What the? Jin Yingji was outside the flower window, bending down to accompany Qing Dai to take care of a few herbs, and when she heard this, she stood up straight, and her melon seed face was covered with frost: "Shopkeeper Du is dead?" Who is it, who dares to touch our people?! ”

Majestic and murderous, the little wife who took care of the flowers and plants carefully one moment ago became the owner of the Wufeng ship across the four seas the next moment.

Hey, that's changing too fast, isn't it? Qin Lin looked at her with a smile, and his expression was quite teasing.

Jin Yingji immediately became frightened, half of her cheeks were red, and she pinched the corners of her clothes and said softly: "The slave family, the slave family is the poor Nadu shopkeeper, he is over sixty years old this year......"

Burst! Quan Zhengyin almost didn't bite his tongue off, settled down, waited for the rapid breathing to calm down a little, and said with a humble expression: "Qi Qin Shaobao, Jin Xuanwei, and their subordinates have just received the news of the death of the shopkeeper Du." According to the guy who reported the letter, the shopkeeper Du was suddenly ill and died after a few days of lingering on the sickbed, but his subordinates thought that not long ago, Qin Shaobao found out that the privately minted copper coins came from Yanzhou and Quzhou, and the old shopkeeper we sent died suddenly. ”

Qin Lin's head tapped slightly: "Yes, you did a good job." ”

Quan Zhengyin's mood immediately became extremely good, compared to his own Wufeng ship owner, this Qin Shaobao's praise was more expensive, no, Jin Yingji's charming eyes were bent into crescents, and she was quite satisfied with the performance of her subordinates.

Qin Lin, as a minister, did not need to inform the Zhejiang officialdom of the matter, so he immediately packed up and led Lu Yuanzhi, Niu Dali and the Jinyi official school to Longyou County, Quzhou.

Longyou County is located in the mountainous area of western Zhejiang, surrounded by mountains in the Jin (Jinhua) Qu (Quzhou) Basin, the meandering Qujiang River flows through the county border, the hilly landform on both sides of the bank is undulating, the mountains on all sides in the distance are quite dangerous, Lingshan, Longqiu Mountain, Langke Mountain are endless.

On the undulating official roads in the hilly area, the brocade-clothed official schools are freshly dressed and angry, the whips are thrown loudly, the horses are sweating, and they snort from time to time...... "Qin Shaobao, the front is Longyou County!" A local Jinyi official school in Zhejiang Province pointed to the front and shouted loudly.

Good! Qin Lin shook the reins, raised his whip and pointed into the distance: "Brothers, work hard, go to Longyou County for dinner, and be full!" ”

Gotcha! The official schools threw the whip flower more diligently, and some people were even more energetic, and joked to Lu Yuanzhi: "Master Lu, Qin Shaobao is a treat, you have to take out your stomach and eat poor Qin Shaobao!" ”

Lu Yuanzhi muttered: "This guy's surname, hum, it's good to have something to eat later......"

"What's the matter, I'm not Cao Ying, do I still want Mei to quench my thirst?" Qin Lin glanced at the fat man with a wicked smile.

Our Qin Lin Qin Chief is indeed not Cao Mengde, he is not a liar, and he really invited everyone to dinner when he arrived in Longyou County - Longyou hair cake, glutinous rice pig intestines, and tofu flowers are all local specialty snacks, bought directly on the street, and it took a stick of incense from the beginning of eating to putting down the bowl, and he casually confused his stomach.

"Well, the official has not lost his word, have the brothers eaten enough?" Qin Lin wiped the corners of his mouth with the back of his hand, and then asked very sincerely.

The brothers of the official school immediately admired Chief Qin, especially the local official school in Zhejiang Province, isn't it, Qin Shaobao is indeed not looking at Mei to quench his thirst, but he drew a watermelon for everyone, and as a result, he gave a cherry, even if he ate the fastest, he was only five or six points full.

However, Lu Yuanzhi Niu vigorously comforted everyone with a few old brothers, my chief Qin is such a person, there is something in front of him, he can eat steamed buns and cold water, and when he is done, he will invite everyone to delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Haha, Qin Lin led the crowd straight to the county office.

A large group of Ti rode to Longyou County, and their own land guards and native soldiers went to tell the county magistrate that before Qin Lin walked to the gate of the county office, a white-faced eight-character bearded seven-grade official came out from the eight-character wall, and made a smile on his face: "Qin sent Qin Shaobao to come, and the county has lost its welcome, forgive your sins!" Xiaguan Luo Dongyan met Qin Shaobao. ”

Qin Lin raised his eyes and took a look, and immediately knew that Luo Dongyan's attitude was neither sincere nor sincere, it could be regarded as hot on the outside and cold on the inside, with a bit of perfunctory taste. After all, Qin Lin is a military minister in brocade, and he can't control the civil official county, and Qin sent to inspect the southeast sea opening matters, this Longyou County is located in the mountainous area of western Zhejiang, and the sea can't be opened to him.

So Qin Lin stopped being polite to him, and told him bluntly that a Du shopkeeper sent by Yingzhou Xuanfu to Longyou County died in the inn, and he came for this.

"Ah, this official also knows about this, didn't that Du shopkeeper die of illness?" Luo Dongyan blinked in confusion.

