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Volume 1: Jiangzhou Chapter 131: Stealing/Tax/Evasion/Tax(1/2)

ps: The title is xxx, you understand, so I typed it/

The next morning, when Ling Xin'an just left the Ling Mansion, she saw Guo Song, Doukai and others hurriedly heading towards the Yamen Prison on one side. Looking at their backs, Ling Xin'an followed them.

As soon as they arrived, they saw a man walking out. Seeing Ling Xin'an, he quickly said: "Greetings, sir."

"What happened?" Ling Xin'an asked.

Hearing the sound, two prison guards walked out of the prison. When they saw it was Ling Xin'an, they immediately came over and said, "Greetings, sir."

Ling Xinan walked in with Wu Zuo and saw the dark prison. She saw the guards carrying corpses out one after another. They were the shopkeeper and clerk of Yanxiang Pavilion yesterday.

"What happened?" Ling Xin'an asked.

Ling Xin'an's words immediately alarmed Guo Song and others, and they immediately replied: "Sir, everyone in Yanxiang Pavilion committed suicide!"

Ling Xin'an said: "Wu Zuo, just now you confirmed that they were dead. Did you tell whether it was suicide or homicide? When did they die?"

Wu Zuo said: "Sir, there are indeed no external or internal injuries. The time of death was probably the end of the Chou period and the beginning of the Yin period."

"Take the body outside and let me take a look." Ling Xin'an said.

Soon, the corpses were placed outside the prison. Five corpses were lying side by side. Their faces were blue and there was a shallow strangulation mark on their necks. Other than that, they appeared to have no external injuries.

"How did they commit suicide?"

"Sir, when I went to patrol the ward today, I found that they all used their belts to make ropes and hanged themselves." The prison guard said.

"Five people together?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Yes, sir."

Ling Xin'an frowned, thought for a while, and strode into the prison. The prisoner inside knew that the person coming was Master Ling, and immediately shouted: "Sir, I was wronged, please let us out."

"Guan Gu, you must die a happy death!"

"Sir, let me out..."

Ling Xin'an came to the prison where Yanxiang Pavilion was held. It was very clean inside, the floor was dry, and there was no damage around. Except for a window that let in some sunlight, the cross beams above the head were very obvious.

"No salt, open the door!" Ling Xin'an shouted.

"Sir, here!"

"You two quickly take people to Yanxiang Pavilion for inspection. Remember, go in through the front and back doors." Zhong Wuyan and Dou Kai immediately followed the order and left.

Returning to the corpse again, Ling Xin'an opened the necks of the five people. There was a shallow mark on the neck. She tore off the clothes and found no external scars. Ling Xin'an began to touch the corpse with her fingers. There were no obvious scars, but the muscles and bones were.

It was hard. He took off his clothes and pants, picked up his feet and looked at them. There was no bruise. He immediately looked at the head, and then slowly fiddled with their hair. Suddenly, Ling Xin'an's fingers stopped, stretched out two fingers, and slowly

Lift, a silver needle as thin as a hair is pulled out of the head.

"Arrest all the guards last night." Ling Xin'an looked at the silver needle in his hand and said.

"Yes, sir!" Guo Song said, immediately leading a group of people out.

Wu Zuo's face was ugly, and he knelt down to check one by one without Ling Xin'an's instructions.

Sure enough, each corpse had a long, thin needle on its head, which made him stand there in silence.

"When do you have shifts?" Ling Xin'an asked the prison guard.

"Sir, it's the end of Mao hour and the beginning of hour."

"Did you see any suspicious people during the shift today?"

"Sir, there are no suspicious people, they are all familiar brothers." A guard said.

"Are there any shifts these days?"

"Sir, I don't know."

"Who is your leader?"

"grown ups,

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Boss, he has a day off today!"

Ling Xin'an frowned.

"Wu Zuo, please check it carefully and hand it over to the government office. We also need to find out the origin of this fine needle."

"Yes, sir!"

Back at the government office, Ling Xin'an was deep in thought. At this time, people were returning to the government office one after another.

The first people to come back were Dou Kai and Zhong Wuyan. The former's face was as black as if it was burned by fire. Ling Xin'an looked at him and said, "Leader Dou, what happened?"

"Sir, Beizhi and Zhong Huwei arrived at Yanxiang Pavilion. According to your instructions, Zhong Weizhi went around to the back. Beizhi was at the front door and broke open the door at the same time. Little did they know that someone had set up fireworks at the front door, and Beizhi exploded the moment he opened the door!"

"Explosion?" Ling Xin'an stood up in surprise: "Why weren't you injured at all?"

"Sir, it's just a small firecracker!" Zhong Wuyan took out a deformed firecracker that was rotten after the explosion. Ling Xin'an quickly took it and looked at it carefully.

