finally showed the "crazy gene" hidden in their old Zhu family.

Extremely smart, extremely conceited, and possesses seemingly endless energy.

The entire baron's mansion, including Wanda, was exhausted following him.

It's hard for Wanda to imagine. If this kid is really locked in the palace all the time and becomes the emperor, he really doesn't know what he will do with his temperament and talent.

"Alan, how far is he going to go this time? He doesn't want to build a house by himself, does he?"

Wang Zhi asked dumbfoundedly.

After all, when this child was learning the piano, he made a piano with his own hands.That qin is still in Zhaode Palace, being fondled by the empress all the time.

Wanda glanced at Wang Zhi helplessly, both of them expressed everything in silence.

"Hi!"

With Wan Lan's roar, the waist-thick piece of wood was finally cut off.Immediately, a servant brought a soup basin and cold water for washing hands.

Wan Lan took a sip of water, turned around and saw Wanda and Wang Zhi standing under the flower stand, put down the teacup and ran over.

"Ah Zhi is here!"

Wan Lan clapped her hands and almost jumped in front of Wang Zhi, grabbing his sleeve.

"Ah Zhi, come and saw wood with me. I'm going to make a bench today. It will be done in a while, and you help me bring it into the palace for the empress."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Is your lady short of a stool?"

Wanda took the sweat towel from the servant and bent down to wipe Wan Lan's sweat.Wan Lan closed her eyes obediently, stood on tiptoes, and couldn't stop shaking her body.

Although this child is only ten years old, he is already very romantic and suave, like a small handsome boy.

Inheriting Wan Zhen'er's tall and straight figure and Zhu Jianshen's white skin and light-colored pupils, compared with the festive boy Wang Zhi who walked out of a New Year picture when he was a child, the eldest son of the emperor has handsome eyes and beautiful eyebrows, and the essence of literary talent is impressive. Forget about customs.

And it may be because of the relationship that "nephews are more like uncles", this child also has a bit of Wanda's naughty look in his eyes when he was a child, and he is extremely smart.

Even Qiu Zijin once said that he was so handsome at a young age, I really don't know how many young girls in Beijing will cry for him when he grows up.

"Is it reasonable to call him 'Azhi'? How many times have I told him that I want to call him 'Big Brother'."

Wanda threw down the sweat towel, stared at Wan Lan and said.

In the palace, they are masters and slaves, but in Earl Anle's Mansion, they are cousins, and everything must be done according to Wanda's rules.

"Brother Ah Zhi, where are we going to play today?"

Wan Lan was really going to be angry when she saw "Daddy", so Wan Lan changed her words obediently.

"The young master wants to handle the case with us?"

Yang Xiuxian looked at Wanda in disbelief, and the latter gave him a helpless expression.

"Hello, Uncle Yang, Uncle Qiu, and Uncle Gao."

Wan Lan greeted all the uncles obediently, so obediently that Wanda felt intrusive.

Both Qiu Zijin and Gao Hui nodded in embarrassment.They have personally experienced all the feats of this little evil star before.After all, Qiu Zijin can be regarded as half of his enlightenment teacher, and Gao Hui also taught him boxing kung fu for a few days.

It's fine for him to mess around in the baron's mansion on weekdays, but today he's serious about handling a case, why did Lord Wan bring him here?

"What's going on? Does Your Majesty know?"

Among this group of people, only Yang Xiuxian knew the real identity of this child.Everyone including Qiu Zijin thought that this child was really brought by Wanda.

As the saying goes, "The son of a daughter does not sit in the court", but they are going to handle the case, how can they bring the eldest son of the emperor into danger?

"Mei Qianzhang has already flown to the palace to ask about it."

Wanda stood on tiptoe and whispered in Yang Xiuxian's ear.

"Compared to being a bench, His Majesty thinks it's more normal for him to follow us to solve the case."

The emperor who had just stepped down from the imperial court, after hearing that his son's interests had changed, he sighed and said, "It's really embarrassing for Uncle Lang..."

At any rate, Wan Lan still has the name of Jinyiwei Baihu, and there are Yang Xiuxian and Gao Hui in the open, and Mei Qianzhang in the shadow guard, so Wanlan's safety should not be a major problem.

