After Zhao Xing left, Qin Hui returned to his study. Wang brought him a cup of ginseng tea and asked with confusion on his face: "The officials don't care about such big things today, but instead pursue these trivial matters. He is not afraid of Chen
Will Qing ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor?"
Qin Hui shook his head and said: "I have been the prime minister for more than ten years, and I have a thorough understanding of the character of officials. At heart, they are timid, timid, and afraid of the strong. If it is something he can solve, he will definitely jump up and down.
Yelling and ordering his men to solve the problem, if it is something he can't solve, he will escape. He can no longer control Chen Qing's matter. It can be said that as long as Chen Qing does not ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, he will not be able to control everything that happens.
They will all turn a blind eye and turn a deaf ear.”
“Are there too many lice that don’t bite people?”
Qin Hui chuckled and said: "It kind of means that, but according to a very vulgar saying in my hometown, it's called a dead pig not afraid of boiling water!"
Wang covered her mouth and said with a smile: "I'm so evil, you actually compared the official family to..."
"It doesn't matter if we talk in private!"
At this time, the official reported in the courtyard: "Master, He Li is here!"
"Let him in!"
Mrs. Wang nodded and left through the side door. After a moment, a man in his thirties walked quickly into the study. His name was He Li. He was Qin Hui's retainer and a fellow countryman. He was considered Qin Hui's confidant. He was quite capable. Not long ago,
He went to Yuchi County and recognized Yu Shou as Xu Shou, Xu Xiantu's son.
"See my husband!"
Qin Hui nodded and said: "You may need to make another hard trip to Yuchi County!"
"It's not a hard job to be in a humble position, please give me your instructions!"
Qin Hui thought for a while and said: "I remember you said that there is a servant in Yu Shou's house who has been with him for a long time, and you still spend money to get information from him, right?"
"Yes! This man's name is A Ping. He came from Xu Mansion in Lin'an. He knew that Xu Shou changed his name to Yu Shou."
"You think of a way to bring this person back to Lin'an, and then get an official document written by Xu Shou. We will check the handwriting as evidence. Aping is the witness. Only the witness and material evidence must be complete before we can file a petition for impeachment."
He Li bowed and said: "I understand my humble position. This Ah Ping is greedy for money. You can bribe him with money, and he can even get the official documents out for us."
Qin Hui said happily: "That's it. I'm going north with two warriors and a thousand taels of silver. I must bring back the personal and material evidence I want!"
........
Qin Hui immediately sent his confidant He Li and two warriors to Yuchi County, Kaifeng Prefecture again. This time they were looking for witnesses and physical evidence. As soon as the three of them left the Xiangguo Mansion, they were stared at by the warriors sent by Dong An.
Zhao Xing began to investigate Xu Xiantu's shop, but the emperor did not tell him what kind of shop the Xu family opened? What kind of goods did Xu Shou go to Guangzhou to buy? Zhao Xing was really confused.
But if you want to check it, you can find it. Zhao Xing came to the county government office early the next morning and explained his purpose to the county magistrate Wang Bo. Wang Bo immediately asked his staff Jia Yingfang to search for Xu Xiantu's property for Zhao Xing.
In the room, Jia Yingfang took out a thick stack of land deeds and put the whole stack on the table, "That's pretty much it!"
Zhao Xing was reading through them one by one, but Jia Yingfang inadvertently placed a land deed on it and said: "I remember seeing it somewhere, it seems to be in this pile!"
He flipped through it for a moment, pulled out a land deed, and cheered: "Found it!"
Zhao Xing quickly took over the land deed, whose name was Xu Xiantu. He looked at the address, Fu Xinyuan's store on Abbot Street.
"Is this the only store he has?"
Jia Yingfang smiled bitterly and said: "This is the only store registered in his own name. The others may not be registered in his own name, so I don't know about his humble position."
This is true. These senior officials are very cautious and generally do not register with their real names. "Okay! Thank you very much."
Zhao Xing remembered the address and store name again, then got up and left.
Fangzhang Street is not far from the county government office. It took less than a stick of incense to ride on the oxcart. The oxcart turned into Fangzhang Street. Fangzhang Street is not a small street. It is an east-west secondary trunk road. There are shops on both sides, one after another.
There is a shop selling everything, as well as many pubs and teahouses.
Zhao Xing quickly found Fu Xinyuan's shop, which turned out to be a spice shop. His attendant whispered: "Zhongcheng, I know this shop. It turns out to be Uncle Zheng's shop."
Zhao Xing immediately understood that he must have enriched his own pockets while liquidating Zheng Tongquan's assets, or bought it at an extremely low price, or he was really a sanctimonious hypocrite.
However, Zhao Xing himself was not much better. He also participated in the last cleanup of a businessman's property and bought a three-acre house for a few hundred dollars.
Zhao Xing walked into the shop, and the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, "Welcome to visit our shop!"
"I'm looking for Xu Shou, is he here?"
The shopkeeper was startled, "Your Majesty, are you looking for my boss?"
Zhao Xing's heart sank, is it true?
He asked again: "I asked Xu Shou to keep an item. The time has expired. I want to get the item back. It is a large copper incense burner. Has the shopkeeper seen it?"
The shopkeeper apologized: "I just came here not long ago, so I don't know much about the proprietor. However, the proprietor went to Guangzhou to purchase goods. It may take a few months for him to come back. Why don't the officials leave a letter? I'll give it to you later.
proprietor."
Zhao Xing saw that he was serious about what he said, so he couldn't help but believe it a little more, and asked: "Are you sure that your proprietor is Xu Shou, not Mr. Xiangguo?"
"The officials are joking! What is my master's status? How can he be the proprietor of a shop? Xu Shou is my proprietor. Yes, he is twenty-five or six years old. He is of medium height, with a round face and fair skin. Let's see if he is an official.
Do you know Xu Shou?"
The description was correct at all. It was exactly what Xu Shou looked like and he was the right age. Zhao Xing had to leave with a confused look on his face.
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From Lin'an to Bianliang, you usually take a boat. You first take the Jiangnan Canal to the Yangtze River, then take the canal north from Yangzhou, enter the Xin Bian River, go all the way north to Bianliang, and then transfer from Bianliang to Yuchi County, which is nearby.
He Li took two warriors to the north on a 500-stone passenger ship. This kind of high-end passenger ship has a comfortable and spacious cabin. If it is a 100-stone awning boat, the cabin is very small, and the guests can only sit in low seats.
Inside the low boat canopy.
Boats came and went on the canal, and the boats were like shuttles. Three days later, the five-hundred-stone passenger ship sailed into the Yangtze River. Little did they know that a thousand-stone cargo ship was following them a mile away.
Wei Yanzong stood on the side of the cargo ship, staring sharply at the passenger ship in front of him. Behind him, ten men squatted on the deck, each holding a divine arm crossbow.
When it reached the center of the river, the cargo ship sped up and gradually caught up with the passenger ship. Wei Yanzong saw the situation in the cabin. The three of them were sitting at the table drinking tea and chatting, unaware of the approaching danger.
At this time, the cargo ship passed by the passenger ship. Wei Yanzong gave an order, and ten of his men stood up and shot arrows at the same time. Ten divine arm crossbows were fired at the same time. The powerful crossbows missed and penetrated the ship wall, and the three people in the cabin were caught off guard.
, and was shot through the body by a crossbow arrow at the same time, screaming and falling down.