There is a clear and visible river in the inner city that bypasses the side of the imperial city, called the Qingshui River, which is the moat naturally formed by the imperial palace, all the way to the east, flowing out from the east city gate. In the corner of the East City Gate, on both sides of the river, there is Wutong Lane on one side and Phoenix Road on the other. Don't look at the name well, but all the people living in the capital are at the bottom of the capital.

Brother Lian and Ye Yanshan found Wutong Lane and saw a woman walking in front of them with a vegetable basket, so they chased after him and asked, "Sister-in-law, do you know where the Li Twelve family is?"

The woman looked the two of them up and down a few times, "What are the two sons doing with Li Twelve?"

Brother Lian smiled: "There is a money-making business that wants to work with him." ”

"Oh, that's okay, twelve days away from home and not coming home, his father is out to help people work to make money, and I don't know if there is anyone at home. No, there is a locust tree at the front door is his house. ”

"Thank you. ”

The two of them went over and saw that the courtyard door was closed, as if no one was at home. Brother Lian raised his hand and knocked on it, but there was no movement, he knocked a few more times, and just gave up, a lazy voice inside shouted impatiently: "Who?"

Brother Lian said: "The shopkeeper asked me to send Li 12 half a month's salary, is he at home?"

Soon there was the sound of kicking and trampling inside, and the door opened, and a shrewd little man with a shrewd face was draped in a thin dark gray dress on his body, with an open arms, and no belt, his hair was messy, and he dragged his shoes in the door.

Brother Lian nodded, but the man didn't let the two of them in, and directly stretched out his hand and said, "I'm Li Twelve, give it to me." ”

Brother Lian walked into the door with his feet raised, and Ye Yanshan followed up and closed the door with his hand.

"You ...... What do you want to do?" Li Twelve saw that the comer was not good, and wanted to retreat into the house.

Ye Yanshan stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar, before he could do anything, Li Twelve was already curled up on the ground with his head in his hands, and shouted loudly: "Uncle spare your life, just take whatever you want, don't hit me." ”

Ye Yanshan scolded: "Shut up! Call me again, it's really beaten." ”

Li Twelve immediately closed his voice, and when he saw the wind and rudder, he said: "The two masters are good people, I don't know what to do with the little one?"

Brother Lian said: "You are so poor, why don't you want half a month's salary in the silk village?"

"Uh......" Li Twelve's eyes rolled wildly, "There was a death case in Hongxinglou the night before, and the little one was scared......"

Ye Yanshan stretched out his hand and patted him on the head, "Tell the truth!"

Li Twelve was so frightened that he held his head in his hands and drooped his head, "Uncle, it's the truth." ”

Brother Lian said with a smile: "Is it the truth, the master knows." ”

Li 12 said: "What do you say about the little one? The little one is scared and doesn't dare to go back to the store to ask for money."

Ye Yanshan squatted next to him and said, "That murderer, you look familiar, right?"

Li Twelve's body shook slightly, "I don't know!"

Brother Lian took a dagger out of his arms, picked up a stone by the door, and grinded it with a loud noise, and heard Ye Yanshan say: "Your dagger is very sharp, you don't need to grind, if it is dull, it will be difficult to cut the flesh, and it will be hard to cut the flesh slowly, it hurts, and the bleeding is slow." ”

Li Twelve cried out: "Don't cut me, two masters, I said, I said it's not okay? I took the money from the other and helped him keep an eye on the Hongxing Building, he said that a man kidnapped his wife, and he wanted to find that person to pay him money, who would have thought that he could kill people? ”

"What does that man look like?" asked Brother Lian.

"Tall and strong, the villain will definitely not be able to beat him, he promised to find out the news, he will give the villain 20 taels of silver, the villain thought that there is money to make, of course he agreed. ”

"What did he ask you to inquire about?"

"That man named Zhang Mao, when does he come to Hongxing Tower every month for recreation. ”

"What about the results you probed?"

"That person would meet with the Jiang family's housekeeper in the Hongxing Building on the fifth day of the new month every month. ”

"See you every month?"

"Well, that's what Fluttershy said, I've been in Silk Village for three months, and every month. ”

"You saw that man's face when you told him the news, right?"

"See. ”

Brother Lian glanced at Ye Lingshan, Ye Lingshan nodded slightly, entered the house, came out after a while, shook his head and said, "There is no pen and paper." ”

Li Twelve said: "No one in the villain family reads, how can there be paper and pen, Mr. Sun is a teacher in front of him, he has." ”

Ye Yanshan said: "I'll ask for it." As he spoke, he opened the courtyard door and walked out.

Brother Lian looked at Li Twelve, who was holding his head, and asked, "Except that they meet regularly every month, aren't you curious about what they are doing when they meet?"

Li Twelve's body shook slightly, and Brother Lian grabbed his hair, looked at his face and said, "Do you know what they are doing when they meet?"

Li Twelve shook his head desperately, "Don't ask the little one, the little one doesn't know." ”

"I'll ask, and you won't answer. Brother Lian smiled slightly, and asked one after another: "When they meet, are they talking about old things? Are they talking about secrets? It has nothing to do with money? It has nothing to do with money? It has to do with water conservancy projects? It has to do with Cao Yun? It has to do with the construction of the palace, it has to do with the military department, it has to do with building weapons, and it has to do with ......."

Li Twelve suddenly shouted, pushed Brother Lian away, turned around and ran out of the door, Brother Lian reached out and grabbed his collar, his clothes were originally draped on his body, and he rolled directly on the spot, a golden cicada broke out of his shell and rushed out of the door naked.

He rushed forward in a panic, and when Brother Lian saw Ye Yanshan coming out of a door in front of him, he shouted to him, "Stop him." ”

Seeing this, Li Twelve turned around, "plopped", plunged into the Qingshui River, like a fish, and quickly swam to the opposite bank of Phoenix Road, climbed ashore and ran.