Erzhu scratched his head: "This person is not familiar with the place, and he has not figured out their situation, you make me say that I really can't say it, but anyway, they are all beaten, just beat them on their backs!" ”

Wen Shuo didn't expect to hear such simple-minded words, and looked at Shen Hong again, wanting to hear something from Shen Hong's mouth.

Shen Hong only said: "We still need to look at the situation again, there are quite a few bandits, but when I heard the people from the county government mention them, they all say that they are elusive, and they can't even tell where their specific dens are. ”

Wen Shuo nodded, not knowing what to do.

When Wen Jieqing came back, Lin Piao and the others went to talk to Wen Jieqing, and Wen Shuo pulled Shen Hong aside to speak.

"Brother Shen, you must help me, I know you have a lot of methods, you can think of ideas for me."

"Why do you have to find your luggage? It's better to go back to Luodu first, so as not to lose the opportunity. Shen Hong suddenly asked.

The family was infighting, and they were attacked halfway, and Wen Shuo's top priority was to rush back to Luodu to bring back the news, and cooperate with his father to get rid of the source of turmoil in the family.

Wen Shuo looked at Shen Hong's face and knew that this kind of thing could not be hidden from Shen Hong's eyes.

"I have already sent guards to go back to Luodu to report the news, if I go back to Luodu......" Wen Shuo hesitated for a while, trying to find a suitable reason, but found that there was nothing to say.

Shen Hong and the others were originally on a tailwind boat, and Shen Hong was taking the exam in the state capital, and he wanted to go back to Luodu to take the exam, so it was a matter of course whether he rushed to take the exam or went back to report the news.

Wen Shuo lowered his voice: "There is a letter in the luggage......"

"Letter?"

"Yes, the dean wrote a letter to my father, and the dean told me not to open it, but to open it by my father, and I don't know what was written in it......

He and the dean are not ordinary teacher-student relationships, after the incident with the five princes, they were grasshoppers in the same boat, and they plotted together to frame the prince, and the dean also personally handed over the letter to him, instead of letting others or send it at will, maybe the letter was written with something fatal, Wen Shuo was particularly anxious considering this.

Shen Hong thought for a moment: "I know, you don't want to be too anxious, just treat it as an ordinary stop and play, if you act too impatiently, it will inevitably make them find out the clues." ”

These bandits came at the people with orders from the side branches, and even if they wanted money, they would not suddenly have too much money to spend for a while, and perhaps only a few boxes containing valuables would have been opened, and the rest would have not had time to divide the spoils, as long as they were not aware of the existence of the letter, the safer the letter.

Wen Shuo paused for a moment and nodded again and again: "You're right, I'll pay attention." ”

Shen Hong nodded: "Tell me if you have something, don't act recklessly." ”

Wen Shuo nodded repeatedly.

Shen Hong didn't want to worry too much about this matter, but he just thought that since Wen Shuo wanted to retrieve their luggage, he could also take advantage of the situation to retrieve their luggage.

But since the dean's letter has also been outflowed, he must take care of the matter.

No one could guarantee what the dean would write in the letter, just as the dean told him every word of secrecy when no one was around.

The identity of the dean was like a taboo.

The two discussed, and when they walked into the house, Lin Piao and they were already sitting down to eat pastries.

Even if they were in a foreign country halfway, Wen Jieqing also set a table of pastries and snacks to entertain them, let them sit down to eat, drink and talk, and Wen Shuo and Shen Hong also came in, so he invited them to sit down as well, and everyone talked together to relieve the thrills and worries along the way.

In the afternoon, they had dinner with the county magistrate here, and the county magistrate of Zhou County was a middle-aged man with a shrewd face, thin cheeks, thin lips, and no flesh on his face, smiling all the time, watching all directions, always paying attention to their movements, and entertaining them without leaking, asking for anything, and immediately saying that this was what I should do!

Wen Jieqing hinted at him a little and said that Lin Piao and they were still staying in the inn, and he immediately said that there were several spacious guest rooms, and they would be able to move in tonight after cleaning them up immediately, and asked them not to lose his face and stay here quickly.

So saying, he immediately stood up again, and sent the men around him to set out at once, and to get out of their rooms at the inn, so that they might not run about, so that the distinguished guests could rest for the night.

His hospitality made Wen Shuo feel that he was very hospitable, and the sorrow in his heart was much better, so he discussed with him about the suppression of bandits.

When it came to suppressing bandits, the county hesitated.

"Young Master Wen, the matter of suppressing bandits has always been the lifelong wish of the lower officials, and I have really hated these bandits in the years since I took office, but until now I have only heard of them and have never seen them, I have the heart to suppress them, but I don't know where to suppress them."

"You check, you have been in office all these years, you can't not find out the ins and outs at all."

"Alas, I really haven't figured it out, the subordinate officials are incompetent, and I haven't been able to protect one party."

The two chatted a few more words, Wen Shuo hoped that he could muster up 120 points of strength to find a breakthrough to complete this important matter, and the county Cheng looked at him with concern.

