Thin Matu was born less than half an hour ago. On the face of it, he was looking for a horse for his master and his son, but in fact he was looking for a round-faced steward from the Fang family's parents for his wife, and he met Ma'er in an alley.
At this time, the sky was dark, the alley was pitch black, and the thin horse stood in the corner, motionless, sleeping.
The round-faced manager didn't realize it right away, but it was the intuition of a martial artist that made him perceive what seemed to be in the corner of the wall.
He took a closer look through the moonlight and realized that it was the family horse.
The alley where the thin horse was hiding was not far from the place where Mr. Dayi lost his carriage, but there was a dead end in front of the alley, so it was inaccessible, no one came, and no one found it.
The Fang family's parents have not been found yet, which means that the horse cannot be found.
Now in the capital city, everyone is looking for horses, so that their people can mingle among the crowd, and the capital city is searched for strange courtyards to see if the Fang family's parents are hidden inside.
If the horses are found, and there is no cover from the crowd, no matter how careful their people are, they are afraid that they will be noticed by people with a heart.
Therefore, the round-faced steward didn't disturb the thin horse, and when he didn't see it, he walked out of the alley.
Just then, a group of beggar gang disciples came over with torches and said, "I haven't seen this alley yet. Come on, let's go in and take a look!"
The round-faced steward kindly reminded: "I just came out of it, and I didn't find any horses."
The head of the beggar gang looked at him: "Old man, are you also here to find those fifty taels?"
Yes, nowadays, people all over the capital refer to Tanhualang's thin horse as 'Fifty Liang'.
The round-faced steward nodded: "To tell you the truth, I am the steward of the Wu family. The adults in the family are anxious, and all of us servants have come out to find them."
The beggar gang didn't suspect him immediately, and drew a fork at the entrance of the alley with coal ash. What kind of grass? What do you like to do most?"
It's not a problem to find it all over the street.
If you know what that horse likes, you can fish it out!
Isn't that what fishing is all about
The round-faced butler threw a few fake news, and soon parted ways with the beggar gang.
He turned around for another hour, secretly connected with their people, and returned to Wu's house.
Wu Weian returned early.
He and Ji Yunxi took a shower one after the other and stayed in the bedroom blowing ice.
The beauty couch was Ji Yunxi's site, and the table with the books stacked in front of the window was his site.
He was writing and drawing, while Ji Yunxi was checking the list of supplies for the previous month that had been sent from the shop.
Ji Yunxi already had a rough plan in mind about Fang Yuan's matter, but all this could only be implemented after finding the Fang family's parents.
Now that he has just started looking for someone, there is no point in rushing, so Ji Yunxi quickly calmed down and began to handle official business.
Outside, someone knocked on the door.
Wu Weian at the table raised his head and said to Ji Yunxi, "It's the manager, he should have something to report."
Ji Yunxi hummed and said casually, "Then let him in."
Wu Weian was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at her subconsciously.
She was reclining on the slump, wearing a thin crescent-white nightgown.
Wu Weian retracted his gaze without squinting, touched his nose, and did not let the round-faced steward come in, but pushed open the window, leaned out half of his body, and said to the steward standing outside the door, "What's the matter?"
The round-faced steward looked at the closed door in front of him, and then looked at the young master whose head was sticking out.
"Well." Wu Weian retracted and asked in a low voice through the window, "Where's the horse?"
The round face is in charge: "The horse has been found."
"Oh?" Wu Weian frowned, his heart tightened slightly, "Our people found it, or the common people—" He paused, "found it?"
The round-faced steward looked at the young master's face in the window, and the old face couldn't help but twitch: "Young master, I saw it in the alley."
Wu Weian breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile in his eyes: "Yes, then can you bring the horse back?"
The round-faced butler shook his head: "According to Xiao Xiao's humble opinion, this horse hasn't reached the point where it can be found."
The smile in Wu Weian's eyes disappeared instantly: "So you didn't bring the horse back?"
Round face in charge: "Yes."
Wu Weian closed his eyes: "My good steward, you can only think of one step at a time, can't you think a few more steps?"
The round-faced manager didn't understand, and he felt that he did nothing wrong: "Young man doesn't understand, please ask the son to make it clear."
