In fact, in Master Sun's opinion, this Lu Gongzi's ability is not the most important.

The most important thing is that this person has the ability, has no way out, is bold, and only knows the most superficial power relationship in Tongcheng, and does not know which people cannot be offended and which places cannot be touched.

For example, not to lose the residence, such as the residence of the master of Li Mao, and the residence of the upstart of Tongcheng such as Zhou Tongdutong.

The Sun family has never raised a thief, not because they can't control it, but because it's really unnecessary.

Whether these people turn their heads high and eat chazi, or steal from the market, the profits they make are too small compared to the livelihood of the Sun family, and they have to devote some effort to it, and then bear more troubles and risks.

And where Master Sun really needs them, they are often the ones they never dare to set foot in easily.

But this Lu Gongzi will not have such scruples, as long as Master Sun raises his courage from the beginning, this one can accomplish many great things.

The two simply communicated with him, and Master Sun really forgave him from his debts, and even took ten taels of silver on the spot, and arranged a place to live, and ordered him to do things by the way.

Lu Gongzi originally thought that Master Sun would assign him some important errands, but he still messed around in the wine shop as Lu Gongzi from Anping, mainly making friends with the drunkards, the most important of which was Hua Ji.

As soon as Lu Gongzi heard this, he immediately understood Master Sun's intentions, and he didn't pretend to be clever to conceal it, but only asked if he wanted him to find an opportunity to blend in without losing his home.

After getting Master Sun's affirmative reply and approving attitude, Lu Gongzi immediately took it over, and at the same time expressed his loyalty, even if the two had a good conversation, they settled the matter.

After the things here were arranged, Master Sun made some arrangements for the things outside the city, and then he could finally get a chance to sleep peacefully.

For the next two days there was no speech. Although due to the impact of the murder a few days ago, Zheng, Wang, and Shi have all reined in the public inspection, but at the same time, they have also raised the average price of entering the city, and what kind of people are put in during this period, these old men are not so clear, and Master Sun is even less aware.

Old Master Sun's energy a few days ago was restrained by the matter of rice grain and mountain bandits, and he did not focus on the news channels in the city.

After all, manpower is limited, and if you want to do something urgently, you can only concentrate all of them.

Now that he has come to his senses, the vision and skills of a person who makes a living from news channels are naturally not empty.

After the previous set-up, the effect was quickly revealed.

The person who went to Zheng's house to inquire first brought back a few pieces of news.

First of all, on the day of the murder, Taishou sent someone to take away a steward and seven or eight servants from the Zheng family, and they are now in prison.

I can't find out much about the things in the prison, but I heard that the government is interrogating as usual, but obviously there is no one, or it is too late to get some results.

In the next few days, the Zheng family went on as usual, and there was no impatient action or cautious attitude.

At the same time, on the four city gates in the southeast, northwest and northwest, the people of the three families still continued to maintain the work in the public inspection, but the Zheng family finally won the west and north city gates, which was much better than the most obvious disadvantage of the original.

Other than that, however, the public test doesn't seem to have been affected in any other way.

There is no new news in the two places of Huaji Jinjuan, and these two people are very conscientious as alcoholics and inspectors.

What caught the attention of Master Sun was that Aunt Taishou recruited a dutiful drunkard in the mansion who had nothing to do, which was too familiar to him, but with Lu Gongzi, he could ignore it for the time being.

In the end, only Li Xun's craftsman saw something unusual.

Li Xun is not only a person who does have some skills in his hands, but also is extremely responsible and even harsh in employing people.

In the past, he was busy in the division for eight out of twelve hours a day. And in the past two days, except for one day when the newcomer was arranged, he never appeared again, and he didn't know where to shrink and what to do.

Although the master is not there, the errand of the craftsman cannot be stopped.

This aspect was not the focus of Master Sun's explanation, but the few people who did the work also did a little bit of listening and checking in a very thoughtful manner.

This exploration actually found out that there was a problem.

Nowadays, the main work of the craftsman department is the repair of the city wall and some preparations for the city defense.

Every day, a certain amount of stone and timber would be transported into the city from the east and north gates, and the craftsmen's own treasury would be registered and registered, and then transferred to the respective construction sites on the four city walls.

Because of the huge number, the government even temporarily rented two private residences in the city, and erected a whole row of wooden poles more than five feet long on the four outer walls, and covered them with cloth for temporary shelter.

There was nothing wrong with these processes, but a few people who couldn't stand the work were careful, and they squatted for a day on the road to the treasurer of the craftsman division at the east and north city gates, and on the road where the donkey cart and carriage could pass after the craftsman division came out, and roughly calculated a number.

After a few checks, there was a rather surprising discovery.

Less than 30% of the wood and stone transported to the treasury were actually sent to a few city gates, and the rest were not stored in the treasury.

Since there were not many cars and horses entering the city carrying goods alone, and there were even ordinary vehicles assisting in transportation, the two teams were intermittent, but they were in an endless stream from morning to night.

However, after Mu Shi entered the treasurer of the craftsman's office, there was another team that came out.

Naturally, the mules, horses, and carts were left empty, and the carts carrying things turned into a number of ox carts that had been prepared in advance, heading towards the two rented mansions.

These ox carts were also covered with tarpaulins, but there were always some that were not tightly covered, and from the cracks, they should have been wood and stone materials that had just been brought in.

The number is so huge that it can't even wait for the carts and horses to come out before they are gone, so they have to do it at the same time.

The subordinates of the Sun family were active, and they had an inference on the spot.

These wood and stones were transported into the treasury, and they must have been unloaded directly in them, and then they were replaced with ox carts and sent to the Didian in a whole place.

As a result, the number of round trips and the number of drivers appear to be much less.

If you don't pay special attention to the situation, you will only feel that more is sent in and less is shipped out.

However, according to the size of the volume and the depth of the ruts, etc., everyone made some rough calculations, and there was actually little difference between this one out and one in.

After thinking about it, I only think that such a cover-up is really suspicious.

(End of chapter)