shark [rebirth]

Xu Jin's thoughts were a little vague, and he didn't think about it for a while, and then he paused for a moment before realizing that it was the family of children they picked up when they went to the mine.

Liu Zhangming and his wife were imprisoned for framing and died in the mine, leaving behind Liu Yi, and the family servant was murdered and turned into a puppet. The whole family did not know who they had offended.

Jin Yu hurriedly came to report: "Follow this line, it's true, the gilt mine vein and the military power of Laizhou Prefecture are not in the hands of Cheng Yuan, the governor, but Mo Yingkai's control! The mine vein supervisor and troop mobilization are going to Mo Yingkai handed it over."

Pei Heng lowered his eyes and said: "A prefect of a county in a district has controlled the governor of the state. No wonder he hasn't moved in five years. With real power, why is there no need for a false position? Liu Zhangming should have exposed this time when he was in office. was thrown into prison."

Xu Jin was puzzled: "How can he have hands and eyes?"

Pei Heng said: "Mo Yingkai is a student of the Sun family, even if he is only a teacher in the county, he still has the means to intimidate the governor."

"Is the governor Cheng Yuan really not involved?" Jin Yu asked.

"Mo Yingkai should wait and see the changes for a few days, Xu Jin and I will go to Cheng Yuan's mansion to have a look." Pei Heng said in a deep voice.

Inspector Cheng Yuan, whom Pei Heng had seen before, was nine feet tall, with regular eyebrows and eyes, standing there without saying a word, even with a kind of righteousness on his body.

Judging from the face, Cheng Cishi is a good official who is clean, upright and upright, and his behavior is impeccable.

But when Xu Jin sneaked in from the side yard with Pei Heng, what he saw was different.

Governor Cheng Yuan’s mansion is not only resplendent, but also half a fairy cave mansion. When you enter the door and hit your eyes, the screen wall is inlaid with a relief of the four beasts of blessing, prosperity and health polished by red coral. The courtyard is full of exotic flowers and plants, and the roof is glazed. Biwa, the four pillars outside the main hall are made of whole nanmu.

This doesn't quite match his image.

There was no one in the mansion late at night, so Pei Heng flicked the nanmu pillar, turned his head and squinted his eyes to look at the two young white tigers strolling leisurely in the yard.

"It's really a small Jiangnan on the East China Sea." Pei Heng said, "It's a good thing the emperor didn't come here to visit, otherwise he would be envious."

Pei Heng thought about it and shook his head again: "This trip is probably going to be a failure, and those who ostentatiously pass through the market are all small riches and nobles, and Cheng Shishi probably doesn't have the courage to take the lead in such audacious things as embezzling gilt clusters."

Pei Heng and Xu Jin walked outside the corridor.

"The private treasury is in the mansion?" Xu Jin supported Pei Heng's belt as he climbed over a courtyard wall, and turned his head to see Pei Heng's thin and handsome side cheek.

"Be gentle, little ancestor, your waist was strangled by you."

Pei Heng was about to stand up straight when he spoke, but Xu Jin hooked him back again, firmly pressing Pei Heng's thin waistline with his palms and leaning towards him: "There is someone over there."

Pei Heng had no choice but to stay still.

Mo Yingkai controlled the local state capital, wore a seventh-rank official hat, sneaked into Chen Cang from the fourth-rank officials, and privately embezzled the gold-plated cluster spirit mine.The biggest official in Laizhou is Cheng Yuan, the governor, and in Mo Yingkai's account book, there is no money for Cheng Yuan, and there is no real thing in the private treasury.

Cheng Inspector took the risk of beheading and sent the gilt clusters to Mo Yingkai, but he didn't earn any money. Did he have ulterior motives or couldn't help himself?

Under the moon, the two quietly avoided the servants who happened to pass by, and sneaked into Yuan's study.

Pei Heng frowned at being choked by the incense in Cheng Cishi's room, Xu Jin held his breath, Pei Heng knocked on Cheng Yuan's desk a few times, and opened the mechanism after a while, a secret door opened behind the museum shelf, and Pei Heng walked in directly .

Prince Tangtang wanted to visit a magistrate at night, Pei Heng really felt that the imperial nephew's order was inappropriate.

After going down more than [-] steps, the eyes suddenly opened up, one underground stone room was next to another, nothing more than gold, silver and jewels were scattered all over the ground, but as Pei Heng expected, there was no trace of gilt clusters.

Pei Heng didn't even look at the jewels and jewels everywhere, and stopped when he walked to a particularly gloomy stone room.

There are only two rows of wooden shelves in this stone room from the ground to the top, and the sealed wooden barrels are arranged neatly on the shelves, as if they are vessels for wine making.

The tip of Xu Jin's nose moved slightly, and his brows frowned: "What? The smell is so greasy."

Pei Heng took down a small wooden barrel, pulled out Xu Jin's black gold dagger to pry open the bung, and saw the vibrating thick liquid inside by the light of the lampstand in the secret room.

