Dragon character.

The dragon is the king of the ninth five and the head of the four spirits, so in ancient times, it often symbolized the emperor or power and nobility.

It is self-evident what kind of ambition the owner behind this iron mine has by using the dragon character as a token.

Chen Chaoyan secretly glanced at Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan looked calm and didn't seem surprised.Noticing her peeking gaze, she smiled back and said, "The token is a woodcut seal. The seal is split in half from the middle, and each of you keeps half. Delivery can be made if it is successful. As for who is connected, Meng Baishan has no right to ask."

"Even if Meng Baishan hasn't met the contact person, it's not difficult to find out, right?" Chen Chaoyan looked at the dragon character and said casually, "Follow the handover caravan and see where they took the ore and what they gave Man, isn't it clear?"

"They pulled the ore to the official mine in Jinyi County, Tanyang County." Xie Xuan said calmly.

Chen Chaoyan was confused, "What do you mean?"

Xie Xuan's voice was still calm, but there was a hint of murder in the calmness, "It means that they merged the private mines into the official mines, and then diverted them to various places through the official mines."

Chen Chaoyan looked at him, then Shi Shu, Wen Mo and others, and finally looked back at him, "Then arrest the person in charge of the official mine and force him to confess to the owner of the private mine?"

Knowing that she didn't understand the official mine, he said this. After the servant took a look at Xie Xuan, he explained to her: "The official mine is not only mining, but also iron smelting and weapon manufacturing. So adding up and down, there are up and down. There are thousands of official posts. No one knows who among the thousands of official posts will be a traitor. Of course, the main thing is that I don’t want to startle the enemy.”

Understood.

Chen Chaoyan looked back at the dragon characters on the paper, and after a while, she said, "There shouldn't be many caravans in Luyang County, so it shouldn't be difficult to find out who is behind these caravans."

"It's really not difficult." Xie Xuan said, and told her about their previous secret investigation of the caravan, and even sending people into the caravan to find out information.

"All in all, these caravans are scattered organizations that focus on individuals and work together when they have work, right?" Chen Chaoyan asked.After Xie Xuan nodded, she remembered that he had asked Chonglou to investigate what kind of work the merchant surnamed He took on in his daily life. After thinking for a moment, she said, "It is impossible that there is no one behind the caravan, and there is no one behind that Qiu Jiu." Probably no one."

"Even if that Qiu Jiu was born as a bandit, if he wants to get his job, he will no longer be robbed by bandits, so he must have been a bandit leader in the past, and he was the leader of a fairly good bandit gang, and he is still the leader of a bandit gang. The leader of this gang, at most, has turned from the bright side to the dark side."

"According to my understanding, the reason why he turned from light to dark is most likely the result of collusion between officials and bandits."

You know, this is ancient times.

No matter what you do, as long as you enter the town, you need a public inspection.

The public inspection is equivalent to identity proof.

Since he was born as a bandit, it is impossible for him to have a criminal record in the government.With a criminal record, how can you do such a business?

Seeing that Xie Xuan did not refute, Chen Chaoyan knew, and he also knew what she said.It's just that the high probability is the same as the official mine, and they don't want to startle the snake, so they haven't found out the person who colluded with Qiu Jiu.

I lowered my eyes and thought for a moment, there was no way I could stand by and watch.After slightly raising her eyelashes and looking at him, Chen Chaoyan said, "Actually, it's very easy to find out who is behind these caravans."

Xie Xuan looked at her.

Shi Shu, Wen Mo and others also looked at her.

Chen Chaoyan said calmly: "The iron ore is black, right? When caravans transport these ores, they will always drop some gravel on the ground. After going back and forth, these horseshoes or wheels must also be stained with iron ore. As long as It will be clear to see if there are any such gravels at the houses of the merchants who are engaged in the business of pack transport gangs or caravans."

"Of course, the presence of these gravels does not mean that they are the people behind these caravans. But following the gravels and looking up the daily business and living conditions of these merchants, you can more or less guess."

"For example, why does this merchant surnamed He give Song Yanzhong's daughter ten pennies back to her natal family every three months for no reason? Is the relationship between Song Yanzhong and Meng Baishan a breakthrough? In addition, why does this merchant surnamed He only Give money to Song Yanzhong's daughter, but not to Wang Da's daughter, does it mean that Wang Da doesn't care about this "little money" at all, or simply said that it was his idea to give money to Song Yanzhong's daughter?"

"Be bolder. Zhou Zhongcai, who is in charge of power and money, is the person in charge of docking with Meng Baishan?"

"Because he bought hundreds of acres of fertile land and strong labor at the beginning of the year, and he couldn't find a reasonable source. The person in charge of privately mining iron ore in Luyang County was afraid that the prince would follow the vines to find him, so he had no choice but to get rid of him. Self-protection? The original plan to get rid of him was foolproof, but because of my accident, the death of Shi Zhi, Shi Jiaoer and Li Er had to be extended?"

"Although it's just a guess, in this way, isn't the purpose of Shi Zhi and Shi Jiaoer's coming to Luyang County immediately clear?"

"In addition, find out who Qiu Jiu has been in contact with on weekdays. He knows that he is a bandit, but who agreed to him to be a tooth? Also, how does he ensure that the work done by him will no longer be subject to robbers? Robbery? Is his former gang of robbers still there, and if so, who is their leader now? Do the county officials who test the work done by him know his origin? How did you issue these public tests?"

