In the study.

Huo Erye wore a white embroidered purple bamboo round-necked robe, sitting at the desk and writing a book.

Banxia boiled water and ordered tea in front of the tea case on the left side, raised her eyes and saw Bai Zeqing, first said "Huh", and then smiled and said: "Or our Sanniang has vision, the little lady of the doctor is really good-looking!" ”

Huo Erye looked up when he heard the sound, and saw Bai Zeqing wearing a silver-red jacket and skirt, covered with a moon-white boudoir drape, lined with skin as white as jade, and his black hair was simply curled in a bun, half of which was neatly draped in the vest, and his body was light and slender.

Huo Erye's eyes lit up, but in the next second, he saw Bai Zeqing pick up the hem of his skirt and stride into the door, he was slightly stunned, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he simply lowered his head and continued to write.

As soon as Bai Zeqing entered the study, he first unceremoniously went to the Banxia tea case, took the teapot, and poured a full cup of tea and poured it down. Then he walked to the desk, bowed in a proper manner, and asked, "Second master, how is the situation over there in Bingshancang?" ”.

"Come on, come on, I'll tell you," Ban Xia Jiao smiled and beckoned to her, "Don't bother the second master to write an excerpt." ”

"Write an excerpt?" Bai Zeqing was a little surprised: Businessman, write excerpts?

"That's right, the Huo family is the imperial merchant of the world, and they have the right and responsibility to go directly to the heavens." Banxia added tea to the teacup opposite, pointed, and said, "What do you have to ask?" ”

Bai Zeqing pulled the hem of his skirt and walked towards Banxia, saying as he walked: "They all envy the emperors and businessmen in the world, and they go straight to the sky." I don't know, this official warehouse supervision is not easy to supervise. is not a person in the officialdom, and others avoid it. ”

Huo Erye raised his wrist slightly, glanced at her, frowned slightly and was stunned for a while, did not speak, and did not put pen to paper.

Bai Zeqing had already sat opposite Banxia and asked, "Is there still food to keep over there in Yushancang?" How long is the grain in Bingshan Cang enough for the porridge factory to help? ”

Banxia took a sip of tea and said angrily: "Little beauty, what about the questions, you have to ask them one by one, you are like this, how do you ask me to answer?" ”

Bai Zeqing couldn't help but scold her for being hypocritical in her heart, and she was not polite in her mouth, and said: "If you love to say it, don't say that I will pester the second master." ”

Huo Erye shook his head, and continued to put down the pen after settling down, he was afraid that his hands would tremble and write the words invalidly.

Banxia Jiao snorted and said, "I'm dressed like a girl, why am I still so ashamed to speak." Seeing that Bai Zeqing was about to get up, he hurriedly called her and said, "Yushan Cang is burned clean." The captured soldiers all said that it was a fire dragon, and after trial, no one dared to say that they heard the explosion. ”

"Fire dragon? I can really make it up! Bai Zeqing pursed his lips, paused suddenly, thought for a while, and said: "No, someone deliberately guided, when the fire started, I seemed to hear someone shouting that the fire dragon was coming." ”

"Yes, the second master said the same thing." Banxia nodded heavily, "Someone deliberately misled the Cang soldiers. ”

"What then?" Bai Zeqing asked. She didn't believe that the second master had no way to deal with it.

"Yushancang has a warehouse manager's wife and brother who is a gambler, who owes us hundreds of taels in the Xicheng gambling house, and borrowed a loan in order to turn over the book, and after calculating it, he owes us thousands of taels. The guarantee on the IOU is the warehouse management. ”

Bai Zeqing is speechless, the Huo family still opened a gambling house to borrow usury? In previous years, I heard that the Huo family was in charge of the black market, and I am afraid it is also true. She blinked and asked, "That warehouse manager's confession must also be a fire dragon, right?" ”

"The warehouse manager knew that it was a capital crime, but of course he insisted that it was a fire dragon burning the warehouse. In order to protect himself, his wife and brother first took the initiative to confess, saying that what Yu Shancang stored was moldy rice at all, and he would eat the dead! ”

"That's why you have to burn the warehouse! Bastard thing! Bai Zeqing punched the tea case, and the tea cup on it jumped up. Huo Erye stopped writing again, closed his eyes for a moment, and then continued to write.

