Several Jinyi guards came over and invited Lu Bai to go to the restaurant.
These Jin Yiwei are under Zhao Baili.
They have a fighting spirit.
Zhao Baili also valued Lu Bai, so they had always intended to be on good terms with Lu Bai.
They were also willing to make good friends with Lu Bai.
There is money.
When dining out or drinking, it's all Lu Bai's treat.
Lu Bai and the others sat down in a restaurant not far from Jin Yiwei. One Jin Yiwei tilted his head to a table next to him.
There were three imperial guards sitting there.
They were scribes in the archives, and they were colleagues with Yu Quan.
According to Yu Shuang, Yu Quan has a very good relationship with them, and they usually sit together and have a drink like this.
"Master Lu, how is the investigation of your case going?" Yi Jinyiwei asked Lu Bai at the right moment.
Lu Bai took a sip of wine.
"I'm investigating two cases now, Yan Xiaoqi's disappearance, and my adoptive father's case. Damn, I have some clues. I almost died because of this."
Several Jinyi guards started making noises and asked Lu Bai to talk.
"Someone asked the killer of Yingwu Tower to kill me. Fortunately, my brother is handsome and charming, so the girl from Yingwu Tower fell in love at first sight and threw himself into his arms..."
Yo!
Several of the Jin Yiwei got interested and stopped acting.
They came to Lu Bai to talk about it carefully.
"That girl's body..."
Lu Bai was busy playing the drums, who knew how she was doing.
"Ahem, let's talk about the case. The resident girl told me that the person who wanted to kill me was..."
Lu Bai lowered his voice, "General flag!"
"General flag!"
A guard in Jinyi was shocked and said something that resounded throughout the restaurant.
He quickly covered his mouth.
This restaurant is not far from the guard station, and many Jinyi guards come here to eat during lunch.
At this moment, the spirit of gossip made them prick up their ears.
"Keep your voice down!"
Lu Bai reminded him.
Jin Yiwei lowered his voice, "Which general flag?"
"You're such a fool." Yi Jin Yiwei looked down upon him, "Our commander-in-chief attaches great importance to Mr. Lu, I'm sure of that."
Lu Bai nodded.
"Do you know why you killed me?"
The royal guards shook their heads.
"Because these two cases are actually the same case."
Lu Bai looked around and saw that they were all listening.
"They were silenced!"
Oops!
The Jin Yiwei were surprised.
They were really surprised.
Yan Xiaoqi disappeared and was silenced.
Lu Bai nodded, looking very determined.
nonsense!
He did it!
A guard in Jin Yi next to him couldn't help but interject, "Master Lu, why?"
"because……"
Lu Bai said half of his words, "Nonsense, if I say it out loud, everyone here might lose their heads."
"Only the dead can keep secrets forever."
Lu Bai shook his wine glass and asked Jin Yiwei next to him, "What would you do if your control was in someone else's hands?"
"kill him!"
"Yep!"
Lu Bai was proud.
"Now that they can't kill me, they are so desperate that they will probably kill me and silence me."
Lu Bai shook his head and called them to eat their food quickly.
Lu Bai was beating dates again.
If something goes wrong, it's okay to poke three sticks, just in case the official who writes the documents knows the inside story.
night.
Lu Bai also transformed into a man in black, either stalking or deliberately causing trouble in the scribe's home.
Make them nervous.
He was looking forward to coming up with something.
"I wonder if this counts as fishing law enforcement?" Lu Bai thought.
But there is nothing we can do.
They all hired killers to attack him, so Lu Bai had to fight back.
Lu Bai's strategy worked.
The next night, Lu Bai was taking a medicinal bath in Mingzhengsi.
Snapped!
Throw something in.
"who?"
Lu Bai sat up.
The footsteps ran away.
It was not convenient for Lu Bai to chase him out, so he wrapped himself up and picked up the things thrown on the ground.
A book.
Lu Bai opened it and saw that various amounts of money were recorded in a messy manner, involving a large number of additions, subtractions, conversions, and calculations of money and food.
Lu Bai didn't understand.
But he understood a few names.
Wang Zongqi, Baihu, Deputy Qianhu, Qianhu, Xicheng General Banner, Baihu, Magistrate, Salt Administration Department, City Guard Commander...
Snapped!
Lu Bai closed the book, his heart pounding.
If this is the evidence he wants, then Yu Quan is really brave.
