Factory owner is king

Chapter 168

Casually picked up a withered flying flower from the wind, rubbed it a little, feeling its last trace of vitality and charm.A breeze blew past, bringing not coolness, but a wave of heat.

The lush branches and leaves rustled, but the originally vibrant scene became a little scary because of the tragedy not long ago.

The corpse had already been removed, but there were still many clues.There was no rain in the past ten months, the bright red on the grass, and the splits on the tree trunks silently told the tragedy of that battle.

"Crack!"

With a slight force on the hand, the unknown petal turned into a little bit of debris, which drifted away with the wind.

"Come on!"

"Master!"

"Hasn't the county magistrate from Majiaji come yet?" Xu Ruyi's voice seemed impatient.

"Eh..." Fang Tianyou said in a low voice, "I haven't arrived yet, my subordinate will send someone to remind me."

"Forget it." Waving his hand casually, Xu Ruyi smiled and said, "If it's not an hour, our family will wait and see when he can come, and what reason he can give our family."

Xu Ruyi and Fang Tianyou faced the gentle stream and stood silent.

Hua Pengfei was not here, although he said he would take him out, but Xu Ruyi sent him to Wu County, and made an appointment to meet at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain.

Fanzi scattered among the small plum forests, from time to time they pushed aside the grass, climbed up the trees, and even dived underwater, trying to miss any suspicious clues, but unfortunately they still found nothing for the time being.

"My lord, my lord, you should go two steps faster!" Outside of Mei Lin, the magistrate Zhao Chong and the county magistrate Wang Ji repeatedly urged Zhou Pingan, the magistrate who was walking in the middle, with a hint of pleading in their voices.It's a pity that Zhou Ping'an's pace and demeanor this week are completely indifferent, and there is a kind of grace that "the emperor is not in a hurry and the eunuchs are in a hurry".

"My Lord Zhou~" Wang Ji's tears were about to come down: "Our sedan chairs are all out, and the distance is only less than one mile, let's hurry up."

"Why are you anxious?" Zhou Ping'an smiled and said: "The eunuch has been waiting for so long anyway, what's the use of us being anxious?"

"My lord." Zhao Chong, who was at the side, asked with some puzzlement: "That eunuch is deeply favored by the Holy One in the capital. He is fierce and murderous, and there are countless lives and deaths in his hands. Why does your lord act like a fearless person? The next official is really serious." I don't understand."

"Don't understand?" Zhou Pingan chuckled: "So you can only be a historian, and I am the county magistrate." After coughing, Zhou Pingan showed off: "Although the eunuch is arrogant in the court now, he can In the final analysis, the situation between the DPRK and China is decided by the ministers. We officials all want to be promoted, but there are only so many positions at the top, one carrot and one pit, so what does promotion depend on?"

"Honor the silver!" Wang Ji replied without thinking.

"Bah!" Zhou Ping'an spat on Wang Ji's face: "There are a lot of filial piety, it's up to you!"

"Then... I really don't know." Wang Ji scratched his head in confusion: "Please enlighten me, my lord."

"It depends on reputation and prestige."

"Fame? Prestige?"

"That eunuch has a bad reputation and kills many people. Master, if I can be a little unruly and offend him. If word spreads around, won't this reputation and prestige come? He will also be appreciated by the adults in the court, and won't he be promoted? Is it just around the corner?”

"So it's for fame." Wang Ji thought clearly.

Zhao Chong asked worriedly: "Sir, your idea is good, but you are not afraid...not afraid..."

"What are you afraid of?" Zhou Pingan waved his hand nonchalantly: "The money is thrown in the plum forest, and if you want to solve the case, the eunuch cannot do without the cooperation of our Majiaji county government. He dares to touch me? Give him courage."

After talking and gestures, the three came to the edge of Merlin.Before he went in, a man suddenly appeared from the shadows, with a brown shirt and a round cap, holding a steel knife, with a gloomy face: "Who is coming, tell me your name!"

"Zhou Pingan, the magistrate of Majiaji County, is here with Zhao Chong, the official historian, and Wang Ji, the county magistrate. Why don't you go and report it quickly?" Zhou Pingan waved his sleeves arrogantly.

"Zhou Pingan?" Fanzi looked the three of them up and down and nodded: "The governor said, you can just take them in when you arrive. You don't need to interpret at the same time. Come with me."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and left, and the three people behind him hurriedly followed.

When the sound of running water came, Zhou Ping'an, Zhao Chong and Wang Ji also saw Xu Ruyi and Fang Tianyou standing quietly by the river.Although it's just a back view, but the factory master's black robe and python robe, he can't admit his mistake.

