On the way back, Nangong Xue looked at Xue Mu, obviously feeling a little incredible.
She couldn't help but ask: "Do you know Commander Meng?"
Xue Mu quickly shook his head: "Of course I don't know him."
"Then why do I feel that he and you seem familiar, and I asked him to increase the number of patrols and place them in every well in the harem to guard them, but he refused."
Nangong Xue became confused: "However, when you told him, he agreed without hesitation."
Xue Mu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "How do I know? Besides, he is the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, and I am just a Qianhu of the Divine Catcher Division. No matter how capable I am, there is no way for me to know such a big shot."
Hearing this, Nangong Xue felt that it made sense.
So she didn't go into too much detail.
In short, it is always a good thing that the Forbidden Army can help the Detective Division to solve the case.
And the other side.
Meng Zhi had been waiting in the eldest princess's palace for a long time.
After Zhao Ruoli left the court, Qing'er came up to him and said, "Your Royal Highness, Commander Meng has come to see you."
She then looked at Meng Zhi and asked, "Are they coming to find you?"
Meng Zhi nodded and held his hands: "As expected by the eldest princess, Nangong Xue and Xue Mu did come to see Wei Chen, and Wei Chen agreed as the eldest princess asked."
"Okay, then this time you should also ask your brothers to pay more attention to see if there is anyone suspicious in the palace. After all, several cases have appeared one after another, which can be regarded as the Forbidden Army's dereliction of duty."
Zhao Ruoli's words made Meng Zhi a little scared.
In fact, he knew very well that Zhao Ruoli was reminding him.
Once the matter gets bigger, it is very likely that His Majesty will blame himself for the inability of the Imperial Guard to protect him.
When the time comes, he may be fined a salary, or in serious cases, he may even lose his position as commander.
So Meng Zhi naturally listened to what Zhao Ruoli said.
Helping Xue Mu was not only for Zhao Ruoli's advice, but also for his own future.
After Meng Zhi left, Zhao Ruoli said to Qing'er, "Let's leave the palace today."
"Yes, Your Highness the Princess."
Qing'er naturally knew that today was most likely the day when Xue Mu was going to leave.
So Zhao Ruoli was determined to go to the teahouse to meet him.
As for Xue Mu.
Although at present, there is still no clue about the case in the palace.
He doesn't even know who did it?
Moreover, there are so many concubines and beauties in the harem, so it is not convenient to check them one by one. After all, those are the emperor's women. If anything happens, His Majesty will definitely blame himself.
In addition, in the harem, there are many maids and eunuchs up and down, which is already a lot just from the base number.
It is even more difficult to investigate.
Fortunately, the Queen did not blame him.
I just want the Detective Division to solve the case as soon as possible to prevent the case from getting bigger and bigger.
But in fact, Xue Mu was not worried.
No matter how you say it, you are just a thousand households.
Even if you want to ask the Sin God Catcher, the first one is the commander-in-chief Lu Jianghe.
No matter how bad it is, it’s still Nangong Xue.
Although Nangong Xue had helped her with shooting, Xue Mu still had no choice but to help her when she accidentally lost her head.
The current situation is clear at a glance.
Or the mastermind in the harem showed his chicken feet and was caught by them.
Otherwise, the Forbidden Army would wait and find clues.
There is no other way.
Xue Mu counted the time and slipped out of the back door when his shift was about to end.
As soon as he walked out of the backyard, Liu Xiaodao's voice came.
"grown ups."
"Liu Xiaodao?"
Xue Mu was a little surprised.
Liu Xiaodao risked his life to remind himself that someone was going to kill Huang Haigui, the magistrate of Nanhua County. It had been a long time since he had met him.
"Xiao Dao, why are you here? Where have you been during this time?"
Liu Xiaodao smiled and said, "Sir, I'm going to investigate the case for you."
"Investigating the case?" Xue Mu did not tell him to investigate the case.
So he wondered: "Why don't I know what case to investigate?"
"It was the case of dividing the land in Zhangjiazhuang." Liu Xiaodao explained.
When Xue Mu heard this, he immediately pulled him aside and asked in a low voice: "What did you find out?"
Liu Xiaodao replied: "Sir, when I learned that Mr. Xu Jie was investigating this case, I knew there must be something fishy, so I visited Zhangjiazhuang and most of the villagers in Nanhua County, and they told me."
