Kaifeng Mansion's Little Boss

Zhan Zhao walked up to Gu Chunfeng, and was about to warn Gu Chunfeng not to make noise, when Gu Chunfeng suddenly politely saluted the crowd.

"Please comment on Xiaosheng! Xiaosheng lost his valuables and reported to the police, but now he was arrested as a thief. How absurd! Xiaosheng was very puzzled. He wanted to ask why, but he heard the female official of Kaifeng Mansion say, arrest me It’s fine to go back to the business. This is the foot of the emperor, the important place in the capital, how can the investigation be so sloppy, and arrest people to the business? Xiaosheng is so wronged—”

Gu Chunfeng's polite words immediately aroused the sympathy of all the people on the pier.Everyone cast disapproving glances at Su Yuan, Zhan Zhao and others, pointing fingers, and whispered that the people in the yamen were too much.

"I heard that Kaifeng Mansion is governed by Mr. Bao, and the officials are clear and bright. Unexpectedly, these government servants dare to act as a domineering outside, arbitrarily adjudicating cases and arresting people."

There happened to be a scholar among the onlookers. Seeing that the scholar was being persecuted, he couldn't help complaining and spoke out bravely.

The more people gathered, the more discussions there were.

Zhan Zhao was a little flustered at first, and wanted to ask Su Yuan why he said such misleading words just now.In a blink of an eye, he saw that Su Yuan was calm and calm, with the corners of his lips curled up, as if he was watching the excitement.He was puzzled, Su Yuan shouldn't be such a careless person, so he recalled the situation just now, and suddenly realized.

In that room, Gu Chunfeng was still crying out for grievances, as if he was mingling with the onlookers.Zhan Zhao immediately ordered the yamen servant to take him away.

"Xiaosheng doesn't understand. As a reporter, why should Xiaosheng be arrested? You Kaifeng government didn't go to Haosheng to investigate the case, but to arrest the robber who stole my property. Instead, you turned black and white and arrested Xiaosheng! There is no law!" When Gu Chunfeng saw that the yamen servant wanted to force him to leave, he complained again.

"Shut up!" Zhan Zhao scolded him.

"These officials are so fierce!" Some people muttered in the crowd, but they couldn't figure out who was muttering.

Gu Chunfeng: "I was wronged——"

"To shut up!"

Zhan Zhao once again yelled at Gu Chunfeng to shut up, and then he put the scabbard on Gu Chunfeng's neck.

"What good thing did you do yourself? You don't know? You're still yelling for a thief! Let me ask you, since the robbers are masked and you've never seen them show their faces, how did they spit?"

Gu Chunfeng had a lot to argue with, and only after he opened his mouth did he realize the content of Zhan Zhao's words.He froze for a moment, unable to utter a word.

"Scholars from rich and noble families, if you have never seen the world, don't learn from those thieves and bandits doing such indecent deeds, your mouth is a flaw." Su Yuan sighed, and asked Gu Chunfeng if he had any objections now.

"That may be because I remembered wrongly, they didn't spit." Gu Chunfeng argued in a panic.

"If there is a mirror for you now, you will be able to see how fake you are lying now."

People who often deal with cases are all too familiar with Gu Chunfeng's expression now.Su Yuan was too lazy to argue with him on such an obvious question, and questioned him directly.

"Since the family is rich, why did you steal the congratulatory gift from your uncle to your father-in-law?"

Gu Chunfeng hesitated and refused to say anything.

"Tell me, why do you want to steal—call—catch—thief? Supervise—guard—self—thief?" Su Yuan suddenly raised his voice, not only the people watching nearby, but also the boatman who was punting not far away. I can hear them clearly, and I intend to row a boat to join in the fun.

Gu Chunfeng was startled, as if he had been stripped of his clothes in public, he immediately lowered his head in shame.There were constant discussions from the people around him, and he was even more ashamed to hear such words as "a scholar actually steals" and "disgraceful to the scholar's name", and he wanted to go to the hole tightly.

Gu Chunfeng hurriedly begged Zhan Zhao in a low voice, begging him to take him out of here quickly.

"Now you know it's embarrassing? Who was it just now who shouted loudly, clamoring that our Kaifeng government framed you, and the Kaifeng government was arresting people? Considering your identity as a scholar, they didn't expose you in public. You take it back to the yamen for another trial. You are lucky, after finishing the dirty work, you still feel that you are quite clean, and you are very confident."

