After meeting Du Zhixin, Li Xia ordered someone to call Liu Jinsuo.
Liu Jinsuo was holding a sword. As soon as he entered Li Xia's house, he shouted excitedly: "County Lieutenant! I found Yu Dechen's sword! The sword was made by a Xixia craftsman and dedicated to the County Lieutenant."
"Put it on the table. Has anyone caught it?"
Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and whispered: "No, I also found a dog and smelled his blood, but I didn't even see him."
"Where was the sword found?"
"I found it in a tree hole." Liu Jinsuo said, "This is really strange. I found the sword, but not the person. I have been looking for him for two days. Could he have escaped from the city?"
Li Xia said nothing, and his eyes gradually became more majestic.
Liu Jinsuo lowered his head and grumbled in his heart. He felt that catching someone was much harder than running away. It was just like hide-and-seek. The Tibetan side hid in the knot, and the Capture side was half dead from exhaustion...
Across the corridor, Jiang Yan was in Fang Yankai's public apartment.
"Dong Weng, I saw that the private salt dealer was worthy of coming to the county government office."
"Um?"
Jiang Yan sighed and said, "Isn't it too blatant?"
Fang Yankai thought for a moment and said, "Don't worry about this for now."
"But this..."
"Lu Wenyang came to visit me this morning and kept three hundred coins while I was not paying attention. You return it for me and tell him that I never take bribes..."
Outside the county government office, Du Zhixin just walked out, and Tang Ergeng came up to him from the side and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, I didn't lie to you, County Lieutenant Li supports us in selling salt."
Du Zhixin nodded and said, "Let's go, take me to see the shop."
"Okay, according to the shopkeeper's instructions, I found a big warehouse. It saves me from having to transport salt every time. It's next to the Lu family's salt shop. It used to be a grain seller. Three men in the family died a while ago.
If you want to sell this shop, the county captain has already sent someone to contact you. If you look at the shopkeeper, you can buy it after paying the money..."
The two of them walked along the long street and met a group of police officers on the way. Tang Ergeng even said hello to them.
"Boss Fei, where are you going?"
"Catch a thief."
"Thank you, this is my shopkeeper."
After just a few words of greeting, a rich woman ran over to the street and shouted: "Boss Fei, my house has been robbed, and they stole the floral jacket I had prepared to wear during the New Year..."
"Speak slowly, what items were lost?"
"Just a flower jacket, a skirt, and a box of rouge."
"What else?"
"Nothing else was lost..."
Du Zhixin had already cupped his hands and said: "Boss Fei is busy, I'll treat him to a drink another day."
After giving the signal, he took Tang Ergeng and continued walking towards the shop, and asked again: "Isn't Qingfu County not peaceful?"
"It's very peaceful. There are many government officials and troops stationed there. In the past two days, there have been thieves in the city."
Du Zhixin said: "We only sell salt, so we don't cause trouble, do you understand?"
"Young man understands."
After a while, the two of them arrived at the shop.
This place is on Qingfu Street, in the middle of the county. Across two alleys is the stage, and not far away is Qingfu Tower.
Du Zhixin was very satisfied and planned to make a decision today.
"Everything else is fine. It's just that it's next to the Lu's Salt Shop. I have to ask the proprietor to send a group of thugs over to control the place."
"The shopkeeper is very considerate..."
When Tang Ergeng said this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
He saw a tall young lady across the street, wearing a floral cotton-padded jacket and a floral headscarf, twisting and turning into a drug store.
Tang Ergeng had no intention of listening to the shopkeeper anymore and stared at the medicine shop. After a while, he saw the young lady coming out with several bags of medicine.
Across the street, she lowered her head again, but Tang Ergeng could clearly see that her skin was very white and quite beautiful.
"I'll go to the county government again to get the paperwork done." Du Zhixin said, "Go and ask someone to bring all the salt over."
"yes."
When Tang Ergeng saw Du Zhixin leaving, he turned around and saw that the tall woman had walked into an alley.
He thought for a moment and followed.
