The official took the conversation and said again: "Little grandfather, that family is surnamed Bai, originally doing business in the city and having some family background. It's just that in the Guandi Temple, when the Qinglong Yanyue Knife fell, the man was unfortunately stoned to death, leaving orphans and widows, and life was bitter. ”

On the day of the incident at the Guandi Temple, several people were indeed killed.

When Jiang Muyuan heard this, his brows frowned slightly, and he looked at Shao Fangde.

Although the man surnamed Bai died, according to the official officer, the family originally had some family resources, and then added the silver given by the government, even if the life was not easy, but it was bitter to say that it was bitter ......

Jiang Muyuan knew that it was impossible for Shaofu Yin to be greedy for that little bit of silver, could it be that the officials who handled it below moved the silver?

The official was only halfway through speaking, knowing that there was something incomplete in his statement, he hurriedly added: "The silver has indeed been handed over to the bereaved family, and not a single copper plate is missing." It's just that there is something wrong with the Bai family, and the man's brother has taken over the money and the family, and has driven out the orphan and widow. ”

Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and in front of the silver, people's hearts are changing.

The little woman had just been widowed, and before she could recover her senses, she was kicked out of the house by the Bai family, not to mention the money earned by the man, and even the silver subsidized by the government was swallowed up, so she could only take her young son to beg for a living.

After the winter, the young son contracted the wind cold and never got better, but the mother and son couldn't even squeeze out the money for medical treatment.

Early this morning, the little woman found a delicate silver bracelet on the window, and she didn't think about anything, but went to the pharmacy with the bracelet to grab the medicine, and bought some food for her son with the extra copper plate.

The medicine lady and the little woman at the pharmacy knew each other, and knew that the other had lived a good life, and thought that the bracelet was the last thing at the bottom of the box, and accepted it.

"The silver bracelet was stolen from Aoyagi Hutong this morning, and the lost items were not counted at that time, and the doctor didn't know that it was dirty," the official sighed, "and when we followed the old woman from house to house to ask, the little woman was silent at first, because her neighbor shouted that it was broken." ”

Obviously so poor, yesterday he was still shedding tears for his son's medicine money, but today he set up a medicine stove, and the smell of medicinal herbs can be smelled left and right, so the neighbor brought it up.

The little woman was not very daring, and she could not pretend to be able to hold it if it was torn down, so she told her about the bracelet and took the servant to the pharmacy.

The doctor didn't dare to collect the dirt, so she could only hand over the silver bracelet with a dark face, and turned her head to train the little woman.

She is also a small business, and she can't stand such a toss, so she gave the little woman half a day to make up for the medicine money and the copper plate recovered.

They were all library men, and the little woman couldn't make up for it with any money, and when she returned home, her son's condition did not improve at all, and she couldn't think of hanging the beam in frustration.

Thanks to the fact that the officials were still counting and carrying nearby, they heard the young children crying and followed the sound to see them, so they saved the people.

"The face is already blue, only the breath is out and there is no air intake," the official shook his head again and again, "Just those old women, who know some ways to save people, have dragged this life out." The person is not dead, but he hurts his throat, and he will definitely not be able to speak for ten days and half a month. ”

After Jiang Muyuan heard this, he couldn't help but sigh, and after sighing, he asked the servant, "Where does the old woman live?" ”

"The deciduous alley next to the East City Gate."

Jiang Muyuan knew that there were many shantytowns in that area, most of them were foreign tenants, and they were all poor.

"From the deciduous alley to the East Street, all the gold and silver shops and pawn shops along the way have inquired if they have seen the old woman's silver bill." Jiang Muyuan commanded.

The official was stunned when he heard this, he didn't think of this stubble, and he didn't understand Jiang Muyuan's intention for a while.

Shao Fu Yin's head turned quickly, and when he heard Jiang Muyuan say, he suddenly understood, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and inquire." ”

The official ran away with a smoke.

Shao Fu Yin looked at Jiang Muyuan and said, "What does the little grandfather mean, this is all an arranged script?" ”

Jiang Muyuan's heart was heavy: "I'd rather I guessed wrong." ”

East Street is in the north of the city, the Fallen Leaf Hutong walks to the East Street, the distance is not short, and there are not many along the way, there are four or five pawn shops, gold and silver shops, why did the old woman skip these and walk alone to the East Street?

Judging from the performance of the old woman, she is not a bold person, she has lived near the East City Gate for a long time, and she will be more at ease with the shops in the East City.

If she wanted to be secret, so that the people around her would not find out, so she would have looked for a small shop, not one of the best gold and silver shops on East Street where she appeared.

No matter which angle you think about it, the old woman's behavior doesn't make sense.

Then there is only one answer, she went to the largest shop on East Street, East Street is close to the government, and the proprietors of the shops know the latest news, and the silver coin will be recognized as soon as it is taken out.

And East Street is also the most lively, no matter what the old woman and the official say or do, it will spread in an instant.

In this way, it also echoed Jiang Muyuan and Gu Yunqi's speculation, the other party just wanted to make a storm in the city.

Come to think of it, at this moment on East Street, the news that the widow of the Bai family was rescued from the hanging beam has also spread.

Shao Fu Yin pursed his lips tightly, the thief has been busy for two nights, this little movement must not satisfy the other party, and then ......

Thinking along this line of thought, Shaofu Yin gasped, his face was full of hesitation, and he struggled back and forth between saying and not saying for a long time, and finally his heart was crossed, and he suppressed his voice and said: "Little grandfather, I have an extremely bad premonition." ”

Jiang Muyuan also thought of it, raised his hand and patted Shao Fu Yin's shoulder, and said, "Early tomorrow morning, you can wait and get busy." ”

Shaofu Yin laughed bitterly: "Xu is the day after tomorrow?" ”

It doesn't really make a difference between tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

In the huge capital, the other party wants to make something happen, and he can't look at it at all.

Jiang Muyuan walked out of the mansion, motioned for the wind to follow, and asked in a low voice, "When will the fifth master arrive in Beijing?" ”

Listening to the wind, he hurriedly said: "One or two days at most." ”

Jiang Muyuan bowed, walked back to Suxiang Building, sat down in the private room, and listened to the movement below with the window open.

Sure enough, the progress here is as expected, and the lobby is discussing the situation of the deciduous alley.

Not only the little woman, but also other poor people, it was very miserable.

Obviously, they all live in Beijing, and they know that there are people in the city who have a difficult life, but they are very excited to hear what they say, as if they are the first time to know the poverty of the fallen leaf alleys.

"I don't know where all the silver in the imperial court is used?" Some people questioned.

"I've gone to the Heart Palace." There is humanity

After such a dialogue, the contradiction immediately turns.