Hearing someone stop the sedan chair and shout injustice, Yue Su didn't dare to slack off, opened the sedan curtain and asked, "Who stopped the sedan chair and shouted injustice?" ”

As he spoke, he got off the sedan chair and the messenger dodged the road, only to see a middle-aged woman kneeling in front of her, the woman was crying and crying, and when she saw Yue Su, she immediately rushed up and kowtowed, "Master, the women are wronged." ”

"What is your name, and why do you cry out?" Yue Su asked loudly.

"The little woman's mother-in-law's surname is Wang, her mother's family is Qiu's family, and her husband's name is Wang Hong. He said that because his neighbor was sick, he asked my husband to go into the city to report the news, and he got up and went at the third watch. At first I thought that he had something to delay, but after waiting a few days, the people of the city had returned, and asked about the reason, and said that my husband had not come. When the little woman heard this, she was very troubled, and waited two more days, but she did not return, so she went to look for it herself. When I entered the city, I saw a coffin beckoning people to claim it, and the little woman asked someone to read the notice, and the figure, age, and clothes listed were the same as those of my husband Wang Hong. Somehow was killed, such a wrong, please ask the lord to call the shots! As he spoke, he wept bitterly on the ground.

Yue Su saw that what she said was true, so she had to persuade her, and allowed her to solve the case, and rewarded her with two more money, so that she could bring the coffin back, and then the Qiu family retreated.

After returning to the Ya, Yue Su ordered people to take the Zhou family into prison first, and ordered Tong Xuan and Ma Lu to secretly inquire around the Bi family to see how the Zhou family usually behaved and who they often moved around.

After dinner, I got up early the next day, took the golden cicada and reported the news to catch the fast and set off together to find the iron carpenter.

The three of them rode on horseback, and the speed was extremely fast, first led by the messenger, to the field where the man and the man were fighting, and then led by the golden cicada, looking for the mark left by the iron carpenter. Two days later, I came to Shuangfeng Village in Mengshan County. This place is no longer under the jurisdiction of Yuesu.

Jin Cicada was originally a person who went south and north, this Shuangfeng Village once came once, and knew that there was a huge old inn at the mouth of Xizhai, and the guests of land and water all lived in his house, if the iron was here, he would definitely leave a mark there.

The three of them came to the old store of the Zhang family, and sure enough, they saw the mark left by Tie Qiu outside the door, and immediately beckoned Xiao Er to tie the horse and enter the inn. As soon as I found a table to sit down, the shopkeeper came over. "May I ask the guest's surname, where does he come from, and where do he go to do business? The small shop is faithful and business-oriented, and the guests are taken care of, and the snacks and dishes are complete, and the guests are greeted. ”

Yue Su had already prepared his words, and deliberately said: "We are Zhuangke from Henan satin, two months ago from Luoyang, ready to go to Guizhou to collect some silkworm cocoons, but unexpectedly contracted a disease halfway, after the season, I have no choice but to come here, I want to see if there is a favorite goods." I wonder how this year's silk price is compared with previous years? ”

The shopkeeper said: "We are not too far from Guizhou, and I have heard that the price of silk is about 344 or 2 taels of silver per 100 taels. In the past, there were a few silk sellers who passed here, invested in the Xue family firm on South Street, and asked him to sell on his behalf, and I heard that the opening was only 378 taels of silver. In comparison, there is still a half-moon scene from this place to Guizhou, and the journey fee is counted in it, and it is much more affordable to buy it locally. Moreover, Wen Xue's firm not only has expensive silk, but also lake silk. ”

When Yue Su heard this, he pretended to hesitate and said: "Unexpectedly, this year's silk price is cheaper than in previous years. Your local trading house must have always been engaged in this business, whether the market is set by the customer, or the commercial bank makes its own price, and how much does it cost? ”

The shopkeeper said: "Although we are close at hand, every year at this time, we listen to their discussions, some buy and some sell, and the old customers who pass by here know the rules of the business." But the interlacing is like a mountain, and I don't know the details. The guest must be a newcomer to this place, and I don't know the honorable name? ”

Naturally, it is necessary to sign up for hotel accommodation, and it is common for the store to ask, Yue Su just wanted to report his name indiscriminately, but he heard someone shouting: "Big ...... Big...... Brother, you're here......"

