Chapter 27: The IQ Gap

"Sun Erniang?!" Others heard Xu Qing muttering, thinking that Sun Erniang was the mastermind behind the scenes, and immediately searched in their minds, which one of the shops they had checked in the past was surnamed Sun.

Xu Qing sneered, if it was Sun Erniang, it would be fun. He said: "No, no, no, it has nothing to do with Sun Erniang. ”

"Oh, it turned out that it wasn't, it scared me to wait, could it be that this Sun Erniang hehehehe......" Zhu Yizhi smiled evilly, meaning that Lord Xu had no sleep all night, and suddenly remembered this Sun Erniang, could it be that she was a concubine outside? Xu Qing was talking about meat jokes at the banquet just now, and Zhu Yizhi also knew that Xu Qing could afford to joke.

Xu Qing shook his head and laughed: "Haha, yes, it's ...... to talk about the case."

"Okay, Lord Xu, you said that we should follow the foot of the car and boat shop to check, what's wrong?" Zhu Yilu and the others asked questions with a straight face, looking like they were asking for advice.

Xu Qing nodded and said: "It's good to follow the foot of the car and boat shop to check, because judging from many cases, most of the people robbed are businessmen and scholars, and these people either have guards around them, or they look poor." No matter how you look at it, the robbers will not rashly choose this kind of person to commit crimes. Therefore, this is not a robbery by bandits on the road, but a thief who guarded the plant, or pretended to be a guard porter, or opened a black shop to drug and kill transit merchants, and this car and ship shop foot is the most likely to do this. ”

Zhu Yizhi replied: "What the lord said is very true, we are also so conjectural, there are many routes for merchants, we follow this to investigate, but there is no clue at all. The nearby states and counties have never heard of rumors of black shops. Finally ......"

"Since it's a black shop, then only people go in, and no one comes out......" Xu Qing raised his hand to stop Zhu Yizhi's words, and then pulled out a file from his hand and said, "Can you look at this case?" ”

Everyone glanced at each other, and the clerk quickly took the file over, flipped through it a few times, and Xu Qing had broken the corners in the file, so he also saw it quickly. After reading it, the scribe said: "This is a case two years ago, the Hangzhou businessman wanted to transport goods to Yangzhou, but because of the heavy rain on the road, he didn't notice it for a while, and he suffered from wind and cold." After the disease, wait, let me look at it again......"

The scribe was afraid that he would miss something, so he hurriedly turned over the scroll and read: "This merchant has found an inn to rest, and he is afraid that his business will be delayed, so he ordered his companions to carry the goods by land first, and he only rested at the inn with an old butler, and on the 20th of June, the merchant recovered from his illness, and the master and servant left the inn, but there was no news of them. ”

Xu Qing nodded when he heard this, indicating that he was right, and nothing was left behind. Then he picked up another volume and said to the clerk: "Look at this volume again, it writes the process of your investigation of the case." ”

The scribe then read: "At that time, the state and county sent officials to interrogate the innkeepers, the merchants in the shops, as well as the ferry, and the carriages and horses, but there was no news of the master and servant. Our army also sent people out to investigate, but they didn't have a clue......

Xu Qing broke off the scribe's words and said, "Then, you came to the conclusion that the master and servant disappeared out of thin air, right?" ”

Zhu Yilu sighed when he heard Xu Qing's words: "As Lord Xu said, although it is very strange and I can't believe it, there is no other explanation." ”

Xu Qing squinted at Zhu Yizhi, nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, it is written in the volume that this Hangzhou merchant is a silk merchant, oh, by the way, when does this raw silk generally mature and go on the market?" "Xu Qing is not diligent, and he does not distinguish between grains, and he is a little unclear about the time when these agricultural products are ripe.

Zhu Yizhi replied: "Raw silk is used to being made and sold in April and May, I don't know what it has to do with this?" ”

Xu Qing laughed, as if he had verified one of his conjectures: "April and May, April and May, good!" ”

"What's wrong?" Everyone asked.

"Raw silk was on the market in April and May, that is, when the silk merchant sold silk, the price of silk had almost been reduced. The merchant must have been in a hurry to sell the silk, so he hurried all the way from Hangzhou to Yangzhou. But the merchant did not expect to be in a hurry, and suffered heavy rain, fell ill on the road, he himself could not go on the road, worried that his peers would take the first step, and the silk was too cheap, so he ordered his men to rush to Yangzhou first. ”

The clerk looked at the file, but when he saw that Xu Qing didn't look at it, he almost memorized the case backwards, and couldn't help but admire it from the bottom of his heart.

Xu Qing was twenty years old before he came to the Tang Dynasty, and he became five years old after the Tang Dynasty. That is to say, Xu Qing's spirit has experienced two times of the best tempering, and with more mature thinking, he uses the most vigorous mind, so his memory is better than ordinary people.

In the past few days, he has also read the Confucian classics that ordinary students have studied, and although he is not familiar with them, he can also observe them. Looking at the file just now, the spirit is highly concentrated, and it can be said that it is ten lines at a glance, and I will never forget it!

Zhu Yizhi hurriedly asked: "What if the price of silk drops, what if he is in a hurry to sell silk?" What's so weird? ”

Xu Qing smiled and took it from another dossier: "The silk merchant's case is the year before last, and this is the case in May last year. ”

Everyone was puzzled when they saw this, and the scribe asked for everyone: "These two cases are nearly a year apart, why does Lord Xu compare these two cases with each other, is there anything in common?"

