[Comprehensive] Pang Yu's Classic of Getting Rich in the Northern Song Dynasty

Ying Gu was originally a bold and careful person. After learning of her father's death, she carefully noticed something was wrong, but some of her father's friends didn't believe her.

Fortunately, I met Wang Butou who used to work under her father. After hearing what she said, Wang Butou thought her father's death was also very unusual.

So he helped her find a person named Song Ci, who was a close friend of the deceased Mengzhi County, and also came to Meicheng to investigate this matter.

It's just that Ying Gu knew they couldn't do it alone, and also heard that the emperor had sent Bao Zheng, the prefect of Kaifeng, as an imperial envoy. He was probably already on the way, so Ying Gu decided to try her luck on the way.

This is when a blind cat meets a dead mouse, and happens to meet Bao Zheng and his party who act cheaply and pretend to be tourists.

After hearing her words, Bao Zheng asked, "Miss Zhu, can you tell us some news about Meicheng?"

"Of course," Ying Gu said, "about half a year after my father passed away, a county magistrate surnamed Meng was about to take office, and was burned to death while he was temporarily staying at a post station outside the city..."

When Ying Gu talked about the death of Mengzhi County to the Meicheng County Government, and then talked about some local conditions in Meicheng, Bao Zheng realized that something was wrong.

"For two consecutive years, Meicheng has reported the famine and failed to harvest. The officials took pity on them and ordered tax exemption for three years, and allocated disaster money and food..." Mr. Bao said puzzled.

Ying Gu waved her hand, "Where did the famine come from in Meicheng..." Halfway through the sentence, she realized that her face turned pale, "Not only did it not happen, but they also cleverly set up all kinds of smart taxes to collect taxes!"

Involving disaster funds and taxes, this is a big deal!

Even Bao Zheng didn't expect them to be so courageous!

If they hadn't met Ying Gu, Bao Zheng could already imagine what they would encounter after entering Meicheng.

The people who were banned from speaking, the account books that were completely rewritten, the crime scene that was completely covered up so that they could not find a trace of clues...these truths may all be covered up.

Thinking of this, Bao Zheng's expression became solemn, "This pedestrian is so bold, we have to inquire in private, and we can't startle the snake."

Then he asked Ying Gu, "Just now you said Song Ci..."

"He's probably in the county government office to pay his respects to the magistrate Meng," Ying Gu said.

Bao Zheng nodded, "Song Ci seems to be the son of Song Lao Tuiguan."

Gongsun Ce stepped forward and said, "It is Song Lao Tuiguan's son. Song Lao Tuiguan often said in his letters that this son's autopsy skills are outstanding, and he is extremely intelligent."

Bao Zheng stroked his beard and smiled, "If that's the case, then Bao guesses that he has already found some clues."

"That……"

Bao Zheng said, "Zhang Long, go and contact Song Ci, secretly protect Song Ci's safety, and don't show up. The people from Yinggu and the king's county government have seen you, but you still go to Song Ci's side. If there is anything unusual, you can Inform Zhang Long."

"Yes, Zhang Long has ordered."

"Yes, Gu Ying knows."

And Bao Zheng decided to advance to Meicheng to explore the situation.Think again.

They split up, and before parting, Ying Gu hesitated and said, "Master Bao, your outfit...is a bit inappropriate."

Bao Zheng was also dressed as a literati, he looked at his clothes suspiciously.

Ying Gu smiled and said, "Everyone says Mr. Bao's face is like black charcoal, and there is a crescent moon imprint on his forehead, although the imprint is now covered, but..." His face is still black.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help laughing.

Ying Gu looked at Gongsun Ce and said, "This gentleman's face is pale, I guess it's Mr. Gongsun next to Mr. Bao, this one must be Zhan Zhaozhan's guard!"

When she mentioned Zhan Zhao, she looked at his sword with sparkling eyes.

"Zhang Long and Zhao Hu are not separated. This is Mr. Zhang Long, so this strong man must be Mr. Zhao Hu," she pointed out one by one. When she saw Lin Yu, she was a little stunned, because this young man is really good-looking Yes, she hesitated, "As for this young master, Ying Gu doesn't know."

Lin Yu smiled lightly, "My surname is Lin, and my single name is Hitachi Yu."

"So it's Mr. Lin," she nodded, and then said to Bao Zheng, "Master Bao is easy to be recognized by others, it's better not to go into Meicheng."

Bao Zheng thought about it for a while, that was fine, but after Ying Gu left, Lin Yu said, "Master Bao, I have a trick to help you get through." Actually, it was illusion, but his illusion was a bit bad. It can only last for a stick of incense, but it is still not a problem to sneak through the city gate.

As he said that, he wiped his face with his hand, and it turned into Zhan Zhao's appearance. It seemed that his face was exactly the same. Zhan Zhao looked at his own face in some surprise, and moved a little closer, but there was something in his eyes. A bit of slyness and a smile are not all his, and those who are familiar with Zhan Zhao can still recognize that it is not Zhan Zhao.

Zhao Hu was taken aback, "It's really like Brother Zhan, but Mr. Lin is too thin."

