Chapter 378: Breakthrough
In this way, a meal came to an end in a seven-point pleasant and three-point weird atmosphere, and Zhiruo solemnly asked Luoshuang to apologize to Pan Jiaming, in her opinion, this is the most important main dish of this dinner. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Pan Jiaming obviously didn't think so, he waved his hand casually: "So what do you really do? Don't fight and don't know each other, now that you call me second brother, there is no need to be so angry." It's also because my previous attitude is a little worse, so you're going to target me, aren't you? ”
Except for Xiao Feng's four words "Golden Boy and Jade Girl" that made him feel strange in his heart, in fact, Qi Mubai really didn't have anything bad, it was very suitable for his eyes, not to mention that people might have done them a great favor today. Although the truth has not yet been revealed, he can only say maybe, but combined with various signs, he still has a bottom in his heart.
Before, they were blinded and limited their thinking, so they had been wandering around in a labyrinth, and Qi Mubai's short words were like a spark in the dark, allowing them to find a breakthrough out of the labyrinth. At this point, he didn't have any reason to hold on to those gold beads, right?
In other words, not only would he not hold it anymore, but he was also quite grateful to Luoshuang, if she hadn't made such a show, he really wouldn't have a good step to sit down with Qi Mubai and have a good talk.
"Second Brother Pan is magnanimous, Mu Bai is grateful," Zhiruo arched his hand, "It is also fate to be able to meet the two brothers, and when the Beijing Changxian Residence opens, even if Mu Bai does not go in person, he will let people present two VIP cards of the highest level." If the two brothers have any special instructions, you can explain them to the shopkeeper, and he will definitely try his best to meet your requirements, even if it is regularly tailored and specially designed. ”
Just for the warmth that Pan Jiaming made her feel today, what if Yan Xianju even if he bought all the clothes of these two people? These two are handsome men and rare hangers, if they both wear Yan Xianju's clothes, aren't they special models that people can't hire with high salaries? Hehe.
"That's a good feeling," Xiao Feng said with a smile, "I'll wait for the opening of the Immortal Residence in the capital." Third brother, there will be a period later!" He would not admit that he had a very pleasant feeling of getting what he wanted at this moment. He has always disliked the use of maids, and there is only a small servant who has grown up as a scholar, and the clothes before are all taken care of by himself, and they will be handed over to Yan Xianju in the future, so that they can leave him a few pieces regularly according to his preferences, wouldn't it be worry-free and labor-saving?
Pan Jiaming also nodded and said goodbye, he didn't care about the clothes, and someone took care of it, but looking at the clothes on Qi Mubai's body that highlighted his temperament and added two points of style to him, he said secretly: It seems to be good.
Back in the Qi family's mansion, Luo Shuang couldn't hold back the curiosity in her heart and asked, "Master, do you really have that kind of dwarfism?" She also saw the child in front of Mo Yazhai just now, if it wasn't for the master, she wouldn't have suspected that it was not a real child.
"Of course," Zhiruo nodded, "I heard my father say before that there was a big family in the border city that gave birth to such a son, who was still a five- or six-year-old child at the age of eleven or twelve.
Later, when the child grew to the age of sixteen or seventeen, his appearance and intelligence were completely young men, and his height still did not increase a little, and his father and mother were dead, worried that the news of this son would affect the relatives of other children, and personally gave his son a deadly poison. Unexpectedly, not long after, a big maid of the head of the family climbed the bed and was sold by the housemaster's mother, and this incident was exposed. ”
Zhiruo's story is half-true and half-true, the boy her father Yin Zhao said was indeed locked up by his family in a side hospital because he looked weird, and he was indeed killed by his biological parents, but it was not dwarfism, but a three-petal mouth, that is, rabbit lips. And the child was almost strangled to death by his grandfather as soon as he was born, but his mother couldn't bear it after all, and was raised in a small courtyard, but to the outside world it was said that he died early. Later, he was discovered by a selling bed-crawler and revealed that the main mother had a demonic son, in order to prevent the boy from being exposed to the public, affecting the family reputation and other children's relatives, the boy's parents personally poisoned him.