Yang Xiuxian nodded helplessly upon hearing this.

"Hei Hao, I know."

Wanlan is small, but wants to walk in the forefront.

"There is a record in "History of the Song Dynasty", 'In Xuanhe, in the middle of Luoyang Prefecture, suddenly there was something like a person, or squatting like a dog. Its color was black, and the eyebrows could not be distinguished'."

Wan Lan jumped up the stone steps on the side of the road, jumped down again, and made a circle in front of Wanda, the child said seriously.

"It is said that as early as the Yuanfeng period of the Song Dynasty, this monster appeared in the bedroom of His Majesty Shenzong. Not long after, Shenzong collapsed and passed away."

Wanda frowned.

"The black man who appeared during the Xuanhe period just mentioned is said to eat the hearts and livers of children and women for a living. He is invulnerable, unpredictable, and has been a disaster for a long time. Then..."

The child showed a sneering look, "The Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed."

Wanda was startled when he heard this, and turned to look at Qiu Zijin who was walking behind the team.

Qiu Zijin nodded and agreed with Wan Lan's statement.

"That's true. It is said that before Song Zhezong and Zhao Xu passed away, black spots appeared in the palace..."

Wanda and Yang Xiuxian looked at each other, and they both saw the worry in each other's eyes.

Wanda absolutely does not believe that there are any ghosts and gods in this world, whether it is the White Lotus Sect, or the female ghost of She County that he met before, all of them were proved to be just pretending to be ghosts.

But the vast majority of people in this era worship gods and Buddhas, even Confucian scholars, at most, "respect ghosts and gods and keep a distance."For these people, monsters that appear in the corners of history books from time to time, accompanied by dead people, dead kings, and even subjugated countries, really exist.

"This is someone pretending to be a ghost..."

Wan Lan walked to Wang Zhi's side, grabbed his sleeve, raised his chin and smiled, "Brother Ah Zhi, do you think the person who caused this incident wants to rebel?"

After listening to Xiao Wanlan's analysis, Wang Zhi had a pretty face and frowned heavily.

"Oh! Isn't this Master Wan!"

Just when everyone fell silent, a gray figure rushed towards Wanda quickly.

Wang Zhi pulled Wan Lan behind him, and Yang Xiuxian also took a sideways step, stepping in front of Wanda.

"Master Wan, Lord Yang, Lord Qiu! And you, Xiao Gao!"

The visitor waved at them excitedly, and then compared himself, "Do you still remember me? Old Liu, Liu Tie Chi."

"Liu Tie Chi!"

"It's actually you!"

Wanda and the others all showed incredulous expressions. No one expected to see this old guy in the capital after ten years.

Although ten years have passed, this old Liu has not aged obviously.The goatee on his chin has grown a lot, and with his more refined expression, it looks accidental and funny.

Wan Lan looked at Wang Zhi suspiciously, and the latter shook his head at him, expressing that he didn't know him either.

"What did I say when She County said goodbye?"

Liu Tiechi shook his left hand holding the cover with the words "Tietooth God's Fortune", and blinked at Wanda. There will be a period later."

"It's amazing. It really is 'Iron Teeth'."

Seeing the old man suddenly, the original dignified atmosphere was broken. Wanda turned around and hurriedly pulled Wan Lan to him.

"Quickly, salute Uncle Liu. This is an old friend of my father's."

Wan Lan shook her little head in bewilderment, thinking why she had never met this "uncle".

However, he has always been well-behaved and sensible in front of outsiders, so he folded his hands and called "Uncle Liu" to Liu Tiechi, and was about to bow down.

"Hey, how dare you dare."

When Liu Tiechi first saw Wan Lan's appearance, he was suddenly startled.

Seeing that he was going to bow down to him, he was so shocked that he threw the cover directly, crossed his hands, and knelt down with a "plop" before Wan Lan bent down.

"Break me too, break me too."

Liu Tiechi said with trepidation, "How humble Xiaodao is, how can he bear your 'uncle'."

Said, "Dong Dong" kowtow, scaring Wan Lan into three steps back behind Wanda, reaching out to hug Wanda's waist, her little face turned pale with fright.

Wang Zhi looked at him inexplicably, then turned his head to look at Wanda's embarrassed expression, rolling his eyes.

