In the afternoon, the sky suddenly became overcast, and looking at the sky, there may be a heavy rain today.

The news came from Linchuan.

He Lingjiang took the note from He Zheng's hand and unfolded it, looking at the content on it, revealing a look that was really like this.

Only two or three days after she left Linchuan, Sun Juncheng encountered all kinds of accidents, no less than four times.

When I walked to the door of the wine shop, I was almost hit by a flower pot that fell from upstairs. As he was on the road, he suddenly came straight at him......

Fortunately, Sun Juncheng has already prepared manpower here, and he has not let the other party succeed for the time being.

He Lingjiang narrowed his eyes: "Let people be sure to protect Sun Juncheng." ”

After several small accidents failed, I didn't know that the other party would be in danger next, so he directly assassinated him regardless of it.

Sun Juncheng is the second-in-command of Linchuan County, and he has a record of pulling down two top bosses one after another, if he wants to successfully investigate this private mining case, he is indispensable to mediate with the officialdom.

If Sun Juncheng is not there, and there is no one in the He family now, to investigate this case will not only be unknown, but may also be constrained by the officialdom of Linchuan County and even Jiangzhou.

At this time, his safety is especially important.

He Lingjiang went around the mining area for a day under the pretext of looking for stones, but except for the inspector who showed something unusual, he found no other abnormalities.

The day flies by, and in the blink of an eye it's night.

Now that it has been ascertained that there are indeed people mining copper and iron ore here, the next step is to think of getting some evidence.

Look at the description of the little official, he must know about the private mining of copper and iron ore, and participate in it.

As a mining supervisor, it is necessary to truthfully record the daily mining volume, which is a public account.

However, what about private mining?

Naturally, it also needs to be recorded.

This kind of petty official, who has been at the bottom for many years, is often more sleek and sophisticated, and it is impossible not to leave a way out for himself by taking such a risk to help others.

Liu Yuan naturally would not write letters with him and fall into his mouth.

But what could be clearer and more advantageous than a book of accounts?

What He Lingjiang is looking for is the private account of the little official.

She took advantage of the night to go out of the courtyard of Liu's family, and the entire mining area was quiet.

"How's the guy?" She asked Qingzhu on the side.

"Someone was secretly looking for the prison officer, and the He guard took someone to follow." Qingzhu replied.

Is there going to be a movement?

He ordered Jiang to bow her head, and her feet turned slightly, and she walked towards the house of the supervisor.

As soon as he walked a few steps, he saw a figure standing in front of him, almost melting into the deep night.

He coughed softly, hinting at his presence.

It's Pei You.

He Lingjiang looked at him and wondered, "Why are you here?" ”

Pei You raised his eyebrows: "You pressed the suspicious person and didn't mention it, didn't you just want to send me to do things?" ”

It's just that he has been in the carriage for a day, but he didn't see He Lingjiang send someone to look for him, so He Zheng got the news and went to follow the little official, and left him here.

"Yes." He Lingjiang looked at him with a smile, "I'm about to steal something, in that case, why don't you go?" ”

This kind of small thing, Pei Da Shizi may not be willing to go.

"The Collector's Office?" Pei Yu did not refuse.

He Lingjiang nodded.

"Then go with us."

Now it was He Lingjiang's turn to be surprised, stealing things, in fact, there was no need for so many people.

Pei You saw that her words were just a joke: "Do you know where the account books are hidden?" ”

"I don't know."

"That's it. If you go with multiple people, you can find it as soon as possible, after all, you and I don't know when the little official will come back, so it's better to solve it quickly. ”

Since he didn't mind, He Lingjiang naturally had nothing to say.

The two sneaked quietly into the courtyard of the little official all the way, and Qingzhu hid in the shadows, looking out for the two.

In the mining area, everyone stays in a simple way, even if they are the supervisors, it is only a small courtyard, each with a study and a bedroom.

He Lingjiang took the lead in pushing open the door of the study and led the oil lamp on the table.

