Yan Cigui.

Shuntian Prefecture.

Shan Shen was busy looking through the case files in his hand.

He has been extremely busy these days.

The case of Chen Mi Hutong was weighing on him. Although he himself was not optimistic about how much results could be obtained, he also agreed to deal with the case in separate parts and deal with the matter between His Highness the Crown Prince and Liu Xun first. However, if there was no progress after that, He felt very sorry.

Not to mention bringing back a big watermelon, there are always a handful of sesame seeds.

Otherwise, wouldn't the gold bricks and gold paper that Fu Guogong and Wantang found in the house have been in vain?

To be honest, hiding things is quite insidious.

The gold bricks are on the beams and pillars. If you don't climb up and search, you really can't find them.

In other words, it was not discovered quickly.

At that time, Wantang had already dug three feet into the ground to dig the yard. With Lao Wan's bad temper, it was foreseeable that he would finish digging the yard and dig the house.

With this excavation, everything was demolished, and naturally nothing was left on the beams and pillars.

However, digging the ground is always time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is not as intuitive as it is now.

Of course, it didn't stop Wantang from demolishing the house in the end.

Because those are two gold bricks from Li Mi.

Both Wang Liu and Li Yuanfa mentioned that the two boxes of gold bricks in Lao Shi Lane were buried in the foundation.

Naturally, Wantang would also think of digging up the foundation.

The result was the discovery of the golden paper that fell into the gap.

Subsequently, no other discoveries were found in the foundation, but it was not in vain to find the golden paper.

The question is, starting with gold bricks and gold paper, what kind of flower can they eventually find.

So far, the flower bones have not yet taken shape.

As Shan Shen, as the governor of Shuntian, he is not only busy with this case every day, but also very busy with his own responsibilities.

Those inconsiderate bastards in the capital didn't care whether Shuntian Mansion was busy or not. They did evil things when they should do them, leaving no room for Shan Shen to breathe.

What made Shan Shen even more worried was that several corpses floated by the river on the outskirts of the city.

Unidentified, both male and female, strange.

The already insufficient government officials were busy asking around, hoping to find out as soon as possible.

Adding in other daily matters, Shan Shen barely slept a wink last night.

He didn't dare to fall asleep in the morning, so he had to drink two pots of strong tea after returning to the Yamen. Master Shan, who finally managed to cheer up, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xu Jian appear.

"My lord," Shan Shen wiped his face, "please take more care of the case in Chen Mi Hutong. I am really too busy with my time."

Xu Jian glanced at the documents piled up on his desk and said, "Master Shan, is he busy with the case outside the city?"

"Yes, I still don't know their identities," Shan Shen shook his head, "One by one, they died a bit miserably."

He originally wanted to say a few more words to Xu Jian, but he swallowed the words as they reached his lips.

Seeing Xu Jian looking at him, Shan Shen waved his hand and explained: "It's too tragic. Don't be curious to go and see it. There's no need."

Xu Jian raised his eyebrows and did not take Shan Shen's words to heart: "I have seen as many dead people as Master Shan."

Shan Shen had a dull look on his face and laughed dryly.

I'm sure Xu Jian has seen more of them.

The two armies faced each other at the border and had many battles with the Xiliang people, all of which were caused by human lives.

The enemy's life, the life of his comrades.

After the troops are withdrawn, the battle losses are counted. Behind each number are human lives.

Duke Fu has seen too many "sacrifice".

As for the Gyeonggi under the Shuntian Prefecture, even if he has been in office for many years, if there are such a number of deaths due to accidents, murders, etc., he should just clean up himself, kowtow in front of the emperor and wait to pay for it.

"That's different," Shan Shen thought about his words, "On the battlefield, those who died not long ago, those who drifted down the river, have been dead for some time..."

Xu Jian put on a serious face: "I heard a few words from Master, thank you for your hard work, Sir."

Shan Shenshun said a few words of modesty.

"Master Shan, just go and get busy. Here in Chenmi Hutong, I'll see if I can find another way." Xu Jian paused and seemed to think for a while before revealing the real focus, "Where is that Shi Zhe from before? Where is he? Where to stay?"

Shan Shen mentioned a place and then asked: "Are you looking for Shi Zhe? His kid doesn't know anything about it."

"Then we have to ask again," Xu Jian said helplessly, "His grandfather knew Dao Heng and also knew that he could find Wang through Dao Heng for six years. Now that we can't find Dao Heng, we can only try to see if we can find him through Shi Zhe. Start there."

Shan Shen has no objection.

After handing the matter over to Xu Jian, Shan Shen and his master hurriedly left the city.

Xu Jian sent him out of Shuntian Mansion, then got into the sedan chair to find Shi Zhe.

It would be better for Master Shan to be busy.

