Chapter 33: Murder

Liu Ziqiu didn't expect the Red Whisk Girl to suddenly ask about this, and hesitated: "Xiu'er is still young, I want to wait for another two years." Sister-in-law, rest assured, even if there are thousands of mountains and rivers, I will send someone to invite my eldest brother and sister-in-law. ”

Whether to assist Li Tang in the future or fight the world by himself, Liu Ziqiu has not made a final decision, and he still has some things to figure out. But one way or another, he's going to set out to build his power. In the past, he had no one and no money, but now money is not a problem, Xu Tingfu's house has a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. With money, are you still afraid that there will be no one? Liu Ziqiu behaved confidently.

Gao Xiuer was a little disappointed. In this era, girls are everywhere who marry at the age of twelve or thirteen, and in history, the eldest grandson Wujian married Li Shimin at the age of thirteen. After the New Year, Gao Xiuer was already fifteen years old, and she was completely worthy of late marriage at that time. Liu Ziqiu's reason sounded clear to her that it was an excuse for procrastination, but the girl's family was always a little reserved, but it was not easy to show it.

The red-whisked girl was a little unhappy, but she was stopped by Li Jing's eyes and said: "The Huns have not been destroyed, why do you want to be at home?" The virtuous brother is ambitious, and he is indeed not in a hurry. ”

Gao Xiu'er suddenly raised her pretty red face: "I can wait!" ”

It's a shame for a girl to say it herself. However, the Red Whisk Girl herself had eloped, but she introduced Gao Xiuer as a confidant, and immediately proposed to marry her as a sister.

In the past few days, Liu Ziqiu and Gao Xiuer have temporarily lived in Li Jing's house. Gao Xiu'er still needs to use medicine, but they are all ordinary medicinal materials, and they are naturally sold in the city medicine shop, and she knows the prescription herself, so she doesn't have to go back to the thatched hut at the foot of the mountain.

Liu Ziqiu quietly went to Xu Tingfu's house twice, and swept away all the property that Xu Tingfu had accumulated over the years, leaving only three hundred taels of silver in the hall as evidence.

Li Jing got the money, first went to the market to buy two good horses, and practiced horse kung fu with Liu Ziqiu, which was quite happy. It's just that Liu Ziqiu must take the waterway when he goes south, but this horse can't be taken away, otherwise Liu Ziqiu would like to buy a few.

In the meantime, in order to complete the task assigned by Sun Simiao, Liu Ziqiu also went to the thatched hut twice, took the manuscript of Qianjinfang, and sent it back after copying it.

More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye, Gao Xiuer's body has fully recovered, and her little face is flushed again. Liu Ziqiu said goodbye to Li Jing. But I heard Li Jing ask: "Brother Xian, how do you bring these belongings back?" ”

Liu Ziqiu said without thinking: "Naturally, I took the waterway." The younger brother plans to hire a larger ship, and no matter how much money he has, he can fit it. ”

Li Jing shook his head and said, "There are many people on the dock......

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "If any thief doesn't have eyes and takes the initiative to bump into it, the little brother's fist is not vegetarian!" ”

"Brother Xian's martial arts, for the brother is naturally assured." Li Jing said with a worried face, "It's just that the virtuous brother is carrying so many belongings and falling into the eyes of the public, which is not appropriate in the end." ”

Although there is no evidence that his belongings were stolen or stolen, as long as the public examines their details, they will inevitably be revealed. Liu Ziqiu's identity as a fisherman in Changshan Village, where did he get so much money? Gao Xiuer is even more of a black household.

The red-whisked girl smiled: "I have an idea, why not pretend to be a businessman from the south?" ”

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At this time, the weather was already quite cold, but more than ten days later, Xu Tingfu's house still gradually emitted a foul smell, which alarmed the neighbors to report to the official. The government sent a quick arrest to investigate the scene, but saw four splashes who often registered in the government office dead in the hall.

Leper San stabbed Blackskin's heart with a dagger, and the table leg in Blackskin's hand smashed the rotten cat's head, but the rotten cat's hands strangled the mud monkey's neck from behind, and the mud monkey opened his mouth to bite Leper's throat. The four splashes are entangled together, and the death is very strange. There were also a lot of silver ingots scattered in the hall, as many as three hundred taels.

When these splashes were harmful in Luoyang for a long time, the people had long hated them, and now they are all gone, which can be described as very happy. But the case of human death, and the death of four people at once, the government did not dare to do it hastily, and it still needs to continue to investigate.

It doesn't matter if you don't check, after a check, I found that the owner of this house was actually Xu Tingfu, a close attendant of the emperor. Xu Tingfu has been missing for more than ten days, and he also landed in Luoyang County to find it, and the palace has sent people to urge him for three days.

At this time, the government became nervous, mobilized a large number of officials, arresters and fangding, surrounded the Xu house, and was eager to dig three feet into the ground, and finally found a secret room in the backyard. In the secret room, Xu Tingfu was tied up and thrown on the ground, his neck was broken, and he had been angry for a long time.

At this point, an unsolved case has finally been "revealed". Xu Tingfu hid from the emperor to set up a private house outside and hide his belongings, and was discovered by a few splashes such as Leprosy. The leper and others robbed and killed Xu Tingfu, but because of the uneven distribution of the spoils, they beat each other to death.

Yang Guang was the most jealous, especially worried about being betrayed by the people around him, so he specially stipulated that no one in the palace was allowed to buy a private house without permission. Originally, Xu Tingfu was a person he trusted very much, but he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, Yang Guang was suddenly furious, and ordered all Xu Tingfu's relatives to be exiled to Lingnan.

