The prince is not doing his job [traveling]

The news that Yan Sheng helped to find out was quickly sent to Prince Wucheng's residence. Xiao Yanzhi only moved to Pei Ze's side to glance at the contents of the note, and then completely pushed the matter to Pei Ze and Xu Lishan.

Although he knew in his heart that Xiao Yanzhi had given up the credit to him again, but Xu Lishan still felt unhappy to take over the job that was pushed from Xiao Yanzhi.

You said that Xiao Yanzhi couldn't think of a more suitable way to please himself when he was giving favors?Obviously helping him every time, but Xiao Yanzhi just has the ability to make him remember his grudges, what is this for?

On the other hand, Pei Ze was much calmer.

If Xiao Yanzhi was not around, these would have been their jobs in the first place, but now there is nothing wrong with the addition of Xiao Yanzhi who only contributes to others but does not work hard, not to mention that Xiao Yanzhi will help them finish half of the work , which also saved them a lot of effort.Considering Xiao Yanzhi's temperament of causing trouble whenever he goes out, he would rather Xiao Yanzhi stay in Prince Wucheng's mansion honestly.

But this time, he pushed the matter to Pei Ze and Xu Li, but Xiao Yanzhi didn't stay in Prince Wucheng's mansion peacefully. On the contrary, he seemed busier than Pei Ze.

Having failed to see Xiao Yanzhi before dark for several days in a row, Pei Ze couldn't help but find Li An first after returning home on this day.

"Li An, where did the King of Shu go?"

Li An was taken aback, then shook his head and said, "My subordinates don't quite know what to say to the lord."

Pei Ze frowned, and asked again, "Did he come back after the court?"

Li An thought about it carefully, and then replied: "I came back, but I just sat in the yard for a while, and then took He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng out again."

"It's been like this for the past few days?" Where will Xiao Yanzhi go with He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng?

"That's not true," Li An shook his head, "In the past few days, the king of Shu sometimes goes out after returning from the morning court, and sometimes he leaves after taking a nap."

"Go out every day?"

Lean nodded.

Raising his hand to indicate that Li An can go to work, Pei Ze frowned, full of doubts in his heart.

Xiao Yanzhi is not a person who likes to go out and hang out, and he probably knows very well that he likes to cause trouble. Therefore, if he can stay quietly in Wucheng Prince's Mansion, he will never go shopping in the street, he will be like this Going out one after another for a few days and coming back every day under the night ban, it is likely that something happened to him.

But what could it be?When I saw Xiao Yanzhi in the past few nights, I didn't see anything wrong with him. It was rare for Xiao Yanzhi to hide something from him.

After much thought and thought, he couldn't come up with a reason, so Pei Ze also got on his horse and left the house.

Although I don't know where Xiao Yanzhi went, but if you walk around, you might meet him, since Chang'an City is only that big anyway.

With the idea of ​​giving it a try, Pei Ze set off from Prince Wucheng's mansion and walked southward at a leisurely pace. After wandering around the East Market, he turned to the west of the city again. After walking a few streets, he arrived at the West Market Xiao Yanzhi met Xiao Yanzhi at the south entrance.

At that time, Xiao Yanzhi was walking side by side with Liu Hanqing, and he seemed to be in a good relationship, while He Yan and Zhang Shaosheng followed slowly.

Reining in his horse, he stopped right in front of Xiao Yanzhi's party, Pei Ze waited for Xiao Yanzhi to find him, Xiao Yanzhi lived up to his expectations, and saw Pei Ze almost immediately.

Da Ma quickly ran to Pei Ze and stopped. Xiao Yanzhi smiled brightly and said, "This is really destined. In such a big Chang'an city, I can meet you just by taking a walk? Why? Come out to do business?"

"I'm looking for you." Pei Ze replied without thinking, glanced at Liu Hanqing who was following Xiao Yanzhi, and asked again, "Are you Hongxing cheating?"

Xiao Yan was startled, then shivered with disgust on his face, and said: "Don't joke, no one can compare to you anywhere, it's too bad for me to cheat for his love."

