The two of them walked out of the door one after the other and took another seventeen or eight steps before Lu Feng stopped.
"Brother Lu, is there some trouble?"
If things go well, Lu Feng will definitely smile and speak. But now, he wants to avoid others. Obviously there is some reason for this.
Lu Feng nodded and hesitated before saying, "Brother Shen, that girl is only a distant relative of you. It's okay if she can't be found."
Shen Tang's heart sank slightly, but he responded sternly: "Brother Lu, I don't know, but the Shen Ming family is very kind to me. It would be best if I could find them."
"well!"
Lu Feng sighed, "Now, this matter is a bit troublesome. I asked my men to go to the Yaxing Store, and sure enough they found a girl named Yunzhu. However, that person was no longer in the hands of the Yaxing Store, but was bought by someone else. Let’s go.”
With a thought in his heart, Shen Tang asked: "So, which family did it buy it from?"
"Brother Shen, do you know the chief registrar of this county?" Lu Feng asked suddenly.
"We had a chance encounter!" In Shen Tang's mind, the gray-robed master bookkeeper he had seen that day appeared in Shen Tang's mind.
"So, Yunzhu was bought by the bookkeeper?" Shen Tang asked.
Lu Feng nodded, "Not bad!"
"Then we can just buy it back. We can use more money!" In the hands of Ya Xingzi, each person only has twenty or thirty taels. Even if he buys it back ten times, Shen Tang will not be embarrassed.
However, Lu Feng hesitated for a moment and said again: "Actually, if it's just being bought, it doesn't matter. With my thin noodles, I can buy it out with more money."
This was Lu Feng's boast, of course. How could a county chief registrar give him the dignity of a policeman? However, Shen Tang naturally would not expose it, but continued to listen to Lu Feng's words.
"It's just that I heard that the Registrar loved the girl very much because of her beauty, but he hated the eldest wife in the family because of it. The eldest woman's family has a lot of wealth, so the Registrar can secure the position of the Registrar and work a lot. The lady’s family spent a lot of money.”
"Therefore, the lady was so angry that she beat the girl half to death and locked her in the firewood shed. The bookkeeper didn't dare to disobey, so she could only let it go..."
Naturally, Shen Tang was not interested in the chief clerk's family affairs. However, in this case, it might not be that easy to buy back that Yunzhu.
After thinking about it for a while, he had no clue. After all, how could Shen Tang, the chief registrar of a county, be able to offend him now?
"I have troubled Brother Lu today. Let me think about this matter carefully before making any plans." Shen Tang said.
"That's fine!" Lu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. Although he liked Shen Tang, he didn't have the courage to go against a chief clerk.
Lu Feng declined Shen Tang's invitation and hurried away, while Shen Tang frowned and returned home.
Watching Shen Tang return, Liu Xiangling's eyes glanced at him from time to time. Shen Tang thought about it for a moment, then said with a smile: "There is news about that Yunzhu girl. She was indeed in Shanyin a few days ago, but , but it was bought by a wealthy family in Kuaiji a few days ago. I have entrusted Brother Lu to inquire on his behalf. As long as we find that wealthy family, we can spend more money and buy Yunzhu back."
Shen Tang naturally didn't want to see Liu Xiangling sad and worried, so he had already thought of an excuse.
Nodding, the two chatted for a few words, Liu Xiangling entered the house, while Shen Tang frowned and walked in the courtyard in thought.
Although this matter sounds difficult, Shen Tang is not clueless. There are at least two ways to accomplish this. The first one is to find a person with a very high status to come forward and go directly to that person. The chief clerk. As long as his status is sufficient, the chief clerk will not harm others for the sake of a maid.
As for the second method, it is more complicated.
Now, the reason why this matter is troublesome is precisely because the master's status is extremely high. As long as he is dusted off, the matter will naturally be solved.
The first method is simple, but unrealistic. Not to mention whether you can find someone with sufficient identity, even if you find someone, I'm afraid they won't come forward for Shen Tang for a maid. Therefore, after much deliberation, there is only the second method. Give it a try.
However, the second method is not easy either. How difficult is it to wipe out a deeply entrenched chief clerk? If you don’t see that dignified county magistrate, wouldn’t there be no way to get rid of the chief clerk?
After a while, Shen Tang clarified his thoughts. If there is a suitable opportunity, the county magistrate will definitely not show mercy to the chief registrar. But now, what he needs to do is to find someone for the county magistrate who can take over the chief registrar in one fell swoop. Opportunity to knock down.
"Shen Ming! You go do something." Shen Tang called to Shen Ming, and then whispered, Shen Ming nodded vigorously and ran out of the house.
Know yourself and the enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles without danger! The purpose of sending Shen Ming was to ask him to find out some news and rumors about this master's book to see if there were any loopholes.
Shen Ming spent two or three days researching, but he didn't get much. Even some folk rumors were not enough to bring down a bookkeeper.
At this moment, Shen Tang and Shen Ming were sitting across from each other, Shen Tang frowned, and Shen Ming had a bit of frustration on his face.
"Cousin Shen, although Duan Xingduan's official reputation is not good, he doesn't have much to hold on to."
"Most of the things he manages are documents and the like, and there are also a few official warehouses. There is no way to start. His father-in-law's family is a grain merchant, and the family is very senior. It is difficult to find his weakness in terms of money."
After listening to Shen Ming's words, Shen Tang frowned in thought. Suddenly, he raised his eyebrows. Official warehouse? Grain merchant?
…
The sky fell, and Shanyin County, which was noisy and prosperous during the day, fell into silence at this moment! On the streets, no one could see his fingers. However, following a series of undetectable footsteps, an almost invisible and dark figure appeared. Passed by in a flash.
This figure was extremely fast. After passing through several corners, it headed straight to the east of the city.
There are three official warehouses in Shanyin County, including the ordinary warehouse in the south of the city, the main warehouse in the west and the righteous warehouse in the east.
Yicang is a house with an area of about an acre. The gate faces south and is surrounded by a high wall of about ten feet. The main entrance is guarded by soldiers, and there are two teams of soldiers patrolling the surrounding area. However, this place in the mountains has always been stable. These soldiers have naturally been slacking off for a long time. At this moment, it is the third watch, and even the soldiers guarding the main gate are sleeping against the wall. As for the soldiers patrolling, they have nowhere to go.
The black shadow walked around the main door and found one side. Then, he pulled it from his waist and took out a rope hook.
After some careful consideration, the hook was thrown into the wall. When the rope was pulled, it made a soft sound. Then, the black figure carefully climbed the rope and entered the wall.
This dark shadow is none other than Shen Tang!
From Shen Ming's words, Shen Tang finally found an opportunity. Official warehouses have always been something that the imperial court attaches great importance to. However, due to the temptation of interests, few official warehouses can store them normally.
If we can find some evidence and find a way to blame it on the chief clerk, or even link it to his father-in-law's business, then this chief clerk will be skinned even if he dies. At least, he will never be able to hold the position of chief clerk.