Chapter 18: Clues (4)

Zhou Yunlong took Jiang Ruyue and Liu Er to change into a set of fast clothes, and the three of them ran to the county office. There are Zhou Zhutou to lead the way, which is much stronger than Anyi, naturally no one stopped them, and they entered the yellow book library of the county government smoothly.

The Yellow Book Library is the name of the house where the archives are stored by the local government of the Great Xia Dynasty, which is generally managed by the county and is also the office location of the county Cheng, and the key to the Yellow Book Library is only available to the county and the county.

He looked at the copper lock hanging on the door, indicating that the county should have left, and he glanced at Liu Er, and Liu Er began to drum up the copper lock.

This rooster and dog thief has its own wonderful use, and in less than half a pillar of incense, Liu Er stabbed it open.

Zhou Yunlong looked at the copper lock that had been opened in Liu's second-hand and asked, "Can this lock still be closed?" ”

"Adults can rest assured, small hearts know, there is no damage to the lock cylinder when it is opened, otherwise it won't take so long." Liu Er said flatteringly, although he was wearing the clothes of catching fast, he still couldn't hide the thief's eyebrows on his face.

"You've got two hits, go! Let's go over here and watch, you stand up straight, don't look like a thief everywhere you go. Zhou Yunlong glared at Liu Er, Liu Er reluctantly straightened up, and before he could reach a while, he bent down again.

After the two walked away, Jiang Ruyue got into the Yellow Book Vault and gently closed the door.....

Jiang Ruyue skillfully found the location of the account book according to the memory of her childhood, he took out Lin Muzhi's booklet from his arms and began to compare it.

"This is February, May, September...", his mouth kept muttering, and suddenly, he showed a sly smile,

"Sure enough, there is a problem!"

The drinks in a normal month are three altars and five altars, and there are occasionally a few months in the middle, and the number of warehouses is as many as thirty or forty altars, and these "occasional" months are also the months recorded in Lin Muzhi's account book, and they traded with Taketori.

It seems that what Lin Muzhi said is true, but Jiang Ruyue made a rough calculation, according to this situation, the grain that Zhu took to Lin Muzhi a year was only one hundred and fifty or sixty jars a year, which was actually tens of thousands of stone grain.

In Sichuan, a county with a population of tens of thousands like Huayang County, the stock of official warehouses is in the range of hundreds of thousands or even millions of stones, so according to Lin Muzhi, the granary they saw at that time was empty, which means that the transaction between the mountain bandits and Taketori is just a drop in the bucket, that is, there is an even bigger buyer still in the dark!

So, how did Taketori transport the rest of the grain? Wine jars? Then I'm afraid that the monthly income of the treasury will be tens of thousands more wine jars, this is too attention-grabbing, what is it?

Thinking of this, Jiang Ruyue couldn't help but be a little confused,

The night breeze outside the window was whistling, and even though the windows were closed, they could hear their calls, blowing the bamboo forest in the courtyard outside, making Jiang Ruyue even more irritable.

"This bamboo is really noisy!"

Jiang Ruyue complained to herself. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, bamboo? Bamboo is hollow! As long as it's thicker than bamboo, and it's hollow, can't you hide food?

Thinking of this, he almost laughed out loud with excitement. He hurriedly went to look through some businessmen-related files in Huayang County in recent years, and he really gained a lot.

Jiang Ruyue found that Huayang County is rich in rosewood, and in recent years, there is a businessman in the county from the Western Regions who often buys a large number of rosewood from Huayang County. However, there are no detailed records in the archives, only that the highest number of records is recorded in the autumn. At this moment, he couldn't be sure, but he was sure that there was something greasy in this mahogany, and just as he was about to look through other files to check the details, a hurried knock on the door came,

"Brother Jiang, come out quickly, Taketori's guards are here!"

It was Zhou Yunlong's voice.

After hearing this, Jiang Ruyue hurriedly put the file on the table back to its original place, blew out the candle, and quickly left the room. Liu Er locked the remaining lock in his hand to the door, and the three of them walked out casually.

