The most ferocious sword of the Imperial City Division

Chapter 23 The person who carved the seal
The shopkeeper's expression was indifferent, and it was obvious that he remembered it clearly even without flipping through the booklet.

He dropped the booklet, pushed it in front of Wu Jiang, and reached out to touch his beard, "Master Yushitai Wang is a regular customer here, and he bought this real willow and gave it to Furonglou. Girl Yang Zhi among the Twelve Oirans."

The shopkeeper said with an envious look on his face.

No one in Bianjing City knew that King Xi Wang of Yushitai married the only daughter of a wealthy businessman with an extremely wealthy family, and soon gave birth to two legitimate sons in three years.

There is a rumor that Mrs. Wang stood still when she saw her two sons, and brought two bowls of Jue Si soup, one for you and one for me, and the couple drank another cup of wine.

From then on, Mr. Wang casually searched for flowers and willows and had a romantic relationship; Mrs. Wang inherited the ancestral business and turned stones into gold.

"As her name suggests, Miss Yangzhi has a willow-slender waist and is very talented and beautiful. Mr. Wang drew the pattern himself, and the best craftsman Wu of Yianxian Pavilion made this set of real willow hair and face with filigree on the hairpin. There are also the words "Gift Yang Zhi" engraved on it."

As the shopkeeper said this, he glanced at Han Shiyan secretly, hesitated for a moment and said, "Master Wang intended to redeem Yang Zhi's body and take her into the palace as a concubine, but it was a little late. A high-ranking official had already redeemed Yang Zhi's body. ”

As he spoke, he walked to a huge wooden cabinet nearby, fiddled with it a few times, and pulled out a wooden box from it.

The wooden box is decorated with black lacquer and carved with hibiscus flowers. There is a small copper button on the front, which looks particularly exquisite.

The shopkeeper opened the box without saying anything and pushed it in front of Wu Jiang.

"Just yesterday, Miss Yang Zhi went to Baotong Pawnshop and pawned this set of real willows. Unfortunately, one of her earrings was missing. At that time, I saw that she was wearing commoner clothes and had no pearls on her head. She must have been a good girl. .”

"We are old acquaintances. I asked her a few questions, but she only said that her mother's brother had redeemed her body, and she was going back to her hometown after picking up her mother."

Baotong Pawnshop is right next to Yixian Pavilion, and both families have the same owner.

Gu Shiwei listened, her eyelashes trembling slightly. She thought she understood why Ding Yang wanted to kill Guan Yushi and then hanged himself.

As a filial son, what is there that he must risk his life to do while leaving behind his blind old mother?

Gu Shiwei thought of the rattle on the clean Eight Immortals table, and thought about the shopkeeper's words. If she guessed correctly, Yang Zhi should be Ding Yang's biological sister. The rest of his life is entrusted to her.

Gu Shiwei's heart felt slightly swollen as he thought about it.

Han Shiyan didn't say anything, but Wu Jiang beside him excitedly reached out and touched the earring. He touched it from his sleeve pocket, took out a handout, and stuffed it into the shopkeeper's hand.

"You keep the deposit, and when I'm done, I'll send the rest of the money over. It's hard to buy money for your love. With this, my fifth sister should be able to stab me less often!"

He was talking excitedly, but the shopkeeper was hesitant to speak, and his expression changed several times.

Wu Jiang immediately realized that something was wrong. He turned around and saw that Gu Shiwei, Han Shiyan's colleague who was standing behind him, had disappeared at some point.

Wu Jiang was on the verge of crying, "How could they leave me behind! Why don't you scold me to death now!"

The shopkeeper calmly put away the wooden box. He was a good young man, but he liked to scream and no one would run away when he saw it!
……

It was early in the morning, and Zhuque Street was far less busy than at night. Feeling the quietness in their ears, Gu Shiwei and Han Shiyan looked at each other, and both breathed a sigh of relief.

Han Shiyan led the way and entered a small alley, then turned around and finally saw a simple shop.

