Qin Shuyao put the lantern aside and sat in the position where the grain and grass official usually sits.

The ink in the inkstone had dried, and the pens had been dried on the pen holder, and the table was still neat and tidy except for the unfolded scrolls.

Qin Shuyao sat at the table for a while, and cast his gaze on the brazier on the side.

The brazier seemed to have burned something, full of paper ashes.

Qin Shuyao tested the temperature with his hand, and found that it had cooled, so he rolled up his sleeve and reached out to turn over the ashes.

I want to see if there's anything left.

After rummaging through it for a while, he actually found a piece of paper that had not been broken in those ashes.

Taking that part out of the brazier, Qin Shuyao dusted off the dust on it and carefully identified the font on the piece of paper.

Because the piece of paper was too small, Qin Shuyao narrowed his eyes and only saw a few scattered words:

“…… When it's ugly, the south ......"

Qin Shuyao muttered the words on the small note.

Combined with the message from Shanglin Jinxiu from the bandit village...... Qin Shuyao's eyes turned cold.

Qin Shuyao stood up and shook the paper ash above the brazier, lest the paper ash splash out and make the grain and grass officials suspicious.

It's no wonder that the bandits are so indifferent, if their traitor is a grain and grass official in the county government, then the situation is different.

Now Qin Shuyao is still not sure what the purpose of those bandits is, because the extra grain and grass is only thirty percent.

If they just want to transfer the thirty percent of the grain and grass away, and secretly Chen Cang, then what does the time when Lin Jinxiu found out about the bandits?

Qin Shuyao held the lantern in his hand stained with paper ashes, and kept thinking.

They definitely had other things to do, and at least until August 15th, he had to figure out what these people were trying to do.

Next.

Just when Lin Jinxiu was opening the store normally, Qin Shuyao suddenly came.

Lin Jinxiu greeted him at the back of the bar while checking out: "What, do you want to eat something from my store today?" ”

As he spoke, he called Huai Yanqing to bring Qin Shuyao some corn cakes and porridge.

Unexpectedly, Qin Shuyao shook his head and said that he was not here to eat, but just looked at the customers around him, all of whom were familiar villagers in the neighborhood, and then said to Lin Jinxiu: "Miss Lin, I have something to discuss with you." ”

Qin Shuyao's seriousness made Lin Jinxiu feel bad, and after talking to Huai Yanqing, he threw the checkout work to him, and took Qin Shuyao to his room in the backyard.

"Are you really going to your room?" Qin Shuyao was a little overwhelmed when he saw that Lin Jinxiu actually wanted to take him to the boudoir.

Lin Jinxiu was a little stunned when she saw him: "It's okay, we usually discuss matters in my room." ”

"Is Huai Yanqing too?" Qin Shuyao asked.

Lin Jinxiu didn't know what he wanted to say, but nodded with a confused face: "He never refused when I called him?" ”

Qin Shuyao was speechless.

Huai Yanqing, you beast! What do you always do in other people's girls' boudoirs!

"There's nothing in my room that shouldn't be seen, it's just that my kids are sleeping." Lin Jinxiu didn't understand what Qin Shuyao meant, "Come in, be a little quieter." ”

Qin Shuyao put his eyes on Huai Yanqing's room on the side: "Why don't we go there?" ”

"There's a chicken in his room, and it's even more troublesome to wake up." Lin Jinxiu said.

Huai Yanqing actually slept with chickens? The corners of Qin Shuyao's mouth twitched.

Seeing Lin Jinxiu open her door, Qin Shuyao knew that things were in a hurry at the moment, so he had to follow her in.

Sure enough, there was nothing in Lin Jinxiu's room, it was very clean, but there were more cabinets.

It's just that there is a child lying on a small bed with a railing next to it, smacking his mouth and sleeping soundly.

Qin Shuyao saw that the child was not wrapped in swaddling clothes, but stretched out his little hands and lay freely on the small bed, covered with a small quilt, and seemed to be sleeping very comfortably.

"How's that, cute." Lin Jinxiu took out pen and ink from the drawer and put it on the table in the room, and put a stack of papers on it, "Lord Qin, sit." ”

She gestured to the chair next to her.

Lin Jinxiu didn't care about a girl, so Qin Shuyao accepted his heart that felt rude, and sat next to Lin Jinxiu: "I'll confirm some things." ”

"Your Excellency, you say." Lin Jinxiu stared.

Qin Shuyao took out the small piece of paper that he turned out of the brazier last night from his cuff and put it in front of Lin Jinxiu's eyes: "Miss Lin, look at this note. ”

Lin Jinxiu took the small piece of paper that was still stained with paper ash, the edge of the paper was full of charred black, and it looked like it was burned leftovers.

Recognising the handwriting on it, Lin Jinxiu muttered: "When it's ugly, Nan? South? Seongnam? ”

Qin Shuyao did not speak.

Lin Jinxiu flipped through the small pieces of paper left and right, and all he could see was these three words.

"Miss Lin looked at this and found anything?" Qin Shuyao asked.

"It feels familiar." Lin Jinxiu said.

"What does it look familiar?"

"Handwriting." Lin Jinxiu said, "The handwriting on this paper is exactly the same as the handwriting on the note in the bandit village, I can't be mistaken." ”

Qin Shuyao let out a long sigh of relief.

