Gu Junruo and the others passed through the foot of Wutou Mountain smoothly and returned to the county seat without the slightest incursion.

Han Mu was very curious, "Has this group of bandits in Wutou Mountain always existed, or did they only appear after this flood?" ”

Duan remembered: "There has always been, but in the past, there was a small fight, and since the flood, no merchant's goods can cross the headless mountain, which is a big trouble." ”

Han Mu tapped his finger and said to Duan: "You asked people to send a batch of millet seeds and bean seeds over and distribute them to a few villages in Wutou Mountain, so that they can hurry up and sow seeds." ”

Duan Ji responded, but he was very worried, "There are not many people left in the village, and if you send so many seeds, will they be able to plant them all?" Don't end up eating the seeds. ”

"Tell them that if they dare to eat the seeds I gave, the county will immediately go to suppress the bandits." Han Mu said: "In two months, I will go to inspect Nongsang. ”

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He finally agreed, and then went down to arrange.

As soon as they entered the county office, the county lieutenant Xue and the chief secretary of Zhao greeted each other together, and then complained to each other.

In the month that Han Mu left, the two of them didn't get along very happily, although they didn't delay things, they didn't quarrel less.

Before Han Mu left, he handed over a lot of affairs of the county government to the county lieutenant Xue, originally he was not there, and according to the scope of his position, he should have handed it over to Master Zhao.

But Han Mu felt that Master Zhao and the Zeng family were too close, and he was unhappy in his heart, so he relied more on County Lieutenant Xue.

As soon as Han Mu heard the complaint of the county lieutenant Xue, he was about to ask Master Zhao, but Gu Junruo gently tugged at his sleeve, just as if he didn't know the contradictions between them, he asked Master Zhao first: "Is there any change after Yao Boqing comes back from Jiangling Mansion?" ”

Zhao Zhushu said: "No, he brought back a batch of grain when he came back, this month, every five days the Yao family's grain ship will go to Jiangling Mansion, plus many people rent official ships to transport grain, the price of grain in the city is getting lower and lower, even if there is no strict order from adults, the price of grain will remain between 12 and 15 Wen." ”

Gu Junruo nodded with satisfaction and asked, "What about the Zeng family?" ”

"The Zeng family has always been very quiet, and the stone tablet has been carved, and it will be erected when the adults come back, and they also know that they can't fight against the adults, so they keep a low profile." Master Zhao glanced at County Lieutenant Xue and said, "It's that the Yue family has been very high-profile recently, maybe it's because they helped the county commander in a difficult time, so they hold their own kindness......"

"What did they do?" Han Mu interrupted his chatter and sat down under the mirror.

After a pause, Master Zhao said: "The Yue family has opened three cloth villages in a row this month, and they are open opposite the Zeng family cloth village. ”

Han Mu: "What's wrong with this, can't someone open a cloth village opposite Zengjia Cloth Village?" ”

"No, it's just that because of the opening of the store, the Yue family and the Zeng family have clashed several times, and I heard that it also involves the problem of the source of goods," Zhao said: "The Yue family buys at a high price and sells at a low price, which has also violated the law on the colonization of goods. ”

Han Mu blinked and asked, "How many people in the county town will go to the cloth village to buy cloth now?" ”

Is it okay for most people to keep the money they earn to buy food?

Even if you have a good life, you will buy it, and you can't buy a lot, right, do you need to fight?

Master Zhao said: "My lord doesn't know, the cloth business in our Yixian County is not mainly aimed at the people of this county, but merchants from other places. ”

At this time, not only Han Mu, but also Gu Junruo became interested, and sat up straight, "Oh? ”

Zhao Zhushu said: "Jiangling area more silkworm raising, although our Yixian is located in the border of the three countries, but silkworm silk is a centuries-old tradition, every year we will send a large number of silk cloth to Jiangling Mansion, occasionally there are merchants to Yixian to buy, these cloth villages are mainly faced with foreign merchants. ”

Yixian County is poor, the shops are not expensive, the Zeng family and the Yue family have a lot of shops in their hands, and the small house in front of the greeting people is not expensive, the really expensive is the weaver and embroidery girl behind the store, and the supply of goods......

