Princess Chaoyang may have been too excited and talked a lot, but Song Ci lowered his head and said nothing, occasionally raising his head to glance at Princess Chaoyang.
Qin Shaobai listened very hard, but he did not interrupt Princess Chaoyang's words. He just listened quietly and quickly went through the collected information in his mind.
The Imperial City Division does indeed serve the imperial palace, to be precise, it serves the emperor alone.
They are like the emperor's personal bodyguards, protecting the emperor's safety.
He is also like the emperor's personal spy, collecting all kinds of intelligence for the emperor.
At first, the Imperial City Division was personally controlled by the emperor himself. Later, Jin and Liao harassed it many times, and the Song Dynasty also moved its capital to Lin'an. The emperors' management of the Imperial City Division became increasingly lax.
In the year when Emperor Ningzong of the Song Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the Imperial City Division also officially came under the command of the Sixth Prince Zhao Tian.
The sixth prince, Zhao Tian, was not a biological brother of Song Ningzong. He had the same grandfather as Song Ningzong and was the son of Song Xiaozong's eldest son, Zhao Min.
Zhao Tian has been smart since he was a child and has good martial arts skills, but what is most scary about him is his iron-fisted management style.
It is said that one year, when the Imperial City Department was on vacation, a small company returned to their hometown and gave the girl next door to him.
The victim complained to Zhao Tian, but Zhao Tian didn't listen to any arguments. He tied up the boy and sent him to the door of the girl's house. Then he gave the girl a sharp sword and asked her to stab her Xiao Si to death himself.
The girl had never seen such a posture before, and she was immediately trembling with fear.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Tian didn't care at all whether the girl was willing or not. He pressed the girl's hand and stabbed the sharp sword into Xiao Si's chest.
Xiao Si deserved it, but the poor girl had already been greatly hurt, and now she was frightened like this and went crazy.
"That's what Sixth Brother is like. It's because of his iron-clad discipline that the Imperial City Division has restrained itself a lot in recent years and mostly follows the rules." Princess Chaoyang drank the last glass of wine and was about to ask Xiao Hong to add more.
He was drinking, but was stopped by Song Ci.
"I seem to be a little drunk." Princess Chaoyang said with a slight smile, "Xiao Hong, you are so busy serving Master Song and Capt. Qin, I have to go to sleep for a while."
"Princess, there are lanterns prepared in the building today. At Xu time, Xiaocui will wake up the princess again and go to watch the lantern festival." The little girl who helped Princess Chaoyang into the house said happily.
"No need, the moon is the brightness of my hometown. No matter how long I stay, this place is still just a foreign land. How can the moon here make the moon in my heart round."
"You, go out first."
After Princess Chaoyang finished speaking, she gently closed the door, opened the window, and leaned in front of the window.
By this time, the rain had stopped.
Red lanterns are hung in front of many shops.
The people setting up stalls saw signs that the weather was improving and set up their stalls one after another.
With the sound of hawking, the whole street becomes lively.
Princess Chaoyang watched quietly, with a smile on her lips, but the crystal tears had already rolled down her face.
It was very quiet in Yuanlou.
Xiao Hong warmed up another pot of wine and filled it for Song Ci and Qin Shaobai.
"Xiaohong, we can just drink by ourselves. You go and see your master."
Xiao Hong responded, bowed and left.
"Let's go, Qin Shaobai, I'll go with you to see how the people in Nanyang County celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival." After drinking a glass of wine, Song Ci pulled Qin Shaobai over.
Qin Shaobai's mind was filled with matters concerning the Imperial City Division, so how could he be in the mood to see the common people celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival?
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, to be honest, the moon is full only when someone is round.
For people like Qin Shaobai, even if it's not cloudy outside but a bright moon in the sky, he can't find any festive atmosphere.
He really wanted to be like Princess Chaoyang, saying that he was drunk and looking for a place to miss that impossible person alone.
Although there is no moonlight on the street, people have used various lanterns to decorate it into a bright moonlit sky.
Song Ci walked out of Yuanlou. The door of Yuanlou closed gently again. He smiled bitterly and pulled Qin Shaobai out.
"Sir Song, it's not Xu time yet, so it's normal for Yuanlou to close its doors to thank guests."
Qin Shaobai saw that Song Ci was a little depressed, and quickly comforted her, "When Princess Chaoyang wakes up from the wine in Xu, we will go to Yuanlou to enjoy the lanterns. I heard from Xiaohong that there will be a party in Yuanlou today.
It’s a wonderful lantern festival.”
"I'm afraid that the princess is not in the mood to host this lantern festival." Song Ci said, looking back at Yuanlou again, "The excitement on the street is not ours. Come on, let's go look for it. We have lost this
Is the person who lost the pendant looking for someone to help him repair it?"
"It's just a pendant. Will that person be anxious to find a weaver in Nanyang County to repair it?"
"Don't forget, the Sixth Prince leads the troops very strictly. It's not a trivial matter if the pendant on this belt falls off."
Qin Shaobai thought about it and felt that this was the case.
The two agreed to go east and west to visit the weaving shops on the street to see if anyone wanted to make pendants of the same style. They also made an appointment to go to Yuanlou together in Xushi and asked Princess Chaoyang to watch the lanterns all over the street together.
Qin Shaobai's legs were sore from walking, and no one had seen the pendant in his hand.
Finally, I walked to an old shop. When the shop owner saw the pendant, her face darkened.
"Brother, did you get this pendant from the inside?" Qin Shaobai looked at himself. Yes, he did not wear a police uniform today for the convenience of climbing the mountain. It is normal for people to call him "little brother".
"Auntie, do you know this pendant?"
"My sisters and I worked together to make this pendant."
Qin Shaobai felt happy, it seemed that this aunt had stayed in the palace.
"Brother, this thing is not a good thing. Anyone who loses it will be brainless, as will anyone who gets it."
After saying that, the aunt opened the door of the shop and blocked Qin Shaobai from outside: "Brother, throw him away quickly. If anyone knows that you have this pendant, your life will not be saved.
"
Why didn't I think of this trick?
Qin Shaobai found Song Ci and told Song Ci his thoughts.
Song Ci stared at Qin Shaobai with incredulous eyes, and did not say a word for a long time.
"Master Song, believe me. I have used this trick to lure snakes out of their holes many times, and the effect is so good that you can believe it."
"This matter is really too dangerous. You have to know that everyone in the Imperial City Division is a master. They can kill people without being seen. If you openly provoke like this, you will definitely create a rift with the Imperial City Division. Even if we really find it,
It is impossible for the murderer of the drunken Arhat to obtain the whereabouts of the gem from that murderer."
After a pause, Song Ci said again: "Have you forgotten that no one can know about the search for jade except the three of us?"
"Lord Song, don't worry, these two things will never be involved." Qin Shaobai was confident, "My purpose is just to show the true face of the person who made me the scapegoat."