Ancient promotion routine

"Your family should not be the only convoy transporting food!" Li Ying asked curiously.

"That's right!" Wei Qian smiled wryly, "But it happened to appear in the food I bought. This is just an ordinary business. How could I be charged with this crime, so I had to close the shop."

"Hurry up and leave, I'm going to close the door." The shopkeeper felt sad and picked up the things he had packed.If you can't take it with you, you can only stay here.

Zhang Yanjin and the others helped the shopkeeper carry the things to the carriage in the backyard as much as possible.

In the end, Wei Qian packed those snacks into a big package and handed them to Zhang Yanjin and the others.

It's night, the Lin family in the east of the city.

"Boss, those private salts have been properly settled now, so you don't have to worry."

Lin Xing listened to his subordinates' reports, but still had trouble sleeping and eating.

"How is Wei Qian?" Lin Xing asked, thinking of his old rival, the two of them lived in peace with each other for ten years, but now that something like this happened, they don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

"He packed his luggage this afternoon and left the city. It is said that he has returned to his hometown."

"You go down!"

Lin Xing sat in front of the book case, thinking about the county guard's raid to investigate the sale of smuggled salt, and it was Wei Qian who ran into him.

This time I got my hands dirty, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get out, alas.

Li Ying hid on the eaves, thinking desperately. Wei Qian also explained that the county guard sent people to check and had nothing to do with the Lin family. How did Zhang Yanjin conclude that the Lin family in the east of the city was tricky? At least there was no white robe. . .

And listening to the old man talking to himself, it seems that he has a good relationship with Wei Qian.

Lin Xing didn't go out from the study until the alarm sounded outside.

Li Ying felt a little dazzled when he climbed over the wall and left the Lin residence.

"Is there any news?" Zhang Yanjin was also uncomfortable. Compared with Li Ying, who can do the kendo that everyone in the Great Wei Scholar can do, he didn't have any kung fu. He couldn't turn up as easily as he did, so he waited outside the wall. Well, the mosquitoes at night are not picky, even if they bite him, they start to swell.

"As you expected, but there is one thing you said wrong." Li Ying slapped the dust on his body, and continued: "It seems that Lin Xing was also inspected for illegal salt in the food, but no one found it."

"You mean that Lin Xing hid private salt?" Zhang Yanjin quickly grasped the point and asked.

"That's right, what they said seems to mean that, but how did you say that the food in Weiqian was dug out?" Li Ying was puzzled: "The normal relationship between these two families seems to be nothing. Vicious competitors, it’s not enough to frame opponents, there are a lot of restaurants and merchants in this city, and there’s no need to go to this extent for the food.”

"Wei Qian is a seasoned person who doesn't know how to be flexible. Lin Xing is tactful and likes to make friends everywhere. These two people have very different personalities, so it's not surprising that they have different endings." These news were all obtained by Zhang Yanjin from neighbors on the street in the afternoon. Therefore, five meals were eaten in one afternoon.

The difference from Zhang Yanjin's imagination is that these two people didn't know about the illegal salt beforehand, so why did someone go to such lengths to put the illegal salt in the grain they transported.

"Is it a little strange that the county guard doesn't arrest people?"

"There is not enough evidence. There are many people and journeys along the way, and there are too many opportunities to manipulate. The county guard's refusal to do anything shows that he is not confused." Zhang Yanjin said.

The county guard raided and inspected the sale of smuggled salt, indicating that this phenomenon must have existed in this city before. The county guard already knew it well, why did he choose Wei Qian and Lin Xing who were selling grain?Isn't it easier to find other caravans transporting sand and gravel?

What Zhang Yanjin didn't know was that it was precisely because the caravan transporting sand and gravel was almost investigated first, that this time the illicit salt sellers carried the illicit salt with the grain along the way, making a big noise.

"Then shall we still go to the Sheriff's Mansion?" Li Ying asked, rubbing the goosebumps on his body.

"Go back first, we will come to Lin's house in the east of the city tomorrow morning for breakfast"

……

Capital, Ruiguo Mansion.

The sky was slightly bright, but the voice of talking could already be heard from the study.

