"Three months ago, that night, I was hungry from gambling, and I came out of Wanli Fang, about to find a place to sleep, but I was wandering on the road, and a guy in black clothes grabbed me..."

"Ping'an City is closed at night, you are wandering blindly on the road, and the city guards will not arrest you?"

Hu Xiu wondered.

"I am an orphan, five years ago in Ping'an City, I was arrested for sleeping on the street at night, beaten with ten boards, and ate prison food for several days in vain. Later, someone outside asked me why no one took you, and I said that I was an orphan, so they let me go, and after that, no matter how much I wandered around on the street, no one came to arrest me. ”

"Haven't you thought about saving some money to buy a house, or rent a house?" Hu Xiu asked.

"Master Hu, you don't know, how expensive the house in this Ping'an City is, I am an orphan and save a lifetime of money to buy a small house. If you save money for a month, you can only sleep one night in a more expensive restaurant.

So at night, I went to the gambling house, slept for a while when I was sleepy, and watched them gamble when I woke up. ”

It seems that no matter where you are, there will always be some people who are very hard in life, although the hard life in front of you is a bit cheap...

"You know the doorway in gambling, so you watch your friend gamble and don't persuade him?"

"Hehe~ Hu Ye, listen to me and continue, the man in black dragged me into the alley again, at that time, there happened to be a family in the alley who was not sleeping, and a couple of young people were doing that with candles.

Through the light of the paper window, a small piece of silver the size of a tael was taken out of his bosom, and I did not understand for a moment what it meant, but he said to me like this:

Do you know the son of Doctor Zhang's family, Zhang Qishen?

At that time, I nodded, I know that some restaurants and brothels can often see him, and I have heard of him when I say a little.

Then he shook the money in his hand and said to me again:

As long as you take him to the gambling house and let him gamble, the money will be yours.

When I heard that such a good thing had fallen on my head, how could there be any reason to disagree, so I quickly nodded again.

Then he gave me a few pennies as a deposit, and when I took the man to the gambling house, he would give me the money.

I did so in a half-doubtful way, after all, I didn't suffer a loss if I didn't do it, I got acquainted with Zhang Qishen and took him to the gambling house, but the man in black really gave me the silver. ”

"And after that?" Xin Dutou said urgently.

"Later, the man in black should find you again and ask you to tell Zhang Qi's time when Doctor Zhang comes to the medical hall, right?"

"Hey~ Hu Ye is really a clever man, but after he said this, he will give me another silver tael after the man in black has said this."

"Don't even think about it for a tael of silver."

Hu Xiu smiled wickedly and leaned back on the bench.

"Why?"

One or two pieces of silver is as much as a thousand dollars, and I don't know how many white-flour buns I can buy.

"The Doctor Zhang mentioned in the gambling house before may have been killed by the man in black, even if it wasn't, it was very likely to be an accomplice, and you couldn't get your money."

Hearing this, Sang Ping was stunned for a moment, the slippery feeling was gone, this thousand things, it was the word money, this thought that the money that could be obtained was gone, this person could not be dumbfounded.

Hu Xiu looked at him like this, his lips moved, his heart was relieved, and there was a trace of touch, and he was entangled.

"You kid, you say you don't have a house to live in, but it's true?"

Sang Ping didn't reply, his expression was fluttering, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Did you smell any special smell of the silver he gave you when you brought it?"

As soon as the guy heard the word silver, he immediately came back to his senses.

"Master Hu, I just got distracted, can you say it again?"

"I said, you took the silver from the man in black, did you smell anything special about the silver?"

"Special? There are really a few. ”

Sang Ping thought for a moment and responded.

"But the smell of Chinese medicine?"

"Yes, when Hu Ye said that, it really means that, I passed by the pharmacy, and the smell that floated out of it was very similar to what he exuded."

The corners of Hu Xiu's mouth twitched, and he had some thoughts in his head.

"Sangping, now that the question is over, let's talk about personal issues."

"Personal questions? Master Hu, you must be mistaken, I have always been a good law-abiding citizen, why do you have any personal problems? ”

Sang Ping listened to it but was a little worried, what he did, if the yamen delved into it, he could directly define him as an accomplice to the murderer, then he would be finished, it must be the disaster of prison, if it was more miserable, he was given a board, and then he was distributed, then he would not have to think about it in his life.

The corners of the eyes of the two people twitched when they heard this, this guy was still trying to escape the pursuit of the officials in the gambling house, and now he said that he was a law-abiding citizen, how funny.

"It's not about you, it's a private matter."

"Oh~ That's good."

Sang Ping wiped the sweat stains on his forehead, only to find that he had interrupted Hu Xiu's speech, and said urgently:

"Master Hu, you go on."

"This gold is for you."

Hu Xiu took out the fast gold from the placket of his clothes and threw it away, when he went out, he brought three pieces of gold, and now he has been "defeated".

"This..."

Sang Ping resisted the urge to take the gold, he and the Hu Shizi in front of him had no intersection, but looking at the large piece of gold in front of him, it had to be at least ten taels.

He is slippery, clever, and loves money even more, but this money has to be taken with a life, right? Before Hu Xiu was sure of his attitude towards him, he would never dare to touch this money.

"Take it, but with my money, you have to buy me a place to live, this ten taels of gold is enough."

(In this ten taels of gold about a hundred taels of silver)

"Enough is enough, but..."

This can get so much money for no reason, even if he uses it, his heart is panicked, he has already pit several taels of silver, and he has thought about taking this money, and he will not stay in Ping'an City.

