After the immortal disappeared

Of course he had washed up, except that his eyes were still a little bloodshot.

The magistrate sat down and the servant immediately served him hot tea.

He took a sip, put down the cup, and then asked the two of them: "What's the matter? Come to me early in the morning."

Li Dahu said angrily: "The surnamed Tu actually went to the prince's special envoy to hand a note to report us."

The county magistrate didn't take it seriously: "These things in the village are not worthy of the prince's special envoy's attention. You are too worried." With their little activities, how could the superiors take it seriously? Country bumpkins are country bumpkins, and they can't keep their composure over anything.

Wang Dahu suddenly changed the subject: "My lord, who did you point out to the mineral deposits in Hao Zhu's territory?"

Magistrate Baishi was startled: "What are you talking about? Where do the mineral deposits come from in Haozhu territory?"

Li Dahu was holding back his anger: "The prince's special envoy went to the mountain to see the pig's nest today and brought back a lot of mineral powder to my Shuojintang for identification. That is a stone network, and there may be mineral veins near the pig's nest!"

Baishi County Magistrate looked confused: "Shi Luo? I haven't heard of it. Is it important?"

"This was appraised by Mr. Yao Yuan Lu, whom I, Shuo Jin Tang, hired with a large sum of money. Shiluo is the essence of the mountains. Not even a single vein of stone blood mine can be found in a thousand mountain ranges. Do you think it is precious or not?"

"What exactly is this thing used for?"

"Many folk remedies must be used, as well as cast magical instruments." Li Dahu lowered his voice again, "It is said that this is also the elixir, or the introduction to the elixir of longevity."

The magistrate of Baishi County hissed.

The elixir is a legend of Bega Kingdom. It is vague and specious among the people. Only the upper class people know its authenticity. But something that can be related to it must be very precious!

"Really brought it back from Moon Mountain?" Baishi County Magistrate thought further, "Could it be that the special envoy brought it himself?"

"Oh, let's send someone to take a look at the pig's nest again, won't we understand?" Li Dahu sighed, "This pig's nest died in an unknown manner. It was said that it was killed by an avalanche and falling rocks. The special envoy said No. Look, did someone kill them because they wanted to take the Shiluo mine for themselves?"

Wang Dahu continued: "That nest of pigs has been dead for more than half a year. It is very likely that the murderer has been secretly mining the stone mine there for more than half a year. This, this... Sir, you have to take care of it!"

"No one has applied for a mine here!" Baishi County Magistrate was angry. "If I approved it, wouldn't you know?"

In the countryside, this kind of news spreads faster than anything else, and it is too difficult to suppress it.

Li Dahu stayed up all night, thinking about this matter, and his eyes were more bloodshot than anyone else's. Seeing that it was time to take out the crystallization of his thoughts, he coughed hard and cleared his throat: "Sir, I think the only one who can dig and dig in Haozhu territory without attracting attention is Wanjia!"

The Baishi County Magistrate was stunned: "Wanjia? The Wanjia who built lakes and dams?"

"Normally no one goes to Moon Mountain, except for their group of people who play ping pong. Wouldn't it be easy to go mining in the name of digging a lake?"

Li Dahu glared at Wang Dahu, who understood and then helped: "The progress of opening the lake is lagging behind. It was originally said to be completed by the end of this year. Wan Jiafei said that the geology is loose and pushed it to next summer."

"That's right. My Mr. Yao Yuan Lu said that the reserves of stone blood veins are very limited, unlike copper and iron where you can't finish digging when you encounter rich ores. I saw that next summer, Wanjia will dig up all the stone blood. , then fill up the mine, hey, no one knows it!"

Wang Dahu sneered: "His family has made a fortune in silence, why should we, who work hard in business and sell medicine, take the blame for him? It's inappropriate, it's too inappropriate!"

They are all major local traders in medicinal materials, but Wanjia is not. Now that Wanjia has reached out to this field to make a lot of money, they want them to take the blame?

How could such a beautiful thing happen!

The land under his jurisdiction actually produces stone blood? Magistrate Baishi was shocked at first, and then displeased. But he asked for mercy and nodded: "I will immediately send people to the mountain to check, and we will wait until the evidence is conclusive. Please be patient, and this matter must not be spread outside!"

Both big players said they knew.

No one noticed that there was a crow standing on the eaves outside the house. Hearing this, he turned his head.

…

That evening, the people sent by Baishi County Magistrate finally returned from Moon Mountain and indeed brought him some powder:

Shiluo powder scraped from the pig's nest.

This man also secretly spied on Wanjia's lake construction project and found that although the craftsmen were digging and chiseling in the huge cave, they would occasionally dig out small pieces of dark red ore, and the foreman would rush over to collect them. .

The magistrate of Baishi County was very angry and sent an official to summon thousands of large households.

Unexpectedly, the official returned quickly and found no one. Instead, he held a letter: "Sir, Wan Xianneng has been tortured by the special envoy. Both legs were broken. I just asked the doctor to deal with it..."

The Baishi County Magistrate was shocked: "What, the special envoy has already found the person named Wan?" He snatched the letter from the official's hand, "Is this left by the special envoy?"

"Yes. The special envoy has grabbed a steward from the Wan family and has already gone to Shuanglu Town."

