"Nurse, nurse, how is the wine and wine here?" Taking advantage of the gap between Wu's mother taking the account books, Zhou Ling and An Dafang drank heartily.

"Yes, that's good. An Dafang's face was intoxicated, but he showed a trace of worry: "Master Zhou, you said that I am so amusing in this music shop, it would not be good if I let Ning Shi know." ”

"My Ann, Chief Ann, you, you really want to think too much. Zhou Ling laughed out loud: "Big, big husband meritorious service, fame, walking, walking in all directions, this kind of scene, occasion, inevitable, how can the girl Ning and Ning Shi blame?"

"Haha, that's exactly what I said. An Dafang nodded, and squinted at the wine sent by Bi'er: "It's really better to listen to your words, than to read for ten years, so I can rest assured." ”

"Two, this is the account book of Infernal Place. After a while, Mother Wu walked in again and handed the account book in her hand to Zhou Ling.

Zhou Ling glanced at An Dafang, and when he saw him nodding, he turned the pages one by one: "In the near and past month, Li and Li Rat have rewarded the following silver taels: Xiaocui eight, eight taels, wind, wind evening twelve taels, Misu three, thirty taels, Yanran one hundred and fifty taels. ”

"Poof!" An Dafang heard Zhou Ling's report, and almost didn't squirt out a sip of wine: "Okay, you Li Rat, you have a reward of two hundred taels in January, which is more than the silver that my guard has for a year." ”

"Wu, Wu's mother, who and which one is this Yan, Yanran girl?" Zhou Ling looked at the account book and said to the point: "Is she very familiar with Li and Li Rat?"

"The one on stage tonight is Miss Yanran. Mother Wu added fuel and vinegar and said: "I don't know if it's familiar or not, but this Li Rat seems to be very obsessed with Miss Yanran." ”

"Phew! It's like a flower stuck in cow dung, and he doesn't look like he looks like he is. An Dafang scolded indignantly.

"Wu, Wu's mother, this Li and Li Rat have rewarded so many silver taels, there will be no silver tickets, right?" Zhou Ling and Tong Bo thought of a piece.

"Of course there are silver tickets, I remember the silver tickets of Sanshun Money. Wu Ma added: "It is the largest one in the country." ”

"Next, it's time for me to enjoy and enjoy the time with Ann and Ann. Zhou Ling smiled.

The old woman took her leave. Wu's mother slowly retreated.

"Miss Liu, you said that it was so late, and you brought me to the household department. Ghost Face didn't even bring a mask, so he and Liu Ningshi, who was wearing a court guard uniform, came to the door of the household.

"Without Brother Ren's help, how can Ning Shi conduct an unannounced visit?" Liu Ning Shi tightly wrapped her ghost arms.

"Miss Liu, let go of your hands first. The ghost face touched Liu Ningshi's arm like an electric shock: "My arm is about to break." ”

"I'm sorry, Brother Ren. Liu Ningshi also felt that she was out of shape, and hurriedly let go of her overexerted right hand.

"Didn't we say that we should each handle our own case, and why did Miss Liu meddle in the case of the fake tax collector?" asked the ghost face puzzled.

"Because these fake tax collectors killed the group of children that Ning Shi adopted in the west of the city. Liu Ningshi's eyes gradually moistened: "They are only seven or eight years old." ”

"Really?" a sneer appeared at the corner of the ghost's mouth, "These fake tax collectors have lost their conscience so much, I also want to see what kind of Holy Spirit they are? ”

"Thank you, Brother Ren. Liu Ningshi nodded.

"Knock knock!" the door of the household department squeaked open with the heavy knocking sound of the ghost face, and a man dressed as an errand servant asked, "Who, is knocking on the door so late?"

"The Imperial Commander's Mansion is ordered to investigate the case!" Ghost Face raised the token and shouted at the officer, "If it is a major matter of the imperial court that is delayed, can you take responsibility?"

"It turns out that the ghost face of the Tingwei Mansion?" The messenger rubbed his eyes, looked at the token again, and immediately changed his courteous face: "Lord Ghost Face, please come in, today is Lord Zhu on duty, and the villain will go to invite him." ”

In the lobby of the household department, as soon as Ghost Face and Liu Ningshi sat down, they saw a man wearing a white robe, yawning and walking staggeringly walked in.

"Who wants to see this official?" This man is Zhu Danian, the right attendant of the household department, who was scolded by Li Chongde, the secretary of the household department, in the hall that day.

"The Eagle Hunter of the Humble Mansion's Mansion has seen Lord Zhu in person. The ghost said to Zhu Danian, and at the same time nodded to Liu Ningshi.

"Hell, Lord Zhu. Liu Ningshi also followed behind the ghost face to make a gesture.

"I said that the people in your Tingwei Mansion are all night owls? You can't investigate the case during the day, so you have to come at this hour. Zhu Danian stretched his waist and beckoned impatiently to the errand who had just opened the door: "Li Chuan, you will greet the two of you for the official, and if you need to cooperate with them as much as possible." ”

"Obedience. Zhu Danian also ignored Ghost Face and Liu Ningshi, and walked straight out of the lobby, looking like he had gone back to the duty room to sleep.

"I don't know what the adults need, just talk to the little ones?" Li Chuan received Zhu Danian's order and served the ghost face diligently.

