"Yes." Song Cheng took the knife with both hands, glanced at it, and put it away in the car.

After that, through some small talk, Yang Congyi learned that Song Cheng's pharmacy was not only a pharmacy, but also many of the same pharmacy, they not only retailed, but also sold resale, but they would classify and process the medicinal materials purchased from all over the world before selling.

This pharmacy is famous in Jianpu County, and even in the entire medicinal material industry in Nanjianzhou, and they purchase hundreds of carts of medicinal materials every year, worth hundreds of thousands of guan, according to Song Cheng, the value of these ten caravans of medicinal materials is about 50,000 guan.

With such valuable goods, it's no wonder that thieves take risks, no wonder they only rob them once every six months.

Two days later, the group successfully arrived in Jianpu County, after entering the city, Song Cheng repeatedly thanked Yang Congyi and asked Yang Congyi to leave the address, so that he could report to the shopkeeper and then visit, Yang Congyi resigned, saying that he might leave Jianpu today.

Song Cheng was helpless, and after thanking him again, they each left.

Jianpu County is the seat of governance in Nanjianzhou, and the Divine Cavalry is stationed here.

According to the records of the military case in front of the palace, the cavalry army was originally stationed in the north, with a total of eighteen commands, and it was a cavalry unit, but almost the whole army was scattered and destroyed in the battle of Jingkang, after the rebuilding of the imperial court in Lin'an, the thousands of cavalry soldiers had participated in many battles, but the combat power was no longer what it used to be, and the military horses were lost, almost in name only, and they could not continue to go to the north to fight with the Jin people, so the imperial court placed them in Nanjianzhou, with a total of six commands.

Unlike the Dragoons, the Divine Cavalry are based in the city.

Yang Congyi found a restaurant by himself and a horse, and after a full meal, he rushed directly to the Yamen of the Shencai Army in the west of the city.

As soon as the letter in front of the hall came out, Yang Congyi was directly invited into the living room of the Yali, and all kinds of tea and fruit snacks were sent in turn, and six plates were placed on the coffee table, covering the coffee table tightly.

Not long after eating, although the snacks and fruits are good, they are all decorations, and Yang Congyi naturally will not move.

After waiting for a while, I saw a man in his fifties appear in the living room, looking at his imposing clothes, there is no need to think about it, it must be the command of the Divine Cavalry.

Yang Congyi immediately got up and clasped his fists and saluted: "Yang Congyi, the former secretary of the military case of the Xiaguan Palace, has seen the commander of the lord!" ”

The man clenched his fists and smiled: "Lord Yang came so quickly, I only received news from Lin'an a few days ago, saying that this year's merit verification of the military case should focus on the verification of the Divine Cavalry, and I don't want Lord Yang to arrive today." Have a seat! After saying that, he took a few steps forward and took a seat in the main seat.

Yang Congyi then sat down and said with a smile: "This year's time is relatively tight, according to the military case arrangement, there are only two months of merit review in May and June, and the following officials have to hurry." ”

The commander of the Divine Cavalry Army smiled and said: "The young man is full of energy, if I want to return to Lin'an from Jianpu, I have to go for twenty days, but Lord Yang has only been gone for ten days, and he has also checked the merits of the Dragoon Army, which is really enviable!" ”

Hearing this, Yang Congyi was secretly shocked in his heart, it is not easy to be able to control a high position, things thousands of miles away can be so clear, even when he left Lin'an, it will not be that day when Lord Zhang discussed the result with them, he found out in Lin'an's ears and eyes, and accompanied him all the way.

Although he was shocked and had questions, he wouldn't just ask it directly, so he replied: "Where is it, Xia Guan is just relying on his enthusiasm and bent on doing a good job of the military case, that's all, if you want to say that you are energetic, then there is really no, Xia Guan can't wait to sleep with him for three days and three nights at this time, but time does not allow it." ”

"If Lord Yang wants to rest, I can arrange it now, rest in Jianpu for a few more days, and then go to Quanzhou before it's too late." Lord Commander smiled meaningfully.

Yang Congyi said: "This is a chore, it's not enough to run day and night, how can you have time to rest." ”

Lord Commander smiled: "Two or three days off, I always want to have it." ”

"What do you say, sir?" Yang Congyi asked in surprise.

Lord Commander's face straightened, and he replied: "Lord Yang, I won't beat around the bush, didn't you come to Nanjian Prefecture to verify the merits of the Divine Cavalry Army, where to check, if you have any questions, you might as well say it directly, solve it at once, and avoid delaying your time." ”

Yang Congyi didn't seem to understand, and asked, "I don't know how the adults want to solve it?" ”

The Lord of the Ruler stretched out two fingers, looked at Yang Congyi word by word, and said clearly: "One place, two thousand taels of silver." ”

Yang Congyi didn't speak, reached out to pick up the teacup, and slowly took a few sips.

Lord Commander's face changed slightly: "Lord Yang, is this too little?" Seeing that he still didn't reply, he said again: "Three thousand taels, no more." ”

Yang Congyi put down the teacup and asked, "The lower officials haven't checked yet, how do you know that there will be problems with the commanders of the Divine Cavalry?" ”

The ruler said: "No matter whether the problem can be found out or not, I will pay this money." Lord Yang, let's talk about the places that are going to be checked. ”

"Since the ruler is quick to talk, the lower officials don't hide it. According to the plan, Nanjianzhou will inspect the Jianpu Military Camp, Shicheng Yinchang, Shaxian and Longquan Yinchang, a total of four places, that is, the six commanders of the entire Shencai Army. Presumably, adults also know how many problems there are with the merits reported by these six commanders, and if they are just fooled around, once they are traced, they will have to bear the risk from top to bottom of the military case. Yang Congyi was very conflicted in his heart, he wanted to check this place well, but he couldn't really find out the problem.

