Thorough investigation of smuggling official salt is by no means a trivial matter, from the household department to the salt and iron envoys, all of whom are involved in the case, and even officials from the military department and the criminal department are implicated in it.

Liao Fanzhi didn't dare to act hastily, so he couldn't help but startle the snake, first tied Chen Ping to his side, and secretly discussed strategies with him under the pretext of a lesson.

The entire salt pan was controlled by the court lieutenant, and the soldiers were united in their hearts, and it was difficult to listen to the tone of the mouth. In the past three days, Liao Fan Zhiming has played Chen Ping for fun on the face, but he has carefully arranged and deployed in private.

Cao Fang accompanied Liao Fanzhi for a day, and the next day he found that this person had no intention at all, except for asking for wine and food, which was to trick prisoners to gather people to gamble.

For the sake of prudence, Cao Fang accompanied him for two days and then let him act as a prestige in the salt field, and gave the officers and soldiers a lot of silver, and asked people to accompany this master to play well.

Liao Fanzhi made money by gambling, and his greedy nature was fully revealed, and he wiped his mouth after getting enough oil and water before he decided to go back to Liangzhou City to make a difference.

Cao Fang paid a lot of money but saw that he didn't write a word, so he coaxed and said a lot of good things, and he only had to say "When I personally discuss with Zheng Yushi, it's not too late to transcribe and fold"

Cao Fang gritted his teeth hatefully, but he still had to ask someone to do something, so he had to be patient and arrange to return to the city.

Liao Fanzhi leaned on the back of the chair like an uncle, took the tea that Chen Ping knelt up, spit out the tea stalk and said with a smile, "Cough~ For the sake of being sensible in the past few days, let's say, what do you want to reward?"

Chen Ping kowtowed ecstatically and begged, "I don't want any rewards for the small ones, I just want to be able to let the small ones go back to their hometowns."

Fang He stood up and shouted, "Bold, who dares to pardon privately in the court's punishment!"

Cao Fang waved his hand and persuaded him, "Fang Tingwei must not be angry, Mr. Hu is Zheng Yushi's staff, so naturally he will not be ignorant."

Liao Fanzhi squinted his eyes and swept Cao Fang, slapped Chen Ping hard, and scolded, "Just said that you are sensible, you will be slapped in the face!

Chen Ping has been beaten many times, and he is not in the way, kneeling on the ground and begging, "The little one wants to return to his hometown......"

Liao Fanzhi raised his foot and wanted to kick it, Chen Ping hurriedly covered his head and face and shouted, "It's okay if you don't go back, I beg Hu Ye to transfer the small one to the frying and drying field, the small one doesn't want to work in the mine......"

Liao Fanzhi put his feet away, tilted his head and asked, "Don't you all work the same anywhere?"

"Master Hu doesn't know...... The daily work in the mine is too hard, although the frying and drying field is also considered a service, but it is by no means as hard as the mine, please be considerate of the thin body of the small ......" Chen Ping squinted his eyes and peeked at Fang He, seeing that people threw a strong threat at him, he didn't dare to shake the □□ out.

"That's it, since the master has agreed, he will naturally fulfill his promise, Lord Cao...... Look at ......" Liao Fanzhi turned his gaze to Cao Fang.

"Uh...... It's a bit unruly to say this, but since it's Mr. Hu asking for it, then Fang Tingwei, you will do it on your behalf" Cao Fang pretended to be embarrassed and handed Fang He a look, as long as it was not a prisoner, it didn't matter where he was transferred.

Fang He snorted coldly, he barely agreed, he couldn't escape from the salt mine left and right, and it could be regarded as giving Hu Chat a face.

Chen Ping rolled his eyes, and immediately cried, "Master Hu...... The little one can't bear you......"

"Hey...... You're funny, what's the matter?, you've only been addicted to it for a few days?" Liao Fanzhi smiled with good intentions, and picked up Chen Ping's chin on tiptoe.

"No matter how Hu Ye teaches the little ones, it should be, but there are many prisoners who kill people without blinking, and the little ones are really afraid that if you leave, someone will take the opportunity to retaliate and treat the little ones to death...... Chen Ping cried and howled.

