Brother Lian got up and cleaned up, went to Lian Li's house to drink two bowls of hot porridge, and asked his mother to go to the doctor to get some cold and flu medicine to boil back, while he rode on a horse and went straight to the punishment department with a clear nose.

When I arrived at the Criminal Department, I saw Man San, grabbed his sleeve and pulled him to Guan Tongsheng's official room, before she could speak, Man San asked her first: "I saw the emperor yesterday, what reward do you want?"

She rolled her eyes angrily, "My life is almost gone, and I will be rewarded?"

Man San was startled, "What's the matter? Good credit, how could he almost die?"

Brother Lian patted him on the shoulder, "Guo Er is just a scapegoat, we found something that shouldn't be found, so someone sent a murderer to us to calm things down." ”

Man San opened his mouth wide in shock, "Who?

Brother Lian turned his head to look around before saying, "Prime Minister Quan." ”

Man San was stunned and stammered, "...... him What did he do, afraid we'd find out?"

Brother Lian shook his head and said, "We need to check this." ”

"How do you check?"

Brother Lian uncontrollably sneezed again before saying, "Wait for Guan Shudu's to come and discuss together." ”

The two sat and waited for a while before Guan Shudu pushed the door and walked in. Seeing the two of them sitting there waiting for him, he only stared at Brother Lian, and said angrily: "Guo Er is not a murderer, when did you know?"

Brother Lian rubbed his nose and said: "I didn't do it right, don't be angry, I should have told you earlier, but you are under too much pressure to solve the case, I said that Guo Er is not the real murderer, and I can't hand over a real murderer to you, the copper coin hero is still nowhere to be seen, it is better to take Guo Er first." ”

Guan Tongsheng was speechless by what Brother Lian said, and wanted to refute but felt that what she said made sense, no way, he cleared his throat and asked, "Next, how do we check?"

"What are you looking for? Copper Coin Hero or the forces behind Zhang Mao?"

"......" Guan Tongsheng blinked, "The emperor is only afraid that it doesn't matter who the copper coin hero is, right?"

"You are finally smart," Brother Lian praised, "who killed Zhang Mao, the emperor doesn't care, but the motive of the murderer is debatable, the copper coin hero killed people to seek justice, so he killed Zhang Mao? He is doing the right thing for heaven, but what kind of way is he doing? That is what the emperor wants, of course, it is best to find the copper coin hero, he directly told the truth behind it and saved us a lot of effort." ”

Guan Tongsheng's face was so worried that he could wring out the water, "How can we find the copper coin hero? and the person behind Guo Er, how can we find it?"

Brother Lian looked at him and smiled proudly, "I have already found the person behind Guo Er last night, it is Prime Minister Quan." ”

Guan Tongsheng jumped up in shock, "Isn't he the one who wants to catch the murderer the most?"

"It's more important than finding the murderer to cover up what Zhang Mao did for him. ”

Guan Tongsheng looked dumbfounded, "How can we check now?"

"Zhang Mao's line must have been unable to find anything, with the scheming of the minister, Zhang Mao's death has been shocked, and what he did before his death was handed over to others by the minister of power or directly suspended, we don't know. Now the plan can only find Jiang Zhi's line. ”

Man San said: "Jiang Zhi hasn't shown up for a few days, and many people are looking for him. ”

Brother Lian wiped his nose with a handkerchief, and said to Man San: "Jiang Zhi, you continue to send people to find it, what Zhang Mao did before is related to the equipment of the military department, military uniforms, military boots, bows and arrows, no matter what kind of production is very huge, and there are four official workshops in the imperial court to produce these things respectively. When Zhang Mao appeared as Shu Mao, he was a silk merchant who was related to cloth. ”

"The government-run military uniform and garment workshop?"

"Yes, the imperial court now has 300,000 troops stationed on the northwest border, 50,000 Janissaries and 20,000 Imperial Forest Army in the capital, so many people have food and clothing is not a small number, only one item of clothing, if new clothes are issued once every two years, more than 200,000 sets of old clothes must be prepared every year for new recruits to enlist and replace old clothes for veterans. Clothing is made by a government-run garment workshop, but what about the fabric? No matter who provides the fabric, it is a profitable business that will make a lot of money. ”

"Yes, Shu Mao's status as a silk merchant allows him to buy and sell military uniforms and fabrics in a bright and bright manner. ”

"That's why he's so rich, he can only get a small part, who earns more money?"

Guan Tongsheng and Yan San spoke at the same time: "Prime Minister Quan." ”

Yan San said: "The production of the government-run workshop is under the direct jurisdiction of Lei Guogong's Ministry of Industry, and he submits military uniforms to the imperial court every year, and reports to the household department of King Xian to pull out money. ”

Brother Lian said: "Yes, now hand over the raw materials to the right to make money, all the benefits are equally shared, everyone has benefits to take, otherwise how can it be safe for so long?"

Mansan said: "No wonder you say that they are interest groups. ”

Brother Lian said: "What do you say made the copper coin hero suddenly jump out and want to do the right thing for the sky?"

Guan Tongsheng said: "If it has anything to do with military uniforms, go to the soldiers to investigate." ”

Brother Lian smiled appreciatively: "Your proposal is good, now we will divide the work, and you will continue to ask Jiang Zhi to find Jiang Zhi in the third year, and at the same time go to the homes of some retired soldiers who have recently returned home to inquire about the military uniform." Guan Shu went to your father's chamber of commerce to inquire if there were any silk merchants who knew Shu Mao, Zhang Mao's consumption was so large, he must be cooperating with the largest cloth merchant. ”

"Okay," Manzo nodded, and asked her again, "What about you?"

