At three o'clock in the morning, Qin Zhiyong's house.
There was a small jar of wine and half a roast chicken on the table in the main room. Besides Tan Zhiyong, there was another person sitting at the table, Silly Mound.
After Sha Tong finished chatting with Chai Yan, he made a special trip to the north of the city, bought half a roast chicken and wine, and then came to Qin Zhiyong's house in the south of the city.
Qin Zhiyong roughly tore off the only chicken leg, put it in his mouth, bit a piece of meat, chewed and asked, "What did he say?"
Shadong said vividly: "He is such a boss. At first, the pretty boy didn't have a good face at all, and his tone of voice was like someone who deserves a beating..."
"Tsk! Stop talking nonsense and talk about the important points, okay?" Qin Zhiyong said impatiently.
"Yes..." Silhouette immediately apologized and said, "But later, as soon as I invited him to drink and eat meat, hehe, his attitude changed...
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Qin Zhiyong tore another piece of chicken and swallowed it into his mouth. With his cheeks puffed up, he asked, "So, he agreed?"
Shadong nodded and said: "I agreed! But..."
"But what? Can you finish it all at once?" Tan Zhiyong hated this kind of breathless speaking style.
Sha Tong said: "The pretty boy said that he can help us, but he must pay for the hard work..."
"What?" Qin Zhiyong's voice caused the minced meat in his mouth to spurt out.
Qin Zhiyong asked dissatisfied: "How lucky is it? He has a good idea!"
After saying that, Qin Zhiyong directly picked up the wine jar and started drinking.
Shadun didn't dare to speak, he just waited quietly.
After a long time, Qin Zhiyong reluctantly asked: "How much does he want?"
Shadong raised his hand and said cautiously: "Just...just fifty taels..."
"Fifty taels! Just pay it back?" Qin Zhiyong shouted with his eyes wide open: "Why didn't he grab it? We are just poor errands, how can we get so much money?"
Sha Miao hurriedly said: "Boss, that pretty boy said that he doesn't care what we want for these fifty taels of silver..."
"What do you mean?" Qin Zhiyong was stunned.
Shadong answered: "He said that the money can be paid by the great master. He said that if this case was committed by 'Pilgrim Seekers', then catching the person would be a great achievement to the prefect."
Spending fifty taels of silver is a great value and a good deal!”
As soon as Qin Zhiyong heard the phrase "great value and cost-effective", he knew that he was definitely not making it up.
"He would say..." Qin Zhiyong asked back: "What if this case was not committed by 'Pilgrim Seekers'? Then is this money man willing to come forward?"
Sha Tong said: "The pretty boy said that if the prisoner is not a pilgrim, he will be treated as a volunteer."
"Volunteer?" Qin Zhiyong came across another new term.
"That means I won't charge any money this time." Shadong explained.
Qin Zhiyong took a few sips of wine, thought for a moment, slapped the table and said, "Never mind him! Promise him first, and we'll talk about anything else later!"
Shadong gave a thumbs up and said: "Boss is wise, my subordinates think so too!"
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At dawn the next day, the second day of the three-day competition, Chai Yan was awakened by a knock on the door outside.
When Chai Yan got up and looked at the sky, he thought to himself that Butcher Zhao had brought the pig blood very early today.
But when I opened the door, I saw that the few people standing outside were people from the Yamen.
The leader was Capt. Qin, and there were several other constables and yamen servants. Among them, Chai Yan only knew Silly Mound who knocked on the door.
"No... Do any of you do things like this? What time of year is this?" Chai Yan was in a bad mood at that time.
Sha Tong said apologetically: "Master Chai, I'm really sorry. We didn't want to, but we really don't have much time left..."
"Silly, do you know how to speak? Damn it, you don't have much time!" Mr. Qin from behind cursed loudly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other colleagues also shouted in dissatisfaction.
Silhouette knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he quickly pretended to slap his own ears and corrected himself: "That's wrong, that's right, the time to investigate the case is very tight."
Chai Yan asked: "Then do you agree to the conditions I mentioned?"
"Promise, agree to everything!" Silly nodded, and at the same time exchanged a look with Tan Zhiyong.
Seeing that Qin Zhiyong nodded, Chai Yan had no choice but to say, "Wait a minute, I'll go wash up."
"Then hurry up!" Tan Zhiyuan warned.
While Chai Yan was washing up, butcher Zhao, who brought pig blood, arrived.
When Butcher Zhao saw that there were all the yamen servants in front of Chai Yan's house, he was so frightened that his calves began to tremble. He thought that the cow killing had been exposed, right?
If I had known better, I wouldn't have sold cow blood to this guy...
Butcher Zhao was about to turn his wheelbarrow to avoid it when he heard Chai Yan's voice: "Uncle Zhao, you came at the right time..."
Butcher Zhao felt a chill in his heart, but he still turned around and said, "Chai... Mr. Chai... Good morning... Good morning..."
Chai Yan came out with two empty buckets and told Butcher Zhao not to be afraid and just put the pig blood buckets into the yard.
Qin Zhiyong was a little curious when he saw this, so he asked: "Chai Yan, you bought so much pig blood, can you finish it?"
"You don't care whether I eat or not!" Chai Yan said angrily.
Now that you want something from me, I can choke you to death!
Butcher Zhao was shocked. Chai Yan was so arrogant that he even dared to challenge the county's chief catcher.
Suddenly, Butcher Zhao remembered that when Chai Yan came to his house last time, he was accompanied by several people who seemed to have good status. He was relieved after this scene.
At the same time, he also understood that in the future, the business of pig and cow blood could be continued with him in a solid manner.
Chai Yan hurried away, but could not hand over the two buckets of pig blood to Shangguan Peining. Although Shangguan Peining complained a little, he still understood.
After locking the courtyard door, Chai Yan said: "Let's go, take me to the crime scene."
So, a group of people walked towards the house where the crime occurred.
As soon as they finished walking, the door next door opened, and Mr. Shi and his wife poked their heads out at the same time.
"I told you not to associate with this person! You see, he was arrested by the police early in the morning." Mr. Shi looked very foresight.
Mr. Shi's wife frowned and sighed: "I said the feng shui of the yard next door is not good, and not many tenants move in smoothly..."
"When did you understand Feng Shui?" Mr. Shi looked at his wife in surprise.
The wife said: "I don't understand, it was a fortune teller who passed by who told me..."
"Fortune teller? Are you spending money to tell fortunes again?"
"No, I don't tell fortunes..."
"Come on, I don't know you yet? Tell me, how many times have you counted?"
"Not a few times, just...just once...Oh, don't be angry, why don't I just forget it next time..."