They and Zhang Youwei had examined the so-called extortion letter, and the handwriting was sloppy, and it was not similar to the handwriting of Liu Wengui, Liu Zhen, and others, or even had any similarities. Although Xu Chu did not do handwriting identification, he had also been in contact with it during criminal investigation. If it is the same person's handwriting, even if she deliberately pretends to be them, it is extremely difficult to avoid some personal characteristics when writing, such as sketching or pausing......

But now there is nothing, so there are only two situations, one is that someone is actually blackmailing, and the second is that there is a person involved in the case that they don't know or even have not seen.

"This paper...... The place is slightly poor, the thickness is uneven, it seems to be the Mao Tai paper used in the accounting of each Zhuangzi? ”

When Xu Chu's words fell, Zhang Youwei's face changed slightly. If this is the case, doesn't it more confirm that there is a problem with Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the Liu family?

Xiao Qinglang took the thin paper, looked at it casually, and said softly: "The ink is seriously blurred, and there are many smear marks, I am afraid that the person who wrote the letter must have ink on his hands." ”

Nowadays, the ink is more oiled and ink, and it is extremely difficult to clean, if it is really as Xiao Qinglang said, then it will be more convenient for them to find it.

When Zhang Youwei heard this, his eyes lit up, and he sighed with emotion, how could he not have such a meticulous person in the yamen. Although he is dedicated to the public, he is actually not good at pushing cases, and his subordinates are quick to arrest and serve quickly, and they just have more than enough experience to be inexperienced. It can deal with some small cases, but once it is such a complex case, it begins to be helpless.

When he left the autopsy room to see Liu Qingyun, Xiao Qinglang whispered to Xu Chu: "The Liu family's industry is not abnormal on the surface, but the maritime affairs are not reported by himself to the yamen. ”

With that, he took out a neat stack of paper from his sleeve, on which he copied the records taken from the official booklet.

"It turned out to be the industry put down by the Zhang family in the capital? What does he have to do with the Zhang family? Xu Chu frowned, seeing that Xiao Qinglang had not informed Zhang Youwei, he knew that he did not want to make extraneous branches.

"It has nothing to do with it, to be exact, the Zhang family is looking for him. And more importantly, according to the accounts, he has made a lot of profits over the years. Just one business of maritime imports is enough to make many people salivate. But the strange thing is that I sent someone to secretly check the gold and silver stored by the Liu family in the major banks, but it is only tens of thousands of taels. As for Zhuangzi and the family business, it is only a few places on the outskirts of Yunan County, and it can be said that it is not everyone's great business at all......"

"What about the silver?" Xu Chu blurted out. When he saw Xiao Qinglang's smiling expression, he said dumbly, "I don't know where to go!" ”

So, this is the real reason why they met Liu Qingyun.

Before meeting Liu Qingyun, Xu Chu had also speculated about his temperament, probably a sleek and sophisticated person who was good at socializing. After seeing it, she realized that she seemed to be wrong. Although this person is not as noble and elegant as Xiao Qinglang, he is also quite bookish, and his polite style makes people feel good when they see it.

Seeing Zhang Youwei coming with someone, Liu Qingyun hurriedly bowed his hand and said, "Lord Zhang, I don't know how the case is investigated?" ”

Zhang Youwei bowed slightly, and then looked at Xiao Qinglang on his side and introduced to Xu Chu: "This is Liu Qingyun, the young master of the Liu family, who learned that there was an accident at home, he returned from a long journey day and night, and just arrived in the county early this morning. I heard that Zhu'er, who was serving by Liu Zhen's side, was killed, and the body was also sent to the yamen, for fear that something would happen, so I hurried over. ”

This is cleverly said, which not only introduces Liu Qingyun's identity and the reason for his origin, but also suppresses the noisy incident of Liu Wengui in the yamen when he gets up in the morning, so as not to delay the investigation of the case again. After all, tomorrow is the last day of Chinese New Year's Eve, and if he can't solve the case, he and the Yamen officials will not be able to fall well.

To be honest, they got along with Zhang Youwei for two days and knew that he had not been corrupted by the darkness of officialdom. At least, this person is not among the officials in Jinzhou City who have co-opted or used him.

Xu is unknown to others, but they know that now the officialdom of Jinzhou City is like a pool of backwater, and the people behind the scenes control the place, and the relationship is intertwined, and it is difficult to see whether people are ghosts. If even the few officials like Zhang Youwei, who are close to Jinzhou City but have not been corrupted, are dragged into the water or replaced by the black hands in Jinzhou, then the matter will be even more tricky.

So when they were not at a dead end, both of them intended to help Zhang Youwei. What's more, after Xiao Qinglang checked the accounts, he found that the whereabouts of the Liu family's property were unknown, if it wasn't for his own family to hide, it was very likely that it involved what they investigated.

After all, this kind of method, killing two birds with one stone, is the usual method used by those people to act in secret.

