Emperor's Trophy

"In order to protect Shemei's reputation, we can only tell the magistrate that it was the maid who was close to Shemei who colluded with outsiders and stole the birthday gift through internal and external cooperation. Since this maid is a distant relative of our family, it is not easy to disclose it. Only the portraits of Shemei and the woman were drawn and sent to the magistrate to search secretly."

"In the past few days, the prefect has sent the state army to search along the canal, and the towns on the shore have also been secretly searched, but there is still no whereabouts."

Tan Wenwei's face turned livid, Gao Xin comforted him: "After all, this matter involves a boudoir's reputation, so it is considered appropriate to deal with it. In this case, we can only find Miss Tan as soon as possible."

Yun Zhen asked, "Have you searched the city of Huangzhou?"

Tan Wenwei said: "Master Zhifu sealed the gate of the city and searched it, but he didn't find it."

But Yun Zhen said: "Master Zhifu doesn't know that what you want to search is people, they are searching for birthday gifts, so they must focus on searching shops, pawn shops, pawnshops and other places where stolen goods are sold. What I mean is that we should focus on searching brothels Goulan, Opera Garden, Opera Troupe, Renyazi, Secret Gate, Private Prostitution Yard, and even Nanfeng Yard..."

Before he finished speaking, Tan Wenbao's face suddenly changed: "What do you mean, Master Hou!"

Yun Zhen glanced at him and didn't say anything, but Tan Wenwei pressed his shoulders and said with an apologetic smile: "My younger brother is rude, and I also feel sorry for my younger sister, Hou Ye Haihan. After this incident, I also sent guards privately These places in the city were checked one by one, and nothing unusual was found, the students thought, the water bandits might not dare to be so bold, they only suspected abduction."

Yun Zhen said: "Your bodyguards are foreigners, and they may not know the secret ways of those secret doors when they visit the local area. They deliberately planned to abduct them like this. For what reason, the two sons traveled thousands of miles to escort the girl to Beijing. They should know in their hearts how precious a descendant's daughter is." , This is for bad reputation, fortunately the two young masters are from famous families, and the world is not chaotic, but the two young masters are from gentlemen, I'm afraid they don't know the way of this."

"The thieves will definitely make a big fuss about this matter, causing storms all over the city and Cheng Enbo's residence. It is impossible to marry another daughter into the clan."

Tan Wenbao's face was ashen. Yun Zhen knew that the third son was Miss Tan's direct brother. He was still young and hadn't done anything before. He turned around and asked Tan Wenwei: "Miss Are the servants around you locked up?"

Tan Wenwei sighed inwardly, cupped his hands and said, "Don't worry, they have been separated for interrogation if something minor happened, and now they don't even know that their younger sister is missing, they just think that younger sister is sick, and a lot of jewelry was lost in the room, so They were interrogated and imprisoned, and they were tortured for a round, and the confession was that after sleeping with the young lady at night, they were already imprisoned when they woke up, and they didn’t know anything about it, so they should be stunned by the incense.”

Yun Zhen nodded, knocked on the handrail and said: "If you want to spoil the lady's reputation, you just need to escape a woman from the brothel in the middle of the city, with disheveled hair, and call me Cheng Enbo in the middle of the city. A thousand pieces of gold, captured by thieves..."

Tan Wenbao and Tan Wenwei all changed color.

Gao Xin reassured: "In this way, the government will definitely check the brothel, leaving too much head and tail, and the other party should not take this risk."

Tan Wenbao glanced at Gao Xin gratefully, but Yun Zhen said again: "Or you can do it all the time, throw corpses in places like inns, with naked clothes... and reveal some very obvious clues. There are many merchants traveling from south to north..."

Tan Wenbao was furious, and Tan Wenwei squeezed his palm under his sleeve, and said with a smile: "Hou Ye's deduction is very careful, but I think that the other party should have other intentions, and it won't come to this point. Not to mention that the whole family of the Tan family will never die with this thief, even the emperor will never forgive him lightly." After he finished speaking, his face had become a bit serious, his expression was a little bit like Ji Bingyuan.

Yun Zhen was stunned for a moment, but his mind became distracted. Could it be that the emperor was also like this when he was young?No, the emperor said that he likes to take risks, practice martial arts, and even gamble with others, but he just stared at Tan Wenwei in a daze.

Tan Wenwei saw that he seemed to be in a daze, so he couldn't help coughing slightly, but Yun Zhen looked at him and asked: "So, Mr. Tan knows the other party's intentions?"

Tan Wenwei said: "I haven't had time to tell you yet, there is a veil left on Sister Sister's bed, the book is just to invite your lady to visit, and it will be sent back in seven days, please don't worry." He took out a veil from his sleeve and put his hands together Hold on.

Yun Zhen opened the veil and looked at it. The characters on the veil were neat and neat, Gao Dao said: "It is true that no one wants to offend the nobles of the high family and form a death feud. Is it the third day? Any news?"

Tan Wenwei shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Today is not over yet, we are still waiting, but it should be because we have alerted the government, so we are worried..." His face was slightly embarrassed, Yun Zhen held the handkerchief Handing it over to Gao Xin, he said thoughtfully: "It seems that this is a thief who set up a memorial archway, and he presumably wants to elope and have an affair with a concubine."

Tan Wenbao finally couldn't bear it and asked: "May I ask what your Lord Hou thinks about our Cheng En Bo Mansion? Why are you talking today with no regard for face and speculating in evil?" He originally thought that the emperor missed such a young man. Hou Ye felt a little dissatisfied. How could it be appropriate not to send someone more mature for such a big event?Commander Gao is here, but isn't that just a commander of the guards?In the final analysis, he is still the bodyguard next to the emperor, what do you know?Sure enough, he has been submissive as if he was just echoing Zhao Xinhou.

