The lucky girl in the village has a good way of making money.

Chapter 361 Hard Bones

Even if Huang San didn't try to be tough, after being tortured by the tiger bench, he kept shouting, "Speak! I'll tell you everything!"

But after some questioning, Huang San didn't know much. Xie Li was his superior in the government office. On weekdays, he was responsible for lurking among the jailers. When there was something, he would follow Xie Li's orders. When there was nothing to do, he was just an ordinary jailer, nothing special.

After all these years, the first order I heard was to instigate Zhang Yi and three others to commit suicide.

Huang San didn’t know anything deeper, he didn’t even know Zhu Dan and Xu Sui.

In other words, this is just a small minion.

Therefore, the breakthrough point still lies with Xie Li and the other two.

The problem is that these three people are really stubborn. We have used all the tortures we can think of. There is not a single piece of good flesh left on their bodies, but they still won't say anything.

He Tuiguan sighed, "Master Yan, what do you think we should do? I am afraid that if we continue the trial, we will not find out anything and they will be killed first."

Lord Yan has been an official for so many years, but it is rare for him to encounter such a tough guy. He is also good at criminal law, but at this moment he can't think of a better way to make them speak.

"Did Aunt Jiang tell you anything useful?"

He Tuiguan shook his head. "This concubine Jiang was bought by Xie Li from a human trafficker as a concubine three years ago. She doesn't know much. According to her, Xie Li never told her about outside affairs, and no suspicious people came to the house.

The servants, including the coachman, have all been interrogated and all are fine. The only suspect is Xie Li's close follower, but he ran away before we went to search the Xie family's house. I have asked someone to draw a portrait based on the description of the Xie family's servants and put it on the city's wanted list, but there is no news yet."

Lord Yan pondered for a moment, "It is possible that there are still rebel bases in this city. We are in the open, and they are in the dark. Tell everyone to be alert. Don't let them get into trouble before Xie Li and the other two give us useful information."

He Tuiguan nodded, "Master Yan, please rest assured. I have already carefully checked the prison. There are only trusted people guarding outside. I guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

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Huang Fu took Qingfeng out early and came back late for several days. Shi Liu didn't care much about it. She only heard Fu Dong say that the east courtyard in front was almost full.

After breakfast, she strolled to the east courtyard, where Mother Zhong and Bai Cui were catching lice for the children who were brought back one after another.

Yes, lice. Their heads and bodies were almost covered with lice. Qingfeng and Mingyue were so full of lice that it took Bai Cui and her team two days to catch them all.

Before he even got close, Pomegranate felt his scalp tingling just looking at it from afar.

It’s not that she dislikes it. To be honest, she also had lice when she was a child in her previous life. The living conditions in the small mountain village were poor. How could she wash her hair, take a bath and change clothes every day?
In the hot summer, if she ran and sweated but didn't wash her hair immediately, lice would grow in large numbers. She had these more than once from the time she was a child to before she went to school in the county.

Every time her hair grew bigger, my grandmother would go to the street and buy a bottle of unknown medicine, white powder, and rub it on her head, then cover her head tightly with a plastic bag.

The medicine took effect and killed the lice on my head, causing them to run around in my hair and it was itchy to death. I wanted to catch them but I couldn't, because although I didn't know what the medicine was, my grandmother said that I couldn't catch them because it would poison me to death.

In short, it is something that can poison people to death. When she grew up, she realized that the medicine could really kill people. She used it many times when she was a child, but she was lucky enough not to be poisoned to death.

But that medicine is really effective. Every time I have lice, I just use that medicine to kill them, then wash them clean and comb them out with a comb. All the lice that come out are dead or half-dead.

That medicine is not sold these days. Even if it was available, I wouldn't dare buy pomegranates to kill lice. What if someone was poisoned to death?

In this way, you can only catch the lice one by one slowly and laboriously, which also tests your eyesight.

In her previous life, Shi Liu had been caught by her neighbor's sister. When she caught the lice in her hand and pinched them with her fingernails, there was a snapping sound and blood. It was quite fun to just scratch them.

But that's just a matter of one head. In front of me, there are twenty or thirty children, all with heads full of them.

Shi Liu didn't dare to move forward, fearing that the lice would crawl onto her body. "Have you asked a doctor to check them out? Are these children healthy?"

After leaving the East Courtyard, Shi Liu turned around and asked Fu Dong.

Fu Dong said, "Except for being a little weak, she is not ill. Wasn't the Jisheng Pharmacy closed down? Huang Fu invited Doctor Ge from Jixintang to see her, and Mingyue's medicine was also ordered from Jixintang."

The girl was concerned about the care of these beggars and had told Huang Fu to ask a doctor to take good care of them. Caring about the children's health was one thing, but she was also afraid that some of them might have tuberculosis or something like that, which could be contagious.

Shi Liu nodded and turned to look at Hu Zhen. "I heard that the Jisheng Pharmacy and the Xuji Tavern on Zhengbei Street are both strongholds of the rebels?"

Hu Zhen nodded, "That's right, I heard there are rebels lurking in the government office."

"No wonder." She said why there was a traitor who wanted to confess but suddenly committed suicide.

How could they react so quickly without an insider?
Shi Liu thought about it and suddenly narrowed his eyes. Wait, since there are traitors in the government office, then the traitors should also know how Deng Fei and the others were captured, right?

"Have there been any suspicious people around us recently?"

Hu Zhen said, "I was just about to report this to you, young lady. I've felt since yesterday that someone was following me in the dark. I was even more certain this morning when I went out for a walk. Someone is watching us in our alley."

Shi Liu paused for a moment, then ordered Hu Zhen to harness the carriage and prepare to go out.

The carriage swayed out of Lihua Hutong and headed towards the east of the city.

"Girl, someone is following you."

"Find a way to get rid of him."

"Yes." Hu Zhen responded and drove the carriage into an alley. After several turns, he came out to a bustling street.

Turn left again and go up another street.

Two quarters of an hour later, Hu Zhen reported: "Miss, the man has been shaken off."

Shi Liu nodded slightly, "Let's go to Tianhu Teahouse."

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The door of the private room was pushed open, and Liu Dongjia strode in. Looking at Shi Liu who was sitting at the round table, he said, "Why don't you come to the mansion? The Fifth Young Master has chosen a secret place to recuperate, and he is not in the Liu Mansion, so it's okay."

"It's more convenient outside." Shi Liu said, "How is the Fifth Young Master's injury?"

"It's all right now."

Shi Liu nodded, "I heard that they captured and destroyed two strongholds of the rebels. Did you find any useful information?"

They now have the treasure map but have yet to decide to go looking for it, isn't it because of these rebels hiding in the dark?

Knowing nothing about them, it is inevitable that we will be a little restrained in what we do.

This matter is of great importance. If they want to do it quietly, they have to be on guard against the rebels who know the Secret Records of the Five Zangs.

Liu Dongjia shook his head. "The clerk in the government office, the owner of the Jisheng medicine store, and the owner of the Xuji wine shop are all big fish. They must know a lot, but these three are stubborn. They have been tortured with all kinds of instruments, but they still refuse to say a word."