The slurry in the barrel was a rich golden color, as if the gold had been crushed into crumbs and dissolved into the wine. The slurry exuded a horribly sweet smell. Pei Heng fastened the seal and put the barrel back.

"Golden Dew."

Xu Jin put the Wujin dagger back into its sheath, and raised his brows: "Is it the addictive thing?"

Pei Heng nodded, and scanned the wooden frame from top to bottom, estimating how much gold dew was on the shelf.

The Golden Dew has been banned in the Dayan Empire for a long time. In the early years, the folks raised alchemy and asked about it. The Golden Dew was a product of that period. It was not easy to refine. Consuming the Golden Dew would make people feel ecstasy and become addicted. It was difficult to get rid of it after that, and was punished by Emperor Yuanxu long ago, and there was no trace for a time.

The old law has not been abolished, the batch of gold dew on the Laizhou governor's mansion is enough to pull out Cheng Yuan's family and chop their heads ten times.

Pei Heng's eyes stopped on the inconspicuous mark near the bottom of the barrel. He checked six or seven barrels and found four different marks.

"What is this?" Xu Jin leaned over to look, Pei Heng turned his head, the tip of his nose almost brushed against Xu Jin's ear, Xu Jin suddenly took a step back.

"The mark left by the briber." Pei Heng said, "it was rubbed out according to their handwriting. The two sides don't trust each other, so they did this."

"How do you know?" Xu Jin asked.

Pei Heng answered very naturally: "Because I received a bribe."

Xu Jin suddenly stopped talking, Pei Heng turned around and saw that he was standing far away from him, so he went to pull him: "Let's go, there is nothing good here."

Xu Jin immediately hid back, and Pei Heng lost his hands, wondering: "What's wrong?"

Xu Jin looked a little strange, and made a stop motion to Pei Heng, telling him not to approach her again: "What's in the golden dew?"

Pei Heng recalled the formula he had seen before, and Xu Jin had a complicated expression when he heard it.

After going out, the clear sky and moonlit night suddenly turned into heavy clouds, and panic screams came from the mansion. Xu Jin took Pei Heng to the front hall to take a look. From the door, he saw Cheng Yuan, the governor, lying on the ground, and his servants made a fuss. group.

Pei Heng said: "The governor suddenly fell ill?"

Pei Heng grabbed Xu Jin's hot wrist, and looked at Xu Jin through the moonlight and the shaking candles in the room: "You've smelled the golden dew, what's wrong?"

Xu Jin pulled out his wrist, his eyes were slightly red, more coquettish.

He seemed a little helpless, looked straight at Pei Heng and smiled: "You better not know."

Taking advantage of the chaos, Xu Jin climbed up the roof and rushed back to the Shen Mansion, before disappearing into the night.

Once back home, Pei Heng pushed Xu Jin into the courtyard: "Go back and rest."

He turned around and hurried to the front yard, and said to Jin Yu: "Mo Yingkai has already attacked Cheng Yuan, prepare your horse."

Xu Jin didn't listen to him, but followed him. Pei Heng strode back to the study, opened the secret compartment, took out a bronze pendant and hung it around his waist, and wanted to leave the house at night instead.

"Where are you going?" Xu Jin asked him.

Pei Heng smiled at him: "Stay in the mansion, I'll be back soon."

Xu Jin watched as he turned on his horse in a frost-colored robe, and reined away in the night. His series of movements were smooth and powerful, as if he was extremely calm.

The night passed quickly, Xu Jin woke up early in the morning, but the sky outside was like night, billowing thick clouds covered the sky, almost crushing Laizhou.

Xu Jin rushed to the study room, but before Pei Heng came back, he went to the front hall again, and saw Jin Yu was talking to someone from outside the house, that person looked like a servant, he took his leave and left.

"Where's Shen Zhan?" Xu Jin asked anxiously, "Who was that man just now? He's full of evil spirit!"

Jin Yu frowned: "My lord will be fine, that man is from the governor's mansion, he said that Cheng Yuan couldn't afford to fall ill..."

Xu Jin pondered for a moment, then strode to the corridor to look: "That's the direction of the Governor's Mansion, and the demonic aura is soaring, so naturally I won't be able to afford it!"

Jin Yu said: "Is there a demon?"

Xu Jin was silent for a moment, and said, "Tell Long Zhang not to go out at home."

After finishing speaking, he rushed up to the roof of the eaves and swept away in the air, then disappeared and walked away in the blink of an eye.

Pei Heng rode his horse all the way out of the city, the official road along the way was dark, and the sound of horseshoes resounded powerfully. It didn't take long before a large camp along the coast was guarded by soldiers. The fence of the tall barracks gate was tightly closed, and the guards on the watchtower shouted: "who!"

Pei Heng reined in, took off the bronze pendant around his waist and threw it to the soldier, sitting on the horse's back holding the rein: "Come to see an old friend."