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Chapter 253

After seeing Du Zhixin, Li Xia ordered someone to call Liu Jinsuo.

Liu Jinsuo was carrying a sword, and as soon as he entered Li Xia's residence, he hurriedly shouted: "County captain! I found Yu Dechen's sword! A sword made by a Xixia craftsman, dedicated to the county captain."

"Put it on the table, has anyone caught it?"

Liu Jinsuo scratched his head and said in a low voice, "No, I also found a dog and smelled his blood, but I didn't even see a trace of it."

"Where did you find the sword?"

"I found it in a hole in a tree." Liu Jinsuo said: "This is really weird. I found the sword, but I didn't find the man. I searched for two days. Will you escape from the city?"

Li Xia didn't speak, and his eyes gradually became dignified.

Liu Jinsuo lowered his head, still grumbling in his heart, feeling that catching people is much more difficult than escaping, this matter is just like hide-and-seek, the hiding side hides in that pimple, the catching side is exhausted...

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Across the corridor, Jiang Yan was in Fang Yankai's public room.

"Dong Weng, I saw that private salt dealer even ran to the gate of the county government."

"Ok?"

Jiang Quan sighed and said, "Isn't it too blatant?"

Fang Yankai thought for a while and said, "Leave this matter alone for now."

"But this..."

"Lu Wenyang came to visit me this morning and left three hundred pennies while I was not paying attention. You return it for me and tell him that I never take bribes..."

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Outside the county government office, Du Zhixin just came out, Tang Ergeng came up from the side and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper, the villain didn't lie to you, Li County Lieutenant supports us in selling salt."

Du Zhixin nodded and said, "Let's go, take me to see the shop."

"Okay, according to the shopkeeper's instructions, the villain found a big warehouse. It saves the salt every time. It's next to the salt shop of Lu's house. He used to be a grain seller. A while ago, three male members of the family died. If you want to sell this shop, the county captain has already sent someone to contact you, the shopkeeper, you have seen it, and you can sell it after paying the money..."

The two walked along the long street, and met a team of policemen on the way, and Tang Ergeng greeted each other.

"Boss Fei, where are you going?"

"Catch a thief."

"Hard work, this is my shopkeeper."

After exchanging a few pleasantries, a thick-skinned woman ran over from the street and shouted, "Boss Fei, my house has been attacked by thieves who stole the flowered jacket I prepared for the New Year..."

"Speak slowly, what items are missing?"

"Just a flowery jacket, a skirt, and a box of rouge."

"What about the others?"

"Nothing else was lost..."

Du Zhixin cupped his hands and said, "Boss Fei is busy, so I'll invite you to drink sometime."

After signaling, he took Tang Ergeng and continued to walk towards the shop, and asked again: "Is this Qingfu County not peaceful?"

"It's very peaceful. There are many yamen servants and there are garrisons. In the past two days, the city has been taking thieves."

Du Zhixin said: "We only sell salt, so we don't cause trouble, you know that?"

"The little man understands."

After a while, the two arrived at the shop.

This place is on Qingfu Street, in the middle of the county, with the theater stage across two alleys, and Qingfu Tower not far away.

Du Zhixin was very satisfied and planned to settle it today.

"Everything else is fine, except that it is next to the Lu family's salt shop, so the proprietor has to ask the proprietor to send a batch of thugs over to clean up the shop."

"The shopkeeper is thoughtful..."

When Tang Ergeng said this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

He saw a tall young lady on the opposite side of the street, wearing a floral padded jacket and a floral headscarf, wriggling into a pharmacy.

Tang Ergeng didn't bother to listen to the shopkeeper anymore, he stared at the pharmacy, and after a while, he saw the little lady coming out with a few packs of medicine.

Across the street, she lowered her head again, but Tang Ergeng clearly saw that her skin was fair and pretty.

"I'll go to the county government office again to get the paperwork done." Du Zhixin said, "Go get someone to bring all the salt over here."

"Yes."

Seeing Du Zhixin leave, Tang Ergeng turned his head and saw that the tall slender woman had walked into an alley.

He thought about it, and followed.

