I'm watching the gate in the jail

In the early morning of the next day, the servants of Baron Anle's mansion began to sweep the courtyard.

There was even a boy who had prepared hot water, prepared green salt for rinsing mouth and towels, put them on a tray, and stood at the door of Wanda's bedroom, ready to knock on the door.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

The butler happened to be passing by the door, saw the boy was about to raise his hand to knock on the door, so he hurried over and asked.

"I told the master to get up and wash up. I'm going to be on duty today."

The boy who had just arrived not long ago said it as a matter of course.

"Hey, have you forgotten that Yang Qianhu stayed at the baron's mansion yesterday?"

Seeing that he was still about to knock on the door, the housekeeper stopped him, pulled him to the corridor outside the door, and whispered.

"That's right, Master Qiu and Brother Gao had dinner at the mansion yesterday, and in the end, Master Yang stayed and talked to the master overnight. Because we couldn't go back after the curfew time, we stayed in the room with our master Fall asleep."

The boy nodded to himself, "I still need to prepare another set of washing utensils, Master Yang will also wash later."

"Ouch my little fool."

The old butler couldn't laugh or cry when he heard it. Is this child stupid or innocent? Why can't he understand the "voice".Although the two adults have never made it public, the relationship between Lord Yang and his master is not a secret at all in Wanfu.

The Jinyu Alley where Lord Yang lives is not far from Renshoufang, within walking distance.In addition, he is a Jinyiwei, and none of the Wucheng Bingma Si and the Bingjia patrolling the streets at night know him, so why do he have to stay overnight in the Baron's Mansion every so often?Moreover, there are so many guest rooms that cannot be accommodated, and they have to "talk by candlelight" with their master every time...

What do you say?Why?

"Because... the two adults have a deep relationship, and it is a life-and-death friendship."

After hearing the butler's analysis, the boy said movedly, "I was just told by someone in the mansion that our master and Mr. Yang and Mr. Qiu have known each other for more than ten years, and they have solved countless strange and major cases. A life-and-death friendship. Especially Master Yang and our master, who work together in the Jinyiwei Yamen, go out and go in together, so the relationship is naturally deeper than others. It must be like this!"

The butler looked at this silly boy with a "hopeless" expression on his face, and shook his head helplessly.

At this moment, the boy who was in charge of the "Sihai Courtyard" where Wan Lan lived ran over to the housekeeper with a panicked face, shouting as he ran, "The big thing is not good, the big thing is not good."

"Hey, what's the trouble today, my lord..."

The housekeeper pressed his temple, and said calmly and tiredly.

Although Wanlan was used to a big show every day, the old butler really couldn't bear to follow this little master up and down the mountain every day.

"Its daybreak."

Yang Xiuxian looked at the skylight projected through the paper window outside the gauze tent, lowered his head and kissed the back of Wanda's neck lightly and said.

Wanda gave a "hmm", but she refused to open her eyes, and simply turned her body sideways, buried her whole head in Yang Xiuxian's chest, and rubbed her head twice, "Sleep a little longer, I was too tired yesterday ..."

That brat who was holding Ah Lan almost walked around the entire city, and was tormented by Yang Xiuxian at night, Master Xiaowan wanted to stick to the bed.

Yang Xiuxian shook his head helplessly, and gently pushed his back.

"I still have to investigate the case today. Your Majesty's mission this time has a deadline. Don't sleep."

As a martial arts practitioner, Yang Xiuxian would get up at Yinshi every morning regardless of whether he was on duty or not.Run along the Yang Mansion for two laps first, finish a set of boxing, practice a period of fencing, and then ride a horse to the Jinyiwei Yamen to have breakfast.

Now the canteen of Jinyiwei Yamen has become better and better under Wanda's reforms. It provides breakfast and lunch during the day, and dinner and supper at night.Four meals a day plus special mung bean soup and cold fruit for summer afternoons, the good welfare makes the eyes of other yamen in Beijing turn red.

