Since I met you, people are dying every day

Ye Sirui and Xia Tian hurried back to the county office, just in time for the daily morning hall.

The guard at the gate almost turned them away, but fortunately Ye Sirui was still sensible and stopped Xia Shu who was about to barge in. "Go and send a message to Ye Xiancheng, just say that the county magistrate is back and ask him to pick him up." He was also exhausted, unwilling to smile and greet people, and his words became a little tougher.

The yamen servant dubiously sent someone there, and within less than a stick of incense, Ye Fu hastily greeted him, "What's the matter, my lord? I heard the yamen servant say you..." The voice stopped abruptly.Ye Fu's eyes were as big as copper bells, and he looked at him in horror. "What happened to you?"

"Go in and talk." Ye Sirui said wearily.

It's almost time to be promoted to the morning hall, it's a big deal, there can't be any delay, Ye Sirui told Ye Fu to go to work first, don't say that he has come back.He and Xia Shu led the horse around to the backyard.Ye Sirui unloaded the burden for Xia Shu, and told him to go to the torture room to find a coworker.

Ye Sirui went back to his room and changed into his regular clothes. He didn't even have time to take a bath. He scribbled a note and asked someone to hand it to the Marquis of Anshun, and then rushed to the Dianshi Yamen.Dian Shi was promoted to the hall with the county magistrate, and the officials in the yamen were a little surprised to see his clothes, Ye Sirui asked the clerk kindly: "Is there any map of Helin County here?"

Dian Shiya has stored many files.As soon as the clerk heard it, he picked up four books, "Which one do you want, sir?"

Ye Sirui didn't know which book was taken away by Wu Xintian, but he had already thought about it. "Which volume is related to the customs and customs in Guishanli?"

The document said: "You ask me this way... Let me put it this way, the county chronicles are divided according to geographical history, customs, figures, taxes and labor. If you ask this question, which volume is related to Guishanli."

"Then I'll take it all away." Ye Sirui took the book and thanked him.

Going back to the house and looking closely, it was indeed as Fan Zhi said, I remembered that it was the geographical history and customs of each township and ri.In fact, he vaguely knew what Wu Xintian was looking for, but he was at a loss as to where to start.Helin County was established by the former dynasty, and Guishanli was established during the reign of Gaozu. It is a 110-family household in the southeast corner of Helin County.He flipped through the books one by one, and slowly discovered something strange: in the same year, the land tax of each household in Guishanli was [-] to [-] percent lower than that in other places.There is no difference between famine and harvest in the same year. Even if the land here is worse than other places, how can it be so much less?Moreover, the difference between the previous few years and other places was only [-]-[-]%.From the first year of Tianxian, the land tax paid has become less and less.

There are other things wrong, too, since the first year of Tianxian, no one in Guishanli has ever been admitted to the county school.For four consecutive years, more than 100 families have not produced a single scholar, which is simply unimaginable.What's more, Helin County is adjacent to the capital city and is a major scientific research county. Going forward a few years, Guishanli is not like this.

Ye Sirui closed the book.This shows what?

When Ye Fu came back from the hall, he immediately came to look for him.Seeing him, Ye Sirui thought of another thing, "Did any yamen servants go missing in Lin County in the past four or five years?"

Ye Fu thought for a while, "If I remember correctly, yes." As he said this, he asked the yamen servant to look for the file according to his instructions, "The yamen servant is called Niu Pu, who returned to Shanli four years ago. Minus, the head of the village was questioned in the morning hall, only saying that the harvest was not good. The magistrate Cen suspected that they had concealed it and did not report it. Shangzhong's poison was cured, but his body became much weaker. After Ye Sirui sent someone to take him home, he never saw him again.

"Why don't you check?" Ye Sirui asked eagerly.

"I've checked." The yamen servant sent the file, and Ye Fu checked it while telling the story from memory, "This time, I sent a large team of people to follow the route and found Guishanli. The village chief said that there was no yamen servant at all. Everyone in the village can testify, and the elders in the village swear that they have never seen each other, so here are the confessions.” He pushed the file to Ye Sirui, and Ye Sirui sneered when he saw that the village chief was Feng Hongguang.

Ye Fu also said: "There is no evidence, no evidence, I searched everywhere, but I can't find anyone alive, and I can't find a dead body. The county magistrate Cen can't help it. Finally, he sent someone to verify that the harvest in Guishanli was indeed poor, so we had to close the case hastily. "

But it hit my hand.Ye Sirui said: "Accompany me to see the autopsy." So they went to the execution room together, and along the way Ye Sirui briefly talked about the discoveries along the way.

"What's going on here!?" Ye Fu was astonished, "Hiding the guns privately, attacking the county magistrate, assassinating the yamen servants...is this a conspiracy!?"

"I'm afraid they are a group of rebels." Ye Sirui said.

They thought they would see the scene of the autopsy, but as soon as they entered, they saw Xia Shu and Wu Zuo waiting by the stove. A jar was burning on the stove, and the sour smell filled the air.

Ye Sirui knew at a glance that it was the same as the "boiled bones" that Ye Sirui said earlier.But Ye Fu didn't know, and asked with a smile: "Are you lazily eating here?" As he said he wanted to go up to see what they were cooking, Xia Shu held his wrist. "do not move."

