Criminal investigation in ancient times

Back at Dali Temple, Zhang Rui arranged him in his own room. Originally, he was borrowing and living in Dali Temple, and now it’s not good to bother Mr. Zhang and the others. The imperial decree will come down tomorrow, and he will leave in a few days. Both excited and apprehensive.Excited that I can finally wear the official uniform, and my name is written in the court hall. What is disturbing is that Tongzhou does not know what is waiting for me.

In the early morning of the next day, news came from the palace that Zhang Rui entered the palace to be sealed.

Mr. Zhang specially spared time to accompany him into the palace, after all, it was the first time that he was afraid that some omissions of his might make the emperor unhappy.

The two of them got out of the carriage and walked to the gate of the emperor. They walked through the straight gate. This gate is specially used by civil and military officials, although it is not used a few times a month.

The two followed the palace servants towards the main hall. They were heavily guarded along the way. Every time they crossed a road, they would encounter a group of heavily armed patrolling guards.Zhang Rui lowered his head and didn't dare to look around. His nervous hands were covered with sweat, and his legs were trembling with excitement. This is Da Zhou's palace!The highest point of the right!I really touched it!

After walking for about a stick of incense, I finally arrived at the emperor's study.Zhang Yaozhi passed a message to the eunuch guarding the door, the eunuch nodded and said: "Master Zhang, don't worry, the emperor is in a good mood these days, so he won't make things difficult for him." He looked at Zhang Rui and smiled.

Entering the study room, a faint smell of sulfur lingers around the nose and mouth. As the captain who often deals with guns in later generations, this smell is too familiar. Could it be the elixir used by the emperor? !

Walking to the center of the room, Zhang Rui knelt down and kowtowed to the man on the other side of the table: "Craftsman Zhang Rui has met my emperor, long live long live long live..." This passage from the TV series is fairly familiar.

The emperor leaned on the short steps, raised his eyes slightly and said, "You are Zhang Rui? Come and raise your head to show me what it is like. You are so smart at such a young age, and you have solved several murder cases."

Zhang Rui raised his head, but he didn't dare to look directly at the emperor, so he had to look down.

The emperor chuckled and said, "It's true, no wonder Xiao Twelve admires you so much."

Zhang Rui: "..." Uh... Didn't you mean the murder case? Why did it involve Zhou Yin again? How should I answer this?

The emperor said: "Okay, I won't talk about those falsehoods. In fact, I really don't trust you to go to Tongzhou as the magistrate. After all, you are too young, and you will die there accidentally in the land of tigers and wolves in Tongzhou. Twelve, why don't you fight me hard? Well, no matter, since he has recommended you, then I have nothing to say, the imperial decree and official uniform will be wrapped by Chang Sheng, and I will reward you... 200 taels of silver, Pay attention carefully, the imperial court allocates the salary every year, if you don’t have enough, you can go to Xiao Shier.” After speaking, he sent Zhang Rui out with a wave of his hand.

Zhang Rui: "..." Your Majesty, do your family members know that you are so picky? 200 taels, well, Aunt Yuxiu is more generous than you!It was too bad, Zhang Rui was unable to vomit, so he could only thank the Lord Long En, took the package from the father-in-law and followed Mr. Zhang back to Dali Temple.

Zhang Yaozhi said: "What did the emperor tell you?"

Zhang Rui repeated to him what the emperor said.Zhang Yaozhi stroked his beard and said, "200 taels is a lot, and now the prices are rising. I think when I was promoted to Dali Temple Minister, the emperor only rewarded me with one ink."

Zhang Rui: "..." Sure enough, the emperor is the poorest.

When I returned to Dali Temple, I couldn’t wait to open the package. The bright yellow imperial decree, the crimson court uniform, the jade-inlaid belt of the fifth-rank official... Zhang Rui felt that his nose was a little sore, and his eyes were a little hot, even when he was promoted to captain in his previous life. Excited.That sense of mission arises spontaneously. Putting on this suit means taking on the responsibility of this suit!

