The Times Spent in Pretense

Chapter 37: beasts

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How dare the yacha take the money from the steward, when he saw the steward take out the purse, cold sweat oozes out on his back. If the boss misunderstands that he is a bribe acceptor, how can he continue working in the yamen in the future?

Seeing that the steward didn't insist on putting the money into his hands, but looked at the door, the yacha heaved a sigh of relief. He looked back and saw that this person came with the officials of Dali Temple. I don't know what his identity was. Lord Pei of Dali Temple was very polite to him. He might have come with him to watch the lively son.

Some rich and powerful sons in the capital have very strange hobbies. Some like to pretend to be beggars, some like to go to teahouses to tell stories, and some like to practice Taoism and stay in Taoist temples. A rich person like this who just likes to join in the fun is already a relatively normal kind.

This inspection was extremely strict, and even the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple personally took part, which shows how much His Majesty attached great importance to the spiritual construction of the capital.

It's no wonder that this band was unlucky. Shaoqing of Dali Temple personally led people to inspect it. When they inspected it, they would definitely be stricter than the other teams.

"Report, the name list doesn't match the actual number of people."

"Report, there are problems with the household registration of two dancers, a court waiter, and two musicians."

"My lord, there are illegal drugs hidden in this store."

"The amount of income and tax paid is unclear, and there is suspicion of tax evasion."

In just half an hour, Jin Lingyuan was found to have a lot of problems. If some things are not carefully checked, no clues can be seen. But today, Dali Temple, who is good at investigating cases, personally came out, and naturally you can see who is wrong with a few glances.

Those who can enter the Dali Temple to do business, who do not have a skill, let them check this kind of music workshop, it is already Qu Cai.

Pei Jihuai sat on the chair and pretended not to see the prince's attendant wiping the stool back and forth three times before the prince sat down: "Sir, there are many problems in this music shop, Wei Chen and others may take some time. , you are busy with business, will staying here delay you?"

"I just came over to see, Pei Shaoqing continues to handle the case, don't worry about me." The prince smiled and seemed to talk well, but Pei Jihuai knew that this was not a master who could be perfunctory.

Seeing that the prince was unwilling to leave, he did not force it, and continued to listen to the report he received.

"Sir, most of the people in the workshop have already arrived, and there is still a pianist and a few dancers who live outside the workshop."

"That violin master also lives outside?" Pei Jihuai raised his eyebrows.

"Master Hui, the piano master lives in the workshop."

"Then why didn't he come down?" Pei Jihuai put the tea cup on the table heavily, "Dali Temple investigates the case, and those who do not cooperate will be treated as suspects, so they can only be brought back to Dali Temple for slow interrogation."

After being brought out by the yacha, the musicians and dancers who complained about Lianlian didn't dare to speak when they heard this. They are best at observing words and expressions, seeing that this adult is really angry, no one dares to go up and cause trouble.

The dancers and musicians stood huddled together on the stage, all bowing their heads and shoulders, fearing that they would become the chicken that was slaughtered to warn the monkeys.

"I'm sorry, I got up too late, I made you wait for a long time." On the corridor, a man came slowly, wearing a loose plain robe, his blue silk was not tied, and he looked at the people downstairs with a half-smile, "I don't know everyone. Sir, if there is anything you need me to wait for."

"The safety of the capital is related to every commoner. This official came here to think about the safety of every commoner, not to make things difficult for you." Pei Jihuai looked disheveled, with a petite servant behind him. frowned.

Seeing Pei Jihuai frowning at his loose hair, Yun Han said with a smile: "Sorry, I was in a hurry to get out, I couldn't get my clothes straight, I'm sorry."

Seeing that the cash cow had come down, the steward quickly gave him a wink. The identity of the people sitting here today is not simple. You must be careful when you speak and do things, and don't cause trouble.

Yun Han didn't care about the look from the steward, his eyes swept across the crowd in the lobby, and finally fell on a man in brocade clothes and a jade crown with hair, but the other party ignored his gaze and didn't even raise his head.

"Please take out the household registration, we will check them one by one."

The little servant glanced at Yun Han when he heard the words, and Yun Han nodded at him. The servant took out two household registrations from his arms, and quickly went downstairs to hand over the household registrations to a Dali Temple clerk.

