The autumn imperial examinations are over, and apart from the students anxiously awaiting the results, everyone else's lives have returned to normal.
Prince Yanping and his entourage returned to the city patrol office and continued their daily patrols.
During the three days they served as supervisors, the city patrol proceeded smoothly, and the capital was quite safe. Apart from arresting a few people for fighting, nothing else happened.
Kyoto's security has never been this good since the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty. Newcomers to Kyoto really feel like they are under the emperor's nose, where everyone obeys the law.
However, every time Lu Cheng passed by Wanxiang Pavilion, he couldn't help but glance at it sideways.
The assassin who nearly killed him that day was hiding in Wanxiang Pavilion.
Although some time has passed, he still hasn't forgotten that feeling of being on the verge of death. More importantly, because of that assassin, he spent his wedding night in the study, and many days have passed. He just couldn't swallow his anger until the assassin was caught.
Seeing Lu Cheng looking at Wanxiang Pavilion, the Prince of Yanping also felt strange. So many days had passed, and Prince Ling still hadn't taken any action. But he still comforted Lu Cheng, saying, "Don't worry, Prince Ling couldn't possibly forget something so important."
The fact that King Cheng and Xiliang are secretly colluding is no small matter.
In particular, since Prince Cheng is the emperor's own brother, there must be solid evidence to bring him to justice; otherwise, it would be like alerting the enemy.
Lu Cheng knew that Xie Jingyan wouldn't pretend he knew nothing, otherwise he wouldn't have used the token to find the assassin's hiding place.
Lu Cheng withdrew his gaze and continued his patrol of the city.
The Crown Prince of Yanping asked, "I wonder where Tang Ze and Du Cheng'an are on their inspection tour of the city?"
As the two were talking, Tang Ze and Du Cheng'an patrolled the city to the vicinity of the Wang family in the east of the city.
Du Cheng'an rode on horseback, scanning every man he saw on the road, clearly looking for someone.
And it goes without saying who they'll turn to.
Tang Ze couldn't hold back any longer. Although patrolling the city was still patrolling, Du Cheng'an had led them around the area three times in one morning.
Tang Ze looked at Du Cheng'an and said, "How can you look for someone like this?"
Du Cheng'an blushed, "No, I didn't ask anyone..."
Tang Ze said, "It's so obvious, even a blind man could see it."
Du Cheng'an, "..."
Tang Ze said, "Although the Wang family's daughter dresses like a boy, she is still a lady from a respectable family. She rarely leaves her home, and it's almost lunchtime, so she's even less likely to go out."
Du Cheng'an's ears turned bright red.
Tang Ze said, "If you want to see her, it's not difficult. Just go to the Wang family."
Du Cheng'an's eyes widened. "Can I go directly to her?"
Tang Ze said, "What's wrong with that?"
Du Cheng'an was somewhat incredulous. "Will the Wang family allow me to see her?"
Tang Ze, "..."
Tang Ze looked at Du Cheng'an and, seeing his serious expression, slapped his forehead.
Du Cheng'an looked at Tang Ze in confusion, only to hear Tang Ze say, "I told you to climb over the wall."
"Climb...climb over the wall?"
Du Chengan was stunned; his voice was trembling.
Tang Ze said, "Why are you so surprised? It's normal for martial artists to climb over walls. For example, when Prince Ling was in a wheelchair, he would climb over the wall to see Princess Ling. Prince Yanping's son and Lu Cheng would also climb over the wall to see their fiancées. Didn't you know?"
Du Cheng'an shook his head, dumbfounded.
Tang Ze said with shame, "It's also because we brothers didn't teach you well. Since you joined the city patrol, you've become much more disciplined and haven't taken you to climb over the wall. But it's not too late to learn today."
Du Cheng'an stared blankly at Tang Ze.
Tang Ze turned to the patrolling constables and said, "Continue your patrol."
The patrol officers continued forward.
Tang Ze led Du Cheng'an on horseback towards the Wang family compound wall.
The Wang family's courtyard wall was very high, but Tang Ze knew Du Cheng'an's martial arts skills, so the height was not a problem for him. Tang Ze said, "Climb over."
Du Cheng'an had complete and unreserved trust in Tang Ze and the Prince of Yanping.
After only a moment's hesitation, Du Cheng'an leaped up, mounted his horse, and scaled the wall to enter the Wang family's residence.
After entering the Wang family's residence, Du Cheng'an waited a long time for Tang Ze to come in, and called out, "Brother Tang, why aren't you coming in?"
Tang Ze, still on horseback, said, "It's not appropriate for me to go in."
Du Cheng'an didn't understand, "Why?"
Tang Ze said, "There are rules for climbing over walls. Besides your own house, your brother's house, and going to see your sweetheart, don't just climb over other people's walls. Otherwise, you'll get beaten to death and you won't even have a legitimate reason to stand up for yourself. Remember that."
"Be careful, don't let anyone find out."
"I'm leaving now."
Tang Ze was very relieved.
The Wang family doesn't have many daughters. Besides the one Du Cheng'an likes, there's only one eight-year-old child. In addition, Du Cheng'an is shy and wouldn't do anything to damage the girl's reputation, otherwise Tang Ze really wouldn't have dared to teach him to climb over the wall.
It's unacceptable that such good brothers of theirs don't even know how to climb over walls.
Tang Ze continued his patrol of the city. Du Cheng'an hesitated for a while inside the wall. Ever since his father sent him to the city patrol office and he followed the Prince of Yanping and the others, he had been learning new things every day. He could never guess what the three of them would do. Sometimes they were very upright and full of righteousness, and sometimes they did things that he considered shameless, such as climbing over the wall.
The worst part is that he also thought Tang Ze's words made a lot of sense; there are rules for climbing over walls, and you can't just climb over other people's walls.
He just needs to be careful and not get caught.
Tang Ze continued his patrol of the city. After patrolling around, he encountered the Prince of Yanping and Lu Cheng, who had come looking for them.
Seeing that Tang Ze was the only one there, the Crown Prince of Yanping asked, "Why are you the only one here? Where is Du Cheng'an?"
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