Ye Sirui's heart was so delicate that he felt a little unhappy, and he couldn't explain the reason, maybe the sour smell here was too heavy. "Yufeng, come here, they are cooking bones."

Ye Fu retreated to his side, "What is boiled bone?"

Before Xia Shu could answer, Wu Zuo said first, "Master Huixian Cheng, boiling bones is the way to test bones on rainy days. Boil vinegar with charcoal fire, add salt and white plums and cook together with the bones. Take it out, wash it with water, and expose it to the sun, and you can see any scars. If it’s sunny, you don’t have to worry about it.”

Ye Fu laughed and said, "This method is really wonderful."

Ye Sirui also found it strange, but the four of them stared at the pot on the stove together, and what was gurgling inside was human bones, this scene was a bit weird no matter how you looked at it.

"Okay." Xia Shu said.The water boiled for a while.Wu Zuo extinguished the stove, wrapped the jar in a thick cloth, moved the jar off the stove, and lifted the lid.For a moment, he was so sour that he couldn't open his eyes.When Ye Sirui regained his composure, Xia Shu and Wu Zuo had already spread out the white cloth, and when the things in the jar had cooled down a bit, they took out the bones one by one and put them on the white cloth.

Ye Sirui has already seen Xia Shu fight bones without changing his face, but picking bones from a boiling pot is another experience.Xia Shu and Wu Zuo picked up some key bones to check. "Look." Xia Shu raised a bone, and Ye Sirui and Ye Fu had no choice but to restrain their discomfort, and leaned over to look.The bone was crooked, with a bluish-black color on it, which was an injury suffered during his lifetime.

"What kind of bone is this?" Ye Sirui asked.

"Ribs, there are twelve left and right ribs, eight are long and four are short." Xia Shu didn't wait for him to ask and said, "This is short."

Ye Sirui suddenly felt that the sourness was not so unbearable.

"Find out the other ribs too." Xia Shu said to Wu Zuo.The two of them quickly found other ribs and checked them one by one. Only the other short rib also had marks on it.Xia Tian made some gestures in his heart and said, "It's a sharp weapon that pierced into the internal organs and hurt the ribs."

Wu Zuo also agreed that this was a fatal injury, but still patiently checked the bones in other vital parts, and there was no blood.

The yamen servant trotted all the way to report: "Lord magistrate, the guards of the Marquis of Anshun have arrived and are waiting outside the door."

Ye Sirui asked again: "Are you all wearing armor and riding a horse?"

The yamen servant said, "Exactly!"

Only then did Ye Sirui praise: "Good!" Then he said to Ye Fu: "Let the servants lead the horses and gather together. All adult men from the 110 households in Guishanli will be arrested and brought back. Anyone who resists will be shot!"

He gave the order, and Ye Fu ordered it immediately, and said: "My lord, don't go to risk yourself, just order the arrest."

When he said that, Ye Sirui didn't want to take any risks, so he agreed immediately. "Brother Tianshu can't go either." Xia Shu hasn't closed his eyes for two days, how can he be asked to come again.What's more, swords have no eyes, in case something happens to him... "Go back and rest."

Xia Shu remained motionless, even Ye Fu could see his disapproval.Ye Fu persuaded: "Ziqi is right. Since Mr. Xia has worked hard all the way, he might as well stay and rest."

Xia Shu only looked at Ye Sirui.Ye Sirui said: "I will tell them to pay attention to Anbo and Yunniang, and save them and my yamen servants to rescue them. Now you can rest assured?"

Xia Shu's eyes were heavy. "As you say."

After he left, Wu Zuo also went down, and Ye Sirui and Ye Fu explained the topography of Guishanli and the appearance of the few people they were paying attention to.Ye Fu sighed: "It's my fault. I thought that Li Xiuming was a local and might be able to help you communicate, but I didn't expect him to be such a person who can't tell right from wrong!" He was puzzled for a moment, "I still I don’t understand, that’s all for the Feng family, why are the elders following him around? There are even banned drugs, what’s the origin of these people?”

Ye Sirui has been pondering this question for a long time.He said slowly: "I still remember Lord Hou telling me that the Golden Scissors Club disappeared in Jianghu five years ago, and the members of the Golden Scissors Club have disappeared since then." His last sentence was unique. deep meaning.Ye Fu understood

His meaning also changed slightly.

"Go." Ye Sirui said, "Bring them all back."

Ye Fu resigned, and he still had to go to the master recorder to explain his affairs and go back to change his clothes. Ye Sirui stopped him again, "By the way, there is a tavern by Xu Ji on the road. Remember to give the boss three taels of silver when you come back." He wrote Xia Shu's name, and he couldn't tell Xia Shu not to pay back the money he owed.

This order was a bit unbelievable, but Ye Fu complied without asking why.

Sending Ye Fu and his party off, Ye Sirui couldn't open his eyes anymore, so he could only force himself to go back to the house and undress, and vaguely told the servants, "Guanyan, when I am away, if anyone is looking for them, tell them to look for the master. The county magistrate and the others come back." Wake me up again..."

After hearing his order, the servant dared to reply: "My lord, the young one is not called Guanyan." After hearing no response, Ye Sirui fell asleep on the couch, and his clothes were only half undone.