Volume 3: The Case of Hundred Ghosts at Night Chapter 71: Leaking Clothes Alley
After they had had enough wine and food, Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong left Sun Wu's home.
"How about you two stay at my house?" Sun Wu patted Duan Ming on the shoulder.
"No, I won't bother you to help the two of you rest." Duan Ming said with a smile: "By the way, I just forgot to ask, Lao Sun, what do you think of Song Yi, the new captain of the city defense department?
What’s your impression?”
"Song Yi? I don't have much contact with him." Sun Wu thought for a while: "Only a few times he took a boat and deliberately came to see me."
"There's nothing special about this person. He seems to be a pretty honest and simple person."
"He talks very forcefully, but he is very polite to others."
"Oh, by the way, I heard someone say that he was originally a high-ranking official in the capital, but because he made a small mistake, he was demoted here and became the captain of the city defense department."
"Small mistake?" Duan Ming frowned slightly: "In any case, the captain of the city defense department is also an official of the seventh rank. Linzhou is also a prosperous place. Although the seventh rank here is not as good as the capital, it can still be considered.
He is from a high-ranking family. He was demoted to such a position, so what is Song Yi's original identity?"
While talking, Duan Ming looked at Xu Shizhong.
As an agency dedicated to His Majesty today, the Mirror Division is somewhat similar to the Jinyiwei, Dongchang, and Xichang of the Ming Dynasty. It can be regarded as a spy agency.
It's just that the intelligence strength of this "secret agency" is far less than that of the three agencies of "Jin, Dong, and Xi", and its authority is not as great as them.
However, the biggest advantage of Der Spiegel is that it is "above and aboveboard".
It has the "means" unique to those spy agencies and also has "functions" such as the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple.
Compared with the common people who are afraid of "Jin, Dong, Xi" whenever it is mentioned, the common people are not so resistant to the Mirror Division, and they respect it more.
This can be seen from the original case of Linzhou Talented Scholar.
But despite this, the Mirror Division is still essentially a spy agency after all, and there are still basic clue collections.
If the other party is an unknown little person, let alone a big shot, then there is no reason why Spiegel should not have any clues.
"The name Song Yi does sound strange to me." Xu Shizhong hesitated and said, "Either he was not famous before, or he changed his name. When I go back, I will send someone to investigate, and maybe we can find something.
clue."
"Well, okay." Duan Ming nodded.
Then Duan Ming and Xu Shizhong said goodbye to Sun Wu and walked towards Luoyi Lane.
According to what Sun Wu and Sun just said, the most important locations are actually the Leoyi Alley and the South City Gate.
When Sun Wu and Sun Shi fled, they happened to meet Xu Hansan who was on duty, and Xu Hansan died here.
If they want to find out the truth of the matter, they must first find out how the so-called "Hundred Ghosts" killed Xu Hansan and how they entered the closed city gate.
Luoyi Lane is a small alley, which can be regarded as Duan Ming's home. Outside of Luoyi Lane is Zichu Street, where ordinary people live.
After walking into Leoyi Alley, Duan Ming first checked his "home" and found that nothing was missing, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
When it comes to wealth, Duan Ming should be considered the poorest in the entire Linyang City. It is no exaggeration to say that he is penniless.
Therefore, everything Duan Ming owns is extremely precious. After all, Duan Ming cannot afford new ones.
But speaking of it, Duan Ming's things themselves are not easily missed by thieves.
A broken straw mat, a few broken bowls, a few old books, a straw shed, that's all.
As for candlelight and the like, in Duan Ming's opinion, there is enough moonlight to use, so there is no need to waste gas money.
There is a straw shed for shelter from the rain, moonlight for reading, a straw mat for sleeping, and bowls and chopsticks for eating. This is enough.
However, Duan Ming looked comfortable, but Xu Shizhong beside him had mixed feelings in his heart.
He didn't understand how a capable person like Duan Ming ended up in this situation.
Think about it again, Duan Ming helped them solve the case twice, but what did they give Duan Ming in return? Not even a house to shelter from the wind and rain!
For the first time, Xu Shizhong felt slightly dissatisfied with Xing Qianqiu.
"As long as it's not lost, let's go and have a look at Ziwu Street." Duan Ming didn't know what Xu Shizhong was thinking, so he patted Xu Shizhong on the shoulder and left.
Xu Shizhong took another deep look at Duan Ming's "home", and then followed Duan Ming out.
"Mr. Duan, I really don't understand." Looking at Duan Ming's back, he gritted his teeth and said, "You can obviously live a life of fine clothes and fine food, why do you have to stay here? Even if you don't want to be an official in the court, you don't want to
Join our Mirror Department, with your ability, even if you just do something casually, it will be better than this."
"Ah?" Duan Ming looked at Xu Shizhong with a serious face, smiled and shook his head: "Do you think it's hard for me to live like this?"
"Of course!" Xu Shizhong nodded.
"Then what do you think of Leoyi Alley?" Duan Ming asked with a smile.
"Dirty and dilapidated." Xu Shizhong said solemnly.
"Indeed. The original function of clothes is to cover the body, which is the most important step for human beings to move from barbarism to civilization. Knowing etiquette, justice, integrity, and understanding love, hate, and forgiveness are the first manifestations of human nature." Duan Ming thought for a moment and replied: "
Leaking Clothes Alley, at first glance, it sounds like the clothes are leaking and can’t even cover the body, so can they still be called clothes?”
"Then why did you choose such a place?" Xu Shizhong asked doubtfully.
"Clothes are leaking, and human nature is incomplete." Duan Ming raised his head and looked at the dilapidated alley: "This leaky clothes alley represents the incompleteness of human nature, and represents the most original things of human beings. Just like the early childhood outside.
On the street, it looks like all the people living there are ordinary people, but what about the reality?"
"Could it be that there have been many dignitaries here?" Xu Shizhong said in surprise.
"What do you think?" Duan Ming blinked: "Old Xu, you must not just look at the surface when looking at things, you have to see something deeper."
"Deeper?" Xu Shizhong felt that what he said to Duan Ming was a bit confusing. It seemed to make some sense, but it also seemed hazy.
"Old Xu, you think I am poor here, but I don't think so." Duan Ming waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "If the mountain is not high, it will be famous if there are immortals; if the water is not deep, if there are dragons, it will be spiritual. This is a humble house.
But my virtue is sweet, the moss marks on the steps are green, and the grass is green even on the curtains!"
"Old Xu, if you are not a fish, how can you know how happy a fish is? If you are not me, how can you know how happy I am?"
The afterglow of the setting sun shines on Duan Ming's body, as if Duan Ming's body is glowing.
