I became an official of the imperial court by eating melons when I was still a baby

Thus, the Nanxiang Aunties Gossip Group officially started its "business".

At first, a woman named Auntie Ma shouted to the courtyard gate: "Neighbor! I live next door to you! I brought some food. We are neighbors from now on, so we should get to know each other, right?"

"As the saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor! Right?"

"How about opening the door so we can eat and talk?"

As a result, after waiting for a long time, no one responded in the yard.

Then another woman, Aunt Niu, continued to shout: "Hey! Neighbor, we just want to get to know each other, there's nothing else to it!"

"Your yard is the only one in this area of ​​South Lane. We are not familiar with it. It's not easy for someone to come in, so we have to get to know them better!"

"If you need any help in the future, just let each other know!"

"Neighbor, if it's inconvenient, could you at least say hello?"

At this moment, a slightly gloomy male voice was finally heard from the yard.

"I appreciate your kindness, auntie, but it's really not convenient for me now, so please go back!"

After hearing this, the two aunts no longer wanted to ask questions. At least they had received some information now.

For example, the owner of the house is a man, and he is not easy to get along with.

So the two ladies walked away grumbling, complaining in a low voice: "Tsk! You're afraid to open the door in broad daylight! Are you afraid that you'll be knocked down by an old woman like me?"

"Tsk!"

After the two aunts left, they immediately shared the news with other old sisters in the aunt group.

Of course, Aunt Liu, the woman who was on "duty" for surveillance, did not leave. She quietly squatted in the corner of the wall outside the yard and looked towards the gate of the yard.

Not long after, Aunt Liu saw two women enter the yard and come out again after a while.

Aunt Liu muttered to herself: This courtyard is really hard to understand! Could it be that some rich girl has a mistress?

Otherwise, why would a woman come to visit the man in the yard?

No one knew what was going on with the man. He never went out and there was no smoke coming out of the chimney.

Is it possible that there is no need to make a fire to cook?

Even if you don’t cook, you still have to eat, right?

But in broad daylight, the two groups of surveillance aunts did not see anyone go out.

Every auntie left muttering: "It's so strange! Don't they need to eat? Are they cultivating immortality?"

It was not until the sun went down that the people in the yard finally came out.

Aunt Wu, who had just taken over the surveillance and was dozing off, heard the sound of the door opening. She was startled and quickly opened her eyes wide to look towards the door. She then quietly hid her body behind the wall, leaving only her eyes staring closely.

I saw the man wrapped in a black cloak, wrapping himself tightly.

When he went out, he carefully looked up at the sky, as if confirming something, and then walked out of the yard.

Aunt Wu waited for another half an hour, and the man quietly returned to the yard with something in his hand.

Aunt Wu smelled the aroma of roast goose from afar and thought, wow, she really knows how to enjoy life.

Seeing that the man had gone back, Aunt Wu hurried to the yard next door and told the other members of the South Lane Aunt Gossip Group the news one by one.

Zhao Dashan, the eldest son of Aunt You in the gossip group, happened to be a waiter in a teahouse.

Zhao Dashan naturally also listened to the storyteller's story, or rather, everyone in the teahouse listened to that story.

Especially the storyteller's final reminder, which frightened Zhao Dashan so much that he was stunned on the spot, and he was still in shock even when he returned home.

In order to make his family members more cautious, Zhao Dashan went home and told them the bizarre story in vivid detail.

At the end, he even imitated a storyteller and came up with a mysterious ending.

Zhao Dashan's actions also stunned his own family.

However, the effect is great.

The whole family took it to heart and became more vigilant towards outsiders, especially strangers.

So, when Aunt You heard Aunt Wu mention that the man in the yard had not gone out all day, and only went out after the sun went down, covering himself tightly.

This strange behavior reminded Aunt You of the story her eldest son told her.

In particular, there is a fake monk in that story who never goes out during the day and only goes out at night.

The reason is that you can’t bask in the sun!

When Aunt You thought of that possibility, she couldn't help but shudder all over.

The more Aunt You thought about it, the more she felt it might be true. Regardless of whether her guess was right or not, she told the whole story and her psychological guesses all at once.

After hearing this, the group of aunties in Nanxiang were all shocked.

No more chattering.

"Oh, Aunt You, are you overthinking it? How could we have run into this by such a coincidence?"

"I think what Aunt You said makes sense! And it's better to believe it than not to believe it! What if it happens?"

"Yes, our houses are close to each other. What if that person is really a problem and drugs us?"

"No! We have to report it to the police! Let the authorities investigate this man!"

"That man looks suspicious! This house has been empty for years, and suddenly someone shows up, and he refuses to interact with his neighbors! There's something wrong with him no matter how you look at it!"

"Yes, yes, yes! This is not normal! We must report it to the police!"

So, the group of Nanxiang aunties decided to report the matter to the police, and they rushed to the government office before dawn the next day.

Not only that, after the men in the aunts' group learned the news, they all asked their employers for half a day off and hid around the yard with sticks, fearing that the people in the yard would escape.

After listening to this, Minister Lin was very impressed by the gossip desire of these aunts.

It seems that eating melons is human nature!

Look, while eating melons, a suspect from Zhao Taiyang was found.

Minister Lin was certain that the person in the yard was most likely Zhao Taiyang.

Because the time when Zhao Taiyang arrived in the capital was basically the same as the time the aunt said.

Moreover, Xue Zhirou and Yan Bitong did go to find Zhao Taiyang, which is consistent with what the aunt said.

Immediately, Minister Lin no longer hesitated and immediately ordered people to rush to the courtyard and sent people to the palace to report the situation to His Majesty.

At the same time, Minister Lin also instructed everyone not to look directly into the eyes of the person suspected to be Zhao Taiyang to avoid being cast under a spell.

The person in the yard was indeed Zhao Taiyang. It was broad daylight and he was still sleeping soundly in bed.

Xue Zhirou hadn't contacted him in the past two days, but he wasn't worried at all. He just thought that Xue Zhirou hadn't found the right time to take action.

The success he had experienced over the years had made him feel that it was impossible for him to fail.

As a result, he was too conceited and did not realize that he was surrounded and was about to enter the countdown of his life.

Qin Yue, who had just finished his court session yesterday, spent the whole afternoon either eating or sleeping. He lay comfortably in the cradle the entire afternoon, completely unaware that the world outside had turned upside down.

On the next morning, Qin Yue changed her diaper in a daze, put on her official uniform in a daze, and was carried by Lord Qin to the special carriage in a daze.

The court officials who had arrived early were all looking forward to it.

Hey, which official’s melon do you want to eat today?