Yue Su turned his head to see that it was Tie Qi who walked in from outside the store. Fortunately, when Jin Chan was just talking in Yue Su, his eyes had been staring at the entrance of the store, and he happened to see Tie Qiu enter the door, and when he opened his mouth to shout "Adult", he vigorously colored him before retracting the word "person".

"Tieqiu, I asked you to come to the front station first to see the silk price market, do you have any news?" Yue Su said as he lost a look at Tie Qiu.

Tie Qiu immediately understood, scratched his head with a smile and said, "I just went out to inquire, but I didn't expect to run into you as soon as I came back, let's go to my room and say." ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "It's okay." After speaking, he turned his head to look at the innkeeper, "I'll go into the room with my guy first to talk about the silk price market, and we'll talk later." ”

The shopkeeper also thought that Yue Su was a cautious businessman, so he inquired twice about the price, and then checked. Leave with a smile at the moment.

Yue Su asked Tie Qi to lead the way, went to his room and sat down first, and let the messenger take care of the wind at the door. Then he said, "Well, I can find out the whereabouts of that person." ”

Tie Qiu said with some embarrassment: "I followed here, and saw that the man put two bags of silk in a store called the Xue family firm to sell on behalf of him, and then when he stared at it, I didn't expect that he was very familiar with this place, and he lost his trace after turning around." I've been looking for them on the streets, but I've never come across them. After saying that, Tie Qiu's head was already hanging very low.

Yue Su patted Tie Qiu's shoulder and encouraged: "It's okay, you have already made a great contribution to tracking here, since we know that he consigned the goods in the Xue family firm, we will definitely be able to find it." In this way, wait for you and Jin Cicada to go with me, I want to find out that person, you can verify it by the side, and if it is good, you will take it. ”

"Don't worry, sir." With Yue Su's encouragement, Tie Qiu was excited.

Afterwards, Yue Su ordered some food, everyone ate it, let the messenger stay, and walked to the front hall of the inn with the golden cicada and the iron qiu. Seeing the shopkeeper, Yue Su said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, do you have time at this moment to accompany me to the Xue family's firm?" ”

Seeing Yue Su say this, it is estimated that he intends to go to him to handle the goods, but now that the meal has passed, there are no guests coming to the door, so he said: "It's okay, wait for me to explain a few words, and I will take the guest officer there." ”

After speaking, he instructed Xiao Er to say a few words, lead the way, and lead Yue Su and the three of them to the Xue family firm. Although Tie Qiu also knew the way, Yue Su had other plans, and felt that it was better for the innkeeper to lead the way, so that no one would see through it. Who knows if this Xue family firm and the murderer are on the same road.

I turned two big bends on the street, and came to Nanzhai, which is bigger than Xizhai, and there are shops on both sides of the street. The shopkeeper asked Yue Su to stand down, took the first step to the door, and asked inside, "Second Master Wu, is your housekeeper available?" I have a satin shop in the shop, from Luoyang to here, is expected to Guizhou silk, I heard that the local silk price is cheap, so let me recommend to the treasure bank. The guests are now outside the door. ”

When the man inside heard him say this, he hurriedly replied, "Sixth Master Zhang, please sit inside." Our steward went to Xizhai to meet the guests, and came back in an instant. ”

Yue Su heard it clearly outside, and when he heard that the person in charge was not in the industry, he was even more happy in his heart, so he could probe the guy's tone first. Then he said to the shopkeeper Zhang Liu: "Shopkeeper, we have nothing else to do when we go back, since the steward is not here, it doesn't hurt to go in and sit for a while." At that time, he led the golden cicada and the iron chopper to the line.

Zhang Liu invited Yue Su to sit down, the guy brought tea, reported each other's names, and said a few polite words, and then Yue Su asked: "I just heard from the shopkeeper Zhang, the treasure number has been opened for a year, and it is well-known far and wide. ”

Wu Erdao: "The owner is a local family, who has lived in the village for several generations, and his name is Xue Changbo. I don't know which treasure in Luoyang is the honorable driver? ”

When Yue Su saw him ask this, he smiled secretly in his heart, he was here on a visit to the case, how could he know the store number in Luoyang, and he had never even been to Luoyang so much. Said casually: "Bao Shun satin." ”

Of course, the guy didn't hear about it, but he pretended to be like thunder, and complimented: "It turned out to be a friend of Da Satin, disrespectful and disrespectful." ”

Yue Su saw that he had passed the test in a fool's way, and he was secretly happy in his heart. At this time, a person walked in outside the door, about forty or fifty years old, and when he saw Zhang Liu here, he asked with a smile: "Why does Brother Zhang have time to patronize?" ”

When Zhang Liu heard this, he stood up and said with a smile: "Brother Xue is back, we have a guest from Luoyang, and we are looking forward to it." ”

Wu Er stepped forward quickly and told the owner of Yue Su's intention, Yue Su said a few more greetings, and asked how many passengers and goods are there now, and what the market price is.