When Magistrate Baishi opened the letter, his hands shook. After reading more than a hundred words, I was sweating like rain.

…

In fact, that morning, He Lingchuan took Jiao Yu directly into Wan Dahu's house.

The crow came to monitor him at night, and he knew very well that Wan Dahu himself was at home.

Wan Dahu was having breakfast, and before he put down his chopsticks, he saw a fierce tiger rushing in, glaring at the door.

A man followed the tiger in. Shi Shiran stood with his hands behind his hands, looked at him and said with a smile: "Wan Xianneng, the Dongchuang incident has happened."

With a bang, the chopsticks fell to the ground.

Knowing the identity of the visitor, the housekeeper, servants and nursing staff did not dare to come forward. He Lingchuan said to Wan Dahu: "How did that litter of pigs in Yulun Mountain die? Do you want to take the initiative to explain, or do you want to suffer torture first?"

Cold sweat broke out on Wan Dahu's forehead, but he knew that his confession would lead to a dead end, so he secretly gritted his teeth and said: "Sir, special envoy, I don't know what's going on! Those families who have grievances with the Hao Zhu Demon, what did you do the day before yesterday? We’ve all seen it at the banquet, but I wasn’t there!”

He Lingchuan didn't talk nonsense to him, looked at Jiao Yu and said, "Master Jiao?" He didn't dare to let General Ling go up, for fear that the wind beast would accidentally trample him to death.

Jiao Yu didn't answer and rushed directly into the house.

Screams, begging for mercy, and screams were endless.

The tiger attacked Wan Dahu like this, that way, oh... He Lingchuan covered his face and couldn't bear to watch, turned to the stunned servants of Wan family and said: "While this special envoy is handling the case, anyone who steps out of Wan family will be regarded as Wan Xian's ally." , I need cramps and peeling!”

The servants were as silent as cicadas.

There are several nursing homes here. I was embarrassed to take advantage of my employer's salary for free, but I was still eager to give it a try. When I saw three more tall sheep walking in, I gave up this idea immediately.

The people should not fight against the officials. This is a lesson ingrained in their bones.

The scene in the room was quite bloody, so He Lingchuan had no choice but to move a chair and sit in the courtyard to wait.

After a while, the goshawk hovering in the sky suddenly pounced down.

Human screams also sounded in the west.

After a while, a man was driven in and staggered in with several bloody holes on his shoulders.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, he knelt down to He Lingchuan and cried: "Sir, I was just following orders!"

The goshawk landed on the branch behind He Lingchuan: "I saw this man secretly picking up the baggage in the air and trying to sneak out of Wanjia through the back door."

He Lingchuan asked the steward of Wanfu: "Who is this?"

"This is the master's chief steward, whose surname is Lu."

He Lingchuan had a few questions and answers with Manager Lu, then walked to the front of the house and knocked on the door: "Wan Xianneng, your Manager Lu is about to be recruited. If you recruit behind him, I guarantee you will suffer twice as much."

As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Dahu's cry came out: "I say, I say! Please stop!"

Jiao Yu's methods were so cruel that he finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"In Zhitian Township, the medicinal herb business was too difficult to do, so I turned to digging mountains, building roads, building bridges, and mining. Unexpectedly, the flood last summer destroyed the bridge I built, and the villagers thought I was unreliable. This business It also took a turn for the worse." Wan Dahu felt bitter in his heart. "At this time, someone came to report that stone blood veins were found in Yulun Mountain. I know that stone blood is valuable, but that mountain top is not mine. It just so happened that my nephew was dedicated to teaching the mountain monster a lesson. Wild monster, I asked him to help me scare these pigs... I really didn't want to kill them!"

"What did your nephew do?"

"I don't know." Wan Dahu looked confused. "Not long after I begged him, he came back and told me that it was done. The snow melted the next spring, and the piglet was found dead in the nest hole. "

"After they die, there will be no resistance to open source and dig the lake. The county magistrate gave me this job to do, and I just..."

Just went mining.

"So it seems that you have little to do with this matter?"

"It's not big, it's really not big. I really don't want to kill that litter of pigs, and it's not me who kills them!"

He Lingchuan asked him again: "Is this the only time you can do such a shameful thing?"

"Just once, just this once!"

"Oh? But that's not what Manager Lu told me." He Lingchuan pulled Manager Lu forward, "You just told me, how many times did Wan Dahu ask you to go to Shuanglu Town?"

"Nine, nine times!" Manager Lu saw the miserable situation of Wan Dahu, how could he dare to lie?

He was just a part-time worker and received a meager salary. Why would he risk his life for an unscrupulous boss?

"Including yesterday's trip!"

"So Wan Dahu is not only in contact with his nephew?"

"It won't stop." Manager Lu said immediately, "He always asks me to send blood beads to Shuanglu Town!"

As soon as the word "blood beads" came out, Wan Xianneng swallowed hard.

It’s over, even this has been confessed.

"What on earth are those blood beads?"

The deer manager lowered his head: "It's a red ball, about the size of a bullet. I don't know its specific function and origin. I just follow orders!"

He Lingchuan glanced at Wan Xianneng and said grimly: "By the time he finishes saying what he needs to say, you will be useless."

The sweat on Wan Dahu's forehead dripped down to his chin. He suddenly gritted his teeth and said, "Sir, pursuing this is not good for you or the prince!"