If Hong Guogong is just an ordinary aristocratic family master, it's OK. If there's any problem, just go to his house and check it.
But he is the Duke of the country and the brother of the Empress Dowager.
Due to the affection of the empress dowager, even the emperor can't let anyone check him openly.
Luo QingHan: "since you can't check it openly, check it secretly."
Xiao Xi was curious, "what do you want to do?"
That afternoon, Yin Mei Guangtao, the governor of Jingzhao mansion, went to the Hongguo mansion and said that a fugitive had sneaked into the city. The fugitive had numerous criminal records and was extremely vicious. Recently, someone saw that the fugitive had appeared near the Hongguo mansion. For the safety of the Hongguo mansion, the officials had to search the mansion.
In order to prove what he said was true, Mei Guangtao also took out a portrait of a fugitive.
"Please look, my Lord. It is this fugitive who has appeared here. He is as murderous as a hemp. He is extremely dangerous. We must catch him as soon as possible. I hope my Lord can accommodate one or two."
Hung Kuo hung his eyelids and looked at the big man in the portrait without expression, saying coldly.
"I've never seen this man."
Mei Guangtao: "fortunately, you haven't seen him. If you had seen him, you would be in danger."
Although he was very reluctant, he could not find an excuse to refuse, so he had to let people in.
Mei Guangtao told the soldiers under his opponent with an affectation.
"Be careful. Don't go down to the family members in the government house. Don't turn things around. If you break something, you can't afford to sell it."
The soldiers had been instructed by the Fu Yin before they came. They knew who they were looking for this time and cooperated one after another to say that they would be careful.
Mei Guangtao divided by region, and each government soldier was responsible for different regions.
After they dispersed, they began to look for them carefully in the government.
As a government Yin, Mei Guangtao can't find someone. He just needs to wait while drinking tea with the Duke of Hong.
The family members in the backyard had already been reminded by the housekeeper and hid in their rooms.
The whole government was surprisingly quiet.
More than an hour has passed.
The government soldiers returned one after another and reported the search results to the government Yin.
The result is nothing.
Mei Guangtao bowed to the Duke of Hong with a low attitude.
"I've offended you this time. I have something to do today. I can't apologize to you. When I'm free another day, I must come to the door and apologize in person. Please have a good drink."
Hong Guogong gave a cold hum from his nose: "I can't afford the wine invited by Mei Fuyin."
Then he shook his sleeves and left with a cold face.
Mei Guangtao was not angry at all. He got up and straightened his sleeves. Shi Shi ran took the soldiers away from the government house.
There are many dignitaries in Shengjing city. When a government Yin in such a place, he often has to deal with dignitaries. It is common to be dumped.
Mei Guangtao has long been used to this.
Anyway, he was just thrown off his face, and he wouldn't lose a few more hair.
Returning to Jingzhao mansion, Mei Guangtao asked the soldiers to describe their search process in the government mansion.
He extracted useful information from it. After sorting it out, he went to the palace and told the survey results in detail.
"After investigation and inquiry, there are several people surnamed ye in the Hongguo government.
But there is only one person who can be called Mr. Ye, the teacher invited back from outside by the Duke of Hong Kong.
Mr. Ye is in his thirties. It is said that he is a young man who is specially responsible for teaching the schoolwork of primary and secondary school students in the government.
Unfortunately, when we went to the Hongguo mansion, Mr. Ye was not in the mansion.
According to the housekeeper, Mr. Ye went out to buy books.
We searched the whole government house, and we really didn't find Mr. Ye. I think he's really not in the house. "
Luo QingHan said faintly, "what a coincidence."
If he didn't go out early or late, he went out when the officers and soldiers came to the door.
As it happens, it's almost as if it had been arranged in advance.
Seeing that the emperor had no other orders, Mei Guangtao took an interesting leave and left.
Luo QingHan informs Xiao Xixi about this.
Xiao Xi said, "Shang Kui came here just now and said that he found two bodies carried out by the government last night. Yu Linwei quietly followed up and found that they were the bodies of two young women. They looked like concubines in the government."
Although concubines are equal to slaves and maidservants and have a humble status, they can't be killed casually. On the one hand, it's bad for their reputation, on the other hand, it's bad to explain to the government.
If this kind of thing falls into the ears of the speech officer, he will be charged with a murderous and reckless crime in the twinkling of an eye.
People who cherish their reputation will certainly not let this happen.
But Hong Guogong is different. He doesn't care what others think at all.
Even if you are impeached, what can you do?
Can't you strip him of his title?
As long as the Empress Dowager is still there, as long as he has not committed such crimes to kill the nine families, no one can do anything to him. The status of his country's Duke is as stable as a mountain.
Because of this, when dealing with the bodies of the two concubines, Hong Guogong seemed very careless and asked people to throw them out of the city and bury them in a secret place.
What he didn't expect was that the two bodies had just been buried and were quietly dug out in the twinkling of an eye.
Xiao Xixi has asked yulinwei to send the bodies of the two concubines, together with the bodies of yinshuang, to Yizhuang.
Xiao Xixi asked Yu Linwei to keep staring at Mr. Ye.
"As long as you find Mr. Ye, no matter three, seven, twenty-one, you can tie people directly."
"Here!"
Yu Linwei stared at the Hongguo government for two days, but failed to find the person suspected of Mr. Ye.
Meanwhile, the annual Shangyuan Festival came.
The so-called Shangyuan Festival is actually the Lantern Festival. It is natural to eat Lantern Festival on this day.
Baoqin made people prepare several flavors of yuanxiao, including osmanthus filling, black sesame filling, bean paste filling, and even fresh meat filling.
Sweet and salty are available.
Xiao Xixi doesn't refuse to come and eats everything.
Luo QingHan only ate a bowl of black sesame stuffing, and the others were not interested.
In the evening, there is a family banquet in the palace.
Led by the emperor and empress dowager, they spent the festival with the concubines in the palace.
After the family banquet, it was still early. Xiao Xixi came up with a temple fair to play in the palace. I heard that there were not only programs to watch, but also a lot of delicious food in the city tonight.
Luo QingHan has always been very accommodating to such a small matter.
They took a carriage and left the palace in the dark.
Many people come to the temple fair. Even if it's late now, the streets are still crowded and pedestrians rub their heels and shoulders.
Every household is hung with colored lights. Even if the night is deep, the streets are as bright as day.
There are many stalls on the street, including those for fun, food and clothing. They are diverse and dazzling.