Chapter Twenty-Six: Sun Erniang's Black Shop?

"Xu, Lord Xu......" Zhu Yilu opened his mouth and didn't know how to speak, he didn't expect Xu Qing to hear that sentence, swallowed his saliva and said: "Lord Xu, it's okay, just tell Lord Xu, this matter has to start with Liu Yuanjin......"

"Liu Yuanjin?" Xu Qing couldn't help but wonder, and Zhu Yilu immediately explained: "This Liu Yuanjin was also a powerful figure at the end of the Sui Dynasty, but he was defeated in every major battle, so his reputation was not obvious. ”

Zhu Yilu continued: "Back then, Liu Yuanjin seized the south of the Yangtze River, twenty-seven counties in six states, and Yang Guangtun soldiers in Jiangdu, and he could only issue an order to appease Liu Yuanjin and crown him the king of Jiangdong. Although Liu Yuanjin has a great momentum, his foundation is unstable, and with the destruction of Yang Guang and the southward movement of Beixiong, he quickly disappeared. ”

His subordinates were scattered, and they were divided into dangers, and Du Fuwei surrendered to Tang again, and those subordinates were also ambushed one by one. It's not just Zhu Yipulp, who was also one of the people who were ambushed back then......"

Xu Qing said with emotion: "I didn't expect General Zhu to have such a background, but the hero doesn't ask where he comes from, and General Zhu is now in this position, which is also a good ending." ”

"Lord Xu praises falsely, where can I, Zhu Yipulp, be called a hero. But patted his chest and said that he had never done anything to hurt nature and reason back then. To say that now that the imperial court has made me an official, I am satisfied, and I can also take care of the brothers who were born and died back then, but ......" Zhu Yipule's eyes lit up: "But there are still many ghosts and spirits who can't forget the happy days of Wuthering Mountains and forests and seizing the mountains." ”

"Well, in this way, these road bandits are them......" Xu Qing played with a wine cup: "But it has nothing to do with the general at this time, the general doesn't need to be nervous." ”

"Who says it's not, but it's useless for me to be innocent, some of my subordinates are confused......" Zhu Yilu said sadly: "Three years ago, several of my generals defected. ”

Outside the door, the cold wind howled again, I don't know if it was because of the wind or because of Zhu Yipul's words, it seemed to be a lot colder in the lobby. A few of them went and closed the doors and windows, bolted them tightly, and stirred up the brazier in the hall, and added coal.

Xu Qing squinted his eyes and pondered for a while and asked, "This disappearance case was made five or six years ago, why ......?"

"Lord Xu, listen to me......" Zhu Yilu stretched out his hand to stop Xu Qing's words, and then said respectfully: "The disappearance cases three years ago were all made by those people outside, and after three years, there will be my brother." If they find out and are exposed, I will lose my official position, and those soldiers and brothers under my command will be dirty early. ”

Xu Qing nodded, motioned for Zhu Yilu to continue, and he said: "I am not willing to hurt my true brothers for the sake of those bad horses, so I have always wanted to find them out secretly and clean up the portal by myself." It's a pity, I don't know what kind of guidance they received, and the cases they made are not leaky, I have been investigating for so many years, and I have only determined that those people committed crimes, how to catch them, I am still confused. Yuhang is so big, I'm helpless......"

Zhu Yilu revealed the ins and outs of the matter and his own hidden worries one by one, obviously treating Xu Qing as a panacea and relying on Xu Qing to help him get rid of his illness. Xu Qing listened as he unraveled the file tied with black cloth and examined it carefully.

The dossier was written on straw paper, which was very rough, and the so-called compilation was only held up with a string, which was very different from the books of later generations.

However, the words in the book are neat and neat, densely written, but the handwriting is not messy at all, Xu Qing is looking for clues line by line. Looking at the above records, most of them are "military secrets", but because of a general military office, the area of influence is small, and the so-called secrets are just a den of bandits.

The notes in the book are like running water diaries, one record a day, not one record of one thing, and at the beginning of each day's record, as usual, "the weather is good today" and "get up and rinse your mouth and dress" and other clichés.

This secret is also a report, and it should be reported to Shangguan for seeing. In the report, you always have to use those clichés to make up the number of words to show that you have a good attitude.

Therefore, when I saw the back, Xu Qing was turning the page at a glance and ten lines. Since the way of writing is from top to bottom, the people in the hall only saw Xu Qing's hands turning from side to side, and nodding to read like a chicken eating rice.

As Zhu Yipulp spoke, he also discovered Xu Qing's strange appearance, and he was stunned, and then said to Xu Qing: "This case has been going on for many years, and there are a lot of involved, there are so many files alone, Lord Xu should not be in a hurry, anyway, the heavy snow is blocking the road, and the cars and horses can't go, so Lord Xu will stay here and watch for a few more days, right?" ”

Xu Qing smiled, put down a volume, and then said: "Why use a few days, I read the book quickly, General Zhu thinks about it again, what are the details." ”

In addition to Zhu Zongbing and a few generals in the hall, there was also a scribe who served the scrolls, he listened to Xu Qing's words, put down the black scrolls on the ground and next to the table, picked them up, and put them in front of Xu Qing's eyes, so that he could easily access them.