"Young Master Wen is so anxious, but what is important in the luggage?"

Wen Shuo's words almost came to his lips, and he wanted to say that there must be something important that I was in a hurry, but he stopped suddenly, he had not made any progress in the years of studying in Ludong Academy, not to mention that Shen Hong had specially mentioned him before.

He frowned and patted the table: "It's just something important, do you know how much silver my inkstone costs?" How much effort did it take to find it? I don't know how many people I have enough to feed my boatload, and if these water bandits get my things, I am afraid that they will have to eat fat and strong, and if the scale is expanded, I am afraid that from now on, you Zhou County will not say that there are water bandits nearby, but I am afraid that the county will all suffer! ”

The county Cheng's face changed when he heard this: "This matter is really difficult to handle, if they become the climate, it is indeed a thorny big problem, but how to find their hiding den, there is really no way, Wen Gongzi can have any high opinions, pointing and pointing to the lower officials." ”

Wen Shuo is not good at this, he is a civil servant, what he does is learning, and how to solve cases Where does he know, his heart is still in a mess, where can he be organized.

Shen Hong put down the teacup in his hand and said: "The county lord can send a few people to the nearby county government or big village, the bandits will definitely sell the stolen goods if they rob something, as long as Wen Gongzi's things appear, he can always find some clues and pull people who are related." ”

Wen Shuo also agreed very much when he heard it: "Yes, that's the truth, according to what Shen Hong said, I don't believe that they took such a large sum of money in a few days, and it doesn't cost at all, let's wait for the rabbit, they will bump into each other." ”

When the county magistrate heard this, he nodded again and again: "It's a good way, I couldn't catch their traces before, because the county government didn't know what they had robbed, and they couldn't run away this time, so I asked Young Master Wen to write a list to the lower officials, and the lower officials passed it on according to this, telling them that if they saw these things on the market, they would immediately stop them." ”

Wen Shuo nodded, and calculated to write out the most valuable and obvious things, here they have eaten to the end, and the people who go to check out will also come, and they still have the silver money returned from check-out in their hands, and they put it on the table respectfully, and the two pillars did not forget to put it in their arms before leaving.

When they went out, the maid in the house took them to their residence, but Lin Piao found that there was something wrong with them: "Don't we live in the same courtyard with Wen Gongzi and them?" ”

The maid said: "There are only two spacious rooms in a courtyard, and the rest of the rooms are small, how can you give them to your guests." ”

Shen Hong said: "It's okay, take us over there, clean up the house, we are familiar with each other on weekdays, and we live together to talk and have fun." ”

The maid hesitated: "This ......"

"If you report this to the county lord, the county lord will not allow us to do anything."

The maid thought for a moment, "Okay...... I'll lead you over, but the house needs to be cleaned up again. ”

They were led to their courtyard again, and the hut in the courtyard was re-laid with bedding and carefully wiped the utensils.

Erzhu consciously took the smallest room, Shen Hong couldn't live in the largest room, and the second aunt naturally couldn't help it.

"You don't even live, so can I live?"

"Sister-in-law, let's live."

"Piao'er, you can live."

Although it is said to be a big room, but in fact, the size of the beds in each room is about the same, and there is no loss of much, Lin Piao entered the room, the first thing was to fall on the bed, and then called Shen Hong over to talk.

When Shen Hong entered the door, he saw his sister-in-law leaning on the quilt, her hands half-hugging the soft pillow, and her legs hanging down on the side of the bed, as if thinking about something.

"What does sister-in-law have to say?"

Lin Piao looked at Shen Hong, who was standing by the door far away, and thought to himself what was going on with this kid, what was he doing standing so far away, but at first glance, Shen Hong seemed to be very particular about avoiding suspicion in his daily life, but now that he has grown up, he attaches more importance to this measure.

Lin Piao was a little speechless: "You are closer, I can't eat you, what are you whispering so far away." ”

Shen Hong whispered these three words in his heart, as if he and his sister-in-law's unique secret, made him have an indescribable throbbing in his heart.

He took a few steps closer, looked at his sister-in-law and didn't speak, and walked to the bed, he couldn't sit on his sister-in-law's bed, so he half-squatted down, put his hand on his lap and looked at him.

"What's the matter?"

Lin Piao leaned over slightly and leaned closer to him, and lowered his voice: "Don't you think this county is a little strange?" You see, he said that he wanted to catch the water bandits all these years, but in fact, he had no choice but to use his brains, and he echoed Wen Shuo's words everywhere, but every sentence was empty, just to pat Wen Shuo's ass, logically speaking, the water bandits, this disaster, coupled with the pressure of the Wen family, he should be in a hurry to arrest the people, as long as he did it, it would be easy to ask for credit. ”

Lin Piao thought of the matter of the Erzhu Suppression of the Bandits, and he had not heard of it so far, but this Suppression of the Water Bandit was different, he helped the young master of the Wen family recover his luggage and property, and this matter had the feelings of the Wen family in it, and there was no need to point up and down, and the above was definitely happy to give commendation.

