In the main hall, Yin of Luoyang Mansion was discussing political affairs with the officials of Wucao, and when he saw Li Canghai coming, several people bowed down and saluted: "See your lord!" ”

Li Canghai nodded and said, "A few adults don't have to be polite, I don't know where Sihu is?" ”

I saw a man in a cyan official robe walk out and arch his hand: "My lord, the next official is the Sihu." ”

"Sihu, is it under your control that all the household books of birth and death in Luoyang City are under your control?" Li Canghai asked.

"Lord Hui, it is under the control of the lower officials." Sihu bowed and said.

"This official wants to check the population book of Luoyang City, and asks Sihu to lead the way." Li Canghai said.

Si Hu nodded hurriedly and said, "My lord, please come with me." ”

Li Canghai nodded slightly to the rest of the people, and then followed Sihu out of the main hall and walked towards Sihu Hall.

The Tang Dynasty government set up a department and a judiciary. Chang'an Mansion has six Cao, including Sigong, Sicang, Justice, Siyue, Sibing, and Sihu; Luoyang as the accompanying capital, there are five Cao, no division of soldiers Cao, and the upper, middle and lower counties are set up with two Cao, judicial Cao.

The Liucao was established to assist the local consuls in governance, and the Sihu was the official in charge of the household registration of the local population.

Several subordinate officials in the Sihu Hall were busy with the household registration information of the school team, and when they saw Sihu and Li Canghai coming in, they all got up and saluted.

"I wonder when the adult is looking for the population book? Xia Guan arranged for someone to look for it. Sihu said respectfully.

Li Canghai said lightly: "In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, the population book of General Qin's Mansion in Dongshi. ”

"General Qin's Mansion?" Na Sihu was stunned, and he asked suspiciously: "Dare to ask the general Qin that the lord said, but Qin Fu?" ”

"Could it be that there are other Qin generals?" Li Canghai asked rhetorically.

"Xia Guan understood. Your Excellency, please serve tea here, and the next official will go to get the relevant household book. Sihu bowed to him. Then he hurried away.

After a cup of tea, Sihu came over with a household book. Respectfully handed it to Li Canghai and said, "My lord, this is what you want, please take a look." ”

Li Canghai put down the teacup, took the household book and looked through it carefully.

After going through the entire household book from beginning to end, Li Canghai didn't find any clues about the Qin family.

Li Canghai frowned slightly, and asked Si Hu who was standing on the side, "Si Hu, why is there no record of the Qin family on this household book?" ”

Sihu was stunned, and he said suspiciously: "My lord." That's impossible. In the twenty-eighth year of Kaiyuan, when Xia Guan had just taken office, Xia Guan remembered very well that at the beginning of that year, the Sihu Department had checked the population of Luoyang City, and the Qin family was among them. ”

Li Canghai frowned, he turned the household book again, this time he looked through the pages carefully, and after about halfway through the page, he suddenly found an extremely thin piece of paper underneath the two pages.

Li Canghai instantly thought that this was the trace left when he was artificially torn.

"It's getting really interesting. The Qin family was raided and destroyed, and it was just a matter of not closing the case, and now even the household registration information has been torn up. ”

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes, and the Qin family's household registration information was artificially torn out. It just shows that this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

"Sihu, has anyone else touched this household book?" Li Canghai asked.

"Back to my lord, this household has been going on for a long time. It has been stored in the 'Toshokaku' and has not been touched by anyone. Sihu said.

Li Canghai's sword eyebrows were slightly raised. He asked, "After all these years, how do you know that no one has tampered with it?" ”

"Adults don't know. All the information of the Sitodo is stored in the 'Toshokaku', and the 'Toshokaku' has only one key, which is in the hands of the Sito. Anyone who wants to enter the 'Household Register' to access the information must be ordered by Lord Yin of the Prefecture and recorded in the register, and then the secretary will go to get the relevant information. It can be said that no one else can enter the 'Household Pavilion' except for the household. Since the time of his tenure, the lower officials have always carried the keys with them, so that it is certain that no one has touched the transfer book except for the lower officials. Sihu arched his hand.

"Could it be that Fu Yin hasn't even been in?" Li Canghai asked.

Si Hu said with certainty: "Back to my lordship, when Lord Fu Yin entered, he was accompanied by his subordinates. The previous governors have checked all the household registration information of the current year, and they have never looked through the household registers of previous years. ”

Li Canghai lowered his head and pondered, he didn't doubt what Si Hu said.

For the ministries of work, households, and soldiers, Datang has already established a complete division of labor system.

