Criminal investigation in ancient times

After dinner, the sky was getting dark. At first, I thought Lin Xiaoze was just talking, but I didn't expect to lead him out of the mansion, and even left the mansion privately through the back door without telling his father.

Zhang Rui: "Biao...Xiao Ze, why don't you tell uncle? What if..."

Lin Xiaoze waved his hand and said: "Rui Er, don't worry, if we tell my father, my father will definitely not let us go out at this late hour." Zhang Rui muttered in his heart, he didn't even think about going out of the house, Lin Xiaoze turned his head She smiled mysteriously at him and said, "Rui'er, you don't know that the capital has the benefits of the day, and at night...the benefits of the night! Hey~ I don't understand if I tell you, brother will show you later!"

One side of Zhang Rui's face twitched, and he said to himself countless times, what the hell, cousin, you didn't learn well at a young age, does your family know?

The two walked a certain distance, and stopped a specially-drawn carriage at the intersection. Because the people living in Luzi Hutong are all people with official positions, there is an unwritten rule here that bullock carts are not allowed to pass. Take the sedan chair and carriage.

After getting into the carriage, Lin Xiaoze reported the place, and the carriage started ticking away.In less than two quarters of an hour, the carriage stopped, Lin Xiaoze jumped out of the carriage, and gave the coachman money, asking him to wait here for the two of them.

"Come on, Rui'er, don't be afraid for a while, just follow me closely."

Zhang Rui nodded in silence. Although he didn't know what the place was like, it was the first time he had been to such a place in ancient times, and it was an eye-opener and knowledgeable.

The two walked in along a small path, and after a while, it suddenly became clear, but... it seemed... different from what they imagined on TV?

Lin Xiaoze led Zhang Rui into the building, not a large group of mandarin ducks surrounded him, but a rather old man walked over? !The old man wore a black Confucian robe and a Confucian scarf on his head, cupped his hands and said: "The two young masters have decided on their positions?"

Lin Xiaoze saluted and said: "Mr. Aoki, the two of us are with Jiang Tai."

The old man hurriedly said: "The two young masters please hurry up, Mr. Jiang's poetry meeting is about to begin."

"Poetry meeting?!" Zhang Rui couldn't help asking.

Lin Xiaoze said: "That's right, I heard from my father that you are doing well in literature, and I think you are willing to participate in this kind of party, so I brought you here."

Zhang Rui laughed out loud: "Well, that's true, let's go then." Well, the old man didn't want to be crooked, besides, the old man is crooked, and he can't work when he sees a beautiful woman. Bar……

The two went upstairs, there were several independent wing rooms upstairs, one of them was brightly lit, several people inside were arguing very happily, Lin Xiaoze went to the door and knocked lightly twice, there was a pause in the room, one of them The man in the purple robe got up and said with a smile, "You are here, Shaoqin. I said just now that if you don't come, we won't bring you with us." Shaoqin is Lin Xiaoze's name.

Lin Xiaoze said unceremoniously: "Didn't I come here to introduce a newcomer to you? Nun, this is my cousin from Xuzhou. His poetry is much better than mine. Don't bully him."

A man in a white robe with draped hair leaned against a corner of the wall, holding a wine glass in his hand and said, "Today is a coincidence, Shaoqin brought a newcomer, and Zhong Xin also brought one, you two newcomers may as well Let's have a look.

Zhang Rui shifted his gaze over, looked at the person reclining against the corner of the wall, and thought to himself, he didn't know this person well, why did this person make things difficult for him?Could it be that Lin Xiaoze provoked him and made him take his anger out on him?

Another boy with a baby face didn't think it was a big deal to watch the excitement, so he clapped his hands and said, "Brother Zijin is right, it happens that everyone is tired of each other, why don't you hear about the newcomer?"

Zhong Xin turned back to the person he brought and asked how he was doing, the man nodded.

Lin Xiaoze bit his lip and looked at Zhang Rui again, feeling secretly annoyed in his heart, this kid from the Sun family was always at odds with him, but he never thought that he would deal with Ruier brought by him in such a way today, he was annoyed and regretted, why did he take Ruier brought it out.It's fine if you win this competition, if you lose... Dad also said that after the year, Rui'er will go to the school with him to attend classes, won't this group of people look down upon him if he loses?Besides, the person Zhongxin brought was obviously older than Ruier, isn't this clearly a bully!