Pei Ze raised his eyebrows, and asked in a cold voice: "If everything is better than me, it will be fine?"

Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze and said seriously: "Is there anyone better than you in this world? In my eyes, there is no such person."

After rolling Xiao Yan's eyes, Pei Ze asked seriously, "What happened? I heard from Li An that you have been going out every day recently."

"En..." Xiao Yanzhi scratched the corner of his mouth and said, "There is something I want to confirm, but it's not a troublesome thing."

"Are you sure?"

Xiao Yanzhi shook his head, suddenly smiled and sighed, and said, "Maybe I misread it. Why did you come here to find me?"

"Worried." Pei Ze said in a deep voice.

Xiao Yanzhi smiled, and asked again: "The robber was caught?"

"Well," Pei Ze nodded, "The Sixteenth Guards have been sent to arrest people according to the information provided by Young Master Yan, and we must thank Young Master Yan in the future."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will take care of Young Master Yan."

Probably need to make a few more jars of wine for Yan Sheng.He didn't know whether to say that Yan Sheng was young and mature, or he was like a child. He obviously looked like a vigorous and decisive person, but he liked to drink flower and fruit wine. He always felt that that person was not worthy of flower and fruit wine at all.

"This time I will go to the door with you to thank you."

Regardless of whether that young master Yan decided to help because of his personal relationship with Xiao Yanzhi, this is helping the court solve a case, and he should come forward to express his solemn thanks.

Xiao Yanzhi nodded and said, "Alright."

Pei Ze squinted at Liu Hanqing again, and then asked Xiao Yanzhi, "Do you want to continue wandering around?"

Xiao Yanzhi hesitated for a while, then shook his head lightly, and said, "Forget it, I won't look for it anymore."

Liu Hanqing said at this time: "Don't worry, if you are in Chang'an, you will meet each other sooner or later. And if the woman you saw that day is really Sister Chunyue, then she is really what she said You're doing fine, you don't need to worry too much."

Xiao Yanzhi just sighed and didn't say anything.

Liu Hanqing said again: "I often walk around in the city, and I will keep an eye out for you. If I see that woman again, I will definitely find out where she lives."

"Thank you." Xiao Yanzhi gave Liu Hanqing a rare smile.

Liu Hanqing smiled and said, "Brother, you don't have to be polite with me. Big brother and Jun Meng's sister are also my sisters."

Xiao Yanzhi's face turned cold again, and he gave Liu Hanqing a hard look.

Liu Hanqing smiled indifferently.

Xiao Yanzhi gave Liu Hanqing a blank look, and when he turned his head to remove Liu Hanqing from his sight, he caught a glimpse of Chu Liang who was running on horseback from a distance.

Xiao Yanzhi raised his chin and said to Pei Ze, "Chu Liang is here to find you."

Hearing this, Pei Ze turned his head and looked back, just as Chu Liang also ran behind Pei Ze, and stopped his horse.

"The general has met the two lords. I want to report to the lord, the robber who was just caught is clamoring to see you, look..."

Pei Ze frowned, and said coldly, "What are you doing seeing me?"

Eighty-nine out of ten of the prisoners caught in Chang'an City every day call to see him and ask him to uphold justice. Can he still go to see them all?Didn't they just arrest someone without evidence, so what justice do they ask him for?

Chu Liang shivered, and said: "The general is guilty! But... But that person talked a lot about the time when the prince was fighting, and he seemed to be very familiar with the prince... The general dare not make decisions without authorization. "

"You know me well?" Pei Ze frowned even more tightly.

Even during the war, there were not many people who knew him very well, and among the few people who died in the battle, the rest were all in Chang'an City. He didn't remember who among them would make a move Things that were robbed in the street.

Xiao Yanzhi rode his horse closer to Pei Ze again, and whispered into Pei Ze's ear, "Have you found your old lover?"

Pei Ze immediately glared at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yanzhi chuckled, and said again: "Go and have a look, don't really be an old lover looking for you."