In ancient times, there weren't too many of these things, so many strange cases, including congenital malformations, were unknown to outsiders because they would be hidden or even stifled in the first place.
Due to the lack of understanding of these conditions, which are beyond the current medical understanding, everyone classifies them as demons, which not only affect their parents and siblings, but also the reputation of the entire family will be tarnished, and people will say that the family has suffered sins and received divine punishment to give birth to demons. Or there are people who think that there is a problem with the bloodline of this family, and that marrying someone with such a bloodline will continue to give birth to demons.
Therefore, people with all kinds of unknown strange diseases, especially infants and young children with congenital strange diseases, once discovered, will be "solved" as soon as possible, and even the maids and midwives involved in them will be eliminated.
is Zhiruo, before recovering modern memories, including previous lives, he also doesn't know about dwarfs, and it's normal for Luoying to be in disbelief. However, Pan Jiaming and Xiao Feng should have heard of such symptoms, obviously believed her suspicions and speculations, and began to investigate.
"Pan Shizi, they obviously came here for the issue of the salt tax in Liangjiang, and I heard that a Qin messenger came last year, but nothing was found. Luo Ying has always thought more than Luo Shuang, "If that child is really an adult with dwarfism, it must be related to the Liangjiang salt tax and the Wu family's case." Otherwise, Pan Shizi would not have been so cautious and eager, and immediately ordered someone to investigate. When she left the ******, she saw Sijo waiting at the door to hint to Pan Shizi, apparently having already arranged it.
Zhiruo nodded: "You contact the people of the Changyang branch and ask them to pay attention to this matter." They will be leaving Changyang tomorrow, but she would like to know the progress of the case and the reactions of all parties. Although the people in the Beijing branch will look for traces of that Uncle Jin from the Wang family, Changyang cannot relax either. The matter of salt tax is out of the basket, and it also involves the old case of the Wu family, can the master behind Mr. Yu and Uncle Jin stand up to it?
Luo Ying hurriedly responded, she also wanted to pay attention to this matter, and if she could pull the Wang family and the Dai family into the water, she could be regarded as living up to Wu Minjun's entrustment, and worthy of Mrs. Wu's kindness to their sisters, as well as their sisters' affection for the Wu family's master and servant.
As expected by the three masters and servants, Pan Jiaming had already received the news that his people had verified and returned. What made the person in charge of staring at the mother and son ashamed was that the child was really not a really seven or eight-year-old child, but an adult man who could "bully" women and ******** in the backyard of Mo Yazhai. And the women he "bullied" were not only the maid who was sorting out old books in front of the shop before, but also his so-called "widowed mother".
They really had white eyes before, and although the "child's" face was cleanly shaved, it could still be seen when you looked closely, and the skin was not as delicate as that of a real child. Why didn't they pay attention to it before, and why did they take it for granted that he was shy and afraid to see the living, so he kept his head down forever?
Fortunately, the prince suddenly discovered the flaw and gave them the direction, and they found out that Mo Yazhai was also a den of thieves. Judging from what those people said, the widowed mother, as well as the shopkeeper and handyman maids of Mo Yazhai are all subordinates of the "little boy", and these four-person team is the secret clothes and dead soldiers sent by their master to Changyang, and the task is to monitor and supervise Wang Wenshan and Dai Pinchao, contact the master, and guard the underground warehouse.
"It is said," Shijo looked excited, "Recently, there have been several boxes of belongings going into the underground treasury, or have they been sent by Commander Jin himself, shall we exchange them again?"
Pan Jiaming knocked a fan on Sijo's head, and sneered: "Addicted to stealing beams and changing pillars? Aren't you tired of moving stones? This time, we directly brought people and things to the pot." ”
"That's exactly what it should be," Xiao Feng, who was immersed in reading the account book, raised his head, "Although there is still an account book that has not been found, the account book intercepted by Wu Minjun in Wang Wenshan's mansion is obviously the most important one, even if the third book cannot be found, it can basically be deduced the amount of the salt tax that has been lost in the past five years, plus the three letters together with the account book, and the testimony of Dai Pinchao's aunt and servant who was gouged out of his eyeballs, the evidence of Dai Pinchao and Wang Wenshan's guilt is enough." If the small courtyard can indeed get all the stolen goods, it would be a pity to lose this opportunity. "Of course, it is best to find the third account book online, but if this is a good opportunity, won't it be a big loss because of a small one?