The clerk took over the household registration, and before opening it, he said, "Steward, how do you make the little girl dress up as a servant?"

"What little girl?" The steward was stunned. Seeing the official staring at the servant, he immediately understood. Because Yun Han used it as air, she felt a little unhappy in her heart, and turned to look at the piano master standing on the corridor: "Yun Han, I let you stay in the workshop, I want you to make the distinguished guests happy, not to let you raise children. Beauty is around to have fun."

The servant's face was full of surprise. He didn't expect the Dali Temple clerk to say this: "Master, the youngest is a man, but he looks a little like a little girl."

The clerk ignored her, opened her household registration and glanced at her, and raised her hand to let the servant be caught: "I can tell at a glance whether it is a male or a female, no need to explain. As a daughter, I pretend to use a male household registration. , grab it first and then talk about it."

After working in Dali Temple for so many years, if he can't even tell whether it is male or female, what face does he have to stay in Dali Temple

"What, you're actually a woman?" Yun Han didn't seem to expect that his servant was actually a woman. He looked at her in surprise, with a bit of anger that was tricked into his eyes.

"Young master, I love you, I want to approach you as a servant, please forgive me." The servant wanted to break free from the yacha's hand and knelt down and apologized to Yun Han, but today's yacha gave a lot of strength. He dragged the little servant without moving.

"Sir, this is a fake household registration." The clerk handed the household registration to Pei Jihuai.

"The household registration issued by the Yongzhou House." Pei Jihuai glanced at the fake household registration. "This official went to Yongzhou House for a study tour in the early years. I miss Yongzhou House quite a lot these years. Please tell me about the landscape of Yongzhou House."

The little servant stammered and talked about a few things. Pei Jihuai tapped the table lightly and said indifferently, "Bring it back to Dali Temple."

After the servant was dragged down, Pei Jihuai looked up at the luthier standing on the corridor with a cold expression: "This luthier, take it back with you."

"Sir, is there a problem with your household registration?" Yun Han slowly walked downstairs and gave Pei Jihuai a big gift: "Sir, you are also a victim."

Although the steward was dissatisfied with Yun Han, he didn't want this cash cow to have an accident, so he quickly said: "Please, my lord, please understand, that little servant has been working in Lefang for two or three years. Yunhan only came to Bifang three months ago. There's no way they're accomplices."

"Tsk." Young Master Jinyi, who had been silent for a while, glanced at the qin master and said impatiently, "Is there any problem, Dali Temple will give him justice. If everything is up to you, what do you have to do with the yamen?"

"My lord, having said that, but if we open the door to do business, if we don't have the top card, how can we go on." The steward hurriedly laughed, "Your Excellency..."

"Do you still want to open the door to do business?" Young Master Jin Yi stood up, "Jin Lingyuan violated several laws of the Great Jin Dynasty, and must close down for rectification before the matter is clarified."

The steward's heart tightened, and she turned to look at Pei Jihuai. Seeing that the official didn't refute the son's words, she realized something was wrong, and quickly said, "Sir, there were two other princesses who spoke yesterday, saying that they would like to Come and listen to Yunhan play the song, if you take Yunhan away, and let Bifang close the door again, when the princess of the county asks, the little one can't explain it to the lady of the county."

Hearing the word "Country Lord", Young Master Jinyi's eyes fell on Yun Han, and his eyes were a little picky with a chill: "Is he the one the two County Lords saw yesterday?"

"Yes, yes." The steward thought that Young Master Jinyi did not dare to offend the county master, and said quickly, "The two county masters are very satisfied with Yun Han, and they paid a lot of money before leaving, not to let Yun Han play music for others. Woolen cloth."

"Since the two county masters liked..." Young Master Jin Yi pondered for a moment, and after the manager's eyes filled with hope, he continued to speak, "I can't let him approach the county master casually, the county master is very precious, in case this person With malicious intentions, wouldn't it hurt the county master?!"

"Pei Shaoqing." Young Master Jinyi turned his head to Pei Jihuai and said, "Take the person to Dali Temple and investigate thoroughly."

"Yes." Pei Jihuai handed over.

Yun Han looked at this brocade-clothed son, and his expression became very ugly. He is arrogant and looks outstanding, no one can match him, but now there is someone more outstanding than him, which makes the jealousy in his heart like a wildfire, which cannot be eliminated.