After the words fell, Xiao Yanzhi asked Chu Liang without waiting for Pei Ze to speak, "Where is that man now?"

After glancing at Pei Ze, Chu Liang replied, "Temporarily put in the cell of the Ministry of Punishment."

"Then go and have a look in the cell." Xiao Yanzhi smiled and glanced at Pei Ze, then turned his horse's head, "Speaking of which, I've never been to the cell of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Where is it?"

Chu Liang replied: "It's the cell where the prisoners are temporarily held, and it's in the Criminal Department of the Imperial City."

"Then go and have a look." Xiao Yanzhi immediately rode his horse towards the direction of the palace.

Pei Ze had no choice but to nod to Liu Hanqing, then rode his horse to catch up with Xiao Yanzhi.

Liu Hanqing clasped his hands, watched the group leave, and then wandered leisurely to Yan Mansion.

Now that he doesn't have to hang around with Xiao Yanzhi anymore today, he can just go to Yan Mansion to see Jun Meng.

After arriving at the Ministry of Punishment, Xiao Yanzhi refused the request of the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to interrogate the prisoner, and walked leisurely to the cell. Under the guidance of the jailer, Xiao Yanzhi saw the young man sitting in the cell calmly.

Looking at the fearless young man, Xiao Yanzhi leaned against the iron gate of the cell and said with a smile, "Whether you know Pei Ze or not, do you think you can get away with committing four robberies?"

Hearing the sound, the young man raised his head, looked at Xiao Yanzhi coldly and asked, "Who are you? Where is General Pei?"

"Yo!" Xiao Yanzhi raised his hand and patted the chest of the person behind him, teasingly said, "It's the first time I've heard someone call you General Pei, this feels really fresh."

Pei Ze grabbed Xiao Yanzhi's hand, glared at Xiao Yanzhi before looking at the boy: "Who are you?"

"General Pei!" The young man saw Pei Ze standing behind Xiao Yanzhi, jumped three feet high, and looked at Pei Ze excitedly while holding the iron railing, "General Pei, I am Qi Cheng! Guangzhou Qi Cheng, I have fought with you, General!"

Pei Ze looked coldly at this young man who claimed to be named Qi Cheng. Although he really wanted to recall it carefully, it was all seven or eight years ago. He couldn't even remember the tragic scenes he had experienced so vividly. Can you remember a boy you met on the road?And seeing that this boy is only sixteen or seventeen, he was probably just a kid back then, right?Fight with him?Does he know what it's like to fight?

Seeing that Pei Ze didn't respond for a long time, the excitement on Qi Cheng's face dissipated a little: "General Pei, don't you remember me?"

Pei Ze looked at the boy again, and then said in a deep voice, "It doesn't matter whether I remember you or not, you want to see me, I'm here, what do you want to say?"

Qi Cheng's eyes lit up again, he looked at Pei Ze and shouted, "General Pei, let me out! I did nothing wrong, let me out!"

"Didn't do anything wrong?" Xiao Yanzhi chuckled, "Snatching other people's things in the street and selling them in the ghost market, do you think it's right?"

"I, I did this to meet General Pei!" Qi Cheng said with a straight neck, "General Pei, you promised me that when I grow up, I can join the army and fight with you, so now When I grow up, I will come! But the gatekeepers of Prince Wucheng’s mansion won’t let me see you! Someone told me that as long as I do some important things in Chang’an City, I can see you, so I followed He did it the way he taught me."

"Who taught you?" Hearing this, Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi looked at each other, "Who taught you?"

Qi Cheng shook his head and said, "I don't know him, he left after talking to me."

Xiao Yanzhi originally just wanted to watch the fun, but now he also frowned, and asked Qi Chengdao: "Why don't you join the recruitment in Guangzhou if you want to join the army? You came to Chang'an alone? Where's your family?"

"A recruit from Guangzhou?" Qi Cheng sneered and said, "I didn't train my martial arts so hard just to be with those bums! The soldiers in Chang'an City are not as good as me!"

