Xie Lun glanced at the corpse with disdain, and glanced away: "Generally, there are people who freeze to death, and the victims here will collect the burial by themselves, and no one will collect the corpse here, it is estimated that he has done something angry and resentful." ”

"But this person was obviously killed by him, not a person who froze to death, you look at the bruises on his neck!" Xue Chang was a little anxious and pointed to the dead man on the ground.

Xie Lun took a closer look, sighed, then closed his eyes and thought: "I don't know about this, it seems that I have to ask a disaster victim." ”

Xue Changzheng was worried that he couldn't find anyone to ask, as soon as he came, those victims were afraid that they would not be able to dodge, and now that there was someone familiar with this place to help, he was naturally happy to see it.

I saw the black-faced man in front of him beckoning into the distance, and a young man who looked quite energetic but was very thin trotted towards this side.

Taking advantage of the fact that the young man hadn't come yet, Xue Chang simply asked again: "These people are all beggars, why does Brother Xie say that they are disaster victims?" ”

Xie Lun said: "There are lazy people in this world, and those are real beggars." These people were displaced because of the snowstorm, and if they were given land, they would be able to build a beautiful home in three to five years. So in Xie's eyes, they are not beggars, just disaster victims. ”

After speaking, he added embarrassedly: "Don't hide it from Brother Wei, this is still said by General Zhang, and I heard it from other places, and I thought it made sense, so I kept it in my heart." ”

The young man had already arrived in front of him, and he was standing beside Xie Lun and was careful about Xue Chang.

Xue Chang smiled slightly, and said to the young man: "Little brother, don't be afraid, we are not bad people. ”

The young man stared at Xue Chang with a wary face: "Mr. Xie is not a bad person, I know, I don't know if you are a bad person." ”

These words made Xue Chang feel extremely embarrassed, but fortunately, Xie Lun relieved him of the siege: "Ah Si, don't talk nonsense." Do you know what is going on with this man on earth? Aren't you afraid of the plague on weekdays, and when someone dies, someone from the yamen will come to collect the burial? ”

The young man glanced at the corpse on the ground with contempt: "This kind of scum, even if it is rotten, no one will collect it for him." ”

Xue Changqi said: "Oh, could it be that this person is really some kind of heinous person? ”

Ah Si looked at Xie Lun and didn't speak.

has lived at the bottom of society since he was a child, which makes him instinctively resist these people in brocade clothes. The reason why he doesn't have so much resistance to Xie Lun is because this is a businessman who will give money to save people. And the person in front of him, who looks older than himself, looks like Lord Yin of Quang Ninh Mansion in his gestures.

Xie Lun hurriedly said: "Ah Si, if you know, just say that this Mr. Wei is not a bad person. ”

Ah Si nodded, raised his leg and kicked the corpse: "This grandson is also a person from Sifang Street, and he usually doesn't care if he is lazy, he is all from the door of the house, and everyone will not treat him well."

Grandpa has a kind heart, and sometimes he will receive porridge for him.

But this grandson is not a thing, the aunt of the Liu family at the end of the street is sick, so Tongxiang's little girl will take care of it. This guy ran to help, everyone thought she had changed her temperament, but she didn't expect this guy to be unpredictable, and he actually took advantage of Aunt Liu's illness to do something to Tongxiang.

It was a big night, and Tongxiang's girl was threatened and didn't dare to speak out, and this grandson succeeded.

But the next day, Tongxiang hanged herself, if it weren't for the Liu family's aunt who had been lying on the hospital bed to witness it, we wouldn't have known that there was such a scum in this square street.

After the aunt of the Liu family knew that Tongxiang was dead, she didn't come up in one breath and followed along. The neighbors gathered some manpower together, and the adults of Jinyiwei bought a coffin, and this time let the two poor people be buried in the ground.

Commander Fan took this kid down, and when he sent him back, he was already dead. ”

After listening to a story, Xue Chang also felt a lot of emotion, at least in the capital, he couldn't see this kind of scene.

However, as soon as he heard that this matter was related to Jinyiwei, he immediately came to his senses: "It's a big thing for people to die, and you can't let him be put here like this!" Even if he wants to be punished, death is already the greatest punishment for him, and it is better to throw it in the suburbs than to throw it here. ”

Ah Si said nonchalantly: "With Doctor Li here, we are not afraid of getting sick!" Besides, Doctor Li said that if the corpse is exposed for three days, there will be no epidemic. Who is Mr. Wei, who seems to be very interested in this Li Ergou? ”

Xue Chang smiled dryly: "I'm not interested, I just think it's strange, there is a little brother Lao." ”

As he spoke, he took out an ingot of about two taels of silver from his sleeve and handed it to Ah Si.

But Ah Si didn't accept it, pushed his hand back and said: "General Zhang said that there is no merit and no luck, Ah Si just said a few words, but he didn't dare to ask for Mr.'s silver." ”

This move surprised Xue Chang, you must know that these two taels of silver can make a family of four comfortably spend two months of silver. If it were an ordinary beggar, I am afraid that I would have been grateful a thousand times, but the young man in front of him looked thin, but he felt so tall.