As a magistrate, he has the responsibility of a herdsman, and he does not want to have a life case no matter what, and if there is a case, the magistrate has failed to complete the task of moral education, and if he can't solve the case, he is even more stupid and incompetent...... "Whether he died of illness or not is difficult to say!" Qin Lin was not polite at all, and immediately ordered Luo Dongyan to dispatch arresters and errands who were familiar with the local situation to cooperate in handling the case.

Not only cooperated, since Qin Lin said that there might be other feelings behind this matter, Luo Dongyan couldn't sit still, so he had to follow behind Qin Lin and consciously act as a little follower.

Du's shopkeeper lived in the Shunxing Inn in the city before his death, and also took a group of guys, and now he died suddenly, the group of guys divided two people back to Hangzhou to report the news, and the rest of the people thought that the Shunxing Inn was unlucky, and chose another inn in the city to live, and Du's coffin was parked in the City God Temple.

Qin Lin sent people to find the group of guys, and ordered the local arrester to take the official school brothers to the Chenghuang Temple to guard the body of the shopkeeper Du, and he took Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali and went straight to the Shunxing Inn.

There are five upper rooms on the second floor of this inn, the windows face the street, the door is open on the inside, connected by a corridor, and the stairs lead to the ground floor.

There were the county lords and the fast catchers, the innkeepers, the shopkeepers, and the little two who served tea and water, and so on, all of which were quickly found.

Qin Lin asked Xiao Er to open the door of the room, and suddenly a stale smell came to his face, thinking that this was a room where people had died, maybe it was the breath of death, and everyone's faces became a little unsightly.

Luo Dongyan felt that his shoulder was tapped twice, and he immediately trembled nervously.

"Don't worry, it's just that the room has been locked up for a few days, and it smells a little musty," Qin Lin smiled and looked calm.

It's not that the corpse is rotting and deteriorating, it's just that in the rainy season in Jiangnan, the doors and windows of the room are closed and damp and moldy.

"Hey, Brother Qin, look at this window!" Lu Yuanzhi pointed to the closed window and muttered: "A patient, it's the rainy season again, and if the window is tightly closed, he won't be depressed?" ”

Qin Lin nodded, and swept the people in the inn with a cold and electric gaze: "Since the death of Shopkeeper Du, have there been any other guests living in this room, and have you touched the things in the room?" ”

The innkeeper's surname is Cui, he is a tall and thin man, and when he heard the words, he knelt on the ground, and sighed to the emperor: "Master Qincha, the villain is very wronged!" Open the inn just to make some money, I didn't expect that the shopkeeper Du from out of town got seriously ill and died in the room, everyone said that the small inn was unlucky, and even the ghost didn't come to the door these days, where are the new guests willing to live in the room of the person who just died? Master Qincha, you have to make decisions for the little people......"

Be in charge, what is the master? Could it be that Qin Lin can still attract customers for you? It's nothing more than this person who advances and retreats, regardless of the 3721 first complaining about grievances and grievances, and picking himself up while he is ready.

The shopkeeper of the inn also knelt down, and said with a bitter face: "So that the master of Qincha knows that since he killed someone, except for the shopkeeper Du's own guys who carried the corpse out, no one has gone in to clean up, anyway, he can't live in new guests, who is willing to bother with that effort?" We're also very unlucky. ”

Qin Lin smiled, and didn't care about him so much, after getting a positive answer, he touched his chin and thought: "This is Jiangnan in the rainy season, and there is a musty smell in the room when the window is closed, hum......"

Could it really be that he killed? Lu Yuanzhi and Niu Dali glanced at each other, and both of them were a little excited.

But then I asked the group of guys under the shopkeeper Du, but the confession I got did not support this conclusion.

There were four people left here by Wufeng Maritime Merchant, and then they were found, the first one was a rough man named Jiang Chaosheng, the second white-faced and handsome young man was called Shen Langfei, the third short and stout man was called Han Haizhou, and the last yellow-faced middle-aged man was called Yang Boping.

The relationship between Qin Lin and the owner of Wufeng is completely an open secret, these four guys kowtowed three times when they met, Jiang Chaosheng was a loud voice, and before Qin Lin could ask, he said first: "Qin Shaobao, why are you here too?" What about our Jin Xuanwei? Hey, as soon as the old shopkeeper Zheng dies, our purchase of copper coins will be delayed......"

Shen Langfei was a little more obedient, so he pulled him and reminded him in a low voice: "Qin Shaobao hasn't asked yet, big brother, what are you anxious about?" ”

Jiang Chaosheng just woke up, smiled and rubbed his hands, quite embarrassed.

Qin Lin looked at these people, and suddenly threw out a question: "Let me ask you, how did the old shopkeeper Zheng die?" ”

Shen Langfei, Han Haizhou, and Yang Boping were all stunned.

"Sick to death, of course to death!" Jiang Chaosheng opened his eyes, as if he didn't understand why Qin Lin asked like this, "The old shopkeeper arrived in Longyou, and as soon as he released the wind, he suddenly got dysentery, ran out of his stomach, and had to pull several times a day. ”

"So, his illness is getting worse gradually, not all at once?" Qin Lin asked again.

All four guys said it was.

Could it really be that he died of illness? Lu Yuanzhi scratched his scalp.

Qin Lin squinted his eyes, "So, when he died, you were all there?" I mean the time when I'm dying! ”

No, no, no, all four guys shook their heads like rattles.

(To be continued)