"We want to go and see your clothes and account books, I wonder if it's okay?" Ghost smiled and patted Li Chuan on the shoulder.

"Please come with the little one! There are thirty people in our household department, or in groups of two, or three, and each of them will have a tax card to prove his identity. Li Chuan didn't wait for the ghost face and Liu Ningshi to ask, and he had already begun to tell the story.

"Then how are your account books distributed?" Liu Ningshi, who was behind the ghost face, shook the jade pendant on her wrist in front of Li Chuan's eyes, intentionally or unintentionally.

"A group of people has one account book, and the tax documents and account books are distributed in the same way. But Li Chuan didn't seem to notice it, so he just continued to introduce: "The household department usually prepares it in a group of two

Account books and official documents, that is to say, usually there will be 30 tax cards, 30 errands, 15 account books, and 15 official documents in the errand room. ”

"Didn't you just say that it was possible to work in groups of three? If you were in groups of three, there would be empty account books and official documents. "Ghost Face points out the problem.

"There were two groups of three, and the other twenty-four were all twos. Li Chuan nodded and said, "There is an account book and an official document that are spare parts." ”

Li Chuan took out the key from his waist and twisted it on the keyhole, and with a soft "click", the door lock fell off the door.

"Please, two of you. Li Chuan pushed open the door of the errand room and bowed down to make a gesture of invitation.

"Don't look at this person as just an errand officer, courteous, thoughtful, long-sleeved and good at dancing, no wonder this Zhu Danian will hand over the errand of receiving us to him. The ghost glanced at Li Chuan with a smile and stepped into the room.

Rows of wooden cabinets stand from the south wall to the north wall, with an iron lock on the door like the one on the door, and in the center of the house is two large rectangular tables with four benches around them.

"My lord, these wooden cabinets are numbered from south to north, the first twelve cabinets are two messengers, two tax plates, an account book, and one official document, and the last two cabinets are three messengers, three tax plates, an account book, and an official document. Li Chuan walked from the south wall to the north wall and introduced the cabinets one by one.

"Then where are the remaining spare parts and account books stored?" Liu Ningshi calculated quickly in her mind, and immediately wrote down Li Chuan's words.

"The big wooden cabinet in the center contains the keys to the other cabinets, spare parts, documents, and account books. Li Chuan pointed to the big wooden cabinet in the center of the west wall: "The rules of the household department, after any tax difference is made, the clothes, tax cards and other items must be returned to the errand room." ”

"Can these cabinets be opened for us to see?" Ghost Mian listened to Li Chuan's introduction, and walked around from south to north, thinking in his heart: "The management of this poor house is still quite rigorous. ”

"Absolutely. Li Chuan first took the key of the middle cabinet from his waist and opened it, and then took out a bunch of keys from the middle cabinet to open the rest of the wooden cabinets from south to north.

Liu Ningshi walked to a cabinet and picked up a tax plaque and looked at it carefully; the plaque was cast with brass, but the word "tax" engraved on the front was first dug out of the brass on the surface, and then poured copper in its groove part, but there was no word on the reverse side, which looked like an ordinary brass bottom plate.

Ghost Face also picked up an account book, turned a few pages, and twisted the paper with his fingers: "The account book is made of rice paper from Xuancheng Shanggong, and it is extremely difficult for the people to imitate it." ”

"The tax plates, account books, errands and official documents here are all specially made by the shops designated by the Ministry of Households, and it is difficult to imitate them. Li Chuan opened the mezzanine of the spare goods account books and official documents and pointed out: "And it is impossible to steal these items from here." ”

Liu Ningshi and Ghost Face counted the number of items, and nodded slightly to each other: "Little brother is right, those fake tax collectors will not use high imitations to cheat." ”

"High imitations can only fool some small shops, and shops with strong backgrounds will carefully check tax cards and official documents. Li Chuan talked eloquently, looking extremely sophisticated: "It is said that this time it is not only the Su family, but also the Lian."

Some of the shops under the name of King Murong have been tricked, which shows that these fake tax collectors are by no means high-quality imitations used. ”

"Chuanzi, why don't you go to rest so late, what's the matter with coming to this errand room?" a green-robed official entered the errand room.

"The little one has seen Master Sha. As soon as Li Chuan saw this person, he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Lord Qiyu, these two are sent by the Tingwei Mansion to investigate the case; ”

"Oh, is it?" This official is another squire of the household department, Shalpa: "If you want to investigate the case, you have to look at the time, this is almost three watches, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

"What adults teach is that the little ones must have ideas in the future. Li Chuan replied humbly: "But the errand room is in charge of Lord Zhu, as long as he agrees, the little one will not dare to disobey!"

"Hmph! Sharba sneered in his heart: "Now is an extraordinary time, but Master Li has asked me to cooperate with Lord Zhu, not only to bring these fake tax collectors to justice, but also to ensure that the safety of the errand house is also the top priority." ”

"Yes! Li Chuan stopped at the point, and he accepted it when he saw it, he didn't want to offend this left waiter of the household too much.

"It's good to understand. After Shabal finished playing an official tone, he immediately changed the topic: "There are ten more sets of newly made errands and tax cards from those shops, and you will come to my warehouse tomorrow for handover." ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"Hmm!" Shabal said these words, and walked towards the outer door, but his eyes glanced at the jade pendant on Liu Ningshi's wrist, intentionally or unintentionally, and the expression on his face was also very playful.