The governor of Yan'an County is from the fourth rank, which is lower among the counties. The government office is a bit simple, and there is only one side courtyard in the back hall. The oil lamp in the side courtyard is on, the county guard, the county magistrate and the captain are all there, and the three of them look sad.
They didn't even sit around the table.
The life of the Yan'an County Sheriff is not comfortable, as can be seen from the oil lamp. The dignified Sheriff is not even willing to use candles, and still uses oil lamps.
"Ancheng, is the injury on your right arm feeling better?" the county guard asked with concern.
There was still blood seeping out of the bandage on the captain's right arm, but he heard the captain say: "Don't worry, sir, it's okay."
"As long as you don't get in the way, the tax case depends on you. You can also see that our imperial envoy is a master who doesn't care about things. If the case cannot be solved, the three of us will probably have to take the blame.
The Holy Spirit's current temper will make our heads fall to the ground." The Sheriff said with a sigh.
The county magistrate said nothing. He had always suspected that there was a traitor in the tax bank case, and this person was probably the captain. Otherwise, it was such a coincidence that the escort had just set off and was robbed before it even left the Yan'an County boundary. But
The county magistrate couldn't be sure, because the captain didn't run away, and if the case couldn't be solved, the captain would have to lose his head. After thinking about it, he couldn't think of a reason.
The county guard looked at the county magistrate and said: "Deren, this is a life-threatening joint. The soldiers in prison should be sentenced to severe punishment! They are all on the same ship. If we can't get through this, they won't be able to get better either."
The magistrate nodded and said nothing. The captain was promoted by the magistrate, and he got this position only through connections. But he didn't expect that he would be involved in this matter in less than a year, and he was so unlucky.
The three of them didn't disperse until late at night...
Chunhua Tower is the largest brothel in Yan'an County. Its owner is the Wang family of Dongdu. It is one of the six major families in the Qian Dynasty. It has strong financial resources. The owner of the family is the governor of Henan Province, which can be said to be extremely powerful. In the private room on the third floor of Chunhua Tower, the imperial envoy played with candlelight
Folding the fan, he smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a long time, Ziqi. I really didn't expect to see you again in Yan'an County. I am very happy!"
The imperial envoy had a spring-like smile on his face, giving people the feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. Wang Yi knew that it was an illusion. Zhang Qinian, the censor of the imperial envoy, was notoriously cunning and could eat people without spitting out their bones.
There were too many people in hand. Wang Yipai smiled and said: "I'm just tired of working. No - there is a batch of goods to be sent from Dongdu to Yan'an County, so my eldest brother sent me to check Chunhua House's account."
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"How are you, brother? I haven't seen you for more than a year and I miss you so much!" Zhang Qinian asked with concern. After another round of greetings, Wang Yicai said goodbye and left. As soon as Wang Yi left, Zhang Qinian whispered: "Send someone to stare at the capital of Yan'an County.
Lieutenant, tell the county magistrate to work harder. If the case is solved, his benefits will be indispensable. Maybe he will be the next magistrate of Yan'an County. You can go and do this yourself."
Zhang Qinian saw the shadow leave and blew out the candles, but still sat on the bed, thinking in his mind, "The second master of the Wang family would go to Yan'an County for something big. This is such a coincidence. There must be some ulterior secret in it."
But don’t get involved with the tax bank case, he can’t afford to offend the Wang family in Dongdu.”
When Wang Yi saw the imperial envoy extinguishing the candle, he couldn't help but sneered, turned and left...
In the nights of the Qian Dynasty, there was a curfew from Haishi to Yinshi. If ordinary people were caught, they would be restrained at least, but at worst, they would be punished on the spot. Therefore, the Yan'an County and the city were completely silent at night, except for the watchmen and the soldiers patrolling the streets. There was no one else. Captain
There is not much difference between the mansion and ordinary people's homes. When entering the courtyard, apart from the hall, there are only two low wing rooms. The captain of Yan'an County has no wife and no servants in the house. He is alone.