In the past, they robbed the silk of the county, but now, they not only have to rob the county, but also the outside, after all, this year Yixian County was affected, and the silk is basically gone, so they can only enter from the outside.

Xue County, who had been standing quietly on the side, suddenly said, "Some merchants are from the Chen State and the Qi State. ”

Master Zhao's face changed slightly, and he glanced at County Lieutenant Xue without speaking.

Han Mu and Gu Junruo had already been mentally prepared, and there was no change in their faces when they heard this, since there were businessmen coming in through Headless Mountain, they couldn't buy the goods and not ship them, right?

He really couldn't think of any good things in Yixian to give to those merchants, and he thought that they were going to go to Jiangling through Yixian, but he didn't expect that Yixian still had something.

"In this way, why is Yixian still so poor?"

Master Zhao was about to speak, but County Lieutenant Xue had already said: "The poor are the common people, and the Zeng family, the Yao family, and the Yue family are not poor. ”

Master Zhao was silent.

Han Mu and Gu Junruo raised their eyebrows.

Gu Junruo's gaze slid back and forth between Master Zhao and County Lieutenant Xue, and he suddenly smiled and asked, "County Lieutenant Xue, is there any news about the Jiangling assassin case?" ”

"Since the Yao family began to transport grain to Yixian County, Jiangling Mansion replied that this matter has nothing to do with the Yao family, and it is still being investigated, because the assassins are dead, so nothing has been found, and we still have to start from the adult's side, and ask the adult if he has remembered anything recently, and whether there is an enemy who hates him."

Han Mu said: "I have always been kind to others, how can I have such an enemy? ”

He Ziyou choked on saliva and coughed violently.

It's just that Master Zhao and Xue County, who are not very familiar with his past, don't believe it.

Only Gu Junruo's face remained unchanged and continued to ask: "What about the Chen family's fire case?" ”

County Lieutenant Xue said with a straight face: "This case has been closed, and it can be sent to Jiangling Mansion just after the county order Zhu approves." ”

He said: "On the eighth day after the adults left, Zhang Yuan's wife returned from her mother's house with her wife, and according to her, Zhang Yuan did not eat at her mother's house because of a quarrel with her, and returned home on the same day. ”

"It was also because of a quarrel with Zhang Yuan, so Zhang Yuan didn't pick her up, she never came back, and then she couldn't stay until she came back, and she went to Mengjia Village to ask, as she said, Zhang Yuan quarreled with her because of Zhang Meng's gift, and left Mengjia Village that day."

"So?"

"We have carefully investigated, Zhang Yuan also owes Mr. Chen a lot of food and silver, Mr. Chen's domestic servant Chen Shi said that before the accident, Mr. Chen had hinted to Zhang Yuan and Ma Shuifeng to repay the money, that night, Ma Shuifeng was not the only one who participated in the murder and arson, Zhang Yuan also participated, and it is precisely because of this that Chen Shi will not hear anything when he sleeps in the toilet room."

If there was only Ma Shuifeng alone, Mr. Chen would definitely make a loud noise under the struggle, but the fact is that only one of the flower pots of the Zhang family was broken, Ma Shuifeng was thin, and Mr. Chen was tall, if there was no helper, Ma Shuifeng would not be able to control Mr. Chen.

"I asked, that Zhang Yuan's family is good, and he is as tall and big as Mr. Chen, so it is possible for the two of them to join forces to kill Mr. Chen without alarming Chen Shi."

Han Mu frowned, "So you think Chen Shi is completely innocent?" ”

Xue County Lieutenant paused for a moment and said: "I also think it's a little strange, the fire is so big, and the movement is not small, he hasn't heard a sound, but I have checked carefully, and I really can't find evidence against him, and besides, he has also been tortured in prison, and he is sure that he is wronged." ”

Han Mu pondered, his intuition told him that things were not that simple.