"Have you met the heads of each family when you went out this time?"

"I see, father, I have also done a lot of business." Zhou Qihui said, he not only met the person in charge of the family Yanyin during this trip, but also personally received a big guest.

As long as this youngest son doesn't do stupid things, Zhou Qin has always pampered him. Although he felt that it was just a small fight in his heart, he still encouraged him: "Well, you have had a hard time all the way, go back to rest earlier, if there is something wrong If you don’t know the place, tell your elder brother that I’m going to court.”

Zhou Qin straightened his court clothes. Originally, he was going to go out. When he saw his youngest son coming back overnight, he took the opportunity to have a conversation.

"Yes, father, go slowly."

……

"The food here is really good," Chen Su said while sipping his morning tea.He hasn't had a serious meal since he went out.

"Can you keep a low profile." Li Ying said, displeased with Chen Su's appearance when he was released from the mountain.

He learned the word low-key from Zhang Yanjin, that's what Zhang Yanjin used to say about him when he was ostentatious in the past.

"From now on, you come here to eat breakfast every day." Zhang Yanjin looked at the crowd downstairs. The best time for this store's business is when it opens in the morning. They are sitting on a window seat on the second floor, with a very wide view. Basically, pedestrians passing by on this street can be seen.

"Really?" Chen Su's eyes lit up when he heard Zhang Yanjin say that.

"Well, you have good eyesight, help me see what kind of people come to the Lin's store to buy breakfast on the street every day"

This forest shop is good at doing business. The first floor not only buys food, rice and noodles, but also sells some snacks and tea on the second floor. There are also many people sitting on the second floor.

Zhang Yanjin originally thought that it would be all right to find a restaurant nearby, but now it saves a lot of trouble.

"Okay, no problem, leave it to me." Chen Su said.This kind of physical work suits him.

"Sit down, I'll go to the toilet." Drinking tea on an empty stomach in the morning really had an accident, Zhang Yanjin thought in his heart.

I just don't know if the medicine I added will have any effect on Lin Xing.

The guys in the store were all helping out in the front yard. Lin Xing was originally doing the calculations at the counter. He picked up his small teapot as usual, instead of sipping the tea while flipping through the account books. He felt that the tea tasted a little sweet today. .

"Dude, did you pour me Pu'er or Longjing?"

"Go back to my boss, drink the same as you used to, it's Pu'er."

"Why does it taste a little sweet?"

"That's probably because you're in a good mood, so this tea is sweet. Look, there are twice as many people shopping in our shop today than usual." The man said flatteringly.

"Okay, you go to greet the guests first." Lin Xing felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, so his tone was naturally a little bad.

The guy likes to be lazy on weekdays, and he does the same thing to Lin Xing face to face, but today he didn't turn around with a sad face like before, but went to greet the guests cheerfully, unusually diligent.

When Lin Xing came out of the hut with a relaxed face, he found a person standing in front of him with his back turned to him.

"My master said that the salt will be kept with you for the time being." Zhang Yanjin deliberately lowered his voice, "You need to know how to measure it."

Lin Xing smiled wryly in his heart, as expected it was impossible to let him off that day, so he was waiting for him here.

"Of course I dare not touch your lord's salt, but there is really no place to put the thousands of catties of salt. I don't know when your lord will send someone to fetch it."

For the private salt, Lin Xing vacated all the warehouses where the grain was stored.

"Of course I will send someone to pick it up. I let you go this time because of your knowledge."

Just as Lin Xing was about to speak, he heard the young man calling himself, "The shopkeeper is looking for someone."

Zhang Yanjin originally wanted to ask Lin Xing where he put the salt, but seeing this situation, he had to give up.

Naturally, it was impossible for Lin Xing to casually tell the adult in front of him where the private salt was stored. If he was a little careless, his wealth and life would be lost.

"Go there, someone will come to you later, don't tell me that I have been here, remember!"

After Zhang Yanjin said this, she quickly disappeared from Lin Xing's eyes. Lin Xing originally wanted to follow up, but he always felt that there was something weird about it, but the boy was already on the runway.

