Chapter 283: Strange things in Beijing, exploring the Western Market at night
"Then, could you please take care of me?"
In the warm pavilion, a middle-aged man wearing a melon-skin hat smiled ingratiatingly, opened the wooden box on the table, turned around, and pushed it to the fat old man sitting on the other side of the Eight Immortals table.
The old man flicked the jade ring finger, raised his hand to pick up a pearl from a box, looked at it in the light, and then flicked it back into the box.
"Lord Kang, you have taken the trouble."
"There, there." Seeing that the other party had accepted the pearl, the man was obviously relieved. He used a stick of fragrant wood to help the old man light the ivory and silver smoke pot, and said, "Although my family has been in a remote place in Lingnan for a long time, I have always been in my heart.
In the world, I thought that if I had the chance, I would definitely show my ambition, but it’s a pity that I have no way to do it..."
The old man nodded and shook the fat on his face.
"If Mr. Kang has such an ambition, it will be a great blessing for the world. I will help you move around in Zhongshu Province."
"Thank you, Mr. Yang!"
"It's just..." the old man exhaled a puff of smoke and said leisurely, "The appointment and dismissal of Beijing officials involves a lot. I am the only one who nods, I'm afraid..."
"It's clear, this is just a meeting gift for Mr. Luo. I'm afraid the yellow and white things will stain your house, so I've prepared them all in the hall."
"Okay, okay." The old fat man then smiled and put his hands into the pearls to stir, "Oh, Lingnan is the place where we can get such good pearls from Nanyang, so... eh?"
He paused with his fingers and took out a folding fan from the pearls.
"This is?"
Before the other party could react, he had already opened the folding fan and looked at it from the front and back.
At the same time, the person opposite also saw the pattern on the folding fan——
Then, both of them smelled a faint fragrance at the same time, and their whole bodies felt hot.
A dark red figure turned in front of the two of them, and the gauze on her body slipped, revealing her white jade-like skin.
Where did such a gorgeous woman come from? They didn't know, but the next moment, the two suddenly started fighting for the fan. It started with pushing and then progressed to biting...
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"Look, there are all these cases recently..."
Xiong Linghong threw a file on the ground and turned around to pick up another pile. "The house of Wai Lang, a member of the Ministry of Works, is haunted, and the head of the Ministry of Etiquette was punched in the wall by a ghost...what the hell is this!"
Hu Chuanbin picked up a file and saw that the first line on it read: Luo Jicheng, the minister of Zhongshu, had a fight with a servant of Kang Zongli, the prefect of Lingnan, at home.
"It's like someone is secretly causing trouble in the capital. In the past half month, imperial officials have frequently encountered strange things, and some have been so sick that they can't get out of it. For these mysterious things, it is safer to ask the Zhenyin Division to come forward, so
That’s why I asked you to come and discuss it.”
"Making trouble secretly? What's the purpose?"
"This..." Xiong Linghong was speechless for a moment and softened his attitude, "I mean it's possible."
"It's possible, you want me to talk to the emperor about it?" Hu Chuanbin said in a stern tone, "The Zhenyin Division only received the imperial edict, and you didn't find anything here. What do you want me to say in the memorial?
"The Yu Party and the Eun Party have just fallen, and the Holy Spirit is already at an advanced age. Can't you see that the court is about to change? At this time, if the Ministry of Punishment cannot produce results, it will always be stepped on by others!"
He approached Xiong Linghong with such force that the latter couldn't help but take half a step back.
"You want to go through the three-chamber trial again, don't you?"
"My subordinates understand." Xiong Linghong's face changed suddenly and he whispered, "I will send people out to investigate right now, but it won't make too much noise, right?"
"The gold medal police are investigating the case. No one other than the Minister of Punishment and the Minister of Justice can interfere with the case. The same is true for the emperor's relatives. Let them handle it privately." After Hu Chuanbin finished speaking, he added, "Even if you want to invite the Zhenyin Division, you have to do it."
Let’s find out something. The Holy Spirit has not been in court for the past six months, so I’m going to hand over this memorial. I don’t know when it will be sent to the Zhenyin Division, so we can’t count on them!”
The faces of the two people sitting in the top two seats of the Criminal Department were equally gloomy. Although the eunuchs were hateful, when the Chief of Ceremonies was in power, as long as they were given enough benefits, they could really make the emperor who went to court twice a year review the memorials.
