Early the next morning, someone found the body in the Qinhuai River and immediately reported it to the Yamen of Shangyuan County under the jurisdiction of Ying Tianfu.

Shangyuan County Commander did not dare to slack off, took the county government's head catcher and errand servants, and fished out Liu Qianhu and others for autopsy, because this was a murder case involving Jinyiwei, the county order did not dare to make a good claim, returned to the county government and wrote a document, and reported it to Yingtian Governor Yamen.

At the same time, outside the yamen of the governor of Yingtian, there was a young woman with two children who were beating the drum, and after a while, wearing a blue robe and a half-red and half-black hat, walked out of the governor's yamen.

"Who are you? What are the grievances? Soap asked loudly.

"Please Lord Qingtian to call the shots for Xiaomin!" The young woman cried out and fell to her knees, and said, "The people's daughter, Songjiang Huating Xu Zhang, sued Tang Jing...... of Yingtianfu."

Soap Li asked, "So, are you from Xu Kun's family?" ”

"The people's daughter Xu Zhang's is Xu Kun's original partner, and my father-in-law was killed by Tang Jing, who colluded with the Japanese ......," Xu Zhang's replied crying.

"Come with me, Master Hai is ascending to the court to ask about the case." Soap Li said goodbye and took their mother and son to the court.

Hai Rui sat in the courtroom, listened to Xu Zhang's statement, and asked: "Xu Kun didn't go home, maybe he went to do something else, why do you think Tang Jing killed Xu Kun?" ”

Xu Zhang replied: "Qingtianhai Master Mingjian, my uncle Zhishi returned to his hometown, my father-in-law is ready to buy 3,000 hectares of land for this purpose, for my uncle to provide for the elderly, should go back to Huating to pay the silver, but now I haven't gone home, our mother and son came to Nanjing to find him, only to learn that Tang Jing came back suddenly, the strange thing is that after Tang Jing came back, he moved away from the old house and spent a lot of money to buy a new house, if he didn't kill my father-in-law, where did he get so much money? ”

Hai Rui was shocked by these words, and thought to himself: The fields in Huating County, according to ten taels of silver per mu, to buy three thousand hectares of land, you will need three million taels of silver, the Xu family is really rich enough, so it seems that what is the difference between Xu Jie and that Yan Song?

After thinking about it for a while, Hai Rui suppressed his anger and asked, "Do you know Tang Jing's family background?" ”

Xu Zhang nodded and replied: "In the early years, Tang Jing and my father-in-law were friends, it is said that they were the founding heroes, and later, Tang Jing also started a business, but he had an accident at sea, and my family was just to help him, so he was seduced by the He family, this He did not abide by the women's way, and became the outer room of my father-in-law, over the years, my father-in-law hid the money earned outside to the Tang family, and now as soon as Tang Jing comes back, my father-in-law is inexplicably gone, please Qingtian Lord to call the shots of the people's daughter!" ”

Hai Rui judged that there must be something strange in it, but first of all, he was dissatisfied with Xu Jie, a former scholar of Shoufu University, and asked reluctantly: "Xu Kun is away all the year round, since you should have gone home, you just wait at home, and you seem to know that something has happened to him, and you rushed to Nanjing with your family to sue Tang Jing, are you not a prophet?" ”

"This, this, my father-in-law brought a letter to the ......house," Xu Zhang replied hesitantly.

"Hehe, Xu Zhang, maybe Xu Kun has returned to Huating now, but you are sure that Tang Jing killed Xu Kun, can you be sure that Xu Kun is dead?" Hai Rui continued.

"Master Hai, although there is no evidence for the people's daughter, but there is such a premonition, you and my uncle are officials in the same dynasty, and the grievances of the people's daughter, please make the decision for me!"

