My martial arts rely on solving cases

In the crowd, apart from the angry common people, there were also many martial arts practitioners.Ordinary people may just be excited and angrily denounce the collusion between government and businessmen to plunder people's wealth.But the martial arts people might not say anything at that time, but they would secretly clenched the sword in their hands, with murderous intent in their eyes.

After practicing martial arts for more than ten years, I finally have the place to be a hero!Tonight, so that the dog officials know that the laws of heaven are clear, and they are not allowed to do whatever they want.

On the periphery of the crowd, a woman in white wearing a hat and veil.Beside the woman stood an old woman dressed in black.

Although the face of the woman in white cannot be seen clearly, there seems to be a fairy spirit lingering around the woman in white.

"Miss, this is Mr. Su you want to visit? It seems that Mr. Su is a corrupt official. Miss, it's better not to go, just in case Mr. Su sees that Mrs. Su has malicious intentions."

The woman in white was silent for a long time before she spoke leisurely, "Based on what I know about Mr. Su's life story, he is by no means a corrupt official. Someone who can write about unintentional hard work and the envy of others may not be able to appreciate my willow appearance." .”

At this moment, there was a commotion in the distance.

"Everyone, hurry to the gate of the city! The gate opened, and a lot of large carts came in, one after another, with no end in sight. The carts were full of grain!"

At the gate of Fengqi County, Boss Wei, dressed in a luxurious embroidered robe, stood at the front of the car in high spirits.In every third car, there was a strong man standing, holding a loudspeaker made of iron sheet, and chanted loudly in unison.

"Qingle County, Wei's Commercial Firm, under the order of Master Su, will bring grain to Fengqi County. Starting tomorrow, twelve grain shops in the county will open at the same time, and the price of grain will be [-] cents a catty.

All the people in the city listen, there is no need to loot, no need to panic, the food supply is sufficient, and we can provide as much as you can buy.Behind my Wei's firm is the entire Qingle County and the entire Jiangbei Province. "

After a brief silence, deafening cheers exploded.

"Long live!"

Among the cheering crowd, a few people from Jianghu who planned to go to Su Qing to do justice for the sky at night wiped off a cold sweat secretly.

"Fortunately, they came in time. After tonight, didn't we kill the good official by mistake?"

"Yeah, luckily the knife was only half drawn."

"Sigh, I lost a chance to become famous as a chivalrous warrior. The world is far away, and I don't know when I will be famous all over the world."

After the cheering crowd, a woman dressed in white with a celestial veil showed a slight smile, turned around, and slowly disappeared into the noisy street like smoke.

In the dungeon, Su Qing smiled lightly.

"Do you still feel that you are very honorable, do you feel that you are doing something very remarkable?"

Shopkeeper Xin had no expression on his face, but in his heart he raised his head slightly as Su Qing said.

"Your Excellency, Caomin is just a merchant, and I have never thought that I am a noble person. But merchants pursue profits and never forget their righteousness. At least when the people are starving for food, the price of food in the county has risen by five times At the time of six times, the Tianxing Commercial Bank took out grain and suppressed the price of grain."

"Then why did you sell it to Zhu's House?" Su Qing asked sarcastically.

Shopkeeper Xin's face faded with pride.

"We are just businessmen. If Zhuzi Commercial Company wants to buy, we will sell. We did not drive up the price of grain, and did not deceive the people. We traded fairly and harmed no one.

Master Su, if he wants to be punished, he should also punish the Zhu family who drove up the price of food. Why did they take us?Is it because Tianxing Commercial Bank has just arrived and its foundation is still shallow, so it is easy to start? "

"Just now I said that I was not ungrateful, and then I said that it is a fair business transaction. It is really a mouthful. Now that I have seen your faces, there is no need for me to be a secret.

I can tell you two things.First, the burning of government warehouses a few days ago was not an accident, but someone deliberately set fire to food.There is only one purpose of arson and burning grain, which is to make the government unable to suppress the market grain price, so that grain merchants can drive up grain prices without scruples. "

Shopkeeper Xin's face darkened, and his eyes flickered for a long time before looking at Su Qing, "I remember that the official warehouse was burned before the plague, right?
Before the plague, even if the official warehouses were burned, the price of grain would not fluctuate.After all, there is no shortage of food this year in Dafeng.Could it be that the murderer could have predicted that the plague would happen? "

"This is the second point I want to tell you. The plague is man-made."

As soon as these words came out, shopkeeper Xin showed a look of surprise on his face.

"Can the plague be created artificially?"

"Don't you believe the result given by Mr. Xin Renran?"

If it was the conclusion drawn by Xin Renran, the leader of Xinglin, the shopkeeper Xin would naturally believe it.

"The black hands behind the scenes burned the official warehouses and released the plague just to drive up the price of grain. But what kind of people have the need to drive up the price of grain? A group of grain merchants headed by the Zhu family? They just received new grain this year and made a fortune.

Although they don't mind making more money, they don't want to do these crazy things just to make more money.Creating plagues and driving up food prices seem to be one, but they actually represent two purposes.Therefore, the official speculates that there are two necessary conditions for the black hand behind the scenes to do so.

If the plague is not created, the grain in his hands cannot be sold.If he doesn't drive up the price of grain, he will lose money in his hands.There is only one case where these two conditions are met, Chen Liang!And it was the batch of grain that was smashed in the hands of the north two years ago.

