Chapter 282 Wannian County Magistrate
On the first day out of the palace, Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan had a lot of fun.
Accompanied by the sound of a bell heralding the closing of the market, the group reluctantly left the East Market.
It’s not that everything in the East Market is closed at night.
On the contrary, a more bustling and lively nightlife is about to begin.
Many people who had just returned from work hurriedly ran into the east city with the sound of the car.
After the bell has sounded three hundred times, it is time for curfew.
At that time, no one is allowed to walk on the avenue at will. Anyone who violates the rules will be arrested by Wu Hou who patrols the streets, and will be imprisoned for three days, and will be rewarded with twenty boards before they can leave.
Those who refuse to change despite repeated admonitions will be punished more severely, and in the end they may even be decapitated.
After the curfew, although people are not allowed to wander on the avenue, they can still move around freely in the city.
For example, in the East Market, as long as you enter before the curfew, you can play with peace of mind until the market opens the next day.
Therefore, many people made excuses for not being able to come out before the market closed, so they had to stay in the East Market all night.
Of course, 12 out of 10 people who say this are talking nonsense.
It's not good to be trapped anywhere, but it has to be in Dongshi, where the nightlife is the most prosperous, right?
At night in the East Market, there is no shop that is still open that does not have some spring scenery.
Some places specialize in dine-in food, and some places can order food.
In the East Market, it gets very busy at night. You can see sedan chairs running around everywhere, and the legs of the bearers carrying the sedan chairs are almost smoking.
There are even some top brothels that hold regular monthly programs, with oiran parades being a top priority.
Several large movable stages will parade back and forth through Flower Street in East Market on the day of the full moon.
On the stage are the most popular oirans from each family, showing off their talents and charm.
It can be regarded as a large-scale advertisement jointly organized by various brothels, using courtesans to attract popularity for themselves.
The location in Dongshi is the best in the entire capital, so the competition here is extremely fierce.
In order to adapt to such competition, several brothels with the best business came up with this method.
As a result, those who can participate in the oiran parade every month are mostly the top ones from their own families. It is difficult for other smaller brothels to get the quota to send their own oirans.
There are also several small brothels that have tried to jointly organize similar activities, but because the funds are not as good as others, they are treated like a grass-roots team.
The oiran who participated in the event was also ridiculed and suffered a lot of grievances. She refused to do anything again.
As a result, the Oiran Parade is growing day by day, and more and more brothels want to participate. As a result, the top brothels that originally organized this event began to benefit from the Oiran Parade.
In line with the principle of letting the profits continue to roll in, the oiran parade has become more and more exciting, and now it has almost become a major spectacle in the capital.
Those who come to the capital must visit it once, otherwise their visit to the capital will be in vain.
Princess Ankang and Princess Yuan'an were leaving Dongshi. As a result, the crowds coming and going were all discussing the oiran parade, and they could not help but hear a few words.
According to passers-by, the Oiran Parade will be held tomorrow, and many people are looking forward to it.
On the way back to Xingqing Palace, Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan looked at each other and saw the interest in each other's eyes.
It's just that they are two girls, and they are really embarrassed to say such things.
"Sister, how about we dress up as men tomorrow and stay in Dongshi for one night?"
Princess Yuanan suggested.
"This is not good."
Although Princess Ankang said this, her heart was already moved.
Li Xuan meowed immediately after hearing this.
It’s such a big excitement, if you don’t watch it tomorrow, you won’t have a chance.
Who knows when they will leave the palace next, and the oiran parades once a month, so it's hard to say whether they will meet them.
It's rare to have such a good opportunity this time, so don't miss it.
Seeing that Li Xuan was restless in her arms, Princess Ankang quickly held his two front paws and two back paws to prevent him from moving.
Even so, Li Xuan was still twisting his body anxiously, and slapped Princess Ankang's face with his tail, trying to get her to agree quickly.
"Axuan, you're just a little kitten, why are you joining in the fun!"
Princess Ankang turned her head to avoid Li Xuan's furry tail, but she couldn't avoid it.
Li Xuan's tail slapped Princess Ankang's face randomly and almost stuffed it into her mouth.
"Okay, okay, go!"
"Can't we go tomorrow?"
"I'm really convinced by you, A-Xuan."
Princess Ankang seemed unable to defeat Li Xuan and reluctantly agreed.
Princess Yuan'an, who was watching from the sidelines, felt envious as she watched one person and one cat having so much fun.
"I really want to hold Ah Xuan's paw tightly, put him in my arms and bully him."
"Hey...hehe..."
A silly smile gradually appeared on Princess Yuan'an's face, which made people look scared.
Yu'er silently turned the direction of the wheelchair to keep Princess Ankang and Li Xuan away from Princess Yuanan.
After all, she looks like a pervert now and doesn't look like a princess at all.
The two princesses returned to Xingqing Palace and went to bed early. They had been shopping and eating all day, which was also very hard, and they slept very deeply at night.
Li Xuan also lay on the bedside of Princess Ankang and slept peacefully.
Although he was curious about what the capital would be like at night, he was not in a hurry.
Today is only the first day, and there are still six full days left, and there are many opportunities for him to explore.
Moreover, the capital is so big that it is impossible for Li Xuan to visit it all this time. At most, he can just take a look around.
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the next day.
Both princesses dressed up in men's clothing and went out early again.
They did not go to Dongshi today.
