When he returned to Gwangju, it was late, and thinking about Lu Wu, Li Zhihuai went directly to the government by car.

The two rows of soldiers at the entrance of the yamen saluted in unison: "Lord Li." ”

Li Zhihuai waved his hand and smiled at them cordially, and then walked in with a team of people.

Pei Yan was talking to Qi Xu about Lu Wu at this time, and when he saw him coming, he smiled and said, "Master Li came by chance, I just talked about you with Lord Qi, and you came back." ”

Pei Yan doesn't like to laugh, and always gives people a very serious feeling, but his good temperament is visible to everyone.

Li Zhihuai suddenly thought of that Zhang Gonglian, who looked honest, but always felt that he was holding back a bad stomach in his heart.

Thinking of this, his gaze swept to Qi Xun, and he couldn't help but secretly make a pair of seats.

is very similar to Qi Xu, a smiling tiger!

At that time, I talked and laughed with him for a long time, and in a blink of an eye, I bought Su Zi's paintings, so angry that he didn't want to see his stinky face for a few days!

"Master Li?" Pei Yan saw that he was stunned and a little puzzled, and also looked at where Qi Xu was.

I heard his wife say that the Qi family intends to marry the Li family, is this the look of the in-laws......

Qi Xu was uncomfortable stared at by the two, and couldn't help but cough to interrupt the subtle thoughts in their hearts.

"Let's talk about Lu Wu." He said.

Only then did Li Zhihuai retract his gaze and tell them what he found today.

"I have read the words in Peng Ao's hand, and I have also found someone to check the authenticity, and there is no falsification......"

"The ancestral house of the Lu family is a big mansion, but it is dilapidated and old inside, and there is nothing valuable......

"I went to ask about the mortgage back then, but no one knew, and Peng Ao said that only he and Na Lu Laishan knew about it at that time."

Qi Xu continued his words: "Then Lu Wu said that there is a family heirloom treasure in the ancestral house, and his father will never mortgage it, as for this heirloom treasure, he doesn't know what it is." ”

"Lu Wu has been doing business in Minzhou all these years, and only returned to Zixian at the beginning of this year, but learned that his ancestral house had been occupied......

Pei Yan nodded and said, "In other words, except for Peng Ao and the late Lu Laishan, no third person knew about this matter back then. ”

Then it will be a little difficult to do, if what Lu Wu said is false, it will be fine, if what he said is true, but there is no evidence and no evidence, and Peng Ao can't help it for a while.

"When I saw Peng Ao today, he felt that he was flying into trouble and had such a father and son on the stall." Li Zhihuai said, "But I see, things are not as he said." ”

"I asked the people in Zixian County, Peng Ao was poor before, and he had just become a petty official when he made the note, so he didn't have any spare money to lend to others."

"Of course, Peng Ao's statement is that it was the money that his wife got from her own gold and silver jewelry, and she was originally going to keep it for him in the officialdom, but it was borrowed by Lu Laishan, which made his wife unhappy."

This kind of Peng Ao does sound like a generous person, he is short of money, and he lends money to others.

"What about the pawnshop?" Qi Xu said this keenly.

Li Zhihuai raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "I have sent someone to ask, and the pawnshop owner said that this is indeed the case." ”

"Is that really the case......" Qi Xu frowned, but he couldn't think of anything else for a while.

The room gradually fell silent, and they all thought in silence.

"This matter still has to start with Peng Ao." Pei Yan was silent for a while, breaking this dull calm, "I still have to work hard for you these days, go down and investigate more." ”

The two responded, and Li Zhihuai reminded: "Master Pei, there is also the disappearance of the woman from Zixian County in Gwangju. ”

"I've sent someone to check this." Pei Yan waved his hand, his expression became serious, "Zhang Gonglian looks honest on weekdays, but he doesn't care about anything, what's the use!" ”

"The imperial court sent us to various states and counties, which trusted us and believed that we could make decisions for the people, but what has he done now!"

"This time, he didn't give me an explanation, so I wrote to the court to ask him to be dismissed and let him stop doing this county order!"

Pei Yan is famous, and it was His Majesty who personally accepted his fate back then, and the officials he couldn't look down on must have no good fruit to eat.

