Vol 4 Chapter 85: The people are no good or bad (one more)

When Su Fengnuan asked this, Old Bo was taken aback for a moment.
Su Fengnuan said, "We are here to investigate the case. The old man should know what happened in the palace on New Year's Eve two days ago, right?"
The old man hurriedly said, "Whenever there is wind and grass in Beijing, there will be people chatting in the alleys of the tea house. After all, it is only these two days. The little old man knows nothing. I only heard that it was Uncle Xiaoguo and Miss Su you were together. Something happened at the palace banquet, and the emperor ordered Ye Shizi and the second prince to conduct a thorough investigation. The courtiers and family members were kept in the palace for one night, staying with the emperor, dowager, and queen all night. The rest, Xiao Lao I don’t know."
Su Fengnuan said to him, "The secret road in the palace built by Taizu has been modified and transformed, and the exit of that secret road was just pasted on the yard where you said you had been a ghost for a year."
The old man was horrified, "How...Why? That family is just an ordinary family, so why is there a secret passage connecting to the palace in the yard?"
Su Feng Nuan said, "This is exactly the reason we want to investigate." After a pause, she said, "You said that the courtyard was left behind after the dead, crying every day, and haunted for a year. People in this alley People have moved away, and only stopped for a year. And you have been living here, and there has been nothing but quiet here since then. So I want to ask, what happened in Beijing that year?"
The old man thought about it and said, "A lot of things happened in Beijing that year. First, King Rong'an and the princess died on the battlefield, then General Su resigned, and then the son of Hubu Shangshu was inexplicable. The land was dead, and Hubu Shangshu couldn't afford it. Not long after, he resigned." After that, he said, "The little old man still remembers that that year, the eldest son of the Jin Dynasty Mansion made a fuss to leave the house. It is said that it was because I fell in love with a brothel whore, and King Jin refused to allow him to take him into the house, so he had trouble with King Jin and made a lot of jokes."
"Oh?" Su Fengnuan raised his eyebrows, "What happened later?"
The old man said, "After a year of trouble, it stopped. Later, the king of Jin compromised and left him alone. He took the eldest grandson to his side for training. It was stated that the future court of the royal palace of the Jin Dynasty would be inherited by the eldest grandson Liu Yan. It has nothing to do with the eldest son. Although the eldest son of the Prince Jin’s Mansion did not leave the Prince Jin’s mansion, it is said that he was separated from the Prince Jin’s mansion later, and they were not related to each other. Since the Prince Jin no longer cares about him, he has become even more absurd ever since."
Ye Chang said, "The son of Hubu Shangshu died somehow? Was it before the mansion was sealed by the government? Or after it?"
The old man said, "Before it was sealed, the little old man remembered clearly, because these things are big things, the little old man lives by storytelling, and the little old man was not old, and he could tell the story, remember clearly. "
Ye Chang said, "I remember that the Shangshu of the Household Department was called Shen Rang, which was the same as Jingyanghoufu."
The old man said, "Exactly. During his tenure in the Ministry of Households, Mr. Shen was conscientious and a good official. Whenever there is a disaster relief area, he will send people to watch whether the relief funds and rice are sent to the local area. He has only one son. Unexpectedly, he died inexplicably. After that, Mr. Shen was sad and depressed. He could not afford to be an official anymore, so he resigned and returned to his hometown. After he resigned, he changed several positions, and he no longer had the skills of Lord Shen Rang. One term is not as good as one term."
Su Fengnuan thought, "The eldest son of the Prince Jin's Mansion was after Lord Shen resigned?"
The old man nodded, "About that time. At that time, Prince Jin's Mansion was almost a laughingstock in Beijing."
Ye Chang said, "I know a little bit about this." When the words fell, she said, "That year, when you came to Beijing and saw Uncle Wen in my mansion, he was still fighting with King Jin, but it was almost the same. Up."
Su Fengnuan felt that if King Jin had a problem, Liu Wen, as his eldest son, would know something, but he would not say anything about Laozi's fault, even if he went to him, he would not say.
Ye Chang stood up and said to the old man, "Old man, I'm afraid you can't live here anymore. If you don't dislike it, let me go to Rong'an Palace for retirement."
The old man was startled and looked at Ye Chang, "Why does Ye Shizi say that?"
Ye Chang said, "Today we are here to investigate the case, and we have never avoided people's eyes. This case is very involved. Nine deaths and one injury have no good results. After we leave, you may have accidents."
The old man suddenly opened his mouth in horror, "Little old man... How can He De, a sloppy body and a pariah, how can he go to the noble place like Rong'an Palace..."
Ye Chang smiled, and said, "In my eyes, the people have no distinction between high and low."
Su Fengnuan also smiled, "Old man, let us go with you. You have lived here alone for more than ten years. Although you are not afraid of death, if something happens to you after we leave, our conscience will be uneasy. Although Prince An’s Mansion is an expensive place, the people are not expensive or low."
