Song Jing searched the body carefully, but found nothing. Two corpses, nothing but raged clothes. Others searched around the body, but found nothing. Except for two corpses, nothing of value was left at the scene.

Song Jing couldn't help but look solemn. "The killer killed them, then beheaded them and took all the things from them. Obviously, the killers didn't want us to know who they were. Song Jing inferred.

"I think so, sir." The master nodded and said, "Otherwise, they won't cut off the head of the deceased."

Song Jing instructed the officials to carry the body back to the county office, and then prepared to go down the mountain. At this moment, his keen eyes suddenly noticed something bright green under a small pine tree two feet away from the corpse. Song Jing hurriedly walked over, picked up the thing, and looked at it carefully for a while, it turned out to be an eagle carved out of jade. The eagle was stained with blood, one foot had been broken, and the rest was still intact. Song Jing collected the jade eagle and led his subordinates back to the county office.

After returning to the county office, the murder was heavier than Mount Tai, Song Jing did not dare to slack off, and together with Qi Zuo, he conducted a detailed examination of the two headless corpses overnight. Both of the dead were delicate-skinned and dressed in burlap. Based on this, experienced servants deduced that the two may have been young people before their deaths, in their twenties, and they were from ordinary families. The attentive Song Jing also found ink marks on the index finger of the right hand of one of the deceased. Based on this, he deduced that the deceased may have been a scholar before his death, and he had been dancing and writing for many years, leaving ink on his right index finger. Except for these, though. They can no longer extract any valid information from the deceased. Who is the deceased? Why did they fall into such a poisonous hand? Who killed them so cruelly and viciously? Is it a vendetta? These questions are like a mess, always entangled in Song Jing's heart. Let him have a lot of thoughts, and he doesn't think about tea and dinner.

At this time, Song Jing remembered the two young men in white and ordered the official to take them to the lobby.

"You haven't explained your identity yet, then don't blame me for being rude!" Song Jing shouted in a deep voice.

One of the white-clothed young men sighed and said, "If the county magistrate really wants to know, it's not impossible, bring a pen and paper!" ”

Although Song Jing was surprised, he did not object.

The white-clothed young man Long Feifeng Wu wrote a few words. Hand the written paper to Song Jing. Song Jing took it, and his face suddenly changed......

……

In the inner house of the Lantian County Ya, Song Jing saluted the young man in white and said, "I didn't know that the king of Lantian was coming. If you have offended, I hope to forgive you. ”

Li Tao said with a smile: "What Song County ordered to do is not wrong, but there are important things to do, and you can't disclose your identity." This caused a misunderstanding. ”

"What the Lantian King did. Xia Guan has heard a lot of things, and admires them very much! Song Jing said sincerely.

Li Tao diverted the topic and said: "How many years has the Song County Order been in Lantian Wang County?" ”

"It's been less than a year!"

"Where was it before?"

"Make a county order in Yin County!"

"Yin County? Yin County is a middle county, and Lantian County is a big county! How did the Song County Order get from Yin County to Lantian County? ”

Song Jing smiled bitterly: "I am also a blessing in disguise!" ”

Li Tao seemed to be very interested in Song Jing: "Can Song County Order come and hear about it?" ”

"If King Lantian is willing to listen, why not? The year before last......"

……

The year before last, it was rainy in Hangzhou, and when it was time to harvest crops in August and September, there was no grain in the fields. The price of rice is one price a day, and in October. The price of rice has skyrocketed from 400 wen per stone to 1,500 wen per stone. In order to stop the price of rice from rising, the imperial court issued official documents one after another. The price of rice per stone is required to be controlled at about 500 wen, and violators are beheaded on the spot for public display.

In order to implement the imperial court policy and restrict the increase in the price of rice and grain in the markets of Hangzhou's subordinate counties, Xiang Gao, the assassin of Hangzhou, sent several henchmen to inspect the counties.

The henchmen came back one after another to report: "My lord, it's terrible, the streets are full of victims who have died of starvation, please find a way quickly, and ask the court for help......

Since the price of rice was not allowed, rice merchants in Hangzhou were reluctant to sell rice, resulting in no rice supply in the market, and the hungry people moved out one after another, and the streets of Hangzhou were full of starvation. Wang Xianggao had already asked the imperial court for help three times, but the imperial court wrote that the Shaanxi and Gansu regions had been in drought for many years, and the imperial treasury was empty, so they could not take care of the disaster in the Jiangnan area, and let them find their own way.

Wang Xianggao sighed helplessly, and at this time, the henchmen he sent to Yinxian also returned.

As soon as this henchman came back, he fell to his knees and shouted, "My lord, something big has happened in Yinxian." ”

At the urging of Wang Xianggao, the henchman took out a notice from his waist covered with the seal of Yinxian County, saying that Yinxian County had ordered Song Jing to disobey the holy decree, not only ignoring the imperial court's stipulation of 500 wen per stone of rice, but also publicly issuing a notice to allow the price of rice to rise, and the price of rice in Yinxian County had risen to 3,000 wen per stone.

As a county order, Song Jing not only did not suppress the rise in rice prices, but also added fuel to the fire, causing the price of rice to rise sixfold, which is a crime of murder. After Wang Xianggao read the notice, he was surprised. He thought to himself, this Song Jing has some ink in his stomach, and he has some fame in Jiangnan, so he dares to ignore the holy orders of the imperial court, so he has to settle accounts with him.

Early the next morning, Wang Xianggao took his master and a group of henchmen to Yinxian County. Song Jing had already led his men to wait for him at the gate of the city.

As soon as Wang Xianggao saw Song Jing, he scolded angrily: "Song Jing, are you guilty? In the year of the catastrophe, if you disobey the holy order and do not actively suppress the price of rice, I will personally send you a face. ”

After saying that, he beckoned his subordinates to tie up Song Jing.

At this time, I saw Song Jing's master come to his side and whisper in his ear, and Wang Xianggao on the side saw this and shouted to the master: "Your lord is about to become a death row prisoner in the imperial court, what don't you dare to say out loud for me to hear?" ”

The master was so frightened that he fell to his knees, and Song Jing said, "You just tell the truth." ”

The master nodded, and said to Wang Xianggao: "Lord Lu, this is the case, since my lord issued a notice to allow the price of rice to rise, rice merchants from all over the country have poured into Yin County, and they have continued to send money to my lord in order to thank my lord. A few days ago, a rice merchant from another place did not send money to my lord, so he sent me to ask the rice merchant for it. ”

The master's words made Wang Xianggao blow his beard and stare at him angrily, thinking that this Song Jing's courage was too great, not only did he not think about the court in the year of the catastrophe, but also raised the price of rice without authorization, accepted bribes and solicited bribes, and made it difficult for the country to make money, such a person would not be able to cut off his head a hundred times.

The king roared at Gao, "Bring the rice merchant." ”

After a while, an obese rice merchant was pushed to kneel in front of Wang Xianggao, and he trembled in fright and said, "My lord, the grass people are guilty, but it's not all the grass people's fault. Yin County issued an announcement saying that the price of rice was allowed to rise here, and of course I, as a businessman, wanted to sell it at a high price, so I came. As for giving a gift to that adult, it was not my will, it was the adult who sent someone to ask for it, so I had to ......"

"Get out! Get lost! Wang Xianggao didn't wait for the rice merchant to finish speaking, and scolded him away. (To be continued......)