Yin Zhu was invited to Li Haoquan's duty room and greeted Li Yuanchen, and Li Haoran told Yin Zhu about Li Gongzi's intention.

Yin Zhu thought for a while, and then said: "Although Shuntianfu is what the adults say, we are not the only ones who can take people, the Tuiguan's side, as well as the Qing Military Department, can accept cases, and go on business trips to raise people, and they are all under the banner of Shuntianfu." We didn't take any action on our side, but I don't know if they had it on their side, otherwise, I'll now ask someone to go to the Qing Army Hall and Tuiguantangkou to inquire about it, and see if they did it. ”

Of course, Li Yuanchen also knew this truth, nodded and said: "This is the best, then there will be Brother Lao Yin." ”

"Li Gongzi is polite, and it is also within the scope of the following." Li Qiongying is now living in the back house of the mansion, and she is not clear with her own adult, and she will become a flat wife, so Li Yuanchen is her uncle, and this face is to be given.

At that moment, Yin Zhu sent his subordinates to inquire about the Qing Army Hall and the Tuiguan Hall respectively.

It didn't take long for the current errand to go to the Qing Army Hall to come back and report, the Qing Army Hall was very idle today, and there were no cases. After waiting for a while, the messenger who went to the magistrate's side came back to report.

"Qi Qi is the chief catcher, the little one just went to the official lobby to inquire, I heard that over there, there is a lot of movement today, it is someone from the British government who came to report the case, as if it was suing Li Ji Satin Zhuang for robbing their silk goods, and killing a lot of people. Only then did the magistrate send someone to raid Li Ji Satin Village, and Shicai ordered someone to raid the Li family's house in Beijing. ”

After hearing this, Li Yuanchen's heart fluttered for a while, and when Yin Zhu sent the messenger down, he hurriedly looked at Yin Zhu and said: "Brother Yin, this is purely a false accusation, how can my Li family send someone to rob the British duke's silk goods, and besides, how can my Li family have the courage to do so." ”

Yin Zhu said: "I naturally believe in Li Gongzi, but the stakes are very high, and I don't dare to make the decision, otherwise otherwise, I will immediately send someone to inform the adults and ask the adults to decide." ”

Li Yuanchen also knew that Yin Zhu really couldn't be the master of such things, so he nodded and said, "It can only be like this." Brother Yin, I'm tired. ”

Yin Zhu nodded and said, "Brother Li, this matter is very important, I think that if this is not the case, you will go to the yamen of the Criminal Department and report the situation to your lordship." ”

Li Haoquan also knew that this matter was not small, so he agreed to come down and immediately went to the yamen of the criminal department.

In addition to Tong Guan's transfer to the head of the chief catcher, Wang Shun, Li Chen, and Zhao Jing were transferred to the team leader, even the door officials were replaced by Yue Su, and the more powerful people in the Shuntian Mansion were used. After all, he is still a person from Shuntianfu, and he is better than the criminal department's own envoys, and the doorman is also a relatively important position, which can record people coming in and out.

Once the Son of Heaven and a courtier, no one understands this truth, and the other officials of the Criminal Department naturally did not speak up. Moreover, Yue Su did not resign those people, but just changed positions, and those who had no grade were not what the boss said.

The current criminal department officials knew Li Haoquan, and when they saw him coming, they invited him in without waiting for the soldiers guarding the door to interrogate. Yue Su also instructed that anyone who came from Shuntianfu was a first-class person, and he didn't need to pass it on, and he could go directly to his office room.

Li Haoquan rushed to Yue Su's duty room, and after entering the door, he saw the number of rites, and told Li Yuanchen's arrival truthfully, Yue Su listened to it, and also felt that the matter was very important, the status of the British Duke in Yanjing City, he knew, if it was really the Li family who robbed other people's goods, this Lou Zi would be bigger.

After several contacts with Li Yuanchen, Yue Su deeply felt that the Li family was by no means an ordinary businessman. Li Yuanchen can give himself so many ideas, and he can easily buy off those scholars and Qingliu, and the means can be seen. From these things, Yue Su could even be sure that it was the Li family who helped him kill Zou Jiaren in Kaifeng City.

This secret, no one around Yue Su knows, but Li Qiongying knows it, and she helped herself in Zou Mansion at the beginning.

can send someone to kill Zou Jiaren to extinguish his mouth, there must be dead people in the house, such people are extremely unreliable, for the sake of interests, I am afraid there is nothing that cannot be done. said that they went to rob the British duke's silk goods, Yue Su didn't dare to be straightforward and determined, this matter had nothing to do with the Li family.

After hesitating, Yue Su still decided to go back and investigate thoroughly in person. On the side of the Criminal Department, there are no public cases that need to be tried by themselves at the moment, and the files sent from other places cannot be read in one day.

Settle down, beckoned Tie Qiu, Wu Jiuteng, and Zheng Shisan to accompany him, and immediately rushed back to Shuntian Mansion. Back in Shuntian Mansion, Yue Su ascended to the seat in the main hall, invited Li Yuanchen to sit down, and ordered Zhang Wei to go to the official side and invite Shi Youming to come to the house.

Zhang Wei was famous when he went to invite, and Yue Su looked at Li Yuanchen, who was in the lower hand, and asked, "Brother Xian, what's going on?" ”

"Brother, this is nothing at all, my Li family has always been above board and upright in business, how could I send someone to rob the silk goods on the British Mansion halfway. This kind of thing, give us the Li family a few dares, and we don't dare. Li Yuanchen said.