Now that the eunuchs have fallen, the communication between civil and military officials and the emperor has basically been interrupted, and each department has to go its own way to barely support it. As for when the emperor will go to court, only God knows.
"Actually, this thing is a bit strange..." Xiong Linghong said, "Most of the officials who encounter strange things are registered with the gold medal police, but they have never caught corruption. Could it be that someone is helping us?
? Act chivalrously and do justice?”
"Let's figure it out, are you helping us or the gold medal catcher?" Hu Chuanbin said coldly.
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"The effect is remarkable."
After Dashu reported that he saw the gold medal policeman traveling in the capital again, Zhou Shi lay in his new room, stretching comfortably.
Mr. Mo banged the cigarette pot on the edge of the kang and said, "Boy, what bad thing have you done again?"
"How can it be called a bad thing? It should be a great good thing to help friends solve their problems and help the court eliminate traitors and punish traitors." Zhou Shi said easily.
The strange things that happened to the imperial officials in the past few days were naturally his handiwork.
First, let the big tree find and monitor the target, then find a way to quietly bring the Fan Fan or the Sunset over the Long River to the target, and then use gold wire fishing to recover the "criminal tools" without leaving any traces.
If the above two are not enough, he will ask Xiao Lin or himself to bring a shaman mask and take action himself.
He deliberately committed several crimes at the same time, and tried to make the circumstances of each case different, in order to make the Ministry of Punishment misjudge the number of perpetrators and pay more attention to these strange things.
"You have hooked up with the Jiulong Hall Association. If you have any news about the God of Plague in the future, you must tell me." Mr. Mo said while examining Zhou Shi with his strange eyes.
"Understood." Zhou Shi replied casually. Now, even in front of Mr. Mo, he can make up lies without blushing or heartbeat. "Besides, this house is nice, isn't it?"
"It's just a house, as long as you can live in it, there's nothing wrong with it."
In Xin Fengde Building, Zhou Shi secretly made a partition in the shopkeeper's bedroom to create a secret room for Mr. Mo to live in. This was much better than the secret room in Fengde Building in Jiangdu that was used to hide from bandits.
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"Shopkeeper Zhou?" The voice of Yin Bing Dashu came to my ears, "I saw Zeng Xiao!"
"Oh?" Zhou Shi turned his head twice before remembering who Zeng Xiao was.
"He just passed by Fengde Tower, but he didn't stop. I don't know..."
Before he finished speaking, a fly flew into the room and drew the character "nine" back and forth in the air.
"Tsk, we have to go."
He picked up the iron abacus, put on his cotton-padded jacket, and followed the fly out the door.
After walking around Fengde Building several times, he saw Zeng Xiao at a quiet intersection.
The body shape of Zeng Xiao is somewhat similar to that of the gold medal catcher Sun Qianfeng. They are both the burliest ones Zhou Shi has ever seen in his life.
"No tail?" Seeing Zhou Shi coming, Zeng Xiao asked in a low voice while gesturing for him to continue moving forward.
"Don't worry, I'm always cautious. What's going on?" Zhou Shi seemed to have not seen him, just walking with his head down.
"The eyeless statue appears again."
Zhou Shi's fingers moved slightly. "Do it?"
"No, I have to change my mind this time. Turn right ahead onto Xizhi Road and walk to the end."
"That's not..."
Half an hour later, the two arrived at Xishi, one of the four major cities in the capital.
Unlike Jiangdu, which does not distinguish between markets and markets and does not close at night, the four markets in the capital have strict regulations on their respective business scopes, personnel movements, and opening hours. Anyone who violates the order will be punished with a twenty-second penalty.
When doing some business in the capital, you will be intimidated by these tricks before you even open your business. Fortunately, Zhou Shi has the guidance of Jin Sansao and already knows these rules well.
"There is an errand in front of me, what should I do?"
"I'll deal with it."
Seeing two people approaching, the officials at the entrance to the West Market suddenly became alert and shouted: "The West Market is closed, no unauthorized entry!"
Zeng Xiao then came to Zhou Shi, said something to the official, and then strode into the West Market with Zhou Shi.
"Internal response?"
"That's right." Zeng Xiao replied briefly, "Did you hear that?"
Zhou Shi held his breath and listened, and as expected he heard some movement from the wind.