Ruins of the past

Following the order from Hezhi County, the officers began to search the entire warehouse.

The man who brought Chu Qiguang in had a cold sweat on his face and looked at their fight in panic.

But the imagined scene of Chu Qiguang being arrested did not appear. No matter how hard the officers searched, they could not find any trace of Chu Qiguang.

He Zhixian squinted his eyes slightly when he saw this scene. He walked to the bookshelf and glanced at a book, and finally landed on a book that was particularly clean and free of dust.

Pulling out the book, He Zhixian looked at the contents and murmured: "Yong'an 2 years?"

A trace of doubt flashed in his eyes, and he didn't understand why the visitor wanted to check the policy changes of Qingyang County this year. That was more than ten years ago, and even the book of Hui Dian in his hand was copied from scratch. of.

He turned to look at the man who came in with Chu Qiguang, and asked in a cold voice: "Who came to read this book? Did he say why he wanted to read it?"

…

In the back alley of the county government office, Chu Qiguang rolled down from the wall and sighed in his heart: "Fortunately, Qiao Zhi, you are guarding outside, otherwise you would have been caught in a trap today."

It turned out that Qiao Zhi was standing outside before. After seeing the magistrate leading people to the warehouse from a distance, he meowed a few times outside to remind Chu Qiguang.

It was when Chu Qiguang heard Qiao Zhi's meow that he opened the vent and slipped out before the magistrate arrived.

Qiao Zhi asked in confusion: "But why did Hezhi County bring people to the warehouse? Isn't this a coincidence? Is someone betraying us?"

Chu Qiguang said lightly: "Maybe."

While he was talking, Chu Qiguang had already seen Butler Hao Fulai, who was still waiting at the back door and looking into the Yamen.

Seeing Chu Qiguang appear safe and sound, Hao Fulai had a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly suppressed his surprise, nodded and said coldly: "It's okay, remember to come to Hao's house tomorrow."

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving Chu Qiguang with an aloof back.

Qiao Zhi, who was hiding on the edge of the wall, said angrily: "Hey! Is this guy the one who betrayed us?!"

"Kitten, don't say dirty words." Chu Qiguang said lightly: "Whether it is true or not, it is just speculation now."

Qiao Zhi said angrily: "What more evidence do you need! This hanging man is not a good person at first glance. He looks so weird all day long that he almost has the word "bad guy" written on his head! Let's kill him quickly!"

Seeing Qiao Zhi who wanted to kill him immediately, Chu Qiguang said helplessly: "You are too impatient. How can you kill people on the street? We are not bad guys."

…

After returning to the small courtyard where he lived with the sulky Qiao Zhi, Chu Qiguang came to the desk, recalling in his mind the contents of the money and grain account books he had seen these days and the ceremony he had just read.

Then he picked up the brush...and started writing with a wave of his hand...

After a cup of tea, Chu Qiguang looked at the crooked and awkward rows of words on the paper, and said helplessly: "If people see these words, it will lose too much of their impression. I'm afraid they won't know the content before they read it." Take three points lightly.”

But writing with calligraphy is not easy for Chu Qiguang. He had never practiced calligraphy in his previous life, and Ergou had never touched a calligraphy brush in this life.

‘If you want to practice calligraphy well, you will have to spend at least one or two years of hard work before you can meet people. ’

‘Forget it, let’s just tell the Hao family directly tomorrow. ’

Next, Chu Qiguang continued to write down the memories and thoughts in his mind one by one, regardless of whether the words looked good or bad, and then continued to adjust, and finally nodded with satisfaction.

"That's no problem, and the Ding family..."

Chu Qiguang has never forgotten that he still has Ding Daoxiao, the 'enemy who killed his father', to deal with.

At this moment, he was recalling the accounts related to the Ding family. The Ding family only paid 75 taels of silver in business taxes a year, which was far lower than the scale of their business.

"According to the intelligence that Datou and the others gathered on the street, the Ding family has a large-scale caravan to help them deliver goods to all parts of Lingzhou, and the business is huge."

"However, evading business taxes can be done by a wealthy family with some official officials. The whole Han Dynasty is evading business taxes, so it's not a big deal."

