Jiaohua

Chapter 1312 Four old men
The lights in front of the gate of Yanyun Wei Mansion were dim, there were only eight iron braziers, at least ten steps apart from each other, other than that, there were only two big lanterns left in front of the gate of Wei Mansion.

Zhu Ziyan didn't go back to the mansion, nor did he go back to Xiaohuying. After leaving Naijun Restaurant, he went directly to Yanyunwei Mansion.

The person he sent earlier was waiting at the door, and when he saw him coming, he stepped forward and said, "Master, I have agreed with Captain Yang, come here!"

Zhu Ziyan followed him in from the side door, passed through a verandah, and arrived at the archives of Yanyunwei Mansion not long after.

Zhu Ziyan is from Yan Yunwei, and he is very familiar with searching for the date and number of the records.

It's just that they left Beijing in a hurry and only cared for gold and silver treasures, so they only brought back two boxes of records from the Yanyun Wei Mansion that had been recorded for hundreds of years since the mansion was opened, and they burned the rest by themselves.

And those two boxes were randomly dumped into the bookcase, Zhu Ziyan rummaged on the bookcase while muttering in his heart, must have the case file at that time, must have it.

His fingers stopped suddenly, and then he was overjoyed, and pulled out those few files at once.

"Go get a ruler." Zhu Ziyan said to his followers.

He quickly flipped through the files after the desk, drew a new key with a rough outline on the straw paper with the measuring ruler he had brought with him, and then took out the bunch of keys in his arms. After comparing them, even his attendant's eyes lit up.

"Same, sir." Said the attendant.

Zhu Ziyan was very excited: "This key is peculiar, anyone who reads it will remember it!"

He looked up at the candlestick lights on the stand a few steps away, his eyes narrowed: "Ji Lai Fang, Ji Lai Fang, that's great, let's go to Ji Lai Fang tomorrow."

On the next day at Chenshi, he spent a whole night working in the five Jilaifangs with the same name, and finally confirmed which one Zhu Ziyan wanted, and when Zhu Ziyan woke up, he immediately reported the news.

Zhu Ziyan deployed his staff near Najilaifang, and then went to the palace.

His sedan chair was waiting outside the imperial city, and he waited and waited, and after all the officials came down, he opened the curtain and looked outside, and finally saw Bao Chengle's figure, he stepped out of the sedan chair, and walked over quickly.

There were four old men standing at the entrance of Yujie Street. The four old men clasped their hands together, hunched their backs, and looked at them without blinking.

One of the old men spoke in Zhan Ning's voice: "Second Miss, you are really good at predicting things."

Xia Zhaoyi said, "It's not difficult to guess."

Seeing Bao Chengle and Zhu Ziyan walking and chatting, getting farther and farther away, Gao Zhou said: "Second Miss, since they have a joint, I will arrange it at Rongwei that day."

Xia Zhaoyi said: "Be careful in everything."

"Ah."

Gao Zhou was about to turn his head, when the woman's voice from yesterday came from behind: "Hey, old men, what are you doing?"

The four old men turned around and looked.

"I have work here, can you do it?"

The four old men just kept their hands in their sleeves and looked at her without saying a word.

The woman frowned, swallowed, and waved her hands: "Don't do it, you are really weird..."

After Gao Zhou left, Xia Zhaoyi, Zhan Ning and Shi Guoxin stood here for a while.

It's a good day today, and Zhan Ning has already started to think deeply about her old life in the future.

He said: "At that time, there will be many wives around, and two grandchildren will run around, and life will be content."

Shi Guoxin suddenly asked: "Second Miss, how many children do you want in the future?"

Xia Zhaoyi watched the last official leave, and said, "I can't raise a child well, I don't want it."

Zhan Ning said "ah", "how could it be?"

Xia Zhaoyi actually answered this question very seriously: "When I like to be quiet, I can carve a day in front of the stone and wood in the room, and I don't like to be disturbed by others. When I like to move, I go to the mountains and rivers. Go. But you see, it is inconvenient for Xiao Dapang to follow me all the time, let alone a child."

If these words came from the mouth of an ordinary woman, both Zhan Ning and Shi Guoxin would feel astonished.

From her mouth, they thought about it seriously and nodded in agreement.

Zhan Ning said: "I kind of miss that little guy."

Shi Guoxin said: "It should be a fat guy, maybe he ate it."

Xia Zhaoyi said, "Let's go."

She turned around, intending to go back to Shuangyan Que on Fourth Street first.

It was this time when she looked back, her eyes suddenly froze, staring at a man who hurried past not far away.

Zhan Ning and Shi Guoxin also looked.

Zhan Ning said, "Second Miss, who is it?"

Xia Zhaoyi frowned slightly, and said, "I'm not sure if it is, if it is..."

Her voice paused, and she continued: "I'll go and see first. If I haven't returned to Shuangyan Que during the application period, don't worry, I will definitely arrive at Jilaifang during the application period."

Zhan Ning and Shi Guoxin responded, "Yes, Second Miss."

The man Xia Zhaoyi was targeting was dressed in ordinary street clothes that were almost indistinguishable from them. He walked quickly and had a clear goal.

Xia Zhaoyi followed all the way, acting while walking, like an old man whose house is on fire, rushing home quickly.

Even if she moved a little bit occasionally, no one looked at her more. Even the way she wiped her sweat was exactly the same as that of an ordinary old man, without any trace of imitation.

After following all the way, the man finally stopped, and when he stopped, he habitually looked back around.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't stop, and walked past him anxiously.

The man didn't even glance at her, an ordinary passerby who couldn't be more ordinary.

After the man entered, the old man who had walked more than ten steps suddenly stopped, the anxious expression on her face disappeared without a trace, and her eyebrows and eyes became cold.

Xia Zhaoyi turned around, the place where the man went was called Kangshan Noodle House.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't go in right away, but found a tailor shop nearby.

Coming out of the backyard of the tailor shop, she turned into another old man, swaggering into the noodle shop with a heavy purse in her hand.

Upstairs in the noodle restaurant, the door was suddenly pushed open and then closed with a "bang".

The man who was writing a letter in the room saw him come back and got up to pour water.

Two people, one dressed richly, like a rich gentleman.The attire of the man who just came back from the outside looks like his entourage.

But the master personally poured water for the attendants and handed them water, and behaved very respectfully.

"What's going on?" the master asked, speaking with a wandering Beiyuan accent.

"Meteor was killed," the attendant gritted his teeth. "The man's technique was very neat. Looking at the direction of the wound, someone covered his mouth behind him, and then wiped his throat with a dagger."

The master was surprised: "Meteor is the best among us, how can that person kill him in this way?"

The attendant looked at him, picked up the cup of tea on the table, and drank it down in one gulp.

"Where is Tao Mao," said the attendant, "Can you send him away?"

"Well," the master nodded, "he refuses to leave, so he can only give some medicine."

"That's fine," the entourage took a deep breath, "He's gone, and half of our mission has been completed, but it's a pity..."

It's a pity that the imperial city is heavily guarded, and they really can't get in.

(End of this chapter)