"Cut~ You have to make it up! You don't make trouble, who has nothing to do and wants your cheap life? There are officers and soldiers stationed in the salt field, and the prisoners will not be allowed to fight privately" Liao Fanzhi turned his head and stopped paying attention to Chen Ping.

"Really, really...... The little one has a deep grudge with Sun Hu, he almost died last time because of a nest, and the comfort he has seen me in the past few days has long been unpleasant......" Chen Ping said exaggeratedly, and then knelt down and hugged Liao Fanzhi's calf and begged, "Master Hu, you are doing well......"

"Forget it...... For the sake of your dedication in the past few days, I will help you before leaving" Liao Fanzhi brushed off the dust in disgust, and said impatiently, "Fang Tingwei, you have also seen it, since he said so, I think it is still the jailer's poor supervision." For the sake of the safety of the prisoners, you should put it in order, and save this thing that is afraid of death from crying in the sky."

Fang He took a deep breath, glared at Chen Ping warningly, got up and clenched his fists and said, "The rule of the salt field has always been strict, Mr. Hu must not listen to this's nonsense."

"Huh...... Forget it, since this guy is afraid of things, you can explain, so that Mr. Hu can be fully benevolent" Cao Fang opened his mouth to persuade like a peacemaker, and only then did he turn his head until Liao Fanzhi looked good on his face, "Since this is the case, Mr. Hu should set off earlier, and he will avoid the anxiety of Zheng Yushi waiting in the provincial capital."

Liao Fanzhi got up to say goodbye, and didn't even glance at Chen Ping during the period, allowing Chen Ping to wait for Ai Ai like a lost dog, and leisurely stepped out of the door and left in style.

Chen Ping was transferred to the frying field, and the cell boss was instructed to take good care of him, and made it clear that good actors were not allowed to cause trouble.

Chen Ping spent a few days in fear, and found that no one really beat him, so he became comfortable. The frying and drying field is nothing more than some guys who carry firewood and boil salt to dry, even if they are tired, it is lighter than going to the mine, and no one provokes them, so they get acquainted with the prisoners in the cell in a few days.

The conditions in the mine are very different from those in the frying field, there are mud-brick cells, and there are firewood and grass to burn the kang for heating, which is much more comfortable than living in a broken grass shed.

Ten people in a room, two meals a day, the food in the disaster year is not full, Chen Ping does not dare to complain, every day to carry firewood and He is also light, food does not need to be honored, a few days to recover physical strength.

Leisurely and leisurely, Chen Ping did not dare to forget the investigation of the case, and he went around to inquire about the news in between work every day. The people in the same cell reported the incident to the jailer, but the jailer did not pay attention to him when he heard that he was asking for some food and work.

Chen Ping seems to have no ambitions, but he still has some cleverness, and at first he only asked some trivial questions, until everyone let down their guard, and then they began to find out the salt production.

Secretly remembering the daily output, and comparing the brine transported from the mine, after half a month, it was found that there was no discrepancy. This discovery also made Chen Ping wonder, could it be that another mine also has a frying and drying field?

After the heavy snow fell, Chen Ping lay down with snot and nested next to the stove to add firewood, and a prisoner who was nearly 50 years old chatted and asked, "You also have a way, why didn't you send winter clothes?"

Chen Ping snorted and complained, "How can I have any way? If it weren't for the money at home, maybe I would have died of exhaustion in the mine."

"Money can make ghosts grind, your family's money is wrong, it is estimated that there is nothing left here" The older prisoner leaned over and kindly reminded Chen Ping.

"That's right, it must be like this, I said why didn't you send me here for three hundred taels, and I only sent it here by licking my feet" Chen Ping had an epiphany, and angrily threw firewood and scolded.

"Huh...... Three hundred taels is a lot, why don't you send a letter to the family, let them pay it to the government, the silver is used correctly, even if the sentence is commuted, it is enough to "The old prisoner's family is four, known as the fourth prisoner, he is regarded as the old oilman of the salt field, and he has not died after being locked up for seven or eight years, and it doesn't make sense if he doesn't have a doorway."