"Who are you?" Young Master Jin Yi, who Yun Han was staring at, could not wait to hear from the other party immediately.

"What are you, you are also worthy to ask my son's identity." The attendant looked at Yun Han with contempt, "It's just a lowly violinist, just playing a few tunes for the county masters, and then delusionally changed from a pheasant to a pheasant. Phoenix, it's really ridiculous."

Hearing the words of his attendant, the prince raised his eyelids, but did not open his mouth to stop him.

"I was born poor and didn't dare to compare with the son, but seeing the son's outstanding demeanor and unparalleled appearance made him want to make friends..."

"Do you want to make friends?" The waiter sneered, "Are you worthy? You don't!"

"There are countless people in the world who want to make friends with my son, and you can't even get in the queue." The attendant's voice was a little shrill, and his scolding was even more mean, "If I were you, standing in front of the son who is like a fairy in the sky, early Already ashamed of myself, I have no face to raise my head."

"What a lowly thing, you dare to look at my son with jealous eyes, hurry up and stay away, don't let that ugly face disgust the son."

The audience was silent, and Pei Jihuai silently glanced at the attendants. He had heard that there were all kinds of talents around the prince, but he didn't expect that there were even attendants who were good at swearing.

If there is a scolding contest in the capital, this servant next to the prince will definitely be in the top three.

Yun Han almost vomited blood from the words of the servant, how dare a servant call him ugly

Since he was a child, he was good at seeing the big, and he made countless women crazy. Where is he ugly? He almost didn't hold back his image, and rushed to follow the theory, but unfortunately he hadn't had time to move. The people from Dali Temple moved faster and detained him in a few strokes.

"Why is it so deserted here today?"

A woman's voice came from outside the door.

"Isn't the music hall open at the same time?"

"Girl, something doesn't seem right today, why are there yamen guarding outside."

The prince said to the attendant, "Bring in the girl from outside."

"Yes." The attendant bowed his head and walked out, and soon came in with a pair of master and servant. Yun Hai glanced at the person who came. This was Miss Yao who left last night.

Miss Yao didn't look at him, she walked up to the prince honestly, and blessed her body: "Young Master An."

"Last night you and Liuli were the ones who asked this person to play the violin?" The prince looked indifferent and pointed at Yun Han.

Miss Yao nodded honestly.

"Liu Li admires him very much?" The prince frowned slightly and quickly put it down again.

"It should be appreciated." Seeing that the Prince's expression instantly turned ugly, Miss Yao changed her mouth and said, "Well, I don't really appreciate it that much. We just listened to the song and didn't do anything else."

She originally wanted to buy this violin master while Hua Liuli was not there, but Hua Liuli was very angry, but she didn't expect to meet Dali Temple and the Crown Prince as soon as she came to the door, and she was too frightened to talk nonsense.

Did the pianist commit a major crime

Otherwise, the prince is also here, and asked the attendant to tell her in advance that the identity of the prince cannot be revealed

She was thinking so, when suddenly the voice of a woman outside made her overjoyed, and Hua Liuli came to the door. She secretly glanced at the people in Dali Temple and the Yamen. If they were going to die together, they were all people who had visited Lefang. Why was she arrested by the Prince and Dali Temple

"I think there is something wrong with the Lefang." As soon as Hua Liuli stepped into the door of the Lefang, she noticed that the atmosphere here was not right, it was too quiet, it was not like the Lefang, but more like a bookstore.

Jiamin, who was pulled out by Hua Liuli, looked around: "What's wrong?"

Hua Liuli glanced at Jiamin, then turned and left.

"Two princesses, please stay."

Hua Liuli was stopped before she stepped out of the door. She turned her head and glanced at the person who was chasing after her. She looked familiar, like the eunuch who served next to the prince

"The county master, His Royal Highness and Dali Temple Shaoqing Lord Pei are handling the case inside. Since the two county masters are here, let's go in and watch the excitement together."

"His Royal Highness and Pei Shaoqing are handling the case, isn't it good for us to go and see the fun?" Hua Liuli declined, "We still don't bother."

"No problem, His Highness is also assisting Lord Pei in investigating the case as an ordinary son. After the two county masters entered, they called His Highness the son." The eunuch who accompanied him smiled and invited the two into the lobby.