This news spread in the palace, and Hou Susu and many of the show girls who were coerced into the palace by Xu Tingfu clapped their hands and applauded, saying that the wicked have their own evil retribution. Only Wang Guizhi, the wife in charge of Jingming Academy, knew in her heart that this incident was definitely not an accident, and it must have been the unknown hero who avenged her.

At this time, the real murderer appeared by the canal wharf in the east of Luoyang City.

Liu Ziqiu wears a mink hat and a brocade jacket, but he is shaking a vassal elegant folding fan in his hand, a typical image of a businessman who has become rich. However, with the opening of the canal, there are many people dressed like Liu Ziqiu in the east of Luoyang City, which is not eye-catching.

Snowflakes drifted in the sky, and a house slave in a green coat and a small hat hurriedly held up an oil-paper umbrella. In order to avoid trouble, these house slaves were bought in the name of Li Jing in the human market, and then they did the deed to Liu Ziqiu. The four house slaves are not tall and dark-skinned, and they are all Kunlun slaves from Nanyang. Liu Ziqiu had tried them personally, and they were all extremely strong, and they had practiced the art of technical attack. These four Kunlun slaves also have four vulgar names, A'an, Afu, Afu, and Agui, all of which were taken by Liu Ziqiu, which is more in line with his status as a nouveau riche.

Behind him, a small sedan chair was lifted over, and two Gao Li maids helped Gao Xiuer out of the sedan chair. Gao Xiu'er appeared as the hostess, although she was covered in silk and wore gold and silver, but after being disguised, her face was sallow, but she was not as beautiful as the two Goryeo maids.

Kunlun Nu, Gao Liwen, and Xianbei Ji are all favorites of wealthy nobles, and these nouveau riche businessmen are no exception. The aliens don't have much foundation in the Great Sui, and they are loyal to their masters, which is what Liu Ziqiu values the most.

Luoyang, the eastern capital, is the center of the Great Sui, and goods from all over the country gather here, everything is available. Liu Ziqiu spent two days of hard work to purchase, eating, using, wearing, playing, and loading 20 carts, which is really a bit of a big businessman's posture. No one noticed that among these goods, money had already been hidden from Xu Tingfu's house.

The ship was hired yesterday, and it is said that the owner of the ship runs from Luoyang to Jiangdu, and Liu Ziqiu does not need to ask about these things, and there are a few Kunlun slaves who run before and after.

Agui walked over with the boss of the ship, bowed down and said, "Master, the ship has been packed up, and the goods are ready to be loaded onto the ship." ”

The boss of the ship also said: "Don't worry, sir, my ship is guaranteed to be fast and stable." ”

Listening to the voice, it was a little familiar, Liu Ziqiu took a closer look, but it was Zhang San. He still remembered that Zhang San's ship was not big, and he couldn't help frowning and asked, "Can your ship hold so much cargo?" ”

Liu Ziqiu did not change his appearance, but he is now full of wealth and wealth, hugging from front to back, plus living in Li Jing's house, his skin is much whiter, and he has long since lost his down-and-out appearance when he was in Jiangdu.

Where did Zhang San think that the high-spirited rich businessman in front of him was still a sailor on his ship two months ago. He couldn't recognize Liu Ziqiu, and even if he did, he couldn't believe it, so he just hurriedly said: "I can pretend, I can pretend, look at my boat, I can pretend to be more." ”

With the opening of the canal, it was not only the merchants who came and went from the south to the north who became rich, but also the boatmen like Zhang San and the slender men along the way, and their lives gradually improved. Zhang San had already sold the small boat, borrowed some money to exchange it for the big one, hired four sailors, and became the captain of the ship. After this trip, the debt is paid, and the ship is completely his.

Liu Ziqiu raised his eyes and saw that the ship was really four or five times larger than the original, so he couldn't help but nod and said to Agui: "Load the ship." ”

"Quick, quick, load the cargo onto the ship." Ah Gui promised, turned around and greeted, "The movements are all light, don't bump into them." That one is in the stern, and this one is in the cabin to ......."

This Grand Canal, which connects the north and the south, has enriched merchants, prospered water transportation, and provided livelihoods for many people.

In the past, they mainly relied on long-distance business, but now they are enough to transport goods from the city to the wharf. Luoyang City has opened two new car and horse shops this month. There are also coolies on the wharf who specialize in loading and unloading goods, a dozen or dozens of them form a group, moving up and down every day, and can also support their families.

Whether Yang Guang's purpose in digging the Grand Canal was to see Qionghua or to enjoy the mountains and rivers, or just to find the beauties of the south of the Yangtze River, it could not hide the prosperity brought by the opening of the canal. Li Shimin can have the glory of Zhenguan's rule, and I am afraid it is inseparable from the help of this Grand Canal. It's a pity that Yang Guang was in a hurry, overflowing the people's strength, and nervous but made wedding clothes for others.

"Lang Jun, it's time to get on the boat."

Gao Xiu'er's words pulled Liu Ziqiu's thoughts back, and then saw that the twenty truckloads of goods had been moved, and they were put into the cabin for fear of drenching and sun, and the tarpaulins were also covered on the deck.

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said, "Well, let's get on the boat." ”

Suddenly, I heard the hooves of horses behind me, and someone shouted, "Wait a minute! ”

When Liu Ziqiu turned his head to look, he couldn't help but be surprised.

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