"Fourth uncle, you're still fine!" Chen Ping gave a thumbs up to flatter, and muttered in a low voice, "But why do you bring this letter home?"

"You go to the cell boss, promise to give some benefits afterwards, and he will naturally send it out for you" The fourth prisoner saw that Chen Ping was followed behind his ass and called the fourth uncle, which can be regarded as some friendship, so he made a few remarks.

"When the eldest brother brings the silver, he will definitely give you two taels of good wine," Chen Ping thanked him.

"Hey, hey, hey...... Count you kid interesting" The fourth prisoner narrowed his old eyes and smiled, the family spent a lot of money because of his service, and there was little subsidy in the past two years, if it wasn't for selling some information, he wouldn't even be able to drink wine a long time ago.

"Prisoner, what nonsense, it's time to get to work," the cell boss shouted with a whip.

The fourth prisoner immediately bent down and agreed, rubbed his palms and whispered, "Follow me, don't make a sound, you will do whatever I do in a while"

Chen Ping immediately threw firewood, and the cat's waist followed behind the fourth prisoner, and most of the people who came out to do the work were old people who had been doing it for many years, so it can be seen that this job is really not something that anyone can do if they want to.

After walking to a fence on the north side, Chen Ping peeked and saw a group of men and horses slowly walking in the distance, several officers and soldiers armed with knives and guns in front, and prisoners escorting the carriage behind.

Good guys, there really is another mine......

The ragged prisoners were reprimanded to empty the barrels, and the officers and men who were the first to mumble to the jailers and shout to escort the prisoners back like animals.

Chen Ping followed the prisoner to transport the wooden barrel back to the drying field, and immediately increased the firewood to boil the brine.

"Fourth uncle, where did this brine come from? Look at it is purer than those from our mine," Chen Ping pinched a pinch of fine salt and asked quietly.

"Don't make noise!" The fourth prisoner turned his head to look around, lowered his voice and explained, "This is from another mine, it is estimated that a lot of people have frozen to death in that one, and there is a lack of manpower to send the brine here...... You just need to know, but don't shout so that people can hear and lose their heads."

Hearing that the fourth prisoner didn't mean to scare him, Chen Ping hurriedly shut up and didn't dare to ask again, and when he was free at night, he asked with the help of releasing water, "Does the fourth uncle know where the mine is?"

The prisoner's eyes were sharp, and he even held back his urine, "What are you asking for?"

"It's nothing, it's just curiosity...... I'm thinking that you've been here for seven or eight years, and you should have been there," Chen Ping explained in a panic.

The four prisoners took a breath and scolded, "it! If I have been there, I will still have my life to stay here?

"I know" Chen Ping assured, wondering how to find out the exact location.

The next day, Chen Ping took the opportunity to ask the cell boss for a letter, and promised that he would be filial piety after the money arrived, and the cell boss was happy to run errands when he saw that there were benefits. The salt works have little oil and water, and they all rely on the benefits of the prisoners, and besides, how can the silver handed over from outside get him? Even if they are filial piety, there are only trivial silver after layers of exploitation.

Two days after the letter was gone, Liao Fanzhi went and returned.

Coincidentally, Liao Fanzhi returned to Liangzhou City and immediately sent a letter to inform Liang Zijun, who not only brought the news back to Beijing, but also told him about Liu Daidi's running away from home, and asked him to reply immediately when he saw someone.

They should not stay in Liangzhou City for a long time, and if they don't leave, they are afraid of suspicion, Liao Fanzhi thought that half a month had passed, and Chen Ping should probably have some eyebrows, so he thought about coming over to understand one or two, so as to further layout.

didn't think about it, rushed to the small town at the foot of Liangshan, and met Liu Daidi, who was entrusted with people everywhere.

