Leng Yi's whole body seemed to be twitched, and he sat on the stool with a bang. His eyes stared blankly at the ground, and he couldn't make a sound.

Liao Zhifu walked to the door, stood again, squinted at Leng Yi's pitiful appearance, his face softened slightly, turned around, and said in a long tone: "Leng Zhixian!" ”

Leng Yi seemed to see the night passers-by at dawn, hurriedly got up and went over, and bowed: "Humble duty!" ”

Liao Zhifu glanced at him, sighed again, leaned down, and said in a low voice: "The transfer envoy has already dialed, if you really have no way, you can go to his relationship first, however, you are a small magistrate, you can't see such a court official, this mansion has read you for ten years of hard work, in exchange for a famous official is not easy, I can't bear to see you suffer from this, I can help you and introduce you." However, after the introduction, how to get the transfer envoy to speak for you depends on your own ability! ”

Leng Yi looked stupid as a nerd and looked at Governor Liao's mansion blankly.

Liao Zhifu frowned, thinking, this guy is really stupid, it seems that he can't play dumb riddles for him, so he lowered his voice and said, "Prepare some decent greeting gifts for the transfer envoy, such as jade, jewelry, or something, understand?" ”

Leng Yi sighed, as if he understood, and before Liao Zhifu smiled, he said again: "If I had these, wouldn't I have sold them a long time ago to fill the shortfall?" ”

Liao Zhifu couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Okay, that's what this mansion says, you can do it yourself!" "Say it! The sleeves of his robe flicked away, and he took his entourage and walked away.

Wu Zhutou quietly took a sip and said in a low voice: "Grandma's, fall into the well!" Walked up to Leng Yi and said in a low voice: "Master, our poor care led to the theft of taxes again, it is really our fault, this time, we all pooled money to make up for the shortfall, and we can't let you bear it alone, Master!" - Right? Song deputy catcher? ”

Deputy Song smiled a little embarrassedly, nodded reluctantly, looked very embarrassed, and looked at the other soaps at the door. As soon as those soaps heard about this topic, they immediately walked away like rats.

Leng Yi sighed and said, "That's it, you are not rich, this deficit is too big to make up." The county can't bear to affect everyone. Let the county bear it alone! ”

Deputy Song suddenly showed a grateful look on his face, and bowed down and said, "The eldest master is really benevolent!" The eldest lord is so kind, he will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune and become auspicious in trouble! ”

Leng Yi waved his hand, glanced out the door, and said, "Why haven't Mrs. and Master Dong come back yet?" ”

Deputy Song was very guilty that he couldn't help Leng Yi bear the deficit, and when he heard this, as if he wanted to make up for something, he hurriedly said: "My subordinates will personally take people to find Mrs. and Master!" With that, he hurried away with a few soaps.

Not long after he left, he came back again, taking Master Dong with him. Reluctantly smiled: "It's really a coincidence, as soon as I arrived at the door, I ran into Master Dong." He just came back. ”

Leng Yi glanced behind him, but didn't see Zhuo Qiaoniang, and couldn't help but sink in his heart, and said, "What about Madam?" ”

Master Dong smiled and said, "Madame met an acquaintance, and said that she would come back when she sat at home, and when the time came, they would send Madame back." Let the students come back alone and say hello to Dong Weng first. So as not to worry about Dong Weng. With that, he avoided everyone's eyes and winked at Leng Yi.

Leng Yi's heart sank even more, but his face was silent, and he nodded slowly: "That's it!" Well, everyone has worked hard today, let's go back to sleep. The county is also tired, and I want to rest early, if there is anything, Mingren will talk about it! ”

Wu Zhutou and they knew that Leng Yi must be in a bad mood at the moment, at this time, it was better to avoid a little, let him think about what to do in the future. They said goodbye one by one and went downstairs.

