After the deputy temple left, Baozheng asked: "Sanlang, why are you asking this Wu silk merchant? The Yamen has already sentenced him, do you still want to go to his house to get the money back? Don't cause trouble again, otherwise Zhao Asi Then I’ll have another excuse to deal with you.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Thank you Baozheng for the tip. Yes, there seems to be a clerk in our store who is in his twenties and has a birthmark as big as a copper coin on his right cheek. Does Baozheng remember him?"

This man was exactly what Zhang Yue saw in his dream. He remembered that he was his clerk, but he didn't know his name.

Baozheng smiled and said: "Isn't this Qiao San who lives in Pingbuzhou? I remember that when his parents gave birth to him, they were very lustful. Later, your grandfather felt sorry for him and took a thousand yuan to support him, so that he could live. Come down. Later he became a young man and had no livelihood. It was your uncle who did good deeds and took care of him as a clerk and kept him in the shop."

 Zhang Yue suddenly realized that there was still such a feeling.

Baozheng said: "Yes, it happened that Qiao San was there the night the accident happened."

 Zhang Yue stood up and said, "Bao Zheng, I'm going out."

“Didn’t your brother tell you before going out to study at home and find a scholar in the future? Why are you running out all day?”

 Zhang Yue sighed: "With the situation our family is in, how can we afford to hire a scholar to teach me how to study? I want to go out and see what kind of work I can find."

Cao Baozheng was stunned when he heard this, and then nodded and said: "You are more sensible. If you share more with your elder brother, this obstacle will be over sooner or later. I am happy for you if you have such ambition!"

 Zhang Yue smiled, but Baozheng still didn't understand himself.

He has a principle in his life. It's okay to offend me on a daily basis, but if you have received favor from me, you still dare to do this. I will use all means to kill you.

 Zhang Yue went out immediately, then crossed Shuinan Bridge and entered the city. First, he followed Baozheng's instructions and went to Qiao San's house.

When he walked to Qiao San's house, Zhang Yue knew that his family's situation was not good, but he still didn't expect it to be this bad. His wife and children were so hungry that they could not walk by the door. From her mouth, he learned that Qiao San's family had no food for a long time. Yesterday, Qiao San finally borrowed some money to buy food on the street, but she didn't come back today.

Zhang Yue knew that there must be something fishy about this matter, so he took some money to buy some food for Qiao San, his wife and children, and then, with their gratitude, he hurried to the teahouse where he met Peng Jingyi yesterday to get the file.

"At the beginning of Guisi in the fifth month, silk merchant Wu Ping and his clerk, porters Zhang Ma, Zhang Yu brothers, and Chen Dang entered the city from the north gate on Tuesday. After inspection by the city gate official Xu Youding, they found a total of six loads of raw silk, and the actual tax was 500

For twelve coins, after entering the city, Wu Ping and his porter Guo Wu stayed in Room A on Tuesday, while the other three porters stayed in Tongbu."

When Zhang Yue saw this, he paused for a moment. The Song Dynasty had a tax of 20 yuan for a thousand yuan. This is 512 yuan, which means that six loads of raw silk is worth more than 200 yuan. This is how it was calculated.

“A fire suddenly broke out in the kitchen stove in the south of the night inn. Wu Ping and his waiter had to escape, but all their belongings and six loads of lake silk were destroyed by the fire.”

 The dossier is very simple and there seems to be nothing suspicious about it.

Peng Jingyi said: "Just finish reading, so that you can give up."

 Zhang Yue repeatedly tapped the tea table with his fingers and said decisively: "No, the key to overturning the case must fall on Qiao San."

"What?"

Before Peng Jingyi could understand, Zhang Yue had already said: "I already have a plan in mind about this case."

Peng Jingyi laughed loudly, and then said: "I have been classmates with you for many years, but I have never seen that you are capable of this, brother. I turned over and over last night and didn't realize it."

Zhang Yue couldn't tell that Peng Jingyi's words were ironic: "As long as we find Qiao San, we can get to the bottom of things. But once Wu Sishang leaves, it will be too late."

Peng Jingyi said as if he was helping others to the end: "Well, if you don't give up if I don't help you once, then I'll ask my second uncle to help you find Qiao San."

Peng Jingyi immediately took Zhang Yue not to the Yamen, but to the county market.

 Hunting is common in the market, but the government cannot help it.