Xue Changbo said: "It just so happened that Zunjia came, and recently a guest was in Xiaoxing, this person's surname is Yin, and he is also an old customer for many years. There are goods here, take a look at it first, if you agree, let's talk about the price. ”

Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "That's the best." ”

Xue Changbo asked Wu Er to take out a big bag, and the bag was stamped with the word "Yin Zhu". Open it and look at it, it is full of silk. Yue Su gave Tie Qiu a look and said, "Tie Qiu, you often follow Uncle Hu to do the goods, forgive me and have some eyesight, see how the quality of this goods is?" ”。

Yue Su had something to say, meaning to ask Tie Qiu that this burden was brought by the murderer. Tie Qiu couldn't hear it, took a step forward, looked carefully, and finally said, "It's indeed a good thing." ”

The meaning of Tie Qiu is also clear, confirming that it was brought by the murderer, Yue Su smiled and said: "This product is not bad, I don't know how many are here, and we use a lot of them." ”

"And one more pack." After Xue Changbo finished speaking, he asked Wu Er to take out another big bag. Tie Qiu nodded again to confirm that Yue Su saw that there was nothing wrong, so he said: "These two big bags are just enough, I don't know where this guest is now, please ask him to come over, with the treasure bank to explain the price of silver, and immediately clear the silver goods, so as not to delay the work, and we will go back to pay the business soon." ”

Xue Changbo didn't expect Yue Su to be so happy, and he was happy in his heart, could it be that he had encountered such a deal. Then he said to Wu Er: "Guest Yin is playing cards in Master Li's mansion today, you go and ask him to come over immediately, just say that someone wants to accept the whole package." ”

Wu Er agreed and hurried away, and the shopkeeper Zhang also said goodbye, saying that he was afraid that some customers would invest in the store and delay business.

Yue Su left with him, chatted with Xue Changbo by himself, and secretly made a gesture to Jin Chan and Tie Qiu, as long as he recognized the person who came, he didn't need to ask for instructions, he could do it immediately.

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After waiting for the kung fu to have a stick of incense, Wu Er accompanied a young man to the door, Tie Qi recognized it as the person who pushed the cart, and rushed to the mouth of the golden cicada Nunu, and the golden cicada immediately understood, just waiting for this person to enter the house, and then take it together.

Yue Su also saw the person coming, and saw that this person was seven feet tall, with a black lacquered face, two thick eyebrows, a pair of tiger eyes, fast boots, and a long jacket. Yue Su secretly said in his heart: "Just looking at his appearance, this person doesn't look like a guest who sells smuggling, he is clearly a bandit." ”

Xue Changbo saw that someone was coming, so he hurriedly got up and introduced, "Brother Yin, this is the silk buyer who came from Luoyang Mansion." Have a good talk. ”

The young man walked into the store with Wu Er, and the man was full of the style of a Jianghu person, hugged his fist at Yue Su, and said, "Under the ......"

However, before he could finish speaking, Jin Cicada and Tie Qiu had already rushed forward one by one, attacking left and right. The man was shocked when he saw this, but fortunately he was also agile, stepped back, turned around and ran towards the door. How could the golden cicada and the iron cicada allow him to escape, and pursued him together, divided into front and back, and caught him. Unexpectedly, the man didn't really want to run, but he felt that the outside room was spacious and could spread his fists and feet, and after going out, he would fight with one enemy and two or three.

