An Ying packed his bags and prepared to go to Huzhou again.
Guo Langzhong sighed at the side and said: "What are you doing? No one will give you travel allowance for traveling back and forth. You are so honest. Luo Qiaoniang's matter should end here. Don't be thankless."
An Ying recalled that when she first became a lawyer in her previous life, her tutor said earnestly: "Do what the client asks for if you can, and don't force yourself. A job that only costs a few bucks is not worth working hard for."
She understands the principles. Many people have taught her, but she can't learn it. She just wants to do it.
"Master Guo, I'm not doing it all for Luo Qiaoniang. I just want to know."
"Hey." Guo Langzhong patted the dust on the soles of his shoes, "You should come to the Ministry of Punishment for being so stupid. Well, you either go to Mr. Chen and ask for a wristband, or you go to Huzhou Mansion as a commoner girl. It is difficult for the government to move even an inch."
When thinking of Chen Dong, An Ying felt bloody. She didn't expect Chen Dong to be like this.
"Um, can I talk to Mr. Su? I feel like I can talk to Mr. Su."
"What? You can't talk to me?" Chen Dong passed by early in the morning and heard the conversation between Lao Guo and the girl from the An family. He didn't take it seriously at first, but now he was unhappy when he heard this. How come everyone likes that boy from the Su family? !
An Ying was startled, turned around and saluted quickly, his heart was spinning rapidly, what should I say?
"What? Haven't you decided what to say yet?" Chen Dong sneered, making An Ying's hair stand on end.
An Ying looked at Lao Guo, who was pretending to be dead next to him, and gritted his teeth and said, "Master Chen is looking up to my daughter. Master Chen happened to be here, and my daughter had the audacity to ask for a favor. I'll go to Huzhou Mansion to investigate again."
"Are you doing it for Luo Qiaoniang's last wish? She almost killed your father, and may have implicated the three clans. You were either exiled or sold to an official as a slave. I heard that Xiao Su also wanted to recruit you into the Ministry of Punishment. I think this is such an unkind intention. You will get into trouble in the future!”
During the time that An Ying and Chen Dong had been together, it was rare to hear him say so many words. Although it was not pleasant to listen to, it was good that she understood. She saluted seriously and said: "It's not all for Luo Qiaoniang, mainly because I want to find out. I This person has had this temper since he was a child, otherwise he would not be able to eat well or sleep well if he kept this matter in his mind."
Chen Dong looked at her with an expressionless expression. He grabbed the pen on the desk and wrote, "Okay, you are not from the Ministry of Justice. You don't have a car or horse to travel. You pay for it yourself." The Huzhou government office asked Shi Yongming , the newly appointed Shaoyin of Huzhou Prefecture."
An Ying arrived in Huzhou smoothly. She had traveled back and forth on this official road many times. Compared to the previous embarrassment, this time with Master Chen Dong's note, she could stay at the government-run inns along the way for free, which made it much easier and safer.
She first found an acquaintance introduced by Yang Ye, Detective Wang Da.
"Oh, Secretary Cheng, I'm not familiar with him. He doesn't move around much with the people from the government office." Wang Dada took a big sip of mutton soup and continued: "He moved here from Qiantang Mansion. I heard it was his former Introduced by Shangfeng. But one day we were drinking together and he came too, so we talked about how good he was at Shangfeng, and he arranged a good place for his subordinates before he retired. What do you think Cheng Lu said? "
Wang Da continued: "Cheng Lu said that the old traitor Guo Feng had no good intentions. If he hadn't accepted a large amount of filial piety from him, where would the arrangements have been?"
An Ying asked strangely: "Does that mean Cheng Lu bribed Guo Feng to arrange errands? Cheng Lu seems to have an ordinary family. The most valuable thing is the small house in Qiantang Mansion. I heard that there is an old mother in the family and five or six children. It seems like He gave up the Jinshi exam because he really had no money to live on."
"No. He rented out the house in Qiantang Mansion and rented a courtyard in the corner of Huzhou City. The whole family lived on his one tael of silver per month. He even provided lunch provided by the government office. He wanted to take them home. So he rarely participated when everyone ate and drank together on weekdays. That time, Wang Laotou was promoted and invited guests, so he went there. He only came from Qiantang Mansion in recent years, and he had no foundation. I don’t have much money, and I don’t have much contact with other secretaries on weekdays.”
An Ying thought to herself that the money that was used to bribe Guo Feng was probably given by the Wang family in the Wang Shi case. She asked again: "How does Cheng Lu usually work in the government office? Is there anything like blackmailing relatives of prisoners?" Something?"