Especially the breakfast, which is simply unique in the capital.The guards on duty can eat steaming steamed stuffed buns with various fillings, flower rolls, fried fruits, coke rings, soy milk, and even fried liver, shortbread and bean curd every morning.Many Jinyiwei soldiers who used to have breakfast at home before coming to duty, now prefer to order in advance rather than come to the unit cafeteria, and their enthusiasm for duty has greatly increased.

Compared with the ministers of various ministries waiting outside the Daming Gate for the morning court with hungry stomachs and blowing cold wind every day, I don’t know how much happier they are.

It is said that some Wencheng generals who live in the west of the city can smell the fragrance from the Jinyiwei yamen every time they pass Qipan Street, especially in autumn and early in the cold winter, the smell is simply fascinating.

The generals were very thick-skinned, and many simply got off their horses, stepped in, put down their copper coins and bought them for breakfast.

This is much more difficult for civil servants.They are "scholar-officials" with "integrity", and they don't even bother to "bow their eyebrows and bend their waists to serve the powerful". How could they bow their heads to Jinyiwei for a bowl of hot soy milk?

If they can't eat soy milk, they say that soy milk is sour, and secretly scold the Jinyiwei Yamen for wasting public funds and absorbing people's fat and people's ointment in disguise.

After the news reached Wanda's ears, he licked his ears with a smile and said, "If you like to eat or not, I'm too lazy to serve you. For those who want to join a party, send someone to the dining hall to register and pay the joining fee."

This led to the peculiar sight of those in the Dudu's Mansion of the Five Armies, the Bingma Division of the Five Cities, and the Ministry of War simply going to the kitchen and dining hall of Jinyiwei for three meals a day.

The admonishers and governors were so frightened that they made several reports in a row, saying that these warriors gathered together and joined forces with each other, fearing that they would be disobedient, and asked His Majesty the Emperor to revoke the Fusi canteen in Beizhen.

The booklet was handed over to Zhu Jianshen, and the emperor scolded "shit".

Then the next morning, a "big man" ushered in outside the back kitchen of Jinyiwei, which was in full swing...

"I just came to see how delicious it can be."

Wanda looked blankly at his brother-in-law who was drinking fried liver, and scooped a large spoonful of sugar into his salted bean curd in fright.

"Get up, Xiaoqiu and the others will all be here in a while."

Yang Xiuxian counted the time and patted Wanda on the head again.

Mr. Xiaowan is getting more and more official now, but the hair on his head is still standing upright, without a hat to hold him down, and he can slant out anytime and anywhere.

"Mei Qianzhang... really useless..."

Wanda yawned loudly and opened his sleepy eyes.

"It's been so many years, and Xiao Qiu hasn't been dealt with yet. It's a fart to give candied fruit every night. It's been three or five years, and Xiao Qiu hasn't forgiven him."

Wanda changed from lying down to kneeling, and straightened up little by little. He let out an "ouch", rubbed his waist, and gritted his teeth in pain.

During a case handling a few years ago, Qiu Zijin was seriously injured, and Wanda and Yang Xiuxian were not at the scene at that time.In desperation, Mei Qianzhang had no choice but to show up to help, and took Qiu Zijin back to the Imperial Hospital for treatment.

It was at that time that Qiu Zijin learned that Mei Qianzhang was not dead at all, not only was he not dead, but he had always been by their side, protecting Wanda and the others, but kept him in the dark.Not to mention Wanda and Yang Xiuxian, even Gao Hui knew of Mei Qianzhang's existence.

Qiu Zijin was really out of breath that time, and he was seriously injured, which made it difficult for him to heal.Although Wanda and the others apologized to him more than once, and signed various terms of "forfeiting power and humiliating the country", it took a long time to calm down.

But to Wanda's surprise, Mei Qianzhang, a shameless voyeur, came to ask Yang Xiuxian for advice on how he managed to get Master Xiaowan...

You must know that although this guy didn't know about the relationship between Wan Yang and the two at the beginning, he has been ordered to protect the eldest son of the emperor for the past few years, squatting on the beam of Wan's house every day, seeing the relationship between the two of them clearly. It is called a mobile human flesh monitor.

I don't know if he suddenly became enlightened after "observing" too much, or if he had a bad heart for Qiu Zijin in the first place, but now he has to confess his love when it is strong, anyway, he started chasing the young scholar with all his heart.