"Lord Yang is so honest, then a fixed price, one command of five thousand taels, a total of thirty thousand taels, how about it?" The ruler was expressionless, and it was really distressing to say this.

"Okay, just as your lord said." Yang Congyi was silent for a moment, and finally agreed to the proposal of the Divine Cavalry Army.

"Lord Yang will have a good rest in the yamen first, and the 30,000 taels of silver bills will be delivered later." The Lord of the Commander then shouted: "Come on, send Lord Yang to live in the side courtyard." ”

As soon as the words fell, a guard walked into the living room.

"Thank you for your hospitality." After Yang Congyi clasped his fists and saluted, he left with the guard.

After Yang Congyi walked away, the ruler was unwilling, but he said to himself helplessly: "The income of the hard work of the year is gone." ”

Outside the gate of the Nanjianzhou Prefecture, the drum of grievances sounded "dong dong".

Immediately, two officials came out and asked, "What kind of drum is beating at noon, you can't let people rest for a while!" ”

Song Cheng replied: "The villain was robbed by bandits on the road and escaped by luck, and now he is here to report the case." ”

"Robbery? How many casualties? How many belongings were lost? As soon as the official heard that it was a major robbery, he immediately began to inquire.

Song Cheng replied truthfully: "I just met a noble person on the road, no one was injured or injured, and no property was lost, and the bandits were driven away." ”

When the official heard this, he immediately scolded: "We're entertaining, we didn't lose anything, we didn't hurt anyone, what kind of robbery is it, let's go, what should we do." After saying that, he turned around and left.

"That gang of bandits is a black wolf, and this is a seized murder weapon." Song Cheng saw that they ignored them, and immediately took out the knife.

"Black wolf? Are you sure? The official suddenly stopped and turned around.

Song Cheng nodded and said, "I guarantee my life, they are black wolves, a total of twelve people." ”

The official looked at the knife in Song Cheng's hand, but he didn't see any doorway, so he said, "Come in and wait in the lobby." ”

After Song Cheng was brought into the lobby, he waited for about two quarters of an hour, and a person wearing a scarlet official uniform came out of the back hall and sat down in the hall, it was the Lord of Nanjian Prefecture.

"Who is in the hall, what grievances there are, tell the truth." Zhizhou was shocked, and it was extremely majestic.

Song Cheng immediately knelt in the hall, raised the knife with both hands and said: "The villain Song Cheng, is a director of the Renhe Pharmacy in the city, went to Jianning Mansion to purchase medicinal materials at the beginning of the month, passed through Dongshan two days ago, but was stopped by a group of bandits, they wanted to kill the villain and a group of twenty-three people, snatched ten carts of medicinal materials, fortunately, a passing palace Si happened to appear, the villain and his party survived, and came to report the case. This is the bandit murder weapon seized by the villain, please take a look at it. ”

With a wave of his hand, Lord Zhizhou had the official take physical evidence, and he asked, "Since the bandits didn't do anything, how did you seize the murder weapon?" ”

Song Cheng replied: "Before the adult appeared, the bandit was about to kill the villain, but when the subordinate counterattacked, he injured his arm, and he couldn't hold the knife before falling to the ground." After the bandit was slashed by the villain, the lord of the temple front division then appeared, and the twelve bandits did not dare to continue to move, and then they ran away. ”

"Why did that Imperial Commander appear there? Where is it now? Lord Zhizhou's heart was relieved, since there were no casualties, it was not a big deal, and he immediately asked about what he was interested in.

Song Cheng replied: "As far as the villain knows, the adult's surname is Yang, an hour ago, he entered the city with the villain, and he should still be in the city now, what exactly is he here to do, the villain doesn't know." ”

Hearing this, Lord Zhizhou was thoughtful, and then asked, "Do you know where those bandits came from?" Remember what they looked like? ”

Song Cheng said: "They are the legendary black wolf full of evil, the leader is thirty or forty years old, with a black beard, eight feet tall, looks very vicious, there is a fat man next to him who is a head shorter than him, his face is very round, his eyes are not big, he is twenty-three or four years old, and the remaining ten people, the villain still has some impressions, but he doesn't remember it too clearly." ”

"Black wolf? Are you sure it's them? "The hearts of the adults of Zhizhou are happy.

This gang of bandits has committed many crimes in Nanjianzhou, robbed a lot of passing businessmen, they not only robbed property, but also killed people, and they couldn't solve the case for a long time, and they couldn't catch the murderer, and the Fujian Criminal Division has issued a document many times to ask about the process of robbery investigation, and the next time the Criminal Division comes to investigate the prison, if the governor can't close the case, he will have to stay at home as soon as his term of office as the governor of Nanjianzhou arrives, and he can't pass the assessment, so he has to be on standby at home.

Song Cheng nodded and said, "Yes, they admit it personally, and there will be no one else except them." ”

"Okay, what else do you know about this gang of bandits?" Lord Zhizhou received an affirmative answer, and a slight smile appeared on his face.