The man was about fifty years old, and the clothes he was wearing were very decent, standing in the middle at this time, he heard Li Chengwei's call, and wanted to turn his head to respond, but in front of everyone, it was difficult to turn back, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

Gu Yanzhang pointed to the plate of gold and jade utensils and asked: "These things are bought from the shop you manage, now this bitter master has already identified that everything is the burial of his sister, where did you get the things, but what do you have to say?" ”

At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky, the man was sweaty, and was stared at by dozens of pairs of eyes, for a while, how to turn around in his mind, hesitated, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaomin is in charge, there are hundreds of shops below, where do the shopkeepers get the goods, but the villain is not clear!" ”

What this person said was simply like Li Chengwei, as if he had been taught by a master, he didn't know everything, and nothing had anything to do with him.

Gu Yanzhang said with a smile: "This is interesting, the Criminal Division invited the shopkeepers of the two shops in Quanzhou to come over, they are all in charge of the Treasure Pavilion for many years, and the two of them said bluntly, all the things bought and sold in the pavilion are all Chen Zhangshi, you are responsible for the transportation, they only sell, regardless of the purchase, the source of goods does not have to worry, but now Chen Zhangshi is saying that the purchase has nothing to do with his own family, which one should I believe?" ”

He was talking, and sure enough, someone in that place led two people forward, both dressed as shopkeepers in the shop.

The two of them came forward, and they didn't need Gu Yanzhang to speak, they couldn't wait to identify: "Chen Zhangshi, you can't talk nonsense with your eyes open, when it comes to the source of goods in the shop, everyone knows that you are in charge of this place, and when you get money on weekdays, it's all your work, how can you get things clean at this time?!" We're just hired to work, and we have a few hard sweat money, where are we like you, with dry stocks in the shop! At this time, the meat cannot be eaten, but the pot wants us to carry it, there is no such reason in the world! ”

The man known as "Chen Zhangshi" shouted: "How can you two slander me! I...... What I said that day that you two are old, and you should quit and go home to retire, I'm afraid that this move will offend you two, but one in the world is one, two is two, how can you talk nonsense like this! ”

He was about to speak, but the other person had already followed: "Chen is in charge, you can eat indiscriminately, but you can't talk nonsense, don't involve irrelevant things!" I just ask, has the goods always been in your hands? Don't say no! All the guys in the shop know all the things, the delivery is also your person, where he picked up the goods, and how to send them, all have nothing to do with us, hundreds of shops in Quanzhou, in addition to our treasure pavilion, there are other cloth villages, tea houses, horse shops, grain stores, all of them can testify, how do you want to hide this place? ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to Gu Yanzhang and Tian Feng and said, "Two officials, all the treasures in my Treasure Pavilion are all in the hands of this one person in charge, and it's none of our business!" ”

These two shopkeepers, all of whom have a Fujian accent, were all summoned to the capital from Quanzhou, and they searched left and right on the road, and they couldn't ask anything from the mouth of the officials, so they didn't worry. At this time, when I arrived at the place, I saw the coffin opened by one side, and saw the funeral goods placed on the ground, and saw a head that was cut in half, and smelled the smell of Suhe, mugwort leaves, and calamus, which was also mixed with the smell of corpses, how I didn't know that this was a murder.

Both of them are old people in the store, from Li Liniang when she was alive, they each managed a shop, and later the shop was resold, and the two of them were also transferred out with the shop, they are both shrewd people in the business, watching the Wei family act, you know that Li Liniang's mother and son have a strange cause of death, even if the cause of death is not strange, this sale and transfer must be strange. They didn't care about it, but because they didn't do their own thing, they were implicated at this time, so they naturally jumped out in a hurry.

Fujian people are willing to fight lawsuits, telling them to be afraid of even a chicken, a duck and a goose for the sake of acres, pavement, and silver, but once human life is involved, who is willing to get involved in the edge? Especially since the matter really has nothing to do with them, but is just implicated.

There is another case, according to the law of the Great Jin, digging people's graves is a capital crime, once it is provoked, no one can break it cleanly, so I heard Gu Yanzhang ask, the two of them don't need to discuss, they don't have to think about it, they immediately skim themselves clean and throw the black pot back.

