Daily Life of Jiang Liuniang

   Chapter 367 Black-faced servant

   With the limelight of the second brother Jiang, the undergraduate martial arts did not attract much attention. Cao Yubao was only familiar with Lang Chao, the tanhualang, and didn't know his origin at all. However, since he chose to join Yulinwei, he should have something to do with Yulinwei. Cao Yubao speculated, "Which general's nephew of Yulinwei is he?"

   "Impossible. There are no generals above the third rank of Yulin Wei who have the surname Lang, nor does any general's wife have the surname Lang." Before Chai Yi'an could speak, Bai Zhen answered. Bai Zhou's father, Xiangyi Hou Bai Chengguo, and his elder brother Bai Yang both served in Yulinwei, so he knew the situation of Yulinwei's generals very well, "Lang Chao was sent to Yulinwei by the Ministry of War, and he and the Ministry of War were sent to Yulinwei by the Ministry of War. We don't know if it's related."

   Cao Yubao's father worked in the Ministry of Industry, and he didn't know much about the Ministry of War, so he asked Chai Yi'an directly, "Fourth brother, don't sell the lawsuit, but you can tell me the origin of Lang Chao."

  Chai Yi'an shook his head, "I don't know. But you two remember, this person can't be dealt with."

   "Why?" Cao Yubao and Bai Zhen asked in unison.

   They are all brothers, and Chai Yi'an didn't hide it from them, and said in a low voice, "Because he didn't arrest the Khitan spy who sneaked into Dazhou to spy on the military situation, but the people of my Dazhou."

   "Hi—" Cao Yubao gasped, "Really?"

  Baizheng also asked solemnly, "How did the fourth brother know, what is the truth of this matter?"

Chai Yi'an didn't say it directly, but reminded the two brothers, "That's what I said, you just listen to it like this, and we didn't say anything about it when we left the door. In short, Lang Chao, we can avoid him if we can. Sooner or later, you can't die!"

  It is a serious crime to kill the people for no reason. Did Lang Chao eat the gall of a bear and a leopard? He committed such a crime, who helped him confuse black and white and ask for military merit? How many people know about this? Why is no one saying anything? The more things were going on here, the more Bai Zhou and Cao Yubao felt like they were trapped in the fog.

   Jiang Erye did the same when he heard that Lang Chao was promoted. Although he knew for a long time that officialdom did not distinguish between black and white, the fact that such a thing happened by his side still made Jiang Erye very unhappy. If you are not happy, you have to drink and indulge in enjoyment. Jiang Erye strolled to the Tingshulou to have fun. The storyteller in the building was recently talking about the book of Jianghu Rangers. Among them, there were many green forest heroes who roared at the road, and they listened very happily.

   Jiang Erye arrived at the Tingshu Building, sat down beside the railing outside the private room on the second floor reserved for him by the shopkeeper, and lowered his head to listen to the storytellers in the hall downstairs.

   A black-faced guy brought a tea tray to Jiang Erye to deliver tea. Jiang Bao had never seen this guy, so he cautiously took his tray and asked him to wait by the side.

  When Jiang Bao set tea for Erye, Erye Jiang glanced up at random and saw the guy in the library standing next to him. His complexion made Jiang Erye feel quite nostalgic, because when he first recognized his son, his son was like this, "Are you new here?"

   The black-faced guy about thirty years old nodded and bowed.

   Jiang Erye failed to endorse, but his memory of remembering people was excellent. He ate tea and asked, "Where did you work before? It seems that I have never seen you in Kang'an City."

   The young man pointed to his mouth and waved his hand again.

   "Can't speak?" Jiang Erye asked.

   The young black-faced mute man nodded vigorously.

   Can't speak but can hear clearly, this must not be born dumb. But Jiang Erye didn't care how dumb he was, he waved him to step back and continued to listen to the book.

   The black-faced mute obediently carried the tray and returned to the back kitchen of the Tingshu Building, carefully scrubbing the tea set in the wooden tub. If you look closely, you will find that there is a newly scabbed, finger-thick scar on the rolled forearm, which seems to be tied by a rope.

   Jiang Erye clapped his hands and applauded after listening to the story of the Ranger Xing Xia's righteousness, and the depression in his heart dissipated a lot. When he got up and was about to go home, he saw Uncle Qiu running happily.

   After Uncle Qiu saluted and sat opposite him, Erye Jiang lowered his voice and whispered, "Uncle Qiu, are you exaggerating?"

   Uncle Qiu still pretended to be overjoyed, and whispered to the second master Jiang, "Second master, only in this way can people in the dark believe that the case we are investigating has made significant progress."

   Jiang Erye also pretended to be overjoyed, but felt unreliable, "Does this work?"

   "The result will be known soon." Uncle Qiu was confident, because his investigation department had obtained the case for several months, and had basically locked the target. This bait was specially set for them. As long as the bait is big enough, they won't worry about not taking the bait, Uncle Qiu smiles brighter.

   Jiang Erye suggested to Uncle Qiu countless times, "When this case is solved, will you always remove the scar on your face?"

   "Okay, I'll listen to the second master." Uncle Qiu replied with a smile, "The old man continues to prepare, the second master just wants to marry his wife with peace of mind, and leave the thief to the old man."

   Jiang Erye nodded and watched him go downstairs happily.

   Uncle Qiu went downstairs and happened to see the black-faced mute coming out of the back kitchen with tea. Uncle Qiu passed him by, and after getting on the carriage outside the Tingshu Building, he said to his side, "Go and find out the origin of the black-faced servant just now."

   The driver who was driving the car whispered, "What do you think is wrong with him?"

   Uncle Qiu said softly, "His hands can't be ground with sackcloth. I suspect that he is from the northwest and has something to do with the people who were killed a month ago."

  Not long after Uncle Qiu left, Erye Jiang also pretended to be urgent and excited, and walked downstairs quickly. The black-faced guy followed the shopkeeper, sent Jiang Erye to the carriage, and returned to the building with a calm face to continue his work.

   On the second day, Jiang Erye was told by his mother what to do when he got married. His head hurt when he heard it, so he simply made an appointment with Chai Yi'an and listened to the book to relieve his boredom.

   When the few people were listening with gusto, Zhou Qiwu, a clerk of the Xicheng Bingma Siyamen, came over with a stack of official documents and asked Jiang Erye to use the seal. After the government affairs were dealt with, Zhou Qiwu quickly walked out and hurried to hand in the documents to Jingzhao House. If this document is handed in late, he must be scolded by Lord Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture.

   When Zhou Qiwu walked down with the document in his arms, he saw the black-faced boy cleaning the table in the Tingshu Building at a glance—because his complexion was too eye-catching.

  Although he glanced at it in a hurry, Zhou Qiwu felt that this person was familiar, but he didn't have time to think about it, so he hurried out of the listening library and ran to Jingzhao House to hand in the documents. After handing over the documents to his eldest brother Zhou Qiwen, Zhou Qiwu walked out of Jingzhao Mansion without incident, suddenly remembered the black-faced servant just now, his eyes widened, and he hurried to Tingshulou.

   When he was searching around in the Tingshu Building, Jiang Bao came downstairs, "Brother Zhou, the second master asked the little one to ask what you were looking for, did you drop your wallet?"

   Zhou Qiwu shook his head, walked quickly up the second floor, and came to his family.

   (end of this chapter)