Lin Xiaoze was surprised when he saw it and said: "This government office is similar to my father's! Look at this belt is a fifth-rank official position!" Speaking of admiration for Zhang Rui, his cousin is so powerful that he managed to do this all by himself Famous.

Zhang Rui nodded: "I'll be leaving in a few days. Have you packed all your things? You won't be able to buy these things in Kyoto when you arrive in Tongzhou."

Lin Xiaoze said: "I went to buy it early in the morning, if you don't have enough money, I will give you some."

Zhang Rui twitched his lips and said, "I still have enough money, and you should save some money. Try not to bring unnecessary things for a long journey."

Lin Xiaoze nodded: "I see, I haven't traveled a long way since I grew up! My master once said that if I read thousands of books, I can travel thousands of miles. Although I haven't read enough books now, it's good to travel thousands of miles~"

Zhang Rui's brain hurts a bit. It seems that the child doesn't know what to do with him, and he actually treats it as a tourist, even if he cries when he arrives in Tongzhou.

In the afternoon Zhou Yin came to Dali Temple in a hurry, the two hadn't seen each other for a few days but it seemed like a long time.

Zhang Rui joked: "Didn't the prince say that he won't come to Dali Temple these days?"

Zhou Yin said: "I didn't expect you to go to the post so soon. If you don't come again, I'm afraid I won't be able to see you until three years later."

Zhang Rui's ears felt a little hot, he turned his head to look at the side and said, "Cough...what are you talking about here?"

Zhou Yin stretched out his hand and straightened his face: "Can't I see you if nothing happens?" Rubbing his cheek with his thumb, he said: "Suddenly I don't want you to go."

Zhang Rui stared and said: "The letter of appointment has come down, how can we not go if we can't say it?"

Zhou Yin sneered: "I'm going to ask the emperor, what can't be done?"

Zhang Rui sighed, "I know you won't."

Zhou Yin stretched out his hand to hold him to his chest: "I'm afraid that once you go, you will never come back."

Zhang Rui slowly relaxed his stiff body and said, "Why, I'm so smart, what can a little bandit do to me?"

Zhou Yin burst out laughing: "You are really brazen."

Zhang Rui looked up at Zhou Yin, damn it, the more he looked at him, the more he liked him, he reached out and grabbed his skirt and tiptoed to kiss him.

Captain Zhang has read countless films in his previous life, and his kissing skills are much better than that of the young Zhou Yin, who has never eaten pork but has seen pigs run.The lips touched, and the tip of the tongue slowly knocked open his mouth, still a faint herbal kiss, a bit bitter but extremely sweet.

Zhou Yin froze in astonishment, and let him hold her and kiss her for a long while, until Zhang Rui let go of him before he could catch his breath.Then, clutching his hem with a flushed face, he said, "I... I'll go back first..." After speaking, he ran away in a hurry.

Zhang Rui was stunned for a moment before he remembered the disadvantages of ancient clothes, "Pfft...hahahaha" My lord, is it really okay for you to go out with a small tent?

Zhou Yin returned to the palace and blew a circle of cold wind before calming down, remembering that he had forgotten the purpose of going to Dali Temple.Originally, he wanted to call out four of the hidden guards around him to follow him in case of accidents.

These four hidden guards were all trained since childhood, and they were used to save their lives at critical moments.Zhou Yin's heart has been beating wildly for the past few days since he heard that the magistrate of Tongzhou was wiped out. He was afraid that Zhang Rui would go to Tongzhou Shangao Emperor and be silenced again.In my heart, I complained to Zhang Yaozhi more than once, that I had to recommend him to such a place where no shit.

"Zhanqing, go get 5000 taels of silver and send it to Zhang Rui. The emperor will definitely not reward him with anything. If he is short of silver, he will be too embarrassed to open his mouth to me, and there will be no way around it."