Su Yuan summoned a yamen servant and ordered him to shout, "The talented Gu Chunfeng stole it" all the way while escorting Gu Chunfeng.

When Gu Chunfeng heard this, he was flustered, and quickly apologized to Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao.He has already lost his adulthood at the pier, if he is thrown all the way into the city of Tokyo, there is really no place to put his face.

Su Yuan: "That depends on whether you sincerely plead guilty."

"Xiaosheng really knows that he is wrong. Xiaosheng is confused. He shouldn't be greedy for that golden jade toad, and he shouldn't think he's safe and bite all the officials back."

"I heard that your family is rich, so you shouldn't miss this golden jade toad. Why did you steal it and steal it?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Gu Chunfeng faltered and hesitated a bit.

"Although Xiaosheng's family is rich, but this time Xiaosheng came to the capital to study, the money given by his family is not much, only 500 taels a year."

"500 taels of silver is not enough to spend a year? My God, I can spend five taels of silver for two or three years!" The people onlookers couldn't help but sigh when they heard this.

At this time, there were still common people vying to answer that they could spend five taels of silver for five or seven years, and some even said ten years.

Su Yuan didn't think it was unusual, it was just that everyone's consumption levels were different.Scholar's family is rich, so it is natural to spend money lavishly.Thinking that when she had no money, her food was simple, and five taels of silver was enough for her to spend for a long time.Later, when I had money, I went to Yaoguanglou to have a meal, spending dozens or even hundreds of taels like that.This is also thanks to her acquaintance with a big family, Bai Yutang.

"Your family should have estimated your daily expenses before giving you the money. Then, do you have other places to spend money that you can't tell about, so you do this kind of theft?" Su Yuan asked again.

Gu Chunfeng's heart skipped a beat, and the little thoughts he discovered could not be hidden in front of these officials who were responsible for investigating the case.If I had known earlier, he would not have pretended to be smart and reported to officials indiscriminately.He thought that with his own testimony, coupled with his rich family background and status as a scholar, he could easily fool the matter in front of the government.

"there is."

Next, Su Yuan and Zhan Zhao brought Gu Chunfeng back to Kaifeng Mansion.

Under the strict court trial, if he did not confess honestly, he would be punished. Only then did Gu Chunfeng agree to reveal his motive for stealing the golden jade toad.

"Xiaosheng's purpose of stealing the golden jade toad is to give it to Miss Furong in Tianxianglou."

Furong girl is fond of poetry and books, and likes to collect auspicious objects such as the toad palace.Gu Chunfeng's family knew that he had a penchant for visiting brothels in the capital. This time when he returned to Beijing after visiting relatives, his family reduced his expenses and forbade him to go to brothels again.But Gu Chunfeng was still thinking about Miss Furong in his heart, so he thought of stealing the gift from his uncle to his father-in-law to please Miss Furong.

"Miss Furong regards Xiaosheng as a confidant. Before Xiaosheng returned home, she specially gave Xiaosheng a hibiscus flower. When he came back this time, Xiaosheng didn't want to disappoint Miss Furong, so he wanted to give her a big gift."

Gu Chunfeng then confessed the location of Jinyu Toad.On the way to report the crime to Kaifeng Mansion while disembarking, he found an inn and opened a room, and hid the golden jade toad in a large vase in the inn room.

Afterwards, according to the instructions of taking care of Chunfeng, the yamen servants found the golden jade toad.

"For a prostitute, you don't even want the reputation of a scholar?" Zhan Zhao sighed helplessly, feeling sorry for Gu Chunfeng.A scholar commits the crime of stealing, and the rest of his life is completely ruined. He will never have the opportunity to participate in the scientific examination again.

Gu Chunfeng was also very remorseful and kept crying.

Su Yuan pursed her lips: "It's a pity, now he can commit the crime of stealing because of a prostitute. In the future, if he really passes the examination and becomes an official, he will only act bolder in the face of more temptations. Now To be able to go to prison early is really a vision of heaven."

Zhan Zhao: "..."

It seems right to think so!But Miss Su's vicious mouth is really getting more and more Bai Yutang.

"Who spit up the phlegm in that room?" Zhan Zhao wondered why Gu Chunfeng would talk about spitting while lying.

"It's Xiaosheng." Mentioning this, Gu Chunfeng regretted it to the extreme.

When he happened to have phlegm, he had seen rude people spit directly on the ground before, so he thought that he would make up a robber in a while, and if he didn't leave any traces, it would arouse suspicion.Just like a rude person, he spit on the floor of the room.He never expected that it was because of this that he was completely exposed.