Yue Su personally went to the door to watch the battle, at this time, the street was already chaotic, seeing someone fighting, they all gathered around, gathered in a circle, there was a good thing and applauded, "Fight, fight!" ”

The man's skills are really not weak, Yue Su can see that if Jin Chan and Tie Qiu fight with him alone, they may not be able to capture him, but fortunately, with two against one, in less than twenty rounds, the man can no longer support it. Jin Cicada seized the gap and kicked the man to the ground, and Tie Qi flew over and was about to hold the man. But the man's experience is really rich, he rolled on the spot, flashed over, jumped up and shouted: "I have no grievances with you, why are you embarrassed by me?" ”

"I'll tell you when I take you down!" Jin Cicada bullied up, kicked a series of kicks, and Tie Qiu responded by the side, once again forcing the man to only parry, and had no power to fight back.

Xue Changbo in the trading house was so frightened when he saw this, fearing that he would die, he ran to Yue Su's side and said, "This ...... This guest, he is my old customer, why didn't he speak, he did it first, what is there to say? ”

"Take it and tell him! This ......" Yue Su glanced at Xue Changbo, and was about to reveal his identity immediately. At this time, I heard a muffled sound in the field, and Jin Cicada smashed his fist into the man's chest, shaking the man to the point that he vomited blood.

Tie Qiu then followed, twisted the man's arm, and was about to be escorted to Yue Su as he spoke. At this juncture, someone rushed over from the crowd and shouted: "Brother Jin, show mercy to your subordinates, they are all your own family!" ”

As soon as the voice fell, everyone turned their heads to look, and the man who was caught by Tie Qi took the opportunity to turn around and slap it, forced Tie Qi to retreat, and rushed to the person who came quickly.

I saw that the person who came was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, tall, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, took two steps forward, walked in front of Jin Cicada, and said: "Brother Jin, you and my brother haven't seen each other for a long time, why do you have time to come here today?" ”

As soon as Jin Chan saw this person, he immediately said happily: "I didn't expect my senior brother to be here, this is the best, capture that person first, let's talk about it later, he is a human life!" ”

It turned out that this person was also a person in the rivers and lakes, and he was out of the same door as the golden cicada teacher, surnamed Li Mingzhong, who was extremely righteous, and his friends on the road gave him a nickname, called Saiyun Chang. Later, he changed his ways and became a land protector in this Shuangfeng Village. Li Zhong was shocked at first when he heard Jin Chan say this, and then dismissed all the onlookers, and then said to Jin Chan: "My brother's name is Yin Zhu, and he is a friend of mine who grew up with me. Why did the brother do something with him, and said that he was a man who was guilty of human life? ”

"This is a long story, my brother is now the head catcher of Yangshuo County, and he follows Lord Yue to avenge the people. I rushed here because of a murder, by the way, this is my family. Jin Chan said, introducing Li Zhong.

Yue Su walked down the steps, Li Zhong took two steps forward and knelt down for Yue Su, "The villain Shuangfeng Zhai protects Li Zhong to greet the adults, welcome the late, and hope to forgive the sin." ”

Yue Su asked him to get up and said, "This is not the place to talk, let's go into the house and talk." ”

When everyone entered the house, Yue Su had already identified himself and sat in the middle, and the rest of the people stood aside. Yue Su looked around, fixed his eyes on Li Zhong, and said: "There was a life case in Shilitun County, the deceased was a silk merchant, and the stolen goods were these two bags of silk goods. ”

Although Yue Su is a Shangguan, he is also a cross-county person, Li Zhong is not under the control of Yue Su, and he has to be polite in his words.

When Li Zhong saw Yue Su's dignitaries, he was in a dilemma, and he didn't know how to say anything. At this time, the young man spoke first: "My lord, this is the foolishness of the villain, this case is really not done by the villain, please also ask the adult to learn from it." Also, the murderer mentioned by the adult, presumably surnamed Qiu, Huguangren's family, where this family lives, the villain knows very well, if the adult believes, the villain is willing to help the adult capture. ”

Yue Su nodded and said, "That person is indeed surnamed Qiu, how do you know, and who is your surname?" ”

