Xi Yuanxiu ignored Liu Xiao and continued: "And the news from Yangzhou today says that someone sent a letter from Yangzhou to the salt field in Huangcheng, but the people in the city don't know where this letter came from, so it is still a little vague on the whole!" ”

Because Liu Xiao had been busy with the poor dog a few days ago, Xi Yuanxiu still caught these things in his hands.

While listening to Xi Yuanxiu's words, Liu Xiao wiped the last green pear in the cart of fruit that Bian Ying dragged in at the entrance of the yamen, took a bite hard, and said with a happy face: "But it's always good to have clues, but it's better than having no clue, but then again, I think the news of Chichao is really a little slow, and it feels a little slow every time!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu suddenly knocked on Liu Xiao's head, and replied unhappily: "If you can build a few more restaurants for me to make money and hire people, the efficiency will naturally be high!" ”

Xu Xiao, who was sitting next to him, watched this scene, and couldn't help it, and let out a rare laugh, Liu Xiao didn't feel angry when he saw Xu Lai like this, and he laughed out loud.

However, the room soon calmed down, because there was nothing to be happy about, this was just the first step back to Beijing now, and there were too many things waiting for Xi Yuanxiu.

Xi Yuanxiu thought that as long as he took advantage of the situation a little to find out the case, he would be able to follow the Qincha team back to the capital and prepare his next step, but he didn't think that he would become the organizer of the case, which was really ridiculous.

And Xi Yuanxiu always felt that there was a thread leading him, but it was not obvious, he shook his head, thinking that he might be thinking too much, and after a few casual words with these two, he went back to the room!

Xi Yuanxiu, who returned to the house, did not change his clothes and fell asleep directly, but sat up on the bed, he tried to use his luck from the dantian as before, and transported the internal force to the whole body, and after about three quarters of an hour, Xi Yuanxiu spurted out a mouthful of blood, making the table in the room half bloody.

Xi Yuanxiu didn't wipe the blood from his mouth, just looked at the blood-stained table in a daze, thinking of the past, he would inevitably feel a little bitter.

After all, not many people can survive after so many blows, their father was imprisoned, their family was sealed, they were dismissed from their official positions, their martial arts were all lost, and their lives were miserable, but that's it!

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In the early morning of the next day, it rained scattered autumn rain, the whole county government looked, with a different charm, the rain ticked along the eaves one by one, the early morning fog, plus this autumn rain, just suitable for eating hot pot!

It's just that it's too early to get up early in the morning to eat hot pot, although Liu Xiao has been shouting, but no one pays attention to him, because of the rain, today's news from various places is estimated to be delayed for half a day, Xi Yuanxiu found Cao Cheng who was enjoying the rain in the pavilion, and decided to talk to him about cooperation!

Xi Yuanxiu came to the pavilion with a butter umbrella and a pot of hot tea, filled the cups on the table, put them on the table, and then made a gesture of please.

Cao Cheng tapped the table twice with his fingers to show his gratitude!

Xi Yuanxiu was very interested in his action, and asked with a smile: "It seems that Boss Cao is not just a grass coward, this official family etiquette is very comprehensive!" ”

Cao Cheng touched his gray goatee and said with a light smile: "My lord is too high-spirited, I am a mountain villager, but I have just read a few books about etiquette." ”

After taking a sip of tea, Cao Cheng asked, "Is Lord Xi coming to talk about yesterday?" ”

Xi Yuanxiu saw that Cao Cheng was directly provocative, so he didn't talk nonsense with him: "I have considered one or two, I will try my best to lobby the two highnesses, as well as the Lord Qincha, of course, I still can't guarantee whether your life can be preserved after you make this transaction, if you think you can, then tell me what you can provide me!" ”

Cao Cheng was silent for a long time and didn't speak, Xi Yuanxiu knew that he was thinking about his weight in front of those three people, after all, he was only a county magistrate now, not the young secretary in Beijing.

After a cup of tea, Cao Cheng stretched his brows, looked at Xi Yuanxiu, and said seriously: "People from the Xi family, I can trust it!" ”

The friendship between Xi Fang and Yin of Jingzhao Mansion made Zhao Enzheng rise to the top, and now he is not down when he sits in the position of Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, so Xi Yuanxiu is naturally not bad under Xi Fang's words and deeds.

Xi Yuanxiu didn't do anything emotion after hearing this, and asked directly: "I want to know the people of the Chenghua Gang who sit in the same position as you, as well as your salt transportation route, well, and you know that the Yishui Gang has been annexed, do you still have any trustworthy people in it?" I'm hoping to get some useful news, not kids playing with jokes! ”

"To tell you the truth, I really don't know much about the Chenghua Gang, I only know that he is a tall and strong man, with a beard on his face, no one has ever seen his face, our Yishui Gang's salt transportation can only take the land route, many of them are on the mountain path, I can draw a picture for you." Cao Cheng thought for a while and said, "I still have a little brother inside, I should be able to find a way to contact him, but you also have to save his life!" ”

Xi Yuanxiu thought about it, one life is life, and two lives are also life, so he agreed.