"The sound of knocking on the door is three heavy and one light is also made up by Xiaosheng. In order to show the realism, he added details." Gu Chunfeng cried aggrievedly, feeling that he was too stupid and confused.

But no matter how much he regretted it, it was useless, and he was destined to be sentenced to prison.

In fact, similar cases are not uncommon in Kaifeng Mansion. They were all motivated by greed, made big mistakes in a single thought, and were sent to jail.Therefore, it is best not to have evil thoughts in life, otherwise you will harm others and yourself, and you should have a good future, but you will end up ruining the rest of your life.

After Ma Han sat in on the trial, he excitedly went to find Wang Chao.

"Miss Su and Master Zhan and the others solved a theft case today, and they also mentioned the Tianxianglou oiran you mentioned two days ago, the one who likes to give hibiscus flowers to her bosom friend."

Ma Han then asked Wang Chao how beautiful that Furong girl was, not only was she famous, but she even got a scholar to steal and commit a crime for him.

"I haven't seen it either, but I heard that she looks beautiful, like a fairy from the sky. How about we go and see it tonight?"

Wang Chao was also curious, so he suggested in a low voice.After all, visiting a brothel is not something to show off.

Mahan nodded with interest.Then Zhao Hu and Zhang Long were called, and the four of them decided to go to Tianxiang Tower to gain some knowledge tonight, and they wanted to see how beautiful this girl Furong was.

Before Su Yuan came over, he saw from a distance the four of them putting their heads together, discussing something furtively.

"What are you talking about?"

"I didn't say anything, I just felt that Gu Chunfeng was too stupid." Ma Han was startled, and said to Su Yuan with a smirk.

Wang Chao and the other three quickly followed suit.

Su Yuan was actually not curious about what the four of them said, so he directly told Wang Chao and Zhao Hu that there was work tonight, so remember to go with her then.

Wang Chao and Zhao Duhu realized that this was the job they had promised Su Yuan to "pay for their sins".

"Tonight?" Zhao Hu regretted that it was too coincidental.

"What? Do you have something to do?" Su Yuan asked back.

"No, no!" Chao Chao and Ma Han immediately said in unison.

When Su Yuan left, the dynasty could only announce that their plan to visit the oiran tonight had failed.

Bai Yutang was assigned by Bao Zheng to take charge of another case today.

A little white dog raised by the princess of Dongping County was robbed. The princess of the county was very rare for this dog. After looking for it to no avail, she listened to the advice of the people around her and reported the case to Kaifeng Mansion, hoping that Kaifeng Mansion could help her find the lost dog. dog.

It is reasonable to arrange one of the four people, including Wang Chao, to be in charge of such a small case.But both Bao Zheng and Gongsun Ce felt that it was time to sharpen Bai Yutang's temper and let him know that the cases in Kaifeng Mansion were big or small, and officials would inevitably have to deal with powerful people.

Bai Yutang was already unhappy because he couldn't go to the pier with Su Yuan to investigate the case, but now that he heard that he wanted the princess of the county to find a dog, his face became even colder.

He took four yamen servants to Dongping County Prince's Mansion, who stood indifferently in the hall, and asked the four yamen servants to ask the servants of the County Prince's Mansion about the process of losing their dogs.

He was like an ice sculpture the whole time, his eyes were like cold stars, and he looked at people like killing people.

The servants of the county prince's mansion who answered the question were all terrified by Bai Yutang's dignified appearance.They obviously didn't do anything wrong, and when they were answering the question, their voices trembled and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.

"I heard that Kaifeng Mansion has sent people to investigate? Don't some little yamen servants come here to fool us."

Mrs. Luo is the steward in front of the princess of the county. As soon as she walked to the entrance of the flower hall, she saw Bai Yutang, and heard the young servant introduce Bai Yutang's identity.

Grandma Luo was overjoyed and shocked, and hurriedly ordered her servants to entertain Bai Yutang, while she hurriedly went to report to the concubine.

Princess Xie of Dongping County met Bai Yutang in person, and first expressed her gratitude to the Kaifeng government for paying attention to her loss of the dog, and then had a good meal with Bai Yutang, saying that the little white dog was her favorite, and she counted on it every day. The dog cheered her up.

Bai Yutang said, "The concubine of the county is a blessed person, with children and grandchildren around her knees, enjoying the family happiness."

It's just a dog, if you lose it, you lose it, as long as the people in the house don't die.What Bai Yutang most wanted to express was actually this sentence. .

