"He's out."

Li Zhaocheng opened the car curtain, took a look outside, and whispered to Jiang Fan: "I'm going, look to see if there is a tail."

"Be careful."

"Do not worry."

Li Zhaocheng quickly got off the carriage, quickly passed through the crowd, and rushed towards the group of people coming out of Prince Zhong's Mansion.

Before anyone could get closer, a loud shout was heard.

"Get him!"

Li Zhaocheng was kicked in the abdomen and fell to the ground, his body already being pinned down.

He remained calm and looked up at the sixty-year-old official in front of him.

"Mr. Ye, I am the brother of Sichuan Li Jieshuai. I have something very important to discuss with you."

Ye Mengding was about to get on the sedan when he turned back, his eyes thoughtful.

Li Zhaocheng allowed people to search him, and he spoke quickly and said: "Today, a cricket bit King Zhong."

"Let him come over." Ye Mengding stroked his beard and thought for a moment, pointed to the sedan and said to Li Zhaocheng, "How about riding with me?"

…

In the distance, Jiang Fan saw Li Zhaocheng getting on Ye Mengding's sedan with his own eyes, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

He glanced around, looking for suspicious figures in the streets.

"The scholar in green shirt at the entrance of the alley, the vegetable vendor on the corner, the candied haws seller, and the old woman... follow them to see which one is going to Renshoufang."

~~

Renshoufang.

Ouyang Hui pushed open the courtyard door and looked down the alley.

Her father is Ouyang Shoudao, the headmaster of Bailuzhou Academy, who is from the same clan as Ouyang Xiu.

Bailuzhou Academy was founded by Jiang Wanli. Later, when Jiang Wanli revolted, Ouyang Shoudao stayed in the academy and taught many outstanding talents of the day, the most outstanding of whom was Wen Yunsun.

Ouyang Shoudao admired Wen Yunsun very much and married his daughter to Wen Yunsun early, which was regarded as a wise man.

Ouyang Hui didn't care whether she was the wife of the number one scholar. She was deeply in love with Wen Yun and Sun Kangli. She was more concerned about her husband.

At this time, the night was getting darker, but Wen Yunsun had not returned yet, and she couldn't help but have a look of worry in her eyes.

Finally, a sedan slowly came over in the darkness.

Ouyang Hui hurriedly retreated back to the yard. When she saw that the person getting off the sedan was Zhao Yumin, the prefect of Lin'an, she came out again to perform a blessing.

"I've met Uncle Zhao."

The reason why she was called this was because Ouyang Shoudao and Zhao Yumin had always been close friends. Wen Yunsun now rented the small courtyard that belonged to Zhao Yumin.

"It's Hui'er." Zhao Yumin got off the sedan and warned, "Song Rui hasn't come back yet? Ask the servants at home to wait. Don't come out at night, in case you encounter a thief."

"Thank you, Uncle Zhao, and please wait a moment while my niece goes to collect the money for renting the house..."

"Well, it's boring to see outsiders."

"The officials have told me that they must be given."

Zhao Yumin smiled, waved his hand and said, "Let Song Rui tell me tomorrow. Go back quickly."

After saying this, he turned back to his mansion.

Ouyang Hui glanced at the entrance of the alley again, and saw that the sky was getting darker, and she became more and more worried.

"May I ask if it's Mrs. Wen?"

Suddenly a woman's voice sounded from behind.

Ouyang Hui turned around and saw a woman coming from the other end of the alley. She had a pretty figure.

But when the other party came closer, he saw that half of her face was covered with scars, which was quite shocking.

"Madam, go back." The maid behind him whispered, pulling Ouyang Hui.

Ouyang Hui was not afraid, but felt a little sorry for the other party, and said: "Who is this lady?"

"I was originally a singer in Jia Sidao's palace, but I offended him for some reason... I came here tonight to inform Madam of something."

Ouyang Hui stroked the hair beside her ear, as if she had a premonition of something.

She raised her head, her posture seemed a bit strong.

"Please invite this lady to come in and talk..."

~~

Over there, Zhao and Min turned back to their mansion.

His great-grandfather Zhao Bogui was a brother of Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty. Although Emperor Xiaozong was adopted by Gaozong, after Zhao Bogui died, Xiaozong still posthumously named him King Chong and gave him a mansion in Huzhou.

Therefore, Zhao Yumin's home was also in Huzhou, and he came to Lin'an to become an official, and he only had a few younger children with him.

Among them, his favorite was the seventh son, Zhao Mengfu.

Zhao Mengfu is only five years old this year, but he is already very talented in calligraphy and painting. At this time, he is sitting in the courtyard practicing calligraphy with a candle.

"Father."

Although Zhao and Min liked the child, they responded with a straight face: "It is necessary to work hard, but don't damage your eyes."

After saying this, he turned to his stepmother Qiu and said, "Light more candles for the child at night."

"Yes, officers, please eat first."

"Don't worry, let Fu'er finish writing this post, and I'll change my clothes first."

Zhao Yumin took a deep look at his son who was showing off his beauty at such a young age, and sighed quietly.

Seeing that the official family has no heirs these years, he is not without thoughts.

It felt like they were very close recently. If Wu Qian and Li Xia could work together, even if the seventh son was not allowed to be an heir to the official family, it would be better to let the fourth son born to his deceased wife Li be adopted...

It's a pity that the success fell short.

Now that Prime Minister Jia Sidao is in charge of the world, it won't be long before he, the prefect of Lin'an, will be replaced.

The clan...the ancestral temple of the Song Dynasty has become a one-man world.

With this thought in mind, suddenly, the concierge hurried over.

"Alang, I heard that Madam asked for a meeting and said that she had something important to do..."

Before he finished speaking, Ouyang Hui hurried over and was about to kneel down.

"Uncle, please save the lives of our officials."

"Quickly, support her." Zhao Yumin quickly asked Mrs. Qiu to stop Ouyang Hui from kneeling and said, "What's the matter? Speak slowly, go to the hall..."

~~

Zhao Mengfu, who was sitting in the vestibule studying calligraphy, put down his pen and turned his head to look at the hall. He saw that all the other servants had been pushed back. In the hall, only the Wen family's sister-in-law was talking in a low voice to her father, while her mother was sitting outside. .

He ran to the hall with the written words in his hands, wanting his father to read it so that his sister-in-law could have dinner with him.

As he ran to his father's side, Zhao Mengfu heard a few words, but he didn't understand them at all and didn't care.

"...The lady only heard the word 'wind disease', so Jia Sidao ordered the news to be suppressed and the officials detained."

"Where is she?"

"I left because I was afraid of being implicated."

The next moment, the copybook held high in Zhao Mengfu's hand was slapped away by his father...

~~

On the carriage, Jiang Fan squinted at the alley and watched a scholar in green shirt walking towards Zhao Yumin's mansion.

The door of the mansion opened with a "squeak" sound.

"It doesn't have to be so perfect." Jiang Fan murmured in a low voice.

~~

Over there, Zhao and Min just rushed out of the mansion. When they saw the scholar in green shirt walking towards them, they whispered.

"My lord, Prince Zhong has been summoned to the palace. Li Xia sent someone to tell Ye Mengding that the crickets are going to bite Prince Zhong..."

Zhao Yumin nodded, turned around and told his entourage: "Prepare the sedan and enter the palace."

~~

Inside, in the Xuande Hall, Zhao Yu was still kneeling in front of Zhao Yun and trembling.

"Ghost... I really saw the ghost of Wei Guansun..."

"I'm not asking you this now." Zhao Yun said: "Let me say it again from the beginning, telling what I just remembered."
To be continued...