"Yes, this is the case of the disappearance of Fuzhou Shizi, this person was going to Suzhou, but because a bridge was broken by a flash flood on the way, he had to take a detour."

Xu Qing stroked his palms and laughed: "It's here." ”

As if they had found a clue, a few people hurriedly compared the two together, you click a little, I will take a look, but I didn't find anything strange about what Xu Qing said.

Everyone looked at Xu Qing with a confident smile, obviously not deceiving them. But where the hell is the clue?!

Zhu Yizhi couldn't help but feel an intellectual suppression coming to his face, and they all said that there were three stinkers and Zhuge Liang, but now seven or eight people are not as good as Xu Qing! The gap is too big, and Zhu Yizhi obediently presented the dossier: "Please also ask Lord Xu for guidance." ”

Xu Qingdao: "This bridge is an official road, and its solidity must be good, but it was broken by a flood at this time last year, indicating that it rained heavily." You see, the merchant was also hit by heavy rain on the road, and this is the inn where he stayed, understand? Haha......" Xu Qing smiled smugly after speaking, picked up a glass of cold wine on the table and took a sip!

"Oh! I get it! But after a breath, Zhu Yizhi patted his legs and smiled: "I understand!" Lord Xu is really wise! ”

The general and the scribes all looked at Zhu Yipulp and said, the general is not simple, I still don't understand, please General Zhu advise.

Zhu Yizhi said proudly: "Lord Xu must have seen from this that the merchant's master and servant were killed after being killed by a flash flood on the road, and then disappeared out of thin air. I see, no wonder there is no corpse...... Hehe, Lord Xu......"

Before the generals and scribes had time to flatter, Xu Qing squirted out a sip of wine, looking at the reaction, it was obvious that Zhu Yizhi's words were wrong, and he blocked the words in his mouth with the generals covering their faces.

However, the clerk was as careful as a hair, coughed, and covered up for Zhu Yipu: "Lord Xu is really worthy of being the first person in the literary world, and he finds the relationship between the words and phrases of the two volumes. Does Lord Xu want to say that this businessman was also cut off by the water on the road, so what happened to him when he took a shortcut? ”

Zhu Yizhi pursed his lips, it turned out that he had guessed wrong, and then picked up the two files and flipped them left and right, and then his eyes lit up again: "No, no, when this businessman is sick and leaves, it is sunny in the nearby states and counties, and it is impossible to encounter a flash flood when he leaves." Even if the official road is washed away, he should be able to leave at this time, and he has no goods. ”

Xu Qing hummed for a moment, nodded and said: "In fact, that heavy rain washed away the official road, and the road was clogged with mud, so you can't take trucks for at least half a month, and you can't leave for seven or eight days." But the merchant must have been very happy to hear the news. ”

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" The clerk and Zhu Yizhi both began to ponder, as for those generals, they could only open their mouths in surprise, the two pondered for a while, and suddenly their eyes lit up, and they looked at each other and smiled: "Could it be that Lord Xu is saying that the official road has been washed away, and you must take a few more detours from the official road." The merchant's goods have been sent to Yangzhou, and their silk peers do not have it, and they can't catch up with him, so his raw silk is unique in Yangzhou and can be sold at a high price, so he is happy? ”

Xu Qingdao: "That's right, put yourself in your shoes, if you were this businessman, what would you plan at that time?" ”

This is the life experience, they are all old fritters, where do they know, everyone said in unison: "It must be to hurry up to Yangzhou, tell the guys to let the silk sell high, not cheap." ”

Xu Qing nodded and said: "Well, the official road can't be walked, but the other country roads, the dirt road up the mountain are barely walked, and the businessmen are old, so they must know a lot." ”

In ancient times, the rural road was the road at the door of the house, and the villagers repaired it by themselves, but the official road had to be repaired by the government, so the rural road was restored quickly, and the official road was late. It's just that the country roads are intricate, and it takes an "old horse" to get through.

Everyone couldn't help but be shocked at the same time and asked, "Then it's troublesome, the country road turns around, how did you check it?" ”

Zhu Yizhi patted his leg and said, "Alas! That's it, I'll let my subordinates go to check one village after another, so I'm not afraid that they won't show their feet! ”

Covered his fists and said: "It's all up to General Zhu's dispatch, if I don't take down those fierce fangs, I won't be able to wait to pay them back!" ”

"Well, if you have brothers, you won't be afraid of him so many villages!" Zhu Yilu asked the scribe in high spirits: "From Qiantang to Yangzhou, how many villages are there along the way, Zhuangzi?" ”

"Huh?" The scribes couldn't help but be in a hurry, the so-called village refers to the natural village, three or five households are one village, one hundred and eight households are also a village, this is registered, and there are not registered, so how many? Even the local pro-people officials can't count, how can the clerk explain it clearly, but he also has a quick wit, since he doesn't know, no one in the hall knows, and he fabricated a number: "General, yes, there must be three or four thousand, right?" ”

"Huh?" Zhu Yipulp and the general were all surprised, so when to find out. Some of the people among the bandits have escaped from the army, and they can't investigate them in a big way.

Everyone was poured a basin of cold water, and they all looked at Xu Qing unconsciously, what should I do, God operator?

"You don't have to go to the village, the merchant takes the mountain road." Xu Qing smiled, looked at these people, and slowly pointed to a map in the hall and said: "From here, here, and then here, there must be a hidden bandit village in these mountains." ”