Records of the Lost Cases of Helaitang in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 203 Snitch
The flowing water swallowed quietly, and the bridge suddenly returned to silence in the dark night. Several people stood on the bridge in a daze. Wang Cai quickly stepped forward and helped Zhuge Xian who fell to the ground. Fortunately, Zhuge Xian was not injured, he was just pushed. , my head is a little dizzy.

Wang Heng took the lantern and shined it on the place where the tall masked man fell. He saw splattered blood on the grass, but the man had disappeared. There were still a few pieces of clothes next to the blood. It was probably where the two men were fighting. They were chipped off each other. The light was dim and it was difficult to see the color and material. Wang Heng put it in his pocket.

Armed with Zhuge Xian, the group carried lanterns and continued their way back to Zhuge's house.

After being disturbed by the two masked men in black, most of the interest in the conversation died down, and everyone walked in silence.

When I reached the entrance of the alley, I saw bright lights, and a team of officials came from nowhere and sealed the gate.

They were about to arrive home, but they were stopped outside the alley. Everyone didn't know where they were, and they were all a little surprised and confused.

Alu went forward to negotiate with the official, and was told that it was the Shangyuan County government official who wanted to block the alleys in Suojin Village. As for when the blockade would be lifted, they would have to wait for orders from the summit.

The current time is around one or two o'clock, and the curfew is about to begin. Even if you want to find a hotel to stay, it is already too late.

Xiaocai blinked his eyes, walked to the opposite side of the group of officials at the entrance of the alley, and raised his voice: "Gentlemen, I wonder what happened. Is the county government going to close the road?"

The leader of the team, in the light of the lights, could roughly see that he was a handsome and well-dressed young man. He didn't look like someone who lives in the market. He is a person who runs errands all year round. The most important thing is to observe people's emotions, so he said a few words: "There is a snitch." , the county master ordered us to arrest him with all our strength."

They created such a huge formation just to catch the snitch. Did the snitch steal something extraordinary?

Xiaocai smiled and said: "We are from the hometown of Taicang Wangge, a great scholar. We live in the west Hengtou of Qiantou Alley, in the house of Mr. Zhuge, the superintendent of the South Prison. I sent my eldest brother to make it convenient for us to pass through the Lifang Gate. Tomorrow, we will go Please pay a visit to Lord Tianfu Tongbanjiao."

Xiaocai has seen the letters that Mr. Chen Yu gave to Wang Heng. One of them was written to Jiao Tongpan.

The seventh-rank official of the prime minister's family, Xiaocai's momentum is now very strong. He spoke politely, but his eyes were slightly forced.

The leader of the squad, who had been on duty for more than ten years, immediately realized that what Xiaocai said was true, and his heart was relieved. Besides, it was just an arrest of a thief, not a major life-threatening case.

He winked at the young man next to him, opened the door, and Wang Heng and the others walked away.

Xiaocai raised his hand to the class leader. Seeing that he didn't even stuff his door bag, the class leader regarded him more and more as a person and turned sideways to return the gift.

Xiaocai couldn't help but be curious and said: "I wonder what valuables this thief has stolen, and he wants to seal the door and the road to arrest him?"

The class leader said softly: "Shangfeng didn't say anything. I only heard that Su Xianzun was entertaining guests in Qingyin's small class and asked a flying thief to steal something. I think the county Zun is so angry that he must catch the thief."

Wang Cai fell into thinking, is there any relationship between this snitch and the two masked men in black who were fighting on Liuqiu Bridge? Which one is the Snitch, or both?
Deeper and heavier, I looked up and saw a crescent moon in the clouds, and the sky was like water.

Returning to Zhuge's house, my old nephew Ah Li had been waiting for a long time. When he saw Xiaocai supporting Zhuge Xian, he couldn't help but have something to say to take care of him, but he swallowed it alive just because there was an honored guest.

We have important things to do tomorrow, so let’s take a rest after washing up.

Zhuge's house was well furnished and well prepared, and all supplies were satisfactory, so he lay down and slept soundly.

It was dawn the next day. Zhuge Xian had suffered a brain concussion last night and felt a little dizzy. He sent someone to ask for a day off in the morning. Since he had been working very hard, the doctor immediately approved and told him to rest well.

Wang Cai asked the two servants who had escorted them to Nanjing to bring some money back to the ship and go home early. In the afternoon, he sent the servants to Longjiangguan Pier to board the ship.

In the afternoon, Zhuge Xian felt that his health was fine, so he still had to go to school. He studied in the Zhengyi Hall of the Imperial College for one year and was successfully promoted to the monastery hall.

Wang Heng first went to find Zhang Xiru. Zhang Xiru was a sixth-grade Siye, only one level lower than the Imperial College Jijiu (principal principal). He had only been in office for a few days. Although Zhuge Xian didn't know him, Siye Zhai recognized him, so he gave him Wang Heng led a section of the way.

From Suojin Village to the Imperial College, the distance is very short.

