"You are finally here." Tongchun Inn, Jincheng County. Xu Zan looked at Chen Anning and Xie Xun with a look on his face, and said bitterly, "If you don't come, I will become as thin as a bean sprout."
Chen Anning looked at his face, which had indeed lost a lot of weight, and asked curiously: "I just asked you to investigate a case, why did you find yourself like this?"
"To put it lightly," Xu Zan pinched the pancakes on the table and said bitterly, "Baolin and I had just arrived in Shuofang County when we found out that Song Shizhong had disbanded the ranch that he had occupied. We thought it was because of our careless actions. , so I secretly came to Jincheng County to scare off the enemy."
"I'm afraid of disturbing the situation again. I don't dare to stay in a good inn or go to a good restaurant. I can only eat these things to satisfy my hunger all day long. I almost vomited after eating."
Chen Anning took a look at the environment of Tongchun Inn and found that it was indeed not good. Looking at the dusty clothes on the two of them, I couldn't help but sympathize: "Thank you for your hard work."
"We don't want you to complain about hard work," Xu Zan said, holding Wen Baolin in his arms, "We want you to treat us to a big meal right away!"
Wen Baolin nodded repeatedly.
Although his past life was not as prosperous as Xu Zan's, he had never experienced the hardship of sleeping in the open air.
"Let's go." Xie Xun's eyes fell on Xu Zan's tired face. He took out a few pieces of broken silver from his waist, threw them to the shopkeeper, and strode out.
"Wait a moment." Xu Zan and Wen Baolin quickly went to the guest room to pack their luggage, and then chased out.
After eating at Juxian Building, the best restaurant in Jincheng County, and staying at Fubao Building, the best inn in Jincheng County, Xu Zan and Wen Baolin took a bath one after another, changed into clean clothes, and then gathered together again. In Xie Xun's room, they talked about the results of their recent investigation.
"Zhao Yongsheng, the largest horse farm owner in Jincheng County, should be a member of Song Shizhong, but he also has secret contacts with Lu Deqiu, the prefect of Jincheng County, and the contacts are quite close." Xu Zan looked serious, "But we have not found any contact between Lu Deqiu and Song Shizhong so far. clue."
Wen Baolin took advantage of him to drink water and continued: "Zhao Yongsheng has a man named Xu Tianyi under him. This man is very good at deception. Judging from what we have found so far, this man took advantage of Lu Deqiu's money more than once. A concubine set up a trap to harm the young masters or wealthy businessmen who came to Jincheng County to play, and also deliberately approached the horse dealers who came to do business, tricking them into entering the casino, and ruining their families. "
Chen Anning asked with great interest: "How did Xu Tianyi use Lu Deqiu's concubine to harm those young men and wealthy businessmen?"
"It is said that Xu Tianyi asked this concubine to pretend to be Lu Deqiu's daughter and pretend to be hunted down where the young masters and wealthy businessmen passed by. After the young masters and wealthy businessmen rescued her, they deliberately revealed half of their identities to misunderstand them." Even after hearing it more than once, Xu Zan was still full of praise when talking about it now, "Later, under the deliberate seduction of this concubine, when these young men and wealthy businessmen could not control themselves and wanted to do their good deeds, Lu Deqiu would do it just right. Appear."
"The status of a daughter of an official family is unusual. To avoid being imprisoned or being beaten to death, these young men and wealthy businessmen can only use money to ward off troubles."
"It is said that Xu Tianyi has a very good sense of proportion. The money used by these young masters or wealthy businessmen to deal with the disaster is almost half of his net worth."
Immortal jump?
After hearing this, Chen Anning looked at Xie Xun calmly.
"What's going on with approaching the horse dealer?" Xie Xun asked, feeling strange.
“This deception sounds amazing,” Xu Zan said loudly, “They don’t cheat every horse dealer, but they will first find a target, a horse dealer with a certain scale of business. After finding the target, Zhao Yongsheng would come forward to inquire about the price of the horse, and then have dinner and drink to discuss business. During the negotiation process, Zhao Yongsheng would deliberately raise the price of the horse by two or three cents higher than the market price to lure the horse dealers to take the bait."
"Later, when the business is halfway through, Zhao Yongsheng will suggest changing the venue. Horse dealers often won't refuse in order to do business with him."
"At this time, Zhao Yongsheng will take them to the casino under Xu Tianyi's care."
"At the casino, under the control of Xu Tianyi, these horse dealers will always start with small wins. After winning a few games, they will lose a lot, then win again, lose again, and so on until the horse dealers have all their money. Lose all. Xu Tianyi will take the initiative to lend money or introduce usurious loans to these horse dealers by using words such as a little bit of luck. When horse dealers lose money, they often will not refuse until they bring them. Xu Tianyi will not stop until all the horses are lost."
Fairy Bureau?
Chen Anning and Xie Xun looked at each other again.
There was a faint flash of strange light in the eyes of both of them.
Looking back, Xie Xun asked casually: "Is there anything else?"
"There are so many," Xu Zan became more and more excited as he talked, and even started to praise Xu Tianyi, "This Xu Tianyi is really a talent, but it's a pity that he has used his talent to cheat."
"In addition to harming young men, wealthy businessmen and horse dealers, it is said that he also specially raised a group of beautiful women. Just like the horse dealers, he selected various targets for these women to meet, and then they fell in love with each other. When the target is cheated, they will find various reasons to defraud the target of their money. After the target finds out that he has been deceived, he will ask the target to get him again on the pretext of returning half of the defrauded money, and the deception will continue in this way.”
Wen Baolin added: "I heard that there are hundreds of people who have been deceived."
Pig killing plate.
After Chen Anning clicked her tongue, she looked at Xie Xun with a strange expression: It seems that there are more than two people who have traveled through time.
Xie Xun said nothing and gave Xu Zan a look, asking him to continue talking.
Xu Zan then told Xu Tianxia about the deceptions designed by Xu Tianxia such as splitting the money, drawing a lottery, playing porcelain, and allowing his children to enter the Imperial College to study through relationships.
Chen Anning asked in amazement: "Is this all what people say, or has the evidence been found?"
"I asked people about it." Xu Zan couldn't help but praise Xu Tian a few more words, and then said, "I heard that Xu Tianyi is very cunning. I'm afraid that rashly checking the truth or falsehood will disturb him, so I'll just wait. Coming for you."
"Although we have not verified whether Xu Tianyi planned these scams," Wen Baolin added next to him, "but when we inquired about these information, we also secretly found a few people who had been deceived and deceived, and they confirmed it. , these deceptions are absolutely true.”
"Next," Xie Xun seemed quite cautious about the idea of other time-travelers besides him and Chen Anning, "You two go pick a few targets for them to deceive, and then lurk around them. , collecting evidence at close range. Miss Chen Er and I will continue to investigate the ranch according to the original plan and cover for you."
"Okay!" Xu Zan agreed without hesitation.
After hearing Xu Tianyi's many deceptions, he had been full of curiosity about Xu Tianyi for a long time. If it weren't for business, he would have gone to the casino to see him.
Xie Xun reminded him: "Be careful not to be deceived."
Xu Zan groaned unconvinced: "How could I be deceived?"
Chen Anning looked at his confident but disdainful look and raised her eyebrows calmly: Generally speaking, saying this means that you will be deceived, and you will be deceived miserably.