Bai Zeqing didn't pay any attention to it, and only said angrily: "Twelve warehouses! These warehouse managers, the food in the warehouse is their life! How dare they? ”

"All the twelve barns have been replaced with moldy rice, and their lives have long been gambled in them." Banxia said, "We got the testimony of his wife and brother, and then went to interrogate the warehouse manager, and it was confirmed: nine of the twelve warehouses were stored with moldy rice. The other three are simply empty. ”

"Can you plead guilty after reading a testimony?" Bai Zeqing didn't believe it.

"Oh, of course I didn't admit it at first." Banxia said perfunctorily, "Of course I used a little trick." ”

Bai Zeqing looked at Banxia suspiciously.

Banxia secretly glanced at the second master, then cleared his throat and lowered his voice: "It's not me who teaches bad children." You have to ask. ”

"She still uses you to teach bad?" Huo Erye finally couldn't help but speak.

It's not a good thing to listen to. Bai Zeqing rolled his eyes, and slandered in his heart: Yes, yes, yes, I was originally bad, but in front of the second master, I really got an axe.

Banxia smiled and said: "Actually, it's nothing, that cangguan has a son, a daughter and a pair of twins, the people from the Xicheng Gambling House went to his house last night to collect debts, how could his family take out a few thousand taels?" The people in the gambling house arrested her wife and children, saying that they were going to sell them into Panyue Building to pay off their debts. also deliberately released his wife and brother. You know what? ”

Bai Zeqing said: "As long as his wife and brother bring him a letter, and the interrogator promises that as long as he is willing to confess, he will buy and sell the debts before he can save the lives of his wife and children, and he will be able to make peace with him." ”

Banxia was slightly surprised, but still said: "That's right." But ......" Banxia frowned, not knowing what to say.

Bai Zeqing said: "The testimony of Yushan Cangguan probably refers to the fact that the mildew was instructed by the mastermind of Governor Sun's mansion, right?" As for the burning of the granary, he probably still doesn't admit it. ”

Banxia patted the case and said: "Yes, this is the most annoying part. It's just a matter of mildew, I'm afraid that our second master will also bear the responsibility of negligence. The fire dragon burned the warehouse is even more outrageous, but now there is no proof of death, and there is no mastermind behind the scenes. ”

"Mildew. Burn the bin. Bai Zeqing dipped his fingers in the tea and drew a line on the desk, before he said: "The most important thing at the moment is to find out where the cang rice has been transported?" The second is to find the pure person who was the first to find him on the day of Governor Sun's suicide. The third is to protect the warehouse management well, so as not to be extinguished. ”

Banxia looked at Bai Zeqing's eyes a little bright, she glanced at Huo Erye again, and then said with some admiration: "Second Master said the same thing." The portrait you drew has been copied by someone and sent to various places in the city for searching. The whereabouts of Cangmi are being investigated. ”

"Governor Sun didn't open the warehouse door for a long time before, I'm afraid I would have known ......about it" Bai Zeqing didn't pay attention to Banxia's expression, and dipped the tea and wrote the word "Sun", circled it, and said:

"No, Governor Sun must have been involved in this matter. It's just that Ningzhou City broke suddenly, and no one could have expected that the three levels would be lost overnight, and so many homeless people would suddenly come to Yuanzhou City. Moldy rice will eat the dead, and no matter how bold Governor Sun is, he will not dare to give moldy rice to the homeless people to eat. He suddenly hid in Tingquan Temple, he must have bought himself time and found a way to mobilize rice and grain from other places to come to the emergency. Therefore, you can check all the documents and orders of the three days before the death of the prefect of Sun. It's best to check the private message exchanges of Governor Sun's mansion. ”