Dragon.

The dragon is the head of the nine five spirits and the head of the four spirits, so in ancient times, it often symbolized the Son of Heaven or power and nobility.

Using the dragon character as a token, it is self-evident what ambitions the owner behind this iron mine has.

Chen Chaoyan secretly glanced at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan's expression was calm, and he didn't seem surprised. Sensing her peeking gaze, he smiled back and said, "The token is a woodcut seal, and the seal is split in half from the middle, and each person keeps half of it. When docking, they are both taken out and put together in one place, and the comparison is successful and can be delivered. As for who is docked, Meng Baishan has no right to ask. ”

"Even if Meng Baishan hasn't met with the person he docked, it's not difficult to check, right?" Chen Chaoyan looked at the dragon character and said casually, "Follow the handover horse gang, see where they pulled the ore and who they handed it over, isn't it clear?" ”

"They pulled the ore to the official mine in Jinyi County, Tanyang County." Xie Xuan said calmly.

Chen Chaoyan was confused, "What do you mean?" ”

Xie Xuan's voice was still calm, but there was a faint murderous aura in the calm, "It means that they merged the private mine into the official mine, and then diverted it to various places through the official mine." ”

Chen Chaoyan looked at him, then at the waiter, Wenmo and others, and finally at him again, "Isn't it okay to arrest the person in charge of the official mine and force him to confess to the owner of the private mine?" ”

Knowing that she didn't know about the official mine, the waiter glanced at Xie Xuan and explained to her: "The official mine is not only mining, but also iron smelting and weapon manufacturing. So up and down, there are thousands of officials. No one knows who will be a traitor among these thousands of officials. Of course, the main thing is that I don't want to startle the snake. ”

I see.

Chen Chaoyan looked back at the dragon characters on the paper, and after a while, she said: "There shouldn't be many horse gangs in Luyang County, it shouldn't be difficult to check the people behind these horse gangs." ”

"It's not that hard." Xie Xuan said, telling her about their previous secret investigation of the horse gang, and even the placement of people into the horse gang to find out the news.

"All in all, these caravans are scattered groups that are mainly individuals and have work to do together, right?" Chen Chaoyan asked. After Xie Xuan nodded, she remembered that he had asked Chonglou to check what kind of work the merchant surnamed He had taken on weekdays, so she thought silently for a moment, and then said, "There can't be no one behind the caravan, even behind that Qiu Jiu, there can't be no one." ”

"Even if that Qiu Jiu was born as a bandit, but if he wants to get through his way, he will no longer be robbed by bandits, so he must be a bandit leader before, and he is still the leader of a bandit gang with a fairly good scale, and he is still the leader of this gang, at most, he has moved from the light to the dark."

"According to my understanding, the reason why he changed from light to dark is most likely the result of the collusion of officials and bandits."

You know, this is antiquity.

Whatever you do, as long as you enter the town, you need to be notarized.

And notarization is equivalent to proof of identity.

Since he was born as a bandit, it is impossible for him to have no criminal record in the government. With a criminal record, how can you still do such a business?

Seeing that Xie Xuan did not refute, Chen Chaoyan knew that he also knew what she said. It's just that there is a high probability that it is the same as the official mine, and I don't want to startle the snake, so I didn't find anyone who colluded with Qiu Jiu.

Lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, whether there was no way to stand by and watch. After lifting his eyelashes slightly and glancing at him, Chen Chaoyan said: "Actually, it's very simple to find out the people behind these horse gangs. ”

Xie Xuan looked at her.

Shishu, Wenmo and others also looked at her.

Chen Chaoyan said quietly: "Iron ore is black, right? When the caravan was transporting the ore, it would always drop some gravel onto the ground. Back and forth, these horses' hooves or wheels must also be stained with iron ore slag. As long as you go to the merchant who does the business of pack or horse gang, you will see if there is any of these stone slags. ”

"Of course, just because they have the gravel doesn't mean they're the ones behind the caravan. But following the gravel, check the daily business of these merchants and the life of their families, and you can guess a little bit. ”

"For example, this merchant surnamed He, why does he give Song Yanzhong's daughter ten yuan every three months to bring back to her parents' house for no reason? Is the relationship between Song Yanzhong and Meng Baishan a breakthrough? In addition, why did this merchant surnamed He only give money to Song Yanzhong's daughter, but not to Wang Da's daughter, is it that Wang Da doesn't care about this 'small money' at all, or simply said that giving Song Yanzhong's daughter money is his idea? ”

"Be bolder, is Zhou Zhongcai, who is for power and money, the person in charge of docking with Meng Baishan?"

"Because he bought hundreds of acres of fertile land and labor money at the beginning of the year, he couldn't find a reasonable source, and the person in charge of the private iron mine in Luyang County was afraid that the prince would find out about him, so he had no choice but to remove him for self-protection? Originally, his plan was foolproof, but because of my accident, I had to extend the deaths of Shi Zhi, Shi Jiaoer and Li Er? ”

"Although it's just speculation, but in this way, is the purpose of Shi Zhi and Shi Jiao'er coming to Luyang County clear at once?"

"In addition, check who Qiu Jiu interacts with on weekdays, knowing that he is a bandit, who agrees with him to be a tooth? And how did he ensure that all the work that passed through his hands would not be robbed by robbers? Is his former gang of bandits still alive, and if so, who is their leader now? Did the county officials who gave the testimonials to the work of his hands know his origins, and if they did, how did they do so? ”

"He's a bandit, you can find a reason to check him openly, right?"