Although he had the titles of "Yijianmei" and "Flower Picker" when he was in Jiangxi, he is actually still an innocent roomer.

Mei Qianzhang's way of chasing people is very old-fashioned. Every night after Wan Lan fell asleep, she climbed over the wall and went to Qiu's mansion. Today, she put candied fruit on Qiu Zijin's window, tomorrow put dried fruit, and the day after tomorrow put melon seeds... I don't know Thought he was feeding the squirrels.

However, it was obvious that Qiu Zijin was not the kind of soft-spoken and short-handed guy.He should eat, he should bah bah, the two are still in a tug-of-war, and there has been no progress for many years.

Knowing that Mei Qianzhang wanted to pursue Qiu Zijin, Wanda was overjoyed at the beginning.

Although Qiu Zijin dared to fight against his family and stayed away from the disputes between the parties and literary clans in the court, he was still a traditional scholar-official literati in his bones, and he was not on the same path as the powerful Mei Qianzhang.Even though the latter has now been "recruited" and joined the ranks of invisible civil servants.

But no matter how you look at these two people, they don't match up, it's just the opposite.

"Master, master, it's not good!"

Just as Wanda got out of bed, she didn't even put on her shoes, when she heard the sound of the butler knocking on the door anxiously.

"What's the matter? A-lan broke the sky again?"

Wanda looked back at Yang Xiuxian helplessly, thinking that what my "old father" did was so mentally and mentally exhausted that he was about to have early menopause.

If this child really has reached the rebellious stage where the second-year illness exploded, wouldn't I be worried to death?

"What's wrong with him? You don't want to study explosives today, do you?"

Wanda opened the door while wearing her belt.

"My lord, it's not good. My lord, my lord has gone early in the morning, gone..."

The butler rushed in and almost bumped into Wanda head-on.

"Where did you go? Did you enter the palace early in the morning?"

It was more convenient for this man to enter the palace than himself, he hugged Mei Qianzhang's neck and entered with a "rub".

Sometimes his sister Wan Zhen'er suddenly missed her son, or if she wanted to reward him with something delicious and fun, she would ask Mei Qianzhang to take him directly into the palace.

At a young age, Wan Lan is more elusive than his father, who is in command of Jin Yiwei.Wanda is used to it.

"I went to the Imperial College."

The butler looked sad and took out a note.

"what?"

Wanda and Yang Xiuxian, who had already dressed and stepped out of the bedroom threshold, looked at the big characters on the note that were flamboyant but still had a little childishness at the same time, and both of them fell down.

——Go to the Guozijian, don't read it, father.

"Isn't this nonsense! The brat just doesn't deserve a beating! This time when he is caught, he must be beaten up. Don't try to persuade me, it's useless!"

Yang Xiuxian watched silently as Wanda tore the note to pieces in anger, and then threw it on the ground and stomped on it.Childish behavior complements his cheap son who owes him a beating.

Beijing Guozijian, located in Chongjiaofang in the east of the city, is adjacent to the Confucian Temple and belongs to the Ministry of Rites. It is one of the highest institutions of learning in Ming Dynasty.

The current Guozijian in the capital was built in the tenth year of Dade in the Yuan Dynasty, and it was originally the school of Beiping County.In the 18th year of Yongle, Emperor Hongwu moved the capital to Beijing and changed the Beiping Guozijian to the Jingshi Guozijian, which was far away from the Yingtianfu Guozijian in Nanjing.

As the highest institution of learning in the Central Empire, the students of Liangjing Guozijian are not only the people of Ming Dynasty, but also students from outside Japan, North Korea, Siam, Cochin, Ryukyu and other regions. At its peak, there were tens of thousands of Huanghuang. It is a veritable place where talents from all over the world gather.

Yesterday, Wanda carried Wan Lan all the way to chase the mark, but who knew that it finally stopped in the alley outside the Imperial College.The mark also broke the trace, which made people puzzled for a while.

But soon Yang Xiuxian came back with a group of people, saying that they could not find anyone after following the two servants.