Xie Lun also helped Ah Si and said, "Brother Wei, let's take it back!" Although the people here are poor, they have pride in their bones. General Zhang has been here once, and I don't know what to say to these young people, anyway, these boys are talking now, basically a mouthful of General Zhang. ”

In desperation, Xue Chang had no choice but to take back the silver tael, and patted Ah Si's shoulder with a smile: "Yes, people are not short of ambitions, good!" ”

Knowing the bad deeds of that dead man, Xue Chang had no idea of continuing to defend it, and talked with Xie Lun while walking. That Xie Lun is worthy of going south and north to do business, and the customs and customs of many places are very familiar, and he speaks with a little Jianghu atmosphere, but it makes people feel very bold.

The two talked happily, and after walking out of Sifang Street, they happened to meet Zhu Wei, who came to look for him. Afraid that the other party would say something wrong, Xue Chang took the lead and shouted: "Oh, Brother Zhu, I can be regarded as looking for you." I was wandering around, I went to the wrong place just now, but fortunately I met this Brother Xie, otherwise Wei was afraid that he would not be able to get out of that square street. ”

Sifang Street, nominally a street, is actually a slum that includes the City God Temple.

It was the old town of Quang Ninh City, which is now largely abandoned, and the streets there are not even streets. If you really want to compare, Sifang Street is hell, and the other streets of Quang Ninh City are paradise.

Xue Chang's words cleverly told Zhu Wei where he went, and cleverly told the other party that he used a pseudonym.

Moreover, with the premise of the title of Square Street, Xie Lun will not doubt him. After all, for those who have just arrived in Quang Ninh City, it is really not so easy to get out of the remote square street full of thatched houses.

Zhu Wei understood and pretended to be very anxious: "Oh, Brother Wei, the big guys are looking for you!" Seeing that it's almost time to eat, you haven't come back yet, but I'm in a hurry. ”

Xue Chang scolded with a smile: "You, you! As soon as I came out, I talked about the meal, and I wasn't afraid to make people laugh when I said it. ”

Zhu Wei rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm really hungry!" ”

Xue Chang ignored his call, and said to Xie Lun: "Let Brother Xie smile, my brother has always liked to eat, this study tour, he has traveled a lot of places, and he also called him hungry all the way." ”

Xie Lun smiled and said: "It's okay, I have seen a lot of people in the south and north, and this Brother Zhu is also a man of temperament." ”

"I don't know if Brother Xie knows if there is a place to taste tea in this Guangning City, so I don't want to be the east, please ask Brother Xie to drink tea and talk about it." Xue Chang very politely extended an invitation to Xie Lun.

Xie Lun's face was embarrassed: "Oh, it's really unfortunate, I will ask the General Military Mansion to send something to Master Zhang later, but I can't go to the appointment." ”

Xue Chang's face changed slightly, and then he said very indifferently: "It's okay, Brother Xie has been busy beforehand." ”

Several people parted ways, Xie Lun headed in the direction of the General Soldier's Mansion, while Zhu Wei and Xue Chang walked in the opposite direction.

After turning around the street, several other people also gathered together, and everyone found a small teahouse that was not very conspicuous and asked for a private room and began to discuss.

Everyone sat down, and Xue Chang took the lead in asking: "Everyone has also walked around, can you find any useful clues?" ”

Hong Xiu and another imperial historian glanced at each other, stood up and said: "This Guangning City looks very loose, but when it comes to Zhang Ru, it seems to be a monolith, and almost everyone is talking about Zhang Ru's goodness. ”

Xue Chang looked at Zhu Wei again, Zhu Wei stood up and said: "This thing is a little weird, I saw a lot of people along the way, but everyone seemed to be disgusted by me asking about Zhang Ru. There are also many merchants in the city, and many surrounding mountain people take out old ginseng, mink and other precious items to sell. But looking at it like that, these merchants seem to be from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Beijing, and the price they give is not too fair, but it can satisfy those mountain people.

I asked a few people, but nothing useful. ”

Xue Chang frowned and said, "It seems that before we came, the news had leaked. ”

Hong Xiu echoed: "It's possible, that Zhang Ru is young, but he is holding the Jinyiwei in his hand, and the news of the capital has not been able to hide the Jinyiwei." ”

Zhu Wei asked, "Lord Xue can I find out any useful news?" ”

Xue Chang told everything he had seen and heard, including the news that he found out from Xie Lun's mouth after meeting Xie Lun.

Zhu Wei's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This is a great opportunity!" No matter what mistake the dead person made, at least, this is evidence that Zhang Ru set up a torture hall privately and disregarded human life. ”

Xue Chang glanced at him angrily: "There are many officials in Beijing who don't listen to orders, and those people do things but ask for a conscience." And in the absence of evidence, even if Zhang Ru is impeached on this ground, who will believe it. ”

Zhu Wei didn't listen to Xue Chang's words at all, what he was thinking about now was to be able to rise to the top with Zhang Ru's matter.

Therefore, he said very arbitrarily: "I don't believe it, with the promise of benefits, those Diao people will not come forward to testify." As long as someone testifies, I will see where he Zhang Ru fled this time. ”