Hexi

Chapter 2 Turn the capital over and find her too!

Fusang, the servant girl who had caught up, looked at the street where Qin Ye had disappeared, and asked in confusion, "Master Qin, what's wrong?"

"How would I know?" Su Wei shrugged and boarded the carriage back home.

Qin Ye has always been weird. For example, when Su Wei saw him for the first time, he was sitting in the embroidered tent of the second Miss Wu's family. Not only were his wrists bound by chains, but he was lying beside him and fell asleep. Second Miss Wu.

The second time I saw him, he was rolling down from the beam of his niece and aunt with half of his face covered in rouge.

So even if he ran away as if he had seen a ghost just now, Su Wei wasn't very surprised, the main thing was that she didn't want to spend too much time thinking about a crazy behavior.

It was delayed for half a day, so she had to go back quickly.

Otherwise, it would be useless to plan the time to return home.

The red plums in the front yard of Su's house in the north of the city are in full bloom at this time, and a stone sculpture carved in the shape of a giant lock under the plum tree has already been covered with four or five inches of snow.

This lock-shaped stone carving was carved because the ancestors of the Su family were locksmiths passed down from generation to generation.Originally, he was mediocre, just a stutterer, but when the family business came into the hands of the great-grandfather, he studied the skills to the perfection, and with his excellent lockpicking skills, he helped the emperor Taizu who came to the city. Solved the problem.

Later, the great-grandfather was used by Emperor Taizu, and when he had an official position, the Su family was also granted a plaque of "Heavenly Craftsmanship".After becoming the "heroic ministers" of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Su family was hand-picked as a craftsman for the imperial court. When the great-grandfather of the Su family was alive, he was a frequent visitor to the royal study of the two generations of Taizu and Taizong. He also wrote books based on his life experience. Multiple departments, assisting the three divisions in criminal cases.

In terms of family background and status, the Su family naturally cannot be compared with the Duke's family, but it is still very important in the Great Zhou Dynasty.The great-grandfather, who had traveled for a long time in the officialdom, took a more profound view. He knew that the appearance of the sky varies from person to person, so he made two preparations early, urging his children to study their ancestral skills, and at the same time inviting famous teachers to teach poetry and books.In this way, if no one in the future generations has the talent to take over the mantle of the ancestors, at least there is one more way to go.

Later, the Su family really gradually walked away on the imperial examination road. Now the head of the Su family, Su Shou, was a Jinshi in high school at the age of 20, and then went all the way to the top. Now he is only 38 years old and sits on the seat of Shaoqing in Dali Temple. The name of the imperial craftsman added another layer of nobility.

On this snowy morning, the young third-rank official Su Shou sat under the gold-encrusted plaque of "Heavenly Sacred Hand", looking at a copper box more than a foot long placed on the ground in the center of the hall, and A unicorn copper lock was hung on the copper box, but his brows were furrowed tightly, without any expression of complacency.

Han Mo, the governor of Donglinwei Town, sued Dingyuan General Luo Zhi for adultery with the wife of a Baihu named Yuan Qing from Donglinwei, and murdered Yuan Qing.Right now, the physical evidence he is suing is locked in this copper box, but the key is nowhere to be found, and there is actually a mechanism for hiding gunpowder in the copper box.

The Su family is an expert in locks appointed by the imperial court. The locks in the sky prison are all made by the Su family. Su Shou happens to be the young minister of Dali Temple. This hot potato was brought to Su by the officials of the third department Everyone hoped that the Su family could successfully open the box without detonating the gunpowder and without the lock and key, and take out the evidence to handle the case smoothly.

"Just sitting still is not the solution, I still have to come up with an idea."

Right now, the front hall of the Su family's mansion is full of officials from the third department who came directly from this morning.And the one who spoke was a young man in a brocade robe sitting on the upper left. He was only about 20 years old, but his eyes were full of majesty: "I must make sure that the evidence is in the hands of the adults, so I can go back to the business."

Su Shou's younger brother, Su Yan, the second master of the Su family, couldn't help but said: "Mr. Song, the risk is too great. This idea is really not easy to take."

Although the Su family is an expert, they can't stand the flesh and blood, can they? !

Song Yan looked at him: "Master Su, I remember that when the great-grandfather Ling was alive, he used his bare hands to open the basement with three gunpowder checkpoints in a row. How can such a small copper lock still work?" Confused the two Masters Su?"

It's hard for Su Yan to answer this question.Their great-grandfather was so talented, how many years did it take to produce one?If the Su family has children who are as good as the great-grandfather from generation to generation, will they still use that old nose to test for fame?

Song Yan took a deep breath, and said, "I didn't intend to make things difficult. It's just that someone dares to attack the officials of Donglin Weili right now. How brave is this? We adults have already sent the evidence to you adults, and we just have to open the door." It's just taking out the box, if the Sansi Yamen can't do this right now, it's too unreasonable!"

Su Yan felt like sitting on pins and needles.The great-grandfather did earn a lot of fame while he was alive, but after the death of the great-grandfather, none of the three generations can make achievements in ancestral skills. Who can solve the current predicament?Isn't this forcing people into a dead end?

He looked at Su Shou helplessly.Su Shou, who hadn't spoken all this time, sat still for a while, then raised his head: "Go and pass Brother Zhen and Brother Yu over, let's take a closer look together."

"Big brother..."

Su Zhen and Su You are all the children of their next generation, but now they are only in their teens, and their aptitude is so-so, so what's the use of passing them on?Even taking risks, there is no reason for the juniors to take risks!

Su Shou lowered his voice: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go soon?"

Song Yan watched Su Yan leave, and saw a large carriage driving into Su's house just at this time, in the dense snowflakes, the master and servant getting out of the carriage were wrapped as tightly as two fur balls, so he thought of asking the guards : "Has your lord returned home?"

Han Mo stepped into the Zhen Guogong Mansion located at the southern end of the inner city. As soon as Dou Yin, who came to greet him, saw him at the corner gate, the usually gentle man opened his mouth wide, and the words he had prepared for a long time suddenly choked in his throat. end.

"What are you looking at! Did you see the devil?!"

Han Mo glared at him with a livid face, then strode towards his own Anqing Hall along the courtyard where no one passed by.

After walking a few steps, he stopped abruptly at the threshold, then turned to face Yang Xu with gritted teeth, "There must be something wrong with that pile of wood! Go and find out how it fell apart. Also, that damn girl is well dressed. It must be a woman from an official family, which family it is from, go and find out for me by turning over the capital!"

"Yes!"

Yang Xuma slipped away.

Dou Yin followed up: "My son..."

"What's the matter with you!"

Dou Yin sighed: "A quarter of an hour ago, Song Yan sent a letter back, saying that the Su family had thought of various methods, but they failed to open the box without detonating the organ..."

(End of this chapter)