In early summer, it was rainy on the banks of the Xizi River, and in the twilight, a drizzle of poplar flowers fell.
Dressed in a black silk shirt, with his hair tied with straw ropes, and a pair of open-toed straw sandals, Pu Feng, a rugged man, sat in a small shop that was famous for selling pancakes and also a tea business, slowly eating a pancake.
A middle-aged man in a green shirt who looked like a bookkeeper walked in with a black oilcloth umbrella, nodded at him, and sat down in front of him.
"The other party accepted it, but let out the rumors, saying that the three thousand taels were Zhu Siye's compensation for Old Man Mo's business, so as to apologize."
The middle-aged man in the green shirt who looked like Mr.
Tent looked a little lifeless, took a piece of oil cake from the plate and ate it, and whispered without any emotion.
"This is too tough, that's three thousand taels, not thirty taels."
Pu Feng frowned, and said faintly: "How did he see Zhuang Ju'an's thorn?"
The middle-aged man in the green shirt who looked like the account room still said lifelessly: "Zhuang Ju'an said it, he is a ruthless character, he didn't even frown, Zhuang Ju'an, who must have seen blood and dead people, also said it, and the other party didn't even say much, it didn't feel like he had just come out as an official, but like he had been an old arrester who had been hunting down Wang Yang thieves for five or six years." ” The middle-aged man in the green shirt who looked like the account room nodded, "Okay, then let Lu Fengniang go tomorrow."
Pu Feng nodded.
The middle-aged man in the green shirt who looked like a bookkeeper grabbed half of the uneaten pancake and walked out, and asked softly at the same time, "How is Second Master Zhang's body?"
When he asked this, there was a real concern on his face, which had always been as lifeless as the twilight by the river.
Pu Feng glanced at his back and said, "It's bad." ” The middle-aged man in the green shirt who looked like a bookkeeper didn't ask anything more, shrunk his neck, and prepared to walk into the drizzle.
"There is a chance to send some wind from the Silver Hook Workshop to the ears of this Lord Xiaolin."
At this moment, Pu Feng whispered again, and then muttered to himself: "If you want to make Donggang Town cleaner, it also depends on whether you have the courage and ability to wash away the real black water." ” Pu Feng, who does not have any fame in Donggang Town, is really one of the most powerful backbones under Zhu Siye, with a rough appearance, he has a speech and delicate mind that is completely inconsistent with his appearance, he is like a black fish hidden in the mud and sand in the Xizi River on weekdays, the water waves are not obvious on weekdays, but it is actually very dangerous for shrimp and crabs.
It's just that he didn't know that the middle-aged man in a green shirt who was supposed to be as loyal to Zhu Siye as he was, after eating half a pancake in the rain, walked into an ordinary wine shop in another alley.
Then the middle-aged man in a green shirt who looked like an accountant held an umbrella that was still dripping, lifted a hanging curtain in the wine shop, and walked to the private seat at the back.
Facing the people in the elegant seat covered by the bamboo curtain, the middle-aged man in a lifeless green shirt said simply and directly: "Second Master Zhang's health is very bad.
Zhu Siye and Pu Feng already wanted to take advantage of this gust of wind. ” "Okay, I didn't expect that I happened to be here for the past two days, and this interesting thing happened."
A young man's laughter came out inside, "Look at Ming'er's situation, if this arrest is really a bit good, then we will take advantage of this wind in turn." ” "Your Excellency, you may have gone too far."
In a Langfang by the river, Du Weiqing looked at Lin Xi with a sad face and said: "These three thousand taels are not a small amount for Zhu Siye, those black oils under his hands don't know how long they have to dry in the sun to earn back so much silver, if you accept it silently, give him real benefits in the future, whether this three thousand taels is used to scare adults, or to really buy adults, he and those under him will still feel that it is worth it, but my lord, you directly said that these three thousand taels are used to compensate for that old man Mo, This is equivalent to directly saying that Zhu Siye succumbed to your hands and bowed his head.
This is more than three thousand taels more than acceptable to these people. ” Lin Xi turned his head slightly, looked at Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi, and then looked at the rows of Linjiang stilted buildings looming in the rain and fog in the distance, smiled slightly, and asked rhetorically: "Du Weiqing, Liang Sansi, do you know why I only let the two of you lead the way, but I don't let others lead the way?"
