Five long wooden shelves were placed in five rows in the file room of the Tingwei Mansion, which were filled with various files, some of which had not been consulted for a long time and were covered with dust.

"Brother Ren, what's the smell here?" Liu Ningshi covered her nose as soon as she walked into the dossier room, frowning: "Isn't there a special person in this huge Tingwei Mansion to manage this dossier room?"

"Originally, there was, but I returned to my hometown a while ago. The ghost face spread his hands helplessly: "Miss Liu, our Tingwei Mansion is Qingshui Yamen, and Lord Zhi did not call into the court guard again in order to save money." ”

"Hmph, how can you talk to Brother Xiangyun。。。。。。 Liu Ningshi just wanted to tease, but suddenly felt a pain in her heart and diverted the topic: "Can you really find out the past of those people here?"

"Rest assured, as long as the cases that have been tried in the Tingwei Mansion will definitely be recorded. The ghost face patted his chest: "I still vaguely remember that there were twenty-six servants in the household department who had a conflict with Li Chongde, the secretary of the household department, and it was I who brought the court guard to settle the matter." ”

"Quickly check the names of these twenty-six people?" Liu Ningshi didn't care about the taste, walked to the shelves in the first row, patted the dust on the surface of the file with her hand and began to look through it.

"Then I'll start in the fifth row. Ghostface walked to the last row of shelves and began to look through them.

About half an hour later, Liu Ningshi stood by the wooden frame in the third row and shouted excitedly: "Brother Ren, look, are these people?" ”

"Ling Yuan, Zhou Shen。。。。。。 Ghost Face took the file and skimmed through it: "Yes, it's these twenty-six people. ”

"Then why did they have a conflict with Li Chongde, the head of the household?" Liu Ningshi asked puzzledly, "Is it because of the silver?"

"It's not just silver, it's dignity!" Ghost Face was also in awe when he talked about this past: "These twenty-six people were originally members of the Ping Barbarian Army, and after they retired from the army, the imperial court placed them in the household department as errands; ”

"This Li Chongde is too much, no matter what, they are all meritorious ministers of the country! How can they be treated like this?" Liu Ningshi couldn't help but feel sorry for these people.

"Yes!" Ghost Face sighed lightly: "But they originally thought that they would be able to live the rest of their lives peacefully through forbearance, until one day, Li Chongde ordered the cancellation of the silver of these twenty-six people, and replaced them with silk and other things; ”

That is to say, they received these silk silks and other things, and they had to go to the market to exchange them for silver. Liu Ningshi thought of the hostile eyes of the twenty-six people and the thin figure like a reed stick, and a cold frost was covered on her pretty face: "But even if you sell these silk silks, you may not be able to match the original silver." ”

That's why they lost their minds and besieged the Household Hall together. Ghost Face was also slightly moved when he said this: "That day, Li Chongde and his henchmen were besieged in the lobby for two full hours by these twenty-six, if I hadn't rushed there with the court guards, the consequences would have been unimaginable." ”

"Then how did these twenty-six people go to Tianfeng Clothes Shop?" Liu Ningshi also felt thrilled when she heard the ghostly narration.

"Although I sympathize with them, they must be expelled from the household by law. Ghost Face put the file in his hand back on the shelf: "It was Sharpa who sympathized with them, so he asked his nephew Sha Tianfeng to take in all these people." ”

"Brother Ren, is that Luo Bei a person in the barbarian army?" Liu Ningshi thought of Wang Ma and Xiao Tudou, their eyes were full of anger, and she said in her heart: "His series of characteristics are exactly the same as the description of Xiao Er in Li Laoshi's wonton shop. ”

"Yes, this Luo Bei was indeed a member of the Ping Barbarian Army, but because he was not in Jinling City when the accident happened, and he was Sharpa's nephew, he escaped a catastrophe. Ghost Face analyzed: "These people are all born in the household department, they are familiar with all the habits of tax differences, and they can easily get errand clothes, plus their dissatisfaction with the imperial court, it is reasonable to do this kind of thing." ”

"However, where did the fake tax cards that they exchanged for real tax cards come from?" Liu Ningshi said the question in her heart: "And what is the relationship between the burly man who secretly changed the tax cards and these fake tax collectors?"

"Miss Liu, we still missed a place that we haven't checked. The ghost face suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

"Where is it?" asked Liu Ningshi.

"Danian Blacksmith Shop!" Ghost Face shouted towards the dossier room, "Come on, come with us to Danian Blacksmith Shop." ”

In the cool shop erected by the east gate of Jinling City, a fat middle-aged man is leisurely sitting on a pale cyan futon drinking tea, but his eyes are staring at the passers-by at the city gate.

"What about you?" the fat man pointed to a carriage that was about to leave the city gate, and then shouted to the guards guarding the city gate, "Why are you still hanging out, and you still don't check the boxes on the cart?"

"Yes, my lord!" the spears in the hands of the two guards were towards the carriage, and the other two guards had already jumped into the carriage to forcibly open the box.