Shen Hong bowed his head lightly: "What my sister-in-law said is true." ”

"You also think something is wrong with him? I said, you're so smart, how can you not see it. ”

"It's just that I have doubts in my heart, and I don't know what he means, but I have already told Erzhu to tell him to be a gentleman on the beam at night."

Lin Piao smiled: "What kind of word is this, the gentleman on the beam steals incense and steals jade, what is it that you arrange a dry man for Erzhu?" ”

Shen Hong looked at Lin Piao's smile, stunned for a moment, and stood up in front of the bed with such a gentle voice: "Sister-in-law, do you have anything else to say?" ”

"It's gone, it's over, you go back to the house and have a good rest."

Shen Hong nodded, turned to leave, and after exiting the room, he gently closed the door for Lin Piao.

Lin Piao rolled around on the bed holding a soft pillow, thinking of the state of this county and suspecting that he was something like an underworld umbrella, which would make these bandits not caught for so many years.

This kind of drama is very common, Lin Piao looked at his old fritter at the dinner table, and on the surface he said that he would go along with everything, but in fact he had no thoughts or emotions of his own, and he did not have the spirit of doing practical things, and the existence of the bandits could not provide him with benefits, unless the bandits gave him money, which was the most direct.

Lin Piao sat up suddenly, thinking of Shen Hong's suggestion that the county cheng search for the stolen goods, if the county cheng really had anything to do with those water bandits, the water bandits would not be able to come out to sell the stolen goods at all, but would only hide the stolen goods better, and wouldn't it be happy to spend money happily after they had survived them? Isn't that the clue broken?

Lin Piao thought about it, and lay down silently, feeling that his worries were too much, Shen Hong's trick was too much to guard, if the thief started to sell the stolen goods, he would be able to follow the vine, if the thief did not sell the stolen goods, then it was to some extent confirmed that the county Cheng had a deal in this, and he could just use the county as a clue, and if the prey did not appear, the person who let go of the prey would become the prey.

And if they don't sell the stolen goods, most of their luggage can be kept safely in the box.

Gee.

This kid does things, and he doesn't lose a single bit.

Although it was a strange house and courtyard, all the people living around it were acquaintances, and Lin Piao slowly fell asleep while lying down.

slept until the next morning, got up and pushed the door open, and the second aunt beckoned him in the yard to go to Wen Jieqing's house for breakfast.

"What about Shen Hong's two pillars?"

"They've eaten and gone out, and they'll be back later."

"Oh."

Lin Piao also wanted to ask Erzhu if he had overheard anything.

Wen Jieqing's side was specially taken care of by his attendants and maids, and since the accident on the ship, he lived in a house that was not his own, and Wen Jieqing was always careful, holding the posture of a wealthy and noble son, and no one other than his personal attendants and maids were allowed to handle anything, and even the food was made by themselves in the small kitchen or sold outside.

Although Lin Piao didn't see it, Wen Jieqing always looked indifferent, but Lin Piao guessed that the food he ate there was probably a silver needle that could only be eaten after a poison test.

Because Lin Piao was on top of a certain piece of dim sum, he saw a small needle eye that had been pierced.

The psychological defense line has been forced to this point, and the perpetrators are even their relatives.

For Lin Piao, he had heard this kind of thing many times, but at the level of a story, he never thought that he would really see such a thing in people.

Is this the price of power? The power is pressing, and the cold is pressing.

Lin Piao had breakfast and waited for Shen Hong and Erzhu to come back, but after a real morning, they returned to the courtyard against the sun, and their faces were a little pale, strong and strong like Erzhu, and their faces were a degree whiter.

"Where have you two been, drink some water? Look at the sweat on your head, what is it for? ”

Lin Piao hurriedly pulled them under the eaves: "Speaking of umbrella and umbrella, don't you two suffer from heat stroke?" It's the end of summer, and you don't have heat stroke when the sun is the most poisonous, how is this going on? ”

Lin Piao stretched out his hand and touched their foreheads, the second pillar was better, but his forehead was wet with sweat, and Shen Hong's forehead was very hot, and there was a layer of sweat.

When the second aunt saw this, she hurriedly trotted over, and saw that the two of them were sitting and resting, and their spirits were not very good: "What's the matter?" I'll go get two bowls of mung bean soup, and Piao'er will look at them and order them. ”

"Okay, auntie, you go."

Lin Piao saw that their lips were dry, and he didn't continue to ask them what they were doing, let them rest, and when the mung bean soup was served, Erzhu drank it with a bang, but he could only drink the soup, and all the mung beans that had been boiled soft were left at the bottom of the bowl.

Shen Hong picked up the bowl, Lin Piao noticed that his wrist seemed to tremble slightly, and he only took two sips of it, put down the bowl and saw Lin Piao's eyes, and explained.