After all, Guozijian is a place where sages teach, and they can't rush in, but everyone can only turn back and look for the two of them.

There were seven of them in total, some were old, some were young, the old ones were dressed as Taoist priests, and the young ones were still wearing the official uniforms of Jinyiwei, which was too eye-catching to walk on the road.The students and teachers who happened to pass by nearby all cast doubtful eyes on them.

In order to avoid alarming others, everyone had no choice but to temporarily settle Liu Tiechi in the guest room of Xinghaihui, while the others returned to Wanda's Baron Anle's Mansion to continue discussing how to proceed next.

After deliberating for a long time last night, it was finally decided that Wang Zhi, who was more suitable for his age, would use "certain means" to sneak into the school as a "regular student" to inquire about the news before making plans.

The so-called "regular prison students" are different from the tribute students who were recommended to study in the Imperial College by local government schools based on their real talents.

Put it 600 years later, it will be the kind of rich second generation who spend money to buy a degree to enroll.

After all, although Wanda's face looks good, but his stomach is empty, and he has not made any progress in the past 20 years. Even if he pretends to be a "regular supervising student" and enters the school, he will not be convincing.People can be kicked out in a few days.

As for Qiu Zijin and Qiu Xueba, as a man of influence in the Imperial College back then, I am afraid that the doctoral assistants in the Imperial College still miss him even now.If he entered the Imperial College, he would be an outstanding graduate returning to his alma mater, and he would not be able to keep a low profile even if he wanted to, let alone take the opportunity to investigate the case.

From the looks of it, only the seventeen-year-old Wang Zhi, who was said to have done fairly well in the forbidden inner school a few years ago, can "take on this important task".

It was the first time to investigate a case with Susu, and he was given such an important responsibility, which made Wang Zhi excited all night.

Coming out of the palace early in the morning, on the way to the baron's mansion, he still planned to discuss with everyone how to hide and how to deliver news to the outside after he entered the Imperial College.

Who knew that as soon as he stepped into the gate of the baron's mansion, he heard the news that Alan had rushed to the Imperial College early in the morning.

Even though he knew that the child was used to mischief, Wang Zhi didn't know what kind of expression to put on for a moment.

Maybe we were wrong in the first place.

Wang Zhi thought to himself.

We should support the eldest son of the emperor to make benches, chairs, canopy beds, and even build a house with his own hands. Anyway, the empress will applaud.

"The two people yesterday were Huang San who was serving in the Fengtian Palace and Feng Yinan from the Inner Dyeing and Weaving Bureau. I asked the guards guarding the Donghua Gate and confirmed that the two returned to the palace around Shen time yesterday afternoon and did not behave. If there is any abnormality. When I left the palace today, the two of them also went on duty as usual."

In the meeting hall of the baron's mansion, everyone sat down in turn, and Wang Zhi began to narrate the news he found out after returning to the palace yesterday.

"Although the servants are no better than maids in the palace, they can go out of the palace from time to time to do business. But they can't go out for no reason. How did the two of them get out of the palace?"

Qiu Zijin asked.

"The Bureau of Dyeing and Weaving has an indigo factory in the west of Beijing. There are eunuchs planting indigo grass all the year round to produce blue cloth for the palace. The man surnamed Feng is the supervisor of the indigo factory, and he can go out of the palace every day. As for Huang San, it is Yesterday was the Hungry Ghost Festival, and I wanted to ask the chief eunuch of Fengtian Temple for the grace of going out of the palace in the name of praying for blessings and avoiding disasters for my family. The chief eunuch allowed him to leave the palace because he remembered that he was shocked in the hall the day before. The little eunuch in the palace said that although the two are quite different in age, they have always been on good terms, so they left the palace together."

"Isn't the Bixia Yuanjun Temple over there at the Jingxi Indigo Factory? If they want to burn incense, they can just go to the Niangniang Temple. Why bother to go around in such a big circle and come to Longfu Temple in the east of the city?"

Qiu Zijin asked the crux of the matter, "Somewhere in the east of this city, there must be something weird."

"What about Ah Lan? Let him mess around in the Imperial College?"

