"Now that the trail has been found, things are much easier. Now that I've received an errand from the imperial court, I have to go back to my life no matter what. In this way, Captain Zhang, I will write two letters, and I will ask you to send someone to Chang'an immediately. Give me two sworn brothers, and let them send someone to help in Chuzhou immediately.

This is also the end of the matter, and we will leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning. ”

As soon as Li Bing, Ying Lan'er, and Captain Zhang got the news about Han Linyuan, they knew that he was kidnapped by two women, an old man and a young woman, and boarded the ship to Chuzhou. Knowing the direction, as long as there are enough people, follow the line to check, there will always be news.

Li Bing wanted to set off for Chuzhou immediately, but he had the imperial order on his body, so he couldn't just leave; besides, Deputy Sect Master Wei had already sent someone to go back to Chang'an and delay it for two days, although he had no choice but to do so, it would not hinder the overall situation.

"By the way, how is the trial going today?"

Xiaowei Zhang took a letter and a stack of paper full of small characters, and handed it to Li Bing: "Your Highness, this is to be handed over to Your Majesty's recital, you see what is not good, I will change it." ”

The handwriting is average, but the pen is very vigorous. It seems to be written by Zhang Xiaowei's own handwriting, which lists some evidence of Yuruizhuang's collusion with Rongjiao, and also writes that a total of 542 people were examined this time, of which 34 were suspected and 27 were related to Rongjiao. Their identities and confessions are included in the interrogation statements.

Li Bing hastily browsed the pile of raw propaganda, the handwriting was inconsistent, and it was a confession left by multiple people interrogating at the same time. , most of them are turtles and bustards at the bottom of Jasper Island, and there are also a few prostitutes who often come and go. In addition to the four maidservants of Yurui Village, the other twenty-three people involved were all stewards of Jasper Island.

"It's a beautiful job. Captain Zhao is resolute, I will tell Your Majesty the truth. Li Bing patted Captain Zhang's shoulder and encouraged.

Although he rarely runs errands for the emperor, he also knows how complicated it is to arrange and arrange manpower in order to understand and close such a big matter in one day.

"My father-in-law has been a subordinate of King Xiang for many years, and he can do things for His Royal Highness, and his subordinates should do their best. Captain Zhang knew how to be measured, and immediately took a step back and hugged his fists in thanks.

Fortunately, there are no outsiders in Yurui Village, otherwise this will be heard by others, and I don't know how many incidents will occur. He did not thank the grace of heaven, but showed loyalty to King Xiang. It seems that the people and horses of Qizhou on this road are indeed the first to look forward to Li Yu's horses.

"Captain Zhang, it's not too early, you can also go and rest, we will leave for Beijing early tomorrow morning." I received the order for the first time, and I didn't understand the regulations for the trial and conclusion of the case, and you have been working hard for the past two days. ”

"This is the duty of subordinates to be ministers!" Captain Zhao clenched his fists again and said, "Those people who don't matter on Jasper Island...... What to do?"

"Let's let it go, it's just some prostitutes. Some of the people in your report were all escorted to Dali Temple in Chang'an and handed over to the imperial court for retrial to see if they could pry out something else. ”

After Li Bing finished speaking, he also felt tired, slumped on the chair, and began to think about Han Linyuan's affairs. But Captain Zhang had no intention of leaving.

"Your Highness, there is one more thing, the title deed on this island...... Does Your Highness have an idea?"

"Oh?" Li Bing thought that after the trial of the case, he would take someone to Chang'an on an errand, and he didn't want to have another one.

Captain Zhang glanced at Yinglan'er, and after getting Li Bing's signal, he said: "This time I investigated the case, and also seized the two islands of Jasper and Qionghua. This trial is in charge of the adult, so it depends on what the adults want to do with the two islands. ”

He saw that Li Bing didn't seem to understand the doorway, and explained: "Generally speaking, if the location is good, or if the manor is relatively large, the fertile fields will definitely be collected by the imperial court and taken care of by the inner court, or waiting for another reward from the emperor." But real estate like these two islands, which are so wild and small, and have little value, will basically be sold locally. ”

The two islands are in the middle of the South Lake, and it takes half an hour to sail alone, and if it weren't for the Rongjiao to turn this place into a place of wind and moon, no one would come to the extinction in normal times. Both islands are stone islands, there is no fertile soil, no ploughing fields, there is a dilapidated jade village on Qionghua Island, and there is not even a place to stay on Jasper Island, except for a wine pond and a temporary singing stage.

These two islands are really not worth much money.

Zhang Xiaowei lowered his voice and said: "In fact, no one knows about this island, and Dali Temple will not think of this layer, even if someone thinks of it, they will not study it deeply." He didn't puncture the last layer of window paper, but the voiceover was already obvious.

Even Yinglan'er understood, and looked at Li Bing blankly, waiting for his decision.

"Forget it, hand it over to Liu Xiangchuan and let him sell it, and hand over the silver to the treasury. Not to mention that Li Bing is rich and doesn't take these two islands to heart, even if he wants to, he will never do anything covetous. He is bent on reviving the Tang Dynasty, and he hates corrupt officials who fill his pockets the most.

Even though Captain Zhang had good intentions, this sentence made Li Bing's evaluation of him a few points lower, there are many talented people, but it is even more rare to be upright.