Chen Zhangshi was sweaty, and he stood for a while, and said to Gu Yanzhang: "Official...... There are too many goods handled by the villain, not everything is selected by me, naturally it is impossible to recognize everything, but this matter really has nothing to do with the villain, you might as well wait a little longer, and call the person in charge of this matter to ask again? ”

Gu Yanzhang asked someone to take a pen and paper, and said: "Even so, you don't have to speak, write down the name and origin of the person who selected the goods, and where they are now, and I will ask someone to pass it on." ”

Steward Chen let out an "ah", reached out and took the pen, and when he was about to write, he couldn't help but turn his head and look in the direction where Li Chengwei was standing, wanting to look for him with his eyes.

However, others did not find it, and only saw a mountain of meat in front of them.

Yiyi turned out to be an errand officer who happened to be next to him, and the errand man was tall and big, blocking his sight, Mo said that he couldn't see Li Chengwei's kind and talking eyes, and he couldn't even see a single gray hair that couldn't speak.

In front of everyone, he didn't make much movement, and took a small step to the side with his pen.

The errand officer held his head high, holding a water and fire stick in his hand, he was originally looking in the direction of Tian and Gu, but at this time, it was as if he had eyes on his ears, Chen Guan retreated, and he also followed his footsteps and took a step back, just blocking him again, this time he turned his head and said lightly: "Are you not taking advantage of the pen or what?" If it doesn't work, I'll ask someone to change it for you? ”

Someone in the crowd shouted: "Decades of stewardship, under his command to take care of hundreds of industries, will you not be illiterate?" ”

"It's just a name, and the name can't be written? I know three to five hundred big characters for a seller of baked cakes! ”

"Your baked cake shop has opened on the royal street, don't come to join in the fun!"

"You're still pretending to be here! Stealing people's graves, such a condemned sin, the things that others are buried with, there is a door and a master, and everyone is in the ground, you dare to reach out and make money, how can you still have the face to live in this world!! ”

As soon as everyone said a word, I said a cool word, and several messengers hurriedly stepped forward and ordered them to be quiet.

Steward Chen heard people screaming in his ears, and heard no sound in his ears, but he was holding a pen and couldn't write for a long time.

Gu Yanzhang asked: "You are in charge of hundreds of shops, who does such a big thing as the purchase of all the shops below, and can't remember it?" ”

Steward Chen gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand to write a line, put down the pen again, and said, "This person's name is ......."

Before he finished speaking, the word "call" just came out, and suddenly a gust of wind rushed over his calf, and before the word "Chen" could be spoken, his ears had been replaced by the word "ah", and a "ah" voice shouted.

But it was the officer who held the stick of fire and water in his hand, and whipped it hard at his leg and stomach.

The water and fire sticks in the yamen, which were as thick as a strong man's arms, were solid, and they were pulled down with a stick, and before the defenseless Chen steward called out, he almost bit off his tongue, and his eyes were full of tears in pain for a while.

The officer snorted coldly: "The case is being tried here, the official ordered, you can ignore it, tell you not to make a sound, you prefer to tell the person's name, who do you want to collude with?!" ”

Steward Chen was in tears, he didn't dare to say anything, and stood with his hands bowed.

Gu Yanzhang took the paper, only glanced at it, then handed it to Tian Feng on the side, and then turned his head to look at Manager Chen, and asked, "You are in charge of hundreds of shop industries in Quanzhou, but who are you in charge of?" ”

Steward Chen hesitated for a moment and said, "The master's surname is Chen, and his name is Xunchen." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked: "How is this person's name written, where is his origin, how old is this year, and what is his appearance?" ”

Steward Chen said: "This master family happens to have the same surname as the villain, Erdong Chen, Yan Chuanxun, Baoyuchen, as for where is he from...... The matter of the main family, the villain is not easy to inquire...... He is about forty or fifty years old, and his appearance is ...... If you have a beard, you should have a round face......"

He paused and apologized: "Because I've only met once, I really can't remember it clearly." ”

Speaking of this, he did not forget to add: "The villain does not like to take care of the housework, has always been the beginning and not the end, that many industries have been in his hands for many years, but this long time of effort, I have only been to Quanzhou once, in addition to me that day, there are a few shopkeepers who have seen together, but then every year to check the accounts, he does not come in person, only a few accounts down." As he spoke, he pointed to one of the two shopkeepers just now, "He is the one who met Master Chen's family with me that day, and the official can go and ask to see if I am right or not?" You can also ask, maybe he remembers more! ”

After Steward Chen finished speaking, it seemed that Gu Yanzhang asked, and he answered everything he said, but in fact, he studied it carefully, except for the name, the rest of the things were not explained.

