The shopkeeper looked at the waist card in Si Tingyan's hand, and was in awe, "You are the son of Si Gongzi of the Beijing Xinglin Pavilion?"

Xinglin Pavilion has branches all over the country over the years, and it is a medical center that does good deeds to save people and does not want to reciprocate in the local area, and it has become famous in the rivers and lakes for a while.

And all of this is inseparable from the original purpose of Si Tingyan's personal determination of the Xinglin Pavilion.

His name has already spread everywhere.

At this moment, seeing the waist card in Si Tingyan's hand, the shopkeeper can almost confirm that this is the famous Si Tingyan Si Gongzi on the rivers and lakes.

He then instructed the second child in the store to invite the shopkeeper.

In less than a stick of incense, the shopkeeper went up to the second floor under the guidance of Xiao Er.

"Childe. ”

He thought that Xiao Er was making fun of himself, but he didn't expect to really see Si Tingyan.

Si Tingyan was alone when he left Beijing, and he didn't even tell Si Wei.

In the past few days, the Xinglin Pavilion has been flying pigeons one after another, and the news has come one after another, asking branches everywhere to pay attention to Si Tingyan's whereabouts, and I didn't expect him to appear here!

The shopkeeper stepped forward a few steps, bowed, and was about to salute, but Si Tingyan helped him up.

"Shopkeeper Ma, I have an important matter to do in Yicheng. If it's urgent, it's not like you saying those polite words. ”

Si Tingyan's heart was anxious, and he didn't care to explain why he appeared in Yicheng, and then said, "These days, there are a large number of *** in Yicheng?"

When the shopkeeper heard this, he looked heartbroken and helpless, then sighed and nodded, "Since the opening of the waterway, a large number of *** have poured into Yicheng. In fact, not only Yicheng, but also various cities along the waterway have more or less appeared. It's just that the parents in some places are strictly controlled, and this thing has not yet made any waves on the bright side. Childe is here this time, but it's to investigate the *** thing?"

"Do you know who these *** are from?"

Si Tingyan then asked.

Who knows, the shopkeeper frowned, his hands were tightly clasped in front of him, his head was lowered, and he showed an embarrassed look.

Seeing this, Si Tingyan was puzzled, took two steps forward, stared at the shopkeeper, and continued, "Looking at you like this, you should know something." Just say, I'm in charge of something. ”

Hearing this, the shopkeeper sighed, put a hand to his lips, carefully leaned into Si Tingyan's ear, and whispered a name.

After hearing this, Si Tingyan's eyes suddenly became fierce.

Xu Mo!

Si Tingyan instructed the Ma shopkeeper to go down, asking the Xinglin Pavilion to thoroughly investigate the *** matter, count the *** source, and definitely report it to the imperial court.

After ordering everything, Si Tingyan did not linger any longer, and immediately got up and returned to Beijing.

Tong Meng's dying letter, coupled with the investigation of Xinglin Museums in various places, will definitely confirm the Xu family's crime of smuggling.

After finding out the source of ***, it is necessary to check the relationship between Boss Liu and Xu Mo, and if you want to completely clear the charges, finding Boss Liu is the most direct way.

When Si Tingyan left, he specially told the shopkeeper that as long as Boss Liu appeared in Yicheng, no matter whether he lived or died, he must hurry up and send him back to the capital.

Along the way, Si Tingyan was worried about Lu Yunxi's safety.

Seven days have passed since he went back and forth, and I don't know if the Criminal Department has interrogated Lu Yunxi.

Si Tingyan didn't dare to stay, and he didn't stay in a hotel on the road.

However, when there was still a day to go to the capital, it rained heavily.

Si Tingyan had no choice but to rest temporarily in a ruined temple in the mountains.

He had just entered the temple in the dark, but he heard a sound from behind the Buddha statue.

Although it is not far from the capital, these places are still extremely troubled by bandits.

Si Tingyan's heart tightened, and he leaned behind the Buddha statue, and as he approached, he said in a deep voice, "Who is it?"

Hearing his voice, the curtain of the Buddha statue was lifted one or two, and a man covered in mud and trembling all over his body slowly poked his head out and looked at Si Tingyan, "Si Gongzi?"

The man's face was so dirty that Si Tingyan tried his best to recognize it, but he didn't recognize his appearance.

Seeing this, the man hurriedly wiped his face.

This time, Si Tingyan finally saw the man clearly.

It turned out to be the Boss Liu he had been looking for!

Seeing this, Si Tingyan looked surprised, and stepped forward a few steps, "Boss Liu?"

Boss Liu shivered, leaned out from behind the Buddha statue, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and squeezed out an embarrassed smile at Si Tingyan.

"Why are you here?"

Si Tingyan asked in shock.

The moment Boss Liu saw Si Tingyan, he was in tears, and tears dripped down his cheeks.

He knelt on the ground almost instantly, trembling and stretched out his hands, wanting to cry loudly, but he glanced at the pouring rain outside the ruined temple, so he deliberately lowered his voice and said in a deep voice, "Si Gongzi, fortunately, the person I met was you." ”

Si Tingyan helped Boss Liu up, brought him to the Buddha statue, and gave some of the dry food he was carrying to Boss Liu, and then asked in a deep voice, "Boss Liu, why are you here?"

Boss Liu wiped the dry food residue left on his face because of gobbling up, and then looked at Si Tingyan with a sad face, "Si Gongzi, don't you know......"

It turned out that Boss Liu had just taken those goods out of the capital, ready to board the ferry and send things back to Jiangnan.

Who knows, there is a team of mysterious people, not only retreating all his goods out of the canal, but also killing all the small servants and people who pressed the goods with him.

"Fortunately, I have a few loyal men who have protected me all the way to get here. As a result, yesterday, they were all ......"

When Boss Liu said this, he lowered his head, tears fell down his eyes, and looked at Si Tingyan, "If I hadn't been hiding in this broken temple, I'm afraid I would have been a soul under the knife a long time ago." ”

Si Tingyan's eyes scanned back and forth over Boss Liu's body, and he didn't quite believe Boss Liu's words.

Boss Liu is also a businessman after all, and when he saw Si Tingyan staring at him like this, he immediately understood that he must not believe in himself.

Boss Liu trembled and took out something from his sleeve and handed it to Si Tingyan.

"What is this?"

Si Tingyan took the thing and glanced up and down, but he raised his head in confusion and stared at Boss Liu.

"It's something found from those who hunted me down. I know this thing, this is Xu Mo's waist card!"

"The person who killed you was the Xu family? What is your relationship with the Xu family? Are you the one who blamed Miss Lu of the Xige Pavilion?"

Si Tingyan stared at Boss Liu with a pair of eyes.