"Get up, don't scare the child."

Yang Xiuxian saw that he was almost lying on the ground. Although this path is secluded, there are still pedestrians passing by by chance.From a distance, these people saw an old man dressed as a fortune teller, kowtowing to several Jin Yiwei, and they couldn't dodge it.

It probably won't be long before there will be rumors of Jin Yiwei bullying the elderly in the street.

"My lord, this child is a dragon and a phoenix..."

Liu Tiechi pointed at the inexplicable Wan Lan with trembling fingers, and was about to continue talking when Yang Xiuxian pulled him to his side.

"If you dare to talk nonsense, I will let you die now."

Yang Xiuxian whispered in Liu Tiechi's ear with a smile all over his face.

Liu Tiechi heard this, shook his head hastily, and swallowed heavily.

His face twitched unnaturally, and he smiled at Wan Lan, "Xiaodao is a foreigner, and he is not subject to common etiquette. You...you don't have to be like this, my lord."

"Don't be afraid, Ah Lan. This Taoist priest is the one who caught ghosts in She County with my father before. Didn't you like listening to father's case-handling stories when you were young? He is the 'Liu Tie Chi' in that story." .”

Wanda lovingly stroked Wan Lan's little head, which was almost frizzy, and comforted her.

Wan Lan hugged Wanda's waist tightly, and carefully poked her head out slightly.Seeing Liu Tiechi's flattering smile on his face, he frowned again, raised his head and said to Wanda, "Father... this man is weird."

"He's not to blame..."

He called it "God Talking".

Wanda said amusedly.

"Oh, by the way, Lao Liu, why did you come to the capital? Could it be that some wealthy businessman here asked you to look at Feng Shui?"

"Hey, don't mention it."

Liu Tiechi finally calmed down. Although he still didn't dare to look at Wan Lan who was almost hanging on Wanda's body, his expression finally returned to normal.

"I'm here to clear the door."

Liu Tiechi had a heartbroken expression on his face, "Unfortunately, a scum came out of the Shimen. In the name of our faction, he cheated everywhere, pretending to be a ghost. It is said that he has already deceived him to the capital."

"I am the head of this generation."

Liu Tiechi picked up the flag that fell on the ground, and slapped himself on the chest twice, "I'm here to catch this evil brother."

Playing tricks?

Clean up the portal?

Hearing what Liu Tiechi said, Wanda, Qiu Zijin, Yang Xiuxian, Wang Zhi, and Wan Lan, who was still in Wanda's arms, showed thoughtful expressions at the same time.

"Old Liu..."

Wanda handed Xiao Wanlan to Wang Zhi, turned around, rubbed his hands like a fly, and smiled at Liu Tiechi.

"We're all 'old acquaintances'. Let me just say it... I want you to catch a demon."

As he spoke, he took out a bank note from his pocket and waved it at Liu Tiechi.

"As usual, this is a deposit."

The first time he heard the word "catch the monster", Liu Tiechi's reaction was to turn around and run away.

However, after seeing the big "one hundred taels" written on the bank note, his body was very honestly nailed to the spot, and he stretched out his longing hands to hold the bank note in his hands.Then fold it into the size of a tofu block and stuff it under the sole of the shoe.The movement is called a smooth flow of water, done in one go.

"Dare to ask my lord, what kind of monsters do you want to accept? Xiaodao is willing to do the work of dogs and horses."

Liu Tiechi cupped his hands flatteringly.

"Darkness."

"Farewell."

Liu Tiechi turned his head, and before he could raise his foot, Gao Hui took a step across without a word, blocking his way.

By the way, Gaohui is now a dignified general flag.We got married five years ago, and now we are the father of two children.He is the first member of the "North Town Fusi Undercover Squad", strictly speaking, to succeed in getting out of the order, gratifying to congratulate.

"My lord, this is not the little old man taking Joe, he really can't make this money."

As he spoke, he tiptoed on one foot and took out the banknotes he had put in just now.

"Old Liu, do you know where these two streets are behind?"

Wanda was afraid that he would be smoked to death by the soles of his feet, so he took two steps back and looked behind him.

"Xiaodao is new here, so I haven't been able to visit the capital yet."

Liu Tiechi opened the banknote, and he was also smelled of feet on the banknote, so he folded it back in embarrassment.