When I was forty or fifty years old, even if I was bald, most of them had a beard, and as for the round face...... These dozens of people in the field, just click a little, I'm afraid that half of them have round faces, and the other half have square faces, if you ask him, most of them still feel that their chin is a little round!

Chen Nai's surname, a forty or fifty-year-old man surnamed Chen with a "round face" and a beard, there are not 10,000 in the world, but 8,000, is it impossible to find a list of people according to these one by one? There is no such reason in the world!

Left and right is a person who sees the head and does not see the tail, looking for a ten or eight years, if you can't find it, you can't find it...... There are so many things in the yamen, can you still keep an eye on this small case of tomb robbery? After a long time, it will naturally become an unsolved case.

Steward Chen was very attentive, and he didn't forget to take a few steps forward, pointing out clearly, for fear that Gu Yanzhang would recognize the wrong person, and said, "It's the shopkeeper on the left." ”

I am afraid that Gu Yanzhang will not ask questions.

According to his thoughts: the people who have only met once, and a few years ago, where do ordinary people remember?

He breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but he heard Gu Yanzhang suddenly ask the shopkeeper: "Do you remember Chen Xunchen's behavior?" ”

The shopkeeper said: "Although the villain has only seen once, he can hear the master talking to the people around him, and he has a northern Anhui accent...... Face ...... I didn't see any features, only during the reception banquet, the villain poured wine on the side, and saw that on the wrist of the left hand of Master Chen's family, there was a black mole the size of a mung bean, and the shape was also mung bean......"

Gu Yanzhang said with a smile: "Since you have both seen it, you are just here to identify it." ”

Steward Chen listened inexplicably, and saw that the official next to him who was blocking him got out of the way, and there was a smooth road on the left, with a wide field of vision, and Li Chengwei stood not far away, and there was no barrier between the two.

He couldn't help but tilt his head and glanced at the other party, thinking if he could take the opportunity to hint at one or two.

However, with such a good opportunity, Li Chengwei did not look at him, but his face was as white as paper, his eyes did not even blink, and he only looked at the people who were brought from the back of the crowd not far away.

The man was about fifty years old, his face was not round, nor could he be called up, and his beard hung from his mouth, and his appearance was so ordinary that it was difficult for one to look at him first, and then it would be difficult to find it out of the crowd after a while.

The messenger brought him to the middle, first introduced Tian and Gu, and when the man saw the coffin, he was already three points afraid, and when he heard the series of official positions, his face couldn't help but become nervous, and he saluted first, and then whispered: "The villain's surname is Chen, and his name is Chen Xunchen." ”

Gu Yanzhang asked Steward Chen, "Is it him or not?" ”

Steward Chen was so frightened that his tail spine twitched one by one, and his feet were almost unstable, but he thought of many things behind him, swallowed his saliva, and still tried to say: "Villain...... I've only seen it once...... I don't remember ......."

Gu Yanzhang asked Chen Xunchen again: "Do you know who this person is?" ”

Chen Xunchen first glanced at Li Chengwei on the side, with a sad face on his face, but he did not detour around the corner, but honestly admitted: "It is the person in charge of the small people's industry in Quanzhou......

Gu Yanzhang asked the shopkeeper in front again: "Yes or not?" ”

The shopkeeper said, "I hear the accent a bit similar, but it's a little bit old, and I want to look at the left hand...... I remember the ...... with a hair growing in the middle of the mole."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the audience burst out laughing.

A servant had already gone to pull Chen Xunchen's sleeve and exposed his left wrist, and sure enough, there was a black mole the size of a mung bean in the middle.

The official raised Chen Xunchen's hand and said loudly: "Official, there is indeed hair in the middle of the mole here...... It's just more than one, one of them is long, and there are a few short ...... next to it."

There was a chuckle in the room.

Many people recognize people by their hairy moles, and it is the first time they have seen them like this, and they all think it is very strange.

Gu Yanzhang said to Chen Xunchen: "You have more than 100 shops in Quanzhou, and there are a number of fields, gold and silver, and then you go back to Yingzhou, in the local area is just an ordinary shopkeeper, the house is less than two in, and the land under your name is only more than ten acres, after inquiry, the local people are saying that you still owe others 20 taels of silver when you buy the house, and you have not returned it after a few months, and I will ask you, where did you buy the money for more than 100 shops in Quanzhou?" ”