Yue Su nodded and said: "Brother Xian's words, Brother Wei is naturally trustworthy, but there is one point, Brother Wei doesn't understand, why doesn't the British Duke say that others robbed his family's silk goods, but say that it is your Li family?" ”

"This ......" yes, why don't you say that it was robbed by other families, but you want to say that it is the Li family? How shrewd Yue Su is, he asked the point in one sentence, Li Yuanchen understood that Yue Su was not a master who was easy to fool, if he didn't tell him about the general situation, he really couldn't make Lord Yue credulous. And the current matter is not a trivial matter, if you don't show sincerity, let Lord Yue help.

Li Yuanchen groaned for a moment and said, "Brother, can you take a step to speak." ”

Seeing that Li Yuanchen was about to confide in some important information, Yue Su nodded and said, "Brother Xian, then the back hall please." After speaking, he stood up and turned towards the back of the warm pavilion.

Li Yuanchen also got up to lead, and the two went to the back hall together, there was no one else here, and Yue Su did not sit down after going to the public case, but just sat on the chair with Li Yuanchen.

Li Yuanchen is not an ink person, after sitting down, without waiting for Yue Su to ask, he said directly: "Brother, don't hide it, our Li family also has some industries in the capital, such as Li Ji Satin Village in the city, which was opened by the younger brother's family. Merchants for profit, is inevitable, the younger brother's home in Huguang, according to the south is nearer, into the silk goods, are all superior, plus the handicraft is exquisite, satin village in Beijing opened, it will open the situation. At that time, when the store was opened, there was a Hongci satin village on the street, but the details were not ascertained, and it was later learned that it was a British public property. Originally, the business of Hongci Satin Village was not bad, but since the opening of the trumpet, the business gradually became lighter, and when the trumpet opened a branch in Beijing, and some other silk merchants poured into Beijing, the business of Hongci Satin Village plummeted. In the capital, the slightly larger shops, which do not have a little backstage, so, the big guys also reached a consensus, never bully, and each has its own ability to buy and sell, but it is also peaceful. The British public family has a big business, and it is naturally big-minded, and it has never cared about it. This time, the British duke said that his goods were robbed by my family, and the younger brother was also very puzzled, what is the financial strength of my Li family, and my brother also knows, do you say that my family is going to offend such characters as the British duke for a little silk goods? ”

Li Yuanchen's words are true and false, most of them are true, but only one is false, that is, he said that before opening the store, he didn't know that Hongci Satin Village was the property of the Zhang family. What kind of character is Li Wenzhang, I don't dare to say that my understanding of Yanjing City can catch up with Dongchang and Jinyiwei, but basically I still know the details.

However, his Li family still does this, it is not just for wealth, the Li family is not short of silver, this is another purpose. But this purpose, without his father's permission, he would not tell Yue Su.

After listening to Li Yuanchen's story, Yue Su also felt some truth, as Li Yuanchen said, the Li family is not short of money, if it is just for some small profits in business, to offend predators such as the British public, it is really worth the loss.

Yue Su thought about it, but still felt that this case should be investigated from the beginning, first find the place where the silk goods were robbed, and then follow the vine.

At this time, Tie Qiu came to spread the word, saying that the official had arrived and was waiting in the main hall. Yue Su asked Li Yuanchen to stay in the back hall and go to the main hall on his own.

When he arrived at the hall, he was not allowed to salute first, and Yue Su said "excuse me" and asked him to sit down.

After sitting down, it is inevitable that there is some rapid heartbeat, Lord Yue's name is too loud, when he was in Henan, when the 'fire sign' arrived, it could basically scare people half to death. In the capital, it is very rare to meet with officials alone, and once they are summoned alone, it is estimated that nothing good will happen. Especially at this juncture, according to reason, Lord Yue should be in the Criminal Department, how could he suddenly come back for no reason, and look for himself by name.

is not angry and arrogant, it is very appropriate to describe Yue Su. Shi Youming looked at Yue Su nervously, and asked cautiously, "I don't know what the adults have to tell when they meet the junior officials?" ”

"It's not a big deal, it's just a case that I want to ask you about." Yue Su said lightly.

Ask the case? From time to time, the famous muttered in his heart, isn't it for the case of the British public? If this is the case, everything is okay to say, I am afraid that Yue Su will ask about other cases. Shi Youming said cautiously again: "The case that the adult wants to ask is ......"

"I just heard from the people below that you sent someone to raid a few silk villages in the city, what's going on?" Yue Su asked.

"Ah...... It turned out to be this ......" Seeing that it was really a case to ask the British Princess, Shi Youming breathed a sigh of relief and said: "My Excellency, this is the case, the steward of the British Mansion came with a post from the lord, saying that his silk goods were robbed by Li Ji Satin Village, and he also killed many people. Therefore, the lower officials sealed Li Ji Satin Village and interrogated him in detail. ”

"It is said that the people of Li Ji Satin Village robbed the silk goods of the British Mansion, is there any evidence?" Yue Su asked.

"Yes. According to the steward of the Guogong Mansion, he witnessed the Li family's people go to rob their silk goods and kill all the people who escorted the silk goods. Shi Youming said firmly.

"See for yourself?" Yue Su pondered for a moment, wondering in his heart, "Since the people of the Li family can kill all the people who guard the silk goods, how can they leave him alone without killing him?" There must be something strange about this. So, Yue Su said, "Okay, bring the steward of the Guogong Mansion to the court." The main department will ask questions in person. ”

(To be continued)