There are several wealthy families in Hanjiang County who have dug underground ice cellars for storing food, and Wen Qiran ordered people to invite several wealthy businessmen to discuss how to preserve the corpse of Zhou Zhixian.

Several squires clasped their hands together, looking at their ears and noses, and no one spoke, as if they had unified the caliber before, after all, no one wanted the place they used to store food to be used to store corpses, and would they still have an appetite when they saw those wine and bacon in the future?

Wen Qiran looked at a few people, obviously no one was willing to take the initiative to stand up, the people who usually deal with him are nothing more than colleagues and murderers, this suddenly touched a soft nail, Wen Qiran felt that his scalp was numb, these people clearly wrote on their faces "Dead pigs are not afraid of boiling water", he has never liked to force others.

Wen Qiniang looked at the rich businessmen, these old guys are obviously bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, and they are old and refined, they can see at a glance that Wen Qiran is not a wicked official who will take advantage of the tricks, so several people began to put up a shelf to rely on the old and sell the old, and most of the tax revenue in the entire Hanjiang County comes from the hands of these people, and they are wealthy, obviously they don't take the new Wen County seriously, even if it is the former Zhou Zhi County, they have to greet them with a smile, the so-called softness.

As the sun sets, the temperature is still high, the hot and humid weather in the south of the Yangtze River makes people feel even more irritable, and the corpses in Zhouzhi County decay quickly, and the smell of corpses attracts a large number of green-headed flies, and the officials are busy waving their hands to drive them away.

Wen Qiniang whispered a few words to Wen Qiran, Wen Qiran's eyes lit up, and he said to the squires: "You are a big taxpayer in this county, and Zhou Zhixian has always been grateful for your contributions, but a few days ago, Zhou Zhixian informed me that I lost an account book, which seems to record something very important, I guess this has a great relationship with Zhou Zhixian's death, and I wanted to report to the court after I found out, but even if I waited, this weather can't wait, so I can only deal with Zhou Zhixian's aftermath first, report to the court and wait for them to thoroughly investigate the case." ”

The four old foxes looked at each other, their expressions were uncertain, they were all considering the stakes, and they were also waiting for one of the four to let go first, and no one wanted to suffer.

Wen Qiran waved his hand: "Since no one is willing, take Zhou Zhixian away!" ”

"Wait, the grass people will." It was Liang Guiren, the oldest rich gentleman who spoke, although he was reluctant, but there was no other way, everyone knew that he was the closest to Zhou Zhixian, if he really investigated it thoroughly, just the taxes he missed over the years could make him drink a pot, and all the family property was confiscated, and the loss of a small life was big, and the gains outweighed the losses.

In fact, there is no such thing as losing the account book at all, this is just Wen Qiniang's rhetoric used to "persecute" the four old foxes, Wen Qiniang also saw that these people often go in and out of the county office, and with the people who know the county, it is impossible to put oil and water without fishing, collusion between officials and businessmen has been common since ancient times, and the body is not afraid of shadows, and these old foxes are really fooled, and they have to think about it again, and they are really not treacherous.

"Isn't it as drowning as a suitable talent? Why did Lord Wen report to the imperial court for a thorough investigation? Mrs. Zhou said suddenly.

Wen Qiniang suddenly felt that Mrs. Zhou's expression was slightly different from just now, the sadness in her eyes was replaced by anxiety, she seemed to not want Zhou Zhixian's case to be paid too much attention, and Wen Qiran also looked puzzled.

Sensing her gaffe, Mrs. Zhou lowered her eyes, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes and said: "The concubine just hopes that the master can enter the earth as soon as possible, the master has a hard life, and the concubine doesn't want him to be scorched by the heat after he dies." ”

Several officials sweated again and lifted the body of Zhou County's order and walked towards the rich gentry Liang Guiren's mansion, and Liang Lao Fox had already instructed the servants to go home quickly and move away the valuable food from the cellar, how much could be moved, and the other three old foxes laughed and said nothing.

Wen Qi Niang also followed Mrs. Zhou to Liang Mansion, Liang Mansion is not as Wen Qi Niang thought, it is a local tyrant mansion with the appearance of RMB, but more like a college full of academic atmosphere, Jiangnan people are vassals and elegant, sure enough, the pavilions and water pavilions in the house, rockeries and ponds, bamboo swaying in the wind can be seen everywhere, and all the hustle and bustle and glitz in the secular world seem to refuse to be outside the wall.

A man dressed in a crescent white robe suddenly appeared in this painting, with a tall nose, thin lips, sword-like eyebrows flying obliquely into a few strands of black hair under the corner of the temples, and his facial features were amazingly perfect, holding a scroll of ancient books in his hand, and looking this way when he heard the sound.

Liang Guiren greeted him warmly: "Doctor Lin, this is Master Wen." ”

"Grass people Lin Bai has seen Lord Wen." Lin Bai stepped forward and made a gesture, and had no intention of kneeling.

Wen Qiran saw Lin Bai's indifferent expression, not only was he not angry, but he had a sense of sympathy, he hated the most in his life, he hated the person who tended to be inflammatory, but he liked a person like Lin Bai who was neither humble nor arrogant, he liked it from the bottom of his heart, he was not a person who was rigid in form, if it wasn't for the important matter now, he would have to discuss it with this Lin Shen Doctor.

Miracle Doctor? Wen Qiniang was overjoyed in her heart, this is really God helping her, isn't this miracle doctor the best trust!

Lin Bai felt a beam of blazing gaze, turned his head and saw that a little lady was looking at him intently, her eyes were burning, staring at a man in broad daylight, this little lady really didn't have the slightest shame?

When Lin Bai wanted to use his eyes to warn her to restrain a little, she found that although Wen Qiniang looked at him, she seemed to be looking at an object, her eyes passed directly over him, she didn't know what she was thinking in her heart, she didn't see him as air at all, Lin Bai's face was hot, it turned out that she was self-inflicted, but there had never been a little lady who regarded him as air, he was not proud, but it was difficult to accept the fact that he was treated as air for a while.

Wen Qiniang retracted her gaze and walked towards the cellar with Mrs. Zhou, thinking about what to do next, without noticing the resentful gaze behind her.

Most of the food and wine in the cellar have been removed by a group of maids and servants, and it looks very empty, and the folds on Liang Guiren's face are a little deeper, this is an ice cellar that he has dug with a lot of money, and he is reluctant to let the child hide the wolf, and then dig it again in the future.

The temperature in the ice cellar was very low, and everyone couldn't help but shiver a little.

Zhou Xianling's body was placed on an ice platform, and a lot of ice was piled up around it, and this ice cellar was indeed the most suitable place to store the body.

Finally solved the problem of preserving the corpse, Wen Qiran breathed a sigh of relief, the next thing is to determine the exact cause of death of Zhou County, if he killed, then it must be reported to the imperial court to send someone to investigate the matter thoroughly, he is now just a small county, this is beyond the scope of his duties, if it is an ordinary drowning, the matter is much simpler, just report to the imperial court to state the cause and effect, and the ministry will send a new magistrate to take office in a few days.