Du Weiqing, whose temples were already frosted, and Liang Sansi, who was in his prime, were both stunned and couldn't help but glance at each other.
"My subordinates don't know."
Du Weiqing quickly shook his head.
"I let you lead the way because you have the guts."
Lin Xi glanced at him and said calmly: "I asked Xu Jianling and Liu Tong about it before, you already knew that Xu Jianling completely angered me, if it was an ordinary person, for fear that the boss's anger would be implicated, naturally you could say less than a word, but you still dared to speak out at that time and made many explanations."
You have the courage to say so much, just to help Xu Jianling and remind me not to be too rash, so my judgment is that you are loyal and loyal. ” After a slight pause, Lin Xi turned his head to look at Liang Sansi, and then said: "As for you, Liang Sansi, I can see that you are dissatisfied with Xu Jianling and Liu Tong, and I can't see how much dissatisfaction I have in your eyes, but only worry and suspicion."
So you should also be a righteous person, but your position is too low, and you know that you can't change anything. ” Looking at the two who were stunned and silent, Lin Xi then said slowly: "Actually, I haven't had much concept of going up and down, but I'm afraid you don't dare to treat me as a friend, what you can easily understand is naturally that whether it is a junior official of the top ten grades or a big member of the first grade, there is always a need for some henchmen."
I know almost nothing about this Donggang town, and I need someone to help me get some information and tell me some directions, otherwise I don't know how much energy will be wasted. ” "My lord, to tell you the truth, I can already conclude that you are not the kind of bookie who doesn't understand things."
Du Weiqing hesitated slightly, and said with a wry smile: "But the adults really want to take care of all the injustices around this Donggang Town, and the official rank of the arrest is too small. ” Lin Xi was not angry, but smiled slightly, and said, "Of course I understand that you have doubts, but do you dare to gamble?"
"Take a gamble" Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi glanced at each other, not knowing what Lin Xi meant for a while.
"I want you to do things for me wholeheartedly."
Lin Xi laughed, looked at the two of them, and said, "I have also read the relevant records of the two of you, and the family background of the two of you can only be regarded as average in this Donggang Town, so even if there is some oil and water, it is estimated that the big head will be removed by some of the people above, and you can only make up for one or two."
Anyway, you can put on a bad attitude towards me on your face, but secretly really help me do things, and it should have no impact on you, but I can guarantee that in the future, both of you may not be limited to my position of arrest, how about it, do you dare to gamble?"
"My lord, since you have iron bones, even if there is no benefit, I, Liang Sansi, will definitely die hard."
Liang Sansi took a deep breath, looked at Lin Xi and said.
Du Weiqing smiled bitterly and said, "My lord, you are honest, but it really gave me some confidence.
Of course, I will take this unfair bet. ” A look of appreciation flashed in Lin Xi's eyes, and he smiled slightly: "Since this is the case, then please take me to the small building that Zhu Siye wants first, and I will ask the old man surnamed Mo if he can rent me a room." ” "What" Du Weiqing and Liang Sansi were taken aback at the same time, "My lord, you don't live in Zhulan Lane" According to the law of Yun Qin, local officials have public residences according to their ranks, and they will be exchanged when they are promoted or resigned, and if they are damaged, they will have to repair them by themselves, and most of the public residences in Donggang Town are in Zhulan Lane, and there are sergeants patrolling all night, which is the safest, and it is easy to cultivate feelings with other officials, and ordinary officials will move to other mansions unless they have a large number of people in their families and really can't live in them, but Lin Xi is just alone, and he wants to rent in that small building, but the intention is also very obvious.
Lin Xi smiled slightly and said: "Although Fourth Master Zhu claims to act in a measured manner, even if he doesn't embarrass me immediately, I'm afraid he will embarrass others, especially that foreigner Wang Buping."
Moreover, characters like Zhu Siye are so obsessed with Old Man Mo's small building, presumably the scenery of that small building is excellent. ” Du Weiqing knew that Lin Xi had thought very carefully, so he didn't dissuade him, but explained while leading the way: "That small building is very good.