Lu Bai dried himself, put on his clothes, and hurried home.
He handed the brochure to Gu Qinghuan.
Gu Qinghuan read it for half an hour.
Snapped!
She closed the booklet and rubbed her eyes gently, "Who gave you the booklet?"
Lu Bai shook his head.
"This is a calculation book, Jin Yiwei's account book for smuggling private salt."
If this account book is handed over to the admiral, countless people from top to bottom in Yancheng will lose their heads.
"He Yu Quan is so bold!"
But Gu Qinghuan had to admit that he was also a genius.
Jin Yiwei is very good at smuggling private salt.
Jin Yiwei is responsible for purchasing and escorting private salt, but he is escorting it in the name of official salt.
The Salt Administration only purchases a portion of the official salt every year, and the rest is all private salt and is not included in the books. Then, it goes through complicated steps to erase the private salt from the account books.
This way.
Yancheng Shangming used very little salt on the surface, but actually used not a lot of salt at all.
Why is this?
"Because of the capitation and salt tax." Gu Qinghuan replied.
The per capita salt tax is collected according to a certain proportion of the official salt in Yancheng.
The less official salt.
The lower the capita salt tax.
"Co-author, are the people on these lists doing good things?"
Gu Qinghuan nodded.
"No matter what their intentions are, judging from the results, they are doing good things."
Gu Qing sighed happily.
They may have done too well and aroused the suspicion of the court.
So the admiral came to investigate the illegal salt.
As for the admiral selling private salt...
Today's sages love money and will raid homes at every turn.
What is good at the top will be bad at the bottom.
Of course, the admiral must first collect money and be in the favor of the Holy One, and then investigate the matter of private salt.
Back to the accounts
Yu Shuang's father, Yu Quan, obviously wanted to use this account book and the heads of officials from all over Yancheng as a stepping stone to his career.
No wonder he was killed.
As for Lu Bai.
By investigating this case, he is also destroying the tacit understanding among Yancheng officials and increasing taxes on the people.
He didn't know what to say for a moment.
Gu Qinghuan knew what he was thinking.
She patted Lu Bai on the shoulder and said, "There are many times when the temple cannot help itself."
She already knew all this.
Otherwise, we would not have guessed that salt prices are not allowed to be sold at high prices and other things.
Lu Bai fell on Gu Qinghuan's shoulders.
Ask him what to do.
"Just do what you have to do. Bad people don't necessarily don't do good things, and good people don't necessarily don't do bad things."
Lu Bai raised his head.
I know this.
When the book does not exist, the case continues to be investigated, only to find out who killed Yu Quan.
Sniff.
He straightened his nose and his aunt used the sachet he bought.
So delicious!
Lu Bai was intoxicated and wanted to smell it again.
roll!
Gu Qinghuan kicked him away.
The next day.
Lu Bai and Wang Zongqi met in front of the door.
"Huh, Lu Bai, you slandered me in the tea shop the day before yesterday. You are so bold!"
Seeing Lu Bai, Mr. Wang became very angry.
"nonsense!"
Lu Bai was serious.
"Sir, I only said that Yan Xiaoqi might be the murderer of my adoptive father. I didn't mention you at all."
"You still dare to quibble, you..."
Mr. Wang Qi was about to curse, but Lu Bai lowered his voice.
"Sir, do you want to admit that you are the murderer?"
Wang Zongqi was stunned.
Lu Bai left, and he looked at Lu Bai's back thoughtfully.
The next day.
The Jin Yiwei from Zhao Prison stood up.
He claimed that he saw with his own eyes that Yan Xiaoqi hung Yu Quan from the beam of the house and immersed him head down in the water until he suffocated to death.
then.
Some Jin Yiwei said that Yu Quan discovered that Yan Xiaoqi had a secret meeting with Wang Zongqi's concubine.
So he killed Yu Quan and faked his death.
have to say.
This reason is perfect.
No wonder.
Wang Zongqi has already put on a cuckold, so damn it if it's not perfect.
Such a cool reason.
Lu Bai even suspected that he had been cheated on, otherwise why he was so sad that day.
Deputy Baihu, Zhao Baili and the others did not dig into the case at all, they just laughed.
As for Yu Shuang...
Lu Bai plans to tell him that Yan Xiaoqi is the murderer
This is exactly it.
The panel suddenly reminded Lu Bai that because he solved the murder case, he had a chance to draw a lottery.