The interior of the study is very simple, except for a bookcase with a chair and a desk full of paperwork.

Without saying a word, she and Pei You searched through the study, but the two of them turned it upside down, and they didn't find the account book He Lingjiang wanted.

"Let's go to the bedroom." He Lingjiang frowned.

The two restored everything in the study to their original state, then extinguished the oil lamp on the case, and went straight to the bedroom of the little official.

Pei You knelt on one knee on the ground, leaned sideways towards the bottom of the bed, clicked, and a piece of the collapsed dark grid fell to the ground.

He Lingjiang, who was searching on the side, turned around and looked: "But there is something?" ”

Pei You nodded, and took out a booklet from the partition under the bed.

It turned out that the little official was afraid that people would find out, so he set up a secret compartment on the back of the bed and hid the booklet in it.

He Lingjiang took the booklet and leaned under the lamp to look at it, only to see that it was densely filled with accounts.

On the fifth day of the third month of the seventh year of Chengyou, the private mine in the north of the Nanshan Mine produced 1,000 and 300 catties of copper and 10,000 and 3,000 catties of iron.

On the tenth day of March in the seventh year of Chengyou, a private mine in the north of Nanshan Mine, produced 1,000 and 800 catties of copper and 20,000 catties of iron.

……

From the spring of the seventh year of Chengyou to the present, every five days, the copper and iron ore mined in the private mine has been privately transported out of the Nanshan mining area through the arrangement of this supervisor.

Up to now, Chengyou has been blessed for eight years, about a year, roughly calculated, there are 150,000 catties of copper ore shipped out, and there are 1 million catties of iron ore.

Not to mention copper, this million catties of iron ore has nearly one-tenth of the annual mining volume, and after refining, it is polished into iron, which is not a small amount.

If it was put into the warehouse by the imperial court, it would be counted, and now all of them are scattered outside, not to mention, there are many private sales to Beidi.

I can't complain that Pei Yu is thousands of miles away, and he wants to run this trip in person.

After Pei You saw the number above, his eyes were even colder: "The soldiers in the north threw their heads and spilled their blood in order to defend the territory, but they never thought that there would be people from the country who would send this sword that could cut off their heads into the hands of the enemy. ”

He sneered, and there was already a bit of murderous intent in his tone: "Heh, it's really good." ”

The Zhenbei Wang family has been guarding the northern border for generations, and the soldiers under his command have also followed the Pei family from birth to death for many years, so it is understandable that he is so indignant.

It was He Lingjiang, who also had a bit of murderous intent towards the person behind it.

It's just that the matter of privately mining iron ore and selling iron tools is by no means something that Liu Yuan can afford as a county guard, but I don't know who the "strict management" mentioned in this account book is, and what it has to do with Liu Yuan.

"I'm afraid it has nothing to do with that shrine." He Lingjiang then told Pei You about the relationship between Liu Yuan and the Divine Palace.

Pei You's eyes were slightly deep: "No matter who it is, if this matter is found out, I will have to ask the saint to give an explanation to the soldiers in the north and the people of the world." ”

There was a soft sound outside the door, it was Qingzhu reminding that the little official was back.

He Lingjiang hurriedly put the account book in her arms, stretched out her hand to extinguish the lamp on the table, she just wanted to open the door and go out, when she heard the footsteps had already entered the courtyard.

He Lingjiang frowned, if he went out at this moment, he would inevitably collide with that little official.

She swept the bedroom, it was so simple, there was really no place to hide.

He Lingjiang pulled Pei Yu and rolled into the bed.

Pei You frowned slightly, so he had to hide in.

This bed is not big, and Pei You hid it again, and suddenly seemed to be stuffed.

He Ling Jiang's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but when he heard a "squeak", the door opened.

Then, the lights in the room came back on.

A pair of feet, step by step, walked to the side of the bed, and stood still.

Then the owner of the feet will bend down.

He Lingjiang couldn't help but hold his breath, his eyes widened, looking at the feet that were close at hand, and a hand that was slowly hanging down.

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