"Zhou Zhutou, why are you here?"

As soon as he came out of the small courtyard outside the Yellow Book Library, he collided with the guards Zhou Yunlong said. The guard's outfit did look different from that of ordinary officers. Dressed in a black short-cut wardrobe, he has a delicate dagger pinned to his waist and an official knife hanging from his waist.

"It's Lord Liu, hehe, no, I just came here with two raw melons and eggs, and I took them around the county government to recognize each house." Zhou Yunlong arched his hand at the comer, and then glanced at the two behind him, "Why don't you call Lord Liu?" ”

Jiang Ruyue and Liu Er all made a snort at this Lord Liu.

In fact, this guard surnamed Liu is not an adult at all, only the guards in the imperial city have ranks, how can this small Huayang County Ya have guards with ranks. However, he belongs to Taketori's bodyguard, and at the same time is responsible for a series of work such as patrolling and protecting the county government, which is equivalent to the county government bodyguard. There are still five-grade officials in front of the prime minister's door, so it is reasonable for ordinary officials to call him an adult.

Liu Guard, who was obviously very useful to this title, hurriedly returned the salute in his hand, "So that's the case, I also took Lord Zhu to find an object, and I happened to pass by here." That being the case, please catch the head that week. ”

As he spoke, he was going to leave. However, Zhou Yunlong suddenly discovered the clue, and he saw that Liu Guard's back was hunched when he walked, which was very awkward. He reacted immediately, exerted all his strength, and slapped his palm on Guarde Liu's shoulder.

"Oops!"

This almost knocked Liu Guard to the ground, and he covered his shoulders and grinned in pain.

"I'm sorry, Lord Liu? I suddenly remembered that you haven't given it to me these days, you ......"

Zhou Yunlong asked with a pretended to be concerned,

"No... It's nothing, I fell on my shoulder a few days ago, and that patrolman was... It's business as usual. After Liu finished speaking, he hurriedly disappeared into the night.

Now, he was convicted of this crime. Zhou Yunlong grinned, and said to Jiang Ruyue and Liu Er: "Let's go back first, if the son's side goes well, it should be over." ”

"Zhou Zhutou is going to..."Jiang Ruyue said as she looked at the back of Liu Guard's rickety,

Zhou Yunlong smiled knowingly and replied: "If you catch a thief, you have to catch dirty." ”

It was late at night when the two of them returned to Anfu, and An Yi and Jin Mingyin had been waiting for a long time. As soon as Jiang Ruyue came in, she was dragged to the back room by An Yi.

"How? Brother Jiang, have you found anything? An Yi hurriedly asked,

"Brother An, I found a big deal here, you can talk about you first." Jiang Ruyue smiled and sold a pass to An Yi.

An Yi told Jiang Ruyue what the old man said, and Jin Mingyin said on the side: "This bamboo is really bold enough, the bandit leader actually said that he would kill him, if it wasn't for the fact that this mountain bandit's matter affected us, then this Song Zhong would not be pursued?" ”

Jiang Ruyue smiled helplessly when she heard this: "The Great Xia Dynasty is already terminally ill. ”

"How about the Great Xia Dynasty, we don't care, the sky is falling, there is the emperor Lao'er on top, we only care about the three acres of land in front of us. Brother Jiang, tell me about your situation. An Yi interjected.

Jiang Ruyue told An Yi about the investigation and suspicions in the Yellow Book Library, he felt that the merchants in the Western Regions were not buying mahogany at all, but the grain in the mahogany, and he must be an important part of the official grain transaction.

Sichuan does have a lot of merchants from the Western Regions, but the merchants of the Western Regions are often dominated by Shu brocade, silk and tea trade, how can there be a reason to come all the way to ask for these hundreds of thousands of stone grain, who will need so much grain in autumn?