"Shopkeeper, someone came to you with this."

Lin Xing was startled when he saw the letter handed over by the clerk, and hurriedly pursued Zhang Yanjin's whereabouts.

But Zhang Yanjin pretended to leave from the back of the hut, but actually turned around and changed into clothes and went upstairs. Seeing Lin Xing's reaction, he knew that he was out of order.

"Let's go back." Zhang Yanjin dragged Li Ying and Chen Su down the stairs quickly and walked out of the Chen's shop.

Lin Xing squeezed the letter in his hand, sweating coldly in his heart, he was really careless, and he was caught by someone in a few moments.

The sign on the letter was clearly the same person as the person who notified him to divide the darts that day, and now that this person came to ask for private salt, the one just now must be a fake.

"Where are people taking me there?"

Lin Xing followed the staff to the second floor, and was even more surprised when he saw the man sitting in front of him.

"Does shopkeeper Lin seem to have a good business?"

The person who came was none other than Deng Mao, the steward of the prefect's mansion.

"Steward Deng is safe and sound." Lin Xing cupped his hands. Although Deng Mao seldom went out on weekdays, Lin Xing had seen him several times.

Deng Mao said leisurely, "The grain store in the west of the city was closed two days ago, and it seems that all the customers have come to your place."

"Where is it?" Lin Xing laughed along with him, but he was wondering whether Deng Mao was the messenger. After the previous incident, he definitely didn't dare to open his mouth again.

"Okay, put the things at Shopkeeper Lin's first, I still have something to do, so I won't sit any longer."

Deng Mao's words sounded out of context, but Lin Xing was secretly surprised.

He didn't know what kind of person Deng Mao was, but everyone in the city knew the style of the county guard.

Lin Xing became more and more confused about what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.

Zhang Yanjin asked Chen Su to go back first to bring the old doctor breakfast, while he and Li Ying were wandering around in the street.

"You saw Lin Xing." Li Ying asked.

"Well, let's wait at this door and see who is waiting for Lin Xing to send out the door, and then we will know who the owner of the private salt is."

Zhang Yanjin said.

Although Lin Xing had never seen his face, his body shape could not be changed. If he wanted to hide the salt from Lin Xing's set in the future, it would be even more difficult.

"Come out." Li Ying said.

"Follow."

The two followed Deng Mao all the way until they saw two town house beasts not far away.

"The sheriff's office?"

Could it be that that person is here to investigate the matter of private salt?Zhang Yanjin asked in his heart, but he quickly rejected this possibility, because Lin Xing's reaction showed that this person must have a direct relationship with private salt...

"Boss Deng, the governor is looking for you." Deng Mao heard the report from his entourage as soon as he stepped into the governor's mansion.

"Understood, I'll go right now."

The yard of the Sheriff's Mansion is neither big nor small, the front is the reception area for the drumming and trial of the government office, and the back hall is the residence of the Sheriff Tuheng.

Although Deng Mao does not work in the yamen, he often goes in and out of the county guard's mansion. People who don't know it think who Deng Mao is.

Tuheng was sitting in the study in the backyard. He had a headache for the past few days about private salt.

Seeing the brother-in-law Deng Mao come in, he got up and asked, "What did the Lin family say in the east of the city? Did you see any other suspicious people that day?"

The reason why Deng Mao was able to become the chief of the sheriff's mansion from an old gangster was all because he had a sister.

Originally, Deng Mao had been separated from his sister for many years, but for some reason, he came to him suddenly last year. Seeing that her brother was alone and helpless, the county guard's second wife begged the county guard to give him a chance.In this way, Deng Maocai became the head of the county guard's mansion.

"No." Deng Mao shook his head regretfully.

Tu Heng was a little disappointed. Originally, he suspected that there was an insider in the yamen, so he asked Deng Mao to help inquire.Now this matter is getting more and more chaotic. Originally, following this opportunity, he could have reported the smuggling of salt to the higher authorities, so that the higher authorities could treat him differently.Only then will he have the opportunity to be transferred.