The old man hesitated and said, "But the little old man is already old, how can he go to Rong'an Prince's Mansion to eat and wait to die so that his son can feed for nothing..."
Su Fengnuan smiled and said, "I think you can speak well, and you can still tell the book. The Royal Palace of Rong'an is deserted. You can talk about the last paragraph when you are fine, so you don't have to go to the teahouse to listen to the book."
The old man immediately rubbed his hands, "Is this... okay?"
Ye Chang smiled, "Go naturally!"
The old man immediately became happy, and gritted his teeth, "The little old man has lived here alone for more than ten years. I didn't expect to be lucky enough to enter the Rong'an Palace with Ye Shizi during the evening scene. Sansheng is fortunate, Ye Shizi, Miss Su, You two wait a minute, the little old man cleans up, and this will let you go."
Ye Chang and Su Fengnuan nodded.
The old man hurried to pack his things.
Su Fengnuan said to Ye Chang, "I'm afraid that every mansion on this street should be checked carefully."
Ye Chang nodded, "Do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
Su Feng Nuan laughed, "It is said that people have three souls and seven souls. After death, the soul belongs to the underworld. As for whether there are ghosts, I don't know. I just think that this is not really a ghost, I am afraid that someone will pretend to be a ghost."
Ye Chang said, "I have been hearing crying, but I can't see people. I'm afraid someone is crying in the tunnel and spread to the ground."
Su Fengnuan said, "It's very likely that the purpose is to get everyone in this street to move." When she said, she lowered her voice and said, "But I think this old man is an ordinary old man, and the man behind has cleared the street. , But why did you keep him?"
Ye Chang smiled, "Have you ever heard of a quick-mouthed storyteller in Beijing?"
Su Fengnuan nodded, "I've heard it vaguely."
Ye Chang said, "It's him."
Su Fengnuan suddenly realized, "It turns out that this old man was so famous back then."
Ye Chang nodded and said, "The book he talks about is second to none in the capital, and the reputation is very loud. Back then, the people behind probably didn't want to kill him to cause trouble. After all, if a more famous storyteller died, it would be more dead than ordinary people without a name. It's much more eye-catching."
Su Fengnuan said, "In this way, it was about a year after the people behind that were making noise, everyone moved away, and he couldn't move away because of his wife’s leg problems. Later, when his wife died, he was in peace again. Stay here, so the people behind did not move him."
Ye Chang said, "It should be like this."
While the two were talking, the old man had already packed up, took off the rags he had worn earlier, changed into a clean white robe, and carried a small package. After coming out, he said to the two of them, "Little The old man has nothing to clean up, just a few robes that my wife sewed for me before his death, just a few belongings."
Su Fengnuan smiled and glanced at his robe, which was washed white, but with fine and well-proportioned stitches, and praised, "My aunt's needlework is excellent."
The old man heard the words and said, "She worked as a buddy in Jinxiufang back then. Naturally, she can do embroidery work well."
Su Fengnuan smiled and nodded, "No wonder."
After speaking, the three of them went out of the room.
The old man glanced at his small courtyard reluctantly, and said with emotion, "I have lived for a lifetime, but suddenly I left it and left, and I still feel reluctant."
Su Fengnuan said, "It's always in the capital, and it will be peaceful in the future. Old man can come back often."
"Yes, so too." The old man immediately put away his expression of dismay.
The three of them left the courtyard. Ye Xi, Xiao Han and Xie Xuan were waiting in front of the carriage. Seeing the two of them came out with the old man, Ye Xi smiled and asked, "Take Rong'an Palace?"
Ye Chang nodded.
Ye Xi said, "Isn't the courtyard going in earlier? Not going in?"
Ye Chang shook his head, "Since you have checked it earlier, there is nothing to check in that yard. I won't go in, it's getting late, and I will come back tomorrow."
Ye Xi nodded.
Ye Chang pulled Su Fengnuan into the carriage, and Ye Xi followed the carriage. The old man took the package and sat in front of the carriage next to the coachman. Xiao Han and Xie Xuan rode on horses, and the group left the alley.
Walking out of the street corner, someone shouted, "Open your mouth, why are you going?"
The old man said cheerfully, "Luck, little old man, go..." What he wanted to say, suddenly remembered that he didn't know whether to say it, so he turned around and asked in a low voice, "Ye Shizi , Xiao Lao Er met an acquaintance, can you tell me this...?"
Ye Chang smiled, "Old man, but it's okay."
The old man obtained Ye Chang's permission and said cheerfully to the man, "Go to Rong'an Palace as a errand."
At this time, the man naturally saw the carriage with the license plate of the Royal Palace of Rong'an, his eyes widened in shock, his mouth opened wide, and for a long while, he quickly got out of the way, and when the carriage passed by, he stammered and asked, "You...you. Storyteller, what's the job of going to Rong'an Palace?"
The old man said, "Just as a storyteller."