After a moment, the person on the bench did not respond, and the confessor screamed and no longer answered the questions.

County Magistrate Tan frowned and turned to look at his long-servant: "Find the coroner."

"No need, he's still breathing." The door opened, and Mr. Pan turned his wheelchair and saw his student there. He glanced at County Magistrate Tan with a slightly cold look, and waved for Shen Changsui to push him out.

County Magistrate Tan felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, "Mr. Pan, would you like to see the confession?"

Mr. Pan handed him the paper in his hand and said, "Those who plotted and set the fire have all fled. This matter involves the salt business, so I won't go into it any further. You can judge the rest by yourself. Long live the king, and we'll go."

"Wait a minute." County Magistrate Tan leaned over and whispered as Shen Changsui pushed the wheelchair away, "Mr. Pan, more than one person saw the man who bumped into the two Tartars, and when he fled, they looked at Shen Changsui several times, and all of them thought it was the expression of surprise as if they saw someone they knew.

The person who hit the victim is likely also the arsonist, and Shen Changsui may know him. "

Shen Changsui looked at County Magistrate Tan intently, "I didn't see clearly who he was."

"Tan County Magistrate, could it be that Shen Changsui is in league with that guy?" Mr. Pan glanced at him, and Tan County Magistrate shook his head decisively, "I believe in your judgment.

But what I mean is that I will let you, my elder brother, describe the person and let your skilled painter paint his appearance."

He couldn't tell the difference between the portraits drawn by the painter and those in the previous arrest documents. "I can't find any clues either. You don't know that the warehouses that were burned were the ones in the corners, which were specially set aside for the transportation of military equipment.

However, it was found that the two rooms that caught fire were privately rented out by the warehouse clerks. That's why I agreed when the people from the garrison asked for compensation for the new cloth.

Moreover, the remaining tea, salt, gates and walls inside today seemed to have been set on fire after being poured with water. In fact, most of the goods were transported away through the excavated tunnel.

Even the roof was opened a foot wide in advance, otherwise the smoke would have risen into the sky as soon as the fire started. Fortunately, no major disaster occurred and no one was killed.

The old warehouse is quite messy, so we can take this opportunity to tear it all down and look for similar tunnels elsewhere."

"Authentic?" Shen Changsui couldn't help but wonder, what a capable person.

Mr. Pan was experienced in this matter and asked, "Where is the exit connected to? If you have so many people going in and out, can you still find traces of the person who did it?"

"Sir, there is wind by the river, and the weather is dry. What if there is another spark or they burn something else?

If we make a big show of it, those with evil intentions will not dare to move again. "Let's scare them away first.

Magistrate Tan was very tired. He had to deal with a problem before he was about to be transferred. He was afraid that it would lead to a tragedy in which both the people and the goods would be burned.

"Yes, the exit is in a warehouse diagonally opposite that has been sublet countless times.

Now there are people who deliberately expose the identity of the Dada people. It seems that someone is specifically controlling the rhythm to expose the identity of the Tartars.

Setting fire in the daytime is strange in every way. I beg you to help me again."

“The painting can help. You can call the people who have seen the person who hit the man to come to Yin Hotel and describe it together with Changsui.

As for the retrial, it is not necessary. It is best to find a professional to do it. That is the decision." Mr. Pan still asked Shen Changsui to push him out of the dungeon.

County Magistrate Tan achieved his goal of retaining the prisoner, and then he carefully looked over the confession with the lawyer who came out of the torture chamber.

He didn't know that after he left the person in the county government office, Shen Xiaoye and his sister kept nagging him.

The reason was simple. After they failed to buy moldy tea from the old man after transporting the tea, they were transferred to transport other things.

After hurriedly eating a bowl of rice at noon, they worked under the scorching sun until 2:15 in the afternoon. During this time, they never saw Shen Changsui coming back. Instead, Yue Jinxuan brought them food and water.

This is not the end yet. The patrolling officer said that after a quarter of an hour's rest, each vehicle must transport the removed tiles to the designated location.

"One tael of silver sounds like a lot, but in reality, he will ask you to work with two people for each car that comes.

Excluding the cost of fodder and food, each person only has 300 coins. Is that a lot? Not much. "Shen Xiaoye calculated it carefully and found that it was not a small amount. An adult laborer only had 30 to 40 coins a day.

However, when transporting tea, the officer discovered that there were only two young men on her donkey cart, so he forced a worker in.

It's painful to see the money you earned go to someone else.

Fortunately, the worker was capable and made up for the shortfall in money.

Shen Cungeng said: "I can only say that the gimmick of one or two taels of silver is too sweet. Didn't you see that there are people who want to earn money behind them and are not allowed to enter.

I was thinking, I finally wore new clothes to go out, but in less than half a day, my clothes were covered in dust and black. If my mother saw me, she would definitely scold me. "

Shen Xiaoye: "No, we brought back a lot of copper coins and made a big deal. She was so happy that she couldn't contain herself."

But is it so?

They were kept busy until sunset, when they finally got the cloth back from a tea stall outside the city and met Shen Changsui. Both men and their donkey were extremely tired, and if they met people from the same village they would take two of them with them.

It was already dark when they got home. Huang was waiting at the village entrance with a big torch. When she saw the two children covered in gray and black, she immediately became anxious.

Even after being persuaded to do some odd jobs today and hand over a seven-cent silver bar, Huang was still angry and went to boil hot water for them to take a bath. She was not worried about the clothes, but about the people.

Fortunately, grandma only told me to go to bed early.

Shen Xiaoye slept very soundly and slept until almost noon the next day. When she opened the door, she found more than a dozen pieces of cloth in the yard.

"The Yue family sent the cloth?" She scratched her head.

Little Black Cat: "How is that possible? It was sent by Erniu. It's all dyed with flowers."

"Eighteen horses, that's amazing. Hahaha, I can earn more than three or two taels." The thought of it made Shen Xiaoye happy. He jumped half a foot high.

Huang, who came from the east courtyard to check the dyeing pool, asked, "What are you talking to yourself about?"

"Money, aunt." Shen Xiaoye patted the cloth and said, "Are you unhappy?"

"Happiness can't be eaten, wash your face and eat quickly, the indigo you soaked a few days ago is enough." Huang had already prepared the tools, "This vat is just right for dyeing the shoe upper cloth for everyone."

"No problem. Where's grandma?" Shen Xiaoye would be very generous when she earned money. She simply tied her hair and went into the kitchen to wash her face.

Huang: "I went to see your fourth uncle teaching."

As soon as she mentioned Shen Changsui, she saw someone appear outside the wall, and there was a fair-skinned scholar with him.

When Shen Xiaoye came out to pour water, he saw the two people walking into the courtyard side by side, "Master Yue, your two pieces of cloth have not been dyed yet."

The other party smiled and said, “I am not here to see the cloth, I am here to give it to you.

My father thought your suggestion of selling cloth at a low price at the 28th Water and Land Conference was feasible, so he asked me to bring the 280 pieces of cloth that could not be washed and dye them all into blue and red without printing.

Brother Changsui said that you are the boss of this matter, so you should give my family some preferential treatment."

"What a great deal." Shen Xiaoye was immediately delighted. The God of Wealth was visiting her today.

"Two hundred and eighty horses?" Huang couldn't figure out how much she could earn, so she pulled Xiaoye's fingers.

Shen Xiaoye replied immediately: "The cloth can be used for four coins, or thirty-six taels of silver."

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