The man wanted to leave, but for the sake of the money, he hesitated.

"Ten money. ”

The man reached out to take the silver, Wang Nianen shrank his hand back, and sneered: "This is not the truth, I want to listen to the truth." ”

"Twenty money. The man hurriedly grabbed Wang Nianen's arm and changed his words.

Wang Nianen shook his head, turned around and left, the man hurriedly stepped forward to grab him, hesitated for a while, and said, "This gentleman, what do you want to hear!"

"Honestly, I only listen to the truth. Wang Nianen turned his hand behind his back: "If you tell the truth, the silver will be given to you, but if you fool me, you will not get a penny." ”

"Sir, you know yourself, why do you have to ask?" the man looked around timidly, and lowered his voice: "You can't lie to me, do you?"

Wang Nianen lowered his eyelids slightly, judging from his expression, this person would definitely be able to tell the truth, but he just needed to deceive him. Wang Nianen snorted lightly and said, "Of course I know, but I want you to say it yourself." ”

The man looked Wang Nianen up and down thoughtfully, and saw that he was well-dressed and did not look like an ordinary person. He rubbed his palms and said, "You shouldn't have been sent by the imperial court to check the accounts, right?"

Wang Nianen was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows Check the accounts? Why, does he look like a bookkeeper? Wang Nianen straightened his waist and smiled slightly: "This, don't guess blindly." What's the matter, have you thought about it, do you want to talk about it?"

The man understood it, so he was a little eager to try, since he was an adult sent by the imperial court to check the accounts, it would not hurt to tell him the truth. The man covered his mouth and prostrated himself in Wang Nianen's ear, and whispered, "Two money." ”

"But eat and live. The man added.

Wang Nianen looked at him in astonishment, only two dollars a day, which can't even support the whole family, right? Under such harsh conditions, it is already strange that these laborers do not resist, so why do they have to cover for the foreman?

"In these years, you have to make two dollars to eat a pancake in Donglin Prefecture, right?" asked Wang Nianen.

"It's true. The man smiled and reached out to find the five taels of silver ingots in Wang Nianen's hand.

Wang Nianen spread out his hand and gave him the silver: "In that case, why do you still have to work for him? Why don't you go to the Sect Master's Mansion to complain?"

The man was a little surprised: "Why do you want to sue? The foreman is a very good man, and he provides us with food and shelter, so why should we sue him?"

Wang Nianen was puzzled, thinking that this person was coerced by the foreman, so he turned his back and pointed to the carriage that Yuanxi was riding, and said in a low voice: "Brother, tell the truth, the person sitting in that car is the sect master of Donglinwei, if you have any grievances, she will naturally make the decision for you." ”

"What is there to be wronged about? In the past, it was a grievance, and when I met the foreman of the field, it was the creation of our three lives!" the man shook his head, feeling inexplicable.

"Alas......" Wang Nianen wanted to continue asking, but the man refused to turn back and ran away. Wang Nianen was a little annoyed, he knew that he was like this, so he should have let him draw and bet on the silver.

Wang Nianen returned to the car, knocked on the window, and said, "Sect Master, it seems that they can hide something for Tian Ye." The tone is very strict, and he can't ask anything. But the man just said that their daily wages were two dollars. ”

The curtain was gently raised, Yuan Xi frowned, and looked at Wang Nianen: "So little?"

Wang Nianen responded: "I asked the same question, but they were grateful to that Tian Ye, and they didn't know why." ”

Weird......

Wang Nianen got into the car and asked the coachman to drive the car to Ankang Town, it was getting late, and Yuan Xi and the others had not yet had dinner. I found a big restaurant, called a private room, ordered a few dishes, and looked at the scenery by the window.

Without Qin Shun by his side, he had to start investigating any case in person, which was troublesome and slow, Yuan Xi slowly drank a cup of red date tea, and covered his lower abdomen with one hand. In another three or four months, the belly should be pregnant, and it will be inappropriate to come out again at that time, so this matter must be done within three months.

"Sect Master, do you think those laborers have some handle in Tian Ye's hands? Why are you so grateful to him?" Wang Nianen only eats vegetarian vegetables and coarse grains, and only moves a few chopsticks for the same vegetables, and the less is like feeding rabbits.

Mother Zhong was different, she gulped food into her mouth, but her hungry stomach gurgled.

"Could it be that Tian Ye detained their relatives as said in the book?"

Wang Nianen shook his head, there is absolutely no such possibility, not to mention that there are 100 laborers in this gold mine, and one laborer detains one relative, that is, there are more than 100 people, where can 100 or so people be imprisoned?

"Could that be it, that man lied, they must have made a lot of money every day, and they were just lying to us. There is also a shortage of two systems, and the laborers in the capital of Dachu can earn twenty dollars a day. ”

Wang Nianen shook his head again, that person was definitely not lying. Wang Nianen has been accustomed to observing words and emotions since he entered the Tai Hospital, and he still has a little eyesight. When it came to the two money, the man was definitely not lying.

"There must be some reason for this, we just don't know. ”

Wang Nianen finished eating, and was drinking a bowl of tea faintly, when he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps in the stairwell, and the noise was mixed in his ears. Wang Nianen frowned: "It seems to be Zhou Yu's voice." ”

"Zhou Yu, who is Zhou Yu?" Zhong's mother looked up at him.

