Taishou Chi paid great attention to the confiscation of the Wu family's house. He ordered Xia Changshi to personally lead the team and selected fifty capable government officials and five scribes who were proficient in arithmetic from Sihu Cao. It took half a day to load ten carriages vigorously and return to the government office, which brought a perfect end to the house raid.
Of course, the exact amount of money and property that was confiscated, and how much was recorded and stored in the treasury, is not something that a mere judicial officer can interfere with.
Hua Yitang arranged only one job for Wu Da, which was to bring back all the letterheads, IOUs, etc. that Wu Zhengli had with others.
Wu Da did bring it back. Hua Yitang rummaged through the pile of letters and books and found no valuable letterheads, nor any IOUs related to gambling debts. Obviously, someone was in Xia A long time ago, all written evidence was destroyed.
Hua Yitang found nothing and was very unhappy. She stood in front of the clue combing wall, waving her fan and started to be in a daze.
Fortunately, Ling Zhiyan found new clues in the embroidery shop's customer list.
"There are two acquaintances in the account books of Xichun Embroidery Shop in Huamao Lane, Dongshi City," Ling Zhiyan showed the account books to everyone, "On the first day of April in the seventh year of Xuanfeng, Minina of Yongzhoufang ordered a begonia screen. On the third day of April, Duan Hongning of Hongxiangfang ordered a piece of Begonia silk handkerchief." He turned a few pages back and read, "On April 15th of the seventh year of Xuanfeng period, Lian Xiaoshuang, the embroiderer of Jinxifang, supplied a piece of Begonia screen and Begonia silk. Five handkerchiefs and two silver coins."
Jin Ruo: "Maybe it's just a coincidence?"
Ling Zhiyan shook her head, "Not only Xi Chun Embroidery Shop, but also the two embroidery shops that Xiao Shuang often goes to, Yue Liu Embroidery Shop on Yuanxi Street in Bei City and Fang Yu Embroidery Shop on Jinting Road in West City also have the same order. Duan Hongning and Min Ni Na placed an order at the beginning of the month, and Lian Xiaoshuang would deliver the goods on the 15th of every month. Such orders were placed almost every month, but the orders were scattered in different embroidery workshops, and the intervals were irregular, so they were not easy to be found. This continued almost continuously. For a year and a half, until Lian Xiaoshuang was arrested by Wu Zhengli and sent to another hospital——"
Jin Ruo nodded: "It must be an appointment."
"If Lian Xiaoshuang is the pipa girl next to Minina, then it's not surprising that she knows Duan Hongning. What's strange is, why do they have to meet in such a mysterious way?" Lin Sui'an scratched his forehead, "Could they be trying to hide something? ?”
"Maybe we should go visit Mrs. Duan." Ling Zhiyan said.
Lin Sui'an's eyes suddenly lit up, "What Ling Sizhi said is true, let's set off immediately!"
Oooh! Hongxiangfang in Yidu! There must be a lot of beauties inside, and the scenery is infinitely beautiful!
"Wait a minute," Hua Yitang suddenly said, "There is still another place that needs to be explored."
As he said that, he pointed to the word "Gambling House" at the bottom of the clue wall with his fan, "There must be clues about Lian Xiaoshuang's lover in the Fangyuan Gambling House that Wu Zhengli often went to. He was previously wary of the power of the Wuling Alliance and avoided its edge. Don’t dare to act rashly, you can go through the battle at Sanhualou last night——”
"Anyway, our relationship with the Wuling Alliance has already been forged, so we'll just keep beating him up if we don't do anything!" Jin Ruo waved his fist and shouted, "I'll send a message to Lord Gan right now, asking her to pick a few more Here comes a good guy——"
"We are here to explore for clues, not to start a group fight!" Lin Sui'an slapped Jin Ruo on the back of the head, "You know how to fight every day, and when you travel around the world, you have to convince people with your virtue, do you understand?!"
Jin Ruo covered his head and felt aggrieved, "Master, don't you blush when you say such things?"
Lin Sui'an stared, and Jin Ruo shrank his neck and did not dare to speak.
"It's just a gambling house, why bother to mobilize a large number of people? Hua and Lin Sui'an are enough..." Hua Yitang said halfway, his eyes rolled, "Eta, you can go and have fun with us."
Ita grimaced, "Eta, I hate gambling houses."
Lin Sui'an: "Come back and buy sugar cakes for you and Qinglong."
Ita reluctantly nodded.
"Silang... that..." Ling Zhiyan covered her mouth with her fists and hesitated, "Ling is not good at chatting with women. Why don't you let me go to the gambling house with Mrs. Lin? How about Silang and Jin Ruo going to Hongxiangfang? "
Hua Yitang blinked his big eyes, "It's fine with me, but I heard that Fangyuan Gambling requires a capital verification before entering, and those with less than fifty coins are not allowed to enter. Does Liu Lang have enough money?"