Mrs. Xie smiled and agreed, only thinking that Bai Yutang was praising her, and praised Bai Yutang with a kind smile for his outstanding talent, his beauty and beauty, and felt that it would be hard to find a handsome young man like him in Beijing.

Mrs. Xie asked Bai Yutang again how old he was and where he lived.

Knowing that Bai Yutang's parents were not around, that his family was rich, and capable of both civil and military skills, Xie's mind became active.Mrs. Xie immediately thought of her eldest granddaughter whom she loved so much, and did not want her to suffer, and did not want him to marry far away, but this Bai Yutang, who was a fourth-rank official in Beijing, was a good-looking talent.

"Does the white guard have a marriage? I have a good marriage here——"

"The lower officials have already made an engagement." Bai Yutang said immediately.

Disappointment flashed in Xie's eyes, but it was quickly covered up by a smile.It's fine for such a thing to happen, it's normal for a good boy like Bai Yutang to be targeted and snatched away first.

"My dog ​​ran away from the car on my way to Daxiangguo Temple yesterday, and the servants chased it to the alley, only to see a man in Tsing Yi holding the dog and running away." Xie said.

Bai Yutang: "These servants have already said it, does the princess have anything different to add?"

Bai Yutang's flat tone was already the result of trying hard to control his temper, he didn't like to hear other people repeat nonsense.

Xie Shi: "Ah, not really."

Bai Yutang saluted and said goodbye.

Mrs. Xie sighed, and said to Mrs. Luo beside her: "What is my fate? Should I invite a Taoist priest to come to the mansion to get rid of the filth? I just lost my Xiaoba the month before last, and now Xiaobai is lost again."

Bai Yutang stopped at the door, he turned around and walked in front of Mrs Hui Xie.

Seeing Bai Yutang going back and forth, Mrs. Xie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "There is no room for discussion when you are engaged. You must not let her girl down."

"No." Bai Yutang answered smoothly, but he answered without hesitation and affirmation. Finally, he asked Xie, "Who is Xiao Ba?"

Mrs. Luo immediately explained: "Xiaoba is the starling raised by the princess. He is very skinny and always opens the window to run away by himself. The princess sees that she can come back by herself every time she runs out, so let it go. Who would have thought that last month After flying away, I never came back."

"What's so special about this starling? A month ago, the Kaifeng Mansion happened to catch a starling in Qianjian. If nothing else, it would shout 'I died a terrible death'." Bai Yutang explained.

"That's my Xiaoba!" Xie said excitedly, she hurriedly held Mrs. Luo's hand in relief, "Finally found Xiaoba!"

Mrs. Luo was even more excited, and quickly responded to Mrs. Xie: "Fortunately! Luckily! Since Xiaoba can find it, Xiaobai will definitely be able to find it too."

Bai Yutang laughed lightly, sighing that this princess of Dongping County has a very special hobby, she likes to hear starlings shouting 'I died a terrible death' when she was old.

"Guard Bai, the old servant will go with you to Kaifeng mansion to retrieve the starling?" Mrs. Luo said immediately.

Bai Yutang nodded.

After returning to Kaifeng Mansion, Bai Yutang asked the janitor if Su Yuan had returned, and knowing that she had returned long ago, she and Zhan Zhao immediately solved the case, Bai Yutang curled his lower lip .

"Let Miss Su bring mynah here." Bai Yutang ordered.

When Mrs. Luo heard about Miss Su, she remembered the female official of Kaifeng Mansion mentioned by the princess of the county some time ago, so she asked Bai Yutang curiously.Every time Bai Yutang said 'um' indifferently, Granny Luo wisely stopped asking.

Not long afterward, Su Yuan came in with the birdcage.

When she first entered the door, she only saw Bai Yutang sitting at the top, "Why did you ask me to bring it here?"

"I died so badly!" Mynah yelled immediately after being shaken by Su Yuan.

"Xiao Ba, it really is Xiao Ba!" Mrs. Luo rushed over excitedly, and smiled and asked Su Yuan to return the bird to her.

After learning about the situation, Su Yuan nodded and returned the starling to Mrs. Luo.Now that I think about it, the location of the Qianjian of the Household Department is not far from the Dongping County Prince's Mansion.

"Forgive me, how could your concubine raise a starling who said such a thing? Don't you think it's offensive?" After all, the concubine of Dongping County is quite old, so how can she not avoid death.

