"My lord, spare my life! My lord, please don't catch me! I know something! I know something."
Lu Zhizhang originally wanted to deceive Mrs. Wang, but now that he heard Mrs. Wang shouting like this, his goal was achieved, so Lu Zhizhang only used his eyes to signal the people around him to let go of Mrs. Wang.
After Mrs. Wang was let go, Lu Zhizhang whispered, "What do you know? If you tell me honestly, I won't argue with you. But if you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being rude."
After hearing what Lu Zhizhang said, Mrs. Wang could only whisper, "Of course I don't dare to hide it."
Then Mrs. Wang thought about it for a while, and then she started to speak, "Those people came to me the day before yesterday. The two people who came came with bamboo hats, but I could tell that they should be two young women, and one of them didn't seem to be able to Over twenty-four and five, and the other one must be under eighteen. When they came over, I felt a little guilty in my heart. How could such a young woman show up so easily?"
"The woman seemed to know that I was suspicious, so she took the initiative to introduce herself. The older one said that they were a business family from Yunzhou. They came to Beijing to do business, but they needed a venue to entertain their guests. One day, they looked around and finally settled on Boss Liu’s tavern.”
"Although I was confused at the time, I thought that Yunzhou was a barbaric land, and the woman from the merchant family really had no scruples, so it didn't seem strange to show up. So I didn't doubt anything, and I agreed to their request. , then the older woman said her name was Ci Gu, and the younger one said her name was Xiu Lin. I didn’t know whether their names were true or false, so I just said that I generally don’t do business from other places here, so I have to know the basics.”
"After they heard what I said, they immediately said that they had a residence in Shangjing."
Hearing this, Lu Zhizhang just asked quietly, "Where is that residence?"
Faced with Lu Zhizhang's inquiry, Mrs. Wang also whispered, "The residence is located at No. 38 Taiping Lane, Ziwei Street. I was actually a little suspicious at the time. After all, Taiping Lane on Ziwei Street belongs to the ***." In the back garden, many dignitaries have purchased properties there, but now they say they are businessmen, so how can they live there."
"They later asked me to go with them. But I refused at the time, and they happily paid me the agency fee. I saw that they paid so happily, so they didn't bother to pursue so much, but I didn’t trick Boss Liu, I asked them to pay Boss Liu’s banknote on the spot. So we really didn’t know anything about it.”
After saying this, the woman stopped talking.
Lu Zhizhang then continued to ask, "Have you finished saying what you want to say?"
After hearing this, Mrs. Wang naturally nodded seriously and said, "My lord, I have finished everything I have to explain. I really have nothing left to explain."
Lu Zhizhang actually got a relatively useful clue. Now it was time for him to verify it, so he was too lazy to continue to verify it with Mrs. Wang.
He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand, but don't go too far, because I may come back to you later."
After hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, the two men nodded immediately. After the two people left, Lu Zhizhang immediately looked at the people around him and said, "Shall we go to Taiping Lane on Ziwei Street?"
When the secret guard heard this, he did not respond to Lu Zhizhang. He just glanced to the side in embarrassment.
Lu Zhizhang followed his line of sight and then realized that Wen Shanxiu hadn't woken up yet. He held his forehead and sighed, then he whispered, "You should find a few people to take him back to Luhou Mansion first!"
After hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, the secret guard nodded.
Then the secret guard went out and waved a coachman over. After he told the coachman to deliver the people to Luhou Mansion, he only gave the coachman one tael of silver, and then he returned to Lu Zhizhang's side.
Lu Zhizhang led him directly to Taiping Lane on Ziwei Street.
Shangjing City is the most prosperous place, and Taiping Lane has many dignitaries living here, so there are many luxury houses in Taiping Lane.
The courtyard, carved beams and painted buildings, the prosperity here is not inferior to Kangpingfang in the slightest.
However, these scenes were not surprising at all to Lu Zhizhang, who was already in the bustling place of the capital.
So from then on, Lu Zhizhang almost never looked sideways.
Lu Zhizhang didn't stop until he arrived at residence No. 38.
There is no difference between the mansion at No. 38 and the homes of other residents in Taiping Lane. They are both large courtyards with green tiles and white walls, and two stone lions squatting at the door. In his outer courtyard, there seemed to be a big tree branch protruding from the courtyard wall.
However, this yard still looks more deserted than other yards.
There was no guard at his door, and the steps were covered with green moss.
It was obvious that this courtyard had probably not been inhabited for a long time.
And the reality was just as he had guessed.
When he directed the secret guard to knock on the door, the secret guard knocked on the door for a long time, but there was no response from the room.
Seeing this situation, Lu Zhizhang just said to the secret guard beside him, "Okay, don't waste your efforts. There is probably no one in this room."
