After Lin Yanyan finished speaking, Xiao Qian continued: "I found that the Meng family was full of trouble is an old man who makes steamed buns on Changping Street, surnamed Zhang, Zhang Laohan is familiar with Meng Chao's father, every day when Lao Zhang gets up to make steamed buns, Yin is carrying the burden to the market in Xicheng to sell, yesterday evening, Zhang Laohan also saw Meng's father, Meng's father told him, let him leave ten steamed buns for him today." Zhang Laohan went out on time to sell steamed buns today, passing by Meng's house, and saw that the door of Meng's house was half-hidden, he thought that Meng's father was up, thinking that when he came back from the market, the steamed bread would have been cold, so it was better to give the steamed bread to Meng's father now, so he went to call the door, who knew that no one responded after calling a few voices, Zhang Laohan felt that something was not right, so he went in to take a look, and then found that Meng Chao was out of breath in a pool of blood. Frightened, he hurriedly ran out to wake up the neighbors and reported to the official......"

"It's my turn, it's my turn......" Lu Zhaonan was eager to show his findings.

"You say."

Lu Zhaonan said: "I visited the neighbors of the Meng family, the Meng family was moved here ten years ago, that is, after Meng Chao became the guard of Dinghuai Gate, the Meng family has always been honest, and has a good relationship with the neighbors, and has never quarreled with anyone in the past ten years, it is impossible to say that it is impossible to make enemies with others." ”

Xiao Qian was still waiting for Lu Zhaonan's next words, but Lu Zhaonan drank tea.

"Gone?"

"That's all, everyone said the same, I'll summarize it." Lu Zhaonan felt that he had summarized it very well and was concise and to the point.

Xiao Qian was speechless, and asked the same as not asking.

"When I came out, I asked casually, and one said that Father Meng used to work in a firecracker workshop, and his left hand was blown off by firecrackers because he was missing three fingers. The shopkeeper who opened a grocery store on the street said that Meng Chao went to his shop every three or five to buy things, three days ago, Meng Chao went to buy soy sauce and took soy sauce and left, and gave two more copper coins and didn't find it, and he didn't hear it, or the shopkeeper chased after him and gave him the money, and the shopkeeper asked Meng Chao if he had something on his mind, Meng Chao shook his head and said no, but looking at Meng Chao's appearance was like losing his soul. Lin Yanyan added.

"The old man who runs a grocery store on the street? I asked him, but he didn't tell me that. Lu Zhaonan was stupid.

Xiao Qian glanced at him: "Why did you ask?" ”

"I ...... I asked the Meng family if they had any enmity and grudges with others, didn't you ask me to ask? ”

Xiao Qian didn't want to talk to him anymore, and looked at Guan Sheng: "How are you over there?" ”

"Back to my lord, I asked the guards at Dinghuai Gate, and they all said that Meng Chao was a little wooden, but he was absolutely diligent and did not discount, if he wanted to say something unusual, it should be four days ago, Meng Chao was reprimanded by Guo Yongli, the commander of the guards. The reason is that Meng Chao was too slow when checking the goods of Shunchang's convoy, which caused congestion at the city gate, and there happened to be an official's wife who was about to enter the city, so Guo Yongli asked him not to check, and he refused to stop, so he was trained by Guo Yongli. ”

"Lecture in public?" Xiao Qian asked.

He also gave a few words of training in public, and later someone saw that Guo Yongli called Meng Chao to lecture him alone. The humble position found Guo Yongli to ask, Guo Yongli's rhetoric was similar to what everyone said, and he thought that Meng Chao was too abrasive and had no eyesight. ”

"Have you seen the city entry register?"

"I only copied the registration record of that day." Guan Sheng took out a list.

After Xiao Qian saw it, Lu Zhaonan reached out to pick it up, Xiao Qian handed it directly to Lin Yanyan, and Lu Zhaonan pursed his lips stupidly.

Lin Yanyan said: "From everyone's description, Meng Chao is an honest and serious person, he insisted on checking the goods of Shunchang Car Dealership, and he must have found some problems." ”

Xiao Qian nodded approvingly: "Guan Sheng, you go to Dinghuai Gate again and bring all the registers for entering the city in the past month." Zhen Gongzi, Lu Gongzi, let's go to Shunchang car dealership. ”

The three of them came to Shunchang Automobile Company, which is a car and horse shop specializing in helping people transport goods, and is one of the three major car dealers in Beijing.

The person in charge of the car dealership, Steward Ye, heard that someone from Shuntian Mansion was coming, and he hurriedly came out to greet him.

"Four days ago? There were several truckloads of goods coming and going, and the small ones couldn't remember clearly, or a few adults would wait a while, and the small ones would go and look at the accounts. ”

"Go quickly, I'm busy." Lu Zhaonan urged impatiently.

Xiao Qian and Lin Yanyan looked at Lu Zhaonan in unison.

"Why do you think of me like that? I am...... Saying something wrong or doing something wrong? Lu Zhaonan has been hit hard today, first went to the scene in a hurry, but only glanced at it and vomited in the dark, and went to the neighbors to ask for no useful information, feeling that the gap between reality and imagination is too big. So now he wants to behave well, he sees Guan Sheng and them usually going out and dragging them like this, drinking five or six, as if I am your uncle.

Lin Yanyan turned to look at Xiao Qian: You can teach your people yourself, how can anyone in the yamen say that he is a master, and he still thinks that he is Lu Xiaowang.

Xiao Qian sighed secretly: "Don't talk later." ”

Lu Zhaonan: Uh......

Is he wrong again?

After a while, Steward Ye took the accounts and came out. Xiao Qian directly flipped to the record four days ago, found three cars that came in from the direction of Dinghuaimen, and then flipped back, and the next day there were three more cars, which were transported from Ezhou.

"What are your truckloads of freight?"

"My lord, they are all local specialties, such as bronze mirrors, Zilian from Jiangxia, Fasi rice or something."

"Where's the thing now?"

"It has been sent to the customer, the rice has been sent to the Guangda rice grain store, Zilian has been sent to the major restaurants, and the bronze mirror has been sent to various rouge shops."

"Done with it?"

"It's done."

"What about the carriage? Still there? ”

"My lord, the carriage has been dispatched, and our car dealership has a good business, and we can't keep it busy."

Xiao Qianxin said: Then what else is there to investigate?

Lin Yanyan pondered: "You should have a warehouse with so many goods coming and going every day, right?" ”

Steward Ye nodded: "There are some in the warehouse, there are some." ”

"How many are there?"

"There are two of them."

"Take us around."

"Your Excellency......" Steward Ye looked embarrassed.

Xiao Qian's eyebrows raised slightly, releasing his majestic momentum: "What? Having a hard time? Could it be that there is something shady in this warehouse? ”

Steward Ye waved his hand again and again: "No, no, the small one just thinks that there are still a lot of things to deal with, it's just that it is important to always cooperate with the adult's official business, and the small one will accompany the adult." ”

"But sir, can you tell me what went wrong with our car dealership? The owner asked, it's easy to reply to the small one, isn't it? ”

Xiao Qian said coldly: "This official suspects that someone is smuggling prohibited items. ”

Steward Ye's face changed greatly: "My lord, this is absolutely impossible, our car dealership is doing serious business and never doing anything illegal and undisciplined." ”

"Yes or no, you have to check it to know." Lu Zhaonan learned Xiao Qian's tone and dragged it.

The three of them followed Steward Ye to the back of the car dealership.

Out of the back door was a large courtyard with seven or eight carriages parked in the yard.

Lin Yanyan said slowly: "Steward Ye, isn't your car dealership doing a good business?" Why are there still so many wagons empty? ”