He also knew a little bit about Zhaoxinhou's roots, his mother was just a bandit's daughter, she was lucky enough to save the late emperor in troubled times, and was granted the title of princess, but it was just a nice name, no land, no ancestral title, just a salary Silver, just in charge of the army on behalf of the emperor.

Sure enough, he was a vulgar person, extremely reckless, he didn't show a trace of decency, he just cursed his sister with peace of mind, he suppressed his anger, first found the girl and then got into trouble with him.

Yun Zhen glanced at Tan Wenbao: "I just know how dirty those people can be."

After he suppressed his smile, a pair of eyes showed a chill. Today is a formal occasion, and he is wearing a navy blue Dali Temple Shaoqing official uniform, which makes his skin cold and pale. When looking at people without smiling, that top-down look Prestige and alienation are revealed.

For some reason, Tan Wenbao felt a slight chill in his heart, and for some reason he didn't dare to question again.

Tan Wenwei originally wanted to say a few words, but when he saw Yun Zhen's expression, his heart trembled, and he was quite surprised. When he saw him smiling just now, his face was tender and his eyes were curved, just like The young master who often goes to the officialdom to mix his seniority in Xungui, he should only be here to suppress the case this time, and the real leader should be Commander Gao.

But just now, he only spoke a few words, and he said the biggest worry in his heart since his sister disappeared, and when he didn't smile, he was so dignified - he really deserves to be the bandit who can command thousands of troops A descendant of the princess?

Gao Xin smiled and smoothed things over and said: "As we investigate the case, we can only plan for the worst in order to draw up the regulations. The thieves behind this have sinister intentions and despicable intentions. Needless to say, now we have to Take out a charter, I think it's almost noon, let's ask the prefect Li to see how he is investigating the case, why don't you two young masters go out first and wait?"

As soon as the Tan brothers came out, they waited until the sun was in the west. After seeing the prefect Huang entering, they began to send people in for questioning. They were all the state army generals who were in charge of the search. A guard with blue eyes and curly hair came out and said to them: "Master Hou will continue to question and investigate the case. If the two young masters have nothing to do, please go back to the room first."

Tan Wenwei hurriedly apologized and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm anxious anyway, and I feel more at ease waiting here. Master Hou came here from the capital, and he has been busy all the way, and he hasn't eaten yet. I wonder if the students can accompany Hou. Let’s have dinner, let’s talk about the regulations by the way?”

But the guard shook his head: "Let's not take care of it, I still have something to ask." He saw a group of women in brightly dressed and heavy makeup coming in from the outside, and everyone began to stand in the corridor waiting. , Some guards from the Longxiang camp began to come over and ask for their names and identities one by one, and then passed them in for questioning.

Listening to their self-reported identities, they are all old bustards from official kilns, secret doors, and thin horse yards in the city!

Tan Wenbao was restless, he couldn't help but grabbed the guard's arm and said, "Brother, if someone comes to question you with such a big fanfare, even if there is something, it's not a surprise! We have been making unannounced visits before!" Wonderful, what should I do if I secretly assassinate my little sister!

Marquis Zhaoxin said before that "doing nothing but doing nothing, throwing corpses in the inn, naked..." popped up in an instant, and Tan Wenbao said angrily with an ugly face: "Could it be that your Lord Marquis is dissatisfied with our family?" , take the opportunity to retaliate!"

The blue-eyed guard pulled out the crotch knife from his waist with a slam, and with the horizontal knife on his chest, he stared at him coldly: "Dali Temple handles the case, and those who block it will be killed without mercy! Don't talk too much, get out!"

Tan Wenbao was so frightened that he let go of his hand quickly. Seeing the bright blade, his heart was pounding with fright. Tan Wenwei, who was beside him, also changed his face in fright, stepped forward and pulled Tan Wenbao back a few steps, He hurriedly bowed and said: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just worried, I beg the guard brother to forgive me."

The blue-faced guard was as indifferent as wood and stone, with an indifferent expression, he turned and went in.

Tan Wenwei comforted Tan Wenbao in a low voice: "Dali Temple and Longxiang Camp have their own rules and regulations for handling cases, so we should not be too anxious."

Tan Wenbao said: "That's my own sister!"

Tan Wenwei was a little angry: "Isn't that my sister?"

Only then did Tan Wenbao lose his temper, and just stared closely at the old bustards as they went in one by one to ask questions.

Not long after, I saw the yamen servants ushering in a group of theater troupe heads. Tan Wenbao became impatient, and murmured in a low voice: "Could it be that he plans to ask all these low-level people today? It's ridiculous, so you can ask What? He didn't take the opportunity to have fun, did he?"

Tan Wenwei said: "Be patient. He has not eaten since he arrived in the government office. Is there anyone who seeks pleasure like this? Be patient."

Tan Wenbao thought it was true, and endured it.

But when the blue-eyed brother came out, a man in the squad stood up and said, "Brother Jiang Ning."

The blue-eyed boy glanced at him and didn't speak, but the man smiled and cupped his hands without changing his face: "I didn't expect to see you today, don't you know that Lord Hou is here?"

The little brother turned his face coldly and went in.

Tan Wenbao sneered and said to Tan Wenwei, "Did you see that? Even the actors in Huangzhou know Lord Hou."

Tan Wenwei didn't speak, just stared at the door, after a while the blue-eyed and cold-eyed guard came out again, but passed the handsome and tall actor in.

Tan Wenbao: "Tsk, how is old friend?"

Tan Wenwei turned his head: "Shut up, please!" He was extremely irritable, thinking of the secret letter that his grandfather had just received today, he felt even more pessimistic.

Little sister, where are you?