Uncle Yitai’s hometown is called Qianniu Village. It is located by the Cai River. There are only more than twenty families. It is a quiet and peaceful village with simple folk customs. The villagers make a living by farming. Thousands of hectares of fertile land in this area belong to the Zheng family’s family. Almost all the surrounding villages are tenant farmers of the Zheng family. However, young people go to the capital to make a living, and even the tenant farmers are mainly middle-aged and elderly people.

Uncle Tai’s full name is Wang Tai. Although he works as a housekeeper in the capital, his family is the largest family in Qianniu Village. He owns the largest house in the village, covering at least twenty acres. It is currently living by his wife and old mother. Wang Tai also has a daughter and son. His daughter has already married to the neighboring village, and his son makes a living in the capital and opens a snack bar.

Li Yanqing and his party arrived at Qianniu Village in the middle of the night. Everyone got off the boat, and the boatmen helped to move more than a dozen large boxes into the village. Wang Tai pointed to a mansion next to the village and smiled: "Official, that's my family."

Li Yanqing laughed, "The house is very big! At least it is a big mansion."

Wang Tai said embarrassedly: "The official is joking. The house here cannot be compared with the capital. The twenty acres of land in this house are worth up to 300 guan. It is the ancestral land of my family. The newly built house two years ago only cost 2,000 guan."

"But the surroundings are quiet, with many big trees, and they are very close to Cai River and convenient transportation."

At this time, Wang Tai's wife came out and bowed to Li Yanqing. Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I'll trouble you during this period. I will definitely make a lot of compensation."

"You don't have to be polite, go and rest first!"

Li Yanqing then took everyone into the village and entered Wang Tai's house. Wang Tai's house was big, with enough empty rooms, and even half of the land in the house was empty, used to raise chickens and grow vegetables, and there were several large persimmon trees. The atmosphere at the farmhouse was very strong.

Wang Tai packed the best small courtyard for his mistress and Hu Qing'er to live in, and everyone found an empty room to settle in.

Li Yanqing looked at the room. Although it was the best room, it was still too crude and empty. He apologized to Sisi: "Live for a while first, I will pick you up."

Sisi shook her head, "It's okay for me, I just need to be careful."

Li Yanqing hugged her in his arms and kissed her cherry lips. At this time, the door suddenly opened and Qing'er came in from outside, "Sister, there is a well in the yard!"

When she looked up, she was startled when she saw the two of them being intimate. She turned around and left with a red face. Li Yanqing called her, "Qing'er, wait a moment!"

Hu Qing'er walked in with a hesitation, "Brother, what are you doing?"

Li Yanqing also hugged her in his arms, kissed her forehead, and smiled and said, "Protect your elder sister!"

Hu Qing'er blushed and lowered her head and whispered "Yeah!". Then Li Yanqing smiled and said, "I'm leaving!"

"Do you go back by boat?"

"No, Uncle Tai takes me to Chicang Town, where Zhang Bao and the others meet me. I will ride my horse back and I'm leaving. Take care of you!"

"Brother, take care of yourself!"

Li Yanqing waved his hand to them with a smile and quickly left the yard. Sisi and Qing'er stood at the yard gate and watched him walk away. Sisi turned her head and blinked at Qing'er and said, "It seems that there is no need to prepare any dowry for you."

Hu Qing'er's ears suddenly turned red, and she stomped her feet, "What are you talking about with your elder sister?" She turned around and ran to the yard.

Sisi smiled and shook her head. This little girl only called her husband the eldest brother, but she was willing to refuse to worship her grandfather as her foster father. Can she hide her little thoughts from her?

It was already morning when Li Yanqing rushed back to the capital. Last night, Yang Guang made a mistake and threw away Li Yanqing's horse halfway. When they found the war horse and rushed to Chicang Town, it was already five o'clock, and Li Yanqing waited for them for an hour.

The three of them entered the city from Chenzhou Gate. Li Yanqing's face was cold and he didn't say a word. Zhang Bao and Zhang Ying looked angry and glared at Yang Guang from time to time. This bastard was careless all day long, and he didn't know if the reins were loose. He was scolded for implicating them. Yang Guang hung his head, like an eggplant beaten by frost.

Li Yanqing's home is not far from Chenzhou Gate. Although Li Yanqing was in a hurry to go to the military prison, he still took a short walk to see the situation at home.

