I only heard the prefect's instructions: "Go outside and tell Yang Huaisheng: let him not be impulsive first! This government... this government has its own arrangements!"
He was very clear about Yang Huaisheng's temperament. If he didn't take good care of him, he would most likely end up bumping into someone in front of the Yamen. Yang Huaishuang's life was not worth mentioning to him, but if the Imperial Academy ran out of sacrificial wine and then broke a person's book, it would cause an uproar and put him, the prefect of Nanjing, at the forefront of the storm, making it difficult to escape. .
Therefore, he anxiously pushed the servant out and forced him to leave the study. The servant didn't hesitate for a moment and hurried to the lobby. After a closer look, Yang Huaisheng had thrown away his official robe and threw the clothes on Xia Yuanlong's shoulders. He was fully prepared and stared straight at the coffin. A sharp corner.
"Wait a minute! Yang Dianbu!" The servant turned pale with fright. He took small steps down the stone steps and grabbed Yang Huaisheng's hand.
"What do you think, Lord Magistrate? Tell me quickly!" Yang Huaisheng asked eagerly.
"Calm down first...put on your official robe first..."
As soon as Xia Yuanlong saw this situation, he understood what the prefect meant; he leaned into Yang Huaisheng's ear and said, "I think things have been settled, so you can be more polite." With that, he put a robe on Yang Huaisheng.
"May I ask what the prefect has in mind?" Yang Huaisheng rolled up his clothes and spoke respectfully again.
"The prefect taught me to tell you that Mr. Wei is well taken care of in the cell. This matter is still being investigated. Please go back for now. When the matter is investigated in detail, that is, when the truth comes to light, I will think about everyone's concerns. Opinion, won’t the Weiji wine come out?”
Yang Huaisheng and Xia Yuanlong looked at each other and said, "That means the prefect has no reason to release Mr. Wei?"
"For this reason, please don't be impatient and think about it over the long term."
"This..." Yang Huaisheng was about to speak, but Xia Yuanlong said before him: "That's good, that's good...I'm going back..." He secretly pulled Yang Huaisheng with his hand, and then turned around. , and said to the people: "Wei Jijiu's case will have to wait for a few more days. The prefect said he will be released in a few days... let it go, let it go!"
Yang Huaisheng looked back and saw that the people were all scattered away listlessly. He looked at Xia Yuanlong angrily. Xia Yuanlong frowned at him, turned his back and walked away.
"Xia Renying!"
Yang Huaisheng strode after him and shouted.
"come here!"
Yang Huaisheng pulled his clothes, and Xia Yuanlong held him down with his backhand, turned around and said, "Just be quiet first!"
"He's made it clear that he won't let Brother Wei Xian come out! Why are you still afraid!? If he refuses to agree, why don't you ask me to hit the coffin again?"
"Stop talking!" Xia Yuanlong was really angry and sighed urgently, "Do you really want to get into the coffin? This is not the way to save someone!"
"Then why are you coaxing people to go to the Yamen?" Yang Huaisheng asked.
"I wanted to use this to scare the government, but they were unmoved. What could I do? Am I going to tear down the government office? Rebellion? Let me tell you, being too tough will do no good! You risk your life, It's okay once, but I really pushed them into a hurry, and you can see what good things they can do!"
"I..." Yang Huaisheng stamped his foot and shook his head.
"No matter what, your strategies don't work every time!" Yang Huaisheng continued, "You asked Wei Huai to write a letter and he went into the cell; you brought the people to protest with great fanfare to the government, and things didn't work. Still didn’t get it done!”
Xia Yuanlong silently grasped the hem of his clothes and did not reply.
"Okay now, you can't go to the palace to complain to the prince, right?"
Xia Yuanlong suddenly raised his head, as if he realized something, and looked at Yang Huaisheng in shock.
Yang Huaisheng was stunned.
"You go back to the Imperial College first," Xia Yuanlong patted him on the shoulder, "Only Yuanlong is enough for this matter." He smiled reassuringly. Yang Huaisheng didn't know the reason, and stayed in place, watching him go to Huaiqing Bridge. ran in the direction.
As expected, Xia Yuanlong went to Huaiqing Bridge. He drove under the bridge for a long time and couldn't find the way, so when he saw someone he asked: "Do you know where the theater troupe is?"
But most of them are ordinary people. Where do they get the money to hire a theater troupe? Therefore, we all conclude that we don’t know. When Xia Yuanlong was in trouble, he suddenly saw a temple on the other side of the river and thought: Is this the actor's Laolang'an? He quickly walked across the bridge.
He pushed aside the crowd and walked to the temple. There were indeed three characters on the plaque: 'Laolang'an'. This Laolang'an is the place where the actors discuss matters. Whenever they need to discuss things, they gather here together. Today is the day to worship the "ancestral master", so there is a sea of people outside the temple and it is very lively.
Xia Yuanlong squatted aside and stared at the door of Laolang'an. When he saw an old actor coming out of there, he stood up quickly, stopped him and said, "This old man, please wait for a moment!"
The man stopped and looked at him suspiciously.
"My name is Xia Yuanlong. I am Hewei...Wei Jijiu...wei Huai is the one who runs Sihe Academy."
"What do you want to do?" He half-raised his arms, as if he was about to issue an eviction order.
He was so nervous that there were several drops of sweat on his cheeks, so he had to swallow his saliva and said, "I'm looking for Cai Xianqing!"
The old actor lowered his arm slowly. "Don't be impatient. Speak slowly. Why are you looking for Mr. Cai?"
"You should know about the arrest of Wei Huai, the Imperial Academy's Jiu Jiu, and I'm here to ask Cai Xianqing for a favor."
"I understand." He pointed to the street next to the Qinhuai River in the east: "Mr. Cai's house is there. Just look for 'Cai Yu' along the river bank carefully."
Xia Yuanlong let out a big sigh of relief and bowed to him several times: "Thank you for being willing to show me the way!"
He walked around to the river houses to the east and saw many Fang Yazi standing on the street, helping others to sell their houses; Xia Yuanlong ignored them and went straight to the house with the plaque of "Cai Yu" on it. But after searching for a long time, the plaque was still missing. He stood anxiously in the middle of the street. A fan saw him strangely and stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to rent a house?"
"No, I'm here to see Cai Xianqing, the famous actor here."
"This is the room." Fang Yazi said, looking at the tall building in front of him with white walls and blue tiles, backed by Qin Huai.
"Where's the plaque?" Xia Yuanlong asked in surprise.
"Master Cai wants to take over this place and move to another place, so he removed the plaque."
"Then...where is Mr. Cai now?"
"I don't know either." Fang Yazi said.
Xia Yuanlong's back was sore and his legs were numb. He spent a long time rushing to this place, but when he received such bad news, he couldn't help but be disappointed and depressed.
"No need to look for it, I'm right here."
Xia Yuanlong slowly turned around and saw an old actor in his forties smiling at him.