"Zhou Yu is the successor of Donglin Zhizhou, when Donglin City was broken, that fat Zhizhou secretly hid thousands of stones of grain, but let the people eat bran vegetables. At that time, I was so angry that I cut off his head in front of the whole city. Later, the emperor said that there are still official offices in other states and counties, and Donglin Prefecture should leave at least one empty shelf of the official government. ”

Mother Zhong sighed and continued to bury her head in eating.

"What is he doing here? Couldn't he come all the way here to eat?"

Before Wang Nianen could put down the teacup, he heard a knock on the door.

Yuan Xi raised his head slightly, and heard the sound of more than a dozen pairs of knees kneeling outside, and couldn't help but snort: "The battle is not small, it seems that it is coming at us." ”

"Did someone report the news, or were we under surveillance as soon as we arrived at the mine?" asked Wang Nian'en.

Yuan Xi couldn't speak, so he only raised his chin slightly: "Imperial Doctor Wang, open the door." ”

"Sect Master...... These bastards are eight lambs, and they don't see them. Wang Nianen said in a low voice.

Yuan Xi was indifferent, these people were already kneeling outside, and if they didn't open the door, they would continue to stalemate, could it be that they were really in this room and didn't go out all the time?

"Open the door. Yuan Xi commanded categorically.

Wang Nianen opened the lattice door and saw twelve officials kneeling outside, led by Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu coughed lightly, bowed down and bowed down: "Weichen Zhou Yu, knock to see the Donglin Sect Master, Wei Sect Master Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose." ”

Yuan Xi put down the teacup and slowly raised his head to look at Zhou Yu, who was kneeling behind Zhou Yu, and none of them were the new courtiers who had been placed in the official mansion before. Yuan Xi lowered his eyelids and snorted softly: "Lord Zhou, why is there Yaxing today, and he has come to the border town in the west of Yuexi?"

"Back to the sect master's words, Wei Chen heard that the sect master was coming, and he was disappointed, and asked the sect master to forgive his sins. When Weichen heard that the sect master was staying in a small town in Yuexi, he felt that it was not very appropriate, so he brought officials of all sizes to pick him up. ”

"Is there a loss of welcome, this sect master is the master of Donglin, I don't welcome others, who will greet me on the wheel?" Yuan Xi looked at Zhou Yu indifferently: "Lord Zhou, is this putting yourself in the position of the master of Donglin Prefecture?"

Zhou Yu was speechless for a while, and only arched his hand and said: "Weichen lost his words." ”

"Lord Zhou, you are the official of the Donglin Prefecture Mansion, this is Yuexi, it is not your turn to meet you, the Yuexi Mansion has not spoken yet, you have traveled all the way from Donglin Prefecture to Yuexi to pick up the drive of this sect master, don't you think it is too extraordinary?"

Zhou Yu's breathing was a little short, and he raised his eyes to look at Yuan Xi: "Weichen...... Weichen was just afraid that he would snub the sect master, and he didn't think about anything else, hoping that the sect master would forgive his sins. ”

"Lord Zhou, since you have come all the way to pick up the driver, you naturally know the intention of this sect master. I don't know what arrangements Lord Zhou has?" Yuan Xi looked at Zhou Yu with cold eyes.

"This ......" Zhou Yu arched his hand and looked left and right: "The sect master is here from afar, why don't you go to my state mansion to rest today, the sect will see the mines, why don't you make a little arrangement by Weichen tomorrow and escort the sect master up the mountain?"

"Make some arrangements?" Yuan Xi looked at Wang Nianen, looked at each other and smiled: "Won't this be too troublesome Lord Zhou?" I am afraid of disturbing Lord Zhou's purity, so I am light and simple, if this little thing will cause Lord Zhou to be busy all night, this sect master is a little unbearable." ”

Zhou Yu tugged at the corners of her mouth, what do you mean by being busy all night? Although there are some things that she can't let know need to be covered up a little, but that's only a little. The dignified sect master, speaking so harshly, is she herself as incorruptible as water, and she can't dig out any black material?

Although he was not angry, Zhou Yu still had a smile on his face.

"Sect Master Wei has said that the power of dogs and horses for the sect master is the creation of Weichen and others. Although the sect master rested, Weichen just asked them to put some loess on the mountain road that was not easy to walk, so it would not be troublesome. ”

The loess mat said, Then do you want to splash the street with clean water? Yuan Xi looked at Zhou Yu indifferently, he came to Weifu for a private visit, and he was not the Son of Heaven patrolling, as for such a swagger?

"No need, this sect master can't bear to bother Lord Zhou. There are also late workers in the mine, and after a while, they go up the mountain after tea. If Lord Zhou is interested, it is better to go. ”

Zhou Yu stood up: "That Weichen will first go and order the mine to line up to greet the sect master." ”

"Wait, Lord Zhou. Wang Nianen stood up, pulled Zhou Yu into the box, forcibly pressed him on the table, and brought him a cup of tea.

"The sect master doesn't like trouble, so Lord Zhou doesn't have to bother, just have a cup of tea here with peace of mind, right?"

Zhou Yu wiped a handful of cold sweat, and didn't arrange anything, if he went up the mountain directly like this, he would definitely die, right? Someone had to go out to ventilate and report the news, thinking of this, Zhou Yu hurriedly gave his subordinates a look: "You guys quickly ask someone to arrange a sedan chair, the mountain road is difficult to travel, you can't let the sect master climb it by himself, right?"