After everyone was gone, Master Dong said in a low voice: "Oh no! Dong On! Something happened! ”

When Leng Yi heard this, his mood calmed down. Strict training and long-term training of criminal police have taught him to be calm. The more critical the situation, the more you need to be calm. He whispered, "Let's go into the room!" ”

Let Master Dong into the room, close the door, and Leng Yi said, "What's the matter?" ”

Master Dong's voice trembled a little, and said: "On the way to buy supper with his wife, the student was stopped by several people and women armed with short knives, led by a middle-aged woman, who took his wife away and asked the student to bring a letter to Dong Weng, and also said that he was not allowed to report to the prefect's yamen, nor was he allowed to tell others!" Otherwise, just wait to collect the body of the lady! The students felt that they couldn't explain to Dong Weng when they came back like this, so they secretly followed them, until they reached the city gate, they went out of the city, and walked a little longer, someone came to answer, they sped up, the students didn't follow, they were thrown off, and they had to come back, so they came late. ”

There is no curfew in the Great Song Dynasty, and Bazhou is a remote place of exile for Emperor Tiangao, so the city gate is not closed at night.

Leng Yi smiled bitterly in his heart, you are an old pedant, tracking the thugs who take hostages, aren't you looking for death? In vain, he wasted time and said, "What about the letters?" ”

Master Dong hurriedly took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Leng Yi.

The envelope was sealed, apparently not wanting to be seen by others. Leng Yi walked away a few steps, opened the envelope, took out a piece of stationery inside, shook it open, and looked under the lamp. I saw the neat handwriting on it that read: "Leng Zhixian: Ming people don't do dark things, we are the women gang." Mrs. Zun is in our hands, immediately take that thing to the land temple of Qilipo outside the east city to exchange your wife's surname. - Before it is said! "The note was not signed.

Gang of women? What is this thing? That thing? What is it again? Leng Yi naturally didn't know. Is it a tax? Wrong! If these people were in the same group as the middle-aged man who forced Zhixian to death in the inn, then what they were looking for must also be what the middle-aged man was looking for, and at that time, Zhixian did not have a huge amount of taxes, so what they were looking for should not be taxes. Of course, if it's not a gang, then it's going to have to be this box of gold.

Leng Yi read it again and put the letter in his arms. Turning to Master Dong, he said, "How many of them are there?" What do they look like? ”

Master Dong said: "They are all women, they look very old, but their faces are covered with black scarves." The gaze is fierce. The first one is very fat. ”

Leng Yi suddenly realized, showed a relieved smile, and said: "Who should I be, it turned out to be them, hehe, made such a big joke, and let you be frightened in vain, sir." ”

Master Dong said curiously: "These people ...... Could it be Dong Weng's friend? ”

"Hmm!" Leng Yi nodded, "They are sisters from the same village who are clumsy, they like to joke, that middle-aged woman has a manor, and she invited us to her village many times to catch up with the old days, but we didn't go, so we came out like this." Really. ”

Master Dong asked suspiciously, "Why haven't you heard Dong Weng talk about it before?" ”

"Oh, because they have something to do with **, I am an official of the imperial court, so it is naturally difficult to deal with them. She asked me to go to her village for a banquet early tomorrow morning, and my wife invited me first. ”

Master Dong was immediately relieved and said with a smile: "I see, I see, it turned out to be Madame's best friend." ――Unexpectedly, the student just made up a lie, but it turned out to be true. Hey. ”

"Yes! Sir, rest early, tomorrow morning you accompany the late students to the Chengwai Villa for a banquet. ”

"Okay!" Master Dong hurriedly agreed, and said: "I met the innkeeper downstairs just now, and he said that when Dong Weng was done with things, he would change a room for Dong Weng." It's right next door. The house was roof broken by thieves and no longer inhabitable. ”

"Okay." Leng Yi said: "You go and tell the shopkeeper that you can change it." ”

"Okay." Master Dong went out. After a while, Shopkeeper Jia came with a smiling face, nodded and greeted Leng Yi, took out the key, and opened the door of an empty upper room next to him. helped Leng Yi carry his luggage, but Leng Yi said that he would come, and Shopkeeper Jia left with a smile.