Now that the illegal salt has slipped away from under his nose, things are a little troublesome. Fortunately, he didn't report it to the above. Right now, he just needs to hurry up and find that batch of illegal salt.

Thinking in his heart, Tu Heng raised his head and saw Deng Mao looking at him, and said, "Is there anything else?"

"No, you should go to bed earlier."

Deng Mao walked out without changing his face, but he was a little bit annoyed at Tu Heng in his heart.

My sister is really blind for marrying such a second-hand guy.

Deng Mao couldn't understand Tu Heng's outsider appearance and bearded face, but Tu Heng looked at his wife's face and treated Deng Mao politely. Although he was a manager, he almost did all the big and small things by himself.

Because of this, Deng Mao became more and more at odds with Tu Heng.

……

At the old doctor's house, Zhang Yanjin and Li Ying discussed how to find the illegal salt.

"How many warehouses are there in this city?" Zhang Yanjin asked.

From Wei Qian's mouth, they knew that the private salt was raided by the county guards after they entered the city, and the city here was only two days away from where the Wei's border troops were stationed, so this place naturally became the food of the Wei important storage place.

Zhang Yanjin originally thought that after the private salt entered the city, there would be no chance to transport it out of the city. In the past few days, he and Li Ying checked the private salt, and found out that there was no large amount of grain and grass entering the city. Naturally, Lin Xing had no chance to transport it.

Moreover, what Lin Xing said seemed to imply that the private salt was in this city.

"I'm afraid only your uncle knows about these. These are directly managed by the army, so it is impossible for the statistics to be circulated." Li Ying remembered what his father had told him about Uncle Zhang's behavior, and shook his head.

"It's okay, I'll write a book and give it to my uncle." Zhang Yanjin counted the days, thinking that it should be almost done.

"If you hurry up, you should be able to arrive in about a day, but it's just the messenger?"

"I'll go." Chen Su listened to the words of the two, feeling as if he couldn't help, and when Zhang Yanjin said he wanted to deliver a letter, he immediately raised his hand.

This time, I should be able to help, Chen Su thought, since he lived in this old doctor's house, he can find different things in the tea every day, it is better to go out to run errands.

"Are you going?" Li Ying looked at Chen Su with a half-smile.How unreliable this kid is, he has no self-knowledge, and he doesn't know who gave him confidence.

"Chen Su go!" Zhang Yanjin looked at the expectant Chen Su, and agreed to Chen Su's self-recommendation.

He naturally knew what Li Ying meant, but there were only three people on his side. If Chen Su didn't go, Li Ying would go. But the current situation in this city is quite weird, so Zhang Yanjin is naturally worried.

"Okay, when are you going to leave?" Chen Su looked at Li Ying, a dog-headed military strategist, proudly. What's wrong, you have the ability, and you are not allowed to use it?

"This is a very important matter. I will explain the situation in the letter. Remember that this letter must be handed over to my uncle." Zhang Yanjin took out a jade pendant from his arms and handed it to Chen Su.

"Take this here, my uncle will understand when he sees this." Zhang Yanjin looked at the rabbit jade pendant in his hand, feeling the warmth that the jade pendant brought to him. This was a birthday present from his uncle, although Zhang Yanjin knew it. It wasn't him, but the warmth of his family still made him nostalgic.

"Well, okay, I'll bring the letter, so don't worry!" Chen Su patted his chest and promised, it seemed that the letter was there.

Zhang Yanjin returned to the room as if borrowing a brush from an old doctor, recalling what she had experienced in the past few days in her mind, she felt heartbroken, and her hand trembled a little.

It took him a while to finish writing the letter.

The study room is the old doctor's pharmacy. When the old doctor saw the jade pendant in Chen Su's hand, he passed by.

"Hey, what are you doing?" The old doctor's actions made Chen Su defenseless and had no chance to resist. The jade pendant was snatched away from under the nose as soon as he got it. Isn't this just hitting him face?

"Whose jade pendant is it?" asked the old doctor.

"Nobody's is anyone's." Chen Su was really angry.

"It's mine, old sir. Is there any problem?" Zhang Yanjin stepped forward to hold down Chen Su's hand that was about to make a rough move, and asked.

