Amidst the bustle of people, someone hurriedly walked in from outside the door. The person looked around, and someone in the room greeted loudly: "Brother Gao, here!"
Brother Gao hurried over and sat down at the table.
There were six people at the table including him, and they were all polite to each other. One person asked: "Brother Gao, I saw you were in a hurry when you came. Why are you like that?"
Brother Gao took a sip of wine and looked a little panicked: "I just met a group of officers and soldiers who were looking for someone. They actually stopped me and asked me a lot."
"Oh!" Everyone was a little surprised: "Looking for someone?"
Xue Poye happened to be nearby and immediately paid attention.
Brother Gao nodded and said, "I inquired about it, and it turns out there is a lot of story in it."
Several people immediately became interested.
"Who are you looking for from the government?" Brother Gao asked in a pretentious manner.
"Could he be a traitor to the bandits or a traitor?" Someone immediately speculated.
"No, no!" Brother Gao said mysteriously and profoundly: "I thought they were rebels and bandits before, but when I asked about them later, I was totally surprised."
Several people said in unison: "Who is it?"
"Did you see the young general of the Suzhou Horse Army yesterday?"
"Remember, my name seems to be Ye Tianxiang, and he is a deputy inspector!"
"Yes, he is the one who is missing!" Brother Gao whispered: "It is Deputy Inspector Ye that those officers and soldiers are looking for."
Xue Poye heard this and frowned.
"Brother Gao still needs to explain in detail what is going on."
Brother Gao cleared his throat and finally said: "I also heard what people said. Deputy Inspector Ye actually went to Qinghefang last night to listen to music and laugh. It was nothing. I didn't want to run into Inspector Mou. The two of them were together.
We disagreed and actually started bickering in Qinghefang."
"So it turns out that Mou's inspection is better than this!" Someone next to him immediately laughed.
"That's what Deputy Inspector Ye caught. He mocked Inspector Mou for being a sanctimonious person. When Inspector Mou heard this, the two sides almost started fighting." Brother Gao picked up the wine cup again and took a sip, and continued: "
After being persuaded by someone, Inspector Mou claimed that he wanted Deputy Inspector Ye to look good, but Deputy Inspector Ye dismissed it. Unexpectedly, early this morning, people from the Suzhou Ma Army went to the government office to ask for someone. It turned out that Deputy Inspector Ye had not returned home all night.
, Suzhou Majun’s people searched Qinghefang but found no one. They suspected that Inspector Mou had found the government office because of grudges.”
"The government office didn't send anyone to you?"
"Of course not. Deputy Inspector Ye is the son of the Suzhou magistrate. He leads the cavalry army in Suzhou. He is young and energetic. It is true that he offended Inspector Mou, but it is unlikely that Inspector Mou complained privately." Gao
Brother said slowly: "Deputy Inspector Ye has something to do on the ground in Hangzhou. Naturally, the Wang Prefect did not dare to neglect him and asked people to search everywhere. He also returned the notice and rewarded anyone who found Deputy Inspector Ye with a hundred taels of silver."
Xue Poye was shocked: "It turns out that Ye Tianxiang is the son of the prefect of Suzhou. No wonder he is so arrogant. But why did he disappear for no reason? Could it be that Inspector Mu really got rid of Ye Tianxiang out of anger?"
There was a lot of applause upstairs, and it was naturally Cecilia Chi's singing that had an effect.
On this day, there were a lot of customers, and white money poured into the store. Cecilia sang beautifully and got a lot of rewards. Some people even asked about Cecilia's origins. Xue Poye naturally let everyone know that this was Piao Xiang.
Ge's sister.
Although Ye Tianxiang's sudden disappearance was a bit strange, it had nothing to do with him after all. Xue Poye was just curious and didn't take it to heart.
Sure enough, the government sent officers and soldiers to search, conducted overt and covert inspections, and even came to Lan Yuexuan to inquire, but still found nothing. Notices were posted all over Hangzhou, and there were many rewards for finding Ye Tianxiang. In the morning, the reward was still one hundred taels, and in the evening of that day
It has risen to five hundred taels.
At the end of the day, Xue Poye asked Yue Zhu to hand in the statistics table. The figures on it surprised him. In the whole day, he actually earned nearly a hundred taels. For Lan Yuexuan, who was located in a remote place, it was really amazing.
income.
The doors opened, and Lan Yuexuan was filled with joy.
The next day the house was full of guests again.
In the evening, someone actually pushed several carts of vegetables over. The leader was Old Man Fan. Fanjia Village heard that Lan Yuexuan bought vegetables at a fair price, so they all brought the vegetables.
Xue Poye asked Lao Song to arrange for it to be taken over. Wen Yan talked with everyone and gave a good price. Everyone was grateful and promised to grow good vegetables and send them to Lan Yuexuan in the future.
