Cang Shangshu explained disapprerovingly: "It's a fact that there are no new cases of this kind, and the market is much more stable. But we have to deal with the previous cases! We can't calm down until we finish those cases. ”

"That's your business, it has nothing to do with me, Cangshangshu, don't drag me into the water, haha!" Tao Ziyun still remained vigilant to avoid asking for hardships.

Cang Shangshu continued to work hard to verbally engage with Tao Ziyun: "We are officials of the same dynasty, you are the imperial history of the dynasty, and our officials have a very close relationship with you!

Tao Ziyun thought about it and said to Cang Shangshu: "I'm thinking, what Lord Cang means is that I am afraid that if you officials do not do things effectively, you will be impeached by me, the superintendent of the imperial history." ”

Cang Shangshu said to Tao Ziyun lightly: "You and I have a close personal relationship, of course you don't want to impeach me, between ministers, you join me, I join you, after all, it is not a head, the best way is to work together to do a good job of the things everyone is facing." ”

"That's just as well. Although my duty as a supervisor of the imperial history is to supervise the officials, if I don't handle my affairs well, other officials can still join me. Let's all work together to get our things done. I'll help Master Cang unconditionally, okay?" Tao Ziyun was not a rigid person, and finally gave Cang Shangshu a clear answer, promising to work hard to assist him in his errands.

Cang Shangshu smiled with satisfaction: "Haha! I knew that Master Tao would work together with me, it was not in vain that we had been together for a long time, and we were good friends with close personal relations!"

"The way of a friend is to tacitly do more things for friends that do not violate morality, which is understandable. Don't talk so much, talk too much, feel tired. Let's go see the poems written by others. Tao Ziyun mentioned yì like this, and Cangshangshu, who received Tao Ziyun's positive response, naturally had no objection, got up and walked with Tao Ziyun among the members of the poetry club, and appreciated the poems of the poets in good faith.

After a few more days, the people of Tao Mansion had dinner and stayed in the hall to chat. Because during this time, the capital was much more stable, and Liang Zhangju, Zhu Shiyan and their wives who felt that they were no longer in danger. They all went back to their respective houses.

At this time, a servant came and said, "A man named Kuwamoto has come to pay a visit. ”

"Welcome, guest from my hometown, I will personally go to meet him. Tao Ziyun got up and greeted him warmly.

When I heard that Sang Motohara was coming, the ladies in the hall got up one after another and went back to the room in a huddle. Although they had heard of Kuwamotohara, they had no good impression of him, let alone friendship.

Sang Benyuan followed Tao Ziyun into the Tao Mansion and introduced him: "My family's subordinates are troublesome jun." I drove the carriage back to my hometown and told me about the situation here, and I didn't stop for a moment, so I came with him in a carriage. Probably you already know. I have the magic of turning animals into people, and I have changed the pig back to the original form of the shopkeeper, and the pig has also changed back to his original form. It was a young man, but unfortunately he did not act properly and became a thief. ”

Tao Ziyun cautiously asked Sang Benyuan: "The shopkeeper of Sang was originally a person, didn't you use animals to become you?"

Because Tao Ziyun helped them. Sang Motohara told Tao Ziyun trustingly: "Sang shopkeeper and Sang Qu are both people, and they are close relatives in my family. I brought them from my hometown to the capital, took them as the team, opened a silk shop, and recruited a few more shopkeepers, so I let the shopkeeper take care of it, and I went back to my hometown. Since then, I have been dear to the troublemaker, and I have come over every once in a while to see the business situation here. In all parts of the country, I have opened all kinds of shops, mainly by Xie Fujun to inspect the shops everywhere, supervise and guide each shop to do their own business. ”

Tao Ziyun said to Sang Benyuan casually: "Haha, now that something has happened to your shop in the capital, I have to let you come and deal with it personally." After you came over, you didn't go to Ma Jianzhe to settle accounts, did you?"

Kuwamoto replied in frustration: "Not long after I arrived, after turning poor Sang shopkeeper back into a human being, oh, the thief is not worthy of pity, I also changed him from a dog back to a man, and then took the thief to the local yamen, and let the government punish him. It was already time for dinner, so I had dinner at a restaurant, and after asking for directions, I came here to meet you. It's frustrating to think about, I deliberately avoided meeting with Ma Jianzhe's old enemy, so as not to fight again, and I didn't teach my son kung fu, just to let my son stop fighting with others. Now that his son has come to seek revenge, Ma Jianzhe has handed over his hatred to the next generation, which is really hateful. I heard that Ma Jianzhe and his son both have flying immortals that come and go without a trace. My immortal arts have not improved, if only I could find the immortal book "The Book of Music", and after learning the immortal arts on it, I will have enough ability to compete with others. Now that I go to Ma Jianzhe to settle accounts, I'm afraid I am no longer his opponent, so I didn't go to them to settle accounts. ”

