Chapter 197: Yan Xi and Li Chun (2)
"I didn't say anything about you, but I just wanted you to explain the matter of the fine hair. As for Hu Ximao, if he really committed a crime, he would dig the grave, and those who should have broken the bones and ashes would have broken the bones and ashes, and he couldn't escape if he died. The beautiful young man smiled and said such words that damaged yin morality, and Mrs. Liu didn't dare to howl anymore, it was really a wicked person who needed a wicked person to grind.
The people arrested in Yuenan County were not the ones who handled Li Chun after interrogation, but there was a tooth woman who confessed a useful clue: Liu Agui from Xiaoyue Village married and settled in Yueping County.
However, Liu Agui's reputation is not very good, serious people will not call him to deliver babies, she specializes in delivering illegitimate children, the eldest girl and the little daughter-in-law's inner courtyard have experienced a lot of dirty things, and many private children have been bought and sold by her. Later, when I got old, I didn't wash my hands, and I also accumulated some net worth, took an adopted daughter, and recruited a door-to-door son-in-law to live a stable life.
In the winter of Chengping's eighth year, she sold a one-year-old boy, who was brought to her dressed in rich clothes, in Liu Agui's words, "dressed in gold". Bai Lin showed her the three things, especially the pair of tiger head shoes were well preserved, she immediately recognized that it was the boy, the material and embroidery of his clothes were the first and last time Liu Agui saw the preciousness and delicacy, so she couldn't forget it.
This child was given to her to sell by her good friend Hu Ximao at the time. This Hu Ximao is a gangster who steals chickens and dogs, and Bai Lin gradually found out that he is not a simple second-rate person during his search.
"He also had a good life, eating with his mouth full of oil, wearing silk on his body, and going to be a water thief. We have a lot of rivers and waterways, and there are people with crooked minds who have taken a fancy to this bowl of rice. Didn't the official master bring a group of water thieves more than 20 years ago, and the fine hair was a gang, but he didn't catch it. ”
"Mixed River Dragon, our mixed river dragon was famous, robbed a lot of people, this fine hair gangster Jiang Long went, he was majestic for a while, and he was showing off his might when he returned to his hometown. Later, when Mingjianglong committed an accident and several bosses were cut by a thousand knives, he didn't dare to let go of a fart. Tsk, that's the biggest thing we have here, and I remember it vividly for more than 20 years, when I was only 14 years old, and I had nightmares for half a year. ”
Mixed Jianglong, the Jiangnan Shui Kou in the case file where Mrs. Xu was killed is this name.
On the other hand, Bai Lin still relied on the two brothers Feng Jinshan and Feng Jinbao, who were thoughtful, and asked them to start from the pawnshop that collected gold bracelets, and took this gold ring to peel off the cocoon and go back one by one, and finally found out the source. In the eleventh year of Chengping, Hu Ximao mortgaged this golden circle to the Qinggou Gambling House in Yueping County. Although the Qinggou gambling house is no longer there, there are still a few shareholders, partners, and account offices.
It seems that the link of the eight-year incident of Chengping can be interlocked with Hu Ximao. Liu Agui is easy to find, she still lives in Yueping County, and when the Feng family brothers also reflected the origin of the golden circle on Hu Ximao, when the news came, Bai Lin breathed a sigh of relief, and fainted softly.
Bai Lin used to be hugged everywhere he went as the heir of the owner of the Three Lions Hall, and was flattered, but this time he helped to find out Li Chun's life experience, and he really tasted the sweetness of power.
What Liuqing Town, Yuenan County, Yueping County, these small places, the poor Qipin County officials, may not be as rich as any maritime merchant in Nanquan. But any merchant must submit to the scarlet seal. The scuds of the cha ya, which can lift people directly from the bed, and simply and rudely use the board to hear the useful, all this is not something that a merchant can do, not silver.
Bai Lin made up his mind to find out about Li Chun's matter, he is the son of the Hou Mansion, and he has to be. Because Xiaobao will follow him in the future, it will be possible to go to the road of the eunuch, not to mention the son of a businessman, who will not be able to get this power.