Ling Zhiyan made a quick decision: "Ling goes to Hongxiangfang."
Jin Ruo pointed to his nose, "What about me?"
Hua Yitang: "Little Jin Ruo will naturally accompany Mr. Ling Sizhi to Hongxiangfang."
Jin Ruo: "I want to go to the gambling house to watch Eta kill everyone——"
Hua Yitang sighed, hooked his arm around Jin Ruo's neck, and lowered his voice, "Here we go to Hongxiangfang. You have a heavy responsibility!"
Jin Ruo was stunned and gestured to his neck with his hand, "Do you want me to do Duan Hongning secretly?"
Hua Yitang almost ducked his neck, "I asked you to protect Liu Lang!"
"Hongxiangfang are all weak girls, so what danger can there be? What's more, Ling Sizhi's martial arts is not weak. Even if he encounters any danger, he can more than protect himself, right?"
"Innocent!" Hua Yitang hit Jin Ruo on the head with a fan, "What is the Xingyang Ling family most famous for?"
Jin Ruo scratched his head, "Sword skills? Military exploits?"
"Wrong! It's honesty and poverty!"
"..."
"The girls in Hongxiangfang are all charming, affectionate, and eloquent. Liulang is handsome, soft-hearted, and easy to deceive. He is the favorite prey of those girls. If Liulang is thrown into the In Hongxiangfang, isn’t that——” Hua Yitang’s eyes widened, “Sheep, enter, tiger, mouth?!”
"..."
Jin Ruo turned around and glanced at Ling Zhiyan.
Master Ling Sizhi frowned and looked embarrassed. He recalled his reaction when he saw Hua Yimeng before. Well... when he got along with women, he was indeed - in Master's words - not very smart...
"Forget it, I, the dignified young master of the Jing Sect, will accompany him to the dragon's pond and the tiger's den!" Jin Ruohao angrily patted his chest.
"Young Master is righteous!" Hua Yitang threw a bag of gold leaves to Jin Ruo, "Be careful along the way!"
Jin Ruo carried the golden leaf in his arms, hugged Ling Zhiyan's shoulders and walked away.
Hua Yitang covered his mouth with a fan, rubbing his hands secretly to suppress his laughter.
Lin Sui'an poked his shoulder, "What did you do to Jin again?"
Hua Yitang immediately corrected his expression, "Hua asked Jin Ruo to pay more attention to Duan Hongning's words and deeds, and not to let go of anything suspicious."
Lin Sui'an: "..."
Is not this nonsensical? Do you still need special advice?
Hua Yitang smiled and said, "Without further delay, Mu Xia, change your clothes! We'll leave in a quarter of an hour!"
Lin Sui'an looked at Hua Yitang's cheerful figure running towards the inner hall, feeling suspicious.
Something is wrong, there must be something fishy.
At the same time, in the inner hall.
Mu Xia put out the "Hanyuan Feiying Shirt", "Smoke Ning Purple Belt", "Aimei Fairy Far Boots" and "Yuliang Jade Fan" that she had prepared a long time ago, with a very excited expression on her face, " Tonight I’m wearing a new fragrance I prepared, called ‘Wind makes dragonfly, clear green brings autumn’.”
Then he spread out the map of Yidu Square and gestured with his fingers, "Xisifang, where Fangyuan Gambling House is located, is the highest square in Yidu. When you climb up and look into the distance, thousands of lights are like stars. It is most poetic and picturesque. Returning from Xisi Square In Yacheng, Feihong Bridge on the Yujiang River is the only way to go. Stroll along the bridge, the river breeze is blowing, the wind is clear and the moon is bright. It is a popular place for young men and women in Yidu City to have a tryst under the moon. Its popularity is second only to Daci Temple at Dadongmen. .”
"Wuchun's kung fu is not very good, but his ability to read Feng Shui is quite good." Hua Yitang neatly took off his official robe, put on the Feiying shirt, layer after layer, nine layers in total, and posed in front of the mirror. A handsome look, "How about it?"
Mu Xia showed her eighteen teeth, "Silang is naturally radiant and handsome."
Hua Yitang hung up the fragrant sachet ball, opened the fan, and turned around in the mirror twice. She was very satisfied and went out in a hurry. Lin Sui'an and Ita sneezed at the same time outside.
Mu Xia stretched her neck and looked outside the door, with a forty-year-old smile of relief on her fourteen-year-old face.
Neither Hua Yitang nor Mu Xia noticed that under the pile of clothes they had just changed on the couch, a hand like a dead tree slowly reached out, grabbed a piece and threw it far away.
Fang Ke yawned, raised his eyelids to look at it, sneered, turned around and fell asleep again.
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Mu Xia: Shiro, come on!
Fang Ke: If I bet on a human leg bone, it would definitely be a no-win! :,,