When he was busy, he didn't pay attention to Shi Zhe, so he didn't know that what he was asking Shi Zhe about was actually not Dao Heng, but Jinzhong Chang Yuntang.

After all, it was not easy for Xu Jian to explain where he pushed it and launched "Chang Yuntang".

Three quarters of an hour later, Xu Jian met Shi Zhe.

Shi Zhe has some stubble and looks less immature than last year. After living in Beijing for a year, he is a little calmer than before.

He recognized Xu Jian and bowed respectfully.

"Have you seen Dao Heng since then?" Xu Jian got straight to the point.

Shi Zhe said: "I've never seen it before."

"You can't go back to Jinzhong, are you still used to being in Beijing?" Xu Jian asked again.

Shi Zhe wiped the tip of his nose, hesitating slightly, and then answered honestly: "The villain knew that he was in trouble, and was captured by the Yamen together with the prince. The villain is guilty even if he is not guilty.

The villain was able to get out of the yamen in the end because he cooperated well. He didn't know anything about the inside story, but he answered everything he knew.

The villain also said before that he had nothing in his hometown, otherwise he would not have thought of coming to Beijing to dig out the treasure.

There is no place for villains in Jinzhong, so life in the capital is the same. Where can I not make a living?

That is, if the yamen wants to rely on villains to arrest anyone, it will definitely not gain anything. "

Xu Jian looked at Shi Zhe and saw that he didn't seem to be lying, so he asked again: "Since you are from Jinzhong, do you know about your local charity? Do you know Chang Yuntang?"

Shi Zhe was stunned for a moment and then said: "I know, there is a famous Dashan Hall in Jinzhong.

When the villain's grandfather was still alive, he also sponsored many charitable halls, one of which was Chang Yuntang.

After his old man passed away, his uncles divided the family property. There was a clause in the will that the one who got the big share had to support the charity every year in accordance with the old rules. In the end, the villainous uncle took it away.

As for whether he really helped after the robbery, the villain doesn't know. "

Xu Jian nodded.

After asking Shi Zhe, Xu Jian got up and entered the palace.

Li Shao was banned and the gate of the East Palace was closed. Xu Jian asked the Holy Emperor for an oral order and came to see the prince.

In the main hall, Li Shao was flipping through a book.

There were many books on his big case, and he sat on the chair, holding the book and reading it carefully.

As for whether it’s true or false…

Based on Xu Jian's understanding of Li Shao, it was clear at a glance.Li Shao is pretending.

Just to look serious, when the emperor asked Xu Jian, he could give an answer of "he is reading a book".

Perhaps being grounded was too boring, but when Li Shao saw Xu Jian, his expression turned out to be very good.

Who makes Xu Jian an "outsider"?

Can tell him what's going on outside.

"Why are you here?" Li Shao put down the book he was holding in his hand, moved to the table, and asked Xu Jian to sit down, "You want to ask me about the case?"

Xu Jian responded.

The waiter was serving tea. He took a sip and said, "Liu Xun was exiled, and Liu Jing resigned from office and returned to his hometown."

Li Shao clicked his tongue.

He actually cares about Liu Xun's punishment.

Liu Xun found such a good place for him, and it was so hard for him to get all the trouble. It was impossible for Li Shao not to be angry.

Just being exiled would give Liu Xun an advantage.

But if he was responsible for this punishment and kicked Liu Xun out of the capital, Li Shao thought, he might be more relaxed.

only……

He glanced at Xu Jian and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you brothers have a lot of conflicts. How do you feel if you can get Liu Xun away?"

Xu Jian took another sip of tea and did not answer the question, but casually changed the subject: "I wonder if Your Highness knows that two gold bricks and a gold paper were found in Chenmi Hutong?"

Li Shao raised his eyebrows: "What do you mean?"

Xu Jian did not elaborate on the gold bricks. He buried them after discussing with the Holy Master. The prince could not really blame Li Mi.

"That golden note is the token of the Gu Yue mission," Xu Jian said, "Gu Yue people have been in and out of there, they can't go to drink flower wine, right?"

Li Shao's face darkened: "What do you mean? I have never seen the Ancient Moon people!"

"I believe you have never met Gu Yue people," Xu Jian said in a calm tone, calming Li Shao, "I just feel that the person who is plotting against His Highness behind your back may be related to Gu Yue, or in other words, The people of Guyue were also used as pawns, and Xiliang borrowed swords to kill people."

Xu Jian said it very simply, but Li Shao had a lot of imagination.

Various possibilities filled his mind, like thin threads, intertwined and twisted, but he couldn't find the real thread at all.

"Isn't it done by those in the harem who want to replace my mother?"

"I see that their mothers-in-law are very ambitious at court meetings and wish they could pull me down from the position of prince immediately."

"Guyue people? They come to Beijing to worship, but they attack me in private?"