"With Mei Qianzhang following, Ah Lan's safety is at least guaranteed. Our original plan is put on hold for now. Change to my latest plan."

Wanda touched her face wearily and sighed long.

I hope that A Lan will not make too much trouble, the Imperial College is no better than other places, after all, it is a school...

"Where did this child come from? This is a school, not a place for children to play. How can there be children to run wild?"

In front of the glazed archway in Taixue Gate, Mao Dayong, a teaching assistant who was patrolling in front of each classroom, suddenly screamed, breaking the sound of reading all around.

I heard that a child suddenly appeared in the Imperial College, and the students who had been studying in various classrooms in the morning put down their books and rushed out, and ran to the stele pavilion to watch the excitement.

"Where is the child? Boy, girl?"

"No way, there are no guards at the gate of the Imperial College, so why would a child come in?"

"Hey! There really is a baby!"

Although there are some uncles in their 30s and 40s among the supervisors of the Guozijian, most of them are teenagers in their teens and 20s, and they are all lively and active.

The style of study in the Guozijian is strict, and if they walk a little faster in the corridors on weekdays, they will be warned by the "Jian Cheng" who is in charge of the criminal regulations, saying that it is against the style of a gentleman, and they must not make a wrong step.

Especially the teaching assistant Mao, who is extremely boring on weekdays, is not liked by the students.

Hearing his howling, these students couldn't bear their curiosity and came out to look around.

Sure enough, in front of the stele pavilion facing each other on the left and right, I saw a little boy who was only about ten years old.

Who else would come here besides Wan Lan, the eldest son of the emperor who had all the true biography of his own uncle.

Today, Wan Lan, who was dressed as a commoner child, in a pink-green shirt, trousers of the same color, and with two horns on her hair, was standing in front of Assistant Professor Mao... crying loudly.

Good-looking children are all males and females. Seeing such a cute child with a fan ball being taught by Mao Zhu so that he kept dropping golden beans and crying until he hiccupped pitifully, the students voted to blame Mao Assistant vision.

"How can Assistant Professor Mao do this? It's fine for me to be disciplined by you on weekdays, but this is just a child. How old is he, so you want to beat him up?"

"Yeah, when did a child suffer this kind of grievance? Come on, don't cry, tell brother, why did you come here? This is not a place where children can just come in and play."

A few courageous students hurried forward to comfort Wan Lan, and two clever ones went directly to the Yilun Hall at the back to find the master secretary and Si Ye who could talk.

"This little Mao is still too young. Although he is a teacher, a man who has never been married is impatient. Hey... Seeing this child, I can't help but think of my wife and children in my hometown."

A few older students stood in the corridor, pointing at Mao Dayong, and his face turned red and pale.

After a while, the yard was full of students and teachers. Some people brought out sweets and snacks, and some brought small cups filled with hot water to coax Wan Lan to eat something so that she wouldn't get tired of crying.

Little Wanlan raised her crying red eyes and shook her head "timidly".

"My mother said, you can't just eat food from strangers."

He sniffed his nose, and continued, "My mother also said, 'Don't eat what you get'."

Unexpectedly, at such a young age, the child could speak the words of a sage, which immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the group of nerds around him.

"It seems that the child has been educated. He is a child of a good family."

"Knowing the book is a gift, his mother taught him very well."

While everyone was discussing, the director Tang Zheng and Si Ye Jili arrived late with a few teaching assistants.

"What's going on? Don't you have to go to class? Assistant Professor Mao, what are you doing standing there?"

Master Tang pushed aside the crowd and walked up to Mao Dayong. Sure enough, as the students said, a child really appeared in the Imperial College.

"Whose child is this, no one is sending him out yet! Is a dignified school a place for children to play around?"

"My lord, when I entered the yard just now, I saw this child standing at the shadow wall."

Assistant Professor Mao felt that today was really bad luck, everyone was targeting him.

"I only asked him a few questions, but before I could ask anything, the child started crying...and that's it."

"Oh, I just said it, it was Assistant Professor Mao who was too aggressive and scared the children."

"Yes, yes."