The ancestors of the Mo family have had two masters, and the small building that has been handed down is very meaningful.
Not only the whole small building is built with nanmu, and a girder in the middle is still yellow rosewood, and the river also uses stone to pile up a platform courtyard, facing the open river view, opposite the river bank is a hill, it is full of apricot blossom trees, when the apricot blossoms bloom, the view on that platform is really excellent, there are many civil officials who have left ink treasures there.
It is said that Zhu Siye had already bid 4,500 taels, but the old man Mo had a bit of a stinky temper of literati, saying that it was like Zhu Siye, even if he rented one or two rooms, he was afraid of defiling the literary atmosphere in the building, and it was estimated that this sentence completely annoyed Zhu Siye. ” Lin Xi nodded and asked calmly, "In all fairness, what do you think of Zhu Siye and these people?"
"The people under him are arrogant, fierce, and hurtful to people."
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Du Weiqing pondered for a while, and said cautiously, for fear that some of his words would give Lin Xi some wrong judgments: "But he usually hardly provokes the townspeople, and he is the kind of bully who only robs business in the river."
So this time he forced Old Man Mo to the building, and many people felt that Old Man Mo's words hurt him. ” "Is there anyone above him" Lin Xi smiled and asked.
Du Weiqing shook his head and said, "There shouldn't be."
Zhang Erye said before that they don't take a boat with one or two people, so it is easiest to capsize with those one or two people.
In fact, the meaning of this sentence is very clear to everyone, that is, the Xizi River has always been there, and the big ships inside are not all there, and those officials will flow away at any time or will collapse.
It is precisely because of the clear division that Donggang Town and the officials above have changed so many batches over the years, but they are still the ones who are in charge of the black oil and stone rats here. ” "My lord, Xu Jianling didn't say it completely before."
At this time, Liang Sansi interjected: "Second Master Zhang and Fourth Master Zhu are not only in charge of the black oil seeds and stone rats in Donggang Town, but most of the black oil seeds and stone rats from Tongmu Town upstream to our Donggang Town. ” "It doesn't matter how much the black oil is or how much the stone mouse is, the key is how many really powerful people there are."
Lin Xi glanced at Liang Sansi and asked seriously and softly, "Are there cultivators among them?"
"Cultivator" Liang Sansi and Du Weiqing were both shocked, and their eyes all focused on Lin Xi's body.
Lin Xi's expression was calm, and he couldn't see any clues.
"It is said that Second Master Zhang is a cultivator, and the rest are unknown."
Du Weiqing took a deep breath and spoke slowly, but a cool feeling in his heart kept spreading in his body.
With an ordinary catch like him, it was naturally impossible to connect Lin Xi with the students of the three major academies of the empire, he just thought that if Lin Xi was already a cultivator at such a young age, then it would be too unimaginable.
"There are cultivators" Lin Xi frowned slightly, and glanced at Du Weiqing: "Tell me about the specific situation in Donggang Town." ” Du Weiqing nodded and said, "According to the rules of our arrest house for so many years, this Donggang Town is generally divided into three major cities, Seventeen Lanes and One Hong Kong. ” "Seventeen alleys refers to the seventeen alleys that are most near the river, the more we are near the river in Donggang Town, the more dense the houses and shops are, overlapping and overlapping, and the most complex personnel.
One port is the Dadong Port in the east, where large quantities of goods are loaded and distributed, and the merchant ships of various businesses are also parked there.
The three major cities are the fish market, the north and south goods market, and the riverside night market. ” "Except for these places, they are the residences of some old townspeople in Donggang Town, and apart from the rare cases of adultery and unequal separation of brothers and sisters in decades, there is nothing at all in normal times."
"Among these three-class and ninth-rate characters, in addition to Zhu Siye and others who are in charge of labor and sand and gravel business, there is also a very powerful Xu Fatzi who is in charge of the fish market, many of these people are from fish farmers and fishmongers on the river, dare to use knives, and the harpoons are very accurate.
Most of the gambling places in the North and South Goods Markets and Donggang Town are under the control of Ning Lao Ghost, and Ning Lao Ghost has a Fan Jinya under him, who specializes in releasing water money, that is, putting usury in the casino, but often forcing some people to go bankrupt.