I've had enough fun after playing for a day, I have to do something serious.
The eunuch in charge of recording followed them all day yesterday and remembered everything about what they ate and what they played.
In addition, I am afraid that the meeting with Zhao Si and Hou San is worth recording again.
Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan plan to go to Wannian County Government Office today.
After all, they came out of the palace this time to investigate the case, so they couldn't even go to the county government office.
At least they have to go and see what kind of case they want to investigate.
The place where Wannian County Government Office is located is called Xuanyangfang, just to the west of Dongshi City and very close to Xingqing Palace.
When they arrived at the Wannian County Government Office, the two princesses saw from a distance the Wannian County Magistrate, Tang Zhi, who was greeting them at the door.
Tang Zhi looked to be in his late forties or late fifties, with a slim build, a white complexion and a long beard. He was wearing a patterned damask green official uniform and had a gentle smile on his face, which did not appear to be flattering.
Chang'an and Wannian counties under the capital are special. The county magistrates in these two places are all sixth-rank officials, one rank higher than other places.
"Your Highnesses, you are welcome from afar."
"The lower official Tang Zhi is the magistrate of Wannian County."
Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan immediately returned the gift:
"There is the magistrate of Laotang County."
After the two parties exchanged polite greetings, Magistrate Tang took the two princesses to the county government office.
Magistrate Tang made a brief introduction while leading them to the case library.
Before leaving the palace, the princes and princesses all drew their respective cases, and the numbers on their hands corresponded to their respective cases.
Yesterday, many people had already come to see the details of their case.
Like Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan, they only came the next day, and they were the first.
Magistrate Tang didn't know how many princes and princesses he had received, so he took them to get their respective cases with ease.
The three little ones got together and looked through Princess Ankang's case.
Her case number is "Wannian, Ding Yi".
After checking the records in the case file, the three little ones felt quite surprised.
What I thought was a big case turned out to be a series of burglaries.
Moreover, the stolen property was not only gold and silver jewelry, but also some antiques, medicinal materials, four treasures of the study, ore and ironware, etc.
Basically, anything that can be stolen and exchanged for money is on this list.
The owners are concentrated in Dongshi and several cities near Dongshi, but they are all within the jurisdiction of Wannian County.
But there is no direct connection between these burglaries, except that the owners live close to each other.
But somehow, these burglaries all ended up in the same case.
And it has been nearly three months since the first case.
Although the Wannian County Government arrested many habitual thieves during this period, the burglaries continued.
Moreover, it is recorded in the case file that these burglaries were carried out with extremely clever techniques and left no traces at the scene. It was suspected that they were committed by masters of theft from out of town, so they were compiled into one case file. If there are more clues in the future, Then break the case apart.
However, apart from clues about the owner and the stolen items, there is not much other useful information in the case.
After the Tang County magistrate brought the two princesses to the archives, he said goodbye and left.
As the magistrate of Wannian County, he is still very busy every day. It is quite interesting to take the time to receive Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan.
You must know that since yesterday, he has received no less than a dozen princes and princesses.
Princess Ankang and Princess Yuanan were surrounded by a master and a group of scribes from the case library who were answering their various questions.
After Princess Ankang asked for more information about the case, she realized that the county government had found nothing.
If you want to get more clues, you can only investigate on your own.
The master arranged for two detectives to follow them to investigate the case.
They say they are following, but they are actually guiding.
After all, Princess Ankang and the others were leaving the palace for the first time. They couldn't tell the east, west, north and south of the capital, let alone visit and investigate the case.
The two detectives were very young, looking to be about twenty years old, and they were the young men in the yamen.
They must have been reminded that the people in front of them were not ordinary people.
Even when he led them to investigate some insignificant matters, he always abided by the rules and did not dare to have the slightest dissatisfaction.
This is also appropriate. After all, they have to take the two princesses to investigate the case. If the superior officer doesn't mention it and causes trouble in the end, it will be their immediate superior who will be unlucky.
Princess Yuan'an also obtained her own case report, and also assigned two detectives to assist in the investigation.
Princess Yuanan is not interested in investigating the case.
"Sister, is this how you investigate the case today?"
It was obvious that Princess Yuan'an hadn't had enough fun yesterday and seemed a little reluctant.
Princess Ankang smiled and persuaded:
"You have to show off no matter what."
"In this way, we can investigate the case during the day and play at night."
"When the bell sounds to close the market, we will meet at the county government office, and then we will see the night view of the East Market today."
Princess Ankang said this, and Princess Yuanan felt that she could accept it.
Princess Yuan'an is different from most princes and princesses. She doesn't care about the competition in the Imperial Garden at all, and the winning points are of no use to her.
Rather than wasting time on these things, Princess Yuan'an would rather stay with Princess Ankang and take a second look at Li Xuan.
"Ah chirp——"
Li Xuan sneezed suddenly, his nose dripping with mucus.
Princess Ankang took out a handkerchief to dry him with a look of disgust.
Li Xuan accepted Princess Ankang's service with peace of mind.
Princess Yuanan was even more obsessed after seeing it:
"Ah, I'm dying!"
“How come you’re so cute even when you sneeze!!!”
Li Xuan was vaguely aware of Princess Yuan'an's burning gaze, but pretended not to see it and turned his head aside.
But the back of Princess Yuan'an's head gradually became hot, making him feel uneasy.
"This guy Yuan An..."
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