"Master, do you think these people were really sent by the surnamed Wang?" said the big butler in a low voice after the little servant retreated.

"Hmph," Fourth Master Xue snorted coldly and said, "It doesn't matter if it's sent by the surname Wang, the key is that our family can't let people grab the handle." ”

"Could it really be that Governor Xiao is behind the scenes?"

"Who else is it not him?" Fourth Master Xue settled down and sat back in his chair, "There are four people in charge of the Qingjiang County Ya, although Gu Shenzhi is Xiao Yuqing's subordinate, but he is Xu Ge Lao's protégé, even though these two people are kind on their faces, but they are born to pee in a pot, Xiao Yuqing sent Wang Jun down, who dares to say that he didn't have the idea of squeezing Gu Shenzhi away and letting Wang Jun take his place."

It's a pity that Wang Jun is too uncompetitive, and he has suffered a big loss from Gu Shenzhi several times. And the cold noodle classic Duan Wenrui, but Gu Shen dug it out from Beixiang with one hand, and no one can shake his loyalty to Gu Shenzhi, as for Ma Youliang, who wants to make a bargain left and right, he is not afraid. ”

"Is it possible that Gu Shenzhi took advantage of this Wang Jun's east wind to ignite the fire behind his back?" the chief butler speculated cautiously.

"Even if it is, give him this face. Master Xue Si smiled, "Before, the eldest brother and Xiao Yuqing were on the same line, our family naturally wanted to treat him without pretending to be colorful, but unfortunately the toast surnamed Xiao did not eat and drink, he had to give the eldest brother eye medicine in front of Yan Ge Lao, and he also had to compete with the master of the Li family for the official position of transferring salt history, once Xiao Yuqing got his wish, our family's financial road would be cut off by seventy percent, such a fierce rival, how could my Xue family tolerate him?"

Seeing that Master Xue Si's face showed a fierce look, the big housekeeper didn't dare to say anything.

"The notice goes down, this year's grain payment is 20% higher than last year's, since the officials have gathered, tomorrow will be done with great fanfare, do not delay. ”

"Yes. "When I think of those white flowers, the meat of the big butler hurts.

"In addition, you go to find two reliable people and go to Beixiang to solve Wang Jun. ”

"Wang Jun is an official ......," the chief butler hesitated.

"Hmph, what about the official body? You don't use your brains to do things?" Xue Si looked at the big butler with hatred and said, "Obviously, Wang Jun is familiar with our house, why did he only go to Beixiang when he collected grain?

The chief butler wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "Are they trying to grab the handle of our house?"

"You're not too stupid," Fourth Master Xue snorted coldly, "It's impossible to bring down the eldest brother with a little thing, and Xiao Yuqing won't do such a stupid thing, but it adds up, as long as Xiao Yuqing persevers in giving the eldest brother eye medicine in front of Yan Gongzi, after a long time, it is difficult to guarantee that nothing will go wrong." ”

Knowing Master Xue's plan, the big housekeeper said with a solemn expression, "Don't worry, master, the little one will do it." ”

"Well, it's better to index the line to Gu Shenzhi, understand?"

The big housekeeper suddenly realized, looking at Xue Si Ye's eyes with a hint of admiration, the big butler bowed and retreated, and the study fell into silence, Xue Si stood up and slowly paced in the room, at this time, the moon was in the middle of the sky, Xue Si Ye looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked, "Gu Zhixian, I hope you won't let me down." ”

The next day's grain harvest was simply unbelievably smooth, looking at the white rice, the servants couldn't help but smile, and praised the Xue family in Dongxiang as a rare good family.

Duan Wenrui smiled on his face, but he was a little anxious in his heart, the better the attitude of the Xue family, the more it means that they have fallen into the trap of adults, but in this way, Wang Jun's personal safety is not guaranteed, and if the adults expect it to be good, once Wang Jun has an accident, the adults of his family will be the first suspect.