An Yi was also taken aback after hearing this, "What does Brother Jiang mean..... North? ”

Of course, Jiang Ruyue understood what he meant, but the stakes were very high, and it was not easy to speculate at will, the imperial court ordered officials to collaborate with the enemy, and it was a disaster in the Great Xia Dynasty, and said: "There is no full evidence, it is not a trivial matter to frame a seven-rank official of the imperial court at will." ”

"Brother Jiang, since we can't obtain the specific identity of this merchant from the Western Regions for the time being, then we might as well think about it." An Yi groaned,

"Down?" Jiang Ruyue didn't understand the meaning of comfort.

"Yes, going on, if you are a merchant in the Western Regions, where do you think the redwood should be sent safely?" An Yi frowned, pacing around the house, where to go?

Thinking about it, his brows suddenly relaxed, and he said almost in unison with Jiang Ruyue,

"Longan Forest Farm!"

Long'an Forest Farm is a forest farm run by merchants in the Western Regions at the junction of Chengdu and Long'an Mansion, and the mahogany of Sichuan became famous for a while a few years ago, attracting the nobles of the Great Xia, the Western Regions and the Liao Kingdom to decorate the mansion with mahogany as the embodiment of dignity.

There are many mahogany forests in Chengdu and Long'an, the transportation of the prefectures and counties is convenient, and the merchants come and go, so the mountains and forests between the two places can be described as full of forest farms. However, as the enthusiasm of the aristocracy faded, the rosewood gradually became less popular, and these forest farms gradually disappeared, except for the largest forest farm in Long'an.

"Knock knock~"

There was a sudden knock on the door of the house,

An Yi motioned for the three of them to stay in the house and go out to have a look for themselves. He walked to the door of the mansion and asked softly, "Who is outside the door?" ”

"Childe, it's me, Zhou Yunlong, I have something important to look for you."

An Yi heard Zhou Yunlong's voice, and he said to the door: "Uncle Zhou, go to the backyard." "In these extraordinary times, he also had to be a little more cautious.

There is a small door in the backyard of Anfu, An Yi came to take a look at this small door, Zhou Yunlong looked around, and after confirming that no one was watching, he got into Anfu, and An Yi took him directly back to the back room.

"Childe, one of Hu Jiawei's killers is the guard by Taketori's side now, Liu Heng! I didn't inadvertently find out about his shoulder injury. Moreover, when I followed him quietly, I found that he had taken down a short arrow from a tree in the corner of the county office, and there was a letter on it, but I could not get too close, and I do not know what the letter was about. Zhou Yunlong said to the four people in front of the table,

Jiang Ruyue hurriedly asked, "Does Zhou Zhutou know where he went after he got the letter?" ”

"Out of the county office, he rode to the direction of the camp of the king of Shu, I think he should go to find Zhutori."

An Yi felt that this was an opportunity, as long as he could master the way and content of their communication, then Taketori was the puppet in his hand, and when he showed his original form, he would have to show his original form when he bricked, and he asked Jin Mingyin: "Mingyin, what is the effective range of your small crossbow you said last time?" ”

"Fifty steps of wood, two hundred steps of iron." Kim Myeong-yin replied.

After hearing this, An Yi looked at Jiang Ruyue again, "Do you think they should have a relationship?" ”

Jiang Ruyue lowered her head and groaned for a while, and said, "You can gamble!" ”

"Uncle Zhou, today and tomorrow night, I want to focus on the place where you are fifty steps away from this tree, if you find the person who sent the letter, or the person who Liu Heng came to receive the letter, take it directly!" An Yi instructed Zhou Yunlong,

"Ruyue will stay in the house tomorrow to listen to the letter, if Uncle Zhou gets back the letters, he must send them out in time after the time and place are changed, so as not to be suspicious of the other party."

Jiang Ruyue nodded, he understood the meaning of comfort, as soon as the time and place changed, it was equivalent to when he wanted them to trade, and it was up to his side to decide.

"Then Jin Mingyin and I, we will rush to Long'an Forest Farm tonight. Do you all understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"