It's okay not to mention Xu Jie, the more Xu Zhangshi said this, the more angry Hai Rui became, and he couldn't help but be angry, and said: "Since Tang Jing came back, I began to investigate him, if he has any lawlessness, I will definitely punish him severely, you tell me, don't wait for Xu Kun at home, you went to Nanjing to sue Tang Jing, is there anything unspeakable?" ”

Hearing Hai Rui's question, Xu Zhang's lowered his head, not knowing how to answer, Xu Kun's eldest son was only ten years old, and found that his mother was at a loss, so he hurriedly replied: "Three Jinyiwei came to my house and asked my father for debts, and my mother told them that my father was at Tangjing's house in Nanjing, and while Jinyiwei had not left in Songjiang Mansion, my mother was afraid that something would happen, so she wanted to go to Nanjing to inform my father before Jinyiwei arrived, so I had the guess just now." ”

Hearing that Jin Yiwei went to the Xu family to ask for debts, Hai Rui also became interested and asked, "After you came to Nanjing, have you ever been to the Tang family?" ”

Xu Zhangshi nodded and replied: "Yesterday afternoon, we arrived at Tang Mansion, but what we saw was the three brocade guards, I heard them say, my father-in-law is missing, Tang Jing's family has just been kicked out, our mother and son hurriedly inquired, only to know that Tang Jing actually spent 700,000 taels of silver to buy a big mansion, isn't it Tang Jing who killed my father-in-law and swallowed my family's silver?" ”

"Master Wu." Hai Rui ordered.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Master Wu, who was sweating profusely, running into the public hall and panting and saying: "Master Qiqihai, it's not good, the bodies of three Jinyi guards were found in the Qinhuai River, and the Shangyuan County Order sent someone to salvage them, he didn't dare to ask the case without authorization, and sent it to us, what should we do?" ”

Hai Rui was shocked when he heard this, but he quickly calmed down again, pointed to Xu Zhang, who was kneeling in the court, and asked, "Master Wu, I was about to ask you, did you see their mother and son in the mansion where you took care of Tang Jing yesterday?" ”

Master Wu looked at Xu Zhang's family carefully, shook his head, and said: "Yesterday, Tang Jing led the whole family to the new home in a panic, and we all went with it, whether the mother and son have been to the Tang family's old house, we don't know. Later, we didn't arrest Tang Jing to the yamen, but in the evening, the lord released him again, and then asked us to send people to watch on both sides, but we still haven't seen the mother and son. ”

Hai Rui nodded and asked, "Xu Zhang, when Shangyuan County sends the corpse, you have to identify it carefully to see if it is the few people you have seen." ”

It was really hard for Xu Zhang's to judge just now, whether Xu Kun really had an accident, and when he heard that the Jinyi guards were dead, he fell to the ground and cried bitterly, begging: "Lord Qingtian is the master of me, Tang Jing has been missing for all these years, he must have been a pirate, he colluded with the Japanese to murder my father-in-law, and killed three Jinyi guards......"

"Well," Hai Rui sighed, regretting very much that he had released Tang Jing, and it was not too late to make amends, so he hurriedly arranged: "Yang Catch quickly, you quickly go and arrest Tang Jing and Zhu Hui, and take care of Tang Mansion; Master Wu, you are an old man here, yesterday the scholar Wu Xuezheng came to see me, riding a small sedan chair with a rotten bottom, let me ask you, is he usually so simple? ”

Master Wu said with a smile: "Master Huihai, Master Ti Xueguan usually goes out, and he has to open the way with a gong, and he takes a sedan chair with eight lifts. ”

Hai Rui suddenly had a feeling of being deceived, and with a face full of anger, he ordered: "You go and check on me quickly, what is the character of this senior scholar?" ”

Soon after Yang Zhukuai and Master Wu left, Shangyuan County carried the three bodies into the court.

"Xu Zhang, please identify it carefully." Hai Jui preached.

Xu Zhangshi only glanced at it, and then recognized Liu Qianhu, and suddenly his ears roared, his eyes flashed with stars, and he fell to the ground, and the two children hurriedly hugged their mother, crying and patting her chest and back......

