"Old man, this official promises you that if you can't repay your justice, I would like to resign from the office." Li Canghai said solemnly.

Xiao Wu was taken aback, he didn't expect Li Canghai to say this.

The old woman was also stunned, the high-ranking county magistrate not only condescended to come to her, but also made such a guarantee to herself, which was unheard of.

After a while, the old woman reacted, and she hurriedly turned around and walked into the house.

Li Canghai and Xiao Wu glanced at each other, a little unclear.

I saw the old woman come out of the house with an extra package in her hand.

"Your Excellency...... If you can really avenge my son, the old woman will definitely be a cow and a horse in the next life to repay the adult. The old woman was in tears, she rubbed the package in her hand, and said: "This is what my son left, he said, if he has an accident, when someone comes to investigate, he will hand this thing over to the person who investigates the case." ”

"Oh?"

Li Canghai felt a little surprised, when he heard her tell him, he had already noticed the package, and when he saw the old woman take it out, he immediately felt that the package was very important.

Opening the package, Li Canghai found a few ingots of gold, several porcelain vases, and unopened letters inside.

Xiao Wu picked up a gold ingot and weighed it a few times, and said in surprise: "My lord, there are ten taels of gold in this ingot!" ”

Li Canghai was a little surprised, after he was reborn, it took him a long time to understand the value of the Tang Dynasty currency.

During the period of Li Yuan, Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty, the 'Kaiyuan Tongbao' was founded, and a monetary policy based on literature was created.

That is, one copper coin is one penny, 100 copper coins are one coin, ten coins are one tael of silver, and ten taels of silver are one gold.

At this time, it was the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, and the price of a bucket of rice was about 20 wen, and a gold ingot was enough to cover a small family for a year.

Here are three ingots of horseshoe gold, each of which has ten taels, which is thirty taels.

This is definitely a lot of wealth, enough for this old woman to live a rich life.

However, this old woman was surrounded by walls, and she didn't even have anything to eat, which made Xiao Wu a little puzzled, so she asked:

"Old man, with so much money, why don't you use it?"

"This is the evidence left by my son, the old woman is starving to death, and she must stay to avenge my son!" The old woman wiped her tears and said.

Xiao Wu was silent, and Li Canghai suddenly felt very uncomfortable in his heart.

He picked up the envelope, opened it and looked at it, and his eyes suddenly emitted a gleam.

"Old man, these things are evidence to identify the murderer, and the official took them away first."

Li Canghai put away the package, wrapped the leg bones as well, and said a few more words to her before leaving with Xiao Wu.

After the two left, the old woman suddenly found two money bags on the stake where the two were sitting.

The old woman instantly understood, she held the two money bags, knelt down tremblingly in the direction where the two left, and muttered, "Thank you, sir, thank you." ”

"My lord, what's on this envelope?" Xiao Wu wrapped the package and asked curiously.

On the envelope is the man's self-report, in order to see the old lady, he agreed to Wang Buquan's request, and drugged Zuo Hongji and others on the road to stun Zuo Hongji and others. The minas of gold were his reward. The letter said that Wang Buquan told him that he wanted Zuo Hongji's money, but he didn't expect that they would kill all the guys. He was lucky enough to escape, knowing that sooner or later he would be wiped out, so he left the truth and hid in a brothel, hoping to escape the catastrophe. ”

"It seems that the result is not satisfactory, he was still found by Wang Buquan, and poisoned him to kill him." Xiao Wu sighed.

Li Canghai narrowed his eyes and said deeply: "The king is not a complete person, he has done a lot of evil, and if he doesn't get rid of it, it is not enough to make the people angry." Xiao Wu, how did you do the things that were arranged for you before? ”

"Don't worry, my lord, the news has been spread, calculate the time, they should have arrived." Xiao Wu looked up at the sky and estimated it.

The two talked as they walked, and unconsciously walked to the city tower.

Under the city wall, there were several large cauldrons, in which gruel was boiling, and refugees were constantly coming in from outside the city, crowded to receive the porridge.

"Don't squeeze, don't squeeze! Line up, I, Zuo Hongji, promise everyone that everyone has a bowl of porridge and two steamed buns! ”

Zuo Hongji stood on the carriage containing the rice bags, shouting loudly and maintaining order.

Li Canghai said in his heart, this is really what you want, since Zuo Hongji is here, he went to Zuo's house to take a trip.

Let Xiao Wu go back first, Li Canghai walked over and said in a loud voice: "Brother Zuo, you have worked hard!" ”

Seeing that it was Li Canghai, Zuo Hongji jumped off the carriage with difficulty, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, your trick is really amazing, in just one day, hundreds of refugees came to Zhengyang City. Look at the price, can it go up? ”

Li Canghai hurriedly stretched out his fingers, shushed him, and reproached: "Brother Zuo, how can you mention this in this public? ”

Only then did Zuo Hongji realize that he had almost leaked the secret, and hurriedly covered his mouth, but fortunately, the refugees around him were competing for steamed buns, and they were not heard.

Li Canghai gave him a look, and after Zuo Hongji comprehended it, he followed him to a remote corner.

"Brother Zuo, where is the county lieutenant Wang?"

"Brother Wang's bones were found in his house, and he is busy investigating the truth at this time." Zuo Hongji guessed.

The corners of Li Canghai's mouth revealed a sneer, and he said meaningfully: "I'm afraid he's covering up the truth." ”

Zuo Hongji asked a little puzzled: "Brother Li, what do you mean by this?" ”

Li Canghai looked left and right, and when he saw that there was no one around, he said in a low voice: "Brother Zuo should know that the bones of the Wang family were found by me, and I have been investigating this matter." ”

Zuo Hongji touched his chin and said in surprise: "You found the bones in Brother Wang's house?" So, have you investigated the murderer? ”

Li Canghai shook his head, he deliberately lowered his voice, and said in a low voice: "Although I didn't find out the murderer, when I was looking for the truth, I found out another thing. This matter is related to Brother Zuo. ”

"Something to do with me? I didn't kill anyone! Zuo Hongji pointed to his nose and was stunned.

"It's not that Brother Zuo killed someone, but this matter has a great relationship with Brother Zuo." Li Canghai said solemnly.

Zuo Hongji was frightened by his words, and he asked cautiously, "What is the matter?" Brother Li, just say it directly, I can't stand it. ”

"About Brother Zuo being captured by bandits two years ago." Li Canghai said in a low voice.

After hearing this, Zuo Hongji laughed disapprehrovingly: "What should I do, it turned out to be this matter." Yes, two years ago, I took a few guys to Yangzhou to do business, and I was robbed by bandits on the way, but Brother Wang saved me. ”

"But the truth I found out is far from that." Li Canghai said lightly.