"Actually, most of the fields are not owned by Huang Shoucheng, that is, the old landlord, nor his uncle Huang Haigui, but are managed by a housekeeper."
Liu Xiaodao's words made Xue Mu even more confused.
He couldn't help but ask: "Who is that housekeeper? Have you found any information?"
"Originally I couldn't find out, but when I was walking around the county that day, a child told me that there was a group of people walking in front of me, and the middle-aged man in the middle was the so-called housekeeper."
Liu Xiaodao continued: "So I followed him all the way, and then I came to a house, and that house said Cui House."
"Cui Mansion?" A name that was both unfamiliar and somewhat familiar immediately sounded in Xue Mu's mind.
That is Cui He, the Minister of Punishment.
But he did not make any preconceptions. Instead, he asked Liu Xiaodao: "Have you found out who the owner of this mansion is?"
"Of course I found it." Liu Xiaodao said confidently: "I squatted for three days and three nights, and finally found out the owner of the Cui Mansion. He is Cui He, the Minister of Punishment of the Daqing Dynasty."
"It's indeed him."
Xue Mu whispered to himself.
Liu Xiaodao then asked: "Sir, this guy must have something to do with the fields in Nanhua County. Do you want to go check it out?"
Xue Mu shook his head: "Don't worry about it for the time being. This Minister of the Ministry of Justice is much better than me in terms of official rank and connections. Let's not scare the snake."
Then he took out a small bag of silver from his pocket: "You have worked hard these days, and I didn't expect that you were silently investigating this matter. Next time, remember to tell me your whereabouts in advance, otherwise I will be worried. "
Hearing this, Liu Xiaodao was naturally moved.
After all, no one has said these caring words since I was a child.
He did not accept the money, but said: "Don't worry, sir. As long as I am here, your intelligence and safety will be with me."
Xue Mu laughed, and then asked tentatively: "Guess how strong my strength is now?"
Only then did Liu Xiaodao realize that Xue Mu's strength was developing very quickly.
He shook Xue Mu's arm and said in surprise: "Sir, how come your strength has developed so quickly."
"I didn't expect it." Xue Mu smiled.
Liu Xiaodao also felt ashamed of himself: "Back then, my lord, I couldn't even take a single step without a trace. Now, not only is my qinggong better than me, but my physical strength is also superior to mine. From now on, I have to follow my lord to earn a living."
"Don't worry, you will never be hungry while I'm here. No matter what, we have a life-long friendship." Xue Mu patted his shoulder and explained.
After a brief chat, Liu Xiaodao left.
When he got halfway, he found that he was a little burdensome.
He touched it and discovered that Xue Mu had hung the small bag of silver on his body when he wasn't paying attention.
"My lord is so kind to me. If I were a woman, I would definitely give my life to you."
"It's a pity that I also have the skills."
"Why"
Afterwards, Liu Xiaodao went to his favorite stall and asked the boss for ten chicken butts.
Xue Mu briefly reviewed the current clues.
Xu Jie, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs at the time, reported to His Majesty many times because of the tax reform, which made Emperor Qing Longyan furious and demoted him to the position of head of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
But even though Xu Jie was demoted to head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, he still investigated local tax issues.
The first step was to go to Nanhua County to investigate the land distribution in Zhangjiazhuang.
When he discovered that many villagers' fields had been secretly reduced, he wrote that booklet in order to use it as evidence later.
As a result, he was framed by the people behind the scenes.
He was eventually imprisoned for embezzling tens of thousands of taels.
The person who can easily frame and imprison the head of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Cui Hyuk, is probably the Minister of Punishment.
And his subordinate Lu Yuantong was his pawn.
Perhaps 80% of the harvested fields belonged to Cui He, 10% belonged to Lu Yuantong, and the remaining 10% belonged to the county magistrate Huang Haigui.
Under such layers of protection.
Nanhua County has become a steady stream of income for several of them.
This is also a typical case of officials protecting each other.
When Xue Mu thought of this, he felt a little angry.
After all, he found that the displaced refugees outside the city looked homeless.
But the gentlemen in the city ate meat and kept wives and concubines, completely ignoring the lives of people outside.
How can such an official be a good official?
However, Xue Mu doesn't have many ways to change all this right now.
He is now just a divine catcher Si Qianhu.
Not much can be done.
"When I get promoted in the future and have more rights, I will overturn the case for Mr. Xu Jie."
This is what Xue Mu is thinking.
While walking, I came to the publishing house.
"Shopkeeper Zhou."
