Wei Xuanzhen took over the Temple of Great Awakening and used its name to arrest rumormongers on the streets.

  Many candidates who were certain to fail left Chang'an overnight like startled birds. Three checkpoints were set up at the city gate for inspection.

  "The reputation of the adults who worked hard and saved among the people in Chang'an was trampled by them like this." Jing Yuanyu said, looking at the people at the city gate.

  Pei Tan had no words.

  Jing Wan'er also swallowed back what she was going to say next. As for the young master of the Pei family, in fact, such a reputation may have been unnecessary long ago.

  "Let's go." Pei Tan said.

  Two men wearing large cloaks walked through the streets and alleys of Chang'an. Nobody paid much attention to them at a glance.

  It wasn't until she left the crowded and noisy crowd that Jing Waner's chest felt a bit more relaxed. However, as she looked at Pei Tan, her thoughtful expression betrayed her.

  It was Pei Tan who lightly asked a question: "Do you have anything you want to say?"

  Jing Wan'er certainly had something to say, only this word has been stuck in her throat since just now, and she didn't know how to say it.

  "The slave hasn't..." After being a palace maid for so many years, Jing Wanyu had long been accustomed to speaking insincerely.

  "Say it." Pei Tan turned around and looked at the girl.

  Jing Wan'er unexpectedly collided with a pair of deep eyes, and her heart was nervous for a while. After a long time, she also asked tentatively: "Sir, do you really want me to say it?"

  "Why can't I say it." Pei Tan rolled up his sleeves and turned back calmly.

  The two of them had a mysterious relationship, neither master nor servant, nor official nor civilian. Even as the Grand Preceptor of the Imperial Court, he seemed not to pose a threat to Jing Yu'er, a little palace maid from the depths of the palace.

  Jing Wan'er couldn't help but smile as if she had also thought of something.

  Pei Tan's eyes narrowed further, "What are you smiling at?"

  Jing Wan'er immediately became serious: "Nothing, it's just that I've recently come to look up to you, sir."

  What was said to Lin Jingjing in the secret room didn't seem like a sudden impulse.

  "Just now, the master deliberately pretended to give up on this case and appeared helpless, but in reality, it was to make Lin Niang despair and follow the master's path. The only thing that didn't occur to Wan'er was..."

  "What's the big deal?" Pei Tan asked with interest.

  Jing Wan'er cleared her throat and continued to stare at Pei Tan, a hint of a smile in her voice: "But the adult in Wan'er's eyes is warm and generous, absolutely not someone who would stab people in the heart."

  Lin Jingjing was truly willing to die. If she had been stopped in time, wouldn't it have really ended in disaster?

  Jing Wan's eyes dimmed slightly.

  Pei Tan had been silent for a long time. In order to achieve his goal, the gentleman's approach was to plan carefully and slowly, only petty people would resort to unscrupulous means.

  "Desperate times call for desperate measures." Jing Wanyi suddenly smiled and gazed at Pei Tan, "If this injustice cannot be redressed, Lin Niang will also take the path of no return. Moreover, after being wronged so openly, she will die even more lonely and resentful."

  At that time, she and Fan Wenjun became a pair of mandarin ducks in the underworld, only to become thoroughly sacrificed by the powerful.

  Pei Tan looked at the girl's face and saw a flash of cunning in her eyes.

  "We're here."

  The two raised their heads, and the sign of the wine house was particularly eye-catching above them.

  It's not possible to investigate openly now, so it's better to learn from Emperor Taizong of Tang who disguised himself as a commoner to observe the people.

  But the gate had already been sealed off, and although there was no one guarding it, if they openly tore off the seal to enter, they feared that today's attire would be wasted.

  Jing Wan'er looked at Pei Tan's face and saw that he hadn't moved or spoken for a long time, so she couldn't help but let out a snort.

  Pei Tan heard the sound and looked over.

  Jing Wan'er lowered her eyes, knowing that such a thing was something a noble young master would never think of.

  She blinked and said: "Follow me, sir."

  But then Jing Yuanyu quickly turned around and left the wine tower, Pei Tan was at a loss, could only follow up. Just saw Jing Yuanyu walking familiarly through the streets and alleys, she was a palace maid, but to these alleys in Chang'an City, it seemed like she was more familiar than the inner courtyard of the deep palace.

  Pei Tan followed her and walked around the entire street, suddenly stopping in his tracks and looking at the building in front of him.

  The desolate street and these grey buildings seem to form a sharp contrast.

  "What is this?" Pei Tan furrowed his brow slightly.