"If the Chenghua Gang doesn't show their feet now, how can you find them?"

"What my lord said is really interesting, if I am not in a hurry to return to my hometown, do you think I can meet you here, the soldiers of Yangzhou and the people of the Salt and Iron Division, they spent half a month searching and couldn't find half of the people of the Chenghua Gang, what do you think I can do?"

After listening to Cao Cheng's words, Xi Yuanxiu felt that things were still not easy to handle, this apricot blossom courtyard in Huangcheng was just a corner of the entire Chenghua Gang in Yangzhou, so how many apricot blossom courtyards were there under the rule of Yangzhou!

After Xi Yuanxiu finished talking with Cao Cheng, he wanted to enjoy the autumn rain for a while, but he stopped unexpectedly, revealing half of the sun behind the dark clouds, as if he was laughing at him with half of his face!

Xi Yuanxiu spat at the half-cent light in the sky, said "disappointed", and took the pot of tea that still had some residual warmth out of the backyard, leaving Cao Cheng alone, looking at the empty cup in his hand embarrassed!

After Xi Yuanxiu returned to the house, he integrated the information he already had in his hand, and found that it was still a lot worse, and he could only find out that there was Jia Daya in Xinghuayuan, although he had witnessed all this last night, but in the end, he still had to be helped by Lord Qincha.

And there is no one on his side who can handle it except Xu Lai, Xi Yuanxiu doesn't want to happen to the casino that night again, and if he wants to make another breakthrough, he can only see if Chi Chao can find out where the letter was sent to the salt farm.

Thinking of this, Xi Yuanxiu felt that he should also go to Yangzhou, even if he went to seal up Xinghuayuan, he had to move the rescue soldiers, Yangzhou was always going to go.

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Zhao Benliu, who hadn't shaved for some time, squatted in the prison, followed the bright opening, and looked outside.

He didn't feel good today, because it was raining outside, and the whole prison was wet, and the dampness came up soon, and now because Zhou Wenbin took over everything here, those jailers didn't dare to be bought by him with money anymore, and it was a luxury to add a quilt.

He kept sneezing now, and Zhao Benliu felt that he should be infected with the cold, so he held the railing with his hand and shouted towards the prison door: "Is there anyone, I need to see a doctor, someone's coming, it's going to die!" ”

But to his surprise today was that no one responded to him, not even the invective that had been impatient with him before, and he was now beginning to feel a little lonely, as if he had been forgotten here.

He began to miss the Qincha who came here every day to interrogate him a while ago, and if he saw him next time, he would definitely not be sarcastic that he was a chincha who ate white rice!

At this time, Zhou Wenbin was inquiring about the news with the owner of a small restaurant, sneezed violently, and looked at the light rain outside the window, he couldn't help but wrap his clothes tighter!

Or because of the problem of the fire that day, everyone avoided talking about this matter, whether it was the owner of Guangxing Building, or the snacks at the street stalls, no one wanted to say a few more words to Zhou Wenbin, everyone wanted to live longer!

So he completely gave up looking for clues from ordinary people, and he decided to go to the city gate official that day to investigate the clues, after all, it was the same person who was caught by the garrison that day.

So he took his entourage to inquire all the way, and finally found Ma Anbang's home.

Zhou Wenbin saw that the door was open, so he knocked on the door a few times, and saw that no one came out, so he covered the rain with his hands and entered the house.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Wenbin was startled, from the door all the way to the empty wine jar on the table, it looked like there must be thirty or forty, a sturdy man, sitting on the ground, leaning against the bed, holding half a pot of wine in his hand, still drinking it, completely unaware that someone was coming at the door!

Zhou Wenbin smelled the smell of wine in the room, frowned, fanned his hand a few times, and then pinched his nose and asked, "Dare to ask if it's Ma Shou's house?" ”

Ma Anbang threw aside the wine jar that he had almost drunk, wiped his mouth, and looked at Zhou Wenbin who came in with two red eyes and asked, "Which one are you, didn't you see your grandfather Ma drinking at home?" ”

After saying that, he opened a new jar.

Zhou Wenbin was a little annoyed, but quickly calmed down and said, "This official is a messenger sent by the imperial court, and I want to ask you about private salt!" ”

When Ma Anbang heard this, he put the wine jar that had just been put to his mouth on the ground, staggered up, held the table, his eyes were slightly tearful, and said: "Ma Anbang, the garrison of Yangzhou City, has seen Lord Qincha!" ”

After finishing speaking, one did not stand firm and fell to the ground, Zhou Wenbin hurriedly went up to help, Ma Anbang half-knelt on the ground, grabbed Zhou Wenbin's hand, and said, "My lord, you are finally here!" ”