"Northwest! It's northwest!" Yu Qingfeng grabbed Pei Wuyan's hands on the table.

Pei Wuyan raised his eyebrows, pretending not to understand, "Oh?"

"Peacock Flying Southeast" tells the tragic love story of Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi. A loving couple was forced to separate under the control of feudal ethics, and both died in love.

"Although these lovers resisted feudal ethics, the so-called resistance was suicide. Although they were considered rebels in their time and background, if they were not afraid of death, why didn't they dare to live to resist?

What? Why not elope?

"In the final analysis, they still dare not bear the consequences of violating feudal ethics. Sacrifice for love is a kind of escape and another kind of submission."

Yu Qingfeng tried hard to recall. Although she could only remember two sentences of this long narrative poem in the Chinese textbook, the story was still very profound. Because evil mother-in-laws like Jiao Zhongqing's mother who broke up the mandarin ducks are not uncommon in modern society.

The two sentences that Yu Qingfeng can remember are the first sentence at the beginning, "The peacock flies to the southeast" and the last sentence when Jiao Zhongqing commits suicide, "Hang yourself on the southeast branch."

"So?" Pei Wuyan started to flatter him again.

"So when you and the prince were discussing this poem, you must have expressed the opinion I just expressed, denying the love of the male and female protagonists in the poem. Your negative attitude was deeply remembered by His Highness. Denying the love of the male and female protagonists is equivalent to denying this.

A poem is equivalent to denying flying to the southeast. So it is northwest. This is the exclusive code for the two of you."

Pei Wuyan nodded and asked interestingly: "Guess why we are talking about this poem?"

"Of course it is to encourage the prince to resist hard, to fight for a good ending for him and Cheng Minrong, and to tell him that he cannot die in love and elope."

"What else?"

"besides?"

"I told the prince, if you and I disappear one day, don't worry, we just eloped." Pei Wuyan's eyes were deep and seemed to have endless meaning.

Yu Qingfeng was stunned and stared deeply at Pei Wuyan, expecting him to continue talking.

Pei Wuyan pursed his lips, finally mustered up his courage, and opened his lips slightly, "I..."

"Dang." There was a knock on the door.

Pei Wuyan almost bit his tongue.

Yu Qingfeng closed her eyes, clenched her fists, and started to open the door aggressively.

Pei Wuyan quickly grabbed Yu Qingfeng and said, "Calm down."

"I'm very calm, I just want to see who it is!" No matter who it is, they have to bear Yu Qingfeng's full anger.

The two of them rushed to the door. As soon as Yu Qingfeng opened the door, there was still a roar outside.

"Have you met the prince?" Lin Ming looked solemn, nervous and serious.

Yu Qingfeng's anger dissipated instantly. No matter who it was, everyone had to bear Yu Qingfeng's anger, except Lin Ming.

"I see, the situation with the prince is a bit complicated. Mr. Lin, please go and ask Mr. Lian. The four of us have to discuss it carefully."

Lin Ming nodded immediately after hearing this and turned around to find Lin Ming.

Pei Wuyan glanced sideways at Yu Qingfeng and said coldly: "He is indeed calm. Lin Ming, it is indeed different."

Yu Qingfeng shrugged and said helplessly: "There is no way, Lin Ming, it is indeed different."

Pei Wuyan turned around and sat down at the table. He said angrily, "You still don't want to completely hurt him."

"I have clearly refused. As for hurting him completely, it will probably be a matter of time." Yu Qingfeng sat next to Pei Wuyan, "I will talk about it later, just listen."

Pei Wuyan tilted his head slightly and squinted his eyes, not understanding what Yu Qingfeng meant.

Lin Ming and Lian Shurong hurried in. The four of them sat around a round table, drinking tea and listening to the story.

"What? Are you sure that the prince in the East Palace is fake?" Lian Shurong was so shocked that his voice was a little loud.

Yu Qingfeng hurriedly made a move to cover Lian Shurong's mouth, "I want you to eat pig brains, but you will eat pig mouth for me?"

Just as Lian Shurong was about to talk back, Lin Ming quickly covered his mouth.

Pei Wuyan quickly replied: "Sure."

"Qingfeng, the test you just mentioned about Mr. Pei cannot be regarded as ironclad evidence. If we rashly tell His Majesty that the prince is fake, I'm afraid..." Lin Ming frowned and shook his head.

"Of course we can't report it to His Majesty rashly. What we have to do is find the real prince!" Yu Qingfeng pointed out a clear path for everyone.

"But the world is so big, where should we find it? There must be some clues, right?" Lian Shurong asked unoptimistically.

"There are no clues. We have to send people from all directions to secretly pursue them. We have to work separately." Yu Qingfeng frowned.

Pei Wuyan remained calm and stared at the teacup in his hand.

"The most eye-catching way is for the four of us to look for case reviews from all directions and secretly search for people on the pretext of handling the case. But in order to improve efficiency, I suggest that we work separately and divide our troops into two groups." Yu Qingfeng suggested.

Lian Shurong smiled but said, "Needless to say, you are with Mr. Pei and I am with Lin Ming, right?"

"Hey, you still ate pig brains." Yu Qingfeng joked.

Just as Lin Ming was about to protest, Pei Wuyan jumped in first and said, "That's it. Let's go to the registry office and look for two cases in different directions first and work separately."