After doing this, the scribe curiously picked up a book that Xu Qing had read, carefully flipped through it, and immediately admired it. He originally thought that Xu Qing was just going through the file to help as much as he could, and he was just browsing it so quickly. But when he turned the pages to the book, he saw that many of the pages had a corner folded. This is not surprising, the strange thing is that the corner that is written, and the tip of the toe points to the clue related to the case!

Xu Qing casually took another volume, and felt a little hungry to each other, and then remembered that he only cared about bragging and writing obscene poems just now, and he didn't eat much. At the moment, he broke out a chicken leg, took a bite, and said vaguely to a few people: "If you want to sleep, go back, the official can't stop reading the book as soon as he sees it, so he will finish reading the volume here alone, and tell you the answer tomorrow." ”

Xu Qing said this very sincerely, and there was not half a word against his heart, but everyone thought that Xu Qing was talking the opposite, and he was not sleepy or sleepy. Also, the boss is working overtime, you go back to sleep safely, and no one will believe the boss. Zhu Yizhi and the others not only did not leave, but also did not dare to come out, adding charcoal to the side, warming wine, and pouring themselves drink. If Zhu Yilu remembered a detail, he said to Xu Qing, who just nodded.

Watching Xu Qing finish reading a dossier with three downs and five divided by two, Zhu Yizhi and a few generals were always afraid, did Lord Xu really look into it? Aren't you counting how many sheets of paper there are in a roll!

As soon as the look of doubt appeared, the scribe quietly pointed at Xu Qing, and then compared a thumbs up to Zhu Yizhi and others, which meant that Xu Qing's literary kung fu was not covered.

In this way, a voice rose in everyone's hearts: "Maybe Lord Xu can really solve this unsolved case." ”

At first, it was okay, it was quite interesting to watch Xu Qing flip through the volumes one after another, but later, the pages and pages turned in a loop, but it became a hypnotic pendulum, ticking and ticking, and there was a voice in everyone's hearts: "Sleep, sleep, sleep......"

I don't know how long the third watch day passed, Xu Qing threw aside the file he had read, then closed his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, and after a while, he opened his bloodshot eyes.

In Xu Qing's mind, two figures flashed, one was Liu Yuanjin, this is a local biography written about him by accidentally seeing when he checked the information just now, plus some fragmentary records, Xu Qing only had such a clear image in his mind.

There is another person-water ghost, no matter how Xu Qing reminds himself, the water ghost is just a small lake bandit leader, but in his heart, he consciously or unconsciously overlaps the figures of the two.

There is another one, which is the biggest black hand in this case of the disappearance of 100 people. According to Xu Qing's speculation, this person has a lot to do with Liu Yuanjin.

Xu Qing thought about it, and the roll in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground, and with a snap, Zhu Yilu woke up suddenly and rolled off the table he was lying on and fell to the ground. Zhu Yizhi stood up with his fists clenched and said, is there an enemy? After looking around, he realized that he was in his lobby, and Xu Qing was watching him next to him.

At this time, the others also woke up, and without thinking about it, they said to Xu Qing: "Oh, is Lord Xu tired, I'll send Lord Xu back to the room to rest."

Xu Qing shook his head and said straight to the point: "I have gone through all the files, looked at all the intelligence clues about this case, and found a few suspicious points. ”

"What? I'm done! Several people were surprised, and Zhu Yizhi fixed his expression and said, "Lord Xu, please speak." ”

Xu Qingdao: "First, judging from the missing people in previous years, seven out of ten people are businessmen, and the rest are also scholars. The merchant Jia Duojin, a scholar who can travel, also carries surplus wealth. It can be seen from this that most of this case was committed for the sake of wealth and murder. ”

Zhu Yipulp and the others nodded together, but smiled secretly in their hearts, this still requires you to say that those eyeliners in our county army, as well as those of us who are in the army, have long seen this.

However, if you can't decide the case on the basis of one point, what if you can see it? Where is the murderer, how and when? I don't know anything......

However, there is a saying that "the jokes told by the boss are not allowed to be funny", and on the face, everyone still praised with "surprise": "It is worthy of Lord Xu, it is really decisive!" It's really refreshing! ”

How do you know that Xu Qing saw through their flattery early in the morning, 6 some red eyes flashed with a wise light, and smiled: "This is easy, ordinary people can also see it, presumably you have already seen it." Hmph, hah, and, if I'm not mistaken, after you decided that this case was murdered for money, most of you followed the foot of the car and boat shop to investigate, right? ”

The people present were stunned for a moment, and glanced at each other.

said truthfully at the moment: "Xu, Lord Xu is really like a god, we investigate the case, and that's what we do." Could it be that after checking for so long and no results, is it because this path is wrong? ”

Zhu Yizhi was still puzzled, and explained: "The bandits pretend to be coachmen and porters, or collude with them, and once they know that there are valuable guys in the guests' luggage, they will do it in remote places on the road. The crime is the most difficult to investigate. ”

"The same is true for the boatmen who carry passengers on the water, but they are a family of their own, carrying passengers on weekdays, and they also do 'whatever' on the water. As for the shopkeeper, it is even more suspicious, the merchant scholar stays at the tip, if he opens a black shop, he is more likely to start, there are rumors that they were all killed and eaten as meat. ”

"Sun Erniang's black shop?" Xu Qing opened his mouth in surprise.