[Comprehensive] Hanjiang Snow 2

Although she was dressed exquisitely, Jiang Xue didn't feel uncomfortable sitting in the bullock cart. She said this with Liu Shan who was driving the delivery car, and soon arrived in Chang'an City.

This Chang'an really deserves to be the capital of the country. Not to mention the grand gate, the guards are also quite strict. There are guards holding spears at the gate, questioning the passing people one by one, and some even check household registration.

Jiang Xue rubbed her chin, and said that she was questioning the common people.

She doesn't have anyone on her body who can prove her identity. She is an unknown person, and she doesn't know if the guards guarding the city gate will let her in?

They were there in a blink of an eye.

It was obviously not the first time Liu Shan entered the city, not only quickly handed over all the formalities, but even chatted with one of the guards with a smile.

The guard pointed to Jiang Xue and asked, "Who is she? Why haven't I seen her before? What is your relationship with her? It can't be your wife, right?" Looking at the clothes and appearance, she doesn't look like an ordinary person. Girl.How do you think it doesn't go well with Liu Shan, an honest rural man?

When Liu Shan heard the guard's last words, his ears turned red, and he repeatedly denied, "No, no, no, she is not my wife."

The guard said, "Which family is she from?"

Liu Shan didn't know Jiang Xue well, he only knew that her surname was Jiang, so when he heard the guard's question, he couldn't answer it.

Jiang Xue replied generously: "Brother, I came from the south to look for relatives, but I accidentally got separated from my servant when I was outside the city. It just so happened that Brother Liu was going to the city, so he gave me a ride." Everything about my household registration is in the hands of my family, so I can't show it to you for a while, but my cousin is the nephew of my family who married the eldest grandson. If the eldest brother doesn't mind, you can go in with me. They will Prove for me."

When the guards heard about the eldest grandson, their first reaction was that the eldest grandson was undoubtedly. With the emperor's accession to the throne, he became the uncle of the country.Not to mention nephews of the same family, even distant relatives are also honored two points, not to mention Jiang Xue, a girl's family, does not seem like a criminal.He can't hold on to it, so it's possible that he really followed to the eldest grandson's house to have a look!

So he said with a smile: "Young lady is polite, you don't have to. Just please come in, young lady."

Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows, but she didn't expect that Changsun Wuji's name was quite useful.

After successfully entering the city gate, Jiang Xue and Liu Shan separated.

This Liu Shan was going to an inn in the south of the city to deliver mountain goods, and the eldest grandson's family he said was in the east of the city, so naturally he didn't come along the way.Although what she said just now was nonsense, but the show must be done to the end.

She urgently needs to find a place to live now.

But it's still early, so there's no need to worry. In the huge city of Chang'an, if you have money, you're afraid that you won't have a place to live?Walking around along the road, I found that the atmosphere of Datang is really open, and you can see everywhere on the street, young girls who go shopping together, talking and laughing.

"Fanshe, it should be here." Jiang Xue came to this inn after being pointed out by the woman who set up a stall all the way.It is said that the boss Nian is a woman in her early twenties, and it is the best inn in the vicinity, and the price is considered fair.

Jiang Xue stepped into Fanshe, and saw a handsome man with a bit of exotic style immediately came up to him, and said with a smile: "This girl must be staying at the hotel, right? This way please, girl Let me tell you, our Fanshe..."

"Samodoro." Suddenly heard a roar.

The man was so frightened that the towel in his hand fell to the ground, but he quickly realized: "Why are you yelling? Didn't you see that I was entertaining guests?"

A woman walked towards her. She was a typical beauty from the Tang Dynasty. She was in her early twenties. She was slightly fat and had bright and attractive features. She was wearing a red dress and looked very charming.

However, what Jiang Xue paid attention to was not her appearance, but her walking pace. Although she looked nothing special, when she walked, her toes would slightly stand on tiptoe, which showed that her lightness kung fu and body skills must be good.A handsome mistress who doesn't look like mistress, and a proprietress who possesses martial arts skills.

This Fanshe is also quite interesting.

Si Niang was angry at first, but when she came to Jiang Xue, her originally strong temperament of Yu Jie changed immediately, and she said with a gentle smile: "This guest officer, I don't know whether to be a top student or stay in a hotel?" Such a beautiful girl, compared to Zi Miss Su is not bad.It may be inferior in appearance, but the temperament of this body is more conspicuous than Zisu.

