"Uncle Qin, hurry up and open the door, remember! Let's not get into trouble, and we must deal with it calmly." Liu Su'er told Uncle Qin again.
Uncle Qin calmed down and turned around to open the door, but he didn't want to be stopped by Liu Su'er again. Seeing that Uncle Qin's clothes were a little disheveled, Liu Su'er nodded and asked him to open the door.
Uncle Qin pulled the door latch open and yawned loudly.
"Oh! Dear officials! What is this?" When Uncle Qin saw the person coming, his eyes that were still sleepy at first opened wide.
At this moment, he had some fear on his face, and he looked helplessly at the three officials outside.
"Your name is Huang Gao?" A soldier looked at Uncle Qin first, then lowered his head and looked at the file in his hand.
This is a household register archived by the government. It not only contains the population and names of each household, but also records the basic characteristics of the characters.
The owner of the house here, Huang Gao, was a man in his forties. His ancestors were not wealthy, but they had a small fortune. By the time of Huang Gao's generation, the rest had been lost to descendants, leaving only two small courtyards.
.This is one of them.
Uncle Qin's heart trembled, and he waved his hand quickly, "Master! I just rented Master Huang's yard. We can't afford such a house in the capital."
The first person saw Qin Shucheng's frightened look, and his guard gradually dropped a little.
Although this person seems to be about the same age as Huang High School, his appearance in the household registration records does not resemble this person, and his stature is not as tall as this person.
Looking at this man's muslin clothes, which were washed white and not patched, he was just dressed a little messily. He thought he was dressed in a hurry when he opened the door just now.
They often have to search and arrest people, so they observe the details more carefully.
"How long have you rented this courtyard?" The official at the front pushed Uncle Qin away and walked into the courtyard.
"Master! It's been three or four months. I heard that the imperial city is prosperous, and I want to do some small business, so I want to come to the capital to join my relatives. Who would have thought that if the relatives were not found, they would have moved somewhere long ago. There is no way, since
If you come, then stay here."
Uncle Qin rubbed his hands and smiled to please him.
"Then what kind of business do you do? Who are the relatives? How many people are there in your family? Call them all out."
First, an official asked three questions in succession, and then the other two looked around the yard.
This is just a small yard. There are just some firewood piled in the yard and two small ginkgo trees planted.
There are many small courtyards like this in Nancheng, and the layout is very ordinary.
"The villain and my mother-in-law set up a small stall at the west corner of the street, selling some wontons there. The villain has been selling wontons for more than two months, and has not seen many officials, but the villain knows you.
Cui Guanye, who we work with together! He often comes to our stall to eat wontons."
When the three officers heard each other calling them Mr. Cui, they couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.
Isn't the person named Cui the one they work with? They are all colleagues. Since the other party knows his colleagues, there should be no problem.
"A few of us don't patrol this area on weekdays, so we were temporarily dispatched here today." One of them looked slightly calmer, and even opened his mouth to explain.
"Those three officials often come to the little man's stall to eat wontons. I learned this craft from my mother. She is from Jiangnan. The wontons she makes are a little different from those here in the north. You must try them, little one.
People definitely won’t take money.”
When Uncle Qin said this, the expressions of the three people immediately softened a lot, as if the ice was melting.
"It's for sure to give it a try. You don't have to ask. You don't make much in this small business."
Having said that, when the vendors on the street saw them, how could they dare to accept their copper coins?
Naturally, I wanted to treat them to food, but they just said polite words.
"Although we are all acquaintances, we are on official business and we still have to do business. I just asked you where you are from and what are your relatives' names? Where is your mother-in-law? Why haven't you come out yet?"
Two of them were unwilling to waste time here, so they planned to leave here. But the other one felt that even if it was perfunctory, they had to go inside and take a look, otherwise if they really let the assassin escape, they would definitely be burned.
Besides, the man at the entrance of the alley is still sitting in the carriage waiting! How dare they act carelessly?
So one of them began to urge.
"The villain is from Xiaguan Prefecture. He also has a mother-in-law at home. He also brought a niece and relative with him this time."
Speaking of relatives, Uncle Qin paused. They came to the capital not to find relatives. If they randomly mentioned a name and couldn't find the person in the household registration, wouldn't they be suspected?
If he had known earlier, he would not have said that he came to seek refuge with his relatives. Uncle Qin regretted it in his heart.
"Uncle! What's going on?"
Suddenly there was a sound coming from inside the house, and the three officials hurriedly looked towards the door. The beautiful sound, like an oriole emerging from the valley, really came from the mouth of a young girl.
Deep in the silent forest, the sound of gurgling water is particularly clear.
"Cough!" One person took a deep breath and then coughed out.
"Prince! Are you okay?" Jin Shenling stroked his arm, his brows were furrowed and his lips were pale.
There was blood seeping out from his covered arm, and his sleeves were stained red with blood. Moreover, his clothes were wet, and even his hair was covered in frost.
However, he no longer cared about the pain and cold at this time, but looked at a man sitting on the ground with a worried look.
Prince Gong took a breath of cold air. At this time, the clothes on his body had been taken off. There was a half-foot-long wound on his waist.
Prince Gong took out a porcelain bottle from his clothes and planned to apply medicine to himself. Jin Ginseng Ling ignored the injury on his arm and quickly stepped forward to take it, cleaning and bandaging Prince Gong's wound.
"Fortunately, the wound is not deep. It's just that you jumped into the river just now and your body was soaked. You may be infected with the cold. I don't know when they will find us. If they delay for a long time, I am afraid that you will have a high fever."
Jin Shenling sighed, the weather was so cold, they fled upstream along the river here, and the prince's lips turned purple from the cold.
Jin Shen Ling's movements were very nimble, and it didn't take long for the wound to be bandaged.
"Your Majesty, please rest here for a while and go find some dead branches and leaves. We are soaked and we have to light a fire to ward off the cold."
Prince Gong nodded, put the long sword beside him, and signaled Jin Shenling to go quickly.
The wet clothes were uncomfortable sticking to my body. Not only was it cold to the bone, it was also bad for the wound.
After Jin Shen was taken away, he began to think about the attack just now.
He and his subordinates who came with him were dispersed, and only Jin Ginseng Ling was left with him.
The sudden attack caught him off guard. He was cautious along the way, but there was no obstacle in the way. Unexpectedly, he was approaching the capital, but he didn't want to be ambushed. 8