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The streets in Yingxian County don't look much different from those in other counties.

If there is a difference, there are not so many people doing business in the markets in Yingxian County.There were only a handful of people in the tofu shop and the dyeing shop. She passed by outside and saw that it was extremely deserted inside.

Thinking about it, this is normal. Ying County is where the Yan people live. In the early years, A Yuan once said that some counties where the Yan people gathered were unwilling to implement the Chu government. As a result, the places where the Yan people live have become barbaric in recent years. .

Gou Yue kept thinking about yesterday's dream, and what exactly A Yuan wanted to tell him.

Is it because he misses A Yuan too much, or does A Yuan really have something to tell him.

There were fewer people on the streets of Yingxian County, but it was still peaceful.

While walking on the street, a middle-aged man bumped into Gou Yue.

Just as Gou Yue was wondering why she was walking carelessly, two big men came out of the room.

"Have I already told you that I bought your shop and gave you all the money? Why are you here?"

Gou Yue helped the man up. He knew these two big men. Two of them were among the group of people in the inn that day.

At this moment, they were dressed as official officials, with swords on their waists.

Seeing Gou Yue staring at him, the big man was very unhappy, "What are you looking at, girl? You're blind."

Gou Yue still didn't look away. When the big man saw this, he was about to deal with Gou Yue, but another big man stopped him, "He belongs to a girl. Brother, why are you arguing with him? Let's go quickly, the master has other orders today."

The big man was unwilling to be dragged away by his younger brother. Before leaving, he did not forget to warn Gou Yue, "Next time you see me, if you stare at me again, I will dig out your eyes!"

When the middle-aged man saw the two big men leaving, he thanked Gou Yue and prepared to leave.

Gou Yue stopped him and said, "Brother, I don't think you are the unreasonable person they say you are. What do you have to hide?"

Perhaps his pain had been suppressed for too long without being able to express his feelings, so the man told Gou Yue everything at once.

"I have been running this shop for more than half my life. It has grown from a small corner in the street to the current three-story store. All my hard work has been put into it."

"Then you did a good job, why did this shop take action?"

The man shook his head and said, "To tell you the truth, girl, this shop is in a good location, well decorated, and the business is not bad. How can this businessman be willing to sell such a good shop?"

"Then you are?"

"This is not what I wanted to sell. They forced me to sell it to them. They said it was a sale, but in fact it was almost like robbing me. The shop on the third floor gave me a total of 100 taels of silver."

In Liangzhu, 100 taels of silver can't even buy a rouge shop. Gou Yue doesn't know what kind of shop she can buy in Ying County with 100 taels of silver, but she can understand from the man's description that with 100 taels of silver, a man must have suffered a big loss. .

"One hundred taels," the man sneered, "can't even cover half of my shop."

"Girl, it's fate that we met each other. Today I feel a lot better when I tell you. Just listen to it and don't talk to anyone about it again."

The man stood up and left again.

"Wait a minute, brother, tell me who robbed your shop?" Gou Yue asked.

The man didn't look back or answer Gou Yue, he just left without looking back.

Gou Yue felt that this matter was strange. The business of forced buying and selling was always strictly prohibited in Dachu. Could it be that the person who made the forced purchase was an official?
She kept following the man. His home seemed far away, and it took her a long time to get there.

With Gou Yue's ability, ordinary people would not be able to detect it.

The man's home was at the end of an alley. It looked like a large courtyard with several families living in it.

It was the restaurant at this time, and several families were busy cooking, so it seemed lively.

The man's home is not a main room, but a room facing south and north.

Gou Yue knew what this kind of house was called. It was an upside-down house.

This kind of house has a bad orientation, so it doesn't get much sunlight in winter and doesn't get much cool breeze in summer.

When we were in Liangzhu, the small house where I and A Yuan lived also had this kind of inverted house.

At that time, Jin Ge picked out two rooms with relatively good conditions for the rough girls to live in, and the rest were used as warehouses.

Gou Yue lifted up a few tiles and nimbly turned over to enter the house.

The south room is indeed very different from the north room. It feels cold as soon as you enter.

Inside should be the man's family, an old man who kept coughing, a lady holding a child in her arms, and the man.

It seemed that this family was not living well off. During dinner time, other families were smelling oily smoke, but this family didn't start a fire. The few hard pancakes on the table were considered as today's dinner.