From Suojin Village to Xuanwu Lake, enter Taipingmen, and then go downhill to the Imperial College. Even if you walk to the train, it only takes a quarter of an hour or two.

But Xuanwu Lake is currently a restricted area for the royal family, so Zhuge Xian usually takes a mule cart to school, takes him to Taipingmen, and then enters the Imperial College.

Wang Heng was sitting on the mule cart and saw that the gate that had been sealed last night had been opened. There were two or three absent-minded vendors selling fruits on both sides of the alley. He carefully identified them one by one. They seemed to be somewhat similar to the official officials last night. It seems that the snitch caught last night has not been caught yet.

Memorizing the route carefully, he did not intend to spend money to support the driver, but would rather put in more effort to leave early and return late.

When the car reaches Jixian Gate, it can go no further.

Walking inward from Jixian Gate, there are three majestic archways, six solemn halls, and towering pines and junipers.

Going to Siye's residence is in another direction, to the south, which belongs to the living area of ​​​​the Imperial College.

Beside the clear pond where lotuses are dancing in the wind, there are nine south wing rooms, which are spacious and spacious near the pond. They are all now owned by Zhang Xiru.

Zhuge Xian hurried to attend classes at Chongzhi Hall and parted with Wang Heng by the pool.

Wang Heng knew very well that Mr. Zhang had many friends, and today was Chongjiu again. He didn’t know if he was in Si Ye’s house at this time. Therefore, he didn’t know when he would be able to leave, so he asked Zhuge Xian to leave first after school. He had already memorized the way. In the evening Just walk back to Suojin Village by yourself.

Zhuge Xian knew that Wang Heng and Xiaocai were both very good on their feet and could go to all three passes and six piers, so he agreed without being polite to him.

Wang Heng knocked on the door for a long time, and then the Zhang family's old servant came to answer the door. He was deaf and blind, and his reaction was slow.

Zhang Xiru hated slaves and Diaonu the most in his life. After he gained fame, he drove away many people who wanted to become slaves, leaving only an old servant.

As expected, Mr. Zhang was not here, so the old servant of the Zhang family invited him to have tea in the study.

Mr. Zhang has already told his old servant that Mr. Wang Qi will definitely arrive in the next few days, so he should wait in the study and calm down to study.

Zhang Xiru's study room is full of books, and what is placed on the desk is the first draft of his "Historical Theory of the Dynasties".

Wang Henghao admired how Mr. Zhang could be both a social activist and a prolific scholar at such a young age.

After a long time, my buttocks were feeling hot, and Mr. Zhang came in like a gust of wind. He laughed loudly and said, "Qilang, I'm sure you'll be here on the first day of the new year. I don't want to wait for nine days."

Mr. Zhang is wearing a black gauze hat and official robe. He should be returning from the office.

Wang Heng said with shame: "I've been running errands for my friends lately, so I've been wasting some time."

"It's okay, it's okay. I came here early just to take a walk." Mr. Zhang was considerate and took down seven or eight volumes of books from the first row of bookcases and said, "You are a class of students with very different levels. There will be a meeting on the 15th. Test, I’m afraid you’ve been too busy these past few months, so you have to carefully consider the books I’ve chosen.”

It turns out that the Imperial College has six halls, and the junior classes are Zhengyi, Chongdao and Guangye. The schooling period is one year. The intermediate class is composed of two classes: Cultivation and Sincerity, and the academic duration is one and a half years. The advanced class is Suixingtang, and the academic duration is one year.

Wang Heng Haoran said: "With this little ink in my belly, I am not even qualified for the Hall of Justice." Even so, he still put the books away and prepared to take them back to study for a few days.

Mr. Zhang knew that he was a Yin student and his academic level would not be high. It was good to have a desire to learn, so he stopped nagging him.

Because it was the Double Ninth Festival, Mr. Zhang said that the old servant had bought some good crabs and wanted to keep them for dinner. Wang Heng couldn't shirk it, so he had to keep them for use.

During the dinner, Mr. Zhang asked him whether he planned to live in a fasting room or outside. Wang Heng told him that he came to Nanjing with his brother Wang Cai, and living in a fasting room was very inconvenient. He was currently staying in Suojin Village, where he was a student of Xiudao Hall, an old friend of Lanxi County. The house in Zhuge Xian's residence has also been rented, not far from the Imperial College.

Zhang Xiru heard that Mr. Wang San used to be a minor official in Lanxi and stayed at the home of an old friend, so he naturally had nothing to worry about.

Speaking of Suojin Village, Wang Heng suddenly remembered what happened last night, and told Mr. Zhang: "Last night, I almost couldn't return home. The Lord Su County of Shangyuan County seemed to have had something beloved stolen by a thief, and the Zhuge family was stolen." The nearby gates are all sealed.”

Zhang Xiru said curiously: "Su Ling from Shangyuan County was admitted in the same year as me. He has a good official position and is not likely to be such an arrogant person."

After dinner, Wang Heng retired. Mr. Zhang took his petition away and told him to go to Yilun Hall for the exam at the first quarter of the 15th. Wang Heng wrote it down one by one.