"The villain's surname is Yin Mingzhu, he is a local person, if the adult doesn't believe it, you can find someone to ask." Then, Yin Zhu said again: "The person the adult wants to take, his name is Qiu Huaili, and he has a lot of business dealings with me. Every year, he took silk everywhere to run the dock, as long as the price was high, he would sell it to which, although there was no certain place, but it was not out of the left and near provinces. A month ago, I was doing goods in Huangzhou, and I happened to meet him, and I went first, and he came with a young descendant. He said that he was walking on the road alone with a cart, so I came forward to chat, he said that he came to the next generation and died of a violent illness in the middle of the road, and now it is past the season of silk harvesting, and he does not dare to go home, for fear that the family of the future life will find him to ask for someone, and he is in a dilemma. Then he borrowed 200 taels of silver from me, handed over the silk goods to me to sell, and went to the dock elsewhere for the time being. I believed it, so I took the silk goods and gave him two taels of silver, but who knew that he had done such a thing that he had done such a conscience that even I was pitted. ”

"Humph!" Yue Su snorted coldly and said, "According to what you say, he is far away and flying high, how can you know where he is?" ”

"The adults don't know, the villain has a senior brother, who thought that Qiu Huaili was an honest descendant, and gave his sister to him as his wife, who knew that after passing the door, the husband and wife were not harmonious, and he was angry with this wife to death. Later, I heard that he met a widow again and lived in Gushan Town, Wuhuai County. At that time, I didn't pay much attention to it because it was none of my business, but now that I have committed this case, I am willing to take the adult and take him down. Don't look at him and my senior brother have been learning guns and sticks for a few years, even if he has some skills, forgive me and usual, as long as I go, I will be able to catch him. ”

When Yue Su saw that what he said was true, he was also half-convinced, and he couldn't be sure. Jin Chan saw Yue Su's thoughts and said: "My lord, my senior brother has always been cautious in making friends, and the friend who can treat him with all sincerity will never be a villain who kills people and extorts goods. ”

With Jin Chan's words, Li Zhong hurriedly bowed down and said: "The villain is willing to vouch for his life with his family name, and this matter is definitely not done by my brother." ”

Yue Su knew what the golden cicada was, so he didn't hesitate at the moment, nodded and said, "Okay!" Then stay here for one night, and set off for Wuhuai County tomorrow. ”

Yue Su did this, firstly, he believed in the golden cicada, and secondly, he had the intention to sell a favor. It can be said that it is not impossible to go back to Yangshuo County immediately now, and let Old Man Kong recognize people, but in this way, if it is not, Yin Zhu can stand by and watch, help you as a favor, and not help you is duty.

That night, he went to Li Zhong's house to stay, Li Zhong bought wine and food, washed Yue Su's dust, and told Jin Chan about his farewell. At the banquet, Yue Su observed his words and made sure that Li Zhong and Yin Zhu were both straightforward men, and secretly congratulated himself that he had not seen the wrong person.

There was no word all night, and after dawn, everyone set off. Led by Yin Zhu, Yue Su, Jin Chan, Tie Qiu and the messenger went to Wuhuai County together.

The fast horse rushed to Wuhuai County only two days away, this is said to be a galloping horse, and you can already see the towering city tower. Close to the county seat, on the official road, the people flowed, and Yue Su and the others had to slow down.

Looking at both sides of the road, in the rice fields, the people are wielding the scythes of harvesting, recalling that when he was young, Yue Su also went to the fields to work and help his family harvest. At that time, he was in a very happy mood, not looking at the sweat, but smelling the scent of rice, he did not feel tired at all.

As he was walking, Yue Su suddenly felt that something was wrong, many of the people working in the fields were wearing robes, dressed as scholars, looking at their working posture, it seemed that it was the first time to go to the field, and they were in a hurry and clumsy.

In the Ming Dynasty, most of the scholars did not touch the spring water with their fingers, and it was even more impossible to work in the fields. He really couldn't imagine that the folk customs of Wuhuai County were so simple that even scholars could go to the fields when they were busy in autumn.

Continuing forward, there is a tea shed not far away, and there are many crop men sitting in the tea shed, and everyone is chatting, as if this autumn cut has nothing to do with them.

Seeing this scene, Yue Su was even more confused, has the way of the world changed, the scholars went to the field to work, and the croppers went to the tea shed to talk. Yue Su couldn't figure it out, so the surname Suo went to ask for an understanding, and asked everyone to get off the horse, go to the tea shed to rest, and eat a cup of tea before leaving.

Five people sat around a table, and the guys brought teapots and bowls and poured tea for them. With the help of kung fu, Yue Su asked: "Master Tea, we can be regarded as traveling from south to north, no matter where we go, farmers are working in the fields, you Wuhuai County is really strange, why are scholars working in the fields?" ”