"Taoyuan Village belongs to the jurisdiction of my father, and the village chief also comes to the county every month to report on his work, but my father has never told us about the officialdom." Cui Yang said truthfully.

Qin Huan stared at the cigarette ash in the incense burner, she took a brush in her hand and played with it with the back of the pen in the incense burner.

An unburned scrap of paper turned out of the ashes, she raised her eyes to look at Shi Beiyan, there was only a vertical stroke on this scrap of paper, judging from the number of ashes in the incense burner, it should be a note that was not too large.

Shi Beiyan comprehended, he wiped the table with his fingertips, and the table was clean and dust-free, "Cui County's study, how often do the subordinates clean it?" ”

Cui Yang hung his head, "I clean it every afternoon, but after my father died, I didn't let anyone in this study come in again." ”

Cui Peng was in Yamen yesterday afternoon, so this note was sent by someone last night, letting him know something, and even going out late at night for this purpose.

Moreover, the contents of the note are secret and must be destroyed.

Shi Beiyan's fingertips tapped twice on the table, and his words changed suddenly, "What does Cui Xianling like to do on weekdays, and where do you go to spend time in your spare time?" ”

Cui Yang was stunned for a moment, and slowly raised his head, "My father has a lot of hobbies, likes to eat, often goes to different restaurants to taste food, as well as antique treasures, calligraphy and painting collections, my father is very interested." ”

In the study, there is a picture scroll of a famous person from the previous dynasty.

There are also the four treasures of the study on the table, all of which are of the highest quality.

Shi Beiyan picked up the inkstone and sniffed it, "With all due respect, the cost of Cui County's order is quite large, and just the imperial court is a good man, I'm afraid I can't afford to support Cui Fu and his personal hobbies." ”

In the inkstone is the new ink that has only recently become popular in the capital, and only the family will use this expensive ink, and Cui Pengyuan is in Yuzhou, and he actually put it on the table and used it.

Cui Yang's face changed suddenly, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing.

For example, the county order in a place like Yangshan County does not have much money, and the oil and water are not large, unless Cui Peng has other income, he can't live like this.

Qin Huan sat on the chair, "The county lord has no intention of liquidating, but I am afraid that this family business also needs to be spent." ”

She looked at Cui Yang, "The real account book of Cui Mansion, you should have found it, Cui County Ling has been killed, no matter what crime he has committed, it will not affect others, but if you don't hand over the account book, you will know and not report it, and the crime will be added to the first degree." ”

From searching for clues in the morning to asking questions now.

Cui Yang had already guessed that his father had committed a crime, in fact, he had suspected it a long time ago that the family's income was not coming from clearly.

He is the eldest son in the family, and he knows in his heart how much money the family's farm shop has, and he knows in his heart that even if he has his father's income, it can't make up for the expenses at all.

"There will be a monthly income from the government." For the sake of the entire Cui Mansion, Cui Yang made a choice, "I can hand in the account books, and I just ask the county lord to let the Cui family go." ”

Qin Huan stood up, "Tell what you know, it has nothing to do with anyone, and you won't be implicated." ”

When he left the Cui Mansion, Qin Huan got the real accounts of the Cui Mansion in recent years.

The Cui family spends money like water, and Cui Peng will give the housekeeper a sum of money at the beginning of each month for him to use for government expenses.

And the day Cui Peng was killed was also the fifth day of the first month of this month.

According to Cui Yang, on the night of Cui Peng's accident, a carrier pigeon flew in the courtyard of Cui's house, and this carrier pigeon appeared more than once.

According to the recollections of the next person, Cui Peng often disappeared alone for a period of time at the beginning of the month, and when he came back, he was mostly in a good mood.

"Who do you say is sending money to Cui Peng? And why kill him? Qin Huan was a little puzzled.

For a murderer to take the risk of killing an official of the imperial court, there must be enough reasons, "Maybe it's murder?" Shi Beiyan speculated.

Qin Huan frowned, "I gave away the silver for so many years, but it was unreasonable to kill my mouth last night." ”

needs a special reason for the murderer to do it last night, Shi Beiyan thought of something, "Last night, the changes around Cui Peng, one is Cui Ying, and the other is us. ”

In the remote Yangshan County, I haven't even been here a few times, and there are not many things that can happen, so it seems that I can only start from these two aspects.

Qin Huan stretched, "Tomorrow, I have to go to Taoyuan Village again." ”

There was nothing to say all night, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Qin Huan was woken up by Shi Yi's slamming the door.

Qin Huan opened the door with his clothes on, Shi Yi's expression was excited, "County Lord, I followed Song Ping all the way and found that he was indeed the owner of a tea house in Taoyuan Village, and he didn't lie to us." ”

Qin Huan rubbed his eyes, but he was not surprised by this "surprise".

Then, then Shi Yi directly handed over a booklet, "The household registration record of Taoyuan Village is this one!" ”

"The Department of Supervision is doing things so quickly." Qin Huan was a lot more sober this time, she opened the content inside, and the more she looked at it, the more wrong it became.

"It's not the Supervision Department, I followed Song Ping to Taoyuan Village, and found that he lived next door to the village chief's house, so I climbed over the wall and stole this household registration record from the village chief's house."

Shi Yi gained a lot, "I also heard that they have a clan meeting, and tomorrow night, they will hold some ceremony in a place called Tashan." ”

"Tower Hill." Qin Huan seemed to have heard this name somewhere, and she remembered that Yunshuang had given her a map of Yuzhou Prefecture, and Tashan was in the southwest of Yuzhou.

The mountain is steep and only accessible from a canyon opening, and the village of Taoyuan is located here.

She flipped through the entire household registration record, and her eyes slid to light, "Song Ping and Taoyuan Village have problems. ”

She asked Shi Yi to take a break, change her clothes, and go to find "Shi Beize".

Shi Beiyan has the habit of waking up early, and after waking up, he will practice pranayama in the house.

Qin Huan knocked on the door for the second time, and the person inside opened the door, so that her hand slapped directly in front of him.

She blinked, "You actually have pectoral muscles?" ”

Shi Beiyan pursed his lips, "County Lord, please respect yourself." ”

Qin Huan withdrew her hand embarrassedly, "What, I'm here to ......" Before she finished speaking, she suddenly found that after she found the clue, she actually thought of discussing with him as soon as possible.

Shi Beiyan saw the booklet in her hand and guessed, "Taoyuan Village household registration record?" ”

Qin Huan nodded, handed him the booklet, she looked over to see that there was no one on the left and right, and then whispered to him, "Taoyuan Village, never intermarry with the outside world!" ”