"Go, give the good news to the adults, and say that the grain collection in Dongxiang is smooth, so that the adults can wait at the county government with peace of mind. Duan Wenrui pressed the worry in his heart and sent a messenger to report to Gu Qian.

"Yes!" the messenger looked at the hot grain collection scene with a reluctant face, and went quickly, if he came back early, he could get some more benefits.

As soon as he received the good news of the errand report, Gu Qian knew that the Dongxiang Xue family had already begun to act, he called Gu Tai over, and gave such an order, Gu Tai's face was solemn, and he immediately rushed to Beixiang with people.

"Master, why don't you send me?" Gu Xiaojiu saw that Gu Qian had sent Gu Tai out, and the boss was reluctant.

"Zihe is going to do a big thing, when you grow to his age, I will send you out, master. ”

"Master, are you saying that I, Gu Xiaojiu, am a villain?"

"You said it yourself, I didn't say it. Amused by Gu Xiaojiu's angry jumping feet, Gu Qian waved his hand and refocused his energy on trivial matters.

Gu Qian didn't expect it badly, Gu Tai had just arrived in Beixiang, and Wang Xiancheng had an accident.

Listening to the return of the errand officer, Gu Tai's heart was shocked, and he couldn't believe it, "What did you say?

"Yes, Master Tai, the little ones saw with their own eyes, the second master and Liu San fell into the kiln well of the waste silver kiln and fell to their deaths. ”

"Didn't the second master go to Beixiang to collect grain? Why did he run into the waste silver kiln?" Gu Tai knew that Wang Xiancheng went to Beixiang to find clues to blow up the silver kiln, but he couldn't show it at all, but made a puzzled look, and asked, "I heard that the waste silver kiln has been blown up by Duan Guangrong, and there has been no trace of people on the silver mountain in Beixiang, how did Wang Xiancheng run to the mountain? and how did he fall into it?"

"The little ones don't know what's going on," the messenger wiped his sweat and explained, "The little ones were originally following the second master to collect grain in Beixiang, and the weather was good yesterday, so the second master said to Liu San to go to the mountains for a walk, but I didn't think that this visit was most of the day, and I didn't see the turn until the evening, and the little ones knew that something was wrong, so they took people to take torches up the mountain to find it, but they didn't find it in the middle of the night, you know, it was cold on the mountain in the middle of the night, and there were wild beasts infested, and the small ones couldn't, so they had to stop searching, and then continue to look for people until dawn, I didn't expect ......." The servants sighed and muffled, "I didn't expect to find someone under a kiln shaft that had been reopened. ”

"Where is the second master now?"

"The man has been brought out of the kiln. ”

"Brought it out?" Gu Tai said sharply, "I don't know if the death of the second master is an accident or artificial, why don't you report it, and then move people when the work comes?"

"Master Tai, the waste silver kiln is remote and has no road, who will run over to kill people if they have nothing to do, and in recent days, except for a few of us who have run errands, there are no outsiders in Beixiang at all, who will use a black hand to harm Master Wang." The servants were afraid of Gu Tai's reproach, so they hurriedly excused themselves, "Besides, there were dozens of people looking for Master Wang that day, and a few people went down to the bottom of the well to see the corpse, and everyone thought it was an accident, so they hung the person out." ”

"Master Wang is an official of the imperial court, if something happens to him, everyone can't get out of it, you all have to sign this testimony for later investigation. ”

"Yes, yes, Tai Ye taught us. The officers also realized that they were reckless, but there were a large number of people present at the time, and the so-called law did not blame the public, and they thought that no one would be pulled out alone to apologize, so they responded one after another, and took Gu Tai to the foot of the mountain for an autopsy.

Gu Tai walked forward with the servants, although there was a solemn and sad look on his face, but there was a hint of joy in his heart, no matter who did it, Wang Xiancheng's death was a relief to the master.