Chu Qiguang sighed, knowing that he could only find other ways to deal with Ding Daoxiao.

Late at night, Qiao Zhi came back from a walk outside and said to Chu Qiguang: "I asked Datou and the others. Today they have been taking turns changing dogs to follow the housekeeper Hao Fulai, and nothing suspicious has been found."

Chu Qiguang frowned: "Keep staring, there must be something wrong with Butler Hao...not just staring at him, but also keeping an eye on his wife, children, and relatives."

…

The next night, Chu Qiguang was invited to Hao's house again by Hao Fulai. As soon as he entered the living room, he saw that in addition to Hao Wen, Hao Yongtai and his son, Ding Daoxiao was also present.

Hao Yongtai introduced: "Brother Chu, you also know Brother Ding. He is here to discuss the fields with us today."

"Are you...?" Ding Daoxiao was stunned and said confusedly: "...a new student in the library?"

Hao Yongtai introduced: "This is Chu Qiguang. He found the fox demon who killed Yongnian before."

"Oh." Ding Daoxiao nodded and said nothing.

Hao Wen asked: "Chu Qiguang, you saw everything you should have seen yesterday, but have you come up with any ideas?"

Chu Qiguang said: "Of course there is a way, and the effort lies in the monster salary collected every year in the county..."

Before Chu Qiguang could say anything, Ding Daoxiao interrupted him directly, looked at Hao Yongtai and Hao Wen with a puzzled expression and said, "We are going to fight this Chu...Chu..."

Hao Yongtai said: "Chu Qiguang."

Ding Daoxiao said: "Are we just talking to this person about the county magistrate? Are you sure he is reliable?"

He looked at Chu Qiguang with suspicion: "What if he is sent by the county magistrate? If you believe him, wouldn't you fall into a trap?"

Hao Fulai on the side also said: "I heard that Chu Qiguang entered the county government warehouse not long ago, so how did he know that the county came and stayed in the warehouse for almost a stick of incense? I don't know if he has What did you say to Chu Qiguang?"

Hao Wen said in surprise: "Chu Qiguang, is this possible?"

"The magistrate is indeed here." Facing the steward's rough instigation, Chu Qiguang didn't even look at him, but said calmly: "But I took a step to avoid him and didn't meet him."

Hao Fulai said with a strange tone: "One-sided words."

"All the government servants present can testify to this matter. How can this be just one side of the story? But it seems like you, Butler Hao, don't want me to come up with ideas for Mr. Hao?" Without giving Hao Fulai a chance to refute, Chu Qiguang continued with a smile: "Everyone How about you listen to my solution first?"

Hao Wen glanced sideways at his butler, then looked at Ding Daoxiao aside and asked, "Nephew Ding Xian, what do you think?"

After all, the Hao family no longer had any senior Jinshi officials alive, so they still felt inferior to the Ding family, who still had the old man alive.

Ding Daoxiao nodded and said: "Then let's talk about it, but I will say something ugly earlier. This matter of measuring the land is not a trivial matter. It is because the imperial court wants to implement national policies, and Mr. Wu Ge is probably not very good at intervening. And behind the scenes of Hezhi County, at least He is also a high-ranking official with six ministries and nine ministers. If he is not handled carefully, it may be a big disaster."

After saying that, Ding Daoxiao glanced at Chu Qiguang with oppressive eyes, and the energy and blood in his body surged even more.

Accompanied by the sound of gurgling blood, the unique spiritual pressure of warriors from the four realms continued to squeeze towards Chu Qiguang in front of him. It seemed that if Chu Qiguang made the slightest move, he would strike with thunder.

This is the coercion directly caused by the absolute physical difference between the Four Realm warriors and Chu Qiguang. Ordinary people may be mentally suppressed if they are not careful, as if they encountered a tiger in the wild, stammering and unable to speak. can not say it clearly.

Feeling the other party's unbridled pressure, Chu Qiguang frowned slightly, and felt that his body and spirit seemed to be slightly stagnant under this spiritual pressure.

Ding Daoxiao said one word at a time: "This matter is of great importance. If there is anything inappropriate in Chu Qiguang's words, he will not be allowed to come in again."