North and South branch tea shops.

When the shopkeeper Hou Jiang heard that the people from the Criminal Department had come to review the kidnapping case of the year, he said with a sad face: "Two adults, why do you want to investigate this case again?" But have you found the little son of the Fan family? ”

Yun Pan said: "The criminal department handles the case, ask you what to answer." ”

Hou Jiang asked the guy to bring two soups up, "Two adults, the weather is hot and the errand is hard, let's talk while drinking." ”

"Hey, the eldest master of the Fan family doesn't know what's going on?" Hou Jiang said: "When the case first happened, Master Fan offered a heavy reward, as long as he provided clues, he could get half a copper coin. ”

Yun Pan and An Ying glanced at each other, "But have you found a clue?" ”

Hou Jiang shook his head, "It shouldn't be." Didn't hear anything. Hey, at that time, the Fan family released the news that there were two other stores in our store, which were crowded, and they were all here to check for clues. How many times have we studied the table in our store upside down, and this is the table with sticker notes at that time. ”

An Ying realized that she was sitting on the third one by the window.

"And what clues do you have? Does it remind you of the person who sat at that table at the time of the crime? How much bounty did you take? Yun Pan said with a smile.

Hou Jiang shook his head gently, "I won't hide it from you two, I haven't gotten any reward." Hey, I asked a few of our guys carefully, and the people from the government also asked, and on the day of the crime, the people from the government were all guarding, and no one sat at that table. There were all kinds of people sitting at the table before the crime, men and women, fat and thin, and they didn't know when the note was pasted. You see, you can stick it with your hand and you can't find it. ”

An Ying sat on the edge of the table and looked at the table carefully, it was true, he could reach out and quietly paste it. Yun Pan looked back at the window, "Shopkeeper Hou, your business is good, and the restaurants on the banks of the Jinshui River are making money every day." ”

Hou Jiang smiled with wrinkles on his face, "Where, where." The best business on the banks of the Jinshui River must be Chunfeng Pavilion. Saying that, An Ying looked in the direction he pointed, and sure enough, it was a five-story wooden building, with carved beams and paintings, and faintly heard the sound of the piano and frolicking.

Yun Pan and An Ying saw that they couldn't find more clues, so they prepared to go to the second place, Hou Jiang said, "The two adults are going to Wang Po's foot shop?" Go to Nine Blessings again? ”

Yun Pan nodded and said, "Even if you don't have a clue, you have to go through it, do you have to do it." ”

Hou Jiang nodded and bent down, "My lord is hard." I mean, you have to go to Jiufu first, and then go to Wang Po's foot shop. Take less of the walk that way. The Nine Blessings are right next to us, and we will see them as we walk forward. To go to Wang Po's foot shop, you have to cross Hongqiao, behind the Spring Breeze Pavilion you just saw. But she's not here now, and it's supposed to be her nephew. ”

The two walked forward, and sure enough, they saw the Nine Blessings.

Ding Shouren, the boss of Jiufu Ji, heard that someone from the Criminal Department had come to investigate the Fan family's case again, and couldn't help but say: "Two adults, haven't you asked how many times at that time. ”

Yun Pan said: "No way, the order from above." Boss Ding, take us to see that place. ”

Ding Shouren said while taking them upstairs: "Hey, didn't I say it, this case has been going on for so long, what else can be found?" The Fan family spent a lot of money, but they didn't get any news. I guess it's revenge, and asking for ransom is a cover. ”

An Ying raised his eyebrows, "How do you say that?" ”

Boss Ding lowered his voice and said, "Fan Xianlong is so rich, the kidnappers only asked for a hundred taels." Tossing and turning like this is probably revenge. And I heard, I just heard that when Fan Xianlong was in his early years, he offended people a lot. ”

Yun Pan immediately continued: "I heard that Fan Xianlong did it in his early years, but he sold exotic spices? ”

"Absolutely." Boss Ding said as he walked, "The people in your government must know that my mouth is conspicuous." As he spoke, he peeked at Yun Pan a few times.

"Where, your message here is not the same as ours. When we investigate cases, we have to listen to them. Come, come, boss, give us a few food, I'm tired after a day's walk. Isn't it, Anji? ”

An Ying understood, found the table by the window, and sat down. Boss Ding beckoned the guys to serve some roasted meat and quails made in the store, and served soup again.

Yun Pan looked at Boss Ding rubbing his hands all the time, smiled, and said, "Boss Ding, sit down together, anyway, just chat casually, and talk about everything you know." Do you think that useless clues are the key to solving the case? ”

Boss Ding sat down with a smile, and before his ass could sit firmly, he hurriedly said, "When Fan Xianlong first came, he was in the spice business, and our shop also bought goods from him. Things are good, but they are expensive. Just a small bottle of pepper costs a tael of silver. ”

"Just rely on how much money Fan Xianlong has made, and there are hundreds of acres of good paddy fields outside the city. Later, for unknown reasons, I stopped doing the spice business again, and changed to a clothing shop and a dye shop. But I said that doing business, especially for outsiders, is impossible not to offend people. ”

"But the local spice merchants have squeezed him out? Spices are profitable, and the competition is definitely big. An Ying nodded and said.

"That is, there are backers behind the spice business, and the common people can drip water." Boss Ding smiled flatteringly, and said: "I have a relative in my family who has committed something, and he is in the prison of the Criminal Department, if the two officials have a way, can they ......."

An Ying had never encountered it, and looked at Yun Pan at a loss.

Obviously, Yun Pan is an old Jianghu, he checked, "What's the matter?" ”

"It's not a big deal, my brother-in-law drank too much a few nights ago and got into a fight with someone."

"Gathering crowds to make trouble is not the job of the Terracotta Division of the capital, how can it be in our Criminal Department? Don't be mistaken. ”

Boss Ding sighed, "Hey, that person is dead." ”

An Ying almost didn't spit out the meat she ate, it's not big if you die!

Yun Pan patted Boss Ding's shoulder, "If someone dies, it's not a trivial matter." If you want to go in and explore, that's fine. If you dredge the signing, it won't work. No money, I don't need it, I'll introduce you to a powerful lawyer. ”

Boss Ding pinched the bag and thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." ”

Yun Pan pointed to the table, "If you still know something about Fan Xianlong, tell me, don't be afraid, it's okay to catch the wind and shadows." Aren't we going to investigate, what we say first, then we can investigate. ”

Boss Ding leaned on the edge of the table and said softly, "As far as I know, the Fan family should be from the Ba Fujian area. I suspect that his spices are all bootlegged goods from the sea. ”

An Ying and Yun Pan glanced at each other, and An Ying asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Boss Ding picked up a string of roasted meat, "You see that my family has been making roasted meat for more than ten years, and I don't know how many spices I have used." The spices are roughly divided into two batches, one from the north and the other from the sea. The color and taste are different. The batch sold by the Fan family was obviously seafood. ”

"As for the bootlegged, that's my guess. The quality of official goods with licenses is relatively poor, and you also know that as soon as the official goods come ashore, they will be picked by the nobles first, and how many people will pick the rest of our shop. The quality of Fan Xianlong's sales is surprisingly good. I don't think it's an official route. ”