Chapter 899: can't find
Chapter 899 Unable to Check
After Yanping withdrew, he would report the matter to Jiang Liu after his investigation was clear. It was mid-May, and the lotus flowers in Jiang's pond were in full bloom.
In the past three months, Jiang Erye and Jiang Ling have arrived in Suzhou and sent back a letter to report safety and several large packages of Suzhou specialty jerky; Bantangxiang's six new types of incense are selling very well. He saved more than 6,000 taels of silver, and used the money to buy carriages and horses, hire people, and build a caravan of 40 people, which ran the line of Kang'an, Suzhou, and Guazhou Road Yanqi, and gave Jiang Er along the way. The three pregnant women of the Jiang family are already eight months pregnant, and their belly is terrifyingly big; and the most important point: Jiang Liu, the shortest and youngest girl in the Jiang family, is like a leek that has been fertilized in spring. , a full inch higher!
Of course, Jiang Liu, who has grown taller, is still not fat enough to reassure his family. He is fed by his family every day.
All the people in the house retreated outside the room, and the doors and windows were closed, and Yanping laid the detailed map of Tongjifang on the table in front of Jiang Liu, explaining, "Although Tongjifang is close to Qixia Gate, only the southwest and northwest are close to the door. There are some families living in these two areas. The northeast and southeast are mostly family temples. The only officials living here are Chen Yangdong, the king of Fuyang County in the southwest. In the northwest area, in addition to the common people, there are Qinfeng Road appeasement envoy Linghu Jingjia Temple, The Household Temple of Li Zhaozhou, the Minister of the Household…”
Jiang Liu listened to Yanping's words, and put her fingers on the mansions and temples he mentioned one by one. After Yanping finished her introduction, she asked, "What's the situation with the Prince of Fuyang, and who is he close to?"
"The mother of the King of Fuyang is Princess Yingchang, the aunt of the late emperor. The late emperor respected Princess Yingchang very much, so he made an exception to appoint his son Chen Yangdong as the county king. Chen Yangdong is sixty-four this year, and he only took an idle job when he was young. He is rich and noble. Idlers have frequent contacts with the Marquis of Anqing, and Liao Gang often goes to the palace of Fuyang County."
Liao Gang, Shao Yin of Jingzhao House, is also a wealthy and idler, Jiang Liu asked again, "Tell me about the northwest area of Tongjifang."
"Yes. In addition to the two family temples above, in the northwest area of Tongjifang, there are also six family ancestral halls of wealthy households in Kang'an City, with 120 households and more than 600 people. A grocery store…”
Jiang Liu listened carefully, and then asked, "What big things can happen here in the past ten years?"
Yanping replied, "Because there are many family temples and ancestral halls in the workshop, there are often absurd stories of ghosts in the workshop, which are not credible, but there were two murder cases nine years ago, and one of the deceased came out of the palace. An old **** and an old slave in the family died because someone climbed the wall and entered the house to steal money and was discovered and killed. One and a half months after the **** died, a butcher in a house climbed the wall and entered the eunuch's house, and was frightened to death."
"How do you know you were scared to death?" Jiang Liu asked.
"It was said by the autopsy officer of Nancheng Bingma Si." Yanping replied, "The murderer of the **** has not been caught yet, and it is unknown what the butcher was scared to death by."
Jiang Liu nodded, "Can the situation of the **** be found out?"
"The eunuch's name is Wei Bin, and he was the **** who was swept away in Zhengyang Palace, the palace of the late emperor. After the late emperor died, he retired from the palace. He was killed on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Jinglong." After knowing that there was a dead **** here, Yanping felt that this person should be the person Six Girls wanted to investigate, and sent someone to investigate him clearly.
"Wei Bin's house in Tongjifang had been bought long ago, and he also recognized his son and named him Wei Cong to give him old age. I don’t go out and don’t communicate with the neighbors. The house’s purchases are made by the old slaves in the family. Wei Cong went out of the door and never came back shortly after returning to Tongjifang in Weibin, and his whereabouts are still unknown.”
Whereabouts unknown? Jiang Liu's fingers tapped on the location of Wei's house on the map, "Wei Bin really died in a robbery?"
Yanping shook his head, "Although there is no evidence, the villain thinks it is not. Because the six eunuchs and thirteen palace maids of Zhengyang Palace who were released from the palace after the death of the late emperor died within three months of leaving the palace."
are all dead? ! Jiang Liu widened his peach blossom eyes, "Who did it?"
Yanping shook his head slowly and whispered, "Girl, this matter cannot be investigated."
Really can't find it. Jiang Liu lowered his head and stared at the map of Tongji Square on the table, with thousands of thoughts fighting in his mind, making a mess.
Yanping said again, "One more thing: the night Wei Bin was killed, Wei's house was thoroughly searched."
Thorough search? Jiang Liu rolled his eyes, "The soil in the courtyard has been turned over?"
Yanping nodded.
Digging three feet into the ground, he must be looking for something, and two faces immediately appeared in Jiang Liu's mind: Princess Renyang with a smirk and Qin Tianye with a dark background. In this black background, Xu also hides that he has died. The Empress Dowager Qin and... Jinghe Emperor.
Jiang Liu took a deep breath, stared at the map for a long time, then raised his eyes and said, "Under the premise of not disturbing the spies of various governments, try to find out the whereabouts of Wei Cong as much as possible."
"...Yes." Yanping responded and withdrew.
Jiang Liu stared at the map for a while before putting it away, pushed open the door and entered the courtyard. After Zheng Caiwei and Bai Zhenyu got engaged in February, Mrs. Zheng returned to Yingzhou with her daughter and nephew. Jiang Liu couldn't bear the emptiness of the Ren Mansion, so he moved to the office in the study room of the East Courtyard, where Jiang Muyan and Jiang Mujin were also studying. , added a lot of laughter to Ren Fu.
Jiang stayed out of the gate of the courtyard, and when he entered the small courtyard, he saw Xiaoyue'er picking wisteria flowers on tiptoe on the stool. This child is particularly interested in picking flowers. Jiang Liu walked over with a smile and asked, "What is Yue'er doing with so many wisteria flowers?"
"Father."
Jiang Liu understood, "Okay, let's make wisteria into dried flowers and send them to Daddy."
Xiaoyue'er turned around and asked Jiang Liu seriously, "Father?"
Having been with Xiaoyueer for a long time, even if he just changed his tone, Jiang Liu could understand what he wanted to say. Jiang Liu didn't fool the child, and said truthfully, "Daddy goes to work on an errand, and you can come back after the errand."
Xiaoyue'er lowered her head, "Brother."
Jiang Liu nodded, "Well, when my younger brother can call me Daddy, Daddy should be able to come back."
Xiao Yueer picked up a bag of wisteria flowers, and then went to Jiang's house. Jiang Liu didn't need to ask, he knew that he went to his mother's belly again.
Xiao Yueer, who was too lazy to even speak, would face her mother's belly every day and teach her unborn younger brother how to call Daddy in order to make her father come back earlier. The scene made the family both want to laugh and feel sad.
Jiang Liu looked up at the wisteria that she and her brother planted in the year they opened the mansion, and has now climbed to the pavilion. She misses both her father and her brother. Although he could receive letters from his brother every three or five years, he always reported good news instead of bad news. Jiang Liuzhen could not wait to turn his back on his voice and fly to Suzhou.
"Three girls."
Hearing Shu Qiu's voice, Jiang Liu turned his head and saw Sanjie hurried over with a sullen face, and hurried up to meet her.
(end of this chapter)