Liang Zijun took the opportunity to stay in the town because he was tired, but Cao Fang couldn't grind him, so he had to arrange an inn first. Liao Fanzhi got rid of the guards while wandering, covered his mouth and nose and dragged him to the entrance of the alley, and shouted "Don't make a sound" like a bad guy

Liu Daidi originally wanted to run into a villain, and was about to fight back, when she suddenly heard her husband's name and hurriedly said, "My lord, have you seen my husband?

"This is not the place to talk, follow me" Liao Fanzhi saw that the guards who had been thrown off were looking for him, and hurriedly led Liu Daidi to the end of the street.

Liu Daidi was close to home for nearly two months, and it was easy to rush to the foot of Liangshan after sleeping in the open along the way, and she couldn't find out the news of her husband when she begged people everywhere.

There is not much silver left, and most of it has been cheated, and now there is only a jade bracelet given by the godmother that can be pawned, if he can't find a way out, he really doesn't know what to do.

Tightening the burden in his arms, Liu Daidi cautiously pulled away a distance. This person's intentions are unknown, and he is not an official, how did he learn about his husband's name? Didn't he run into a liar again?

After a few days of inquiry, there is no shortage of bastards who take the opportunity to cheat money, if it is not for the unfamiliar place, with Liu Daidi's temperament, he will naturally not be gullible. But now that the husband doesn't know his life and death, and every other day there are corpses transported back from the salt field, how can Liu Daidi not be anxious?

He heard that as long as he gave more silver, he could meet his husband, and he could send some clothes and food to bring in, but now it was snowing heavily, and he didn't know if his husband was wearing cotton clothes......

There are many women like him in this town, and every mourning day, everyone is silently watching, for fear that there will be their husbands in the name of the officers and soldiers.

While looking forward to it every day, I was afraid of hearing the funeral reports of the officers and soldiers, and I was afraid that the cold body of the husband was lying on the corpse truck. Even if you find out the news a day earlier, as long as you use the right money, you are not afraid that your husband will not be able to eat and dress in it.

He didn't dare to ask for the officers and soldiers who transported the corpses, everyone said that they gave it for nothing, and those people were just bastards who took money and didn't do anything. He didn't know the jailer on the errand, nor did he know any relatives who knew him here, so he had no other way to think of but to ask around.

Even if it was just a glimmer of hope, Liu Daidi didn't want to give up, and the reason why she would follow a stranger was because she was afraid of missing the opportunity to marry a strong jailer.

Liao Fanzhi led the person to a porch, then stopped and asked, "Are you Liu Daidi from Chenjiagou?"

Liu Daidi grabbed the cloth bag and nodded cautiously.

"Tsk~ If you don't happen to hear someone talking about you, it's strange that you can find the right person just because you are so blindly inquiring!" Liao Fanzhi scratched his scalp and said, "The silver is all cheated, right?"

Liu Daidi lowered her head in shame, and then raised her head alertly and scolded, "What do you mean?"

“…… Tsk~ I see that you are also quite clever, how can you be in a hurry like a fool?......" Liao Fanzhi didn't have the time to explain so much, so he immediately instructed people where to go to ask for help, and suddenly had an idea, and gave him a thousand taels of silver and instructed "As long as you do what I say, Chen Ping will naturally be able to live comfortably inside"

"Who are you, why are you helping me?" asked Liu Daidi, holding a thousand taels of silver tickets, dumbfounded.

Liao Fanzhi sneered, remembering his friend's latest learning, "Do good deeds without leaving a name, please call me Lei Feng!"

"Lei Feng, Mr. Lei's great kindness, Daidi is unforgettable, and he will definitely end the grass title ring one day......" Liu Daidi immediately knelt on the ground, kowtowed and thanked him, no matter whether he lived or died in the future, he would definitely repay this kindness.

Without waiting for Liu Daidi to finish speaking, Liao Fanzhi threw down a sentence without replying, "Don't mind, let Chen Qing know that you have to be anxious with Zijun, I don't want to listen to old friends complain...... Haha......"

Without waiting for Liu Daidi to ask and leave the house, Liao Fanzhi had already flown away. Looking up at the corner of the street, Liu Daidi bit her lower lip and sobbed, "I'm sorry...... Big Brother ......"