"Shopkeeper Huang, don't be afraid, just treat me as an ordinary person, let's just chat, I heard that there was a fight on the mountain last night?"
Li Lu said with a smile.The shopkeeper Huang was slightly stunned, and slowly replied: "Your Majesty, I don't know where you heard it.Last night the mountain was very quiet, and there was no commotion.Although there are many Tianzhu beggars resting in the woods on the mountainside, they rarely fight, make noise, and dare not break into our Han people's houses, not to mention that we are guarded by high walls.To be honest, if there are no such nasty people, this mountain forest is really a cool and quiet place.This Jiashan is shrouded in purple mist and picturesque, and it is indeed a good place. ”Li Lu said with a smile: "I don't think the shopkeeper asked your family slaves all over the place, and the brawl happened in the dense forest behind your mansion." ”"Your Majesty, why do you need to ask all this?
I've been home myself last night, and I haven't heard any commotion behind the house.Oh, Your Majesty may wish to ask my close neighbor, the shopkeeper Kim, who is often a night fairy and sleeps late. ”Shopkeeper Huang said affirmatively."
Let me ask you again, apart from you and the golden shopkeeper, who else lives on this mountain?"
Li Lu frowned."
Answer Your Majesty, there are only two of us at the moment, and there are three other houses on the mountain, all of which are properties purchased by wealthy merchants from the north, and they have not yet moved here, so they are still empty."
Shopkeeper Huang thought about it and said.Li Lu snorted and said, "Okay, you can go back."
Oh, the shopkeeper Huang might as well identify a person, maybe he has seen him up and down this mountain. ”At the same time, he instructed Luo Canglin to take the Huang shopkeeper down to identify the dead body.When he went to a cup of tea, Luo Canglin came back to Li Lu and said that the shopkeeper Huang didn't know the deceased either, and said that the shopkeeper left words when he said goodbye, and he could call him at any time in the future.Li Lu nodded slightly, falling into deep thought.Wang Min said after the shopkeeper Huang left: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there should be such a possibility, the deceased was killed in the hotel in the city or when he was looking for flowers and willows. ”Li Songyi shook his head and said, "This is impossible, if that is the case, the murderer will bury the dead body in the ground or throw it into a dry well, and will never dare to risk moving the dead body up the hillside, and ...... have to go through the inspection of the government and the guards along the way." ”Wang Min thought for a while and said.Wang Min's suggestion was approved by Li Lu, and Li Songyi immediately changed his appearance and went to try his luck with a golden wrench, he ran to almost all the pawnshops, gold and silver workshops and jewelry stores in the city, but no one said that he had never seen this wrench.He also patiently visited many inns of the low-end family, and he did not hear of rumors of a brawl and murder by a traveling merchant from a foreign country in the past two days.He sat wearily on the steps in front of the palace, kneading his aching legs and feeling sorry for himself.He was looking at the Huang Ji crude medicine shop opposite, and suddenly found that there was an unnoticed shop next to this crude medicine shop, the dark door was open, and there was a gilded signboard hanging next to the door: "Jin Ji Pawnshop".Li Songyi understood that the shopkeeper of the "Jinji Pawnshop" was living in the house on the top of the mountain, but his shop was open here, and his business was actually in the same place as the Huang family.He immediately dragged his tired body through the bustling crowd, pushed the door and walked in.Inside the door was a tall counter, and outside the counter stood a dozen or so well-dressed customers, discussing business with the guys at the counter.On the account desk in the corner of the counter, a fat man was sitting upright, seriously fiddling with the abacus.Li Songyi took out a beautiful famous thorn from his arms and handed it in, and the name thorn was marked with Li Songyi's false identity: a big jeweler from Broken Leaves.This is one of the many famous thorns that Li Songyi carries with him for convenience.The famous thorn really worked, and the fat man hurriedly stood up and staggered towards Li Songyi, with a hypocritical smirk piled up on his round face: "This gentleman, I don't know what treasure you have to give me eye blessings?"
”"I don't know if you've ever seen this kind of wrench?"
Li Songyi put the wrench on the counter and said, "There is a guest officer who wants to sell it to me cheaply, I suspect that this thing is from an unknown source, otherwise it is not made of real gold." ”The golden shopkeeper took the wrench in his hand and looked at it, and suddenly his face became gloomy, a strange brilliance flashed in his eyes, and then he looked embarrassed, "I haven't seen it, I've never seen this wrench." ”He replied flatly.A Vedic caste man with a pointed head and shrunken cheeks on the counter also squinted his eyes to look at the wrench at this time, and the golden shopkeeper reprimanded sharply: "Mohanda, you get out of the way of Lao Tzu, this is not your business!"