It is precisely because of this that the Tang Dynasty has been able to go through two prosperous eras and become a well-known and powerful dynasty in history.

Li Canghai did not reveal that this household book had been damaged, he thought for a moment and said: "Sihu, this household book is going to be borrowed by the official temporarily, you bring the registration register, and the official wants to register it." ”

Si Hu was slightly stunned, and said with a sincere fear: "Since the adults borrowed it, they can take it directly, and there is no need to register." ”

Li Canghai smiled and said: "The law is like this, the official should obey it, you can bring it quickly." ”

Sihu hesitated, and then ordered someone to bring the roster.

Li Canghai picked up the pen, and after registering his name in a fluttering manner, he stuffed the household register into his sleeve and said, "In this case, this official will not bother you with your office and take your leave." ”

"Greetings, sir!" Sihu and the others hurriedly bent down and saluted.

After leaving Luoyang Mansion, Li Canghai walked alone on the street, but he kept thinking about this case in his mind.

At this time, the sun has begun to sink, but the setting sun has not made the noisy Luoyang City become silent at all, but more lively.

On the bustling streets, the cries of selling come and go, although the Tang Dynasty is not as good as before, but the prosperity has not diminished at all.

"Steamed buns ~ hot steamed buns! Sold cheaply, two for a penny! ”

"Mutton soup, hot and fragrant mutton soup~, guest officer, do you want a bowl?"

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Listening to the shouting in his ears, Li Canghai suddenly felt a little hungry, and then he remembered that he hadn't eaten at noon.

Smelling the aroma wafting from the street, Li Canghai took a deep breath and walked directly towards the inn that sold mutton soup.

"Yo. Guest officer, please inside. Craving something? When the shopkeeper saw Li Canghai coming in, he hurriedly greeted him.

Li Canghai thought for a moment. said: "I just heard you shout so loudly, of course I want to taste your mutton soup." ”

"Okay, sit down." The shopkeeper led him to a table and shouted, "A bowl of mutton soup!" ”

Soon, a bowl of fragrant broth was served with oil splashes wafting and steaming.

Li Canghai only sniffed it, and he felt that his saliva was about to run.

"Shopkeeper, go get me two...... No. Six buns! Li Canghai took out a few copper coins and threw them to the store and said.

The shopkeeper was also a cheerful person, and after answering, he ran to the opposite bread shop and bought a few steamed buns.

"Guest, your bun!"

Li Canghai rubbed his hands, picked up the bun and took a bite, and drank the broth again, and a warm current suddenly flowed through his body.

"Not bad. This mutton soup is really good. Li Canghai couldn't help but praise.

"Guest officer, if you don't say you have a vision! This is an old shop, and my grandfather's generation started making this sheep soup, using ancestral secret recipes. I'll tell you the truth. All the dignitaries and dignitaries in Luoyang City have drunk our soup! "The store is proud.

"The store is so confident!" Li Canghai swallowed the bun in two bites, drank another sip of broth, and said with a smile.

"That's it! This is not to brag. Do you see that one over there? The shopkeeper pointed with his chin to a wealthy man who was munching on the mutton soup at three tables away from Li Canghai.

Li Canghai nodded: "What's wrong with that?" ”

"That's a long-time customer of our shop. I've been eating with us, and I've never stopped for more than ten years! The shopkeeper said triumphantly.

Li Canghai looked at the man in a little surprise. Qi said: "This person has gone from poor to rich, and he can insist on eating at your place for more than ten years, which shows that your sheep soup is very suitable for his appetite!" ”

"Hey, how did the guest know that he was poor before?" The shopkeeper asked in surprise.

Li Canghai picked up another bun and said while eating: "This person has dark skin and calloused hands, which is caused by perennial fatigue, and he has obviously done coolies, and the person he is engaged in should be a blacksmith or carpenter." How could a rich man do such a menial job? It is because I conclude that this person must have been poor in his previous life, and his family situation improved later. ”

"This guest officer, you are really amazing!" The shopkeeper was amazed, stretched out a thumbs up to Li Canghai, and exclaimed.

Now, there were no customers in the store, so the store simply sat down and chatted with Li Canghai.

"Guest officer, you are really powerful, and you can tell what he has experienced from that alone. Indeed, as you said, he used to be poor, worked as a blacksmith, carpenter, served in a bathhouse, and even buried the body of the government. When he was destitute, he fainted with hunger in front of my little shop, and my father, seeing that he was pitiful, gave him a bowl of mutton soup. So, since then, he has been frequenting the shop, until he suddenly became rich, and he never forgot our shop. The shopkeeper lowered his voice and said.