Wu Weian reprimanded coldly: "You leave the horse there, what if someone else finds the horse? You help me out at fifty taels? You can't secretly bring the horse back to the house and hide it in the mansion?" In this way, no one can find it. Ma, he would never give those fifty taels.
The round-faced steward had an old face, and felt that his son just opened his mouth for money: "Young son, I really thought about it. But Ma's goal is too big, and now the streets are full of people, so it's not good to sneak back."
"That's true." Wu Weian rubbed his brows, "By the way, that Marco is still pulling the carriage?"
The round-faced manager nodded.
Wu Weian grieved: "Then you can't unload the carriage? You can't bring the horse back, but you can always pull the carriage back?"
That carriage is much more expensive than a horse.
The round-faced steward looked up at the sky.
He really didn't expect this.
And, he pulled the carriage back? Is he a horse
Wu Weian waved his hand: "Hurry up and have a look, and bring the carriage back to me."
The round-faced manager responded yes and disappeared in front of the window.
Wu Weian stood in front of the window, with one hand on his hips, shaking his head helplessly, hating that iron is not steel.
Behind him, Ji Yunxi had been watching him for a while.
She was thinking that the round-faced steward and Xuezhu had been following him all these years, what did they want from him? Is he trying to cut, uh, or rather, frugality
Wu Weian turned his head, met Ji Yunxi's gaze, and curled his lips toward her: "By the way, Mother Yun, I have to trouble you with something."
Ji Yunxi gently shook the list of supplies in her hand, and felt that this matter would not be what she wanted to hear.
She refused coldly: "I'm afraid I can't help you."
Wu Weian left the table, walked to the side, picked up the new clothes that he had destroyed, with a bright face and a soft tone: "It's just a small matter."
Ji Yunxi stared at the clothes hanging on his elbow, raised his eyebrows, and affirmed, "Do you want me to compensate you for a dress?"
"Of course not." Wu Weian raised his eyebrows with a look of 'why do you think about me so', "I just want your maid, who is good at embroidery, to help me make up. None of my servants can make up. clothes."
Ji Yunxi didn't know how to react for a while, and subconsciously snorted.
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After the fifth brother came back, Ji Mingyan didn't see his fifth brother much.
The fifth brother's yard has a formation, and he can't get in.
But today, Ji Mingyan did the math and felt that his fifth brother had probably run out of food reserves, so he kept guarding in the kitchen, and as expected, Ji Mingyuan came to guard him.
Ji Mingyuan hung two large bags on the left and the right. The bags looked unremarkable, but they were made of high-quality snakeskin materials, and no matter how heavy they were, they would not break.
Ji Mingyuan put the rice and noodles in the kitchen, vegetables and meat into the bag as quickly as possible.
He has a small kitchen in his yard, and he cooks simply by himself.
It's just that no one can enter his yard, and naturally no one can deliver food to him. Ji Mingyuan could only come to the family kitchen to loot every once in a while, before running out of ammunition and food.
Ji Mingyan followed, helping his fifth brother to pack the bag, while telling Ji Mingyuan that Ji Yunxi's steward was arrested by the Ministry of Justice.
He thoughtfully instructed: "Fifth brother, if you have time to explore outside the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, take a look at your destination first, and you may need your help at that time."
Ji Mingyuan's hands kept moving, getting faster and faster, but he spoke slowly: "Okay, I got it."
He filled the two snakeskin bags until they could no longer be filled, and quickly returned to the yard.
The sixth brother in the family was too enthusiastic, and he couldn't resist.
Ji Mingyuan came to the small kitchen in the courtyard, took out all the ingredients in the bag, sorted them into different categories, and thought about the sixth brother and his younger sister. He went back to the house and filled the empty space with melon seeds, peanut candy, dry food and water. The snakeskin bag that he got, to ensure that these are enough for him to live outside for half a month and a month, he used his shadowless array to quietly walk around Shangjing, and around the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, he searched everywhere. The constellation position where I can settle down, I plan to go home.
Strange to say, before he went out, he was afraid that he would get lost in Shangjing again.
But tonight, it was exceptionally smooth, and I didn't get lost.
Ji Mingyuan had a cute little face, hanging two bulging snakeskin bags, and changed the route to return to Jifu.
