The daily life of the eldest son

As Ye Yi calculated, when he arrived at Dali Temple, it was neither early nor late, it happened to be noon, so Ye Yi was not in a hurry to enter the Dali Temple official office, but wandered to the cafeteria next to the official office.

In the imperial palace of Chang'an City, the palace city is in the north, which is the residence of the emperor, and the imperial city is in the south, where the Baisi is located. There is a wide horizontal street between the two.This kind of arrangement facilitates the communication between the officials and the emperor anytime and anywhere, but there are also inconveniences, such as this lunch, if the officials want to leave the imperial city and go home for dinner, the round trip may take more than one or two hours .In order to avoid such a waste of time, the emperor ordered Baisi to build a canteen next to their respective official offices, and the imperial chefs would prepare lunch uniformly.

However, Ye Yi didn't like this time of having lunch with his colleagues very much.

Of course, if you meet a kind boss, sharing delicious food with colleagues at lunch, it is also a lot of fun to talk nonsense.It's just that the minister of Dali Temple in their Dali Temple is an overly serious person, with a dark face all day urging them to work, not to mention lunch time, and sitting in the cafeteria with a cold face, who would dare Just staring at it coldly while chatting, coupled with the law engraved all over the wall, it really has the serious and rigorous characteristics of Dali Temple.

This is also the reason why Ye Yi came back at lunch time.If there is nothing to chat with Dali Siqing, he really can't eat in this solemn and silent atmosphere, just thinking about it makes his stomach hurt.

Stepping into the gate of the cafeteria, Ye Yi easily found where Li Yan, Minister of Dali Temple, was, because in this not-so-large cafeteria, Li Yan was the only one sitting alone, and seven or eight seats around him were also empty. Yes, this kind of cleanliness is in stark contrast to the crowdedness of the rest of the cafeteria, which is very eye-catching.

Ye Yi felt strange, this Li Yan was born too long ago, there are two sons and one daughter in the family, the youngest daughter is only two years old, she is very lovable, there is such a cute little person at home, why can't Li Yan become more beautiful? How about fatherly love and kindness?Could it be that he also had the face of a door god when facing his little daughter?Tut tut.

Under the sympathetic gazes of his colleagues, Ye Yi walked up to Li Yan, bowed his hands, and said, "Master Li, I'm back."

Hearing the sound, Li Yan swallowed the food in his mouth slowly, put down the chopsticks, then slowly raised his ever-black face to look at Ye Yi, and asked in a low voice: "Today you just need to go to the Youjinwu Guard Camp , why did it take all morning?"

I have become accustomed to Li Yan's nitpicking questions, Ye Yi bowed again, and said in an extremely sincere tone: "The lower officials are not good at doing things, please punish them. It's just that the Right Jinwu Guard is in charge of patrolling matters in central Beijing. , the rotation arrangement is complicated, coupled with temporary adjustments, it took a lot of effort to find people to ask questions and to draw a record book."

Li Yan examined Ye Yi's expression carefully, and then asked Ye Yi to sit down in a cold voice. After the servants brought Ye Yi food, Li Yan asked again: "What's wrong?"

After Li Yan asked the servants to bring him meals, Ye Yi no longer insisted on etiquette, and said while eating: "My lord, according to the officials, there was no suspicious appearance in the capital before and after the disappearance of Cui Shangshu's beloved daughter." There are no caravans coming in and out, and judging from the confessions of the inspectors and the records in this book, no new faces have appeared during this period."

That is to say, the prisoner has been in Chang'an City?Was it premeditated, or impromptu?Is the kidnapping of the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials in order to intimidate the official, or to seek revenge?

Li Yan picked up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth, chewed carefully, while chewing, he analyzed what Ye Yi said in his mind, and then said in a deep voice, "Continue."