The corner of Zhou Ping's mouth twitched, dissatisfied in his heart: "Cut. Grandfather strictly ordered that eunuchs are not allowed to wear silk boots. But now let alone boots, even python robes are worn. I don't know what the emperor thinks!"

"Zhou Ping'an, right?" Before Fanzi could open his mouth, Xu Ruyi turned around first: "It will make our family wait for a while."

Zhou Ping'an casually cupped his hands as a salute: "Your Majesty, Zhou Ping'an, I have met the factory owner."

"The face is big, the sky is full, and the ground is round. It looks like an official." Xu Ruyi smiled slightly: "Our family has been waiting for you here for almost two hours. Can you explain it to our family?"

"What explanation do you need?" Zhou Ping'an frowned, showing displeasure on his face: "This official handles the county's official affairs and handles a lot of affairs every day. Where can I get away when I'm not idle?"

"Oh, that means there is no explanation." Xu Ruyi nodded, and then asked again: "Do you have any clues about the salt tax case?"

"The corpses have been transported back to the county government morgue for anti-corrosion, and have been handed over to Wu Zuo for processing. There are more than 200 corpses, and Wu Zuo has only one person. How can we get clues so quickly?"

"Oh, that means there are no clues." Xu Ruyi nodded again, turned his eyes to Zhao Chong and Wang Ji beside Zhou Pingan, and said with a smile: "Who are you two?"

"I... lower my rank..." Although Wang Ji and Zhao Chong had received Zhou Pingan's guidance and wanted to show off their proud and heroic demeanor as scholars, they looked at the Dongchang Admiral in front of them with an expression that was half-smiling but not smiling. , the hairs on the back of my neck stood up, and I just felt that something was wrong.

"The governor is asking you, are you deaf?" Fang Tianyou said from the side with a cold look in his eyes.

"Pfft!"

"Pfft!"

Two times in succession, Wang Ji and Zhao Chong knelt down on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "County Chancellor Wang Ji (Dian Shi Zhao Chong), pay homage to the governor!" After finishing speaking, they knocked their heads on the ground.

"You! You? You bastards!" Zhou Pingan didn't expect the two to be so shameless, like a kowtow, and suddenly felt ashamed.

Just at that moment, the two of them also figured it out.No matter how great the reputation is, if it spreads, it belongs to the county magistrate, and has nothing to do with the two of them.The Dongchang eunuch might not dare to touch Zhou Ping'an, but what if he took the two of them to vent his anger?Anyway, they feel that being a small official in one county is considered comfortable and respectable, so it is better not to take risks.

"Well, get up." Xu Ruyi nodded in satisfaction.

"Thank you, Governor." The two stood up from the ground, but bowed their heads and bowed their heads, unlike before.

"Zhou Ping'an, Zhou Ping'an." Xu Ruyi recited it twice softly, and then recited: "Originally from Songjiang Prefecture, he was a Jinshi in the 21st year of Hongwu, ranking second and seventeenth. After that, he first entered the Hanlin Academy as a reviewer. In the 25th year of Hongwu, he was transferred to Shandong He served as the county magistrate of Jishui County, and was later transferred to Majiaji in the 30th year of Hongwu. He was still the county magistrate. The official position was neither promoted nor demoted, but one was far away in Shandong and the other was located near the capital, but the status was different. I think Lord Zhou was the same. It took a lot of effort."

"I don't know what to say." Zhou Ping angrily said: "I am a clear and bright official, and I have never used those tricks. I can have today's position thanks to the mighty grace of the emperor. You eunuch, don't know the inside story, and make wild guesses, so you are not afraid of me. Does the official refer to you?!"

"Heh." Xu Ruyi smiled contemptuously, and a cold light flashed in her eyes: "Join our family? Originally, our family wanted to pay respect to you, the county magistrate, just to get the job done well. Who would have thought that you would be ashamed , Playing with our family on Beacon Mountain, do you really think our family has a good temper?"

Stretching out his hand, his round and white right hand grasped Zhou Ping'an's neck, and with no amount of force, he already lifted Zhou Ping'an in the air.

"You! You want to... do... very much!" Zhou Pingan was startled and angry, kicking his feet and beating his hands indiscriminately, struggling hard, but it didn't work.

"Why?" Xu Ruyi smiled charmingly: "Anyway, it seems that you are not going to help with our family's errands, so I have to ask you to move your butt and pour out the place for someone who is obedient."

Pulling his hand, the next moment, Xu Ruyi grabbed Zhou Ping'an's head and lowered him like a noodle into the non-turbulent river in front of him.

"what!!!"

"Grumble~"

"You eunuch! You! Me!"

"Googling~"

Zhou Ping'an was startled and angry, but before he finished speaking, he choked several times in his mouth and nose.