As a result, as soon as I landed, I felt a hot air sprayed on my face!
Ji Mingyuan was taken aback and opened his mouth wide, but did not make any sound, instead he leaned against the wall suddenly, his limbs flat against the corner of the wall.
The skinny horse, who was sleeping, was also frightened by the sudden appearance, with the copper bell wide open, and pulling the carriage behind him.
One person, one horse and four eyes are facing each other.
After Ji Mingyuan found out that it was a horse, he was relieved.
He is afraid of seeing people, but not animals.
Ji Mingyuan rubbed his face and was about to leave, but he glanced at the horse again. It was found that the horse was extremely slender, and it was distressingly slender.
But such a thin horse still drags a heavy carriage behind it.
At first glance, it is a horse that was abused by the owner and escaped. Only on this summer night, hiding in the alley.
Ji Mingyuan hesitated for a moment, no matter what, no matter what.
After a long while, he still made a decision to help the horse unload the carriage behind him and lead the horse away.
Horses are very spiritual animals, and he didn't struggle.
Because Ji Mingyuan's body has a familiar smell from a horse, it looks like someone who has been feeding it delicious food. In the small world of Ma, it defaulted that Ji Mingyuan was the one who fed it delicious food.
Not long after Ji Mingyuan left with the horse, the round-faced butler appeared in this alley.
The round-faced steward searched for a long time, but couldn't find any trace of the horse, and finally pulled the carriage back to the house for business.
Wu Weian felt a lot better after seeing the carriage, but he still told the round-faced steward: "People are looking for people, but horses are also looking for. Don't look at our horse, but Ji Mingyan has fed him during this time. Yes, those lean meats have a lot of weight, and maybe they can be a maximal horse in the future."
After all, where can a horse that has eaten Danzhi go wrong
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The Fifth Prince's Mansion, in the courtyard, the fifth prince is practicing swordsmanship.
The weather was very stuffy, and even though it was windy at night, the Fifth Prince was still sweating profusely.
After finishing his last move, he walked over and handed the sword to the woman, took the woman's towel, and asked, "How? Can the steward explain it?"
The woman shook her head: "Never, but the steward Fang is quite bloody. The Ministry of Punishment has used all methods, and she will not let go. She does not admit that she killed people, nor does she explain where the corpse is hidden."
The fifth prince snorted lightly: "It's just a country woman, she can't let this matter. Even if she doesn't explain it, so what? What matters is the movement of the Ji family."
Hearing this, the woman couldn't help but smile: "I came here specially to talk to His Highness about this. Wu Bianxiu borrowed the name of looking for horses, and the whole capital was crowded with people looking for horses, which was really lively. Several masters of the Ji family took this opportunity to mix in the crowd and circled outside the penal department a few times, and even the fifth master Ji, who has not been seen for many years, was discovered by our people."
The fifth prince wiped the sweat from his forehead and his eyes were cold and stern: "It's a good strategy to catch fish in troubled waters, but it's just stealing the bell! That Ji Mingyuan is good at formation, we have to be careful."
The woman said, "Don't worry, Your Highness, not long ago, I attracted many people from all corners of the world, and it was the fifth and sixth masters of the Ji family."
The fifth prince handed the towel to the woman and took the tea from the woman's hand: "The prison should be loose on the outside and tight on the inside, let your people calculate the constellation outside the punishment department, and set up a net of heaven and earth around it, and we will come to a urn to catch turtles!"
He was not afraid of the Ji family coming, but he was afraid that the Ji family would not come.
As long as the Ji family comes, the prince will be finished.
And according to his understanding of the Ji family and Ji Yunxi over the years, the Ji family will definitely save this far away.
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Wu Weian's people moved quickly, and they found them early the next morning.
The round-faced steward reported outside the window as usual: "Fang's parents are in a small courtyard in Liquanfang, and there are twelve people guarding the courtyard."
Ji Yunxi, who was sitting in front of the dressing mirror, heard the words and moved her ears.
She didn't say anything and listened carefully to the conversation between him and his manager.
Wu Weian nodded: "Let's act at night, you bring the three of them with you."
The round face is in charge of things and bows: "Yes." After speaking, he will step back.
"Wait." Wu Weian stopped him and looked at the faint light in the sky.