The grain and grass official is really a traitor.

"What's wrong?" Lin Jinxiu saw that the expression on Qin Shuyao's face was actually a little relaxed, combined with the burned clue in front of him......

"Could it be that there are really other moles? Where did you find it? Lin Jinxiu asked.

"The girl is really smart and icy." Qin Shuyao said, "Inside the county government. That's why I'm here for you, not for you to go to the yamen. ”

Lin Jinxiu was stunned.

Although I have watched a lot of police undercover movies in the past, I felt a little scary when this kind of mole came out of the government in front of my face, and I forced the state pastor to go to her shop to discuss.

"How many people know about this?" Lin Jinxiu asked.

"You and me." Qin Shuyao replied.

"That's trouble...... Lin Jinxiu thought, "Do you have any good ideas?" ”

Qin Shuyao shook his head and said, "I think we should find out what they want to do now." ”

"I understand, I understand."

Lin Jinxiu stretched out her hand and gestured "OK".

It's easy to say, but it's really hard to do, Lin Jinxiu wrote down the two times he knew on paper.

August 15, unitary time, west.

Ugly, south.

Assuming that the following time is also August 15, then the difference between the two times is a bit much.

"We only know now that the first time was obtained from the second master of the cottage, and the latter was obtained from the grain and grass officials in the county government." Lin Jinxiu said so.

"Although we have torn faces with the bandits, I guess they are here for food and grass." Qin Shuyao said.

"Be confident, take your guess away." Lin Jinxiu said seriously.

If it is revenge, it is good at any time, why do you have to choose the time for grain and grass to pay tribute?

"The question now is," Qin Shuyao pointed his hand on the word "ugly time", "is this time August 15 or August 16?" ”

Lin Jinxiu shook her head and said that she really didn't know.

If it was August 15, it was the preparatory actions of the bandits.

If it's August 16, it's likely that they have other plans.

"Lord Qin, I personally think that you should pay more attention to this grain and grass official in the next few days." Lin Jinxiu said, "If I were a traitor, I would definitely not put the decisive evidence in the yamen." ”

Qin Shuyao looked at Lin Jinxiu helplessly, to tell the truth, he went to turn it over after he really found a little clue last night.

"The problem is ......" Qin Shuyao said after explaining the matter clearly, "I can't use people from the county government, because I don't know who else is his insider." ”

Lin Jinxiu immediately understood what he meant.

"Oh, I see, you're here to borrow Huai Yanqing, right?" Lin Jinxiu poured Qin Shuyao a cup of tea.

Qin Shuyao's eyes smiled crookedly, indicating that Miss Lin, you are so smart.

"Big brother, you just have to say no, we are also people who have been born and died together in the bandit village, what else can't you say directly?"

Lin Jinxiu said that she still likes to communicate with people like Huai Yanqing who don't like to talk around corners, like Qin Shuyao, who has a lot of foreshadowing to talk about, she feels a little tired.

Sure enough, there is a difference between martial arts and literati!

But think about it, Huai Yanqing's kind is not very good, Lin Jinxiu can't remember how many times she has been angry with him.

"As long as he himself is willing to run errands, you can borrow it." Lin Jinxiu said, "Just keep him safe." ”

"Miss Lin cares about him very much." Now that the words have been spoken, Qin Shuyao changed the topic.

"He has saved me so many times, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a friend in distress, of course it is better for him." Lin Jinxiu's righteousness is awe-inspiring, and he completely regards Huai Yanqing as his brother.

Qin Shuyao raised his eyebrows, the relationship between these two people is so pure?

"Shopkeeper! Come out! Can't get busy! As he spoke, Huai Yanqing's voice came from outside.

Lin Jinxiu said hello to Qin Shuyao and wanted to go out to help, but just as she was about to go out, Lele also woke up and cried.

"I'll go, how can I save a piece!" Lin Jinxiu held her forehead and widened her eyes.

"Shopkeeper!" Huai Yanqing then shouted.

There was really no way, Lin Jinxiu picked up Lele and stuffed it into Qin Shuyao's arms: "Help me coax me for a while, I'll be back immediately!" ”

When he finished speaking, he ran out like a tornado to help.

Qin Shuyao had a child stuffed in his arms, and followed Lin Jinxiu out with a confused expression, watching her busy at the back of the bar.

Lin Jinxiu only shouted twice, and the originally chaotic situation in the store became orderly.

Her hands were also fast, holding a pen and calculating quickly on the paper, which was a calculation method that Qin Shuyao had never seen before.

And Huai Yanqing and Ning Er were busy at the junction of the hall and the kitchen, cooperating with tacit understanding and moving quickly.

What's even more interesting is that Huai Yanqing is actually serving the food with internal strength, which is a bit good-looking.

This is the first time that Qin Shuyao has carefully observed Lin Jinxiu and their business, and it seems that this kind of tacit understanding is rare in the county government's arrest.

"Huh?" Just thinking about it, a soft little hand was attached to Qin Shuyao's face, and he looked down to see that it was Lin Jinxiu's little baby who was looking at him with curious eyes, stretching out his little hand and giggling while touching his face.

This scene was so healing that Qin Shuyao couldn't help but laugh.

"Hey, shopkeeper, who is that little brother?" Some regulars who knew Lin Jinxiu looked at Qin Shuyao and asked, "Lele's father?" ”