"It's the Imperial Prison of Beizhen Fusi."

Wang Zhi, who was holding Wan Lan's little hand, suddenly looked up and smiled at Liu Tie Chi.

Liu Tiechi's feet softened.

"You took their money from Jin Yiwei, where else do you want to sneak off?"

Wang Zhi squinted his eyes, "Even if Jin Yiwei agrees, our Dongchang will not agree..."

The cover in Liu Tiechi's hand "bangdang" fell to the ground.

"Very well. I declare—"

Wan Lan applauded cheerfully, "The Beijing Monster Hunting Squad is established!"

According to the intelligence of the Dongchang spies, Wanda and his party came to the street where the dark spots were said to have appeared that day.

This street is unremarkable, with low residential buildings on both sides, but after walking to the end, you can see a side street.

The entrance of the alley is extremely narrow, only enough for one person to enter and exit.If the left and right sides are facing each other, one person must turn sideways before the other can pass.

The roads are dark, and layers of fallen leaves are piled up on the ground, making a "creaking" sound when you step on it. I don't know how long it has been since no one came to clean it.Tall trees are planted inside the fences on both sides of the road, covering the sky and the sun, making it difficult for people to discern the direction.

"Call a team over tomorrow. It doesn't matter if there is little rain this summer. If it rains heavily, the drains will be blocked. It's not convenient to pass through this place."

Wanda took a few steps and turned to Gao Hui to give instructions.

Gao Hui nodded his head, indicating that tomorrow he will order the Wucheng soldier Ma Si and one or two warriors to come to deal with it.

A few people walked geese along the narrow road, walked for a while, and did not know how many turns they turned. Just when Wan Lan was a little impatient, he suddenly smelled a scent of incense candles.

To be precise, it is the smell of incense candles mixed with the smell of food.

"Father, look outside!"

Tired from walking, Wan Lan, who was resting on Gaohui's shoulder, pointed excitedly to the side of the road.

Gao Hui handed the child to Wanda, jumped up the wall with a loud leap, and squatted on the edge of the wall, also stunned.

"what happened?"

Wanda raised his head and asked.

"It used to be the back wall of Longfu Temple. Here is a row of private houses, which should be temple property."

Gao Hui pointed to the left, then pointed to the street on the outside, "The other side of the road is 'Xinghaihui'."

Wanda was taken aback.

You must know that outside Longfu Temple is the East Fourth Archway, and after the Fourth Archway is the "Xinghai Entertainment Concentration" under his name.

This is the busiest place in Beijing, full of people's voices all the time, but just now when I was walking in the side streets, I didn't feel it at all, I thought I had turned into some secluded place.

Gao Hui was also surprised. If he hadn't jumped on the wall, he would never have thought that he would turn all the way to Longfu Temple.

Just when he was about to jump down, he suddenly heard a barking of dogs. Looking down, he saw three or four big yellow dogs drooling and barking at him, an unexpected visitor.

Everyone was afraid to startle the snake, so they hurriedly continued to walk along the path.

Sure enough, it was "another village with dark willows and bright flowers", but after a few steps, the thoroughfare appeared in front of them.

The huge colorful shed with the name of Xinghaihui came into view, Xiaoer, who was greeting guests at the door, turned his head, and was scared back a step by the crowd who suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Master, shopkeeper? Young master? Young master?"

Xiaoer said in a daze.

what happened?Why did the shopkeeper suddenly fall from the sky?

"It seems that we may be 'walking through the iron shoes and finding nowhere'."

Wanda smiled and put her arms on Liu Tiechi's shoulder.

After Qiu Zijin figured it out, he also smiled slightly.

Yeah, what are they hanging out about?

Isn't this "Xinghaihui" the largest intelligence gathering place in Beijing?

"Come on, Liu Tie Chi, today's lunch is my treat."

Without any explanation, Wanda dragged Liu Tiechi into the Xinghaihui restaurant.

"Come and tell me, what's going on with that 'shi scum' in your sect."

The author has something to say: At the end of Yuanfeng (1085), there was something as big as a mat, and I saw it in the sleeping hall at night, and Shenzong collapsed.At the end of Yuan Fu (1100), it was seen several times, and Zhe Zong died.