"He is a bandit, so you can investigate him openly for any reason, right?"

Shi Shu and Wen Mo looked at Xie Xuan together.

Xie Xuan's eyebrows were stained with a bright smile, that smile was as bright as the morning glow, and Lang Lang was like the sun and the moon in his arms.

Chen Chaoyan didn't know what happened to others.But she couldn't help but take a look, and another look.

Good-looking people are undoubtedly better-looking when they smile.

"Does it look good?" Xie Xuan smiled unabated.

Chen Chaoyan nodded honestly.

Xie Xuan curled his lips and rubbed her head, "If you can find out the person in charge of the private iron mining in Luyang County, I will show you with a smile every day."

Chen Chaoyan raised his eyebrows, "Can I change it to money?"

Xie Xuan knocked her on the head and hummed, "Nothing!"

Prosperous and unable to eat, Chen Chaoyan was about to go back to him when Ruolan entered the room.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Ruolan still said calmly: "Master Wang has gone to Jinyi County."

Chen Chaoyan smiled sweetly and said: "It seems that I won."

Yue Jian, who held back for a long time without speaking, asked, "Why is Mr. Wang going to Jinyi County?"

Ruolan said she didn't know.

"It's very simple." Chen Chaoyan glanced at Xie Xuan, and said, "It's the same as Ma Huai's crime in Zhangwa Village. He may have committed the same case as Zhou Zhongcai before, but no one knows about it, or he has never filed a case, so don't be afraid. Let's check the past case records. But Jinyi County is different. Jinyi County not only has privately mined iron ore sent there, but the gentry Jiang Kun or the county magistrate of Jinyi County is probably also with him. He was afraid that Lingyou would find clues if he went alone, so he could only follow him."

Yue Jian rolled her eyes: "Miss Chen already knew that he would go to Jinyi County?"

"I don't know." Chen Chaoyan said.

Believe it or not.

Chen Chaoyan smiled, "Isn't it just that the outcome of a bet is unpredictable? If your young master wins, then his analysis just now is correct. Now I won, and it is difficult to make a reasonable guess on the basis of winning." ?"

Yue Jian still didn't believe it, "Miss Chen must have known the result long ago, otherwise, she would never bet with our son."

"Why not?" Chen Chaoyan laughed.

Yue Jian said: "Anyway, it's not possible."

Anyway, in her heart, if she is not fully sure about something, she will definitely not do it.

Chen Chaoyan shook her head with a smile, "This bet, no matter whether I win or lose, I won't lose anyway, will I?"

See you on the moon: ...

"It's been a hard journey, so I won't disturb the prince's rest." Chen Chaoyan smiled and hooked her arm, "Let's go, we'll go back and rest too."

Walking to the door, Chen Chaoyan stopped after thinking for a while, turned back to Xie Xuan and said, "If your lord finds out any news, remember to let me know."

Xie Xuan looked at her tired eyes, "Hurry up and go back and rest, we'll talk after we're done."

also.

Although Chen Chaoyan was exhausted to the extreme, he still went to Liyuan to see Chen Qiyang before returning to Zhaixing Tower.Then he didn't want to do anything, so he threw himself on the bed and fell asleep.

This sleep did not wake up until the sunset of the second day.

Slow down for a while, after dinner, it was dark again.

Chen Chaoyan lazily walked around the yard for a few minutes, and then went back to sleep after eating.

This time, she still slept until noon of the second day before waking up.

Yuejian is no longer surprised.

Handed her a wet towel, asked her to wipe her face to wake up, and said, "Young master guessed that you would wake up around this time, and Ban Xia and Zi Ling have prepared the meals. It just so happens that this morning, secretly check The matter of the people behind the caravan has come to an end, and Lingquan also came back last night."

When it comes to eating, Chen Chaoyan might linger for a while longer, but when she heard that Lingquan was back and that the matter to be investigated had already been resolved, she couldn't wait any longer.

After being dressed and combed by the maidservants, he hurried to Muyuan Hall without even taking a sip of water.

Yuejian looked at her back, and couldn't help admiring the young master's foresight from the bottom of his heart.Knowing that she is only talking about eating, she must not be in a hurry. Only by using clues to seduce her can she be in a hurry.

"Let's eat first." Entering Muyuan Hall, Chen Chaoyan saw Feng Shoudao was there, and was about to ask a few words about the white linen paper when Xie Xuan interrupted her first.

Feng Shoudao also said: "Miss Chen, let's eat first."

Chen Chaoyan nodded, and sat down under Xie Xuan's left hand.

The meals are already on the table, still [-] dishes.

While cleaning her hands with the copper basin held by Pinellia, Chen Chaoyan accidentally saw a strange face standing behind Xie Xuan.The strange faces were about the same age as Lingyou, Lingquan and Chonglou, looking at her with bright eyes.Seeing that he held the sword in the same posture as Chonglou and Lingquan, Chen Chaoyan knew his name in an instant without Yue Jian's introduction: Nanling.

After returning a smile, Chen Chaoyan looked away and concentrated on eating.

After finishing the meal and gargling tea, Chen Chaoyan looked at Feng Shoudao who was facing him without any nonsense, "May I ask Mr. Feng, is the white linen paper only missing from Judicial Cao, or are both Sicang and Sihu also missing?" ?”

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