The night market is mainly the night fish steak restaurant, the flower kiln, and some old things trade, this place was originally under the management of Liu Beiwang, but since the silver hook shop opened, it is said that Liu Beiwang has to go to the silver hook shop to beg for food.
The owner of this silver hook shop is a native of Tongmu Town, surnamed Gao, and I don't know where it came from. ” Since becoming a cultivator, Lin Xi's perception of some subtleties around him has become more acute, and from Hua Lianyue's body, he has learned the benefits of being careful, at this moment he obviously felt that Du Weiqing had some intention to say when he talked about the Silver Hook Fang, so he suddenly turned his head to look at Du Weiqing, and said, "You seem to have something else to say about this Silver Hook Fang."
Du Weiqing hesitated slightly, but still said, "This silver hook workshop was originally a high-end kiln at best, but many wealthy merchants on the river often went in, and some people suspected that it was related to several cases of missing women in upstream towns, but they couldn't find any evidence, so they had to give up." ” "In this way, is it possible that there is a matter of robbing a woman from a good family for lewd pleasure" Lin Xi was slightly stunned, and his footsteps couldn't help but stop.
"If there really is, then this Silver Hook Workshop must be very big."
Du Weiqing took a deep breath and looked at Lin Xi's words: "My lord, you also understand that this is a heinous crime that will implicate many people and cut off their heads. ” Lin Xi nodded, looking at the river in the drizzle and the dripping Langfang in front of him.
He is not afraid of accidents, not only because Zhu Siye and his ilk are bandits at most, and he is an official, but the most important thing is that his backstage is very hard.
He is from the same place as Dean Zhang, and he naturally knows that in the officialdom, the most important thing is that there are people above.
He was a student of Qingluan Academy, and he knew that the eldest princess would also pay proper attention to him, so as long as he acted correctly, he didn't have to care about how big the basket was, not to mention that he still had a favor from the Yuhua family.
So in his conversation with Peng Xiaofeng, he said that if he is a small fish, the others here can only be regarded as shrimp.
The only ones who can pose a threat and real trouble to him are those big golden spoons of Thunder Academy and Qingluan Academy, but he has a powerful ability that even Gao Yanan doesn't know, so he doesn't care at all, just let it go.
If there really is such a big thing here, then Lin Xi consciously comes here, and it is really valuable.
This Donggang town is picturesque, the scenery is not much better than some famous towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and most of the timber buildings in Yunqin have to use tung oil, the tung oil business on the river does not know how many years it will last, this Donggang town will definitely be more prosperous than today in the future.
The less unpleasant things about this kind of place, the more beautiful it is, the more comfortable and comfortable it is to be in it.
Dean Zhang did so many things that day, I'm afraid it was also because he was uncomfortable, and he couldn't see it.
Wang Buping carefully cut a few green bamboos under the eaves of the small building.
Suddenly, he was slightly stunned, stood up, and bowed to the drizzle in front of him, "Lord Lin, why are you here?"
"I heard that the scenery of this small building is very beautiful, and now it looks even better than I imagined.
Look at you like this, it is the owner here who has agreed to rent it to you.
Lin Xi put the rain gear aside under the edge of the stone, smiled at Wang Buping, a stubborn young man from the countryside, and looked at the small building.
This small building can really be described as exquisite, even if there are some subtleties, there are very auspicious exquisite carvings, the wood grain is extremely dense after the precipitation of time, it is even more a crystal taste.
From the open gate in front and back, you can see a wide platform in front of you, and the platform stretches into the river, and the river is like a plain, and the heart is open.
"I'm here to ask the owner if he's willing to rent a room for me to live in."
After retracting his gaze from the two-storey, three-bay wooden building that was not too small, Lin Xi looked at Wang Buping and smiled slightly.
Wang Buping was slightly stunned, and at this moment, a thin old man with a sparse beard and a thin beard wearing a slightly shabby linen dress and a body full of ink came out, regardless of his age, and bowed deeply to Lin Xi: "The old man has thanked Lord Lin for his great kindness, if Lord Lin really can afford it, he can live in the Songzhu Pavilion above." ”: