Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

Chapter 65 Visiting
It rained for two or three days in late autumn.

In an alley in the outer city.

"Captain Li, we have already investigated clearly. Huang Gun stayed in that yard for two days... Then someone went in and seemed to be searching, but there were no signs of a fight..."

Li Yuancheng was squatting in the alley, with a fast-moving constable behind him reporting the situation in the yard.

He ignored the words of his disciple Tong Xiaowu behind him.

He just stroked the brick floor of the alley in front of him. There were cracks on some of the bricks...

quack!

Li Yuancheng used his five fingers to grab a few bricks below like an eagle's hook. He could immediately see some yellow and black marks underneath the bricks, which had merged with the soil under the bricks.

"What is this?" asked the apprentice Tong Xiaowu.

"Corpse powder."

A sharp light flashed in Li Yuancheng's eyes:

"This should be the place where the corpses were destroyed. It is certain that two people fought here, and the one who died was most likely Huang Gun..."

Tong Xiaowu subconsciously asked: "Why, Master?"

Li Yuancheng did not hide anything about this new disciple. He stood up and analyzed, "If it was someone else who died, Huang Gun's house would not have been turned upside down so much. Even if Huang Gun wanted to escape from the county, he would only hide the traces that he lived here. How could this be possible?"

Tong Xiaowu seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "So, Master, what you mean is that someone attacked and killed Huang Gun at the gate of his small courtyard, and then used corpse powder to dissolve Huang Gun's body, leaving us no trace. If that's the case, why would they deliberately search his courtyard and leave traces of the search?"

Li Yuancheng sighed and said, "Looking for traces can only prove that Huang Gun was indeed killed by someone else, but after the corpse powder dissolved the body, how was Huang Gun killed? What weapon was used to kill him? What martial arts did he use? Even what martial arts skills did his opponent have? These are all unsolved mysteries. Just based on the traces of the courtyard being searched, there is no way to start."

"Then can't we start from where the corpse powder comes from?" Tong Xiaowu asked subconsciously: "This kind of poison is not simple, and it is not easy to buy."

Li Yuancheng glanced at his apprentice and said, "Corpse powder is indeed difficult for others to obtain, but... don't forget who Huang Gun is? Who reported the case and insisted that we arrest Huang Gun? In fact... I have a few black market hooks these days. Tell me, too, that someone is offering a reward for Huang Gun in the black market?"

Tong Xiaowu was startled and asked, "Medicine King Hall?"

Li Yuancheng took a deep breath and said, "Stop talking... This case is not a big one. If it involves the people behind the Medicine King Hall, it will not be something that a deputy detective like me can investigate. Don't bring trouble upon yourself."

"What about us?"

"Return to the county government office and hand over all the information and analysis from the scene to the county magistrate. If the county magistrate wants to investigate further, it will be the case of Lord Dao Wang."

There are some things that Li Yuancheng is not comfortable telling his apprentice.

That is the annual tax revenue of Baojiao County. The three major sources are Yaowangtang, Yulonghui, Chaitiepu, and commercial taxes from other trades.

The Yaowang Hall alone can collect 700,000 taels of tax in a year.

If it was really Yaowangtang that was cleaning up its own house, it is estimated that the county magistrate would turn a blind eye and close the case.

After all, why would a person like Huang Gun be worthy of the county government to make decisions on his behalf and initiate an investigation into Yaowangtang?
It is rumored that the imperial envoy "Tan Chongrui" who is to be sent by the court to pilot the reform in Baojiao County seems to have the idea of ​​targeting the officials, gentry and wealthy families in Baojiao County.

At this juncture, the masters in the yamen and the big shopkeepers were so busy hugging each other that they had no time to fight among themselves and give that Mr. Tan a chance to take advantage of?

"Wait, Master, if the county magistrate really closes the case, I'm afraid that the director of the Liangjiang Guild Hall, Huang Muxia, the 'Golden-faced Tiger' among the dragons, tigers and leopards among the top ten masters of Baojiao, will not let it go so easily..."

After Tong Xiaowu finished speaking, he thought of the legend of the golden-faced tiger and couldn't help shrinking his neck. There were only a few strong men and capable people at the top of Baojiao County, so naturally they had many branches and leaves. The big families and those who were able to hold high positions had relatives and friends, formed gangs, and led people to surrender.

The Huang family and the Liangjiang Guild Hall, although their status in the county is not as high as that of the three giants.

But in a sense, he is an indispensable middleman for every household.

The so-called Liangjiang Guild Hall refers to the people from Jiangnan and Jiangdong who traveled from the two rivers in the south of the Daji Dynasty to the north to do business in various provinces, prefectures and counties. Their footprints were spread across the thirteen provinces of the Daji Dynasty. In order to unite fellow townsmen, it was also a base for mutual trade, also called a public office, whose purpose was to unite fellow merchants and engage in foreign trade.

It is also called "Ya Bang" or "Ya Hang", which means middleman.

The curator, Huang Muxia, was a native of Jiangdong. More than a hundred years ago, his grandfather Huang Wenlin came to Baojiao County with his fellow villagers to do business. Later, his grandfather went bankrupt and his family was poor, so he was not a family of martial arts.

When Huang Muxia was twelve years old, he accidentally became an apprentice of a bodyguard from the Mingyuan Escort Agency in the county and thus entered the martial arts world. After three years of apprenticeship, he became a master. Later, because of his outstanding talent, he turned to the famous boxer "Master Yu Zhankui" under the Qiulong Mansion and learned the unique skills of the master.

After he turned 20, he was unwilling to be complacent, so he left Qiulong again, traveled across the north and south, learned skills along the way, visited famous teachers, and learned boxing and martial arts from nine well-known masters in succession. He integrated them into his own skills and finally returned home in glory at the age of 31.

In the same year, he became the head of the Huang family. After that, he often fought with the heads of various martial arts halls and never lost. Later, his skills improved and his reputation rose. He took control of the "Liangjiang Guild Hall" in Baojiao County, which connected the major gangs, and became its head.

People call him - Golden-faced Tiger Huang Muxia, ranked eighth among the masters in Baojiao County, and he has reached the rare Tongmai realm.

Li Yuancheng muttered to his apprentice, holding his knife in his hand: "This is the matter of Yaowang Hall and Liangjiang Guild Hall, it has nothing to do with us. You are small, don't even think about going to the top, withdraw your team."

That being said.

He couldn't help but think of his brother-in-law. It seemed that he had to find an opportunity to give him some advice. After all, he was able to be promoted back to deputy chief constable thanks to Chen Ku. He taught him that if there was a conflict between the two families, he must be careful to protect himself. After all, it was not easy to come out of the countryside.

Here, Li Yuancheng gathered the team and went back to make a record of the investigation.

Shortly after.

In the Medicine King Hall.

Chen Ku was in the pharmacy. After he got the scent of the bait rat, he released the greyhound last night.

His cultivation level is now very high. He can let the greyhound out for a day and a night without it getting tired. If he persists long enough, it can last for two days.

Just wait for the greyhound to cross the border and bring back a few more bait rats.

He had inquired about the price of this bait rat on the black market. Now that the typhoid epidemic had shown signs of spreading in the countryside, the price had risen to over three hundred taels. It was possible that it would rise further in the coming days.

Originally, Chen Ku was also worried about his relatives in the countryside. He decided to get some more bait rats, either to sell them or to keep them for his family as a life-saving talisman. Or, he could use the money to buy a big yard in the inner city and bring all his relatives to live in the city. It would be enough.

It was during this time that Chen Ku took the opportunity to learn pharmacology.

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud "boom" was heard in the lobby outside Yaowang Hall, as if something had collapsed.

Soon after, the guys’ voice spread to all the courtyards.

"Something big has happened. The head of the Liangjiang Guild Hall has come to visit with his disciples..."

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