The task given to them by the emperor was to find out the loopholes in the Liangjiang salt tax and the evidence of Dai Pinchao's crimes, that is, the real ledger. Now they already have those two account books and three letters in hand, and they have obtained human and material evidence, and stolen goods, which can be regarded as exceeding the task. If you look ahead and think about it, let that "Uncle Jin" escape, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to catch it again, that kind of person is not so easy to follow.
They didn't scare the snake before, just to find the ledger and track the clues of the mastermind behind the scenes. Now that he has found two-thirds of the account book, and knows that "Uncle Jin" is a big fish and an important clue, he naturally can't let go of the opportunity to get all the stolen goods.
Pan Jiaming nodded: "This time we are going to catch the snake directly, but don't worry, before this, maybe we can still find the third account book, hehe, why don't we go again tonight?"
Where are you going? Xiao Feng was stunned for a moment, and then let go of his frowning brows: "You mean the fake child's study?" Where does that perverted dwarf have the mind to read? But there are really a lot of books in his study. There are so many books, it's really cheap to hide an account book and mix it in.
"Well," Pan Jiaming nodded, "If there isn't there, then it's only Mo Yazhai." According to Xiao Feng's conclusion, the last account book should have a detailed record of "shortfall", which should correspond to the gold and silver ingots in the treasury, and such an account book is naturally the most appropriate to put together with property.
Xiao Feng agreed very much, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go again tonight, but we will waste your two nightshades again." Not to mention, Qi Mubai is really our nobleman, the descendants of Golden Qi and Spicy Hand Qi are really not simple, how could he think that the perverted dwarf is an adult suffering from dwarfism?" No matter how bad or stubborn a seven- or eight-year-old child is, he can't do that, right?
"He has already become famous all over the country in a year, how can it be simple?" Pan Jiaming pursed his lips, "Although he is younger than us, he may not have seen fewer people and things than us." ”
Listening to what Qi Mubai said, he had a feeling that Qi Mubai had experienced a lot of things, and he had a level of practice and sophistication far beyond his age. He was testing Qi Mubai and tricking him, but Qi Mubai wasn't testing him and using him to spread the word? That person was too transparent, or rather, too cunning! Like a cute and harmless little fox who looked extremely wise.
However, as long as he is truly transparent and not confused, as he himself said, he only focuses on business and reshapes the glory of "Golden Qi", the emperor will not mind whether he is spicy or not, cunning or not cunning.
The former Yin Zhao was a terrifying "black-faced killing god" on the battlefield, decisive in killing, ruthless, but the emperor never paid attention to similar rumors or impeachment, and once in the early dynasty, he even smashed the impeachment of Yin Zhao in front of hundreds of civil and military officials on the face of the imperial historian, and roared: "Do you want our general of Daying to be merciful to the enemy? The reprimand of the heart scared the imperial history so much that he almost lost his incontinence on the spot.
Until now, the emperor will still say that Daying may not lack military generals, but there is really a lack of evil gods like Yin Zhao who can suppress evil demons and make him feel at ease. It's a pity that with a single thought, that evil god is gone, and I regret it. He wasn't sure whether the difference in the emperor's mouth meant himself or Yin Zhao, and if it was his own "one thought", what kind of thought would cause the irreversible changes in the Zhenbei General's Mansion later.
The queen seems to know some, but ....... He knew the queen aunt very well, so he never tried to ask for an answer.
In any case, the past can only pass, and asking the answer cannot resurrect Yin Zhao, nor can it prove Yin Zhao's innocence. In other words, the emperor did not push the boat down the river to confirm Yin Zhao's great crime of rebellion, which is already a great trust in Yin Zhao and the county lord of Qianxin. (To be continued.) )