The imperial law only allows the people to close the market for three days on New Year's Day, Winter Solstice and Cold Food Festival, but not on weekdays. However, this market is openly closed and built in the most prosperous place in the county. People with a discerning eye can tell.

When Zhang Yue came to the city, he saw floating sheds set up on both sides of the street, and people gathered in groups in the east and west in front of the stalls.

 Zhang Yue took a closer look at the things he had bought, including oils, clothes, tea, wine, porcelain, and even children's toys, fruit candies, etc. There were even fish and vegetables for sale. Anyway, there was a lot to gain.

Peng Jingyi and Zhang Yue came to sell an official wine shop in the market.

Hood the wine grapes in front of the eaves and open the reed curtains, but you can see that the wine shop is full of people.

Several people on the left and right sides of the wall were busy cutting meat and steaming rice. In front of a large wine vat half buried on the ground, one person was busy sifting wine and pouring it into bowls.

Zhang Yue knew that the waiters in the official wine shop were all served by long-name yamen. These long-name yaqian were the sons of first- and second-class households who served as good families. They worked for the government and the surplus of the official wine shop went to the government.

, if there is any loss, you must pay it out of your own pocket.

As for the wine table, a large group of people gathered for a drinking and gambling game, and several low-class prostitutes were drinking and sitting nearby.

Zhang Yue remembered that when Wang Anshi released the young crops money during the reform, the local government noticed this and induced the people to go to the government-run restaurants to disperse the young crops money. As a result, many people lost the young crops money and returned home with nothing.

This is not a forced purchase or sale, but it has always been the hardest to earn money from rich people since ancient times, while it is easier to earn money from poor people.

Peng Jingyi asked Zhang Yue to wait outside and went into the inner room. There were a lot of copper coins and broken silver tablets on the big table in the back. One of the two writers was counting them, and the other was taking notes.

Peng Jingyi knew that at this time every ten days, his second uncle would come to this residence next to the market to check the accounts and sit on the ground to divide the money.

“Second uncle!” Peng Jingyi called him.

Pucheng County Wei Pengcheng said: "Who did you bring here?"

"Second uncle, this is my classmate Zhang Sanlang. He asked me to ask him to find a man named Qiao San from his family. Do you want to help me with this?"

Peng Cheng turned around and said, "You have brought him here, and what are you talking about?"

Peng Jingyi said: "My nephew thinks that this matter involves Zhao Yasi, and my second uncle has always been at odds with him?"

Peng Chengdao: "How dare you get involved in the matter between my second uncle and Zhao Yasi?"

Peng Jingyi lowered his head and said: "Zhang Sanlang promised to take half of the money recovered as filial piety. This is a small effort for you, my second uncle. Isn't it nice to earn this hundred dollars for nothing?"

Peng Cheng took a sip of wine and asked, "It's just a few bucks."

Peng Jingyi said: "What does the second uncle mean?"

Peng Cheng shook his head and said, "There is one most important thing you didn't say."

 “Second uncle, nephew is stupid.”

Peng Cheng sneered: "The more you are a classmate in this chapter, shouldn't you help your friends?"

 Peng Jingyi.

Peng Chengdao: "I often tell you that as a person, you should not climb into friendship, but you should cherish your fate. Zhao Yasi wanted to marry the Zhang family because of friendship. No matter how good he said on the surface, he had a small and broad mind in it.

"

"But Zhang Sanlang is different. The gang must help. This is cherishing fate. To take a step back and say that when someone is in trouble, we take action. Firstly, in the eyes of outsiders, we are righteous. Secondly, it is better to provide help in times of need than to add icing on the cake. If Zhang Erlang will be the future

When you succeed, Zhang Erlang will look down on you at that time, but Zhang Sanlang will definitely remember you."

Hearing this, Peng Jingyi nodded repeatedly and said: "Second uncle said that he still values ​​Zhang Erlang. I really don't know what he deserves to value as a person who can even escape from marriage."

Peng Cheng said, "What do you know? Second uncle, I believe in Chen Lingjun's judgment of people. Besides, in the past, Erlang was too arrogant to rely on his talent. How can I lower my stature?"

"A few days ago, Zhao Yasi sent his confidants to Fuzhou for an undercover investigation, but so far there has been no news. Zhang Sanlang is right. I am Zhang Erlang. I will never go to Fuzhou at this time. If I want to go, I will go to Bianjing to join Chen Lingjun. Zhao Yasi

So what if my hands and eyes can reach the sky?"
Chapter completed!