"The subordinates and the Xue Ba brothers first found the neighbors of Mrs. Wang's house to inquire, and most of the fields in the entire Wang Village belonged to Mrs. Wang's family, and most of the people in the village rented Mrs. Wang's fields to plant." Dong Chao said.

Xiaoyun exclaimed: "My God, this Mrs. Wang is so rich, and the fields of the entire Wang Village belong to her family?" ”

"Not only that, but even the mountains and forests of Wang Village, most of the weir ponds belong to the Wang family!" Dong Chao said.

"What is the reputation of this Mrs. Wang among the neighbors? What's the impact of not paying it back? Feng Manlou asked.

Dong Chao said: "Mrs. Wang is very benevolent and righteous, many people in the village are helped by her, and the bridge and paving in the village are all funded by Mrs. Wang, and she often helps the lonely elderly, and the people in the village love her very much!" ”

Feng Manlou asked again, "What else?" ”

Xue Ba said: "Let's talk about it from my subordinates, look at what he said!" The subordinates inquired that Mrs. Wang had moved to Wang Village ten years ago, because her surname was Wang, and everyone called her Mrs. Wang. After Mrs. Wang arrived in Wang Village, she bought land everywhere and overhauled the house. Everyone thinks she's mysterious! ”

Dong Chao said: "What is mysterious? Where is the mystery? ”

Feng Manlou smiled and said, "What are you arguing about?" Didn't you inquire about what happened in Madame Wang's house? Is there any pattern, and is there anything strange happening during this time? ”

Xue Ba hurriedly said, "Yes." Mrs. Wang hardly goes out on weekdays, but often at night, when it gets dark, a man in his thirties comes to spend the night and leaves as soon as it is dawn. And on the day of the murder, the man also came, but no one saw him leave, he should have left at night! ”

"Oh? Who is that man, have you inquired? Feng Manlou asked.

Xue Ba said: "I have inquired, the neighbors don't know each other, but every time they come from the direction of the city gate, and they leave from the direction of the city gate at dawn, and they are still very handsome." We heard from the mouths of the Wang family that this man is the male master of the Wang family. I only know the surname Long, I don't know what the name is. Everyone calls him Master Chang! ”

"The surname is Long, everyone calls him Master Chang?" The wind is full of buildings, and the face is full of confusion.

Xue Ba said: "That is, we have been investigating for a long time, but we only know that this person is from Yuhang City, and I don't know where he is going!" ”

Feng Manlou asked again: "Then has you checked the background of this Mrs. Wang?" ”

Xue Ba said: "I have also checked, but no one knows at all, there is only one person who knows Mrs. Wang's background, and that is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Liu, who has been killed, Qiuhua!" However, we also learned from the mouths of the subordinates that Mrs. Wang's name is Wang Zhen! ”

Feng Manlou asked some more questions, but he couldn't ask any clues, so he didn't pay attention. At this time, Sun Hu and Wang Ying also returned.

"I'm dying of thirst, drink some water!" Sun Hu's first sentence was this sentence.

Feng Manlou saw that the two of them were out of breath, and he was not in a hurry, and when the two of them rested for a while, he heard Sun Hu say: "My lord, my subordinates visited Yuhang and several nearby villages, and the carpenters found a lot, and there were not many famous carpenters at all, and they all had witnesses to prove that they were all at home last night. ”

Feng Manlou said: "It's okay, everyone have a good rest." ”

After speaking, he said to Dong Chao again: "You go to Mrs. Wang's house to stare outside, and if you find that Master Chang, you will stare at me, and then follow the vine to find out which kind of fairy this Master Chang is!" ”

Dong Chao got the order, and without a word of complaint, he started to act.

At noon the next day, he didn't get up until the sun was three poles up, and Feng Manlou got up, and instructed the other three people and Dong Chao to take turns to monitor the Wang family's house, and then took Xiaoyun to the banquet of Bao Ping's house.

Today's Feng Manlou is just wearing a casual clothes, and the casual clothes are different from the ones a few days ago, just very ordinary civilian clothes, a pair of poor scholar's equipment, Xiaoyun still wears his own scholar's clothes.

When he came to the gate of the Bao family, the little guy at the door saw the two of them, and his face suddenly fell.

Looking at such a poor Xiucai, it is estimated that there are no valuable gifts, if it weren't for the invitation, this little guy wondered if this kid was here to mix rice and eat.

After the wind filled the building and entered, there was a person receiving a congratulatory gift at the door, Xiaoyun handed over five times the money, and a housekeeper who received the gift and kept the account looked at it, five times the money! The people who came to congratulate today are not the rich businessmen of Yuhang, or the surrounding gentry, who have the fewest people, and the gift money is not less than ten times, and there are actually five times!

The housekeeper who kept the accounts asked lukewarmly, "What is your surname?" ”

Feng Xiaoyun said: "My son-in-law's surname is Feng!" ”

The housekeeper didn't ask for his name, but just wrote: "Prince Yu Hangfeng, congratulations five times!" ”

Xiaoyun looked at it and said, "My young master is from Zhushan!" ”

The housekeeper has already written it, and he doesn't plan to change it, it is estimated that such a poor talent, the old man and the young master will not often communicate in the future, and there is no need to return the gift, so he doesn't care.

When the two entered, they found that the banquet in the courtyard had been arranged from the hall of the room to the courtyard. Of course, the seating arrangement must be a character with a head and a face, and he will sit in it.