Early this morning, Tang Jing brought Zhu Hui to talk, looked at his red eyes, and asked, "Boy, didn't sleep last night, right?" ”

Zhu Hui blushed and replied embarrassedly, "Uncle, don't entertain me." ”

Tang Jing smiled slightly, and said: "The silver has been transported to Taicang Huangdu Port, back then, it was the location of the imperial court city, although it was later changed to Ningbo, but now it is still very prosperous, before, our family had a wharf in Huangdu, but it was sold by Xu Kun, the bastard, Tang Cheng is ready to buy another warehouse, build a big ship, plus lease the wharf, purchase goods, I'm afraid 300,000 taels of silver is not enough!" ”

Zhu Hui said in his heart: Do you know that the silver is not enough, and you still buy such a large courtyard?

Finding that Zhu Hui lowered his head and was silent, Tang Jing patted him on the shoulder, smiled bitterly, and said, "I suspect that your aunt has changed her mind, you have to help me find out." ”

Zhu Hui looked up at Tang Jing, and wanted to persuade a few words, but he pondered again, he was an outsider, why bother with their family affairs? He bowed his head again.

"Your aunt's mother's family used to be a wealthy businessman in our Jinling City, but it's a pity that my brother-in-law is a loser, and she has lost all the family business, she has no family to count on, child, you are a kind person, these days, you have been maintaining your aunt, I heard that she married Qiongqiong to you?"

Zhu Hui was taken aback and hurriedly replied: "Uncle, Qiongqiong is my sister, I have no thoughts about it!" ”

"Qiongqiong is not a child anymore, she knows her surname Tang, hehe, boy, listen to me, go to work in the yard, and wait for your aunt to come to you."

When Zhu Hui came to the courtyard, a few maids were watering the flowers with Tang Qiong and Tang Yao, so they came to help, at this moment, Tang Qiong kept staring at Zhu Hui and looked at him very embarrassed.

Taking advantage of the efforts to lift the water, Zhu Hui avoided Tang Qiong, only to see her pouting and her face full of unhappiness.

After a while, Tang Qiong found that there was no one around Zhu Hui, so he walked up to him and asked, "Brother, did you stay with Sister Qingyang last night?" ”

Zhu Hui's face turned red, and he smiled and said, "Qiongqiong, how do you know?" ”

"Humph! So、Do you have、Kiss? Tang Qiong asked angrily.

When Zhu Hui was embarrassed, Mrs. He came over and said loudly: "Qiongqiong, you are really ignorant, go to the side and play!" ”

Tang Qiong gave her mother a blank look and left stupidly.

Mrs. He said, "Hui'er, let their maids work, and you can go to the market with me." ”

Zhu Hui knew that he was going to Xingji Money Village to find the shopkeeper Pang, so he nodded.

The two went out of the mansion and found that there were many spies sent by the yamen, Mrs. He shook her head helplessly, led Zhu Hui to leave quickly, and hired two small sedan chairs outside.

After about half an hour, the sedan chair landed, only to see the blue brick glazed tile of the gate, the left side of the big signboard reads "Xingji Qianzhuang", the right side hangs a flag, with the word "dang" written in black on a white background.

Zhu Hui followed Mrs. He and walked into the money village, and when the man saw that there were distinguished guests, he welcomed them into the living room very warmly and offered them fragrant tea.

Mrs. He asked reservedly, "Is Shopkeeper Pang here today?" ”

"Shopkeeper Pang went back to Beijing, but I didn't know that my wife arrived, and I missed the welcome, please forgive me." The bookkeeper replied.

"Li's account is polite." He said, glanced at Zhu Hui, and said, "Hui'er, you go outside and wait for me for a while." ”

When Zhu Hui left the living room, He hurriedly closed the door, took out a roll of yellow paper and put it on the table, and said, "Li Ledger, I have a few banknotes here, and now they urgently need to be exchanged for cash. ”

Li checked it carefully, shook his head and replied: "Madam, a few days ago, Xu Kun just took away one million taels of silver, which was transferred from several places by the shopkeeper Pang, and now, the store is empty. ”

"Please, Li Ledger, it's good if you can have 10,000 taels to save me in an emergency."