Li Canghai became a little curious, he stared at the man, and asked: "This person doesn't seem to have made a fortune from gambling houses, you said that he was suddenly rich, can't he pick up the treasure?" ”

The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "It's not very clear, more than ten years ago, he collected the corpse of the government, and then suddenly became rich, and the villagers said that he did good things for the dead and received blessings from God." ”

Li Canghai laughed and said half-jokingly: "Could it be that he took advantage of the time to collect the corpse and make a fortune from the dead?" ”

"Absolutely not." The shopkeeper shook his head and said, "The house where he collected the body was beheaded all over the house, and all the family wealth was confiscated, how could he have the opportunity to make a fortune from the dead?" ”

Li Canghai keenly caught a few words, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked: "The family he collected the body is surnamed Qin?" ”

The shopkeeper scratched his head and said, "I don't know much about this, I was still in the countryside at that time, and I hadn't come to Luoyang yet. I heard all this to the guest officer before, and I still heard what my father said! ”

At that moment the man stood up and cried out, "Shopkeeper, take the money." ”

The shopkeeper hurriedly walked over and said, "Brother Xiong, you gave a lot more last time, how can I collect your money again this time!" ”

"Hey, last time was last time, this time it's this time. I ate your food, so I naturally have to give money, we have been friends for many years, so you're polite! As he spoke, the man took out a piece of silver from his belt and stuffed it into the shopkeeper.

"Brother Xiong, what you eat is only five cents at most, and you give too much. What's more, you have been taking care of the small shop business all these years, and I can't take this money anyway. The shopkeeper excused himself.

"Shopkeeper, you can't say that. If the old shopkeeper hadn't given me a bowl of mutton soup to save my life, I would have frozen to death. The old shopkeeper is kind-hearted, and he doesn't want to repay me, I can only repay the old shopkeeper in this way over the years. The man said earnestly.

"This ...... Since Brother Xiong said so, then I will accept it. However, the next time Brother Xiong comes to the shop, he can't give any more money. The shopkeeper couldn't refuse, so he had to accept the silver taels.

The man patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder and walked outside.

After seeing the man leave, Li Canghai asked, "Shopkeeper, I don't know what this person's name is?" Where do you live? ”

The shopkeeper said while cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks: "His name is Xiong Ah Si, and he lives in Yongtongfang, West City, does the guest officer want to know Brother Xiong?" ”

When the shop had cleaned up, he looked back and saw that the table was empty, except for a few copper coins on the table.

After leaving the mutton restaurant, Li Canghai walked directly to Yongtongfang in Xishi.

The streets of Luoyang City intersect vertically and horizontally, and the width and narrowness match, like a chessboard.

The place where the people live, called 'Fang', Luoyang City has a total of one hundred and three squares, there are three cities in the city, the north city is north of the Luo River, the west city and the south city are south of the Luo River.

Yongtongfang is located in the West Market, near the Luohe River.

Li Canghai came to Yongtongfang, and after finding Xiong Asi's residence, he pondered for a while, then turned around and left Xishi.

When I returned to Di's house, it was already getting dark.

There were bursts of piano sounds in the courtyard, Li Canghai followed the sound of the piano to find it, and in the pavilion in the courtyard, he saw Xue Xuan teaching Di Qing to play the yaoqin.

Li Canghai touched his nose, although he didn't understand the rhythm, he could also hear that Di Qing's piano sound was simply flattering.

"Qing'er, this night is dark and windy, is it really good for you to make noise like this?" Li Canghai walked over and said with a smile.

Seeing Li Canghai coming, the two looked at him at the same time, Di Qing glanced at him vigorously, and said angrily: "I haven't played the piano again, so naturally I won't!" You're still making fun of me and ignoring you! Hum! ”

Li Canghai suddenly laughed dumbly.

Xue Xuan said with a smile: "Qing'er is extremely talented, she has learned very quickly, as long as she practices diligently, her achievements in the future will definitely be far better than mine." ”

When Di Qing heard this, her eyes suddenly turned into a crescent moon, she squinted her eyes, proudly picked her chin at Li Canghai, and said, "Look, even Sister Xue said that I have talent!" ”

Li Canghai smiled, suddenly changed the topic, and asked, "Qing'er, didn't you go to investigate Tang Ao?" What did you find? ”

Di Qing tilted her head and said, "I didn't find anything, but fortunately I met Sister Xue, and I told Sister Xue about the 'Shadowless Needle', and Sister Xue said that she knew something." (To be continued.) )