Jin Yu held the file tightly, there were too many suspicious points in the records in these files, which made her puzzled, so she naturally did not dare to make a rash decision.

"If Miss Jin has any questions about the records of these files, you might as well say them all."

"These files seem to be detailed, but in fact there are many doubts, and there is no information about the buyer, Jin Yu does not dare to make a hasty decision on the life and death of others, and asks the young master to give me a few days of grace, and I will make a decision after I find out the truth."

"According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, after receiving money, you should eliminate disasters for others, but as for who the buyer is and where it comes from, you should not ask more."

"The rules of the rivers and lakes are not necessarily the rules of Wushenglou, I believe that the young master will not do unclear business."

Yan raised the corners of his mouth slightly and lowered his eyes.

"I didn't expect that in just a few days, the girl knew me so well. How about asking the girl to share your opinion first? ”

"Okay, let's start from the beginning. There are three main doubts about Chen Yuan.

First, according to the dossier, Chen Yuan was not at home on the night of the fire in Chen's house, so he escaped, and then went to Wuzhou with the only remaining family property, according to him, because he did not want to stay in the sad place of Quanzhou.

This reason sounds reasonable, but if he is really as grief-stricken as he himself says, then why is he so anxious, and hurriedly closed the shop and went to Wuzhou on the night of the fire, and even the bones of his family can't wait to be collected?

It seems that he had known that there would be such a fire, and maybe even this fire was set by him himself, just to monopolize the Chen family's wealth.

Second, after this Chen Yuan arrived in Wuzhou, he returned to his old business and started a silk business, but the business was so-so, and it was not too good. So where did he get so much money, not only lived in a mansion in Wuzhou, but also married so many aunts? There are dozens of people in the Chen Mansion, and the income of an ordinary silk village may not be able to afford the expenses of such a large family.

Third, in the impression of Quanzhou people, Chen Yuan is a taciturn, introverted and shy child. But when I arrived in Wuzhou, I became a benevolent, amiable benevolent man, although a great change in the family may also lead to a person's temperament change, but I always feel that something is wrong. ”

"Go on."

He lifted the teacup and carefully blew away the tea leaves on the water, seemingly careless, but in fact he didn't miss a word.

"The second, Gu Mingyi. This dossier is a very detailed account of his family history, but the most important part skips over. After he returned to Huaihe, how did he become the leader of the Salt Gang?

Even if he became famous in the first battle of the Salt Gang, how could he, a hairy boy who was just beginning to show his reputation, sit in the first place of the Salt Gang with just this one thing. After all, the Salt Gang is not only a gang, but also controls more than half of the salt industry in Qi State. Not to mention whether the imperial court can tolerate him, it is impossible for those outlaws on the rivers and lakes to sit idly by.

"Go on."

"Tuoba Jian's file is relatively simple, but he has a special status, and it is not without benefit if we can take the opportunity to get rid of him, but I am afraid that we will have to pay a lot of price. And if it is true, as the dossier says, that he is also related to the military and political affairs of the northern country, although it is not a pity to kill him alone, but if it causes a war between the two countries because of this, it is not worth it to cause the people to suffer. ”

"Listen to what you mean, it seems that you are deliberately choosing Tuoba Jian?"

"If the young master can't solve the above questions for me, I can't make a choice."

"It's true that I don't do unclear business, but you're right. Now that you have seen the suspicions, you might as well guess who the buyers of these three businesses are and why. ”

"Chen Yuan, a businessman with unknown financial means, is more likely to seek wealth. However, the person who could pay 10,000 taels of gold to buy his life could not just covet his few ordinary shops. Then, the biggest possibility is that he secretly hid some priceless treasures, so that others would know, and this is why he became greedy.

Gu Mingyi, a Jianghu person, did such a thing as the bloody salt gang, it is impossible to have no enemies.

As for Tuoba Jian, I don't see anyone paying such a large price for his life. The only possibility is that it is an old man of the Muqi tribe, but he is just a house slave who absconded while taking advantage of the chaos, and this reason seems to be a bit far-fetched. ”

"It's all wrong."

He put down the teacup in his hand and looked up at her, seemingly in a good mood. Jin Yu frowned, unable to think of any other possibility.

"Your speculation is indeed reasonable, but it is a pity that the doubts you just raised are the real key, and the difference is a thousand miles."

"You're the one who deliberately hid these key places."

"That's right, I did it on purpose."

"Why?"

"If you can't even see these suspicions, there is no need to continue."

Jin Yu bit her lip, naturally understanding the hidden meaning of his words. Didn't she already clearly understand what kind of person he was, but why couldn't she avoid the awkwardness and disappointment in her heart.

"The young master deserves to be the young master, so what are these keys?"

Jin Yu whispered this, with a hint of mockery. But that was just a momentary mood, and she never expected to influence him, let alone change him.