Captain Ji An has entered his thirties, and his current achievements are entirely due to the favor of the county governor. Ji An was brought into the palace by the county governor when he was still in his weak years. He is regarded as a domestic slave and half a son, even with the nickname "An"
"Cheng" was obtained by the county guard, who had high expectations for the captain. It was dark and windy at night, and the captain sat alone in the hall, holding the horizontal sword on his knees and concentrating, just like an old monk in meditation.
Outside the quiet courtyard, two men in black were hiding on the roof across the street, staring at the Duwei Mansion without blinking. The men in black didn't know that their every move had already fallen into the eyes of a woman, a woman in white clothes.
, a woman masked in white gauze. The woman held a sword in one hand and stood in the corner of the street, as if she was integrated with the environment. Li Taiping crossed his legs and lay on his back on the big tree in front of the Duwei Mansion, counting out of boredom.
Staring.
Li Taiping hid in a tree before it got dark. When the man in black and the woman in white came, Li Taiping had already slept. The master wanted to investigate the case, but he lay down in the inn and fell asleep with his head covered, which exposed his dirty work.
Li Taiping had no choice but to go to the Duwei's Mansion alone to squat. The tax money was robbed, but the officer in charge of escorting it returned to Yan'an County alive. This was wrong. How could he possibly rob the tax money if he had the strength to do so?
If he is still alive, then the captain who escorted the tax bank will not be able to escape the suspicion of being a thief.
"Five thousand guan, that's five million copper coins, and the carriage can hold two cars. If you have one car, you can lie on the copper coins and sleep on them for the rest of your life, wouldn't you?
Happy!" The night was spent in Li Taiping's thoughts...
Boom - boom, boom, boom, boom!
On the fifth watch day, the watchman beats the gong slowly and quickly through the streets, heralding the beginning of a new day in Yan'an County.
A fast horse entered the city when the city gate opened and went straight to the Wang family's mansion in Yan'an County. Early in the morning, the second master of the Wang family leisurely ate snacks and flipped through the account books, while his servants stood by and waited.
"Sir, someone from Chang'an is visiting."
Wang Yi couldn't help but frown, put down the snack, and ordered his servant to wait in the study. There were only two people left in the servant's study. Wang Yi came to the door and listened quietly. After making sure that the servant was gone, he turned around and said angrily: "Didn't we agree to contact you secretly?
You rushed to my house in such a hurry to let someone who cares see what to do!"
"Things are urgent, and I don't want to! The higher-ups ordered that the plan has changed..." The two people in the study whispered and conspired for a long time.
After Wang Yi saw off his guests and left, he paced in the study and thought to himself that something big was going to happen, something shocking. Wang Yi left the house in a hurry, prepared all the gifts, and visited the county governor, the county magistrate and the county magistrate respectively on the same day.
The captain left Yan'an County early the next morning and returned to the Eastern Capital.
"The second son of the Wang family is gone?" Hearing the guard's report, the imperial envoy breathed a sigh of relief, "He's gone now. It seems I've been worrying too much!".
The guard with the sword bowed and added: "My lord, before leaving, Wang Yi visited the county guard, the county magistrate and the captain respectively."
Qin nodded and then asked: "Has the Captain done anything suspicious recently?"
The guard said: "The captain was training in the military camp during the day, and at night he returned to his residence and stayed behind closed doors. Nothing suspicious was found." The imperial envoy asked about the recent trends in the market and surrounding sects, and then the guard turned and left.
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In the sky room on the second floor of "Yelai Inn", Mr. Huafu looked at the bustling streets through the window lattice, his brows furrowed. Mr. Huafu bribed an agent from the County Cheng Mansion and had a general understanding of the tax and bank case.
There are some bandits in Yan'an County, but there is no group capable of stealing tax money. There are indeed a few powerful gangs in the county. The Black Wolf Gang is the local gangster in Yan'an County and operates most of the brothels and casinos in the county. Occasionally,
They also engage in human trafficking. The leader of the gang is a sixth-grade martial artist, and his subordinates are all knife-headed lickers who lick blood at the risk of their lives. However, if the Black Wolf Gang wants to rob tax money, it is inevitable that the news will not be leaked. A group of local hooligans will just drink together.