It was still early, it was time for him to go to the Hanlin Academy.
But the ice in the house was really cool. He had been lying in bed for a while in the morning, and it was probably too late to leave for the Hanlin Academy now.
Moreover, the Hanlin Academy doesn't have that much ice for them to use. A little hot.
Wu Weian's face was flat, and the morning light fell on his face, revealing a bit unfathomable: "You go to the Hanlin Academy to help me take a leave, and you say that I love horses and my mind is in a trance."
The round-faced steward looked at the young man's face in front of the window, and was able to hold his old face very well.
The round-faced steward is about the same age as Mr. Wu Qi, which means that he is old enough to be the father of the son.
If he had such a son, he would probably not be able to help himself and solve this scourge for the world himself.
The round-faced steward spit out a 'yes' word, and quickly disappeared in place.
He was afraid he couldn't help it.
Ji Yunxi, who was in front of the dressing mirror, was also speechless. After the round-faced manager left, she said, "Didn't you say that in the Hanlin Academy, you have a lot of things at hand?"
"Yeah." Wu Weian sighed softly, "After Feng Wu left, I don't seem to have much less things."
Ji Yunxi was silent: "Then you are still on leave?"
Wu Weian looked relaxed: "It's okay, one more of me is not much, and one less of me is not a lot. If they are in a hurry, they will let other editors do it."
Ji Yunxi was too lazy to speak, she gave a perfunctory hum and called for a maid to dress her up.
Wu Weian asked her, "Are you going out?"
Ji Yunxi nodded: "Today I have to open Taizhuang."
Wu Weian said: "If such a big thing happened, the steward Fang was put in jail. Don't you need to rest at home for a few days to ease your mood?"
Ji Yunxi turned her face towards the mirror, seeing that her skin was still smooth and delicate, she was in a good mood, she casually said, "No, I'm doing things for myself."
Wu Weian closed his mouth and had nothing to say.
Yes, he worked so hard to do things for the current emperor, so tired, his annual salary is only a little bit.
And what about his wife? Busy is all for her own business. She went to Kai Taizhuang to make a lot of money for a day. I guess it was the total amount he could earn after working hard in the imperial court for several years
It's getting more and more chilling. He thought of the warehouse where she opened Taizhuang again.
Wu Weian suddenly said, "By the way, you seem to have given less money."
Ji Yunxi frowned: "What?"
Wu Weian ignored Baofu's covetous gaze, and faced Ji Yunxi with a serious face: "You haven't given the money for stealing people at night."
Ji Yunxi: "?"
The maid was playing with her hair bun, Ji Yunxi stretched out her hand and motioned them to stop.
Then, she turned around and faced him directly, her tone erratic: "What did you say, do you say it again?"
Although the two of them didn't make it clear at the beginning, they both knew that the two thousand taels included finding someone and robbing someone.
Although there is no paper agreement, an oral agreement is also an agreement.
But now Wu Weian's behavior is equivalent to turning his face later and asking for more money.
It is equivalent to destroying the verbal agreement that the two of them tacitly agreed.
Ji Yunxi didn't like this very much.
To be honest, she is not short of so much money.
Even if he asked for five thousand taels at the time, she would give it.
But now, when he wants to add money, she is not happy.
Going back on her word, when she takes advantage of her
Wu Weian looked at Ji Yunxi and could clearly feel her emotional change at the moment.
Her tone was full of threats. Those eyes that seemed to speak, stared at him like a she-wolf.
He felt that if he did say it again, his days might be coming to an end.
Such as those new clothes, such as the unbroken ice in the room, such as the delicacies of three meals a day, such as the very delicious ice powder.
But is Wu Weian the one who will bow down for five buckets of rice
His face didn't change, his expression was light, and his tone was light, but he spoke very fast: "I said you haven't given the money for stealing people at night. But don't be angry, it's cheap to steal people, fifty taels is enough. already."
*
Ji Mingyan followed his colleagues from Dali Temple early in the morning and went around the punishment department several times.
He knew all about the security layout around him.
Therefore, he had nothing to do. He just waited for the third sister to give an order, and then brought his powerful version of Mongolian sweat medicine and a bunch of new medicines to show off his skills.