The waiter and Wenmo all looked at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan's eyebrows were dyed with a bright smile, that smile was really like a morning glow, and Lang Lang was like the sun and the moon.

Chen Chaoyan doesn't know what others are like. But she couldn't help but look at it, and then at it.

People who are good-looking undoubtedly look better when they smile.

"Is it pretty?" Xie Xuan's smile did not decrease.

Chen Chaoyan nodded honestly.

Xie Xuan hooked the corners of his mouth and rubbed her head, "If you can find out the person in charge of the private iron mine in Luyang County, this king will smile at you every day." ”

Chen Chaoyan raised his eyebrows, "Is it okay to change it to money?" ”

Xie Xuan knocked her head and snorted, "It's not promising!" ”

Out of breath and can't be eaten, Chen Chaoyan was about to return to him, Ruolan entered the house.

Facing everyone's gaze, Ruolan still said calmly: "Lord Wang has gone to Jinyi County." ”

Chen Chaoyan smiled and said, "It seems that I won." ”

Tsukimi, who had not spoken for a long time, asked, "Why did Lord Wang go to Jinyi County?" ”

Ruolan said she didn't know.

"It's simple." After Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan, he said, "It's the same reason as Ma Huai who committed a crime in Zhangwa Village, he may have committed the same case as Zhou Zhongcai before, but no one knows about it, or he hasn't filed a case, so I'm not afraid that we will check the past case files." But Jinyi County is different, not only does Jinyi County have privately mined iron ore sent over there, but the gentry Jiang Kun or the magistrate of Jinyi County is likely to be with him, he is afraid that Lingyou will find clues when he goes alone, so he can only follow the past. ”

Yuejian rolled her eyes: "Miss Chen already knew that he would go to Jinyi County?" ”

"I don't know." Chen Chaoyan said.

Tsukimi doesn't believe it.

Chen Chaoyan smiled, "Bet and bet, isn't the result unpredictable?" If your son wins, then his analysis is correct. Now that I've won, is it difficult to make reasonable assumptions based on winning? ”

Yuejian still didn't believe it, "Miss Chen must have known the result a long time ago, otherwise, she would never bet with our son." ”

"Why not?" Chen Chaoyan was funny.

Tsukimi said: "Anyway, it won't." ”

Anyway, in her heart, she definitely wouldn't do anything she was sure of.

Chen Chaoyan shook his head with a smile, "This bet, no matter if you win or lose, I won't suffer a loss, right?" ”

Tsukimi: ......

"It's hard all the way, so I won't disturb the prince's rest." Chen Chaoyan smiled and hooked her arm, "Let's go, let's go back and rest." ”

Walking to the door, Chen Chaoyan thought about it, then stopped, turned back to Xie Xuan and said, "If the prince finds out any news, remember to inform me." ”

Xie Xuan looked at her tired eyebrows, "Hurry up and go back and rest, let's talk about it when it's rested." ”

Okay, too.

Although Chen Chaoyan was extremely tired, he still went to the pear orchard to see Chen Qiyang before returning to the Star Picking Tower. Then he didn't want to do anything, so he threw himself into bed and fell asleep.

I slept until sunset the next day.

Slow down for a while, wait for dinner, and it will be dark again.

Chen Chaoyan lazily walked around the yard for two laps, and after eating it, he went back to sleep.

This time, she slept until noon the next day, and then woke up.

Tsukimi is no longer surprised.

After handing her a wet towel and letting her wipe her face and wake up, she said, "Childe guessed that you would wake up at about this time, and the meals were prepared by Banxia and Ziling." It just so happened that early this morning, the secret investigation of the people behind the horse gang also had results, and Lingquan also came back last night. ”

When it comes to eating, Chen Chaoyan may be grinding for a while, and when she heard that Lingquan was back, and the matter to be investigated had already been investigated, she couldn't wait.

After being served by the maidservant and dressed and combed her hair, she didn't even drink a sip of water, and hurried to Muyuan Hall.

Yuejian looked at her back, and couldn't help but admire Childe's foresight in his heart. knows that she is only talking about eating, she must not be in a hurry, and only by taking clues to tempt her can she panic.

"Eat first." Entering Muyuan Hall, Chen Chaoyan saw that Feng Shoudao was also there, and was about to ask a few words about the white linen paper, but Xie Xuan interrupted her first.

Feng Shoudao also said, "Miss Chen, let's eat first." ”

Chen Chaoyan nodded and sat down under Xie Xuan's left hand.

The meals were already on the table, and there were still eighteen dishes.

When he was cleaning his hands with the copper basin that Banxia was carrying, Chen Chaoyan accidentally saw an unfamiliar face standing behind Xie Xuan. The unfamiliar face was about the same age as Lingyou, Lingquan and Chonglou, and they were looking at her with sunny eyes. Seeing that he was in a similar posture as Chonglou and Lingquan, he didn't need to be introduced by Yuejian, and Chen Chaoyan also knew his name in an instant: Nanling.

After smiling back, Chen Chaoyan withdrew his gaze and concentrated on eating.

After eating the meal and eating the mouthwash tea, Chen Chaoyan looked at Feng Shoudao opposite without any nonsense, "May I ask Lord Feng, is the white linen paper only lacking in the judicial Cao, or is the Sicang and Sihu also lacking?" ”