imperial psychologist

Chapter 177 Overestimated
Four strong men in rough uniforms stepped forward and clamped the arms of Bai Yi and Bai Ling respectively.

The official looked solemn, and hurriedly read Bai Yi's letter with a sneer on his face.

"My lord, there must be a misunderstanding somewhere."

Bai Ling didn't struggle, she carefully cooperated with the soldiers' movements, and looked earnestly at the gatekeeper, "Where did my brother buy these things, and what are they used for? You can ask, and we will answer truthfully." You will find out when you send someone to search for it. We are innocent people, not some cultists who do harm to others."

"Presumptuous, it's not up to you to say such things yourself." The city gate official dragged his tail, with contempt in his eyes, "Drag to the side first, so as not to affect the people behind!"

The two brothers and sisters were pushed and escorted to the corner of the city gate.

"Squat down! Hold your head!"

The soldiers did not listen to their excuses at all, so the brothers and sisters had no choice but to do so wisely.

When the two soldiers walked away, Bai Yi let out a low voice, "...what's going on?"

Bai Ling looked around, and it was obvious that she and Bai Yi were not the first group of people to be stopped, and there were already five or six unlucky people squatting down with their heads in their arms at this corner.

She frowned slightly - these people all looked like scholars and scholars, with gentle manners, and they were powerless.

Could it be that...they specialize in arresting literati?
This made Bai Ling a little uneasy. If these people were being arrested with a target, then there was a high possibility that some complicated case was involved behind them.

Without knowing any background, it is not the best policy to act rashly.

"Has there been any major crimes in the city recently?" Bai Ling asked softly, "Why are witches and Gus being investigated here again...?"

Bai Yi frowned and thought for a while before shaking his head, "Except for the few cases Jiang San mentioned last time... I haven't heard any rumors outside recently."

Burling sighed.

She thought for a while, squatted and leaned towards Bai Yi, and said in a low voice, "Then let's wait for a while? Let's see what they say later."

Bai Yi glanced at her, "When will this..."

"Let's wait for half an hour first, don't rush this moment." Bai Ling said in a low voice, "If we can prove our innocence, it would be best to resolve this matter in a procedural way."

Burling paused, then said, "If it's not possible, we're not afraid. You are an apprentice at the imperial hospital, and I'm the pharmacist next to the noble concubine. If they come hard, we'll just reveal our identities... No matter what they want No matter what excuse is used to arrest people, it is not our turn to let them deal with it."

Bai Yi grabbed the sand on the ground and threw it not far away.

"Then wait and see."

At this juncture, it is true that one thing more is worse than one thing less.

"Hey, I said, little brother over there!"

Both of them heard a strange voice behind them at the same time.

The brothers and sisters turned their heads and saw a very fat middle-aged man squatting behind them with his head in his arms.

This person is wearing an elegant silk garment with intricate patterns embroidered with dark thread on his body, a square gauze hat on his head, and his skin is snow-white.

Bo Ling secretly calculated in his mind that the weight of this middle-aged man alone could probably weigh as much as the three scholars next to him.

"... Are you calling me?" Bai Yi pointed to himself.

"Yes!" The middle-aged man with a flattering smile tried his best to move this way. This movement was a bit too difficult for him. The fat under his clothes collided with each other, almost flowing in a certain way. The form trembled.

"Are you also detained?" The middle-aged man asked softly.

Bai Yi looked at the person with some vigilance, "Who are you?"

He quickly smiled, "...Don't get me wrong, little brother, I don't mean any harm, I just want to ask if you have any money on you."

Bai Yi's face stretched even longer, and he pulled Bo Ling to avoid it.

"Hey, don't go, don't go." The middle-aged man slapped himself lightly, "Little brother, look at my stupid mouth that can't speak... I really don't mean any harm. The main reason is that I forgot to bring money when I went out today. bag, so I really don’t have any money right now, seeing that you seem to be holding money bags, I want to borrow some money from you..."

Bo Ling was taken aback for a moment, "Take care... what?"

"Then what else can I do, just a few officials here."

The middle-aged man glanced at Bai Ling, seeing that she didn't seem to have heard this statement, so he patiently said in a low voice, "Isn't the Lord Long Live going to hold a flower viewing party at Anhu today? All the officials in the village want to make a fortune. Don’t you know that you can detain a few passers-by and earn some ransom money?”

Bai Ling and Bai Yi took a deep breath at the same time.

——Could it be that the pile of things I was worried about just now were all non-existent worries?

This is a group of cruel officials who eat what they want, picking up soft persimmons...? ?

The middle-aged man didn't notice all this, he smiled and sighed, shook his head and said, "But I think the group of people guarding the east gate today are novices, they only know how to pick on those who look easy to bully. Scholars are not spared, but how can these sour scholars have money to manage."

Bai Ling and Bai Yi glanced at each other.

Bai Yi lowered his head, quickly took out a piece of broken silver from the pocket at his waist, and threw it to the middle-aged man.

"enough?"

"Uh, it might be a little, a little..." The middle-aged man rubbed his thumb and index finger silently.

Bai Yi took out another one and put it in the middle-aged man's palm.

"Is that enough?"

"Hey... Let me just say it clearly, you'd better give me your purse temporarily." The middle-aged man begged for mercy with some embarrassment, "To be honest, if those scholars next to me have such a small amount of money, then The official just turned a blind eye and passed. I just took such a small amount of money, which is shameful!

"This bag of money is really nothing, why don't you give it to me first, and let me go out in an emergency. When I go back, I will ask the servant to send the money to redeem you and leave. I will pay the redemption money for the two of you alone. Just treat it as the interest of lending your bag of money, okay?"

Bai Yi twitched the corners of his mouth in distress, but still suppressed his emotions, and threw the money bag directly into the middle-aged man's hands.

"Okay! Little brother! You just wait here for me!"

The middle-aged man stood up with his stomach in his hands, bowed his back and walked towards the soldier in front left.

The brothers and sisters stared intently at the figure of the middle-aged man, only to see him with a smile on his face, holding the money in his hand, walking up to the soldier, saying a few words, and bowing a few more times, and then he was Walked out swaggeringly.

Watching this scene, the brothers and sisters understood.

Bai Yi clenched his fists and cursed in a low voice, "...I really think highly of them."

It's no wonder that the people who end up in this corner of the city are all gentle and educated scholars, because the rich have already paid for peace and ran away.

Thinking of the purse he handed to that person just now, Bai Yi's heart ached.

"Then there's nothing to worry about," Bo Ling looked at Bai Yi, "Actually, I have an idea."

(End of this chapter)