When Su Fengnuan asked this, the old man froze for a moment.
Su Fengnuan said, "We are here to investigate the case. The old man should know what happened in the palace on New Year's Eve two days ago, right?"
The old man hurriedly said, "Whenever there is a disturbance in the capital, there will be people chatting in the teahouse alleys. After all, it is only two days. The little old man doesn't know much about it. I only heard that Uncle Xiaoguo and Miss Su were together. Something happened at the palace banquet in the palace. The emperor ordered Ye Shizi and the second prince to conduct a thorough investigation. The courtiers and family members were locked in the palace for one night, and stayed with the emperor, queen mother, and empress for one night. The rest, the little old man I don't know anymore."
Su Fengnuan said to him, "The secret passage in the imperial palace built by Taizu has been altered, and the exit of that secret passage is in the courtyard where you said that you have been haunted for a year."
The old man was horrified, "This...how could it be? That family is an ordinary family, how come there is a secret exit in the courtyard that connects to the palace?"
Su Fengnuan said, "This is exactly the reason we want to investigate." After a pause, she said, "You said that the courtyard was left behind by the dead, and it cried every day and was haunted by ghosts for a year. The people in this alley People have moved away, and it didn't stop for a year. And you have been living here, and there has been no movement here, very peaceful. So, I want to ask, what happened in the middle of Beijing that year?"
After hearing the words, the old man thought for a while and said, "A lot of things happened in Beijing that year. First, King Rong An and his concubine died in battle, then General Su resigned from office, and after that, the son of Minister of the Household Department was inexplicable. He died, and the Minister of the Household Department became ill, and he resigned not long after." After finishing his words, he said, "I still remember that that year, the eldest son of Jin Wang's mansion wanted to leave the house. It is said that it was because He took a fancy to a prostitute from a brothel, but the King of Jin refused to allow him to take him into his house, so he and the King of Jin had a quarrel and made a lot of jokes."
"Oh?" Su Fengnuan raised his eyebrows, "What happened next?"
The old man said, "It took a year for it to stop. Later, King Jin compromised and left him alone. He took the eldest grandson by his side to educate him, saying that the future family of King Jin's mansion will be inherited by the eldest grandson Liu Yan, and the title is also the same. It has nothing to do with the eldest son. Although the eldest son of the Prince Jin’s Mansion did not leave the Prince Jin’s Mansion, it is said that he also set up separate households in the Prince Jin’s Mansion later, each having nothing to do with each other. The King of Jin no longer cares about him, and he has become even more ridiculous since then.”
Ye Chang said, "The son of the Minister of the Household Department died inexplicably? Was it before the mansion was sealed by the government? Or after it was sealed?"
The old man said, "Before the seal, the little old man remembered clearly, because these things are all big things, the little old man made a living from storytelling, back then the little old man was not old, he could still tell stories, so he remembered clearly. "
Ye Chang said, "I remember that the Minister of the Household Department was called Shen Rang, and he was the same as the Jingyanghou Mansion."
The old man said, "Exactly. Mr. Shen worked hard during his tenure in the household department. He was a good official. Whenever there was a disaster relief place, he would send people to check whether the relief funds and rice grains were sent to the local area. He only had one son. Unexpectedly, he died inexplicably. Afterwards, Mr. Shen was sad and depressed. Once he became ill, he could no longer be an official, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. After he resigned, the Secretary of the Household Department changed several terms, and he was no longer as capable as Mr. Shen Rang , one term is worse than one term.”
Su Fengnuan thought about it, "The matter of the eldest son of the Prince Jin's mansion happened after Mr. Shen resigned?"
The old man nodded, "It was about that time. At that time, the Prince Jin's Mansion almost became the laughing stock of Beijing."
Ye Chang said, "I know about this matter." After finishing speaking, she said, "That year, when you went to Beijing and saw Uncle Wen in my residence, he was still arguing with King Jin, but it was about the same. gone."
Su Fengnuan felt that if there was something wrong with King Jin, Liu Wen, as his eldest son, must know something, but the son would not speak of Lao Tzu's fault, even if he went to him, he would not tell.
Ye Chang stood up and said to the old man, "Old man, I'm afraid you can't live here any longer. If you don't dislike it, then follow me to Rong'an Palace for the elderly."
The old man was startled and looked at Ye Chang, "Why did Ye Shizi say that?"
Ye Chang said, "Today we came here to investigate the case, and we never hid from people's eyes. This case has a lot to do with it. There are nine deaths and one injury. There is no good result. After we leave, you are afraid something will happen."
The old man suddenly opened his mouth in horror, "Little old man... He Dehe Neng, a slob, a pariah, how can he go to a noble place like Rong'an Palace to retire..."
Ye Chang smiled and said, "In my eyes, there is no distinction between high and low."
Su Fengnuan also smiled and said, "Don't worry, old man, let us go. You have lived here alone for more than ten years. Although you are not afraid of death, if something happens to you after we leave, our conscience will not be at ease. In addition, Rong Although Prince An's Mansion is a noble place, the people are neither noble nor humble."