  Jing Wan'er's eyes became even more cunning, "Can't you see it, sir?"

  Pei Tan slowly looked at the girl's face. The girl seemed a bit proud, but she still walked forward and pointed to the eaves of the building in front of her.

  The appearance of the roof is so familiar, as if I just saw it a moment ago.

  Pei Tan's eyes suddenly narrowed, and only then did Jing Wanyu say: "This is the back wall of the wine tower."

  The buildings in Chang'an City are densely packed, to say the least. The Tang Dynasty is really too big, these buildings are so close together that even if they are adjacent to each other, the front door is on this street, and the back wall is already on another street.

  After Pei Tan had gone around the bend, he saw that Jing Wanyu was already standing on a stone at the foot of the wall, winking at him: "Let's climb over the wall together, sir."

  Even those who had posted a seal on the door of the wine house would never have thought of looking at the back wall of the wine house.

  Now climbing over the wall is the best way to get into the wine building.

  Pei Tan was momentarily stunned. He looked at Jing Wanyan and saw that the young girl had kicked off her shoes with a swift motion of her feet.

  High heels are really not conducive to climbing, and Jing Yuanyuan apparently noticed this too.

  Boots were on his feet, looking like a pair of boots.

  Mr. Pei can remain calm and composed in the face of unjust accusations, but when faced with this high wall, he finds it difficult to take a step forward.

  Jing Wan'er gazed at Pei Tan for a moment, then suddenly used her hands and feet to climb up the wall root, turned back with a smile: "Then Wan'er won't wait for you anymore."

  In the blink of an eye, the girl had climbed up to a height of about half a person like a boy, and Pei Tan couldn't help but take a step forward, it was unclear whether he wanted to stop Jing Wanyu or what.

  She was obviously free and unrestrained, with her skirt corners tied around her waist, her hands covered in dust from the wall, and her white shoes

  The socks were already dirty and had been rolled in mud.

  It's hard to imagine if she were still a noble lady from the capital, how shocking and unconventional her behavior would be...

  Because Jing Wan'er climbed over the wall so skillfully, Pei Tan thought she must have been practicing since childhood.

  Jing Wan'er's hands reached the top of the earthen wall, her face lit up with joy, and she felt a sense of relief in her heart. She immediately sprang up onto the wall top with a deep leap. Inside the wall was indeed the courtyard of the wine tower.

  There was an old well there, next to it a tipped-over wooden bucket. In half a day, the place had lost all its vitality.

  She slowly turned around on the wall and looked at Pei Tan who was still standing on the ground: "Sir, don't you really want to come up and take a look yourself?"

  Below, Pei Tan clenched her own palm.

  "Wait for me."

  Jing Wanner stood on the wall, her eyes widening as she saw the elegant gentleman below bend down and slowly remove his boots. His two feet, clad in white socks, looked somewhat unnatural standing at the base of the wall.

  Then Pei Tan seemed to be silent for a second, brewing his emotions, and slowly stretched out his hand to lean against the wall.

  Jing Yuanyu stared at this scene without blinking.

  Mr. Pei was not very skilled at climbing walls, and his movements were not as smooth and powerful as those of Jing's daughter. However, this wall behind the house had everything needed for a good climb - it was uneven and full of holes.

  So despite stumbling and obstruction, Lord Pei still arrived at the top of the wall after a slightly longer time.

  A soft little hand pulled him up and onto the top of the wall.

  "Adult." Jing Wanyu smiled warmly at him, "You must be the only one in Chang'an who has ever appreciated the scenery on top of the wall."

  People in Chang'an City are like frogs at the bottom of a well, thinking that the well they live in is the whole world. Only those like Pei Tan, who have climbed to a height of just three feet on the city wall, can see that "all mountains are small".

  The Chang'an city under my feet, which was thought to be the great Tang Dynasty and the largest Chang'an, suddenly seemed small.

  Jing Wanner had already observed the terrain inside the courtyard, "Below is a stack of hay, we can jump down without any problem."

  She said, looking at Pei Tan.

  The inner wall of this wall has been polished and is too smooth to climb down, only to jump down. And at the foot of the wall, there are indeed stacks of hay.

  Jump onto the haystack, at most it will be a bit embarrassing.

  "Well, should Wan'er jump first?" The young girl couldn't help but slyly look at the adult in front of her.

  Pei Tan saw the expression on the girl's face and his throat moved several times: "Jump together." He could already see that the haystack below was piled up very loosely. If one person jumped first and another person jumped later, the first person would inevitably destroy the haystack, so the second person would lose the cushioning protection of the haystack and would definitely get hurt.