The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

Chapter 10 Mysterious Account Book
After Fang Xun smiled, the atmosphere at the scene eased again.

Mr. Li apologized and began to direct the other members of the Li family to finish the job.

Seeing the servants, led by several members of the Li clan, cleaning up the messy tables, chairs, and dishes on the street, he felt a lingering fear in his heart.

Just because the fourth young master of the Li family who was carried away didn't know the severity of the crime didn't mean he didn't know either.

Wei Lin looks to be in his forties or fifties, but he is already over eighty this year. He is a few years older than Mr. Li, but he has reached a higher level and has mastered the art of maintaining his youthful appearance.

In the past, he worked as a silver medal captain in Liushenmen. His famous skill "Four-Shape Grabbing Free-Hand" was also well-known in the entire Jiangzhou martial arts world, and he earned the name of Iron-Handed Divine Constable.

Twenty years ago, he resigned from his job and came to Sanshui County to retire.

Three years ago, the previous inspector was promoted and transferred, and the county magistrate could not find a suitable candidate to replace him. Wei Lin reluctantly accepted this minor official of the ninth rank.

Although Li Xiu's joining Broken Sword Villa seemed to be in a good position, his actual situation was no different from that of a slave.

Normally, the master's disciples would be beaten and scolded if they were not satisfied, and their status was extremely low, but the Li family was also very satisfied with it.

For a small family like theirs that is not much stronger than an ant in the world, having a congenital child in the family is already a great honor.

The Li family usually brags that they have thirty-six disciples. This may be used to bluff others, but an old hand like Wei Lin knows what's going on and won't fall for it.

It's really too much to think of using Li Xiu's name to scare the other party.

Fang Xun, who was standing by, watched as everything was in perfect order under the command of Old Master Li, and nodded in his heart.

Although the head of the family has just died, the Li family still has Old Man Li who can keep the situation under control and people's hearts will not be in chaos, otherwise the Li family might be in trouble.

Fang Xun waited for a while, and after Old Master Li had explained everything to the others, he said, "Mr. Li, can we talk in private?"

Mr. Li knew what the other party was going to ask and agreed without hesitation.

"I'm very happy to do so. Captain Fang, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. As long as this old man knows something, I will tell him everything I know."

The two of them found a round table with a buffet nearby and sat down.

After a while of reminiscing, Mr. Li slowly spoke.

"Captain Fang, I've thought about it, and if there's anything unusual about my son recently, it's that he sent a letter to Jinhua Prefecture a few days ago. I can't think of anything else for now."

After hearing this, Fang Xun began to think in his heart. Jinhua Prefecture is the capital of Jiangzhou. As far as he knows, the Li family's business and connections are limited to a small half of Guangling Prefecture, and have nothing to do with Jinhua Prefecture.

After thinking for a while, he continued, "Mr. Li, you may not know that I found an account book on Xu Qing yesterday, and just now I found two on Zhu Mingcheng. One of them belongs to Mr. Li, and the other one is undoubtedly Zhu Mingcheng's own."

Fang Xun did not continue speaking. Some things could not be explained too clearly, otherwise the Li family would be convicted of colluding with bandits. With just this one piece of solid evidence, the county magistrate would be able to ruin their family!
Mr. Li immediately understood what the other party meant and his expression became solemn.

His own son, Xu Qing, the boss of Hutou Mountain, and Zhu Mingcheng, the leader of Feiyu Hall, these three seemingly unrelated characters, all have an identical account book that looks like a code book.

To say it was a coincidence would be an insult to their intelligence. No matter how you look at it, it looks like some shady organization. Now that their son is secretly in close contact with bandits behind the backs of the Li family, it has become a small matter.

After Fang Xun saw that the other party understood what he meant, he continued, "Well, Mr. Li, I would like to trouble you to sort out the business accounts for the past year."

At this point, he saw that the other party was embarrassed, so he immediately explained: "Don't get me wrong, I just suspect that there may be some mismatches in the accounts.

Just tell me the time, place, identity of the buyer, and information about the goods of these abnormal accounts in detail! "Unlike some of Fang Xun's martial arts works in his previous life, this world is full of vitality, the upper limit of personal strength is extremely high, and all kinds of magical treasures and elixirs are not uncommon.

Even ordinary medicinal herbs can be configured into decoctions, medicated oils, and pills that help strengthen muscles and bones and improve strength, making them very valuable resources for cultivation.

The Li family is in the medicinal materials business and has a monopoly in Sanshui County. Fang Xun guessed that Mr. Li might have been supplying medicinal materials to that mysterious organization.

No one knew what happened before, but the organization sent Zhu Mingcheng to silence Mr. Li, and suddenly Feiyutang was implicated.

Feiyutang was engaged in the water transport business and also had a monopoly in Sanshui County.

With the source of goods and transportation channels, all that’s needed is the buyer’s information.

And Mr. Li immediately understood what Fang Xun meant.

"Please rest assured, Captain Fang. I will handle it as soon as possible. If I find anything unusual, I will inform you immediately."

As they were talking, a dozen figures in white clothes appeared on the street.

Fang Xun looked and saw that it was his follower Yan Ming and other constables rushing here.

Soon, Yan Ming and his group arrived in front of Fang Xun, and were shocked to see Xun'er covered in blood.

Before Yan Ming could speak, Fang Xun directly ordered: "Zhu Mingcheng, who killed Li Yuanwai in public, has been killed by me. You should immediately go to County Magistrate Wang to get a warrant, and then go to Feiyu Hall!"

Yan Ming was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked: "Xun brother, why are we going to Feiyu Hall?"

Fang Xun glanced at him and said, "You still need me to tell you this? Of course it's a house raid!"

"Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy. You can keep 10% of the property you obtain, I will take 30%, and the remaining 60% will be confiscated by the county government."

"In addition, I also want all of Feiyutang's canal business account books!"

After Fang Xun's concise and clear narration, all the detectives reacted immediately. When they heard that they could make a fortune, their faces became excited.

"I understand, Brother Xun, I will do it beautifully!"

Just as Yan Ming agreed and was about to lead his men to leave, Mr. Li took the initiative to speak: "Captain Fang, Feiyutang has a large number of people, why don't you let the second brother bring 20 good fighters to follow us?"

Fang Xun glanced at him and said calmly, "Then I'll have to trouble you, old man."

A quarter of an hour later, a dozen detectives from Yanming and more than twenty guards from the Li family set out, and the group of people rushed to the dock in a mighty manner.

In just a short while, the other members of the Li family had cleaned up half of the messy street.

Watching their disappearing figures, Fang Xun said to Mr. Li, "Let's wait for Master to come back. I hope we can get more clues from that man in green."

Mr. Li nodded, and just as he was about to say something, he suddenly saw another figure appear on the street.

"Master Wei is back!"

(End of this chapter)