The old man hesitated and said, "But the little old man is already old, how can he go to the Rong'an Palace to eat and wait for death to let the prince feed for nothing..."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "I see that you are fluent in speech, and you can still tell a book. The Rong'an Palace is deserted. In the future, if you have nothing to do, you can talk a little bit, so you don't have to go to the teahouse to listen to the book."
The old man rubbed his hands immediately, "This... can it work?"
Ye Chang smiled and said, "Naturally!"
The old man suddenly became happy, gritted his teeth and said, "Little old man has lived here alone for more than ten years. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to enter the Rong'an Palace with Ye Shizi in the evening. You are lucky, Ye Shizi, Miss Su, You two wait a moment, the little old man packs up, and I will leave with you."
Ye Chang and Su Fengnuan nodded.
The old man hurried to pack his things.
Su Fengnuan said to Ye Chang, "I'm afraid all the mansions on this street should be checked carefully."
Ye Chang nodded, "Do you believe in ghosts in this world?"
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "It is said that people have three souls and seven souls. After a person dies, the souls return to the underworld. As for whether there are ghosts, I don't know. I just think that there is no real ghost in this matter. I am afraid that someone is pretending to be a ghost."
Ye Chang said, "I heard crying all the time, but I couldn't see anyone. I'm afraid someone was crying in the tunnel and it spread to the ground."
Su Feng said warmly, "It's very possible that the purpose is to let all the people in this street move out." After she finished speaking, she lowered her voice and said, "But I think this old man is an ordinary old man, and the people behind him emptied a street , but why did you keep him?"
Ye Chang smiled and said, "Have you ever heard of a fast-talking storyteller in Beijing?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "Have vaguely heard of it."
Ye Chang said, "That's him."
Su Fengnuan suddenly realized, "So this old man was so famous back then."
Ye Chang nodded and said, "The book he narrated is second to none in the capital, and his reputation is very famous. Back then, the people behind it must not have wanted to kill him and cause trouble. After all, if a well-known storyteller died, it would be more difficult than the death of ordinary people without names. Much more eye-catching."
Su Fengnuan said, "In this way, after a year of quarrel, everyone moved out, and he couldn't move out because of his wife's leg disease. Later, his wife died, and he lived peacefully. Stay here, so the people behind didn't touch him."
Ye Chang said, "It should be like this."
While the two were talking, the old man had already packed up, took off the rags he wore earlier, changed into a clean robe that was washed white, and came out with a small package, and said to the two, "Little I have nothing to clean up, just a few robes that my wife sewed for me before he passed away, that’s all I have.”
Su Fengnuan smiled and glanced at his robe, which was washed white but had fine and well-proportioned stitches, and praised, "Mother's needlework is excellent."
The old man heard this and said, "She worked as a clerk in Jinxiufang back then, so she was naturally good at embroidery."
Su Fengnuan smiled and nodded, "No wonder."
While talking, the three of them left the room.
The old man glanced at his small courtyard with some reluctance, and said with emotion, "I've lived in it all my life, but I suddenly left it and left, and I still feel a little bit reluctant."
Su Fengnuan said, "It's in the capital after all, it will be peaceful in the future, the old man can come back often."
"Yes, yes." The old man immediately cheerfully put away his reluctance.
The three of them went out of the courtyard, Ye Xi, Xiao Han, and Xie Xuan were waiting in front of the carriage, seeing the two of them bringing the old man out, Ye Xi asked with a smile, "Take them to Rong'an Palace?"
Ye Chang nodded.
Ye Xi said, "Didn't you go into that courtyard earlier? Won't you go in?"
Ye Chang shook his head, "Since you have checked earlier, there is nothing more to check in that yard, so I won't go in, it's getting late, come back tomorrow."
Ye Xi nodded.
Ye Chang pulled Su Fengnuan into the carriage, Ye Xi followed the carriage, the old man was carrying the package, and sat in front of the carriage next to the driver, Xiao Han and Xie Xuan rode horses, and the group left the alley.
Walking out of the corner of the street, someone shouted, "Zhang Kuaizui, what are you doing here?"
The old man said cheerfully, "My little old man is lucky, go..." He wanted to say something, but suddenly remembered this and didn't know whether he should say it, so he turned around and asked in a low voice, "Ye Shizi, The little old man met an acquaintance, this... can you say?"
Ye Chang smiled and said, "It's okay, old man."
The old man got Ye Chang's permission, and said cheerfully to the man, "Go to Rong'an Palace as an errand."
At this time, the man naturally saw the carriage with the license plate of Prince Rong An's mansion, his eyes widened in shock, his mouth opened wide, and after a while, he quickly moved out of the way, and when the carriage passed by, he stammered and asked, "You...you are a storyteller Yes, what is the job of going to the Rong An Palace?"
The old man said, "It's just a job as a storyteller."
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