"As for those small countries outside the Pass, if we hadn't contained Xiliang, they would have been crushed by the Xiliang people!"

"You're ungrateful and you're plotting against me?"

"You said you wanted to borrow a knife from someone in Xiliang? Someone in Xiliang bribed the Gu Yue envoy?"

Xu Jian listened to Li Shao muttering a lot, and finally said: "Those in the court look dangerous, but they are more like adding insult to injury. As for Gu Yue or Xiliang, I can't say for sure now. That is Dao Heng. No trace of him was found.”

Li Shao was annoyed when he heard this: "What is Shan Shen doing? He was very efficient when searching the house, but he made no progress in arresting people."

Xu Jian did not interrupt casually.

Li Shao was talking most of the time, Xu Jian only made a few random remarks, and more of his thoughts fell elsewhere.

In the hall, Eunuch Guo served tea. In the middle hall, there was a small eunuch, and two guards were posted outside the hall.

But there in the back window...

Neither Li Shao nor Eunuch Guo noticed that there were footsteps outside the back window, approaching from far away and stopping under the window.

Xu Jian knew it, but he didn't reveal it.

He just sat there calmly, giving Li Shao a few words from time to time.

At the end, Xu Jian concluded: "Your Highness, Shuntian Mansion is doing its best to find the truth. The matters related to Dao Heng will be sorted out several times to find out as soon as possible."

Li Shao didn't like to hear such whitewashing, so he asked directly: "Then nothing was found?"

Xu Jian hesitated slightly.

Li Shao saw this and asked: "Did you find something and didn't say anything?"

Xu Jian raised his eyebrows and said in a neither gentle nor serious voice: "Your Highness, do you remember the boy from Jinzhong who was captured with him six years ago when he captured Wang? I also learned about Dao Heng from that boy. He asked three questions and didn't know. Yes, I am discussing with Mr. Shan to go to Jinzhong to check on him or his family."

As he spoke, Xu Jian stood up and took two steps in the hall as if to organize his thoughts.

These two steps are towards the rear window.

"Several businessmen among Gu Yue's envoys have returned to the capital to do business. We may start to investigate from them..." Xu Jian said, "Your Highness, the other party has been planning on you for several months. If you want to get rid of the cocoon, you need to Some time."

After the words fell, Xu Jian took two steps again.

As expected, the person eavesdropping outside the window seemed to be afraid of being discovered, so he left cautiously while suppressing the sound of his footsteps.

Li Shao didn't know the situation. He just heard that Xu Jian's words made some sense, so he didn't criticize anymore: "Then you should hurry up."

Xu Jian dealt with Li Shao and walked out of the East Palace.

Li Shao's situation here is similar to what he thought.

Eunuch Cao personally selected the people, headed by Eunuch Guo, who were all trusted by Eunuch Cao.

However, no matter how careful Eunuch Cao is, he can't stop someone from doing two things at once.

The nail Xu Jian had buried in the East Palace had been used up, but the person behind it made a quick move and buried another one.

It just so happened that Xu Jian needed such a messenger.

Night falls.

The capital is still lively.

In the small courtyard, you can't hear the noise outside. It's quiet, but there is the fragrance of countless flowers.

All the flowers bloomed there.

The window panels of the house were removed and it faced the garden. The colors of the flowers could not be seen clearly, but there was a scent of flowers.

Jin Guiren sat on the floor and took a sip of wine.

Beside him, a person was kneeling on the ground, complaining softly.

"Is that what Xu Jian said?" Jin Guiren asked, "Did you hear that right?"

The man said: "Yes."

"Businessman Gu Yue? Shi Family? Jinzhong?" Jin Guiren's voice became colder and colder, "What did Su Chang say?"

"Su Chang's golden note is still on him. I took it back and looked at it. It's the real thing."

Jin Guiren sneered: "Real thing? The golden paper they got from Chenmi Hutong is also real! Among all the envoys, only Su Chang has been to that house. Do you think they are all real?"

Seeing that his temper was rising, the man couldn't help but shrink his neck: "I don't know, I don't know."

"Not sure?" Jin Guiren put down the wine cup, "Then let me tell you, they, Xu Jian, prepared the gold paper early in the morning, and it was not known who they gave it to for a long time. He did not touch Su Chang's Something, he took the real one and stuffed it into the gap!
Why do you think Xu Jian did this?Why was he able to prepare the golden paper in advance?
He knew about Chenmi Hutong a long time ago!
He knew what the prince and Liu Xun were doing, and he also knew that Su Chang had been there.

Not to mention that, the best thing about him was that he provoked the prince who shouldn't be in the house! "

Gritting his teeth, Jin Guiren said: "I underestimated him!"

Thanks to book friend Xu Bicheng’s official girlfriend for the tip, and thanks to Hongxiu book friend Ye Xiaoye for the tip.