This old doctor was kind to them to take in and save their lives, and he was a little mysterious. Naturally, it was impossible for Zhang Yanjin to disagree with the old doctor because of this matter.

"It looks familiar, what's your relationship with Zhang Zhongqian?"

"The Zhang Zhongqian you are talking about is from the capital?" Zhang Yanjin looked at the old doctor in front of him, a little puzzled. There are so many people with the same name and surname in the world. Could it be that this old gentleman has misunderstood someone.

"I don't know if he is from the capital, but I only know that he is a general of the Great Wei. You don't know him, the famous general of the Great Wei." The old doctor laughed.

Zhang Yanjin looked at the flash of anger in the old doctor's eyes, and was even more puzzled. The uncle is usually fair in dealing with people, so the old doctor must have misunderstood something.

"The Zhang Zhongqian that the old man said is exactly my uncle, what is the relationship with the old man?"

Zhang Yanjin wanted to explain for her uncle, and if there was any misunderstanding, the old man could not let the old man continue to misunderstand.

"Haha, okay, since you are his nephew, then you hurry up and ask your uncle to bring my son back," the old doctor grabbed Zhang Yanjin's collar, looking very angry.

Zhang Yanjin was taken aback by the old doctor's appearance. After he found out what happened, he found out that the old doctor had a son in his 20s who was in the army and hadn't returned home for more than half a year.

"Old man, don't worry, the Turks have just been defeated in the front, and your grandson will definitely come back to visit relatives in a few days." Zhang Yanjin didn't know how to comfort him. Naturally, he could understand the old man's thoughts, but he didn't care about this military matter. If you don't know clearly, it is naturally impossible to guarantee anything for the old doctor.

"If not, I'll write a letter for you to ask how your son is doing?"

The old doctor lived alone, and leaving Zhang Yanjin and a few people to live there was just for fun. When Zhang Yanjin encountered such a situation, he naturally couldn't shirk it, but that was all he could do.

"Then you write quickly." The old doctor stared at Zhang Yanjin's eyes and said, as if to say that if you fool me, don't want these eyes.

By the time Chen Su set off with the letter, the city gate was almost closed.Zhang Yanjin originally wanted Chen Su to leave early tomorrow, but Chen Su looked at the old doctor's eyes and insisted that he would leave tonight.

Zhang Yanjin sent the letter, but after the old doctor's interruption, he basically didn't find any news in the afternoon.

In Beijing, Zhou Qin's face was stinky when he received the news, and he talked about why the account book came so late.

"Father, who is the city guard here?" Zhou Qiye couldn't help asking when he saw his father's serious expression.

The third brother mentioned this person again and again in the reported account book, so he had to pay attention to it.

"This person's name is Tuheng, but he is the leader of a small Turkic tribe. Later, he joined the Great Wei and became the governor of the county. Why?"

Zhou Qin was still worried about the leak of the news, but his tone slowed down a little because it was the eldest son who asked the question.

"How is this person capable?"

"The talent is mediocre, otherwise he wouldn't have been wiped out by the Turkic Khan. However, this person has a lot of courage and has always acted without any scruples. The Chengyan Yin here was originally in his hands. It was for my father and me. It is easy to win it from the emperor." Zhou Qin said.

"The loss of Yan Yin is not entirely the fault of the second brother, but fortunately the account book is flat, so father doesn't have to worry too much."

"I hope so, take good care of Qi Hui." Zhou Qin confessed, seeing that Zhou Qiye was alone today, he frowned and asked, "Where did he go?"

"Back to Uncle, Second Brother knows that he has caused trouble, so naturally he dare not come to see Uncle, Uncle don't need to worry, I will talk to Second Brother alone later."

What Zhou Qiye didn't tell Rui Guogong was that Zhou Qihui left the capital after receiving the news this morning, but he thought that although his second brother was a bit reckless in his handling of things, there were some omissions, it would be good to go out and experience more.

Zhou Qin didn't expect that the eldest son would deceive him with the second son, but the brotherly harmony he was proud of caught him by surprise.