The woman may not have much milk, and the child in her arms started to cry loudly after sucking hard for a while.

"Officer, why don't we spend some money to buy some firewood and make some porridge outside? This child hasn't had enough to eat for several days."

Listening to the child's cry, the man also hesitated.

The old man who kept coughing said, "No, no, no, the 100 taels of silver are evidence of crime and cannot be touched at all."

Gou Yue hid on the beam and listened. The child's cry was really pitiful. He sobbed and fell asleep in his mother's arms.

The south room was already cold, and there was no stove in the room. Gou Yue rubbed her hands on the beam from time to time to keep herself warm.

Early the next morning, Gou Yue knocked on Nanfang's door with some rice.

It was a man who opened the door, and he was very surprised when he saw it was the girl from yesterday.

It was Gou Yue who spoke first, "I didn't know what to bring when I came to visit, so I bought some rice and noodles. Don't be offended."

The man didn't know Gou Yue's purpose.

Gou Yue said, "I am new here and want to do some business in Ying County. It was fate that I met my brother yesterday. I came here today to ask for advice."

"Well, then come in."

The man took the rice noodles from Gou Yue's hand and said, "What the girl brought is indeed what I urgently need. My son hasn't had enough to eat for a few days. Please don't make fun of me."

After saying that, he handed the things to the woman behind him.

When the child drank the hot rice soup, Gou Yue sat down and asked the man something.

Before Gou Yue started to ask, the man started to persuade her.

"I see that the girl is a foreigner, and it is not easy for a girl to live in a family. I advise you that if you want to do business, you should go somewhere else to think of a way. Anyway, Yingxian County is not a place where you can do business."

"Why? Please let me know, brother."

The man looked embarrassed, "I shouldn't have said these words to you, but you brought these to solve my family's urgent needs and saved my family. Even if you say it, it doesn't matter."

"The magistrate of this county has colluded with the officials of the Yan people in Liangzhu. They have been roaming the countryside for many years and behave like bandits. As long as it is the land they like, they will snatch it from you no matter what. In addition to the taxes that the imperial court has explicitly ordered to collect, In addition, there are window taxes and fire taxes, which are not recorded in the accounts and go into the private pockets of the officials."

"Oh, it's unnecessary to tell you this. Girl, just remember not to ask the county magistrate to stay."

"Brother, please elaborate."

Seeing Gou Yue chasing after her, the man suddenly became suspicious.

"Girl, who are you?"

Gou Yue stared into the man's eyes with determination, "A person who can bring the news to Liangzhu." "Brother, how can you say that all this money has gone into the government's private pockets?"

The man didn't know whether he should trust Gou Yue, but what else did he have to lose?
"Girl, I don't know who you are. Once you say these words, you can't take them back."

"I was originally a sesame seed seller on the street. I rented a shop on the street relying on my skills. Later, the business of the shop got better and better, so I opened several more branches. At its peak, I, Liu Ji Sesame Bake, was in A total of eight stores were opened in Yingxian County. With these stores, I bought land, built a small house with three entrances and three exits, married a daughter-in-law, and within a few years, I had a daughter. My life was getting better and better. I’m getting more and more hopeful.”

"The county master Jiang An was ranked twice in the rankings at a young age. When he took up his post in Ying County, he was only 30 years old."

"They all said that with Jiang An's experience, he shouldn't come to such a remote Ying County. He will be transferred sooner or later."

Gou Yue nodded to show that she was listening.

"I am a businessman and have never been interested in their official affairs, but I didn't expect that the transfer of officials would burn me."

"Somehow he fell in love with my shop. I also know some things about the officialdom. The county boss wanted to take over my shop. I thought I was unlucky. I knew that I might not be able to save the cost of my shop, but I didn't. To think that he only used 100 taels to send me away."

"I was not convinced and went to the county government office several times to cause trouble. After I was kicked out, I went to the prefecture to ask for an explanation. However, when Jiang An found out about it later, he used his own rights to accuse me of an unfounded crime. They forcibly confiscated several shops and the house I searched."

"There were originally a few families like me in the county, but when they saw me in such a situation, they all stopped."

Gou Yue frowned, under the bright sky, there was such a thing.

The lady took out the 100 taels of silver given by County Magistrate Jiang and put it on the table.

"Brother, this money..."

Gou Yue could tell at a glance that there was something wrong with the money.