Upon hearing this, the secret guard immediately said, "Could it be that Mrs. Wang actually lied to us again?"
Lu Zhizhang chuckled upon hearing this and said, "Even if I gave her a hundred courages, she wouldn't dare."
"Since Mrs. Wang didn't lie to us, why is there no one in this yard?"
Lu Zhizhang said softly, "Either they deceived Mrs. Wang, or they did live in this courtyard before."
"Then what should we do?" the secret guard asked.
Lu Zhizhang whispered, "Just go in and take a look and you'll know."
The secret guard nodded when he heard this.
Then the secret guard took Lu Zhizhang and jumped over the courtyard wall.
Unexpectedly, after the two of them turned over and entered the courtyard, they found that the courtyard was actually full of caltrops. If the secret guard hadn't discovered it in time and immediately flew to the side, they would have died in this courtyard just now.
I didn't expect that the owner of this house had such a back-up plan. It was as if he had already guessed that they would get here.
Moreover, the iron caltrops were newly installed, so Lu Zhizhang was even more certain that the iron caltrops were installed specifically for him.
So he was basically certain that even if the address mentioned by Mrs. Wang was not the place where they stayed before, it must be their house.
Lu Zhizhang then asked the secret guards around him to quickly go and take a look at the house.
After receiving the order, the secret guard naturally acted accordingly.
However, when he searched every corner of the house, he didn't see a single living person.
However, in a house that was tidy and seemed to be occupied, the secret guard saw a note.
So the secret guard hurriedly ran out with the note. After he left the house, he immediately said to Lu Zhizhang, "Sir, I saw this! Please take a look."
When Lu Zhizhang heard this, he naturally took the note from the secret guard's hand. When he opened the note, he only saw two lines of large characters.
I saw that one line of large characters simply and rudely said "Get out of my house", and another line of large characters said "Don't stretch your hands too long, be careful of backlash".
Apart from these contents, there is nothing else on it.
However, the handwriting is very graceful, and it doesn't take much to think that it must have been written by the woman.
The secret guard didn't know anything at the moment. He was still looking at the note, waiting for Lu Zhizhang to give him an explanation.
"Sir, what's written on this?" The guard finally couldn't hold back and couldn't help but ask Lu Zhizhang.
When Lu Zhizhang heard this, he calmly said, "There is nothing written on it."
Then he changed the subject and said, "By the way, is there anyone in this room?"
Upon hearing this, the secret guard immediately shook his head, "I have searched them all, and now there is no one in this room."
Lu Zhizhang was not surprised. He then said, "Let's get out of here."
The secret guard only thought that Lu Zhizhang was finally going back, no
Lu Zhizhang then said, "Let's go to the Shangjing County Magistrate's office quickly."
Hearing Lu Zhizhang's words, although the secret guard had doubts in his heart, he still nodded, and then they went to Shangjing Mansion again.
When they arrived at Shangjing Mansion, the governor of Shangjing Mansion was not surprised when he heard that Lu Zhizhang came to see him. After all, Dali Temple cooperated a lot with Shangjing Mansion. In order to investigate cases, they often needed to cooperate, so he was not surprised. Accident.
When he heard that Lu Zhizhang had come in person, Yin Zhi of the Shangjing Prefecture came to greet him personally.
When he saw Lu Zhizhang, the governor of the capital just smiled and said to Lu Zhizhang, "Master Lu, I heard that you went to Yunzhou to attend your cousin's wedding? Why are you back to the capital so soon?"
Hearing this, Lu Zhizhang only chuckled and said, "The wedding is over, I'll be back soon."
The Yin of the Shangjing Palace just smiled and said, "Sir, you are joking. You always go to the Three Treasures Hall for no reason. I think when you come back, you will probably have another case to investigate, right?"
Lu Zhizhang didn't shy away from it. He only smiled and said, "I really can't hide anything from you, Mr. Xu. But I'm not investigating a case, but I came back with something else. But I do have something to ask for when I come here." , I just wonder if Mr. Xu is willing to do me such a favor."
Hearing that Lu Zhizhang was not looking for him for the case, Mr. Xu was a little dumbfounded for a moment. After a while, he whispered in a low voice, "I don't know what Mr. Lu is talking about?"
"I want to find out who the head of a household on Ziwei Street is.".
Hearing what Lu Zhizhang said, Master Xu was also stunned when he heard the words, "Why are you checking this?"
Lu Zhizhang only whispered, "A cousin of mine is interested in a house nearby, but he doesn't know who the head of the house is and whether there will be any surprises, so he asked me to show it to him."
Hearing that Lu Zhizhang came to him just for such a private matter, Yin, the governor of Shangjing, was obviously stunned.
After all, in his understanding, Lu Zhizhang was not someone who would come to someone for personal matters.