Although Governor Xiao will definitely blame, Beixiang was asked by Wang Xiancheng on his own initiative, and no one can prove that Wang Xiancheng died by him, so even if Governor Xiao wants to use the master as a raft, he can't catch the evidence, not to mention that Xiao Yuqing and the Xue family have already had a disagreement, and the master can just take advantage of the internal strife between the two families to seek a benefit for himself.

The climate in the mountains is changeable, and the sky was slightly overcast when the group set off, and when they reached the foot of the mountain, the rain fell on the ground.

"Let's go into the shed and take shelter from the rain. The raindrops hit the head and body, causing a group of wolves, Gu Tai was secretly refreshed, looking forward to this rain being heavier, and it was best to write off all the traces on the mountain.

"Hey, why did it rain all of a sudden? The group squeezed into the shack of Cheng Ling in Wang County, and complained while wiping the rain on their bodies.

"Who knows, you said that these two masters are too, and they won't stop when they leave. An errand officer pouted at the body of Wang Xiancheng, who was covered with a white cloth.

"You be quiet!" The timid hurriedly covered his mouth, glanced at the white cloth in fear, and said quickly, "People die greatly, don't cause trouble!"

"Cut, if there were really ghosts, Liu Yanzuo would have ...... a long time ago" Before the words fell, a thunder thunder clicked in the sky, and the cold hair of the people in the shack stood on end, and their legs were frightened.

"Second, the second master won't really have ...... What, what grievances?" The messenger who had just amplified his words climbed out of the tent in a trembling voice, ignoring the thunderstorm in the sky, and did not dare to squeeze in it any longer.

After hearing the thunder in the sky, Gu Tai's face changed, but he immediately thought that the master did not interfere in this matter, as long as he was careful not to let people splash dirty water on the master. Thinking of this, he glared coldly at the trembling servant, and said sharply, "Don't talk nonsense, it will be clear when the work comes." ”

"Yes, yes, what Tai Ye said. Although these people did not do anything wrong, but after this thunder, their hearts were a little more jealous, they moved their steps carefully, and their bodies were stuck to the edge of the shack, but they did not dare to get close to the corpse for half a minute.

After the weather cleared, he trotted all the way up the mountain, and when he heard that there was a human life, Gu Qian's heart sank, and he hurriedly rode over.

"What's going on?" Gu Qian dismounted and said to Gu Tai with a stern expression.

"I don't know, halfway through, I met a messenger who returned to the city to report the news, saying that Wang Xiancheng fell into an abandoned kiln shaft yesterday and fell to his death. Gu Tai leaned over and whispered.

"Fell to death?" Gu Qian raised his eyebrows, "Are you sure?"

"I'm not sure," Gu Tai snorted and whispered, "but it's really none of our business." ”

When Gu Qian heard him say this, his heart relaxed, although he was very supportive of Wang Xiancheng, but he did not have the idea of putting the other party to death, but once Wang Xiancheng died, it would only be good for him and not harmful, not to mention that their people were not involved in this matter, and if he wanted to come to Xiao Governor's Mansion, he couldn't force Wang Xiancheng's death on his head.

"Spread the news to Fucheng," Gu Qian thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "Let's just say that he and Liu were unevenly divided into three points of stolen goods and caused a fight, and the two accidentally fell into the abandoned kiln well, and the director died unexpectedly." ”

"This ...... Does Governor Xiao believe it?" Gu Tai hesitated.

"Otherwise, what do you say, we must nail the nature to death now," Gu Qian lowered his eyelids slightly, glanced vaguely in the direction of Dongxiang, and said in a low voice, "It doesn't matter if Governor Xiao believes it or not, what matters is to let the Xue family feel our goodwill." ”

Gu Tai understood, as long as Gu Qian could choose himself, the suspicion of the Xiao Governor's Mansion would definitely be transferred to other people, and now Xue Shilang was pressing the Xiao Governor's Mansion and not allowing him to compete with his in-laws for the position of salt transfer envoy.

As long as Governor Xiao's mind is not dizzy, he will naturally understand who the person who cut off his arm in Qingjiang is.