Xue Poye even prepared a table of food and wine for several people by himself, and worked hard to win over them. Several farmers were even more grateful and didn't know what to say.
Everything seemed to be peaceful. The officers and soldiers who were looking for Ye Tianxiang suddenly stopped working the next day. Someone even ordered people to tear down the posted notice. This made everyone confused. Could it be that Ye Tianxiang has been found?
That evening, Xue Poye was contemplating a bigger marketing strategy. Zhang Hu suddenly arrived and invited Xue Poye to the Hangzhou government office, only saying that Lao Tan invited him to meet him.
Xue Poye was a little confused, but because of the invitation from Zuodu Yushi, he had no choice but to go, pack up, and follow Zhang Hu on the road.
Zhang Hu rode a horse and the two rode together.
"Brother Zhang, have you been tired these past two days?" Xue Poye asked with a smile on the way, "Are you very busy with work?"
Zhang Hu is now very familiar with Xue Poye, and they are brothers, and he does not hide it: "I am really worried. The boy from Suzhou suddenly disappeared. Lord Tan was extremely angry and ordered a search. I led the men to search everywhere every day, and the boy just disappeared."
It seemed like he had disappeared. I searched all over Hangzhou and couldn't find a trace."
Xue Poye said "Oh" and said with a smile: "I won't fall in love with any sister and elope together."
Zhang Hu shook his head and said: "That boy is so uninhibited that he visited several brothels in one night. This woman is just a plaything in his heart. It is absolutely impossible for him to put down his glory and wealth and elope. I heard that this boy bought a house in Suzhou
I have several houses, and at a young age, I have several houses and children before I get married."
Xue Poye touched his nose and said: "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked. Like father, like son. Deputy Inspector Ye is so ridiculous, I'm afraid his father will not be any better."
Zhang Hu said hurriedly: "Brother, this is just a talk between you and me. It doesn't matter, but you can't talk nonsense. Deputy Inspector Ye is the son of Suzhou Prefecture Yin. If anyone knows that you said this, I'm afraid it will cause trouble."
Xue Poye smiled faintly and said again: "By the way, Brother Zhang, I heard that the notice seemed to have been removed this afternoon, and the government officials have stopped searching. Could it be that Deputy Inspector Ye has been found?"
Zhang Hu shook his head and said with a bitter smile: "It's a crap to find. Hangzhou Xingying and Suzhou Majun plus us people searched for two days, but they couldn't find even a hair. In my opinion, maybe they were secretly clicked by the surnamed Mou."
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Xue Poye was shocked and said, "Does Inspector Mou really dare to do this?"
"I heard that the two of them had a big quarrel in the brothel. Although they didn't take action, they have already formed a big feud. I know the temperament of warriors. Some things can't be solved, so they have a good time in secret. It's time for Mou's inspection.
Well, maybe he was the one who killed that kid!" Zhang Hu said softly: "Hangzhou is his territory, killing Ye Tianxiang is easy!"
The night wind blew by, picking up their buns and making them flutter.
Zhang Hu sighed softly and said in a low voice: "If it is really Mou Zhizhan's hand, I really admire him. He is willing to take revenge, then he is a man."
Xue Poye suddenly asked: "Brother Zhang, if it were you, would you kill him?"
Zhang Hu was stunned, thought for a moment, shook his head and said: "Even if he wanted to kill, the time was not right. If it were me, I would have postponed the killing. That night there was a dispute, and Ye Tianxiang disappeared that night. Anyone would doubt Mou Zhanzhan's head.
superior."
Xue Poye nodded and said slowly: "That's right, unless Inspector Mou is really crazy, he won't do it easily." He then asked: "Since nothing was found, why did you remove the notice and stop searching?"
"This is what the Censor said. We can only act according to the order, but we don't know what the reason is!" Zhang Hu shook his head, shook the horse's reins, and urged the horse to move faster.
It was already dark when we arrived at the Hangzhou government office. Two stone lions guarded the front gate of the government office like ghosts in the dark night, and six guards with knives stood on both sides.
Zhang Hu took Xue Poye directly to the small house in the east courtyard, knocked on the door, and Mr. Tan said in a low voice: "Come in!"
Zhang Hu signaled Xue Poye to go in. Xue Poye nodded and pushed the door open. Zhang Hu pulled the door shut from the outside.
The lamp was lit in the room, and Lao Tan was writing on the desk on the right. Without raising his head, he said: "Is it midnight? Just wait a moment." He continued to write with his head buried in it.
Xue Poye was not restrained, sat down on the chair, took a bunch of grapes in his hand, picked them and ate them.
I don’t know what Lao Tan is busy with? He can’t be busy harming others?dd