This is a round firecracker with a very short fuse. Place it behind the door and an incense stick will keep burning. As long as the door is open, no matter where the incense burns, the trajectory of the door will instantly contact the fuse and detonate the firecracker.

That's why Dou Kai was blown up. Seeing this firecracker, Ling Xin'an couldn't help but feel her heart sink. The world was far more dangerous than she thought.

"Sir, what happened?" Dou Kai was confused. He couldn't help but be confused. Even Zhong Wuyan was the same.

Ling Xin'an waved her hand to indicate that everyone didn't need to ask anything, and after a while, the sound of hurried footsteps from outside came in.

"Sir, the prison leader Xiao Liao's family was brutally murdered, and the time should be around the time of Chou." Guo Song said, looking at Dou Kai, who had a dark face, with doubtful eyes.

Ling Xin'an nodded, pondered for a long time and said: "The matter of Yanxiang Pavilion is over here. Let's bury Xiao Liao's family generously. Then we will check all the shops in the house that sell rouge to see if they have anything to do with Yanxiang Pavilion."

"Yes, sir!"

"Leader Duan!"

"Yes, sir!" Duan Xiaoming replied.

"Issuing a notice, it is said that Yanxiang Pavilion evaded taxes and committed suicide by hanging to avoid punishment. The owner of Yanxiang Pavilion has escaped and a reward is offered for his arrest. At the same time, all the property of Yanxiang Pavilion will be confiscated."

"Yes, sir!"

When the Yanxiang Pavilion was announced and displayed, it immediately caused a lot of discussion in Jiangzhou City. Yesterday, Master Ling personally arrested Yanxiang Pavilion and was seen by passers-by. Then the sound of the explosion in Yanxiang Pavilion just now also caused a lot of discussion.

There were speculations around, but no one expected that there would be a chamber of commerce evading taxes.

Some chambers of commerce immediately contacted chambers of commerce with which they had close contacts and discussed in secret. No one knew what they were discussing. But for most chambers of commerce, especially foreign chambers of commerce, the first thing they did after hearing about this was to find the local chamber of commerce.

Ask for help.

The local chamber of commerce, especially those who grew up with Ling Xin'an, would only lightly tell them to go back and read the Jiangzhou City Business Guide.

You know, at the end of last year, there was a chamber of commerce that twisted its head, but Ling Shuang's method was to kick the chamber of commerce out of Jiangzhou City forever, or at the worst, to commit suicide. Do you believe it?

Yanxiangge can be said to be the first chamber of commerce that dares to do tax evasion in Jiangzhou City so blatantly.

Duan Qing frowned as he looked at the announcement. Yanxiang Pavilion knew that there was nothing wrong with the chamber's account books and operations, but why did it look like this?

"Master Duan Bo, what do you mean?" Outside the city gate, behind him, three carriages were parked in front of him. The first one showed its head and looked at the notice above.

Duan Zhubo replied: "Zhang Zhu's book is just an announcement." After saying that, he jumped on the carriage, put down the curtain, and walked towards the city.

When Ling Xin'an comes back from school

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At that time, Duan Qing was already waiting at Ling Mansion.

"See you, sir!" Duan Qing saluted.

"Master Duan Bo is back, what's the news?"

"Sir, what's the matter with Yanxiang Pavilion?" Duan Qing said.

Ling Xin'an said: "I just discovered that they were evading taxes. I didn't expect that there was a big fish hidden in it and they escaped!"

"But when I looked at their account books, there was nothing suspicious."

"Yes, but Master Duan can't see it!" Ling Xin'an said: "I don't blame Master Duan for being disrespectful to you. I also saw something abnormal. I went to see the sales of their stores on the spot, and I knew it after a comparison.

They are suspected of deliberately evading taxes, but they just want to catch them and give them a good consultation."

Then he gave a brief explanation and didn't say much else.

"Sir, are you spying from the enemy?"

Ling Xin'an nodded: "It's very possible. By the way, you're back. What do the four government officials say?"

"Sir, good news, the four government officials came to the city with the officials and are arranging to rest in Wangjiang Tower." Duan Qing said with a smile.

"Well, if you go to greet them tonight, tell them that I agree with them all. As long as I am promoted to the prefect of Jiangzhou, I will focus on supporting their four prefectures."

"Yes, sir!"

"If they need it, we can take them to the Qingliu River tonight to enjoy the flowers and the moon."

Duan Qing's eyes lit up and he smiled and said: "Yes, sir, I understand."

After Duan Qing left, Xia Xiaoyu walked in and said, "Sir, someone from Shan Shui Yue wants to see you."
To be continued...
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