Zhang Rui saw his anxiety, smiled and said: "Xiao Ze is fine, if I lose, I can only say that I am not good at learning, I have to work harder in the future, winning is just a fluke."

"Heh..." Zijin sneered and drank from the wine glass.

The man sitting with Zhong Xin got up and walked in front of Zhang Rui, "My surname is Zhou Mingyin, and my name is Hua Nian. I don't know how to call you, young master?" I saw that this man was more than a head taller than Zhang Rui, dressed in a black brocade robe, and had long hair tied on top of his head. She wore her hair in a bun, fixed it with a simple jade crown, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, a high nose, slightly pursed lips, and an unnaturally morbid pale complexion.Now that he has been crowned, he must at least be more than that. According to the custom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, men who are eighteenth are crowned and tied their hair, and those who are less than eighteen can only use hairpins.

Zhang Rui's heart moved, and he withdrew his gaze without changing his face and said: "My Zhang Rui, I haven't written a word yet, if you don't mind, brother, just call me by my name."

Jiang Taidao: "Since everyone wants to read the poems of the two of you, don't let go of your embarrassment. Brother Zhou is slightly older than Zhang Rui, so you should give way to younger brother Zhang." People laughed one after another, and the man in black robe also smiled and said indifferently: "That's natural."

Zijin said: "The ones of Yongxue and Yongmei are almost vomiting, how about a fresh one today?"

Others asked: "What for?" "Brother Zijin, what good questions do you have?"

Zijin glanced at Zhang Rui and said, "Why don't you just chant...how is the wine in this glass?"

The others were stunned, and the one named Jiang Tai clapped his hands first and said, "Oh, that's a good topic! Zijin is indeed a genius, and I can't think of such a romantic topic, chanting wine, chanting wine! I really love it, How about if I also write a poem and be a lottery?"

Lin Xiaoze breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since Brother Jiang wants to compose it, I'll compose one too. Everyone knows that my poems are the worst, so let's make a mistake and have fun."

As he spoke, he made a decision like this, Zhang Rui sat in front of the case and frowned. Is it better to write Du Fu's poems or Li Bai's?He hasn't decided who to write about yet, but Jiang Tai has already made the poem over there.

"When drunk, there is no limit to music, and it is better than when you are not drunk. The moving face is dancing, and the words are composed of poems." Note ① Zhongxin read both sides carefully, clapping his hands and sighing: "What a moving face is dancing, and the words are composed of poetry Admire, admiration!" After speaking, he picked up the wine glass in front of the table and drank it down, his face was full of joy.

Lin Xiaoze clapped his palms and said: "Yes, I'm drunk again after this drink, and this drunk is more comfortable. Wandering among the clouds and the moon, relatively calm and silent. In the middle of the night, the wind is dew, and the sleeves are slightly wet. The song is in the sky, and I will know it tonight. He Xi? How is it?" Note② There was a sudden silence in the room, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, Jiang Taixian reacted and said: "If I didn't know that you don't like drinking, Shaoqin, I would have thought you were an old alcoholic , this poem is good, but the artistic conception is too sad..." It means Shaotan, where did you copy it?Xiao Ze sticks out his tongue and laughs without saying a word.

Zhou Yin and Zhang Rui were the only ones left, and Zhou Yin picked up a brush and wrote a few lines on the rice paper in a fluttering motion, saying: "I'm just a little learned, please don't mind."

Zijin, who was leaning against the corner, sat up, went to Zhou Yinshen and began to read: "In the world of life, you are suddenly like a traveler, and you are happy with each other over wine, and you can talk thickly..." Zijin's voice was very pleasant, That kind of soft voice, with a little hoarseness at the end, everyone who heard it was fascinated.