So everyone saw that their bodies and temperaments were not the same. Lin Yu was indeed too thin, while Zhan Zhao was taller, with a strong body and smooth muscles, but no matter how you looked at it, he felt very safe.

"But it's enough to pass by." Gongsun Ce said, he just looked at the two faces for a long time, they were almost identical.

"But it can only last for a stick of incense." Lin Yu added, and he changed back to his original appearance with a touch of his hand.

Everyone looked in amazement again, Zhan Zhao stared at his empty hand, no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't imagine how it had changed.

Bao Zheng was also slightly surprised, "One stick of incense is enough."

"These are just blindfolds, little tricks, not worth mentioning, but sometimes they are very useful." It's just that he felt that he didn't learn it well, and it was rarely useful when he learned it, so he almost forgot that he had such a skill.

Zhao Hu looked left and right, and almost turned his face up, but he didn't see anything. At this moment, he couldn't help feeling that there are still many powerful people in this family. Rong was promoted to the second most powerful person in Zhao Hu's heart, oh, the first is of course Lord Bao.

With such a skill, although they were questioned when they passed the city gate, it was nothing more than asking how they got here and where they were going, but it was quite smooth.

After entering the city, Meicheng seems to be affluent, with people coming and going on the streets, busy traffic, peddlers shouting and selling, and many girls and women come out to hang out.

After staying in an inn, they began to ask the waiter at the inn for news, "Xiaoer, we are tourists from other places. This Meicheng seems to be rich and prosperous. I don't know what interesting places there are."

Xiaoer said enthusiastically, "No wonder the customer's accent doesn't look like a local. Meicheng is a small place, and there is nothing interesting to do. There is a Yangshan mountain outside the city with a beautiful scenery. Scholars often go there to recite poems Yes, it’s better for the guest officials not to go now.”

"Why is that?" Gongsun Ce asked, "We just want to go to such an elegant place to see why we are not allowed to go?"

Xiao Er looked around, then squeezed a smile and said with difficulty, "It's not that I won't let the guest officials go, but a group of bandits fell into the grass a few years ago and took over the land. Who do you think?" Do you still dare to go? The guest officials are resting in Meicheng, just take a stroll and leave."

Xiao Er wanted to leave, but Lin Yu threw out a piece of silver. Xiao Er looked at the small piece of silver, his eyes sparkled, he quickly grabbed it and put it in his pocket, and asked coquettishly, "What else do you want to ask, I know the little one." Must say, must say."

"Since there are bandits, why don't you report them? Let the government go and wipe them out?" Lin Yu asked.

Xiaoer snorted, "Reported, it's useless! That bandit leader is so powerful, the officers and soldiers hid as soon as they arrived, and they couldn't be found at all. It's strange, and I don't know why it's a large group of people. The officers and soldiers disappeared without a trace as soon as they arrived..."

Gongsun Ce and Bao Zheng looked at each other.

Lin Yu wanted to ask more questions, but the little one stopped, "Hey, guest officer, don't ask so many questions, Meicheng is full of things. If you ask any more questions, I won't be able to answer the younger ones. Afraid of being caught by this," he made a gesture to wipe his neck, "ask me how good the mountains and rivers are?"

Lin Yu threw another piece of silver, "One last question."

Xiao Er looked at the piece of silver, stretched out his hand and then retracted it, turning his eyes, "Guest officer, why don't you ask first?"

Lin Yu smiled, "When we came here, we saw a white cloth hanging over the county government office? Is there something white?"

Xiao Er grinned, quickly picked up the piece of silver, stuffed it into his pocket, and patted it, "You don't know that, our Mengzhi County, who was about to take office, was burned to death in a post outside the city. "He said in a low voice, "You said that in the middle of the night, how could a good inn be set on fire? Someone must have been offended."

He said happily, "Today, I can talk too much when I'm young. If the guests want to eat and drink, just order me. If it's feng shui, I might be able to tell a little bit about it." Two, I won't disturb the guest officials for dinner, I will retire first."

First, the death of the county magistrate, then the disaster money and taxes, and now there are bandits. This Meicheng is really a place of "hidden dragons and crouching tigers". This is the first time that Bao Zheng has seen such rampant in so many years.

But what he didn't know was that Song Ci encountered even more rampant crimes in the county government.

Today, when he opened the coffin for brother Meng Xian's autopsy in the lobby of the county government office, the situation was as he expected. Brother Meng Xian was killed first and then cremated... As he was thinking about what happened during the day, there was a knock on the door.

He put down the book in his hand, paused for a while, and he was relieved when he opened the door and saw that it was Ying Gu and Head Catching King.

"Where did you go today?" Song Ci asked.

Ying Gu was in a good mood, "You will never guess!"

"Have you met Master Bao?" Song Ci asked softly with a little excitement.

"Eh? Song Ci, how did you guess that?" Head Catcher asked curiously with his hips on his hips.

"At this juncture, apart from being able to help Zhuzhi County and make Yinggu so happy, there is probably nothing else to do. If this is the case, either you have found some criminal evidence or Mr. Bao is here. If you have nothing on you, then it must be Bao. My lord is here." Song Ci said.

"Amazing, you Song Ci." The head catcher patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "It's just what you guessed."