This booklet looks a bit old in terms of texture.
To the touch, there should be a rope wrapped around it to keep it sealed.
Although Xue Mu now has 3% vision recovery.
But I still can't see what the book looks like.
He planned to let Xu Ruyan take a look after finishing the meal.
After a while, two women came out.
They also brought a lot of food.
It seems that today is another sumptuous meal.
"Master, it's time to eat." Xu Ruyan placed the plate of fish in front of him and reminded: "Master, be careful when you eat fish later."
"good."
During the meal, in order to avoid their worries, Xue Mu finally said: "In two days, I may have to cooperate with you on a case. It's a bit risky. You guys can take care of each other at home."
As soon as these words came out, Xu Ruyan and Leng Mei also looked at each other.
At this time, Leng Mei asked: "Does this case involve lives?"
"Maybe." Xue Mu nodded.
After all, the people he will be dealing with in the next few days will not be ruffians like Chen Tai, but real bandits who kill without blinking an eye.
If one is not careful, one's life may really be lost.
Xu Ruyan said nervously: "Can you not go?"
"If you don't go, you probably won't be able to stay in the prison anymore, so you have to go." Xue Mu explained.
After hearing this, Xu Ruyan stopped talking.
But she didn't say much, but ate her meal in silence.
Seeing that the atmosphere on the field was a bit cold, Xue Mu smiled and said: "Why do I feel like I'm going to die on the spot the next day? It's not that exaggerated. I just went to do odd jobs. Besides, catching criminals is a must. It's up to the people from the Divine Catching Division to handle it, and the best I can do is to do it."
After hearing these words, Xu Ruyan felt a little more at ease.
She nodded and said: "Young master is right, then when you go out, you must be more careful and run away when you encounter danger."
"Okay, I will definitely do it, don't worry." Xue Mu pretended to be happy.
Leng Mei stood aside and said nothing.
She knew that what Xue Mu encountered this time was probably not that simple.
After dinner, while Xu Ruyan was cleaning up, Leng Mei said to him, "Remember to take that knife."
"Okay, I understand, Sister Leng."
With that said, Leng Mei entered the room and never came out again.
After a while, Xu Ruyan came out of the kitchen again.
Xue Mu then said to her: "Let's go into your house."
Xu Ruyan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and led him inside.
After closing the door, Xu Ruyan said nervously: "Sir, what's wrong?"
"Look what's written here?" Xue Mu took out the booklet from his arms.
Xu Ruyan looked at the book, sat down, and then asked: "This is it?"
"I got this from the floor tiles in your house. Maybe it was left by your father. Open it quickly and see what's written inside." Xue Mu reminded.
Xu Ruyan was very surprised when she heard this.
She immediately held the booklet and observed it.
"There is a rope tied here, let me remove it first."
After saying that, Xu Ruyan started to take action.
In the process, she even felt a little strenuous.
Obviously if this was left by her father, then it must have recorded something very important.
That's why it's wrapped so tightly.
Xue Mu was obviously nervous.
If the things inside can confirm Xu Jie's identity, then the previous mystery will be solved.
Now, he wondered whether Xu Jie, like his father, was an undercover agent secretly placed by Daxia Kingdom in Daqing.
He then asked: "What is written in this?"
"this......"
When Xu Ruyan opened the booklet and looked at the contents, she hesitated for a moment.
She continued to flip through it, her expression becoming more solemn every time she read a page.
Xue Mu knew that she must have seen something extraordinary, so he waited patiently.
Until Xu Ruyan raised her head, she said nervously: "This is a book that records the data on the size of each household's fields near the capital."
"Data?" Xue Mu wondered: "What data?"
"Each household is more or less allocated some fields for farming. The number of acres of land per person is determined by the rules. My father has been busy for most of the year, maybe just for this reason."
She continued: "But what is recorded here, each household has more registrations than actual."
"What's the meaning?"
"For example, this family in Zhangjiazhuang outside the city, Zhang Baisheng, recorded four acres of land, but after the actual measurement, my father corrected the data to three acres and five minutes of land."
When Xue Mu heard this, he asked: "Actually, five points of land are missing?"
Xu Ruyan nodded: "Yes, if you go by my father's book, it should be like this."
Xue Mu quickly asked: "Continue to take a look, are they all like this?"
Xu Ruyan flipped through the pages of the book at the back, and then nodded: "Almost all, more or less less."
"Then can you see if there are fewer registrations than the actual ones?"
"No."
Xue Mu was surprised: "Are you sure so quickly?"
Xu Ruyan replied: "I was also speculating on this possibility just now, so when I looked at it, I paid special attention to the numbers, but I couldn't find it."
Xue Mu then recalled that she had a photographic memory.
It seems that this booklet is not complete.
If there are many people, there must be few.
This is an ironclad law.
Maybe during Xu Jie's investigation, it's not necessarily that someone is unwilling to cooperate.
In any case, this booklet involves land and tax issues for each quarter.
Xue Mu felt that this booklet must be well hidden.
He then said to Xu Ruyan: "Ruyan, can you write down all the contents of this booklet tonight?"
"Yeah, I can."
"It'll be okay if you write it down. I'll give you one more night."
"No, sir, one night is enough."
Seeing that Xu Ruyan was so confident, Xue Mu felt that he should also trust her memory.
So he encouraged: "Okay, then try to remember the contents of this booklet tonight. This booklet is very important. We must hide it and cannot take it out casually, so if you remember these numbers, then we will It’s easy to handle.”
"Okay, don't worry, young master." Xu Ruyan nodded.
Seeing that it was getting late, Xue Mu planned to leave.
Seeing this, Xu Ruyan asked cautiously: "Sir, is it dangerous for you to go out to handle the case this time? You just didn't say it on purpose."
Xue Mu knew that although she was simple in nature, she had a delicate mind.
So he no longer concealed it and said, "Well, I might lose my life this time."
"Then...can you not go..." Xu Ruyan mustered up her courage.
Her eyes were slightly red, with some tears in her eyes: "I no longer have my father, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
"Don't worry, Ru Yan, I'll be fine. Besides, we still have to make a lot of money from "The Romance of the West Chamber"!" Xue Mu consoled her.
He knew that Xu Ruyan was secretly shedding tears, so he followed his intuition and slowly came to her.
He reached out and touched her face, wiping away her tears.
At this moment, Xu Ruyan couldn't help it anymore.
She moved her head forward slightly and buried herself in Xue Mu's arms. She carefully held his clothes with her two small hands and cried softly.
It was at this moment that Xue Mu felt.
If my strength has improved these days, it is to prevent myself from being bullied anymore.
Then the future improvement in strength and status is to reassure those who care about you.
This also made him more determined to pass the case of the gangster and slowly move closer to a higher status...