"Our family is very busy, so we don't have time to mess around with you. You want to continue our family's fame?"

He fluttered hard with his hands and kicked with his feet, desperately trying to get out of the water, but the strength on his head made him helpless.

"Don't you see that our family is not in a good mood?"

"Grumble~"

"When you get to the bottom, if Lord Yan asks, you can say that you died of blindness."

At a certain moment, the struggling hands suddenly froze on the water, and then fell powerlessly.

A few traces of blood emerged from the water, and were washed away immediately.

The small river in the plum grove is still generally clear, but there is an extra male body in official robes heaving and falling.

Let go and get up.

Xu Ruyi clapped her hands flatly, and murmured: "Zhou Ping'an Mr. Zhou is working hard on state affairs, so he sleeps all night long. As a result, he lost his spirit and fell into the rushing river in Meilin. It's really sad that everyone couldn't save him in time. "

The smiling eyes fell on Zhao Chong and Wang Ji again: "Are you also very sad?"

"Grandfather, please forgive me, please forgive me!" Wang Ji kowtowed like a chicken running to pieces of rice, already a little foolish with fright.

It was Zhao Chong who reacted swiftly, even though he was standing between two legs, he swallowed his saliva and reluctantly opened his mouth: "Small, I saw with my own eyes that Mr. Zhou himself fell into the river and was washed away by the river, it has nothing to do with my father-in-law. Sad, the villain is extremely sad!"

"Well, you are very clever." Xu Ruyi raised her hand and patted Zhao Chong's head: "Your name is Zhao Chong? The classic history of Majiaji?"

"Young man Zhao Chong, I am willing to do your best for my father-in-law!" Zhao Chong lowered his head as much as possible so that the eunuch in front of him could take the photo more comfortably.

"Stop being a villain from now on. After all, he is also the county magistrate of Majiaji. He should call himself a lower official."

"Thank you, father-in-law, for nurturing me! Little man..."

"Ok?"

"Xiaguan, Xiaguan is willing to go through fire and water for his father-in-law, and he will die!"

"Very good." Nodding in satisfaction, Xu Ruyi looked left and right: "Although the journey was fast, it took six days of effort, and there is nothing to see in this plum grove. Let's go, go to the county government office and take a look. Tell us what you find out."

. . . . . .

In case investigation, in any case involving human life, the corpse is always the most direct place to start.

The identity of the deceased, the cause of death, etc., are details that cannot be ignored.

Fang Tianyou led the subordinates to settle down, while Xu Ruyi was sitting in the lobby, flipping through a booklet in his hand, while Zhao Chong, the new Majiaji county magistrate, was talking in a rambling manner. what you have learned.

"Elder-in-law, a total of 270 nine corpses were found in the Merlin, all of which were wounded by swords. There are countless broken limbs, and Wuzuo is still sorting and stitching them together."

"270 nine?" Xu Ruyi raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "There are only 270 nine people in the escort team? Or..."

"My father-in-law has seen thousands of miles." Zhao Chong flattered: "Yesterday, the government servants who went to Yangzhou for inspection just came back. Yangzhou said that they sent a total of 280 soldiers and [-] servants to order them. But along the way, [-] soldiers were drawn from various posts Individuals, so when we actually walk to Merlin, there should be [-] people in the team.”

"So there should be one alive. Where's the person?"

"No, I haven't found it yet." Zhao Chong lowered his head and whispered, with a look of fear on his face.

"What are you afraid of? Our family is just asking casually." Xu Ruyi smiled gently: "Our family is not unreasonable. Meilin is still some distance away from Majiaji, and your Majiaji is no more than a big cat There are two or three kittens. It would be better if there are really whereabouts, and I can’t blame you if they don’t.”

"Thank you, thank you, Eunuch, for your understanding."

"The 40 taels of silver were picked by carts and people. There must be traces. Where did they drag the silver?"

Xu Ruyi closed her eyes and thought, but Fang Tianyou walked in from the door.

"What happened?"

"Master..." Fang Tianyou glanced at Zhao Chong, but did not speak.

"Father-in-law, I'm going to take my leave first. If you need anything, please call me at any time. I'll be here on call."

After Zhao Chong retreated, Fang Tianyou said in a low voice: "Master, the Majiaji is not peaceful."

"It's not peaceful? Why is it not peaceful?"

"The streets are full of people from the rivers and lakes. My subordinates just made some inquiries and got some bad news."

"This group of ghosts and monsters came here for the 40 taels of silver." Xu Ruyi's voice was laziness, with a hint of contempt: "Overestimating one's abilities."

"More than that." Fang Tianyou said in a deep voice: "It is said that there is a hidden flower downstairs in Yanyu, and someone offered 10 taels of silver to buy your head, Lord Du."

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