"These two were invited by the official to help investigate the case." When Zhang Youwei faced Liu Qingyun, although his tone was mediocre, he was a little more dignified, and he said, "This is Zhou Gongzi, who has a lot of opinions on pushing the case, and this is Miss Chu who is good at autopsy." ”

Xu Chu saw Liu Qingyun looking over, so he bowed slightly as a courtesy. And Xiao Qinglang remained silent, only nodded slightly, but the prestige and extravagance made people not make mistakes, at least they didn't dare to verbally collide.

"Liu Gongzi entered the city early in the morning? Have you ever been home? Xiao Qinglang asked as if he had no intention, as if he was just politely greeting.

Liu Qingyun was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect him to ask such a meaningless word, so that the words that came to his lips had to be swallowed. He thought that after coming to the official mansion, he would inevitably be reprimanded by adults, saying that his mother had an accident at home but did not return home, but he did not want to be questioned at all after he came.

He sighed, shook his head and said, "As soon as I entered the county seat, I heard that my father brought Zhu'er's body to the Yamen to ask for an explanation. ”

Xiao Qinglang nodded, his gaze swept over Liu Qingyun's seemingly calm and smiling face, and saw that Xu Chu was also looking at him, as if there was still some appreciation in his eyes, and he couldn't help frowning. After a while, he loosened his eyebrows and said lightly: "I saw that Young Master Liu was dressed neatly, and a pair of cotton boots were clean and not stained with dust, and I thought you came after going home first to change and wash." ”

As he said this, he looked at Zhang Youwei and said, "It's really good that you have such a handsome appearance under the rule of your lord." ”

His words were neither happy nor angry, but they inexplicably made Liu Qingyun shudder. Almost instantly, Liu Qingyun noticed a change in everyone's gaze towards him, and he sneered to himself: "I don't know what the prince means, although I am from a merchant, I am also familiar with the books of sages, so I naturally know that people should be neatly dressed." ”

Xiao Qinglang looked at him coldly, didn't care about his attitude at all, and only said lightly: "Don't be angry, what you said just now that you don't dare to stop traveling day and night, and it is a matter of your family's life, how dare you delay for a moment?" But not only are you clean and free of dust wrinkles, but even your shoes are clean, do you know that your father is noisy in the yamen, and you will find a place to change your clothes, shoes and socks? ”

Seeing that Liu Qingyun still intended to refute, he said coldly: "Since you still have to be reasonable, why don't you let the adults go to your carriage to look for it, and see if there are any salutes or clothes?" ”

Liu Qingyun's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily with fear and fear: "I really don't know what to say." After that, he looked at Zhang Youwei and arched his hand, "My lord, where does this person come from, is it possible that he wants to charge the grass people with killing his mother?" Or do adults want to deceive my family and just a business? Although the grass people are not talented, they also have friendships with several adults in the court and the central government in the business field, and if the adults have to wronged me, then I will not give up. ”

Zhang Youwei was not frightened by his threat, but when he didn't hear his words, he directly ordered the official behind him: "Go and drive Liu Gongzi's carriage into the back office to rest for a while, so that people can wait for Liu Gongzi's horses." Let the kitchen make some noodles and send them, and let the coachman take a good rest, so as not to lose his body because of the long journey. ”

His words were clearly suspicious of Liu Qingyun, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that there was something wrong with this Young Master Liu. But what was wrong, they could not say.

Seeing this, Liu Qingyun stood up suddenly, and said with an ugly face: "Don't speculate for more than half a sentence, since this is the case, the grass people will leave." As for the case, the adults themselves are the ones who do it. ”

However, before he could flick his sleeves, Xiao Qinglang waved his hand to let Wei Guang step forward, only to see that Wei Guang did not exert himself, but only smiled: "My son-in-law heard that Young Master Liu is a rare young talent in Yunan County, and he admired him very much, and asked Young Master Liu to give my son-in-law a few words of advice." ”

If you want to say that Wei Guang used to be a dignified ice cube face, there was an ice hole. However, as he followed his own prince and came into contact with Xu Chu more and more, the original character became more and more broken. Like this, it seems to be laughing but not laughing, and taking the opportunity to happen, it seems to be getting easier and easier.

Liu Qingyun is secretly struggling here, but where is Wei Guang's opponent. On the other side, Xiao Mingzhu, who was refreshed after being nauseated, also moved her steps with a white face. As soon as she entered the hall, she saw a scene of several people being tense, she shrunk her neck, carefully rubbed to Xu Chu's side and looked over, but saw a very familiar white-faced scholar who was being pulled by Wei Guang affectionately to sit down.

"Hey, you're not that ......" Xiao Mingzhu frowned, and nodded his forehead with his fingers, "Are you the scholar who went to the Liu family's study that day?" ”

When she opened her mouth, Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu were stunned for a moment. And Liu Qingyun's face was completely white, and even the strength of the struggle was removed. He said in a hoarse voice: "The girl is wrong, she has just come back and has not returned home yet." ”

"How could you be mistaken, it's you. At that time, I heard that Sister Chu was investigating the case at Liu's house, so I hurriedly chased after it, but I hit you at the door of Liu's study. After she finished speaking, she glanced at Xiao Qinglang and Xu Chu with some embarrassment, and said, "I saw that your attitude was so bad, so I shook your arm and whipped you, and apologized afterwards, why did you bother to go to the yamen to complain!" ”