Not long ago, he said that there were many government officials and garrison troops in Qingfu County, and he was ordered to "leave less trouble", but he felt itchy in his heart, and he couldn't control so many of them.
Besides, the amount of private salt sold in this life is enough to behead one hundred times...
Half an hour later.
Li Xia was listening to Han Chengxu explain the salt tax account books over the years in the public room, when Fei Boren, the head of the fast shift, walked in quickly.
"County Captain."
"What's the matter?"
"There was a murder in the county."
Li Xia put down the account book in his hand and said, "Be specific."
"The one who died was Tang Ergeng." Fei Boren muttered, "He was strangled to death."
"Tang Ergeng from Junlian?"
"yes."
Li Xia looked at Fei Boren, remembering that when he first arrived at Qingfu, he wanted to say hello to Fei, but he ran away as if he hadn't seen him.
Now the situation is different. If you want to sell illicit salt, you have to win over these people. Therefore, Li Xia also gave Fei Boren some benefits, so you don't have to be too scrupulous about what he says.
"Any clues?"
Fei Boren said: "I suspect that Jiang Yan was killed by Mr. Jiang. Three days ago, I saw Jiang Zhan having an argument with Tang Ergeng on the street. Today, Jiang Zhan is also nearby."
At this point, someone outside the public house said: "County Lieutenant, someone wants to see you."
Li Xia then told Fei Boren: "You don't have to make preconceptions. Check carefully and wait until you have evidence. Go ahead."
The person who came to see him was indeed Du Zhixin.
Li Xia introduced Han Chengxu to him and said there was no need to avoid taboos.
"Li County Lieutenant, the Lu family or the Yin family have taken action. If Li County Lieutenant does not help solve this matter, it will be difficult for us to sell salt in Qingfu County."
"How can Shopkeeper Du determine whether the Lu family or the Yin family did it?"
Du Zhixin stared and wondered: "What else is there to think about? It must be them who killed my people and threatened me not to sell salt in Qingfu."
Li Xia whispered: "What you are selling is private salt, and they are official salt. If they want to fight back, they usually use fair and aboveboard methods. How can they kill people in the first place?"
"Am I too blatant?"
"Look at what Shopkeeper Du said. Let's do this. I'll send someone to investigate this matter. Shopkeeper Du will just continue to sell salt."
"Li County Lieutenant, no matter what, this is an opportunity to suppress the Lu family and the Yin family." Du Zhixin moved her head closer and said, "If you want to do something, how can you do it without being ruthless?"
Li Xia seemed a little funny and said, "Don't worry, Shopkeeper Du, I have a sense of discretion."
"Then please leave it to Lieutenant Li..."
After Du Zhixin left, Han Chengxu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This man actually came to teach Alang to be ruthless."
"Who do you think Mr. Han killed?"
"No matter who you are from, it is impossible to kill a small private salt dealer. The landlord, Mr. Jiang, or the Lu family or the Yin family have no reason to do this."
"Let's find out more about it."
"It's all these trivial matters that A Lang has to worry about." Han Chengxu said: "I think A Lang shouldn't meet Du Zhixin in person. The private affair should not be handled by A Lang personally. If someone really investigates, it will inevitably cause trouble."
"I understand, but I don't know who else to leave it to." Li Xia said.
There are still too few smart people around him who can be trusted like Han Chengxu and his son.
"How about I introduce someone to Alang?"
"who?"
"Yan Yunyun."
Li Xia thought for a while and asked, "Can she do it?"
Han Chengxu said: "This woman has ruined her appearance. I'm afraid she won't be able to go to Lin'an to be a mother. She will have no other way out in the future. I have talked with her. She is scheming, can write and calculate, and is well-informed. She is a useful person."
man of."
"reliable?"
Han Chengxu twirled his gray beard and sighed: "She may have been irritable in the past, but this time she suffered a big loss, so things will be different. If Alang can trust my vision, I plan to accept her as my adopted daughter."
"Adopted daughter..."
"Yes, I learned this method from County Magistrate Jiang."
Han Chengxu lived to be sixty years old, and he was more sophisticated than Li Xia and Han Qi'an.