Naturally, he heard that sarcasm, but so what?

Her soft words were like a vine, grabbing his heart so tightly that he was about to breathe, but so what?

The only thing he could do was act like he didn't have a heart at all.

He opened his mouth lightly, as if he hadn't heard Jin Yan's words at all, and even if he did, it would never have any effect on him.

"Twenty years ago, the Chen Mansion was burned to the ground by a sudden fire, and the Chen family was also turned into ashes in this fire.

After the fire, no one in Quanzhou saw the Chen family again, and even the bones of the Chen family were collected and buried by the government, but a few months later, a person claiming to be Chen Yuan, the second son of the Chen family, appeared in Wuzhou, thousands of miles away.

In other words, no one who has ever really known Chen Yuan has ever seen this Chen Yuan of Wuzhou again, and everything that followed is just one side of this Chen Yuan.

"So... This Chen Yuan may not be Chen Yuan at all? ”

About half a year before the fire, Chen Yuan had accompanied Mrs. Chen to the temple outside the city to offer incense. On the way back to the city, I happened to meet a young man in ragged clothes, with a yellow face and thin muscles, lying on the side of the road. Chen Yuan was a kind-hearted person, and he couldn't bear to see this young man die on the side of the road like this, so he took him back to the mansion.

The boy called himself Lu Chongguang, thirteen years old, his family lived in Suzhou, and his father was a businessman. He originally followed his father to Quanzhou to sell goods, but on the way to Quanzhou, he encountered robbers, not only robbed the goods but also killed them, and it was all thanks to his father's sacrifice to protect Lu Chongguang that Lu Chongguang was able to escape from the encirclement.

Lu Chongguang was a child, and he was weak, so he had to desperately flee in the direction of Quanzhou. He walked without eating or drinking for two days before escaping to Quanzhou City, and he couldn't support it so he collapsed on the side of the road. It was also his life that should not be extinguished, and he happened to meet Chen Yuan, so he was lucky enough to pick up a life. Chen Yuan not only saved Lu Chongguang, but was very sympathetic to him when he heard about his plight, and ran to find out his father's whereabouts in many ways but in vain.

Because the gang of bandits who robbed Lu Chongguang was originally a bandit on Fengming Mountain, and Fengming Mountain happened to be located at the intersection of Quanzhou and Cangzhou.

This gang of robbers occupied the mountains as a coward, burning and looting everywhere, and the two prefectures of Quanzhou and Cangzhou sent people to encircle and suppress them many times, but not only did they have no effect but suffered heavy casualties. As a result, the governments of the two places did not want to take care of it anymore, and both deduced that this Fengming Mountain should be under the jurisdiction of the other party.

In this way, they pass the buck to each other, and this gang of bandits is even more rampant.

Although the Chen family is a businessman on the rich side, after all, he has no power or power, and the government can't control things, so the Chen family alone is naturally even more helpless. Chen Yuan had to ask the servants of the Chen family to inquire around, but naturally found nothing.

Let's talk about this Lu Chongguang, who lost his mother when he was young, and followed his father around to do business all the year round, but now his father's life and death are uncertain, and there are no other relatives at home, and he is alone in a foreign land.

Chen Yuan saved his life and spent months with him, and when he saw that he was so pitiful, he wanted to leave him in the Chen Mansion. Seeing that he had a poor background and was also clever, Master Chen agreed to let him stay in the Chen family.

After half a year, Lu Chongguang slowly accepted the reality, and the Chen family gradually accepted this young man, and Master Chen also began to ask him to help the Chen family do something.

But at this time, a person who called himself Wei Hu found Lu Chongguang.

This Wei Hu was originally the second leader on Fengming Mountain, but he was injured and his body was not as good as before. Seeing that the position of the second leader was almost impossible to keep, he found Lu Chongguang.

It turned out that Lu Chongguang's father did not die, but was taken back by them and kept in the mountains for hard labor. Wei Hu also learned by coincidence that the kid who escaped at that time not only did not die, but also entered the Chen Mansion on the side of the famous and rich in disguise, which was an excellent opportunity for him.

So he found Lu Chongguang and threatened that as long as Lu Chongguang helped him find the Wanguan family wealth of the Chen Mansion, and then cooperated with him to take away the Chen Mansion's family property, he would let Lu Chongguang's father go. ”

"Lu Chongguang agreed?"

"If it were you, would you say yes?"

“。。。 I don't know, one is his father, the other is a life-saving benefactor, and Lu Chongguang is just a half-grown child. But I don't think he's the kind of person who will take revenge. ”

"Why?"

"I can't say it either, maybe it's just a feeling."

"He's not that kind of person, but he's so naïve."

"What do you mean?"

Such a sentence came out of nowhere, and Jin Yu was full of question marks when she heard it. But as if on purpose, he slowly lifted the teacup and took a sip.