Not long ago he said that there were too many government servants in Qingfu County, there were garrisons, and he had to be ordered to "reduce trouble", but he was itching in his heart, so he couldn't control it anymore.

Besides, the private salt sold in this life is enough to beheaded a hundred times...

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After half an hour.

Li Xia was listening to Han Chengxu explaining the salt tax account books over the years in the public room, when Fei Boren, the leader of the fast shift, walked in quickly.

"County lieutenant."

"What's the matter?"

"There was a murder case in the county."

Li Xia put down the account book in his hand and said, "To be specific."

"The one who died was Tang Ergeng." Fei Boren mused, "He was strangled to death."

"Tang Ergeng from Junlian?"

"Yes."

Li Xia looked at Fei Boren, and remembered that when he first arrived in Qingfu, he wanted to say hello to Fei Boren, but he ran away as if he hadn't seen him.

Now the situation is different, if you want to smuggle salt, you have to win over these people, so Li Xia also gave Fei Boren some benefits, so you don't have to be too scrupulous about speaking.

"Any clue?"

Fei Boren said: "The villain suspects that Mr. Jiang Quan killed it. Three days ago, the villain saw Jiang Quan quarreling with Tang Ergeng on the street. Today, Jiang Quan is also nearby."

At this point, someone outside the public room said: "County Lieutenant, someone wants to see you."

Li Xia then confessed to Fei Boren: "You don't have to preconceive it first, check it carefully, and talk about it when you have evidence. Go ahead."

It was indeed Du Zhixin who came to see him.

Li Xia introduced Han Chengxu for him, saying that there is no need to hide.

"Li Xianwei, the Lu family or the Yin family have taken action. If Li Xianwei doesn't help solve this matter, it will be difficult for us to sell salt in Qingfu County."

"How can shopkeeper Du be sure that it was the Lu family or the Yin family who did it?"

Du Zhixin glared, and wondered: "Why do you think about it? They must have done it. The people who killed me threatened me not to sell salt in Qing Fu."

Li Xia whispered: "You are selling private salt, and they are official salt. They want to fight back, and most of them are aboveboard methods. How could they kill people in the first place?"

"Am I being too blatant?"

"Look at what shopkeeper Du said. Let's do this. I'll send someone to investigate this matter. Shopkeeper Du can just continue selling salt."

"Li Xianwei, no matter what, this is an opportunity to suppress the Lu family and the Yin family." Du Zhixin moved his head closer and said, "If you want to do something, how can you not be cruel?"

Li Xia seemed amused, and said, "Don't worry, shopkeeper Du, I have my sense of proportion."

"Then I'll leave it to County Lieutenant Li..."

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After Du Zhixin left, Han Chengxu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "This man actually came to teach A Lang how to be cruel."

"Mr. Han thinks who killed him?"

"No matter who they are from, it is very unlikely to kill a small private salt dealer. The landlord, Mr. Jiang, or the Lu family and the Yin family have no reason to do so."

"Check it out and talk about it."

"All these trivial things need A Lang to worry about." Han Chengxu said: "I don't think A Lang should meet Du Zhixin in person. The private salt matter should not be handled by A Lang himself. If someone really investigates it, it will inevitably be troublesome."

"I understand, but I don't know who else to give it to." Li Xia said.

There are still too few smart people around him who can be trusted like Han Chengxu and his son.

"How about I introduce someone to Alang?"

"Who?"

"Yan Yunyun."

Li Xia thought for a while and asked, "Is she okay?"

Han Chengxu said: "This woman has ruined her appearance. I'm afraid she won't be able to go to Lin'an to become a mother, and there will be no other way out in the future. I have talked with her. She is scheming, can write and calculate, and is well-informed. She is a useful person. man of."

"reliable?"

Han Chengxu twirled his gray beard and sighed: "She may have been irritable in the past, but this time she suffered a big loss, so it must be different. If Alang can trust my vision, I plan to accept her as a righteous daughter."

"The righteous girl..."

"Yes, I learned this method from County Magistrate Jiang."

Han Chengxu lived to be 60 years old, and he is a bit more sophisticated than Li Xia and Han Qi'an.

(End of this chapter)