"The girl is right. I have been in business for many years. I can tell how much silver I have by just weighing it in my hand. There is something wrong with this silver. There is sand and gravel in it."

Gou Yue picked up a piece of silver ingot. She couldn't feel anything wrong with the weight. When she exerted force with both hands, the silver ingot broke into two halves.

"This……"

Along the way, Gou Yue saw everything he saw in the prosperous age. He never expected that there would be such things in the prosperous age.

"Brother, if one day we are in court, do you dare to say what you just said again?"

"Why don't you dare to do this? I have fallen to this, and I really have nothing to care about."

Gou Yue said goodbye in a hurry, she needed time to sort out the context.

Silver is mixed with sand and stones. Where does this silver mixed with sand and stones come from?

I have never seen this kind of silver anywhere else, but it is common on the streets of Ying County.

Magistrate Jiang was able to take out 100 taels of cash at a time, and this silver probably came from Ying County.

There are no silver mines around Ying County, so how can there be silver?

Privately opening a silver mine?

An idea sprouted in Gou Yue's mind.

Ying County is mountainous. Could it be that the silver mine was discovered in that mountain?

But in this case, I am afraid that it is not just a situation that Jiang An, the magistrate of Ying County, can control.

The mining of silver mines starts from the exploration of the location of the mineral deposits, and the subsequent processes of opening, mining, transportation, and smelting cannot be completed without a huge site.

Even if it is kept privately, these things will not see the light of day. How did Ying County do it?

As the man said, I am afraid that Liangzhu officials have colluded with Yingxian County. This may be a major event that will affect the peace of Dachu.

The streets of Yingxian County can't be said to be lively. Gou Yue was walking around in black.

She was wandering the streets without any thoughts, maybe she could find some clues.

It's a pity that Gou Yue didn't notice anything unusual until the sun went down.

Gou Yue held her temper, knowing that such a serious crime that would kill the nine tribes would not be easily discovered.

Since these crazy people dare to do it, they have a lot of confidence.

Even if Liangzhu is reported now and Liangzhu sends a commissioner to Yingxian, there is no guarantee that anything will be found.

If you do this, your goals will be smaller.

Mining requires people. There are many women and children on the streets of Yingxian County, and there are almost no mature men. Could it be related to mining?

Gou Yue thought that if he could sneak into the mining people, wouldn't he not have to work hard to find the location of the silver mine?
Gou Yue looked at herself. She had an oval face, almond-shaped eyes, and eyebrows that were neither thick nor light. She looked like a woman even when she was wearing men's clothes.

In the past few years in the mountains, I rarely touch weapons. The calluses on my hands have receded a lot, and their hands have become whiter.

Although her behavior is far different from that of a girl, if she were to dress up as a man, she would probably be recognized at a glance.

How to do?How to do?
If A Yuan were here, he would have come up with a hundred ideas for finding mines.

But my mind is not as vivid as his, so I thought of a way, but I don't know if it is feasible or not.

Feeling irritated by the thought, Gou Yue went out for a walk again.

Every house in Ying County is closed at night. It has just gotten dark and it is already like this.

Fortunately, Gou Yue is not afraid of the dark, and she can go shopping by herself without anyone on the street.

"Whoosh~"

"Whoosh~"

Gou Yue's ears were so sensitive that she could hear the slightest movement in the darkness.

This sound was the sound of a sharp blade cutting through the air, and Gou Yue was very familiar with it.

As we walked forward, the sound gradually became clearer.

A small group of government officials beat and kicked several beggars.

Ben was sleeping peacefully in a corner with some beggars, but he was picked up from the ground by them.

Gou Yue took a step forward and climbed to the roof easily, where he could see more clearly.

"Get up, hurry up, you beggars, if it weren't for your orders, I would have killed you long ago."

Gou Yue heard every word they said.

How a few beggars got involved with the county magistrate.

If something goes wrong, there must be a monster, so Gou Yue followed quietly to see where they were going to take the beggar.

Ying County was extremely quiet at night, and even the sound of footsteps reached Gou Yue's ears without a sound.

She could tell that the beggar's footsteps were mixed with more chaotic footsteps.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, several teams of government officials from all directions in the city gathered at the city gate with an overwhelming group of people.

In this group of people, there were not only beggars, but also good people. They were all wearing neat clothes and followed the crowd in a daze.