Captain Zhang was rejected but not angry, but said with a smile: "Your Highness, although this Zhuangzi is small and old, there is that big array on this island, isn't it a pity to sell it like this." ”

Li Bingmeng woke up, how could he forget this stubble. The island and Zhuangzi are indeed worthless, but this array is a priceless treasure.

"That's right! How much can this Zhuangzi sell for in the market outside?" Li Bing raised his head, stroked his chin, and his eyes lit up.

"I don't know, I guess. To say the least, you have to sell it for five or six thousand. Although there is no fertile field, that jasper island is indeed not small. ”

Li Bing's fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair several times, and he thought for a long time before he said, "That's it." It's like a report, saying that this Zhuangzi sold 8,000 guan to me, and when I arrived in Chang'an, I paid money from my private treasury. ”

For him, money is really not tight, don't cause any suspicion for thousands of dollars, the first trial of the case was too miserable by the imperial history.

"The subordinates understand that they will send someone to get the title deed paperwork. Captain Zhao clenched his fists, but still didn't leave, and said:

The subordinates pondered, in fact, this place is very good, surrounded by lakes, extremely secluded. If the beach shore of the South Lake can be sealed, and the other sides are mountains, there will be fewer people who can come here, and it is good to enclose this place and be a garden in the middle of the lake. ”

Seeing that Li Bing couldn't make up his mind, he continued:

"Your Highness looks at this way, if you buy the land at the beachhead of the South Lake and write it into the title deed. At that time, it is only necessary to build a fence at the intersection of the road, put the shore on the shore, surrounded by high mountains, this South Lake is almost monopolized by two islands, and it is also more secluded. ”

In a few simple words, Li Bing was very moved, but he didn't want to be a corrupt official, so he asked: "Can you buy the land on the beachhead? What about this lake?"

"When the case was tried today, I asked the lord who came to help, Lord Bo, that the land at the beachhead of Nanhu Lake is ownerless, and the court can sell it, but in this way, it will cost more silver. As for Nanhu, if it is a fisherman, he must go to the yamen to register and pay taxes according to the amount of fishing. Other than that, there is no other money to pay. ”

"That's great! Li Bing got up and patted Captain Zhang on the shoulder: "Then there will be Captain Lao to help deal with this matter." ”

He was happy on the surface, but he had mixed feelings on the inside. It seems that he made a decision by himself, but in fact, Captain Zhang thought everything through early on, first planned for himself, and then changed the law to guide himself to say it. He is really a powerful character, he is vigorous and resolute, his martial arts are not weak, his mind is delicate, and he understands the world very well.

And such a person is just a subordinate of his own father, a mere captain of the seventh grade of fruit, which is really a bit condescending.

"My subordinates will do it!" Captain Zhang was also very satisfied with today's results, got the order, and said goodbye and went out.

Yinglan'er was a little confused: "It turns out that you rich people are so absurd. What's so good about these two islands, it's remote and far away. 5,000 guan can buy a big village with gardens and paddy fields on the outskirts of Beijing. ”

"Zhuangzi is not unusual, the formation on this island is important, and you have seen his effectiveness. Li Bing sat down, poured himself a cup of tea, and poured a cup for Yinglan'er.

"And this Zhuangzi is not too far from Liangzhou and Baojiao, and if there is really something in the future, it is convenient to come here. ”

He sat down on the chair on all fours, picked up the teacup, and "When I returned to Chang'an, I allocated a sum of money to praise the sect, and asked the master of the sect to help me repair a gate on the way to Nanhu, and then unload the messy mechanism on this jade village, renovate this jade village, and even dismantle the wine pool and stage on Jasper Island."

Then these two Zhuangzi are very different. With such a large lake, this is not a loss. ”

Li Bing remembered Ji Zihuan's "Juju Juju" again.

"You don't know, I went with Wei Ze to a friend's Zhuangzi in Shaanzhou a month ago, there is a secret pavilion in it, and there are a lot of good things in it, and I was thinking at that time, it must be good for me to have such a Zhuangzi. You see, this is not waiting for me to build, but I actually sent one to the door myself.

There is a formation on the island, the territory is not small, and there is another piece of water, which is inaccessible, and it is really a good place to hide treasures. It's a little far away from Chang'an, but I am more relieved to have a good teacher to help take care of it. ”

"Tsk~!When did you have such a good relationship with Baojiao? ”

Li Bing stood up, walked to the door, glanced at the moonlight, and stretched: "After seeing Rimai, a lot of things have happened. Especially today, I met the palace master and the sect master...... Hey, it's hard to put into words. ”

He yawned twice: "Today is really too tired, wait until I go back to Chang'an tomorrow, there is a lot of time on the road, and I will talk to you in detail." Rest early, for you'll have to leave early tomorrow morning. ”

"Huh!" Ying Lan'er just wanted to stop Li Bing, but he had already slipped away.

In fact, I am not sleepy, but I have to hurry up and rest for a while, and before dawn, I will find Rimai and go back to the Yin Palace.

"You have to think about it, how to change this Yurui Village. I bought two islands, and now I'm also an island owner. Qionghua Island, Jasper Island...... It sounds acceptable, but the name of this 'Jade Ruizhuang' is too ugly to hear, and it needs to be changed......"

Li Bing lay on the bed but couldn't sleep, still immersed in the joy of buying the island.

"This Ji Zihuan's place is called 'Yulong Baotian', so what is the name of my Zhuangzi?"