"Oh, Agui, you're finally here." When Zhou Qingshan saw Xue Mu, it was like seeing a money tree.
Xue Mu took out two new manuscripts from his arms: "This manuscript is for you."
"Agui, you don't know that after the update of "Dream of Red Mansions" to the 10th chapter, almost all the girls and gentlemen in the capital come to me to buy the serialized version, urging me every day."
"Can you ask your lady to write more so that I can report to them?" Zhou Qingshan asked.
Xue Mu laughed: "Too much is too little, and shopkeepers value rare things. If the frequency of updates is too fast, they will naturally not cherish it."
"That makes sense, so take your time. After all, quality is more important." Zhou Qingshan then took out a large bag of silver coins from the cabinet: "There is quite a lot of silver coins this time. Do you want me to give it to you?" My men will escort you back."
"No need." Xue Mu shook his head: "I can do it myself."
"Okay, then Agui, go away slowly and let your lady write the next manuscript."
"good."
Xue Mu is ready to walk out of the publishing house.
at the same time.
Something unpleasant happened on the second floor of the teahouse.
I saw a young man from Hukou Hall looking at Zhao Ruoli and warning again: "My helmsman asked you to go over and accompany him, but you refused. Do you not know how to write the word "death"?"
Qing'er was very angry, but she was a little helpless.
Because Meng Zhi is not around today.
If Commander Meng had been around, these people would have died with their arms and legs cut off.
Qing'er angrily said: "This is in the capital, how can you be so presumptuous?"
"It's a joke, who doesn't know that this street is controlled by us? Who doesn't know our Taiye?" The younger brother slapped the table again and asked arrogantly: "Let me ask you again, little girl, are you going or not?" "
Zhao Ruoli looked at him calmly, picked up the cup of tea in front of her, took a sip, and then said: "I won't go to see him. If he is willing to come, he can come and pick me up."
"Hey! What a loud tone." The younger brother said and raised his arm, trying to slap him.
At this time, Chen Tai walked over, with several people surrounding him.
I saw him kicking away the younger brother who was about to slap her, and cursed: "You are such a melon head, how can you treat such a beautiful girl like this? Go back and kneel for me for an hour today."
When the younger brother heard this, he took two steps back in embarrassment.
Zhao Ruoli looked at the so-called Chen Tai, said nothing, and just continued to drink tea.
Chen Tai became even more interested when he saw her looking at ease.
Men are like that sometimes.
The more women ignore him.
The more he wanted to move forward.
With a sense of conquest.
Chen Tai then sat in front of Zhao Ruoli and asked, "Don't you know the girl's name?"
"Zhao Li."
"Where do you live?"
Zhao Ruoli looked at him and smiled: "I think it's best for you not to ask too clearly."
Chen Tai laughed.
Everyone around him laughed too.
"Girl, don't ask me. This street is owned by me, Chen Tai. I don't know if the girl is married. If not, I will go to your house tomorrow to propose marriage. How about you being my concubine?" Chen Tai asked road.
Qing'er felt that these people were very unreasonable, so she said angrily: "Do you know who she is? She is..."
Just as he was about to reveal Zhao Ruoli's identity, Zhao Ruoli interrupted: "Qing'er, there's no need to say it."
Chen Tai was happy when he heard this.
This is a pig pretending to be an elephant with its trunk inserted.
He once again extended the invitation: "Miss Zhao, it's better to choose a different day than to hit the sun. Otherwise, we will come to propose marriage today. Come on, I will take you to see my father-in-law and mother-in-law."
With that said, Chen Tai was ready to stretch out his hand.
The moment he stretched out his hand, Zhao Ruoli slapped it with his palm, then took the chopsticks on the table and inserted them directly.
"ah!!!"
Chen Tai's eyes widened as he saw a small hole poked in his palm.
Everyone else was surprised too.
They swarmed up, wanting to help their hall master vent his anger.
Then the next second, a voice came.
"Stop it all."
At this time, everyone looked back.
They immediately shouted: "Strategy!"
Xue Mu walked over calmly, looked at Chen Tai and asked, "Are you teasing a decent woman again?!"
Chen Tai pointed to his blood-covered hands and replied in agony: "Xue, Mr. Xue, you are unjust."
Hear them shouting for military advisor.
Zhao Ruoli, who was sitting there without moving, narrowed her eyes slightly, as if watching a play and found it very interesting.
(End of chapter)