"Yes, my lord." Taking a few mouthfuls of food while Li Yan was thinking, Ye Yi continued at Li Yan's request, "I went to Cui Shangshu's mansion before I was dismissed from office. The maid went to the West Market, but someone stole her purse on the way. Miss Cui was also daring, and chased her into an alley with her maid. Miss Cui disappeared."

"Who did the maidservant see?"

"Not really." Ye Yi shook his head.

Li Yan pondered for a moment, then asked again: "What did you find out from the sixteen guards?"

"Reporting to my lord, the Jinwu Guard's inspection of the capital did not find anything suspicious, but it is recorded in the entry and exit records of the Leading Guard's Office that from the day Miss Cui disappeared to the time yesterday, there were three groups of people who left the city at night. We left after we started investigating the case." Ye Yi's visual memory and ear memory are skills that Ye Yi has cultivated after working in Dali Temple for several years.

Li Yan frowned, and asked, "Why did you stop until yesterday's time?"

The corners of Ye Yi's mouth twitched indistinctly, and he raised his eyes and replied with a gentle smile: "My lord, this officer is the leading guard who went yesterday morning, and the guard who went to Habayashi in the afternoon."

"Well... Which three teams are the three teams leaving the city?" Li Yan had already finished his meal, so he put down his chopsticks and stared straight at Ye Yi who was sitting opposite him.

He knew that Li Yan had no intention of urging him, nor was he dissatisfied with him, it was just a habitual behavior, but Ye Yi still felt very embarrassed to be stared at like this while eating, so he put down his chopsticks and simply Eat after reporting with Li Yan.

"On the fifth day of January, that is, the day Miss Cui disappeared, a group of tea merchants hurried out of the city at Haishi. The pass was for business. The reason was that the mother in my hometown was critically ill. Because they had some friendship with the city gate guard on duty, they were let out of the city.

On the ugly day of the eighth day of January, the fourth prince took people out of the city without telling the reason.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, there was also a group of people leaving the city. Their identities were unknown, but with His Majesty's warrant, the guards at the city gate saw that the other party's group of six people were full of evil spirits, and did not dare to ask more questions, so they let them out of the city. "Ye Yi told Li Yan the information in his mind in an orderly manner.

After hearing this, Li Yan narrowed his eyes and thought quietly.The Fourth Prince definitely had no reason to kidnap the daughter of the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and the group of people carrying His Majesty's warrant should not be suspected, so only the group of tea merchants remained.

"Go check out that team of tea merchants."

"Yes, my lord." Ye Yi lowered his head slightly in response, then raised his eyes and said, "My lord, I still have something to report to my lord."

"Say." Li Yan looked at Ye Yi and frowned slightly.

Ye Yi smiled at Li Yan's black face, and said: "My lord, after I left Cui's residence, I went to the West Market to seek evidence, but the words of the traffickers in the West Market are slightly different from what the maidservant said."

Seeing Ye Yi paused, Li Yan had no choice but to say again: "Continue."

Only then did Ye Yi speak again: "According to several peddlers in the West Market, Miss Cui did appear in the West Market that day with a maidservant. Some said she was strolling leisurely, while others said she looked serious and walked in a hurry. Afterwards, I went to Dongshi again, but I found out that the trafficker in Dongshi also met Miss Cui that day, but the time was a little later. If we calculate according to what the trafficker said, then Miss Cui should have come from West Market that day. After leaving, he went to the East Market, how could he be kidnapped in the West Market?"

After hearing these words, Li Yan's eyes froze, he glared at Ye Yi and said angrily, "Why didn't you say this earlier?"

Ye Yi narrowed his eyes and smiled, and said: "My lord, you didn't mention this matter in your question, so I must explain my lord's doubts before expressing my own opinion."

It is really a very fulfilling thing to make the expression of "Iron Master Li" collapse. It is not in vain that he always deliberately finds some innocuous places to deal with Li Yan.In the tense atmosphere of Dali Temple, this is the only thing that can bring people some fun.