Zhan Qing nodded, took the silver from the account room and went to Dali Temple.

Zhang Rui was taken aback by the sudden gift of so much money, and said with a smile, "Why did the prince give me so much money? I didn't go there for fun. Besides, there was nothing to buy there. The thieves stole it. You take the money back and tell him that when I earn my salary... I will buy him medicine and cure his illness."

When Zhan Qing brought back the silver, Zhou Yin's face was colorful and wonderful.

***

On the twenty-sixth day of the third month of the lunar calendar, everything is suitable.

Zhang Rui, Uncle Han, He Ming, Lin Xiaoze, Duan Xiaobai and four guards sent by the emperor, the group left the city from the north gate early in the morning, two carriages and a few fast horses, and went to the post lightly.

As soon as he left the city gate, he heard someone shouting from behind, and the carriage stopped.

I saw Zhou Yin riding a horse, and Zhan Qing also riding a horse. They chased out of the city.

Zhang Rui lifted the curtain of the car and jumped down the driveway: "Didn't you say you won't come out today?"

Zhou Yin reined in the reins, jumped off the horse, panted and said, "I have something to tell you." As he spoke, he dragged Zhang Rui to the side.

"I put four hidden guards by your side. These four are highly skilled in martial arts. If you want to investigate the case, these people can also help you. When you arrive in Tongzhou, if you want to send me a message, give the letter to the hidden guard. This is My token, if you don't have enough money, take this to Wanbao Yinzhuang to get 1 taels of silver, three years... In these three years, you must remember, since you have me in your heart, don't do anything to hurt me, or you will lose me. I will never forgive you."

Zhang Rui wanted to smile, and his heart was astringent. It was the first time in ancient times that he had the feeling of parting.He stretched out his hand to hug Zhou Yin's waist and said, "Don't worry, you have to do the same, waiting for Lao Tzu to come back!" After speaking, he turned and hurriedly walked towards the car. Always stay by his side.

Zhou Yin looked at his back, covered his slightly tingling chest and murmured: "Waiting for you..."

A group of people took the official road and passed by Licheng at noon, Zhang Rui remembered that Lin Xiaomin's uncle's house was a merchant in Licheng, but he really didn't like this person, so everyone found a restaurant to eat and drink and continued on their way.

Sitting on the carriage, Uncle Han took out the banknotes in the box and counted them: "We still have more than 900 taels of silver, and we will definitely repair it when we arrive at the government office. expenditure."

Zhang Rui nodded: "I don't have enough money, I still have more. The prince gave me some money before he left, but I don't want to touch the money for the time being. Let's spend the money first."

Uncle Han nodded reassuringly: "The old slave suddenly remembered that when we came to Beijing, it was only half a year, but it was a big change."

Zhang Rui leaned on the carriage and recalled that the two of them rode a flatbed cart all the way to Kyoto.The successive homicide cases involved him in the center of the whirlpool, and now he is out of the whirlpool again.It's just that this time it's out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's den.

Lin Xiaoze and He Ming were riding in a carriage, Lin Xiaoze had a restless temper, and after a while he had nothing to do with He Ming, talking nonsense.

He Ming laughed straight when he heard it, and said in his heart: This is in line with this age, the young master is definitely an outlier.

Lin Xiaoze: "By the way, Brother He, I heard that your medical skills are very good?!"

He Ming: "It's nothing, I know a little bit."

Lin Xiaoze: "Hey, don't be modest, if your medical skills are not good, why would your cousin take you there?"

He Ming laughed and said, "Then why did you take you to Tongzhou?"

Lin Xiaoze: "This...uh." Humph!This person is really disgusting, actually exposes people's scars!Turning around, he took out a kraft paper bag from the package, which contained a pack of candied fruit, and Lin Xiaoze started to eat it angrily.