"Good poem, good poem!" Zijin clapped his hands, and the others praised him too.Zhang Rui also smiled and praised along with him, sighing inwardly that it's so wet, so wet, Zijin, if you go a little further, your sleeves will get really wet... because Zhou Yin's wine glass happened to be in front of his sleeves.Zhou Yin kept his composure and moved to the side when putting down the pen, to distance himself from Zijin.Zijin's complexion changed slightly, he returned to the original place with a smile and sat down to continue drinking.

This time only Zhang Rui is left alone... Forget it, just write a random poem: "A jug of wine among the flowers, drinking alone without a blind date. Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, and the shadow becomes three people. The moon can't drink, and the shadow follows me Body. Accompanied by the shadow of the moon for a while, the pleasure must be in the spring. I sing to the moon and wander, and my dancing shadow is chaotic. When I wake up, I have sex, and when I am drunk, I will be separated. Be familiar with it, and when will the bright moon be, but that is a word that cannot be used.

Seeing that Zhang Rui had written a long article, everyone became interested. Jiang Tai walked up to him and looked at it. His brows tightened as he looked at it. Even the dean of the school may not be able to compose this poem...

Zijin took a look, his face changed drastically, he flicked his sleeves, turned and walked out of the room.

Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, but you don't know what to say.Only Zhou Yin said with a smile: "Brother Zhang can write such poems at such a young age. I really admire Zhou. I lost this round of competition." After speaking, he nodded to Zhang Rui and led Zhong Xin left.

The others also stood up and said goodbye one after another, only Lin Xiaoze, Zhang Rui and Jiang Tai were left in the end.Jiang Tai scratched his head and smiled and said: "Then what, little brother Zhang is really talented, and Jiang is also sighing that he is not as good as him. In the future, we will have more opportunities to discuss and learn from each other.

Zhang Rui teases Lin Xiaoze to leave.Lin Xiaoze was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Junqing, what is the origin of that man in black? Why is the kid from the Zeng family flattering him so much? Zeng Zijin, who always had his eyes high above his head, was full of praise for that man's poems. Weird!"

Jiang Tai smiled wryly: "You might as well ask Zhong Xin." After saying that, he got up and left.

Zhang Rui understood, he was afraid that he had offended someone who shouldn't be offended, so he dragged Lin Xiaoze out of the restaurant.

Lin Xiaoze: "Hey, Ruier, what are you in such a hurry for? Your poem today is so good that even someone like me who doesn't understand poetry thinks it's good. Just thinking about that image just popping up in my head is really intoxicating."

Zhang Ruidao: "It's just made up randomly, it's just this song, but I don't know if it will be okay if I win against the man in black today."

Lin Xiaoze: "Hey, what could be the matter? We didn't bring up the contest in the first place, even if that person wants to blame him, he can't blame us, only Zeng Zijin is too violent."

Zhang Rui: "Indeed, I think that Zijin seems to have a problem with me, targeting me everywhere, but I'm not familiar with him."

Lin Xiaoze blushed and said: "Rui Er, you don't know, that Zeng Zijin was not aimed at you, but at me. I never get along with him. I despise his arrogance and he despise my mediocrity. I haven't seen each other for a long time, but I didn't expect him to use this to make things difficult for you today, it really made me look down on him."

The two walked while talking, and when they reached the alley, they found that the carriage had already left... Lin Xiaoze stomped his feet and said angrily: "The young master has already paid him money, why does this coachman do business like this, he just left without saying a word! Now what to do?"

Zhang Rui thought to himself, what else can I do?Go back!It's such a long journey, and it's so cold that it's no wonder that I don't catch a cold when I get home.If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have come out with this little cousin, and encountered such terrible things.

Although it was very difficult to have a carriage at night in Shangjing, fortunately there was no curfew, otherwise the two would have to be arrested by patrolling officers and soldiers.After walking for about an hour, I came back to Luzi Hutong. As soon as I got to the door, I saw the door of the Lin Mansion was open, and the courtyard was also brightly lit.

The servant at the door hurried over when he saw the two of them from a long distance away and said, "Second young master, you are back, the master told you two to go to the study."

That young man is the face of Master Lin, seeing him in such a hurry, there must be something urgent, Lin Xiaoze felt a little bad feeling in his heart, and dragged Zhang Rui into the yard.