Chapter 136 Got the ledger and was trapped

Before he finished speaking, Manager Chen let out a breath and fell silent.

Su Jinxiu looked at his body and felt sad.

It turns out that Manager Chen said he was entrusted by an old friend, who was his grandmother.

In the past few days, too many living people have lost their lives in front of her.

Her heart was already aching to the point of numbness.

But now is not the time to be sad.

We couldn't stay here for long, so Su Jinxiu cleaned up the traces in the bridge hole.

He retreated quietly, taking advantage of the cover of night.

Taking the account book, he quickly returned to Ruyi Restaurant.

This thing is a hot potato now and cannot be picked up or thrown away.

It would be better if the regent could be found, but if not.

You have to find a way to hide this thing.

I don’t know where the regent is now?

Old prince, have you found him?

Just as he was thinking about it, Wang Jiu, who heard the commotion, came over and knocked on the door.

"Ajin, are you back? Are you okay?"

Su Jinxiu calmed down and hid the account book.

"I'm fine, Ah Jiu, you go to sleep..."

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Soon, Magistrate Zhang and Sun Mingxing's people found the body of Manager Chen.

After searching around, I couldn't find the whereabouts of the account book.

This is Sun Mingxing, who is getting more and more anxious.

“I don’t believe that after a lifetime of fighting eagles, my eyes were pecked out.

A man who lost half his life could still hide things elsewhere.

Lock down the city and search for them door to door.

Also, separate the portraits and look for them together.

Everyone and everything must be found.

If you can't find it, just raise your head and see me."

He had confirmed that there was no body of Xiao Jingze in the ruined temple.

People should still be alive.

The people who have been tortured by County Magistrate Zhang during this period have aged a lot and their minds are no longer clear.

"Master Sun, you can't blame me this time.

Who told you to keep that account book?"

Doesn't that make it clear and let people take advantage of it?

Sun Mingxing gritted his teeth and stared at Magistrate Zhang.

"So you deserve to be promoted because you are stupid, if you don't have that thing.

When something goes wrong, the people above us will be the first to push us out to take the blame.

With the account book here, they can at least make some money out of us.

You'd better pray that you can find that account book, otherwise, you will be the first to die."

Magistrate Zhang broke out in a cold sweat and dared to say more.

"The lesson is right, sir, don't worry.

Even if I turn Wucheng over, I will still find the people and the account books..."

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With an order, Wucheng was sealed.

People in the city can't get out, and people outside the city can't get in.

The people in the city complained. They hated Wucheng because the sky was high and the emperor was far away. They had no way to complain.

But even if the city was closed down, Magistrate Zhang continued to search every house like a mad dog.

Relying on the lack of supervision, not even bothering to find excuses.

If anyone dared to ask more questions, he would immediately put them in jail.

It's a pity that the old prince is not here, and no one can do anything to them.

Under such torment, everyone in Wucheng is in danger.

All the merchants in the city have closed their doors and no longer dare to do business.

As a result, the already sparse Treasure Pavilion was completely unable to continue its work.

A few days after Lin Zhaozhao left, Wang Shuncai returned to the capital for an excuse.

Leave this mess to Jiang Chunlan to clean up.

Jiang Chunlan originally thought of using the name of Zhenpin Pavilion to earn some money before going to the capital.

But now I haven't made any money and I'm still trapped in the city.

When I woke up early in the morning, I heard from the guy in the building that her Tieniu had gone out.

Seeing that the sun was past half-way through, Tieniu had not returned yet.

Jiang Chunlan was afraid that something might happen to him, so she hurriedly sent people out to look for him.

Soon, the clerk said that he had been found. He was in the gambling house.

Jiang Chunlan almost fainted, her Tieniu was only twelve years old!

Enduring his anxiety, he went to the gambling house and saw Tieniu being held hostage by the people from the gambling house.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he asked for one hundred taels of silver to redeem the person.

"Your boy had a great time playing here, so he lent us fifty taels of usury.

The old rule is, double the amount, pay back a hundred taels of silver, and you can take it away, kid.

Otherwise, just leave a pair of hands..."

Seeing the cold light flashing from the ax next to the thug in the gambling house, Cycad Niu was scared to death.

"Mom, save me, I can't lose my hands."

Jiang Chunlan burst into tears, angry and anxious.

"How old are you, you beast?

What’s not good about learning? Do you have to learn how to gamble like your father?

Mom can't even get ten taels, where can I get you a hundred taels?"

Su Tieniu was usually spoiled by Jiang Chunlan, so how could he care so much.

"It's all you, who makes you ignore me all day long?

I wandered here for nothing, and they tricked me into serving it to the table.

The money didn't even fall into my hands, they took it directly..."

I wanted to add that the gambling shop thug's ax fell and almost cut off his hand.

"If you say another word, your hand will be gone.

Hurry up, we're in a hurry to collect the cash and go home to sleep."

Su Tieniu was trembling all over and did not dare to say anything.

Jiang Chunlan's eyes turned red, she wiped her tears and walked out.

"I'm going to get the money. If he loses a hair, the Hou Mansion will not let you go."

No matter how angry you are, you can't ignore Tieniu.

That was her, the only one.

Although the words were put there, Jiang Chunlan knew that Lin Zhaozhao's side was far away and water could not quench the near thirst.

The pawn shop wasn't open either, so she had no place to get money.
To be continued...