He has been wandering around the streets, and he has naturally heard some rumors, but the power that can be drawn behind this is terrifying. He even heard that the Hu Shizi in front of him would be the emperor in the future...

"Let you take it, you will take it, my money is not for nothing, you have to do things for me in the future, until the money is repaid, but there is no time limit for repayment, and you can no longer do things without proportion in the future, you must have the virtue of being a man."

After Hu Xiu said this, his heart was even more weird, and he didn't know why he had to do such a thankless job.

It is estimated that in this world, there is no one who can do stupid things like him without asking for anything in return, and he is really competent as a "big philanthropist".

"Then thank you, Master Hu."

Sang Ping stretched out his hand in a daze, pinched the gold heavily, and didn't take it back for a long time.

"Call me Gongzi in the future, I am not your ancestor, nor is it your grandfather, even if I am an orphan, I can't lose the face of my ancestor, right?

If you have hands and feet, you have to be able to make a living, and find a job to do in the future. When you have a place to live, don't think about going to the gambling house again, and live well. ”

Hu Xiu stood up and slapped them on the shoulders heavily, wasn't he born just to live well.

Sang Ping also lost the strength of his poor mouth, and held the gold tightly in his hand, not letting go, nor putting it back, his eyes fluttering, as if he was thinking about something.

But suddenly, suddenly, he stood up, he put away the gold, and said to Hu Xiu with his fists:

"Childe's great kindness, Sang Ping has nothing to repay in this life, I will definitely do something, and I will be sent by Childe! The horse's head is looking forward! ”

After Sang Ping said this, he left without looking back.

Xin Dutou was a little angry when he heard it, he hadn't said anything yet, this kid actually wanted to leave, really when the yamen wanted to come, he could leave if he wanted?

But he was dragged by Hu Xiu, and shook his head, Xin Dutou was puzzled again, what does this mean, my lord?

"Xin Dutou, if the ten taels of gold I just gave you were lost by you, and then I finally found it again, what would you think of this gold?"

"Nature is more cherished, and it is best to hide in the safest place at home."

Xin Dutou is a matter of course.

"In the same way, what he picked up was his dignity, and he will inevitably cherish it more, but forgetting some etiquette is also his deservedness."

"No, then it shouldn't."

For a moment, both of them had some feelings.

……

"Yan Yun's confession, did it."

"It's done, it's all on it."

Xin Dutou took a piece of paper and handed it to Hu Xiu, and the earthy yellow paper was full of words in black ink.

"So many words?"

"Well, that's quite a lot."

Hu Xiu read it carefully, and wrote: "Yan Yun discussed with Doctor Zhang to leave Jishitang together at the end of last night, and before that, he was accompanying Doctor Zhang to sort out the medicinal materials sent to the pharmacy yesterday afternoon.

Yan Yun also said that after the time, the third and fourth sons who were supposed to stay together to sort out the medicinal materials left ahead of schedule, and there was a quarrel between their master and apprentice before that.

Yan Yun and Doctor Zhang both live near Suzaku Street, and the two of them have the same road, and they also met people on the road.

When he returned home, he knew that it was already late, so he fell asleep, and then met Hu Xiu in Jishitang. ’

This text is not written in the first person, but the thing is very clear, and everything that needs to be said has been said.

"Xin Dutou, you go to find a few small histories, find the big piece of the watchman yesterday, and determine the time."

"My lord, what's wrong with this Yan Yun?"

"Before the case is solved, everyone should have some questions, and you have a lot of cases, right, why do you still ask this kind of question?"

But it's doubtful, this kind of thing shouldn't come from the mouth of a veteran case solver.

"In the past, I relied on force to solve cases, but I didn't expect it to be so troublesome this time."

Hu Xiu then remembered that the last time they met, Xin Dutou was "solving the case", and then Uncle Baal was violently beaten out of his restaurant...

"Not only Yan Yun, but also the two little apprentices who went to check on Doctor Zhang, where did they go after leaving Jishitang, and the people who sent the medicinal materials yesterday will also interrogate them."

"I know, I'll call someone to do it later, so let's go and do it now and see the corpse?"

……

The mortuary, like the modern morgue, was used to park the dead, but now there are a few more living people.

"Old Ma, what's going on with the inquest?"

Xin Dutou asked.

"The deceased's skin was cyanotic, his face was swollen, the bulbar conjunctiva was severely congested, and his mouth and nose were full of foam and mud, which were obvious symptoms of drowning. But when I dissected the body, I found that there was very little fluid in the lungs. ”

The old horse who was questioned in front of him looked old-looking, his face was beardless, and his clothes were very clean.

"There is less fluid in the lungs, what does that mean?"

Xin Dutou still didn't understand the meaning.

"To look at the appearance of the deceased is to drown, that is, the deceased is still alive and well before falling into the water.

And in the water, the deceased must have struggled, but in the process of struggling in the water, the lungs did not inhale a large amount of water? This is obviously not normal. The old horse replied.

……

ps: Sangping will continue to play later, and he is not a completely useless small role.

During the reign of the Tang Dynasty, the purchasing power of one tael of silver was equivalent to 8,000 or 9,000 yuan today. During the reign of the Song Dynasty, due to the relatively developed commerce of the Song Dynasty, the amount of silver began to increase, and one tael of silver was equivalent to 2,000 or 3,000 yuan now.

And in ancient times, the land was usually not worth a lot of money, and it was reasonable to buy a small hut for ten taels of gold.

In film and television dramas, the one who appeared in the rivers and lakes ate twenty or thirty taels of silver for a meal, but it was a bit exaggerated.