"That's not the case. Cheng Lu is a cautious person, how can he have the courage to do such things. Besides, Miss An has also heard about helping in the government office these days. It turns out that the Fu Yin and Shao Yin have been fighting constantly. During this period, the government office Civil servants are divided into two factions, and we, the policemen who wander the streets, do not participate in this matter. These factions fight with each other like black eyes, but there is an advantage. No one dares to do anything to seek personal gain with power. Be careful or the other party will catch you." Wang Da continued: "But as you can see, Miss An, these factional struggles have caused those civil servants to not do practical things all day long. I heard that He Zhizhou was arrested, and our brothers are quite cool It’s not a taste. He Zhizhou is the only one who actually does the work here. Those civil servants nodded in the morning and left after lunch. It was so easy for us to catch a thief and even when we wrote the file, we couldn’t find a clerk. He Zhizhou. Zhizhou has nothing to do with these secretaries, they are all from Fuyin or Shaoyin. Sometimes, He Zhizhou will ask students from the academy to help with clerical work."
An Ying nodded and asked: "Then Cheng Lu takes things seriously in his daily work, just like other clerks?"
"I once handled a case, and Cheng Lu was the one who filed the files. He was better than those secretaries who worked hard, but he had less sense of responsibility than those close secretaries in He Zhizhou. How should I put it, on the surface, he was 30% to 30% I've done it all for you, and you won't accept any more. My brother was half an hour late in sending him his confession. He packed his things and went to the office on time, without even waiting for half an hour. He has to go to the office tomorrow for business matters. Say it again."
"By the way, Cheng Lu doesn't have any relatives or friends in Huzhou?" An Ying suddenly thought of something and continued to ask: "Why else would he spend money to move from Qiantang Mansion to Huzhou Mansion? In terms of wealth, Huzhou cannot compare with Qiantang, even if he This place has been upgraded two levels, so it’s not as good as other ways to make money in Qiantang Mansion, right?”
Seeing that An Ying and Wang Da were chatting animatedly, Yang Ye thoughtfully called the street woman in and poured three bowls of orange peel and salty bean soup.
Wang Da took a sip of the hot soup and said, "I haven't heard of it. Hey, where is his ancestral home?"
"His ancestral home is Sixian County, Huizhou." An Ying thought of Cheng Lu's file.
"Yes, he said that his hometown is in Sixian County, Huizhou. There is no one at home, and he took my mother with him. But he has a sister who married to Huzhou. Maybe it's because her sister is in Huzhou, right?" Wang Da thought Thinking about it.
An Ying immediately asked: "Are you sure? I haven't heard that Cheng Lu has relatives in Huzhou before."
"It's true, one time I was patrolling in the north of the city and happened to meet him walking by with a food box. I chatted with him for a few words, and he took out a few green balls from the food box and gave them to me. He just came out of his sister’s house, and his sister brought this food home for him. But I don’t know if it’s his biological sister.”
"Do you remember where it is in the north of the city?" An Ying felt that there seemed to be something important.
"Probably near the Yizi Bridge in the north of the city." Wang Da asked strangely while eating.
Wang Da took another sip of soup and suddenly remembered something. He couldn't help but pick out his ears and said, "But when you said that, I remembered that Cheng Lu's sister seems to be a tea maker too, and she should be in the same family as yours." . When he gave me the Youth League, he casually said that his sister has been busy making tea these days and rushing to make the Youth League at home. As a tea shop in your family, you know that the Qingming Festival is the busiest time for tea households. I think his sister must be from a tea house family so she would say that."
Wang Da looked at the sun outside and said: "Miss An, thank you for the meal. Fortunately, I have something to eat. I left home early in the morning and there was nothing at home. I walked hungry for a long time. I have to continue my patrol, so I'll leave first. Yeah."
An Ying and Wang Da chatted for half a day before leaving. She was walking on the road while looking down and thinking, and accidentally bumped into someone. She apologized quickly and raised her head suddenly, "Mr. Su, why are you here!"
Su Huangzhe smiled and said, "I have the same problem as you."
"Huh?" An Ying didn't understand.
"I'm a little confused, so I keep thinking about it." Su Huangzhe pointed at the bundle An Ying carried, "It seems you've memorized it a lot. Why, do you have a clue?"
An Ying nodded, "Sir, do you still remember the confessions of the villagers of Shuanglin Village?"
"Well, I basically remember it. How should I put it?"
"Let's go to a tea shop first and have something to eat. I have a few questions and I'll check them out. You should also take a look at what I've memorized first."
In the tea shop, Su Huangzhe flipped through the thick notes like flying, and An Ying said: "I always feel that Zheng Ping played a very important role here."
Su Huangzhe looked at the piles of confessions and said, "But as I analyzed with you last time, regardless of whether Zheng Ping really deliberately misled Luo Qiaoniang, it was Luo Pingniang's matter that finally made Luo Qiaoniang take the risk."