Hua Liuli's mood is a bit complicated. It is the first time in her life that she tries to pick beautiful women, and she will be surrounded by people from Dali Temple the next day. How can she let go of her body and mind and appreciate beautiful women in the future

Jiamin gritted her teeth and said in Hua Liuli's ear, "If you hadn't called me out of the house early in the morning, we wouldn't have to be embarrassed here."

"If you hadn't robbed me last night, I wouldn't have brought you with me." Hua Liuli whispered back, "Is it wrong for me to share the blessings with you?"

"Bah, that's clearly a challenge." Jiamin rolled her eyes.

"Two county masters, please come in." The eunuch accompanying the eunuch looked back and saw the Jiamin county master turning eyes at the Fushou county master. The Fushou county master was not angry, but smiled gently at the Jiamin county master and reminded: "Please."

"Sister Jiamin, please go first." Hua Liuli turned to the side and motioned for Jiamin to go first.

"My sister is weak, I will support you." Jiamin reached out to hold Hua Liuli's arm and whispered in her ear. "Please."

People from Dali Temple and Yamen saw the two ladies in full costumes coming together, they lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look directly at their faces.

As soon as the two entered the door, the first thing they saw was the prince sitting next to Pei Jihuai. It should be said that as long as the prince is present, people will always notice him subconsciously.

Good-looking people seem to automatically glow, and others will become bleak.

"Young Master An." Hua Liuli and Jiamin parted their hands together and saluted the Prince.

The prince pointed to the vacant seat next to him: "Sit down and talk."

"County Master, I heard that you admire a violinist in the workshop?" As soon as Hua Liuli was seated, the crown prince asked.

Although there were two county lords present, there was only one county lord in the eyes of His Royal Highness.

"Which violin master?" Hua Liuli looked up and looked around, only to notice the violin master who was holding her arms by Dali Temple. After she glanced at random, she turned her eyes to the prince: "What did he do?"

"His servant girl disguised as a man and faked his household registration. We suspect that he was an accomplice in the previous major cases." Pei Jihuai was worried that Hua Liuli would blame them for taking away the violin master, so the more serious the matter, the better.

"The county lord, you are not an accomplice of the gangster, please help the county lord to avenge your grievance." Yun Han raised his head, revealing his beautiful eyes and the bridge of his nose, his eyes were melancholy and helpless, "Your Excellency, Yun Han is just helpless. Qin master, ask the county master to investigate."

At the moment when the prince was beautiful, how could Hua Liuli notice Yun Han's handsome man's plan? She took out a handkerchief and covered the corner of her mouth with a light cough and said, "Master Pei is the official who is best at investigating cases in Dali Temple. Check it out, you don't have to worry."

"Don't you even believe me?" Yun Han lowered his head in despair, as if he had lost all his strength, "I thought the county master was different..."

The prince turned to look at Hua Liuli, who hurriedly shook her head, she had done nothing to this violin master.

"Master Pei, I leave it to you." The prince stood up and said to Hua Liuli, "County Lord, go back with me."

"Okay." Hua Liuli got up and followed.

Jiamin: "… "

So what is the meaning of her appearance here, in order to prove how biased the people of Lao Ji's family are, how inexistent is her cousin in the heart of the prince

"The princess..." Yun Han looked at Jiamin faintly, as if she was his last hope.

It's a pity that Jiamin, who was full of scolding the old Ji family's partiality, didn't see Yun Han's eyes at all, until Yun Han was dragged down, and then stood up numbly: "I won't disturb you to investigate the case, I'll go back too. "

As the saying goes, one table is three thousand miles away, she can understand and accept it.

But why are they all good to Hua Liuli? !

Do they know what is hidden under Hua Liuli's weak skin? ! All are blind.

"Fortunately, that violin master didn't hurt you." The prince said to Hua Liuli, who was riding slowly on horseback, "If he took advantage of the opportunity to stab you, how dangerous would you be?"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for reminding me that the minister and daughter must be careful next time." Hua Liuli turned around and glanced in the direction of Jin Lingyuan, her eyes were clear.

"And next time?" The prince frowned.

"What, what's wrong?" Hua Liuli noticed that the prince didn't seem very happy.

