The next day, the eaves rain sieve beads sounded endlessly, the plum yellow sky was lighter than autumn, and it was another rainy day!

Qi Kecheng, who was dressed in clear soup and noodles, ran to the kitchen early in the morning and told Zhang Luo's breakfast lady that she must prepare enough food, and use the amount of food fed to five pigs to prepare the meal.

The cook, who was tired and lost a lot of weight last night, began to get tired again early in the morning, and secretly scolded the officials who came to the capital for being the second senior brother.

At breakfast, the spirits of the Hou Hu and Hou Hou brothers were obviously much better, and after the two brothers had been medicated and bandaged by the doctor last night, they slept like dead pigs, snoring like thunder, and Mu Yirong didn't sleep all night, thinking about the several cases he had dealt with during this time.

Seocho has an equally good appetite in the morning and evening, and she usually doesn't have a bad appetite when she doesn't.

There are no cases to be dealt with in Lintong County recently, and he can't go out to inspect on a rainy day, Qi Kecheng wore regular clothes, stayed in the yamen, listened to Mu Yirong's dispatch, and asked Mu Yirong and others what was their business when they came this time?

Mu Yirong asked Qi County Commander to take the household registration and county records of Lintong County, and he wanted to find an official or businessman with the word "Hai" in his name.

Qi Kecheng was busy with the Lintong County Lord Bo to get what Mu Yirong needed, and asked Mu Yirong, the person with the sea character in his name, what did he do?

Mu Yirong replied indifferently: "It's not a big deal, it's just that this person is involved in a case in Shangjing City, and according to the usual practice, I will find him and ask one or two, in order to find more clues for solving the case." ”

Qi Kecheng nodded, and then asked, "I heard that Lord Shilang is starting to investigate the murder case of monsters in the upper capital, but it is related to that case?"

Mu Yirong pondered and nodded slightly, "There are some connections." ”

After speaking, Mu Yirong stared at Qi Kecheng's round face, and asked casually, "Among the people that Qi County Ling knows, are there people with names with seas?"

Qi County Ling pondered for a moment and shook his head slightly, "As far as the lower officials know, the people in the yamen of Lintong County do not have the word sea in their names. As for the merchants and the like, the official rarely dealt with them on weekdays and did not know much about them. ”

Mu Yirong looked at Qi Kecheng and smiled, "Lord Qi's daily official affairs are trivial, and it's not strange to know. ”

Qi Kecheng felt that Mu Yirong's eyes looked at him with an indescribable feeling, as if he wanted to see through his heart, and the seemingly friendly smile on his face seemed to have a deep meaning.

"Lord Shilang, forgive me, these things in the government were originally handled by the county lieutenant in charge of Gong, Hu, and Cang. However, the county lieutenant has been in poor health recently, so the county can't answer questions for the squire, and I'm really sorry. ”

Mu Yirong patted the shoulder of Qi Kecheng, who was sincerely afraid, "This official knows, you go and get busy with you!"

Qi Kecheng even said that he was not busy, and he was willing to stay and listen to Mu Yirong's orders, Mu Yirong smiled and declined, "The county commander doesn't know much about the case that this official started, and staying won't help much, so let's deal with all the things in your ya!"

Qi Kecheng saw that Mu Yirong didn't want him to stay, so he smiled and thanked Mu Yirong for his compassion, and then asked Mu Yirong what they wanted to use for lunch?

Sitting on the side, Ruicao, who was writing hard and practicing hard to write the radicals assigned by Mu Yirong, immediately raised his hand, "I want to eat fried knowledge." ”

Qi County Ling was slightly stunned, thinking that he had heard it wrong, and asked again to confirm, "Pavilion chief said that he was going to eat fried knowledge?"

Seocho nodded, "Yes, you have to fry the silkworm chrysalis, remember to put the spices of the Western Regions." ”

After speaking, he continued to hold the brush and wrote laboriously next to the soil, and his concentration became a cross-eyed.

Qi Kecheng was a little surprised by the unique taste of Seocho, which was quite demanding, and secretly asked Mu Yirong, Seocho wasn't joking, right?

Mu Yirong smiled and asked Qi Kecheng to prepare according to Ruicao's requirements, and Qi Kecheng could just watch the rest of the meal by himself.

Then he didn't forget to say to Qi Kecheng, "I'm making trouble for Qi County!"

Qi Kecheng said "It's not troublesome", saying that Mu Yirong and others could not help the people to avenge their grievances and eliminate harm, and this little thing could still be shared.

After Qi Kecheng finished speaking, he exited the door, but as he stepped out of the threshold, he turned his head to look at the mountains of files and records on the table.

Lintong County is a large county, but due to the impact of the war in the former Tang Dynasty, the population has plummeted, but there are as many as 100,000 households.

Mu Yirong and Hou Hu and Hou Hou Monkey selected the household registration of some officials and gentry, as well as the county records in recent years. It was only after looking at it that a few suspicious people were listed.

Mu Yirong has the ability to never forget, and after he looks at the file, he can almost remember all the contents of it.

However, after looking at it for a long time, his eyes would feel dry and tired, and he couldn't help but raise his head from the file and reach out to rub his eyes.

