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"Do you know why I was assigned to do things here?"

He Tan lay on the table, raised his hands and said.

Zhang Jiyu said: "I really want to know where the sword I was carrying with me went."

"Because I did something wrong when I went to the Central Plains."

"I thought I was afraid that I would hurt you, so I took away my sword."

"I don't think that's a big mistake, but people in Beixing Village have always been good in the name, so the Great Elder thinks that I have committed a serious crime, so I was sent here."

"But in fact, the sword is not mine, it was just stuffed before departure, and I still don't think it's easy to use."

"But the third elder told me that I didn't have any serious crimes, but he couldn't get me out."

The two of them just talked with each other, even if you said yours and I said mine, they could talk happily for a long time.

After a while, He Tan suddenly raised his head and said, "I seem to have seen your sword before."

"I've also heard about Fuyue mentioning you."

"I remember that my mother-in-law was holding the sword. Is there any writing on it? I saw my mother-in-law looking carefully at the scabbard."

Zhang Jiyu tilted his head: "I don't know, what words will there be on the sword?"

He Tan shook his head and said, "Then I don't know."

Zhang Jiyu suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and said in surprise: "There seems to be writing on the scabbard. I remember I talked about it with others at the time, but I just thought it was a pattern."

He Tan continued to lean on the table and said, "Really."

Zhang Jiyao thought carefully: "How could there be words on the sword?"

He Tan asked feebly, "Why did you come here?"

"I came here by accident. After all, I was just a scholar. I was sent to the Western Regions only after being forcibly kidnapped and sent to the barracks."

"You are so short of people in the Central Plains that you need to recruit scholars to serve as soldiers?"

And Tan Waner.

Zhang Jiyu said: "I don't know, I just find it very strange. A scholar like me has never practiced any martial arts. Even if he goes to the battlefield, he can't exert any effect at all."

He Tan was very silent.

They stayed like this until dawn.

The two of them have endless things to talk about, and they can talk side by side all the time, but for a long time, it's just you talking about yours and I talking about mine.It's better to say that the two of them are bored to such an extent.

After the beginning of spring, the weather gradually warmed up. Zhang Jiyu discovered by accident that the trees in the dead tree garden began to sprout new shoots, the snow began to melt slowly, and the vitality returned.

At this time, Zhang Jiyao realized that the whole village seemed to be busy, and often when he got to the alley, he would not see many people, even the little girls who liked to tease him back then were gone.

At this time, people start to have nothing to do. It is absurd to drink and have fun in the house all day long.

One day, he went to his mother-in-law's yard, wanting to ask what happened to the sword, but unfortunately, her mother-in-law was not in the house, so he waited at the door, but after waiting for an hour, what he saw was Fuyue.

The two of them hadn't seen each other for nearly a month since that time. At this time, when they met face to face, Zhang Jiyu felt very embarrassed and thought why he didn't go to see him.

On the other hand, Fu Yue, without any embarrassment on his face, asked, "What are you doing here?"

Zhang Jiyao wanted to speak, but he didn't know how to explain the sword to him. The reason why the sword could go to the mother-in-law's house was because Fuyue sent it there.But now, Zhang Jiyu was a little embarrassed.

Fuyue watched the expression change on his face and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing."

Zhang Jiyu was about to leave, but Fuyue called him from behind: "Are you okay?"

It was a good greeting, but at this moment, Zhang Jiyao didn't have the time to guess how much emotion was hidden in that sentence, because he saw his mother-in-law coming.

The mother-in-law saw two people standing at the gate of the courtyard, and asked with a smile, "Are you all looking for me?"

Zhang Jiyao quickly smiled: "I wanted to come and see you."

Fu Yue remained expressionless, and said something in a language that Zhang Jiyu could not understand.

The mother-in-law patted Zhang Jiyu's shoulder with a smile, and said, "Come back tomorrow."

"it is good."

Zhang Jiyao hurried back.He found that Fuyue could see him normally, but he couldn't.He didn't understand the reason, but he always felt that his mood was out of his control, and there was always a feeling of wanting to escape inexplicably.

He doesn't like this feeling.

He suddenly remembered something, and hurried back, and as soon as he entered the compound, he burst into a cry: "He Tan!"

He Tan was reciting the Analects of Confucius in the room at this time, when he heard him calling him, he thought something had happened, so he hurried out and said, "What's the matter, what's the matter?"