He Ming took a look, shook his head with a smile, looked at him and thought of his sister, and wondered how her sister went to the palace and whether she would see her father.

A group of people rushed to Chongzhou in the evening. Chongzhou was the state capital closest to Kyoto in the northwest. After entering Chongzhou City, many restaurants had already turned on the lights, and the guards got off their horses and led them in the city.

I found an inn called You Lai Ju, and when I went in, I saw that there were not many people in the inn, only a few were eating, and they didn't look like long-distance travellers, most of them were businessmen who came and went nearby.

Xiao Er hurried over, he was not tall, but he looked upright. He smiled when he saw people, and several people came in and yelled: "Guys, do you want to stay in the shop or be the top?"

Lin Xiaoze said: "Dajian also stays in the hotel, tidy up a few clean rooms and come out."

Xiaoer smiled and said: "Okay ~ Sirs, please sit down first, let's order the food first, and I will clean up the room for you."

Several people sat at two tables and ordered good food. They didn't order wine because they had to leave early tomorrow morning.Zhang Rui suddenly remembered that Zhou Yin sent four secret guards to protect him, but he didn't see anyone along the way, and he didn't know where these people lived at night and what did they eat?

At this time, the dark guards were resting in pairs of four in an abandoned thatched hut behind the inn, taking advantage of their meal breaks and protecting Zhang Rui at night.

A few people asked for four guest rooms, Zhang Rui and Uncle Han shared one, the guards lived in one for shifts, Duan Xiaobai asked for one alone, leaving Lin Xiaoze and He Ming to live in one.

Lin Xiaoze hesitated to speak, but actually he would rather sleep with Zhang Rui than with this boring doctor.No matter what you say to him, you either understand a little or don't know, at least talk to him more, the joy of staying outside for the first time disappeared in an instant.

After freshening up, Uncle Han packed out the clothes Zhang Rui was going to wear tomorrow, and brought up the valuables from the carriage.Zhang Rui took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone and sat at the table, wanting to write a letter to Zhou Yin, but he didn't know where to start, and he was not satisfied after writing a few, so he threw it on the table in a ball.

Uncle Han walked in and said, "Young Master... Let's rest earlier, we have to get up early tomorrow."

Zhang Rui: "Well, good." He packed up his pen and ink, took off his coat and lay down on the bed.Seeing that Uncle Han frowned and hesitated to speak, Zhang Rui said, "What's the matter, Uncle Han?"

Uncle Han said: "This old slave has a saying that if the young master doesn't like to hear it, then just pretend I didn't say it... The old slave thinks that the young master and the prince are too close, young master..."

Zhang Rui blushed when he heard what he said: "Uncle Han... I have a sense of proportion, I don't want to hide it from you, I only love blue face, not female sex, Zhou Yin and I are also in love with each other, it's not him Force me."

When Uncle Han heard that it was as he expected, he sighed with a dark face, "This...what to do in the future, the young master is still young, and if he gets old, he won't even have someone to take care of him for retirement, and besides, the prince may be just trying to figure it out. If you dislike the young master after a few years, what should we do?"

Zhang Rui was silent. He couldn't promise anything to Uncle Han. In his previous life, he was gay and didn't dare to cheat. Although he has no father or mother in this life, if he has no children, he will be lonely when he gets old, and Zhou Yin... who knows if he can survive it? What about this level?

"Uncle Han, I really don't like women. Even without Zhou Yin, I wouldn't marry other women. If I marry, I will harm her."

Uncle Han said: "Master, how do you know that you don't like women if you haven't been in love with women before? You are still too young, master. If you fall in love with a lady from a certain family in a few years, how will you let the prince deal with himself?"

Zhang Rui's head is full of black lines, how can he explain to Uncle Han that he is born curvy?Will Uncle Han just treat him as a monster and strangle him to death... Forget it, Zhang Rui got into bed and covered his head and pretended to be dead.

Uncle Han sighed and shook his head and blew out the candle.