"I went to find Zhao Qianyuan, I remember that his uncle is a steward of the military uniform manufacturing workshop in the official camp, so I can ask as much as I want, and by the way, I mentioned to him about my fourth sister. ”

Guan Tongsheng was overjoyed when he heard this, "We have to set a date quickly and tell him that we are all going to drink his wedding wine." ”

Brother Lian glanced at him, "He got married, and you are happier than him." ”

Guan Tongsheng said with a smile: "The fourth miss is married, it will be the turn of the fifth miss, I will go back today and ask my mother to find a matchmaker to go to your house to propose marriage, okay?"

Brother Lian was taken aback: "No, the fifth lady of my family must nod her head in person, and it is useless for you to propose marriage." ”

Guan Tongsheng stretched out his hand and grabbed Brother Lian, "When will you let the two of us meet, I will personally ask Miss Five." ”

"Wait...... Let's end this case. ”

"It's decided. ”

"Hmm. "Push it as long as you can, never let him know the truth, and he will never get hurt.

Guan Tongsheng finally got a letter of approval, and suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, his face was slightly sad, and he stood up and said, "Okay, let's go together now." ”

Watching Guan Tongsheng and Man San ride away, Brother Lian sneezed all the way to Xinningbo's mansion, Zhao Qianyuan protected the emperor who had a severe cold in Wuchan Temple, she went to make an appointment with him at most, looking for an opportunity to call his uncle out to meet everyone, and she couldn't be in a hurry. She decided to go home and rest first, and then talk about it after dinner.

When she went home and eat, she took the medicine that Lian Li boiled for her, and she felt that her nose was cloudy and her head was heavy, her body was soft, and she couldn't get out of bed anymore when she fell down. She woke up late in the evening, the sun was setting, and her nose was completely out of breath. The courtyard door was slammed open again, and the footsteps were closed.

Sure enough, Guan Tongsheng pushed the door in, sat down at the table, poured himself a glass of water and poured it into his stomach violently, and Lian Brother got up and took a face towel to cover his face, and asked him with a cloudy nose: "How is it?

Guan Tongsheng hummed, heard Brother Lian's voiced voice and asked, "You have a cold?"

Brother Lian pursed his lips and snorted, "It must have been infected by the emperor?"

Guan Tongsheng looked regretful: "Why didn't I get infected?"

Brother Lian glared at him angrily, "You still want to be infected! How much do you worship your emperor?"

“......”

Brother Lian was dizzy, and asked him angrily, "How is the silk merchant you are looking for?"

"Well, I asked, the biggest silk merchant in the capital is Boss Wen of Hengtai Xiangji, I asked him if he knew Shu Mao, he said that he had seen it once in the Chamber of Commerce, because Shu Mao was a fresh face, so he deliberately inquired, knowing that Shu Mao had a warehouse in the outer city, because he only made muslin, which was different from Boss Wen's customers, so Boss Wen did not pay special attention to him. ”

"Zhang Mao is low-key and does things safely, how could he go to the Chamber of Commerce?"

Boss Wen said that the cotton harvest in Nanzhao was not good that year, and the cotton supply in the entire market exceeded demand in winter, and there was a cloth merchant in the Chamber of Commerce who had just transported a batch of cotton from other regions, and it was estimated that Zhang Mao was going to that person. ”

Brother Lian said with certainty: "Muslin is the main cloth for military uniforms, and we are looking in the right direction." ”

"Hmm. Guan Tongsheng nodded excitedly.

Lian Di said: "Compare the uniforms that the official workshop transports to the front, the Praetorian Guard, and the Imperial Forest Army every year with the cloth provided by Zhang Mao, if it is the same, then the minister is just using his position to earn money for armaments, if Zhang Mao provides less cloth, then there are others who are suppliers, if Zhang Mao provides more cloth, what the minister of power does......"

Guan Tongsheng looked at Brother Lian blankly, and whispered, "He is producing military uniforms in another place?"

Even the younger brother's brain was spinning quickly, and he lowered his voice and said: "If you can know how much extra cloth there is, you can calculate how many more sets ......of military uniforms you have made, and you can know how many people he has!" ”

"Yes, finding out that he can only die. ”

Guan Tongsheng asked: "The government-run workshop is under the jurisdiction of Lei Guogong, do you say he knows?"

Brother Lian said: "Jiang Yixin, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, is a protégé of the Minister of Power, and it is not impossible for the people below to hide from Lei Guogong." From Lei Guogong's position, he would never want to have a soldier. ”

"How can we check it now? Even if we can find out the military uniforms shipped to the imperial court soldiers from Zhao Qianyuan's uncle, it is difficult for us to find out how much cloth Zhang Mao provided?"

Brother Lian scratched his head irritably, "Based on your identity as Langzhong of the Criminal Department, we are not qualified to find out about the Ministry of Works, if the Minister of Power lets him find out that we are still investigating, you say, will we die horizontally or vertically?"

Guan Tongsheng cried and said, "Otherwise, I'll go and ask the emperor to help us." ”

"How can you ask for nothing?"

"What then?"

"Do you know where Xiao Ye lives? He's also investigating, it's best to find him with us, I'm worried that something will happen to him." ”

"I went to the inn where he used to stay. ”

"Well, you can go and find it," Brother Lian went back to bed and lay down and said, "I'm sick and have a headache, let me sleep and talk about it tomorrow." ”

*

Twenty kilometers away from the capital, the neighbor county is a small county town, three streets, more than 100 residents, and the warm and peaceful neighborhood relationship is the biggest feature of the whole county.

On the third watch of the night, in a long-vacant house, there was a sudden heart-rending scream, which woke up half of the residents of the county, and the terrible howl lasted for a pillar of incense before gradually subsided. The night was like ink, and no one dared to go out to find out, and even the candle flame did not dare to light it, as if there were countless monsters hidden in the night.