Zhang Jiyu ran up to him, panting, "You told me last time that you made a mistake when you went to the Central Plains. What kind of mistake was it?"

He Tan breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "I thought it was something."

Zhang Jiyao bent down and said: "I suddenly felt a little strange, I always think that Fuyue should think so."

"What? What did the third elder think?"

He Tan didn't understand why this matter suddenly involved the Third Elder again.

Zhang Jiyu pushed the man into the door and said, "Listen to me..."

"My lord!"

The prince was taking his bird for a walk when he suddenly heard someone calling him from behind.He turned his head slowly, only to realize that it was the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

Shaoqing was out of breath, ran to the prince, and said: "Your Excellency encountered some difficulties on the road, I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive as scheduled, I went to look through the file, and I found a clue!"

The prince was still calm and said, "Say."

"It's just that there are too many cases, and I can't tell which ones you want. From the tenth day of March to May, there were five theft cases alone, three arson cases, and two land dispute cases."

The prince pondered for a moment, then said, "What are the theft cases?"

"On March [-]th, a steamed stuffed bun shop in the east of the city was burglarized and all the flour was stolen. The owner suspected that the steamed stuffed bun shop in the west of the opposite city was jealous of their good business and robbed them. It turned out that it was indeed the case.

On March [-]th, all the clothes that were dried by a family in the west of the city were stolen for no reason, and the clothes of another house that were dried on the same bamboo pole were not stolen. It was later discovered that a group of children were arguing there and knocked all the clothes to the ground. , They were afraid that the master would be angry, so they threw all the clothes away.

On March 29th, a burglary occurred at a commoner's house in the west of the city. I heard that all the valuables at home were stolen. Later, the criminal was caught. He stole all the way here from Tongzhou. Hearing that the stolen things were moved to his hometown in Tongzhou overnight Go, there are his parents, wife and three children in his hometown.

On the sixth day of April, all the wheat planted by an old farmer in the east of the city disappeared overnight. The wheat was not yet ripe, so I don’t know why he stole it. After the criminal was caught, he explained that he wanted to use it for medical treatment. He didn't ask why the folk recipe needed so much wheat.

On April 23, the procuress of Chunfeng Building said that a girl had all her belongings stolen. Later, it was found out that another woman in Chunfeng Building was jealous of her and stole her things.These are the theft cases from the tenth day of March to May, and the next case will be on the sixth day of May. "

After finishing speaking, Shaoqing took a deep breath, as if relieved.It probably took a lot of time to memorize these.

The prince listened carefully to all his arguments, and then said: "What about the arson case?"

"On March [-], a pork shop in the west of the city ran out of water in the middle of the night, and later said that it was because the stove was not extinguished in the middle of the night, so the firewood next to it was lit.

On March 26, a dilapidated house in the village was flooded, and there was no one inside. It is said that it was lit because someone went in to pee in the middle of the night, and the torch was thrown there casually.

During the day on April [-], some children were playing with fire next to the haystack and set the haystack ablaze. "

The prince nodded and said: "It seems that it should have nothing to do with the arson case."

"My lord," Shaoqing didn't understand, and asked, "What is the relationship between this theft case and the stone-throwing case?"

The prince smiled cleverly, and said: "I can't tell you about these things, as long as your Dali Temple cooperates with the king."

Anyway, you can't find anything.

Shaoqing quickly responded, and said, "My lord, is there any clue about the disappearance of the ten people?"

The prince suddenly glared at him, with a bad tone: "If your Dali Temple is not useless, do you still need me to investigate the case!"

"Yes Yes Yes."

Shaoqing hurriedly pleaded guilty, but he couldn't afford to offend this one.

The prince glared at him again, and walked along the bird.

It seems that he is thinking about what he said just now, the prince is so mysterious, he must have known the truth, but there is no movement at all between the Ministry of Punishment and the Dali Temple over there. Raised something.

The prince is very chic, after this move, he went shopping in the market. At this time, kites were already being sold in the East and West Market, and the prince's heart began to itch. If it was in the past, the prince would definitely look at this thing with disdain Hey, it's only something that mediocre people would play, but since Yuan Qi took him to play it for a while last year, he has become addicted to this thing and has a great time playing it.

The prince asked for a bird-shaped kite, and he happily prepared to take it back to the prince's mansion, thinking that he would start to squeeze Yuan Qi.

At this time, a figure flashed into the alley over there, but his eyes were fixed on the back of the prince, revealing a hostile look.