After Ding Man went to the teahouse to inform Shen Yi, Shen Yi and Ding Man returned to the courtyard where Xu Fu and Ding Man rented to wait.
Because there is really no other way.
Shen Yi had no way to communicate with the inner guards. He didn't even know where the inner guards were handling the case, and it was impossible to go directly to the palace to find the inner guards, so he could only wait here.
After all, the inner guard can be regarded as one of the agencies of the imperial court. Since it is an agency of the imperial court, it should not be possible for Xu Fu to disappear quietly.
No matter what, I need to give an explanation.
In this way, Shen Yi and Ding Man waited from morning to afternoon.
Neither of them had eaten.
It wasn't until mid-afternoon, which was almost evening, that there was any movement outside the door.
Someone knocked on the door.
When he heard the knock on the door, Ding Man immediately stood up and wanted to rush to the courtyard door. Shen Yi grabbed him and signaled him not to go out while he was in the room.
Xu Fu was not here, but Ding Man still listened to Shen Yi's words. He was timid to begin with, so after some hesitation, he stayed in the house and did not go out.
Shen Yi took several deep breaths, calmed down his mood, tried to calm himself down, and then walked towards the entrance of the courtyard.
Until now, he still wasn't sure what the inner guard wanted to do with Xu Fu.
To be honest, if it was because of Xu Fu's life experience, Shen Yi currently has no ability or qualification to intervene.
The courtyard was not big. It didn't take long for Shen Yi to reach the entrance of the courtyard. He first looked out through the crack in the door. When he saw Xu Fu standing outside the door, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though he saw the two figures behind Xu Fu, Shen Yi opened the courtyard door without much hesitation.
After opening the courtyard door, Shen Yi looked at Xu Fu, who looked a little nervous, and then at the two men behind Xu Fu. He boldly stepped forward and saluted the two men: "They are from the inner guard. Big brother?"
The two inner guard men looked at each other, then smiled and said, "It's rare that they actually recognize us."
One of the men stepped forward and looked at Shen Yi, and said calmly: "This young master, this little brother Xu, is involved in a matter. We need to ask him for questions, but he won't say anything unless he sees you. So we brought him back to see you."
"I hope you can make it clear to him and let him cooperate with us, otherwise he will probably suffer a lot."
Shen Yi nodded slowly and asked, "May I ask Brother Cha, what's going on?"
"It's a poem."
This man from the inner guard did not shy away from the taboo and said directly: "Brother Xu read a poem on the Qinhuai River Bridge, which was listened to by Du Ju and recited at the Shangyuan Poetry Conference. By this time, it had spread throughout the capital. It even reached His Majesty’s ears and reached Tianting. His Majesty ordered us to get to the bottom of this matter and find out who actually wrote this poem.”
The inner guard paused and looked at Xu Fu: "After checking and checking, I found Brother Xu."
After hearing this, Shen Yi finally understood the cause and effect of the matter.
He glanced at Xu Fu and breathed a long sigh of relief.
According to his original estimate, the worst case scenario for this matter is that Xu Fu has a problem with his life experience, or is a fugitive, or a descendant of some rebels, or a descendant of the Northern Qi Dynasty. If this is the case, Shen Yi will not only If he can't be saved, he himself may be implicated, ruining the future of the scientific examination.
Since it's about the poem, it's not a big deal.
Shen Yi was silent for a moment, then he cupped his hands in front of the two inner guards and said, "Two bad brothers, Xu Fu is my book boy. I need to ask him what's going on before I can give you an answer."
"That's why I brought him back."
The two inner guards said calmly: "He said he would come back and talk to Mr. Shen.
We will wait for you at the door for a moment of incense."
After that, the man sent Xu Fu forward. Shen Yi stretched out his hand and helped Xu Fu into the yard. After Xu Fu entered, Shen Yi turned around and returned to the two guards, taking out two sticks from his sleeves. A small gold nugget was handed to the two inner guards, and he lowered his head slightly and said: "You two have worked hard, I will treat you two to tea."
The two guards looked at the small piece of gold.
Although this piece of gold is not large, if it is converted into silver, it should be exchanged for about five taels of silver, which is considered a moderate amount of money.
One of the inner guards smiled and said, "Who do you think we are, Master? We are the emperor's own soldiers, how can we accept bribes?"
"This is not a bribe."
Shen Yi smiled and said, "If it's a bribe, it's not like that. The two poor brothers are waiting at the door for hard work. I just give you money for tea."
After hesitating for a moment, the two inner guards reached out to take it, nodded slightly and said, "So, my brother, thank you so much, Master."
Although the internal guards are members of the emperor's personal army and receive good remuneration, they are not regular yamen after all. They do not come into contact with many cases on weekdays, so there are not many opportunities to make money.
Therefore, this small amount of tea money can be regarded as a small amount of extra money for them, and Shen Yi said that this is not a bribe, which means that there is no responsibility for this small amount of money, and most people will not refuse this kind of money.
After sending the money out, Shen Yi returned to the yard. He pulled Xu Fu's sleeves and went into the room to sit down. After pouring Xu Fu a cup of tea, Shen Yi sat across from Xu Fu and spit out a mouthful of turbid water. gas.
"Go into details."
He looked at Xu Fu and said slowly: "Tell me everything you know."
Xu Fu knew that the matter was not trivial, so he did not dare to neglect it. He immediately told all the things he knew. Then he looked at Shen Yi and whispered: "Sir, if this matter has broken any laws, then I will be responsible for it." , No matter what the punishment is, I can bear it. When I come back to see you, I just want to ask you one thing..."
Xu Fu whispered: "If anything happens to me, please help me take care of the five of them..."
"Are you going to do it?"
Shen Yi stood up and looked at Xu Fu with an expressionless expression: "How can you resist? According to what you just said, that Du Juren just told a lie, and the guards at uukanshu.com www.uukanshu.com can tell it immediately. , if you lie, they won’t be able to tell?”
"Besides, you don't know much about literacy. If you ask a few questions, your true colors will be revealed. If the inner guard is offended because of this, neither you nor I will be able to do anything about it!"
Xu Fu lowered his head and gritted his teeth secretly: "Master, this matter is my fault. If I hadn't been a bitch, I wouldn't have caused this kind of thing..."
Shen Yi sat on a chair, lowered his head and pondered.
He went through the matter in detail, then shook his head slightly and said: "It is not necessarily a disaster. If the court is angry because of this poem, then the first person to be arrested is the Du Ju person who spread the news at the Shangyuan Poetry Conference. , instead of looking for any author..."
Thinking of this, Shen Yi stood up, patted Xu Fu on the shoulder, and said, "You and Xiao Man stay here safely, I'll go out and talk to the inner guard."
After saying this, Shen Yi walked directly towards the door of the courtyard. After pushing the door open, the two guards were not guarding the door. Shen Yi looked around and found two people at a stall not far away. Sit down.
Shen Qilang stepped forward, cupped his hands in front of the two people and said: "Two bad brothers, that poem was written by Shen in his spare time. The boy accidentally listened to it, and then it was circulated through Du Juren. If there is anything Sin and guilt should be dealt with in a certain way."
The two inner guards seemed not surprised by this answer. One of the men stood up, looked at Shen Yi, and said with a smile: "Do you have any credentials, Mr. Shen?"
"Although my book boy can read, he doesn't know much, and I..."
Shen Yi said slowly: "I am a student from Jiangdu who came to Jiankang to take the exam."
"And the poem is not complete, there are still half a sentence left..."