As soon as he arrived at the door of his house, the old man Hu, a gardener who stayed behind the house, hurried over and said, "Officials, the magpies came last night, so I asked you to go to Yujie quickly."

"Is something wrong?"

"It seems like I've been walking there last night."

Li Yanqing was shocked, turned his horse's head and ran towards Baoyanzhai, Yujie. Soon, Li Yanqing ran to Baoyanzhai and saw that Baoyanzhai were full of people watching the fun from afar. More than a dozen yamen runners stood around him and were not allowed to enter.

When I rushed to Baoyanzhai, I found that Baoyanzhai had been burned beyond recognition, leaving only an exterior wall, which had been burned into ruins and was pitch black. The Li Er scissors shop on the left and the Jujinyin shop on the right were not affected because there was an alley across it, and several houses behind it were burned, but it seemed that the losses were not large.

Li Yanqing turned over and dismounted and squeezed in. She saw Madam Sun holding the magpie's shoulder and crying. Tiezhu brought a group of servants to search for something in the store.

Li Yanqing hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

Madam Sun's eyes were swollen from crying, and she sobbed and said, "I don't know what happened. It suddenly caught fire last night. The neighbors around him came to put out the fire, but they still couldn't save it."

"Where are the people who are looking at the store?" Li Yanqing asked anxiously: "Is there anything wrong?"

The magpie next to him said, "Uncle Zhou Er escaped, only burned his hair, and his injuries were not serious. Manager Wu took him to the county government to record."

Li Yanqing breathed a little relieved, "As long as you are fine, it's a blessing."

Mrs. Sun cried again, "But there are tens of thousands of yuan of goods inside, and such a big shop. This is the Imperial Street! How can I explain to the master?"

Li Yanqing was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Of course he knew what was going on. Liang Fangping, Wang Fu or Li Yan, one of these three must be found. He must find out the real murderer and seek justice today.

He comforted Mrs. Sun again, saying that she would not hold her accountable for this matter and told her not to blame herself too much. Li Yanqing asked Xique to take Mrs. Sun to Hongqiao Baoyanzhai, and this side will be temporarily handed over to Tiezhu.

At this time, Tiezhu saw Li Yanqing and quickly jumped out of the ruins and reported to Li Yanqing: "Little boss, more than a dozen boxes of perfume and spices in the cellar were kept, but the rouge and other goods in the warehouse were burned, and the goods were lost about 70%."

"Have the cause of the fire been found?"

"It should be a man-made fire. The yamen runners just found a scythe. We looked carefully and the fire started from the warehouse. In addition, someone saw a few men in black around the store before the fire."

"I understand. Next, you will transport the remaining goods back to Hongqiao, and then find someone to clean up all the broken walls and tiles of the store, level the land, then set up a good tent on it and lay a carpet to continue business. You cannot see any signs of burning, and handle it within two days."

“Are you not repairing a new store?”

Li Yanqing shook his head, "I won't repair it for the time being. I will persuade my father to sell this land when I look back."

"I understand, I'll go to the 'Fang Family House Building Shop' to clean up the broken walls."

Tiezhu turned around and was about to run away, and Li Yanqing called him again, "Let me tell Manager Wu again, we will compensate him for burning the neighbor's house and let him handle the relationship well."

"I see!"

Li Yanqing arranged the store's funeral and then turned over. At this moment, there were faint shouts of shouting from afar. The people watching the fun were attracted by them and rushed to the south.

Li Yanqing didn't know what happened? After a moment, a yamen runs over panting and shouts to the more than a dozen yamen runners who are maintaining order for Baoyanzhai: "The students are parading, Du Shaoyin asks you to go back immediately."

More than a dozen people didn't care about Baoyanzhai, so they turned around and ran south. However, Li Yanqing was overjoyed. He knew that he had gone to see Cai Jing yesterday and worked.

The parade of Tai students was huge, with nearly two thousand Tai students chanting slogans with various banners: "The people's livelihood is hard, oppose the Northern Expedition!", "Cancel big money and reduce taxes!", "Severely punish Liang Fangping and punish corruption!"

The college students' team was in a vast and came along the Imperial Street towards the northernmost Xuande Building. Seeing that the parade was getting closer and closer, Li Yanqing knew that he should not show up here, so he said to Zhang Bao and the other two: "Let's go!"
Chapter completed!