The four of them arrived at the Bookkeeping Office and were catching up with Duan Ling, the chief bookkeeper of Dali Temple, filing the latest files for storage.

Yu Qingfeng deliberately fell behind, went to Duan Ling's side, and asked in a low voice: "Master Duan, I heard that you are famous in the imperial examination and are knowledgeable and talented?"

"Oh, I don't think so." Duan Ling smiled from ear to ear.

"How about poetry?"

"You want to test me?" Duan Ling disagreed with Yu Qingfeng, who was said to be only able to read and write Chinese characters.

"Well, let's test you."

Pei Wuyan had already started looking for the files on the wooden shelf. He saw Lin Ming and Lian Shurong starting to work over there, but Yu Qingfeng and Duan Ling were whispering over there, curious.

"Qingfeng, are you asking Chief Duan about the case? It's better for us to find out ourselves."

Duan Ling was lowering his head and thinking hard, as if Yu Qingfeng had given him a huge problem.

Yu Qingfeng patted Duan Ling on the shoulder and said, "Master Duan, don't be embarrassed, just admit defeat. I'm going to get busy."

"Why admit defeat? Didn't you ask Duan Ling about any cases in the northwest?" Pei Wuyan pulled Yu Qingfeng to a corner and asked in a low voice. After asking, he didn't forget to look at Lin Ming and Lian Shurong not far away.

"No, I was guessing riddles with Chief Duan, and he lost. As for the cases in the northwest, of course you have to find them yourself." After Yu Qingfeng finished speaking, she left.

Pei Wuyan grabbed Yu Qingfeng again and pulled him back, "What's going on? Why did you hide the things in the northwest and keep them away? Could it be that you suspected that there was something going on in Dali Temple and you suspected them?

Already?"

"You think it's impossible for them?" Yu Qingfeng asked tentatively.

"Of course it's impossible." Pei Wuyan replied without hesitation.

Yu Qingfeng bit her lips and suddenly smiled playfully, "I want to travel alone with Mr. Pei. What's the reason for this?"

Pei Wuyan was stunned, and just as he was about to speak again, Yu Qingfeng slipped away from Pei Wuyan like a loach.

After working in the bookstore for most of the day, Lin Ming and Lian Shurong selected the case of the Seventh Resurrection in Xianyang County to the southeast; Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan selected the Yizhuang Hungry Ghost Case in Linfu County of Tuzhou to the northwest.

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Originally, Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan just wanted to find a random case in the northwest as their name for going out. Unexpectedly, they actually found a case in the file that was interesting enough.

This case can be summed up by a verse: The wine and meat of the rich family smells bad, and there are freezing bones on the road.

There is only one Yi Zhuang in Linfu County, which is under the jurisdiction of the county magistrate and is used to temporarily store unclaimed corpses. But starting two years ago, the corpses in Yi Zhuang began to become dilapidated, as if they had been eaten by animals.

generally.

The guards sent by the magistrate to guard Yizhuang claimed to have seen ghosts eating corpses. Three years ago, the body of a beggar who starved to death was indeed brought to Yizhuang.

But the beggar's body only had a record of going in, but no record of coming out. It disappeared in Yizhuang for no reason.

Over time, there were rumors in the local area that starving ghosts would eat the corpses of Yizhuang. When they had eaten enough of the seven or forty-nine corpses, they would transform from hungry ghosts into evil spirits and slaughter all those in Linfu County who would rather waste food than help beggars.

of wealthy people.

Initially, the rumors were spread in a small area. But soon after, three young ladies from the family of a member of the Yuan Dynasty in Linfu County fell ill with strange illnesses. They vomited whatever they ate, lost weight rapidly, became comatose and bedridden. People finally began to believe the rumors.

So the wealthy people in Linfu County were panic-stricken. In order to prevent the hungry ghosts of Yizhuang from eating enough of the forty-nine corpses, they thought of ways to offer sacrifices to the hungry ghosts, hoping to fill their stomachs forever.

Not only that, the wealthy families in Linfu County no longer dared to blatantly waste food, and began to do charity for local beggars.

After doing this for less than a month, the effect was immediate and the three young ladies were cured of their illnesses.

No one died in the Yizhuang Hungry Ghost case, but many bodies were inexplicably damaged. It is necessary to find out who is pretending to be a ghost for what purpose.

Early the next morning, the two groups of people were preparing to set off and parted ways at the gate of Dali Temple.

Lin Ming and Lian Shurong both had martial arts skills, so they brought seven or eight accompanying guards.

Pei Wuyan and Yu Qingfeng brought twenty people.

Linfu County is only two days away from the capital, but Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan have to travel four or five days to get there. This is because the case of the hungry ghost in Yizhuang must be ranked after the search for the person.

I went out in the morning and rushed to Jinjing Township outside the capital to rest in the evening. I also sent people around to find out if any strangers had passed by before.

Since they were spying, they had to act secretly. Yu Qingfeng and Pei Wuyan pretended to be a couple visiting relatives, two guards pretended to be their entourage, and the remaining eighteen guards secretly accompanied them.

Yu Qingfeng guessed that Qi Jinglin's appearance had changed, either slightly disfigured or completely different, so when he inquired about it, the target person was described as an old man and a young man. The younger one was masked, and the older one was prone to coughing.

, more or less effeminate.
Chapter completed!