"The purpose of the people outside is unknown, the status of the county master is noble, don't let Xiao Xiao take advantage of it." The prince paused and squeezed out a few words from the gap between his teeth, "If the county master likes to listen to the qin and enjoy the music, there is no one in the palace who raises a few words. Young musicians and dancers, Gu can show you."

"The musicians in the palace have different identities, how can the ministers and daughters start..."

"What did you say?" The prince turned his head to look at Hua Liuli with a terrifyingly calm expression.

Hua Liuli stared blankly at the somewhat unfamiliar prince, feeling inexplicably guilty. She turned her head away and didn't look at the prince's eyes: "The servant girl is weak, so it's not suitable for marriage, and she doesn't want to marry another family to harm other serious sons. It's better to raise three or two face heads and have some fun, but the rest of the life is left."

"Does the county master feel that he is not suitable for marriage, or does not want to marry someone else?" the prince asked.

"Who in the world doesn't want to marry Ruyi's beautiful family, and who doesn't want to marry Ruyi's husband." Hua Liuli lowered her eyelids slightly, and changed her hands on the reins: "It's just that the body of the minister is not allowed, and I don't want to implicate others."

"If there is someone in the world who doesn't dislike the body of the county master, can the county master marry?"

Hua Liuli laughed and looked at the prince in confusion: "His Royal Highness, why did you suddenly ask this question?"

Could it be that the woman whom the prince liked went away early because of her weakness, so the prince suddenly had such a feeling

Wanting to understand this, Hua Liuli said: "His Royal Highness, if a court lady likes a person, she knows it will bring him pain, and he would rather forget me and hate me than implicate him."

No wonder!

If she was that frail girl, she wouldn't be so scruples, even if she couldn't be together, she would let the prince understand her heart. At least let himself die without the slightest regret.

For someone like her who is grumpy and vengeful, it's a good thing to have someone you don't like. If anyone is liked by her, it is the tragedy of that person's life.

"Gu understand." The prince smiled, "Liu Li, if you have someone you like in the future, you must tell Gu."

"His Royal Highness wants to help the servant girl grab him?" Hua Liuli asked.

The prince chuckled lightly and said nothing.

"How can this kind of thing be done by His Highness?" Hua Liuli thought that the Crown Prince had acquiesced in her words, and quickly said, "It's not good to rob a civilian, but it doesn't matter to the courtiers and daughters, you can't ruin His Highness's reputation."

"If it can make Liuli happy, it's not impossible." The prince sighed softly, "The reputation of the left and right is not very good."

"Those are all nonsense from other people." Hua Liuli thought of the rumors that slandered the prince, and felt injustice for the prince, "His Royal Highness is clearly a good prince with both talent and beauty."

Hearing this, the prince turned his head to stare at Hua Liuli and smiled softly.

Fascinated by the prince's beautiful smile, Hua Liuli felt a little regretful. What if he wasn't the prince

If it weren't for the crown prince, even if she smashed out thousands of dollars, she would take this stunning beauty to another village to raise it well, and let him be her favorite face.

A pity, a pity.

Under the severe attack of Dali Temple and Jing Zhaoyin, in just three days, the appearance of the capital has been greatly changed. In Huajie Liuxiang, there are no more scantily clad men and women on the street to attract customers, and the price of wine in Lefang has also been greatly reduced. However, although the price is low, there are fewer people who dare to spend money in these places.

Some outsiders who have just entered Beijing still sigh in their hearts that the people in the capital are different. They know that during the Spring Festival recently, in order not to affect the performance of the candidates, the consumption places have been quiet. Even the thief can't see it. Even if the silver is accidentally dropped on the ground, someone will pick it up and return it to the owner.

A foreign businessman also specially wrote a travel note. In his travel note, he described Dajin as a beautiful country that is prosperous, elegant, beautiful, and has nothing to lose.

Emperor Changlong found that his favorite son, something was wrong in the past two days.

On the day when the Spring Festival was about to end, Emperor Changlong couldn't help but ask the prince, "Yuansu, why have you been so lost in the past two days?"

"Father, my son just suddenly found out that my son may be a beast." The crown prince looked up at Emperor Changlong and said cheekily, "You have to help my son with this."

Emperor Changlong was shocked when he heard the words: "Why, are you robbing a civilian girl outside?!"