Ji Siye glared at the group of students who watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, and they all shut their mouths, then turned his old face, and put on a smile that he would only show when teasing his grandson, bent down, He asked Wan Lan, "Little friend, what's your name? Why did you appear here? Tell Grandpa, so Grandpa can take you home."

"I, my name is Alan. The 'Lan' of 'Ren Qiulan thought Pei'."

Alan squeezed his little fist nervously, looking at the adults around him staring at him.

"I'm here to find my father."

"What?"

"Who is your father?"

"I, I don't know..."

Wan Lan's eyes were red, and she was about to cry again, "My mother said that my father is from the Imperial College. He has been living in the capital and hasn't come home for a long time. Now that my mother is gone, I have to come to find my father. Woooooo, Dad, where are you...I'm afraid..."

As soon as this remark came out, it was like a blockbuster that lifted the roof of the entire Imperial College.

The grand Imperial Academy of the Imperial Academy of the Ming Dynasty staged "Orphan's Search for Relatives"!

At the same time, at the back door of the Imperial College, Lao Li from the kitchen was looking at the three people standing outside the door.

"This is the one you specially introduced, and said that the cooking is delicious?"

Lao Li looked suspiciously at the middle-aged man with sallow skin and a little blue face, "He is not sick, is he? We are here to cook for the future officials of the Ming Dynasty, and we are not just casual people." It can be used. If there is a problem with eating, I will take responsibility."

"Don't worry, Brother Li."

A young man with greasy hair and flour noodles pointed to the man beside him, "He used to help the kitchen in Jinyiwei Dining Hall. Because he was caught in the wind and cold a while ago, he took two extra days off, so he is not needed there. But he has recovered now. , there is no problem anymore. Isn't it?"

As he spoke, he patted the shoulders of the people around him.

"Yeah, I've recovered. It doesn't matter whether it's cooking or making snacks. Especially the steamed buns for breakfast are my best."

Under the skillful hands of a pair of companions who are good at makeup in Jinyiwei, Wanda, who has finished changing her costume and completely changed her appearance into an ordinary middle-aged man, deliberately lowered her voice and said.

"Fine……"

Hearing that it was someone from Jinyiwei Dining Hall, Lao Li's heart skipped a beat.

The cooks over there are hard to come by. It is said that it is difficult for even a big hotel to poach their firefighters. I didn't expect to find a leak today.

"However, didn't we agree that we only need one cook, what about this one?"

Lao Li pointed to Yang Xiuxian who was standing next to Wanda, who was also dressed in coarse cloth and had finished his disguise.

"Oh, he's my brother from the countryside. He wants to make a living in the city. Although he can't cook, he can carry water and chop firewood. You just need to give him two meals a day, monthly money or something random."

Yang Xiuxian bent over to Lao Li, showing a simple smile.

"Okay, let's use it first."

Lao Li nodded, took out a bunch of copper coins from his sleeve, and handed them to the young man, "We are old acquaintances, I believe you."

The young man took the money, told Wanda and Yang Xiuxian to "do it well", turned around and left.

After not taking two steps, he stopped at the entrance of the alley, and respectfully handed the copper coin to Gao Hui standing behind Qiu Zijin.

"My lord. This is a commission when the work is done."

This young man is a well-known alley stringer in Dongcheng, who also works as a broker.This morning, people from Jinyiwei suddenly approached them and asked him to find a way to get the two of them into the back kitchen of the Imperial College, but he was taken aback.

But fortunately, fortunately not disgraceful.

"You take the money. Be careful to seal it."

Gao Hui handed him back the string of copper wires, and finally threatened, "You know the rules."

"Understood, understood, the villain stepped back first."

Saying that, he took the copper coins respectfully, took two steps back, and ran away quickly.

"Is there anything wrong?"

Poking his head out from the alley, watching Wanda and Yang Xiuxian walk into the back door of the Imperial College, Qiu Zijin asked worriedly.

"Don't worry, there are two adults here, the young master will be fine."

Gao Hui replied.

"But I'm not worried about them..."

Qiu Zijin frowned, looking solemnly at the place where he had studied and lived for three years.

I'm worried that something will happen to this century-old school, a sacred place of humanities...