When Ji Mingyan was bored, he heard that his brother-in-law's thin horse had not been found.
My brother-in-law was even about to fall ill. He didn't even go to the Hanlin Academy today, so he was resting at home.
Ji Mingyan was very worried.
One is for the body of his brother-in-law;
The second is for the skinny horse.
He is raising and feeding the skinny horses, and he has already fed some emotions.
That horse was so thin, and now it's lost again, and it's pitiful to think about it.
It would be even more pitiful if they encountered thieves, were stolen by thieves, and enslaved day and night.
Ji Mingyan returned to his small courtyard immediately, stayed in his poisonous insect nest for a long time, and finally found his soul chasing insect.
Soul chasing insects are not poisonous, but they have a keen sense of smell and are extremely good at tracking.
Ji Mingyan liked it very much at the beginning. He collected one and took it home. After playing for a while, he got tired of it, so he threw it into the poisonous insect nest.
This time, the Soul Chasing Insect, who had been neglected by him for a long time, could finally see the light of day again.
Ji Mingyan took his Soul Chasing Worm to the Wu's stable, picked up a few thin horse hairs, and took the Soul Chasing Worm to the place where his brother-in-law lost the horse yesterday.
He didn't tell Wu Weian, who was recuperating at home, because he wanted to wait until he found the horse, and then tell his brother-in-law to give his brother-in-law a surprise.
Ji Mingyan let the soul chasing bug smell the horsehair, and then followed the soul chasing bug around the streets.
The little soul chasing insects flew and stopped.
Ji Mingyan found that this thin horse was indeed fed by him, and it was quite clever, and it ran into the alley where no one was there.
No wonder no one has found the horse yet.
The Soul Chasing Worm went around in a big circle, and Ji Mingyan chased it in a big circle.
Slowly, the sun slanted west, slowly, the sky darkened, and slowly, it was past the point of dinner.
Ji Mingyan was tired, and so was the Soul Chaser.
Ji Mingyan touched his groaning belly and wanted to go home for dinner.
Just as he was thinking about it, he found that he followed Soul Chasing Worm back to Ji Mansion.
Ji Mingyan: "??"
He patted his head, feeling that something was not right.
What's going on with this soul chasing bug? Why did you go around in a big circle and bring him home
Could it be that this soul chasing worm is useless
Maybe.
Ji Mingyan followed the soul chasing worm into the house, thinking that he had to find a way to find another soul chasing worm.
That horse can't be found, my brother-in-law is so sad.
Ji Mingyan searched his memory for the Soul Chasing Bug where he found it back then, while unconsciously following the Soul Chasing Bug.
It turned out that the soul chasing insect flew to the door of his fifth brother's yard, then flew into the formation, and disappeared.
The formation can't stop the little bug, but it can stop him Ji Mingyan.
He could only stand outside, looking forward to it.
I was thinking about how to call fifth brother and ask fifth brother to return his worm back.
Then I found that there was movement under an inconspicuous tree.
It was like the sound of something falling to the ground, very light, similar to a pile of grass falling on the ground.
Ji Mingyan looked up and saw Ji Mingyuan's figure.
Ji Mingyuan still hung his two large snakeskin bags on the left and the right, but this time, the snakeskin bags were not filled with food, but full of grass.
Not only that, Ji Mingyuan was holding a lot of grass in his hand.
Just now, the grass he was holding fell to the ground.
At this moment, he pushed the two big snakeskin bags behind him, and was bending over to pick them up with some difficulty.
Ji Mingyan originally wanted to rush over to say hello, but in this situation, he suddenly thought of a very scary thing.
That brother-in-law's horse was not stolen by his fifth brother!
Otherwise, why did the soul chasing worm enter the fifth brother's yard, why did the fifth brother go to the stable to move a pile of grass.
Fifth brother, he doesn't eat grass.
OMG! !
What to do now! !
The fifth brother is very important to him, and the brother-in-law is also very important to him. The palms and backs of the hands are full of flesh. Who should he choose
The author has something to say: In the Records of the History of Dayu, Duke Wu had a skinny horse who was both a teacher and a friend, but unfortunately got lost. The Duke of Wu was so mourned that he was ill for seven days.
Horse: Me, the beauty is in trouble.
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