"Actually, what the starling said was 'I'm a good dish', but because it's in dialect, it sounded like 'I died a terrible death'."

Mrs. Luo explained that the starling was a gift from the eldest brother of the princess of the county. In the princess's hometown, "I am a good dish" means "I am a good girl" or "I am a good man".

"Our county princess has a very good relationship with her natal brother. He sent this starling to amuse the county princess. When the county princess hears Xiao Ba speak this dialect, she will think of her childhood days at home."

"So that's how it is." Su Yuan asked Mrs. Luo to take the starling back as soon as possible, so as to relieve the suffering of the princess of the county.

Mrs. Luo agreed to thank her, and then glanced at the starling in the cage, "Thank you Miss Su for taking care of Xiaoba. I think Xiaoba has been raised very well, and he has gained a lot of weight."

Su Yuan touched his nose, "Probably because it is locked in a cage and cannot fly out."

It made sense for Mrs. Luo to think about it, and she said goodbye after thanking her again.

Bai Yutang saw that Su Yuan was a bit reluctant to leave, he stretched his neck to see the starling, and couldn't help laughing at her.

"Fortunately, I took it away at this moment. After another two months, I'm afraid they will lead the pig back."

Bai Yutang teased Su Yuan for feeding the starling too fat.

Su Yuan glanced back at him, and deliberately asked Bai Yutang: "How is your case going? We can solve the case on the spot."

"Are you here to try looking for a dog?" Bai Yutang was not provoked by Su Yuan.

Originally, Bai Yutang was the most unmotivated person, but he was easy to get angry when he was provoked.But after getting acquainted with Su Yuan, he was provoked by Su Yuan too many times, so he didn't react as strongly in this respect as before.

"That's right, if you come to investigate my case, you will solve it on the spot." Su Yuan asked Bai Yutang what is the difficulty in finding a dog.

"The dog was carried away in the alley. The man in Tsing Yi, neither fat nor thin, is of medium build, a little lame, and has a black mole on his right cheek."

Su Yuan immediately grasped the key point: "Can't catch up with the lame? Are the servants of the county prince's mansion just for nothing?"

"It looks lame, but it's not slow at all." Bai Yutang said.

Su Yuan: "It's a bit strange, and this person knows that he is the dog of the county prince's mansion, so he dares to hug him and run away like that. But he has obvious characteristics, and he should be easy to identify when he meets this person again."

Bai Yutang agreed.

"Wazi has just opened a new shop that sells everything. I heard that there are many old things in it. Shang Dynasty and the others are going to go shopping tonight. Sun He and I also want to go. Will Wu Ye go?"

"Go." Bai Yutang said without hesitation.

After dark, Wang Chao and Zhao Hu waited at the gate of Wazi Untitled Building as agreed.

Not long afterward, they saw Su Yuan, Bai Yutang, Zhan Zhao and Sun He approaching.

"Master Zhan is here too." Wang Chao was surprised.

Zhan Zhao smiled and said, "I heard that you came to visit the shop, and I happened to be free, so I came to join in the fun."

Wang Chao immediately gave Su Yuan a secret wink, worrying that Zhan Zhao's coming would delay their plans.

"It's more lively and interesting to have Lord Zhan with us." Su Yuan echoed Zhan Zhao's words, which was equivalent to answering Dynasty.

After the six people entered the Untitled Building, they saw all kinds of objects placed on the shelves inside the building, including gold, silver and jade wares, books, calligraphy and paintings, and hidden weapons and swords.Many things look half-old in color, and it is said that they are all old objects, even antiques.

Wazi is very lively at night, and there are many guests in Untitled Building.Many of them are scholars. They come here to find antique calligraphy and paintings for collection or gift giving.

"I heard that two days ago, a person spent ten taels of silver to pick out a painting. It looked unremarkable, but when he took it back, he found that it was a painting by Wu Daozi, a famous artist in the former dynasty. It was worth at least 3000 taels of silver."

"Hu Qin." Bai Yutang sneered to express his disbelief, "If it's Wu Daozi's painting, why didn't the signature be signed? If it wasn't signed, how could it be determined that it must be Wu Daozi's painting?"

"That's not good, there are no absolutes." Su Yuan said.

"Yes, it's hard to say." Dynasty echoed.

"Yeah, it's a bad thing to say." Zhao Hu followed suit.

Zhan Zhao rolled his eyes and looked at the three of them.

Bai Yutang also vaguely sensed that it seemed a little weird, and glanced at Su Yuan, Wang Chao and Zhao Hu.