Zhang Gong even thought about it, so he immediately sent someone to find the missing person.

In this way, most of the officials in Zi County do nothing, or live lazily, live in troubled waters, or oppress the people, and charge others at will.

Really, a mess of mud!

Li Zhihuai shook his head helplessly.

"Let's do this today." Pei Yan said, and walked out.

Li Zhihuai remembered that he still had something to do, so he went to prison.

The dark prison is filled with the smell of mold, which pierces people's noses and almost fails.

Even if someone will be sent to clean it up, it will be so bad in the near future.

It seems that this is how prisons should be, and so should those who are locked in prisons.

Li Zhihuai walked to the cell where the man in black was and found him sleeping on a narrow wooden bed.

The snoring was so loud that even the rats were scared away.

"Hey! Get up! One of the guards reminded sternly, "Master Li is here." ”

The man on the wooden bed was still motionless, but the snoring stopped, and I don't know if he was too dead asleep or if he had woken up and was pretending to be asleep.

Li Zhihuai ordered people to open the prison door, and then let them retreat, leaving Alin to guard the door.

"Who told you to do it?" He asked, "Why did I kill my daughter because she didn't know you, and I didn't provoke you?" ”

There was a brief silence in the air.

After a long time, the black-clothed man got up and spoke: "Miss Li San provoked someone else, that's her fault." ”

Messed with someone else?

Li Zhihuai lowered his gaze in silence,

"Who is it?" He spoke, "Now that my daughter has not had an accident, if you recruit her, I will deal with it lightly." ”

After speaking, he glanced at him, "But if you don't recruit, don't blame me for being welcome!" ”

The man in black stopped talking again.

But looking at it like that, it seems to be weighing the pros and cons.

"Those who know the times are handsome." Li Zhihuai looked at him, "You are just doing things for money, and you don't need to take your own life." ”

The man in black remained silent.

When Li Zhihuai thought that he couldn't speak and was about to leave, he finally opened his mouth.

"Will Master Li let me go?"

"You're not qualified to negotiate terms with me." Li Zhihuai stood with his hands in his hands and said lightly, "Whether you say it or not depends on you, and whether you let it go or not depends on me." ”

The man in black looked at him for a moment and lowered his head.

"I want to see Lord Qi." He said abruptly, "When he comes, I'll say." ”

……

……

"Fang'er!"

As soon as Qi Xu returned home, he hurried to find his little daughter, but his usually relaxed face was a little heavy at this time.

Qi Ran was a little surprised when she saw him like this: "Dad, what are you looking for the second sister?" ”

"Where is she?" Qi Xu asked with a calm face, and continued to walk into the backyard after speaking.

Qi Ran followed closely: "The second sister is at her mother's place." ”

Qi Mansion is very large, with a long verandah winding in it, which can lead to all directions, and all kinds of flowers and plants are planted around, and the scenery is pleasant.

In the past, Qi Xu was most satisfied with this verandah, and often walked leisurely to enjoy the scenery, but at this moment, he felt that it was too long, and it would take some time to walk.

Entering a courtyard, there is a row of side houses, the doors and windows are all fine wood, and the texture is clear.

When a few maids who were cleaning saw him coming, they hurriedly stood in a row to salute, and he waved his hand away.

"Mother, no!"

Before entering the house, he heard Qi Fangjiao's arrogant voice.

Qi Xu frowned, signaled to the two maids at the door not to speak, and then walked inside.

"Mother, I won't go to Li Mingyun's mansion, I don't like her!"

"Mother, why do you want her to marry the third brother! I heard what you and your dad said last time......"

Some radical words made Qi Xu's face instantly black as the bottom of a pot.

"Fang'er!" Qi Xu walked in with his hands in his hands and scolded with a dark face, "What did you do!" ”

There was a bit of blame and questioning in the words.

"Daddy!" Qi Fang's eyes widened: "Are you reprimanding me?" What happened to you? ”

Qi Xu walked up to her and took out something from his arms: "This hairpin, it's yours, right?" ”

The room was lit, and the room was bright, and a gorse hairpin sparkled in the candlelight, which stabbed Qi Fang's eyes.

She exclaimed, "Dad, why is this hairpin here with you?" ”