At this time, hurried footsteps suddenly sounded at the door, Mu Yirong hurriedly turned his head to look, and saw Mu Juezhi rushing in, and immediately welcomed with a smile, "But I look forward to you." ”

Mu Juezhi sat down very apologetically, took a sip of tea and moistened his throat, "I have already ordered my bad people to inquire about the news according to your instructions last night, so that Uncle Tang has been waiting for a long time." ”

"No problem. But what did you find?"

"According to Uncle Tang, there are not many people who meet the requirements, and the bad people have gone to check to see who has dealings with the Wanjin Gambling House in Shangjing; Or who has been to the capital recently; Or who often walks to the capital during the year?"

Mu Yirong nodded, and then Daomu Juezhi lived in Lintong County for a long time, but what suspicions did he have?

Mu Juezhi patted the table and said that Mu Yirong was asking the right person, saying that he felt that Qi County's order was a little inconsistent.

Mu Yirong said that according to his understanding, Qi Kecheng's reputation in Lintong County is very good, he is conscientious and conscientious as an official, and he is not ambiguous in judging cases.

Mu Juezhi snorted disdainfully, saying that he saw people very accurately, and Qi Kecheng was the kind of person who was good at pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger.

Although, Qi Kecheng is low-key and simple on the surface, and he has a good reputation. However, in private, the officials of Lintong County all complained about him.

Mu Yirong said that Qi Kecheng had a clean breeze on his sleeves, in order to help the people below to get good benefits, over time, some people were naturally dissatisfied with him. After all, in today's world, there is no place where it is too clean.

Mu Juezhi disagreed with Mu Yirong's words, and the Dali Temple managed by Daomu Jingzhong was as clear as water and as bright as a mirror, and he would also want to be on an errand in Dali Temple in the future.

After saying this, he suddenly changed his words, and said in a low voice, "Uncle Tang, you don't know, I often drink with the two classes of officials of the county government, and I often hear from these people that the county commander and his wife secretly counted the silver in the room at night, saying who gave him how many silver taels, and who gave him what treasures." It has a nose and eyes, and it doesn't seem to be fake. And there is more than one person who said these words, which has to make people suspicious!"

Mu Yirong said that even if it is fake, it will be said to be true if it is false.

Mu Juezhi said, "Three years of poor prefect, 100,000 snowflakes of silver", he just didn't believe that Qi Kecheng could live as simple as he looked, and even ordinary people who lived better on the side were not as good.

Mu Yirong naturally didn't believe that Qi Kecheng's sleeves were clean to the point of drinking tea, but Qi Kecheng was smart and knew how to hide, so as not to catch fire.

Straight wood is cut first, Ganjing is exhausted first, no matter whether it is good or bad, it is not a good thing to be too flamboyant and sharp, Qi Kecheng knows very well the principle of "neutralization is a blessing".

It's just that whether Qi Kecheng has counted the silver with his wife in the quilt at night is just a rumor, so there is no need to hold on to it excessively.

But I have to say that Qi Kecheng's simple character with clean sleeves is a bit too much, and sooner or later it will collapse!

Mu Juezhi agreed with Mu Yirong's opinion, but in addition to Qi Kecheng's suspiciousness, there is another person who is more capable than Qi Kecheng, that is, Qi Kecheng's brother-in-law Liu Jingshan.

Liu Jingshan's personality is just the opposite of his brother-in-law's, he is flamboyant and loves to show off, if he has a silver ingot in his pocket, he can't wait for people from all over the country to know that he is a rich man.

Moreover, this person also loves silver very much, and he does not hide his greed, because he is the county lieutenant in charge of gong, household, and warehouse, and he does not take advantage of his position to make money.

But though, it's just a small fight, it's a big pot of rice, and he only dares to dig a bowl of that. So everyone pretended not to know, after all, it was hard to eat official meals, and the money was small, so if you don't have a position, you can't make some oil and water, and you can't support a large family at all.

When Mu Yirong heard this, his eyes stared at Mu Juezhi, who was also a county lieutenant, "You too"

Mu Juezhi didn't wait for Mu Yirong to ask what he said, and hurriedly waved his hand, "My nephew's family has a businessman who doesn't worry about food and clothing, so naturally he won't do this kind of thing." And Liu Jingshan is in charge of the work, households, and warehouses, and there is oil and water to fish. He is in charge of a group of poor soldiers, not only has no oil and water, but also has to pay some money to his hard-working subordinates from time to time. ”

Mu Yirong nodded with satisfaction, "Stealing needles is the same as stealing cattle, once you start, it will be difficult to recover, and you will definitely regret it in the future." ”

Hou Hu and Hou Monkey saw that their boss was not very old next year, but he always liked to put on a compassionate and compassionate appearance, and he loved to tell the truth, so he couldn't help but cast a sympathetic look at Mu Juezhi, but he was just caught by Mu Yirong.

"Do you see some signs from the household registration and county records?"

While Mu Yirong said this, he also looked at Seocho.

Ruicao, who was shaking the brush and didn't know what she was thinking, saw Mu Yirong looking at her, and immediately revealed an expression that I am a thug, don't look for me with your brain, which made Mu Yirong shake his head very helplessly.

Hou Hu and Hou Monkey couldn't give any constructive advice, so Mu Yirong had no choice but to file the file and hand over the list of some suspicious people he had listed to Mu Juezhi and let his bad people visit him.

Mu Juezhi nodded, but said again, he still felt that Liu Jingshan, the county lieutenant, was the most suspicious!

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