"This must be the proprietress. I want to stay in a hotel, so give me a room. This is three months' rent and food." As he spoke, he tossed a five taels of gold ingot to Siniang.She also discovered one thing along the way, that is, it may be due to the shortage of gold and silver in the early Tang Dynasty, not long after the dynasty was established.Most of the currency in circulation in the market is copper coins and silk.

Therefore, although Jiang Xue's ingot of gold only weighs five taels, when converted into silver, it can be exchanged for more than fifty taels.

Ten taels of silver is enough for a family of three to live comfortably for a year.Her five taels of gold is not a small sum.

It was the first time that Siniang had received such a heavy amount of gold in the several years since she opened the shop. Immediately she was so happy that she narrowed her eyes, she almost immediately pushed away the man named Samodoro, and said with a smile, "I don't know." What's the girl's name?" This is the real God of Wealth!

Jiang Xue said with a smile: "Your surname is Jiang, hello proprietress, can you take me to the room now? I'm a little tired after driving all the way."

Si Niang nodded immediately: "No problem, no problem. Miss Jiang, this way..."

When Samadoro's eyes saw the ingot of gold thrown by Jiang Xue, his eyes were a little straight, and he could only see Si Niang holding the gold with joy.After a long while, he finally said unwillingly, "I led the guest in, so I should share some of this ingot of gold!"

But it was obvious that neither Si Niang nor Jiang Xue could hear him at this time.

Jiang Xue was introduced into a guest room by Siniang. Judging from the size and furnishings of the room, it looked like a boudoir for a lady in a boudoir. The decoration style was simple and refreshing. Jiang Xue expressed her satisfaction. .

Si Niang is also a sharp-eyed person, seeing the satisfied look on Jiang Xue's face, she became happy too.This is a living God of Wealth, so it is natural to make offerings a little better.Although this room is not the best in the inn, the decoration style is definitely the boudoir girl's favorite, and she believes that this Jiang girl will be satisfied.

Not anymore.

"Madam proprietress, please prepare some food for me." Jiang Xue said again.

Si Niang immediately smiled and said: "No problem, Miss Jiang, wait a moment, I'll let them prepare."

Jiang Xue quickly settled down in Fanshe, and within two days, she discovered that Fanshe was really not an ordinary inn.Most of the buddies in the inn have some kind of work in their hands. Although most of them can only be regarded as third-rate skills, and occasionally two or three can be regarded as second-rate masters, it is not easy to get together.

I heard that the lady proprietress of this inn, her boudoir name is Gongsun Siniang, is a beautiful and charming proprietress of Fanshe.When he was young, he was a horse bandit outside the customs who was proficient in all kinds of weapons.Although she is a bit of a money fanatic in character, she actually values ​​love and righteousness. It is said that the guys in the inn are the boys who used to run with her.

Since she used to have such an identity, this can also reasonably explain why most of the inn's buddies have good skills.

As for Samodoro, he was once one of Siniang's subordinates.Although he is a bit useless and does not know martial arts, but he is proficient in Gala, resourceful, has a pair of piercing eyes, very keen observation skills, and quite good analytical skills.Therefore, he is now a non-staff member of Dali Temple and often helps Dali Temple handle cases.However, his character is quite cynical, with a vicious mouth, greedy for food and love of money, and he is a personality who will go wherever he has money.

It's like every time he helps Dali Temple handle a case, it's never free of charge.

On the third day after Jiang Xue came to Fanshe, a legend suddenly appeared, saying that it was the day when Dai Wang came back from hunting outside the city, and because it was getting late, he rushed out at night.But because of this, he encountered a strange thing, that is, he saw a shark by the river on the way back to the city.

It is said that Dai Wang heard the sound of the qin, got off the sedan chair and saw a lone boat on the river, on which a beautiful woman was crying and playing the qin.

Dai Wang is a lustful person, so he immediately ordered the guards to come forward and ask them to 'invite' the beauty back.

But unexpectedly, the guard walked to the riverside and yelled, the woman leaped back as if frightened, and fell into the water.Under the moonlight, both Dai Wang and the guards clearly saw the blue fish tail under the woman.

shark.