"You boy!" Chu Liang was so angry that he raised his foot and kicked on the iron gate, "You have a big tone, you are stronger than us, why are you still caught by us?!"

Qi Cheng took a step back in fright, then looked at Chu Liang and said with a smile: "If you didn't find out my residence from the ghost market, would you still be able to catch me? Do you want to compare now?"

Chu Liang gritted his teeth, then smiled and said: "This general does not compete with prisoners."

"Then let me out, let's go out and compete!" Qi Cheng yelled at Chu Liang.

Chu Liang chuckled, and said: "You should stay inside honestly! Wait for the official documents from Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment to see if you are sentenced to whipping or cane punishment, and if you are not sure, you will be imprisoned for a few more years. You have no chance to compare with this general."

"I..." When he heard that he would be sentenced to whipping or sticking, Qi Cheng showed a look of fear on his face, and then asked Pei Ze for help, "General Pei, save me!"

"What should I do?" Xiao Yanzhi turned to look at Pei Ze.

Robbing an official from the court in the street, this matter is big or small, it is not impossible to turn a big thing into a small thing, if he wants to save this kid, no matter the four adults who were robbed Even the emperor should be able to sell him this face.

As soon as Pei Ze heard Xiao Yanzhi's question, he knew what Xiao Yanzhi meant. He glanced at Qi Cheng whose eyes were full of trust and dependence on him. disposal."

"General Pei? General Pei! General Pei, wait! Help me!"

"Stop shouting!" Chu Liang impatiently kicked the iron gate of the cell again, "Qi Cheng from Guangzhou, right? If you see the person who gave you bad advice, you will recognize him again." come out?"

"Why tell you!" Qi Cheng roared at Chu Liang angrily.

"Hey! You have a bad temper. This general kindly wants to help you get rid of the crime so that you can go to the prince. Since you don't appreciate it, forget it."

As he said that, Chu Liang made a gesture to leave.

"Hey, wait!" Qi Cheng immediately stopped Chu Liang, "You said you want to exonerate me...is it true? General Pei won't help me."

Chu Liang turned around, looked at Qi Cheng and said with a smile, "If you cooperate a little bit, you might be able to get away with it."

After hesitating again and again, Qi Cheng said to Chu Liang, "Alright then, I trust you."

"That's right," Chu Liang walked back to the cell door, "That man, can you still recognize him?"

Qi Cheng shook his head and said, "I can't recognize him. He was wearing a mask when he came to me, and his voice sounded weird."

Chu Liang raised his eyebrows and asked again: "You said he was looking for you?"

Qi Cheng nodded and said: "Well, I have no money, and I don't know anyone in Chang'an City. During the period when I couldn't see General Pei, I lived with beggars. That person suddenly appeared and asked me who I am. You don't want to meet General Pei and tell me the method."

"Then you don't know that method is illegal?" Chu Liang looked at Qi Cheng with contempt.

Qi Cheng stared and shouted: "Of course I know! But... But that person said that as long as I see General Pei, I will not be convicted."

"Because you won't be convicted, can you break the law? You kid!" Chu Liang glared at Qi Cheng fiercely.

"Then, then, I don't want to see General Pei!" Qi Cheng knew he was wrong.

Chu Liang rubbed his chin, and asked again: "Then why do you specialize in grabbing things from court officials?"

"I don't know who is the official of the imperial court! It's all written on the note given by that person. He said that these people can be robbed." Qi Cheng now also knows that he was deceived by others, but how did he Just believe it?

"I said you don't have a brain, right?" Chu Liang was angry, "Why do you believe what others say? You want to fight with the prince beside you? How many innocent comrades are you trying to kill! "

"Well, then I didn't do it on purpose," Qi Cheng asked aggrievedly, "Then can I get away with it?"

"Get off your ass!" Chu Liang kicked on the iron gate again, "Just stay inside and reflect on yourself!"

After the words fell, Chu Liang also strode away, and before leaving, he asked the jailer to keep an eye on Qi Cheng.

Walking out of the prison cell of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Chu Liang saw Pei Ze and Xiao Yanzhi waiting at the door of the cell, and trotted forward immediately.