"My lord, my lord! The grass people are serious businessmen, and please be aware of them. A merchant in a fancy costume in front of the carriage hurriedly came to the middle-aged man and stuffed a silver ingot: "A little meaning,

Invite the brethren to tea. ”

"Well, you kid knows the rules very well!" The middle-aged man shook the silver in his hand and waved his hand at the guard: "No need to check, let it go." ”

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie. The merchant stuffed with the silver kept making a gesture at the fat gatekeeper.

"Let's go, let's go, don't interfere with my tea. The fat gatekeeper waved impatiently at the merchants.

"Second brother, what do you think?" On the balcony on the second floor of the Wanzhuang tea shop at the gate of the city, the burly man drank tea and said with disgust: "This taste is too light, but the wine is still refreshing." ”

"Third brother, you were drunk like mud yesterday, and the eldest brother is still not satisfied if he doesn't care about you?" The man sitting opposite the burly man stared at the city gate again: "The two teams of fake merchants we have arranged have successfully left the city, and it seems that the previous outposts have been withdrawn." ”

"Second brother, you and your eldest brother are too suspicious. The burly man took a gourd from his waist and took two sips of it: "Ah! ”

"Ahem!" Another man put his fist to his mouth and coughed twice: "Third brother, drink less wine, if there is a mistake in the task for a while, how will the eldest brother explain it?"

"Second brother, I know. The burly man put away the flask, grinned, and said, "You'll see in a moment." ”

He was followed by two carriages, each of which contained two large red iron boxes, on which the lids of the boxes were sealed with red satin in the shape of saffron, and on the left and right sides of the body were followed by two purple-clothed retinues, which looked very impressive.

"Stop!" The chubby middle-aged man stood up from the futon for the first time and walked over to the burly man in a fancy dress: "What is in this car? ”

"Official, my young lady is going to leave the cabinet in the near future, and these are his dowries to be sent to the man's family. The burly man also took out a big amount of silver like the merchant before: "Please also ask the official to be accommodating, don't miss the auspicious time." ”

"Miss out of the pavilion, which family's young lady, there are no big families in Jinling City that I don't know. The fat man walked around the carriage, and looked at the back of the carriage: "The axle indentation is actually half an inch deep, and it seems that the contents of this box are very heavy." ”

"The Lu family in the east of Jinling City. The burly man approached the fat man and said with a smile: "It's Lu Guifei's younger brother Lu Qin, Lu Yuan's daughter." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be the daughter of the Lu Mansion. The fat man laughed, his left hand inadvertently rested on an iron box, but his right hand kept weighing the silver: "There is such a thing, but such a big happy event, this silver 。。。。。。 ”

"Understood! understood. The burly man suddenly realized, and took a large ingot of silver from his bosom and stuffed it to the fat man: "A little happy money, give the brothers a touch of joy." ”

"Haha, my friend really got on the road. The fat man greedily stuffed the two ingots of silver into his arms and waved his hand at the guard: "What are you still doing, and you won't let it go!"

The blacksmith and the Pangu blacksmith shop are in the same Shuanglong Alley, but the reputation of this shop is 108,000 miles different from the Pangu blacksmith shop; before noon, the sound of striking iron has disappeared in the shop, the furnace has stopped, and the iron tun is cold, replaced by a few bored men who use an iron tun as a tool table for gambling on a sieve.

"Where's your shopkeeper?" Ghost Face walked into the shop with two court guards and knocked heavily on the counter, while Liu Ningshi shook her head at the scene in front of her, the desertion here was in stark contrast to the heat of the Pangu blacksmith shop.

"The shopkeeper is not there. A man in a short shirt with bare arms on the counter was napping with his chin propped up, and he was very unhappy to be woken up at once, staring angrily at the ghost's face.

"I'm the Eagle Hunter Ghost Face of the Tingwei Mansion, and I will ask you again, where is your shopkeeper?" The ghost face slapped his palm on the cabinet, and suddenly sawdust splashed everywhere, and a deep palm print was trapped in it.

"It turned out to be a ghost-faced adult, and the villain has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, so please forgive me. The man on the counter was stunned by this palm power, and hurriedly apologized: "Our shopkeeper went out to feast and drink, and it is estimated that he will not be able to come back until very late." ”

"Tingwei Mansion is ordered to investigate the case, since Zhang Danian, the grandson, is not here, you will take us to the treasury to have a look. Ghost Face shouted.

"Yes, yes!" The man on the counter was frightened by the ghost face, and his attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn.

"You two are here to stay, and no one here is allowed to wander around. Ghost Face ordered the two court guards.

"Yes, sir. The two court guards stood straight next to the men who were gambling on the sieve, so frightened that they didn't dare to move.

"Brother Ren, you are so majestic. Liu Ningshi teased the ghost face.

Miss Liu didn't know that Zhang Danian, the shopkeeper of this blacksmith shop, was the godson of the right servant of the household, and was like his godfather, who did not do his job all day long, but was proficient in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling; it is said that in order to worship this godfather, but he did not want to change his surname, he changed his name to Danian in order to curry favor with Zhu Danian. The ghost face showed a disdainful expression: "This grandson eats hard and not soft, and the people in his shop are all contaminated with this problem, if he doesn't threaten and scare him, he won't honestly cooperate with us in investigating the case." ”

"No wonder his shop is so depressed, this is the upper beam is not right, the lower beam is outside. Liu Ningshi shook her head and sighed.