As for people like themselves, they can only sit at the end. Not only the end, but also the most remote corner.

Xiaoyun was very unaccustomed to it, and said: "Young master, why don't you reveal your identity, so that at least you won't end up in such a situation!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "Young master, I am free of my truth." Let's come here today just to see what kind of character this Bao Ping and this Young Master Bao are. ”

In fact, the most important thing is to see who is close to this Baoping, who used to be the contractor of the dam repair every year, and has nothing to do with it in the Yamen, how is it possible?

Of course, that's not the point, the point is, what has become of this dam? Tofu slag project!

Xiaoyun said: "Isn't our gift money a little small, young master, you see that people are giving away one hundred and fifty times, and we only give five times, it's a shame to say it!" ”

Feng Manlou said: "What do you know, five times for money, you can buy seven or eight quintals of white rice, a family of three, if you save a little, it is enough to eat for half a year!" ”

Sure enough, Feng Manlou guessed correctly, and after a while, he heard the little guy at the door shouting, "Master Jiang has arrived." ”

The middle-aged man I saw in Huitong Qianzhuang yesterday hurriedly put down what he was doing and greeted him with a smile, followed by a person about twenty-five or sixteen years old, who should be his son, today's protagonist.

"Master Jiang, if you miss the distance, please inside, please inside!" Bao Ping said with a smile.

Jiang Yufeng arched his hand and said, "Congratulations to the contractor!" Hey, this is the new master? ”

Bao Ping hurriedly said: "This is the dog, Xuan'er, why don't you hurry up and see Master Jiang?" ”

Bao Xuan also politely clasped his fists and saluted: "I've seen Master Jiang!" ”

Jiang Yufeng said with a smile: "The old man is too modest, but now he is a person of merit and fame, and he chases a lot of horses in the next place!" ”

Although the number of people admitted to the imperial examination has increased, the number is far from increasing to thousands at every turn, and the people are also in an era with considerable status, and they can also have the right to choose, if they do not want to be admitted to the Jinshi, they can directly accept the official position appointed by the imperial court.

However, like the people who directly accept the official positions appointed by the imperial court, they are generally the smallest officials from the ninth grade, and the better ones are just the county seat of an inferior county, needless to say, if they are sent to the post station to be a post officer, it will be almost the worst.

However, he is also an official, although Master Jiang is now a master, in charge of a county's households, and is equivalent to the director of the county finance bureau in later generations, but he is just an official, and he is far from reaching the level of an official.

Therefore, Bao Xuan wanted to pass, and gradually became proud, if it weren't for the good relationship between the Bao family and Jiang Yufeng, I'm afraid they wouldn't bother to pay attention to him now.

Jiang Yufeng also noticed the change in Bao Xuan's demeanor, and felt unhappy for a while. Now I've just been hit by a lifter, so I'm flying and domineering, if I win the Jinshi, then don't you ride on your head to and pee? Therefore, my heart is also full of slander.

Bao Ping didn't notice his son's expression, but he still let Jiang Yufeng into the lobby very affectionately and sat down on the main seat.

At this moment, the little maid who received him outside shouted: "The little lady of the Yang family, the owner of Huitong Qianzhuang, has arrived!" ”

Feng Manlou followed the prestige, but saw that Yang Hongcai had already walked into the gate with the maid Xiao Tao and Su Xiangyue.

Bao Ping hurriedly took his son to greet him. Feng Manlou noticed that Bao Xuan looked at Yang Hongcai's eyes and was stunned.

When Bao Xuan saw Yang Hongcai for the first time, he immediately exclaimed: "What a Peugeot little lady!" ”

However, Yang Hongcai is in Yuhang, everyone knows that she is the wife of Fengzhi County, and no one dares to make up her mind. Bao Xuan knows that although he is a lifter now, Feng Manlou is a jinshi, and he has become an official, and he is still an official of his parents. Now Feng Manlou is not only a county official, but also a current manager, of course, he can't be too reckless.

I just couldn't help but scold in my heart: "A flower is stuck in cow dung!" "If Feng Manlou can read minds, he must be angry!

Although he couldn't beat Yang Hongcai's idea, Bao Xuan found that the woman named Su Xiangyue in the back was even more charming.

This is not a woman who knows the county, so isn't there a chance? Bao Xuan saw that his father greeted Yang Hongcai and a few others, so he took the opportunity to interject: "Bao Xuan has seen Yang Dongjia, little lady Su!" ”

His eyes immediately stared at Su Xiangyue, but he didn't know that Su Xiangyue didn't look at him, but just said, "Raise people, no need to be polite!" ”

However, Bao Xuan didn't seem to hear it, his body kept leaning towards Su Xiangyue's side, and he was cheeky to speak, Feng Manlou was too far away, and he didn't hear anything said. But I seem to feel unhappy for a while! That Bao Xuan's pig brother looks like a womanizer at first glance!

Bao Ping also seemed to notice this, but he didn't stop it, because he knew that this Su Xiangyue was the person next to Yang Hongcai, not a woman who was full of wind, if his son had such a ability to marry such a beautiful woman home, then the relationship with the county magistrate would naturally be much closer.

When the time comes, Yang Hongcai will definitely help to say, and the matter of contracting the embankment project will naturally be settled.

Seeing that his father had no intention of stopping him, Bao Xuan was even more unscrupulous, leading Su Xiangyue and said, "Little lady Su, please, please inside!" ”

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