"My lord."

Pei Ze turned to look at Chu Liang, and asked in a deep voice, "What did you ask?"

Chu Liang scratched his head irritably, and said: "If that kid didn't lie, then someone deliberately encouraged him to rob the court officials. He said that the reason why he robbed the four adults was because the person who encouraged him gave him money. Little note, but he couldn't identify it."

Xiao Yanzhi smiled and said, "I really want to know who is so boring."

This young man kept saying that he came to Chang'an City to look for Pei Ze, and at first glance he was a loyal admirer of Pei Ze. When he committed a crime and was caught, he would definitely ask to see Pei Ze. It would be Pei Ze's selfishness to keep him from an old acquaintance, and it would be inhumane if Pei Ze didn't keep him.He can assert that this matter will spread throughout Chang'an City within two days. At that time, whether it is favoritism or inhumanity, the opinions of the people will definitely be unfavorable to Pei Ze.

After two years of calm, was Pei Ze the first to suffer?

"It doesn't matter to anyone," Pei Ze said indifferently, "When the time comes, he will show up."

"What about the kid over there?" Xiao Yanzhi pointed to the inside of the cell.

Pei Ze said without thinking, "Deal with it according to the law."

"Really so cruel?" Xiao Yanzhi raised his eyebrows.

Chu Liang leaned closer to Xiao Yanzhi and explained in a low voice: "The penalty is not considered severe in the first place, if it is fatal, it will be sent out after a beating."

Xiao Yanzhi suddenly realized: "So that's it. Let me just say, look at that kid's sparkling little eyes, how can you not be tempted?"

"The word tempting is not used in this way." Pei Ze raised his foot and walked forward after smiling at Xiao Yan.

"Isn't it used like this?" Xiao Yanzhi followed up with a smile, "Don't you think it's suitable to use here? Tsk tsk tsk, if he looked at me with that kind of eyes, then I would never be able to hold back .”

Pei Ze turned his head to look at Xiao Yanzhi, and said, "You'd better hold on tight."

Xiao Yanzhi walked beside Pei Ze with a smile, and asked after a while, "You really don't remember him?"

"I don't remember," Pei Ze replied without hesitation, "Thanks to someone, I have more things to remember in the past two years, and I don't have the energy to remember those insignificant people and things anymore."

"Am I in such trouble?" Xiao Yanzhi looked at Pei Ze dissatisfied.

"It's more troublesome than imagined," Pei Ze glanced at Xiao Yan, and after noticing Xiao Yanzhi's outrageous little gesture, he added, "But I seem to be a troublemaker."

Xiao Yanzhi curled his lips, but he didn't suppress the smile that rose from the corner of his mouth.

As Chu Liang said, two days later, Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice quickly convicted Qi Cheng. The emperor was relieved when he saw that he was just an ordinary thief, and he didn't care whether the sentence was light or severe, so the Ministry of Criminal Justice beat him up. After a meal, he let him go.

Although it was said that the people who were robbed were court officials, what does this have to do with them?The prisons of the Ministry of Punishment still have room for prisoners with more serious crimes, but there is no place to house these robbers and thieves. A beating is enough to improve their memory.

Chu Liang felt that Qi Cheng was also quite unlucky. Seeing that the Ministry of Punishment was ruthless in the execution as always, he took the seriously injured man back to his residence and invited a doctor to treat his injuries.

When Chu Liang was free, he would talk to Qi Cheng a lot about Pei Ze. He talked about Pei Ze in recent years. Originally, he wanted Qi Cheng to give up joining the army and plan to return to his hometown to live a better life. As a result, after Qi Cheng heard this, he became more determined to follow Pei Ze. After he recovered from his injury, he probably ran to the gate of Prince Wucheng's mansion and squatted. Like the stone lion at the gate, no one could persuade him.

In the end, it was Li An who begged for Qi Cheng, and then Pei Ze took him into the mansion and took him into a nursing home.

But after a while, Li An regretted his meddling so much that his guts were green.