Chapter 476: The Flower Thief Comes Again

Ying Zhilin: "She never revealed her name. But judging by her attire, her manner of speaking, and the guards she brought with her, she must be of high social status."

"You should be careful recently, I just saw her this morning.

She and Lan Tingxue rode in the same carriage and returned to Beijing together."

Wen Yan explained Lan Tingxue's identity to Ying Zhilin again.

"Lan Tingxue is Concubine Lan's niece. We've wronged the Fifth Princess so badly, she won't let this go. I'm afraid she's involved in this matter."

"Are you saying that the woman tonight is related to the Fifth Princess?"

"Eighty percent sure." Wen Yan said affirmatively.

"I've got it in mind. Don't worry, I'll be on guard against them." Ying Zhilin agreed.

**

No words were spoken that night.

The next morning.

Ying Zhilin went to the Dali Temple to take up his post on time.

On his first day at work, he needs to register first.

When he gave his name, the clerk who registered him suddenly looked up at him with surprise in his eyes.

The clerk hesitated for a long time before asking, "Are you really this year's top scholar?"

Ying Zhilin replied with a polite smile: "It's me."

The clerk opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it.

However, there was a lot more regret in his eyes when he looked at Ying Zhilin.

Instead, the officials next to him kept looking at him with curiosity.

Then a lot of discussions arose:

"He is the top scholar Ying Zhilin!"

"Don't the top scorers usually enter the Imperial Academy and have a bright future? Why did he end up being a judge at the Dali Temple?"

“Who says it’s not?

He is probably the top scholar who was demoted the fastest in the history of our Dayong!

Tsk tsk tsk, such a bright future, ruined just like that."

Some people began to speculate what kind of heinous crime he had committed to be exiled here.

Some people were disappointed with him, as he devoted himself to studying and finally became the top scholar and a close minister to the emperor, but he was demoted before he could even get comfortable in his position.

It was as if he wished he could be the top scorer in his place.

He even made a statement that if he wanted to recover in this life, it would be hopeless and he would most likely work in the Dali Temple until his death.

Facing the discussions of the crowd, Yingzhi Lin was neither angry nor annoyed.

After asking the clerk about his work content, he took his bag and went to his seat.

"What are you talking about? Why is it so noisy? Have you met your new colleagues?" A man in his thirties, wearing a vermilion official uniform, walked in.

When he saw Ying Zhilin, he nodded at him and said, "Come to work!"

Ying Zhilin nodded in greeting.

If Wen Yan were here, he would recognize that he was Pei Qiuyan, the official who solved the major child case in his previous life.

Pei Qiuyan is very good at solving cases.

When he was an official in the local area, he solved several major cases and was promoted by the emperor back to Beijing to serve as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

After coming to the Dali Temple, within just a few years, he solved major and strange cases, and found the murderers of several unsolved cases.

Later, he was involved in that major child case.

The masterminds were afraid that he would find out, so they kidnapped his wife Li Qiuyuan to intimidate him into stopping.

His wife Li Qiuyuan refused to become a handle for them to threaten Pei Qiuchen, and fought desperately, but was finally tortured to death by those vicious people.

When Pei Qiuchen finally found his wife, all he saw was a skeleton, pieces of flesh scattered all over the ground, and blood seeping into the ground.

Of course, Pei Qiujian later arrested all the bad guys without exception.

They also investigated these people's assets inside and out, and sentenced them all to severe sentences according to Dayong law.

When the other colleagues saw Pei Qiuyan, they quickly stood up and saluted respectfully: "Shaoqing Pei."

Pei Shaoqing nodded at them, explained the progress of several cases, provided them with the direction of investigation, and asked them to work hard.

He then came before Ying Zhilin and said, "I should comment on this matter."

Ying Zhilin quickly stood up and saluted: "Shaoqing Pei."

"Are you familiar with Dayong Law?" Pei Shaoqing asked.

"It's okay." Ying Zhilin replied modestly.

"Is it okay? Did you read it through? Or did you memorize the Dayong Code?" someone muttered.

"I can recite it by heart." Ying Zhilin said sincerely.

Someone nearby burst into laughter.

That was the Dayong Code, such a thick book. How could he, a man busy with imperial examinations, have the time to memorize the entire book?

If you want to leave a good impression on your boss, there is no need to brag about this.

Instead, Pei Shaoqing turned his head and glanced at the man.

The person who was laughing quickly shrank his neck and dared not make any more noise.

Pei Shaoqing knocked on the table and said to Ying Zhilin, "Go get a complete set of Dayong Laws later. You should review them again. I will personally test you in three days."

"Yes, Lord Pei." Ying Zhilin responded solemnly.

After Pei Qiuyan left, Ying Zhilin went to get a set of Dayong Laws and then asked his colleagues at the next table about the basic daily work content.

After that, he fixed his daily work schedule.

I reviewed the Dayong Code in the morning, and went to the case library in the afternoon to look through the old files.

The day was over in the blink of an eye.

After Ying Zhilin left the yamen on time, he happily prepared to go to Qingfeng Xiaolou to pick up Wen Yan, go back to Huaihua Alley together, and make her some Sushan.

Isn’t it said that if you want to win a person’s heart, you must first win his stomach?

His relationship with Wen Yan had just eased, and he planned to strike while the iron was hot and stabilize their relationship.

Unexpectedly, before he reached the door of the ice shop, someone blocked his way.

After stopping him, the man looked at him with a critical and hostile look.

"Who are you?" Ying Zhilin asked with a frown.

This person is so annoying.

It delayed him from going back to coax Yanyan.

"Ying Zhilin, my master wants to see you."

The other party directly gave out Ying Zhilin's name. Ying Zhilin has a good memory.

He could confirm that he had never seen the servant in front of him, let alone knew him.

"Who is your master?"

"You'll know when you come with me to meet the person."

"I'm very busy and don't have time." Ying Zhilin refused directly.

Anger flashed across the man's face: "My master said that if you don't go, you will definitely regret it."

"Regret? Then give it a try." Ying Zhilin refused decisively and turned away.

Anyone who interferes with his desire to please Wen Yan is a monster and he will ignore them all.

The man followed Ying Zhilin closely.

You should know that Lin can't be shaken off or driven away.

He was overwhelmed by the annoyance and didn't want to bring such trouble to Wen Yan.

I had no choice but to stop and say to him, "Lead the way ahead."

The man's face lit up: "Come this way."

Ying Zhilin followed him to a teahouse.

The door of the private room opened.

A fragrant breeze blew over.

I saw a woman sitting at the table in the room with her back to the door.

The woman's dress seemed ordinary, but if you looked closely, you could see that her clothes were made of green silk, which was worth a fortune.

Although she only wore a pearl hairpin on her head, the pearl was as big as a thumb, round and shiny, and could not be bought with money.

It's a woman!

Look at the body shape...

Ying Zhilin recognized the other person instantly: "So it's you. You failed as a flower thief last night, what are you planning to do today?"

Ying Zhilin's tone was filled with unconcealable irritation.