I heard that some people bought food at three times the price by borrowing usury loans in order to raise food.But suddenly Beiqi terminated the transaction, causing many people to be caught off guard and throwing a lot of high-priced food into their hands. "

Listening to Su Qing's analysis to this point, shopkeeper Xin's forehead was covered with fine cold sweat.

An ominous premonition lingered in his heart.

"The grain from Tianxing Commercial Bank was originally used to make wine, and it was the old grain specially purchased by our boss..."

"Did you participate in the food purchase?"

The shopkeeper Xin was speechless immediately.

When the owner found him, he already had a lot of food in his hands, so he told him so.Shopkeeper Xin didn't think too much about it, and there was no need to pay attention to where the food came from.

But now when Su Qing asked, she immediately realized something was wrong.

"My lord, even if this is the case, as far as I know, the Ye family in Fengqi County..."

"His family's granary was also burned clean."

Shopkeeper Xin opened his mouth blankly, but couldn't say a word.

"How much food does Tianxing Commercial Bank have in total?"

"Three million catties."

"Three million catties, transported from Jiangbei Road to Fengqi County, the shipping fee is quite a lot, right? Fengqi County was originally a major grain-producing county. Doesn't Fengqi County have any grain for him to make wine? As far as I know, Ye Jiaguang There are five million catties of old grain, how much money does Tianxing Trading have?"

At this moment, shopkeeper Xin's forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Have you not explained the identity and whereabouts of your boss?"

"My host's surname is Xue, and their name is Xue Tianxing. They live in the largest courtyard in Baipi Lane. If my host's family is really as your lord said, I'm afraid they have already gone away by now."

"How come so much grain from Tianxing Commercial Bank was suddenly sold to Zhu's Commercial Bank?" Su Qing asked again.

Regarding this point, Su Qing was a little furious in her heart.Since five days ago, the people of Tianxing Trading Company have been under the secret surveillance of the government, but Tianxing Trading Company has completed such a big deal under their noses, and Su Qing has no idea.

Based on this alone, Lu Xiaobai's weight in Su Qing's heart was greatly reduced.If it were Xue Chonglou, it would be absolutely impossible to make such a mistake.

"Actually... I only found out in the middle of the night last night."

"Why was it midnight last night?"

Shopkeeper Xin showed a bitter smile on his face, "Although I am the only big shopkeeper under the boss, the real confidant of the boss is Miss Yue'er. All important business negotiations are made by Miss Yue'er on behalf of the boss.

Last night, Miss Yue'er suddenly appeared in my room and told me that the granary had been sold.I just can't say anything about the big shopkeeper. "

Su Qing made a move behind her and brought a portrait.

"This is your boss?"

Shopkeeper Xin nodded slightly as he looked at the portrait drawn by Su Qing through Ye Zhiqiu's dictation, "It's very similar, it's him, but there are some things wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"Can my lord lend me calligraphy?"

Of course Su Qing would not refuse this request.The letter shopkeeper took the calligraphy and quickly drew on the white paper. After a while, a lifelike portrait of a character appeared in front of Su Qing.

In terms of painting skills alone, Shopkeeper Xin is not even worthy of carrying Su Qing's shoes.But Xin Treasurer is quite able to capture the essence of the characters.As long as the essence is similar, two completely different species can be classified together.

The appearance of the characters drawn by shopkeeper Xin is very similar to that drawn by Su Qing, but it can be seen at a glance that the two portraits are two different people.

Su Qing's eyes revealed a look of surprise, "The shopkeeper Xin has some unique features."

Speaking of this, shopkeeper Xin showed a little pride on his face.

"To be honest, Mr. Su, Caomin is also a scholarly family of officials and officials, and his grandfather was once the head of a government. Yu has been familiar with it since he was a child. He was able to read at the age of three, recite a subset of classics and history at the age of five, and was able to speak out at the age of eight.

It's a pity that in his thirties, he tried repeatedly and failed, and finally became disheartened and became an accountant for someone.A few years later, he was promoted to the shopkeeper, but because he was dissatisfied with the fraudulent behavior of his boss, he had a quarrel with his boss, and was expelled from the business world by Stained Jade.

Relying on the savings of the previous years, he lived in the back alleys.Life is full of ups and downs, like a dream. "

Listening to the letter shopkeeper telling me about the three-year-old Xiwen and the five-year-old recitation of a collection of scriptures and history, Su Qing felt a ripple in her heart.

After the shopkeeper Xin finished speaking, Su Qing couldn't help saying generously, "I am deeply touched by your feelings."

"In the past, my paintings and calligraphy also had a bit of a bad reputation from famous teachers. It's just that I don't want to spoil my only elegance by buying paintings on the street, so I am willing to be an accountant."

"Since you can draw the appearance of the Dong family, it shouldn't be difficult to draw the so-called Yue'er girl?"

"It's not difficult!"

Shopkeeper Xin didn't say anything else, and drew another portrait in a hurry.The portrait is of an ordinary woman.But such an unattractive woman can be recognizable by shopkeeper Xin's paintings.

If it were Su Qinghua, even though she could draw figures vividly, such an ordinary woman would only be reduced to a foil for the surrounding environment.No, a woman with such an ordinary appearance shouldn't appear in Su Qing's paintings.

At this moment, a government servant came to the interrogation room and bowed to Su Qing.

"My lord! A young girl came to the yamen and asked to see my lord."

"Woman? See me? Did you say why you saw me?"

"She said she came here to thank you."

"thank?"

Suddenly, a picture of a woman in white clothes fluttering in white clothes and surrounded by fairy air appeared in my mind.

Then he stood up, turned and walked out.