”Turning his face to Li Songyi, he said, "Sir, I'm sorry, I'm out of company......."
As he spoke, he brushed his sleeves back to his account.The Tianzhu guy gave Li Songyi a look, suggesting that Li Songyi go next door to wait for a while, and have something to say.Li Songyi understood, so he said goodbye and went out, stepped into the Huang Ji Pharmacy, picked up a bench and sat down to wait.Two guys in the pharmacy were busy kneading pills, and on the other side, one guy was using a hinged guillotine, cutting the coarse dried crude medicine into thin slices one by one, and two guys were sorting centipedes, spiders, and cicada shells.Li Songyi watched curiously as they worked in an orderly manner.After a while, the pointy and shrunken Tianzhu guy in the pawnshop walked in, saw Li Songyi, and said with a smile: "Our boss didn't recognize you, but you can't hide it from me."
When those public masters saw you, they were all respectful to you, obviously you are a big official......."
Li Songyi said angrily: "Don't talk nonsense!"
Tell me, what do you want to tell me?
”This Tianzhu guy hurriedly said: "Our boss just used a lie to prevaricate your old man, he has obviously seen the wrench, and he has also seen it carefully."
Two days ago a beautiful Persian woman was carrying this wrench to be valued, and I was about to ask her if she had pawned it, when he pushed me away and met me himself, and the old pervert salivated at the sight of the beautiful young woman.I saw him muttering to the woman for a long time, and then the woman took the wrench and left. ”"Who is that woman?
How do you know she's Persian?
”Li Songyi asked hurriedly."
Hehehe, because the woman has blonde hair, her skin is as white as tofu, her eyes are blue and blue, and her face is even more delicate, but she is not very good, I remember that day I wore an old patch of blue cotton shirt dress, in Tianzhu, many Han people have raised such Persian maids at home....... our boss saw her as if he had received three souls and six spirits.Oh, he also made false accounts and evaded taxes.He has been implicated in many illegal transactions. ”This Tianzhu guy said."
Looks like you hate your owner."
Li Songyi laughed, this Tianzhu guy is really bold enough, you must know that in Tianzhu, even if it is the fault of the Han people, the Tianzhu people are obviously reasonable, and if they want to judge the case, it will be the Tianzhu people who will suffer, but this Tianzhu guy ........"
Hey, he's a Han man, but I really can't stand it, you don't know how harsh and vicious he is, and his son, who is monitoring us all the time, for fear that we will swallow his money, he owes me a lot of wages..............."
Tianzhu guy looked at Li Songyi, "Master, I can collect evidence of his tax evasion for the public, but I need money" Li Songyi patted the guy on the shoulder and praised: "Hehehe, you did a good job, I will give you silver money in the future, But at the moment, I still have urgent matters, so I won't be verbose for now, and I'll come back to you when I have something. ”The Tianzhu guy was disappointed and went back with a gray face.Li Songyi then went to find the golden shopkeeper again, and Li Songyi knocked on the counter a few times to let the boxer come out.When the golden shopkeeper saw that it was him again, and was about to have a seizure, Li Songyi said to him unceremoniously: "You must go to the yamen with me, I suspect that you have something to do with a murder."
Put down your calculations, don't have to change any clothes, come with me. ”"You, why are you arresting me??
I didn't sin?
Besides, you, a jeweler, why do you want to take me to the official?
”The shopkeeper Jin naturally refused to give in, while he struggled desperately, he kept intimidating Li Songyi, "I, Jin Richang, am also a businessman with a head and a face, and I also know a few big people in the officialdom, believe it or not, I found someone to handle you??"
”"Shao Te, I'm bluffing people here, if you can do it, Lao Tzu and your surname are Jin ......"
Li Songyi smiled coldly, "Jin Richang, you are bold enough, the business is open opposite the government office, and you dare to do illegal things......
Let's go, follow me to Wang Min's prefect's mansion and ....."
Hearing that Li Songyi actually called Wang Min's name, Jin Richang, the gold shopkeeper, broke out in a cold sweat, he looked at Li Songyi with a frightened face, and now he knows that this so-called big jeweler with broken leaves is very likely to be a big official, and he collapsed to the ground all of a sudden, but Li Songyi didn't care about that, and walked directly into the mansion of Wang Min, the prefect of Banga, with Jin Richang.