An ordinary wooden door, stones piled everywhere on the ground, a sleepy-eyed boy dozing off, a bird jumping on the branch in front of the door, and a bird lying lazily beside the small stove making tea. Lazy Wild Cat, compared to the glitz and glamor of Xianxian Pavilion, this place makes people feel a lot more peaceful.

Han Shiyan pushed the door open and walked in. Hearing footsteps at the door, a man in a green cloth robe quickly came forward to greet him.He was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate appearance and extraordinarily thick hands, which seemed a bit out of proportion with his whole body.

Seeing the two of them, the young man hurriedly made a big salute, "Yu Shi Han... and this Lord of the Imperial City Division... I'm Yan Yi, the master asked me to welcome you here, and the two senior brothers have been waiting for a long time. ”

Gu Shiwei was a little surprised. Apparently Han Shiyan had arranged it in advance.

The shop was not big, but the backyard was quite large. Yan Yi led the two of them around three more turns before lifting the door curtain and entering the inner room.

It was warm as soon as we entered. Three bearded men were sitting in front of a long table, looking at an unknown picture album together with relish.

Hearing the sound of the curtain, the old man sitting in the middle quickly rolled up the album and put it into his arms.

He coughed a few times, pointed to a thin old man on the left and said, "This is my eldest disciple Su Yong."

Fu pointed to a middle-aged man with narrow eyes on the right and said: "This is the second disciple Li Yunshu. The young disciple Yan Yi and the two adults have met him."

Master Jia said, looking at Han Shiyan eagerly, "Have you brought what you mentioned?"

Han Shiyan nodded, took out the letter Gu Shiwei gave him from his arms, opened it and put it on the desk.

After just one glance, the middle-aged man Li Yunshu rushed towards the door. Master Jia seemed to have opened his eyes. He stretched out his hand and grabbed his bun. He reached out and touched his lower back. He took out a ruler and whipped it hard on Li Yunshu's butt with ease.

"Gua Wa Zi, you have learned all your skills from a dog's belly! You have forgotten all the rules of your ancestors! I can tell at a glance that this is the three-legged cat Kung Fu of this little brat! Do you know that this is going to cost you your head? ah!"

Li Yunshu didn't need to beat him, his face was already as pale as earth.

His legs went weak and he slumped down, pressing the ruler directly under his body. When his eyes caught sight of the imperial city official robe on Gu Shiwei, his expression changed drastically.

Master Jia was so angry that his beard stood up. He whipped out his ruler and punched Li Yunshu on the back several times. Then he anxiously ran to Han Shiyan, grabbed his hand, and looked at him as if asking for help. come over.

"Han Yushi, I take care of my family affairs. I am an upright man and I dare not do anything like protecting my disciples. It's just that these three evil deeds I taught are all of good character. If they do such things as forging private seals, they will definitely be punished. It’s a matter of necessity.”

As he spoke, he kicked Li Yunshu who was standing aside, "Nie Zhan, why don't you tell me now!"

Li Yunshu came back to his senses and saw Master Jia begging for help. Tears fell from his nose and he said, "Three days ago, I was carving a seal at home. Someone suddenly broke in. He was very skilled in martial arts and was holding a long sword. He threatened my family with their lives." To threaten, I brought a piece of white paper with this wheat ear seal printed on it."

"Because I have seen this chapter before with my master, I immediately recognized it as the private seal of Lord Zhang Chunting of the Imperial City Secretary."

"If I don't engrave it, my whole family will die that night; if I engrave it, if something happens in the future and the Imperial City Secretary comes to visit me, I will still die. So I carved the inscription, but deliberately pretended not to know about the secret door left by the master. The seal is engraved so that a layman will think it is exactly the same at a glance."

"I have been having trouble sleeping and eating these past few days, and I have been in constant panic. I don't know when the disaster will strike. Now I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

Gu Shiwei's eyes moved, "Do you still remember the characteristics of this person?"

Li Yunshu nodded heavily, "I remember that he wore the robe of the Imperial City Secretary, wielded a long sword, and wore a very weird mask on his face. What does it look like?"

Li Yunshu thought for a while and said with certainty, "Like a flying bird, like the head of a flying bird!"

(End of this chapter)