Such an idea came to everyone's minds at the moment, and when Dai Wang sent people to the boat, he also found that there were pearls falling from it.Thinking of the legend of the merman weeping into tears, and seeing the blue fish tail behind the woman with his own eyes, he firmly believed that he had seen the legendary merman.

No, the next day about the mermaid appearing by the river outside the city, the city was full of wind and rain.

"According to Jin Ganbao's "Sou Shen Ji" Volume [-]: "Beyond the South China Sea, there are sharks, who live in the water like fish, and do not waste weaving. Their eyes cry, and they can produce pearls.I heard that Dai Wang and their guards found a lot of pearls, so it can be seen that the legend of the Merman weeping into pearls is true..."

"Where is where?"

Then I heard an eager male voice interrupted, it was Samodoro.

Jiang Xue pursed her lips and smiled, she probably knew what was going on with the city full of wind and rain.It should be the girl named Ling Bo she saw on the mountain a few days ago.It's just that she doesn't know why she deliberately approached Dai Wangwei like this?

Anyway, it's definitely not a good thing.

This acting king is considered a celebrity in the capital city. He is a lustful and greedy prince. Although he doesn't have much real power in his hands, as a relative of the emperor, let alone a flat-headed boss, he can't afford to provoke him.Just like a government like Dali Temple wants to find out the fault of the king, it also needs to weigh it carefully.

"I heard that the shark's life is as beautiful as a celestial being, and the sound of the zither he plays is even more lingering for three days, so Dai Wang has sent someone to wait by the river, saying that he must catch the shark. But he has been guarding for several days. I didn't see the sharks coming out during the day." Another commoner said.

Another person said: "Who says it's not? This king is very domineering. I originally wanted to go to the riverside to join in the fun, but I didn't expect him to send people to surround the place where the sharks appeared and not allow anyone to approach. Everyone You can only watch from a distance." There was an unspeakable pity in his tone.

The man said again: "Forget it, whoever made the other party the acting king. We can't afford to provoke him."

"makes sense."

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Jiang Xue rubbed her chin, and decided to go to the riverside to join in the fun at night, to see what would happen?It must be fun.

It's just that she didn't expect that she would be tripped by someone at night, and she couldn't go.

The next day, I found that the rumors in the city had changed again. I heard that Dai Wang really caught a woman in white that night. .But he didn't expect that he was found dead in his backyard by the guards in the mansion early the next morning.Moreover, the state of Dai Wang's death was quite ugly, he was cut off at the waist, and the beauty who was brought into the mansion by Dai Wang the night before was also missing.

Because this case involved the legendary merman, and the person who died was a royal relative like Dai Wang.

Therefore, without any accidents, the case was handed over to Li Zhi, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, and a time limit was set. He must find out the truth, give an explanation to the people of Chang'an, and find out that shark named Ling Bo.

This Li Zhi is the concubine son of the former prince Li Jiancheng, and he has been disliked since he was a child. Therefore, after ascending the throne, he does not have to be exiled like other brothers.Instead, he was reused and previously served in Dengzhou.However, during this period of time, due to the sudden appearance of strange phenomena in Chang'an City, suspicious cases arose everywhere, causing some people to panic.

Tang Taizong ordered Dali Temple to set up an investigation team to investigate these seemingly strange cases.

The leader is this Li Zhi, and there is a bodyguard who followed him back from Dengzhou, Huang Sanpao, who has no other skills, but high martial arts.

In addition, there is Shangguan Zisu, the youngest daughter of the Shangguan family. She has read poetry and books since she was a child, and has an unforgettable memory. The dossier, known as the walking Tibetan scripture pavilion.

There is also Tan Shuangye, who has nine generations of family members in her family and is well-known in the court and the public. Unfortunately, because her father was involved in a conspiracy case, her family members were ordered by the emperor not to enter the court for life.But this time when a task force was set up, the emperor specially allowed her to be on business for Li Zhi's sake.

In addition, Samodoro of Fanshe can be regarded as one of them, although he cannot be regarded as a regular employee.

"Your Highness, please go back with your subordinates."

That's right, the reason why Jiang Xue didn't go to the riverside to watch the excitement was because the guard who appeared out of nowhere successfully stopped Jiang Xue's footsteps with such a sentence.