Li found that Mrs. He was very anxious, and was silent for a moment, and explained: "Please don't be surprised, Madame, it's useless for you to beg me, these more than 100,000 taels of tickets, even if the shopkeeper Pang is at home, even if there is cash, I'm afraid it will be difficult to cash it out for you." ”

He Shi's eyes widened, and he hurriedly asked, "Why?" These more than 100,000 taels of Zhuang tickets were bought by my family after selling Taicang Huangdu Wharf. ”

"Hehe, these Zhuang tickets can only be cashed with Xu Kun's signature, please forgive me."

When He heard this, he fainted at that time......

Li was shocked and hurriedly shouted: "Come on!" ”

Zhu Hui was watching how Qian Zhuang was doing business, and when he heard the shouting, he hurriedly ran over, pushed the door and took a look, and found that He had collapsed to the ground.

"Li Accounting, my aunt, what's wrong with her?"

"Alas, when your aunt heard that these Zhuang tickets were not signed by Xu Kun, they couldn't be cashed in cash, so she was in a hurry and fainted, so hurry up and take her to see Langzhong." Li replied helplessly.

Qian Zhuang sent a small sedan chair, someone came over and carried He into the sedan chair, Zhu Hui put away the roll of Zhuang tickets, and ran out.

Sent Mrs. He to Langzhong's house, and Lao Langzhong gave her a needle, and after a while, she woke up, crying and sighing: "How can this family live?" ”

Then, Lao Langzhong took her pulse again and said to Zhu Hui: "It's okay now, after you go back, you must not let her be anxious anymore." ”

Qianzhuang's men paid Lang Zhong, and Zhu Hui helped He Shi up and sent her to the sedan chair, but He Shi insisted on not sitting.

After sending away the men from Qianzhuang, Mrs. He took Zhu Hui to the shore of Mochou Lake, and said with a sad face: "Hui'er, go to the lake to rest for a while, I have to explain some things to you clearly today." So saying, he shoved the bankers into his hands.

The two sat down by the lake, and He continued: "After your uncle came back, he was drunk and dreamed of death, bought such a large courtyard, and got a group of courtesans, and the whole family sat on the mountain, and there were only 1,000 taels of silver left, and there was no way to live this day in the future." I wanted to exchange a few Zhuang tickets in my hand for some silver, but without Xu Kun's signature, the money village would not be cashed, Hui'er, Tang Qiong, Tang Yao and the two sisters entrusted to you, if possible, please save Xu Kun......"

Zhu Hui nodded while listening, and before Mrs. He finished speaking, she suddenly plunged into the lake......

Zhu Hui threw down the banker ticket in his hand, quickly jumped into the lake, and pushed her out of the water.

He choked on a few mouthfuls of water, nothing serious, Zhu Hui thanked everyone who helped, and hired a small sedan chair to send her home in order to prevent any more accidents.

At this moment, there was a large group of people watching the excitement in front of the Tangfu Gate, they didn't know what was going on, Zhu Hui, who was wet, separated everyone and took a closer look, only to see Wanxi and Qingyang holding swords in their hands, and the messengers of the governor's yamen were confronting......

"Graceful, clear, no rude!" Zhu Hui shouted and stood in the middle of them.

The Lan sisters were very obedient and immediately put away their weapons.

"They're here to get you and your uncle." Qing Yang replied in a low voice.

Yang Zhu quickly recognized Zhu Hui and said: "He is what we want to arrest, take him down first, and then catch Tang Jing!" ”

So, Zhu Hui waved his hand and replied, "Please wait." Then, he came to He's approach in a hurry, stuffed the Zhuang tickets into her hands, and clenched his fists and said, "Please take care of your aunt!" ”

Zhu Hui said that, returned to the door of the Tang Mansion, and shouted at Wanxi and Qingyang: "You two are hindering the government's errands, don't you run for your lives quickly!" ”

"Yes." Wanxi and Qingyang agreed, and disappeared into the crowd.

Yang Zhuhai sent someone to tie up Zhu Hui, ordered someone to rush into the Tang Mansion, arrested Tang Jing, put the two of them in shackles, and escorted them to the Yamen of Yingtian Governor.