Towards evening, a government official suddenly came to the inn to find Chai Yan and said that he was invited by the prefect.
Chai Yan asked what he was going for, and the officer said that the reward for catching water pirates had come down, and the prefect asked him to come and collect the reward.
Chai Yanxin said that the government's work efficiency is really fast. How long has it been since then? Eighty taels of silver can be obtained.
After talking to Yuan, Chai Yan happily followed the yamen servant.
Chai Yanhuan came to the government office happily, and saw not only the prefect Hu Duanzheng, but also Jimo Qiao and Gu Ling.
Chai Yan suddenly frowned and his face darkened, knowing that he had been tricked by three chicks.
"There's no point in lying to me. To tell you the truth, I've talked too much in the past two days and my lips have become blister. In any case, I won't say it again today!" No matter what, Chai Yan expressed his attitude first.
It's "The Swordsman" again, and it's "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" again. Chai Yan said it is indeed quite tiring.
Jimo Qiao said with disdain: "Look at you! Are we here to come to you just to tell stories?"
Chai Yan frowned and asked, "Did you really ask me to come and receive the silver reward?"
Jimo Qiao immediately said: "Of course!"
Hu Duanzheng saw that it was always indecent to talk while standing, so he greeted with a smile: "Master Chai, please come in and sit down first..."
After Chai Yan entered the hall and sat down, Hu Duanzheng ordered the Yamen servant to bring eight silver ingots worth ten taels.
"Mr. Chai, this is the promised eighty taels of silver, please accept it," Hu Duanzheng said with a smile.
Chai Yan looked around at the people in the room and felt that the atmosphere was strange, so he did not rush to get the silver ingots, but asked: "You asked me to come, there are other things, right?"
Jimo Qiao immediately said: "Okay, it seems you are not stupid!"
"Let's talk. As long as it's not a matter of words, it's easy to discuss!" Chai Yan said beforehand.
At this time, Gu Ling spoke up: "Chai Yan, the two of us recommended you to Mr. Hu!"
"Recommend me?" Chai Yan didn't respond immediately: "What to do?"
Chai Yan thought to himself that these two girls might have had some strange ideas when they saw that he was good at telling stories.
Jimo Qiao couldn't wait to say: "Chai Yan, don't you know how to calculate the location of the murderer? Then you can calculate the murder case that happened not long ago and help find where the murderer is!"
Chai Yan was startled and quickly confirmed: "Wait a minute, are you talking about the murder of Ouyang's family?"
Jimo Qiao couldn't remember if it was the Ouyang family, so he looked at Hu Duanzheng, who immediately nodded and said, "It's the Ouyang family!"
Chai Yan secretly exclaimed that it was a coincidence. He had just promised Yu Zhongheng to investigate the case at noon, and the government came to visit him in the afternoon.
"Mr. Chai, Ouyang's family of five were brutally murdered by gangsters overnight. The impact of this murder is extremely bad, and it is a crime that is infuriated by both humans and gods! At present, the people of Huzhou are filled with resentment and panic. Mr. Chai has extraordinary abilities. If he can find the murderer,
If we can trace him and bring him to justice, the people inside and outside Huzhou can live and work in peace and contentment..."
Hu Duanzheng's expression was full of justice when he said these words.
Chai Yan was funny in his heart, you are the prefect and I am the prefect? It is your job to let the people live and work in peace and contentment, why are you talking about it and blaming me?
Chai Yan did not respond in a hurry, but said with a troubled expression: "It's not convenient for me, an unrelated person, to intervene in such a big case, isn't it?"
Yu Zhongheng was willing to give five hundred taels of silver as a personal reward, but why are you still the official, not even showing any sign of it?
Jimo Qiao was quite upright and didn't understand what Chai Yan meant, so he said, "What's the inconvenience? I'm not asking you to steal or rob!"
Gu Ling had dealt with Chai Yan and got to know his character better, so she said directly: "Stop talking nonsense. If you have any requests, just say it!"
Chai Yan said: "Miss Gu is joking, how can I have any request? I'm just afraid that if I fail, I will lose the face of Miss Gu and Miss Jimo..."
"You don't have to worry about this, just tell us whether you agree or not!" Gu Ling said.
Chai Yan thought for a while, then suddenly turned to look at Hu Duanzheng with a smile, and asked politely: "Master Hu, when I came here, I remembered that it was written on the notice, saying that if you provide clues to the murderer, there will be a reward of twenty taels.
Can you get it?"
Hu Duanzheng nodded immediately: "Yes, Mr. Chai."
Chai Yan then asked further: "What if the murderer is caught?"
Hu Duanzheng thought for a while and replied: "In that case, the reward will be doubled to forty taels!"
Chai Yan secretly rolled his eyes and complained in his heart: Ma De, you only pay forty taels for solving such a big case. This Huzhou government is too stingy!
It's worse than a small Anping County!
When Gu Ling saw that Chai Yan didn't answer, she immediately saw that he thought he was short of money, so he took the initiative and said, "If the murderer is caught, I will personally pay another fifty taels to the head office, right?"
"No need, Miss Gu! Forty taels is forty taels, I'll take this case! This is for your sake..."
For Chai Yan, earning an extra fifty taels didn't make much sense at all. It was better to sell them a favor so that they could be easily discussed in case of problems in the future.
Gu Ling then said sternly to Hu Duanzheng: "Master Hu, please cooperate with him and find out the whereabouts of the murderer a day earlier, so that the people can feel at ease earlier!"
"Don't worry, Miss Gu. Your subordinates will definitely cooperate with you." Hu Duanzheng said respectfully.
Seeing Gu Ling's serious look, Jimo Qiao couldn't help but laugh out loud. He said it so grandly, didn't you just want to solve the case as soon as possible and reopen the Autumn Lantern Festival!
Gu Ling turned around and glared at Jimo Qiao, thinking that if you don't smile, you will die!
Hu Duanzheng looked at Chai Yan and said politely: "Mr. Chai, I will notify Official Wu Tui early tomorrow morning and order him to do his best to assist you!"
Chai Yan said, "No need to go to such trouble. Just ask someone to take me to see the bodies of Ouyang's family."
Now that he had the prefect's permission, Chai Yan didn't take any detours and directly collected blood samples from Ouyang's entire family from the five corpses at once. This was called once and for all.
Hu Duanzheng said again: "Then early tomorrow morning..."
"Hey, why are you waiting for tomorrow!" Chai Yan said with a smile: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose another day, how about now?"
"Now?" Hu Duanzheng said in shock: "It's almost dark, are you going to Yizhuang?"
Chai Yan waved his hand and said, "Don't be afraid, Master Hu. You don't have to go. Just send someone to take me there. It won't take long."
Hu Duan is serious about talking nonsense. Of course he will send someone to take you there. I will take you to Yizhuang myself only when I am full!
After a while, Hu Duanzheng called two government officials to lead Chai Yan.
Chai Yan thought about it and asked in a joking tone: "You two young ladies, do you want to go together? Just treat it as an adventure..."