It can sell the Black Wolf Gang to pieces, so even if the Black Wolf Gang has the ability, they don't have the guts to do it.
Zhaoyang Sect, located in Fenglin County, had several martial arts masters when it was in its glory days, but it has declined now. There are only about 200 people in the sect. The current leader is an eighth-grade warrior, and most of his disciples are not high-grade. Although it has declined, it has
It's still possible to steal tax money.
The handsome man was thinking, but he saw his little sister walking in with hot tea: "Brother, I have been tired these days. Drink some tea to wake up. The case was not solved in a day, so take a rest."
At noon, at the south gate of Yan'an County, a group of warriors with swords and knives were ushered in. The leader was a burly man in his forties, with a heavy back and an unsheathed sword on his back. The warriors came to the soldiers guarding the city and took off their belt tags.
After raising his head, he took the lead and entered...
Niu Xiaoer had just joined the army and asked the fire chief in a daze: "Who is so gentle? Don't you want to cross-examine him?"
Huo Chang slapped Niu Xiaoer on the back of the head: "You're blind! You don't even know the name of Zhaoyang Sect in Yan'an County, and you still want to interrogate me? How many heads do you have, enough for others to chop them off?" Niu Xiaoer slapped his neck.
Shrink, hide back...
At noon, the busiest time of the day in the pub, there were several tables of diners in the lobby on the first and second floors. The waiter was busy rushing around when he saw a group of people from all walks of life coming in at the gate, and he greeted them with a smile.
"It turns out that we are the adults of the Zhaoyang Sect. Please invite me quickly and elegantly." The waiter did not dare to be a little bit disrespectful. These people in the world are just reasoning with swords. Especially this Zhaoyang Sect, in this area of Yan'an County
From the government officials down to the peddlers and soldiers, everyone is treated with a certain degree of kindness. As the saying goes, when a scholar meets a soldier, it is hard to explain.
There were five men and one woman from the Zhaoyang Sect, all carrying knives and swords. The leader had a sinister face, and his eyes seemed to have knives when looking at people. As soon as these people arrived on the second floor, they saw the diners with their heads drooped and just looking at each other.
With the one-third acre of land in front of me, I don’t even dare to breathe...
The waiter was about to lead these gentlemen to a private room, but he saw the big man pointing at the empty table by the window and said without a doubt: "It's over there."
The waiter hurriedly stepped forward, wiped the tables a few more times, and said with a smile, "Senior adults, please take a seat."
The captain of Yan'an County left the military camp at noon, and went straight to the Haozai Lai Restaurant with a cross sword on his waist. The injury on his arm had already healed seven or eight points, and he was in particularly good spirits. When he saw familiar merchants, he smiled and said hello, as if he had left the tax bank case.
completely forgotten about it.
The captain climbed up the stairs and sat at the table next to the people of the Zhaoyang Sect. Not long after, a tall woman with a white gauze covering her face and holding a sword also climbed up to the second floor. Coincidentally, she also chose to sit next to the Zhaoyang Sect. The waiter even came down.
, we can’t afford to offend the master, it’s best to live in peace and harmony. If they get into trouble at the slightest disagreement, they won’t tear down the restaurant.
Just when the waiter's scalp was numb, a young man in coarse linen clothes and an iron sword on his back stepped up to the second floor. The young man's eyes swept across the second floor, but he found that there were no empty tables on the second floor.
As soon as his eyes lit up, he spotted the woman in white, so he walked straight over and said humbly: "My dear lady, I'm really hungry. I wonder if I can do something convenient."
The young man was none other than Li Taiping, who had been squatting at the governor's house for two days. The moment he saw the woman in white, Li Taiping knew it was time to be cheeky. The master said that you should never have regrets in your life, and Taoism will naturally follow your heart.