Tao Ziyun comforted Sang Benyuan and said: "I want Ma Jianzhe to stop doing bad things, I expect that their father and son will not dare to go to your shop for trouble." ”

Sang Motohara nodded helplessly: "In that case, I don't have to care about Ma Jianzhe so much." Because during this time, the leader of this shop, the shopkeeper Sang, was turned into a pig, and the restless shopkeeper couldn't do business normally at all, and the business of this shop plummeted. Since I have come to the capital, I will help this shop in the capital take care of the business and bring this declining shop back on track. ”

They had slowly walked into the hall, Tao Ziyun accompanied Sang Benyuan to drink fragrant tea, and what he gave to Sang Benyuan was all comfort.

Sang Benyuan and Tao Ziyun chatted for a while, and their mood improved a little, so they left and went out and went to Sang's silk shop.

One evening a few days later, the members of the Poetry Society met again in the hall of one of the members.

In addition to reciting poems and composing lyrics, Cang Shangshu of the Criminal Department came to Tao Ziyun's side and said to Tao Ziyun as soon as he opened his mouth: "Because before this, I didn't have time to talk to you, so let's talk to you now." ”

Tao Ziyun found that Lord Cang was not in a hurry, so he said to him in a relaxed mood: "You went to the local government to inspect, and you didn't find any important problems, don't worry!"

"Otherwise, there really hasn't been much progress, but something strange happened recently. But Lord Cang got up sternly, and told Tao Ziyun seriously: "A county yamen on the ground of the capital caught a thief, according to the thief's confession, he stole in an inn, and was caught by the shopkeeper, who punished him privately and turned him into a dog to guard the firewood house. ”

What Master Cang said was what Tao Ziyun had personally experienced, and he didn't care when he heard it, and he smiled but didn't say anything.

Seeing that Tao Ziyun didn't take what he said to heart, Lord Cang asked Tao Ziyun unhappily, "Why is Lord Tao laughing?"

"Because I think it's normal, I don't care. Of course, Tao Ziyun was still very calm.

Lord Cang shook his head again and again in confusion: "The son is silent and blames the gods. That's the kind of weird thing I've encountered, and you still say it's normal?"

Tao Ziyun laughed at Master Cang and said, "You say that kind of situation is weird, don't believe it." After all, when he said those words, he was a human being! He said that he was once turned into a dog, and you passively believed it! You are a dignified Shangshu, so obedient?"

Lord Cang was pondered by Tao Ziyun's words: "If I don't be so obedient and don't feel strange because I am Lord Shangshu, then other cases are not worth mentioning." ”

Tao Ziyun reminded Master Cang: "Although other cases are ordinary, after all, they are cases where someone has disappeared, so they can't be taken lightly, right?"

Lord Cang explained: "I have inspected the local yamen, and the officials have searched everywhere for those cases of missing people, but they really can't find those people, and they can't see anyone alive or dead! The magistrate also went to the house of the bitter lord to check on it, and the missing people are all people who are not doing their jobs, and since they are that kind of people, they don't need to care so much. ”

Tao Ziyun's heart moved: "Who is the missing person?"

Lord Cang replied disdainfully, "They are all villains who are accustomed to robbing, stealing, and oppressing the good." ”

"So, isn't it similar to that thief?" Tao Ziyun's heart lit up, and reminded Lord Cang: "Could it be that they were caught and locked up again because they did bad things?"

After thinking about it, Lord Cang replied, "You mean, the officials have searched the place where they should be searched, and they have never seen those people, because those people are no longer human, and they have been turned into animals or something?"

Tao Ziyun replied simply and affirmatively: "It's possible!"

"Then what should I do now? Then, in the future, instead of looking for people, we will search for those animals that people have become? Now that it's night, do you want to send someone out to search?"

Tao Ziyun said to Master Cang seriously: "Not only do you send people to search, but you and I go together! ”

"Well, I'll immediately call my retinue to the nearest magistrate and ask them to search with us immediately. As he spoke, Master Cang wrote a note, stamped it with a private seal, and told his attendants to ride fast horses and give orders.

Tao Ziyun and Master Cang mounted their horses and came to the nearest yamen, where a large number of officers and soldiers were already waiting in line.

Tao Ziyun took those people and went straight to the door of the Guanglin Inn, and shouted loudly inside: "Ma Zhenren, you come out for me!"

Ma Chongren came to Tao Ziyun's horse head in a panic: "Master Tao, what happened again?"

Tao Ziyun waved his hand: "Go in and search! As long as animals, no people!" (to be continued......)