This unlucky Hu Ximao died five years ago, a little thief, a rotten gambler, and finally was violently beaten by the turtle because he owed tickets in the Qinglou, and died in a dilapidated house a few days later. This kind of fate is very compatible with his life of eating, drinking, prostitution, gambling, stealing, robbing and cheating.
Hu Ximao has an elder brother who is an honest man who is diametrically opposed, and has been farming honestly in Xiaoyue Village all his life, and never takes more than one piece of grass from other people's families. Hu Damao recalled that his younger brother had been clever since he was a child, but this cleverness was used crookedly at the beginning, used on how to escape from household farm work, and became a famous second-rate son in the village when he was a teenager, and serious people avoided it.
At the age of sixteen, Hu Ximao was uneasy in the countryside, went to Yueping County to fool around, began to learn to gamble and get acquainted with people from the three religions and nine streams, and joined Jianglong.
The waterways in Yueping County are busy, and the dragon who crosses the river does not dare to do big things, so he picks out some small merchant ships that are lonely and weak, and the small businessmen are unlucky and have nowhere to shout grievances. They can't do a few cases a year, the county has no strength to rectify it, and the state government doesn't look down on it, so it's not worth transferring troops for this little thief. It is like a louse in this waterway, and although it is annoying, it cannot stir up too much wind and waves.
Hu Ximao is timid, and he is like a weak chicken, he can't move a knife and can't dance a stick, and he has never entered the water village at all, so he only guarded a property in Jianglong in Yueping County, and by the way, he inquired about collecting news from merchants in docks and restaurants. This work is in line with his wishes, walking through the streets and alleys all day long, eating and drinking, so comfortable.
Originally, Yan Yun wrote to her to ask her to have a military ship from Southeast Road to accompany her later, she was separated from her husband for half a year after marriage, so she naturally did not want to wait, and her brother-in-law Yan Lan was also young and vigorous, so she escorted her sister-in-law and nephew to set off. Originally, the official ship they were on was gorgeous and tall, and it was not the goal of crossing the river, but at the last stop, the official ship of Songning Mansion had something to do and had to stay for ten days, Yan Lan and Xu Yu decided to leave the large box cage behind, and they continued to move forward with a merchant ship that happened to return to the southeast.
What the spies saw was a young and beautiful couple going out with their children, although they didn't know what the cargo was in the ship, but they knew that they were rich people by looking at the clothes of the man and woman. The spy who followed the child at anchorage one night heard the child's nurse arguing with the boatman, to the effect that the silver they brought could be used to kill him, and her little boy threw the ingots into the water to listen to the sound.
These words couldn't help but make the hearts of the water thieves flutter, and they had already found out that there were not many guards on the ship, and they were all maids and wives. After deliberation, it was decided to do the big one.
In fact, Yan Lan took into account that the valuable cages were all behind, and the journey was already halfway through, and the merchant ship was also on its return journey and had been shipped. There was not much money on either side, so it stands to reason that half of the guards were left on the official ship waiting for the cage to continue moving.
Guo Jianglong regarded this time as a hand-washing work, and then dispersed everyone to be a rich man, so he exerted all his strength and asked everyone to participate. Hu Ximao, such an unpopular little character, also trembled, got on the boat, endured the cold, and hid in the reeds.
The course and consequences of this robbery are clearly recorded in the case file. Several leaders were chopped alive, and Lao Jingning lost his beloved daughter and grandson, and his heart was full of blood and blood. Lao Guangpinghou felt guilty for sending his daughter-in-law and eldest grandson to death, and he was sick. The saint took pity on the two nobles, and specially ordered Yan Yun to take the title after filial piety, and postpone it for the third time.
Yan Yun wanted to continue to earn the title for his son, but his son really continued the title for the family, at the cost of his life.
In fact, when Yan Lan was alarmed, she shouted, "This is the family of the imperial court, you dare to wait!" The water thieves regretted it, knowing that they were afraid that they had found the wrong person this time. But the guards of the Marquis of Guangping Mansion are very powerful, the number is small but the martial arts are strong, and for a while, this Jianglong can't even have the upper hand. Yan Lan led the people to chase and fight, and the water thieves were also cornered, gritting their teeth, they either died or they died today.