Chapter 877： meticulous work

  Qi Haoran blocked the commander of the five city soldiers and Ma Si when he went down to court, and asked him how the investigation was going. In his opinion, isn't this a trivial matter that the people below want to get up and get out of it?

If the steward was really wronged and let the person go, then the small workers would be kicked out with dozens of boards, how could it take so long?

Who knows that the commander said with a serious face: "My lord, I'm afraid the identity of the second child is different."

Bai's second child is a worker in their bookstore.

Qi Haoran's face turned cold and asked, "What abnormality was found?"

"Bai Lao is over 30 years old, but he has no wife, no children, no father or mother. He sold himself into the bookstore in the first year of Taikang. The prince knows that the princess has a good heart and seldom signs death contracts with the workers. , he is the only one who signed the death deed with the palace. Ordinarily, he should be used more heavily, but he has been a chorus in the bookstore for five or six years. mind."

Qi Haoran looked at him lightly, didn't everyone guess the purpose earlier?

The    commander said indifferently: "At that time, the lower official asked the steward of your house a lot. Since he is a dead contract, why not reuse him?"

This is an unwritten rule. The servants who have signed the dead deed and the servants who have the living deed, the former should be more trusted and reused, and they will be used first even if their ability is not up to the mark. For a long time, he was still the lowest-ranking worker and was a little curious.

"The steward of your house said that the princess set the rules early in the morning, no matter whether the contract is dead or alive, they are all the same workers in the bookstore. They are promoted according to their abilities and attendance. The attendance of the second white child is enough, and the steward also mentioned it before. He, but he really has no talent in printing, so for five or six years, he can only do errands in the bookstore," the commander said: "But when he applied for the job, he said that he had done it in the bookstore, and he asked for the signature by himself. Unfortunately, the lower officials wanted to investigate him, so he learned that his financial situation was not bad. Although he lived in poor clothes, his food and drinks were richer than that of ordinary rich families, and this has been the case for five or six years. , it can be seen that he is not poor, but with his wages, he will definitely not be able to support it.”

Moreover, men have money to eat and drink, shouldn’t they find a way to save money to marry a wife and have a child to pass on the lineage?

He is over 30 years old, but he has no wife and no children, but he is not in a hurry. On the surface, he appears to be as poor as everyone else, but in private he lives well. Simple.

The other party was sentenced to three days in prison, but there was no flaw in his confession, so he said that the other party’s identity was different.

Qi Haoran looked gloomy and said, "Then increase the punishment."

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the lower official will give you an explanation." This was also an opportunity for him to show his face in front of the emperor.

The commander intensified the interrogation when he went back, but he still didn't ask anything. He didn't expect the other party's mouth to be so hard, and his lips were bubbling with anxiety.

Qi Haoran is also thinking hard, he doesn't have the habit of sending spies to other people's homes, but it doesn't mean that other people's homes don't have this habit, especially those big families, even the palace has their spies.

But the people in his palace did not meet the regulations at all. Most of the people used were the servants who served the two brothers in the north before. The elder brother was not easy to bring into the palace. The confidants in the army, they also have high-ranking official positions and are trustworthy. Those people are not easy to sneak into his house, so they put people in the bookstore?

But why was it placed in the bookstore?

It should be known that the bookstore is a business, and A Ling is almost all taken care of by the stewards, and there are very few people between the bookstore and the palace. Normally, the farm is the best choice for them.

Because A-Ling attaches great importance to farming, not only does he often go to the farm, but sometimes he chooses playmates for the children from the farm. If he wants to get into the house, the farm is easier.

Or, there are actually their people in the farm?

It’s just unfortunate that the second child of the bookstore was discovered.

As soon as he thought that his wife and children might be in danger, Qi Haoran couldn't sit still in the Imperial Army, and immediately put the official documents in Feibai and said, "Take the things back to the manor, and I'll deal with them when I go back."

ran into the cell in a hurry, and the people from Wucheng Bingma Si were still trying to judge Bai's second child. He was completely beaten, but he still didn't say who sent him.

Qi Haoran's face was ugly, he was silent for a while, and asked, "Do you have family members in the other's hands?"

Bai's second child lowered his eyes and did not speak. Qi Haoran walked around him twice, staring into his eyes and asked abruptly, "Did Qin Fang ask you to come?"

Bai's second child jumped in his heart and his eyelashes trembled. Although it was slight, Qi Haoran captured the other party's momentary tension.

Qi Haoran laughed angrily, "Qin Fang looks down on this king. It's a coincidence that your little master happens to be in the hands of this king. Would you like to let your masters and servants reunite for a chat?"

Second Bai clenched his fists involuntarily, Qi Haoran turned around and left, saying: "Send the person to the yamen of the forbidden army, the forbidden army has taken over this case, and let the steward hit twenty big boards."

The commander came in a hurry and heard this order, just as he was about to speak, he saw his confidant shook his head slightly at him, swallowed the words immediately, sent Qi Haoran away, and then turned around and asked, "What's the matter? Aren't we investigating the case, why did King Rong suddenly intervene?"

Although King Rong had also intervened before, he did not intervene in the investigation. How could he change his mind after not seeing each other for a long time?

"This person is a person left by the former Qin traitor," the confidant whispered: "The lord said that Qin traitor's son is in his hands, so let their master and servant gather together."

The commander stopped talking for a while. When it comes to the former court, it is almost like conspiracy. It is indeed not that he should intervene.

How could the traitor Qin put someone in the place of Prince Rong?

"No, the second Bai entered the bookstore in the first year of Taikang, when the traitor Qin had already died." The commander thought thoughtfully, "He made arrangements before he died? How many people did he leave behind? After all these years of death, these people still listen to his orders."

This is also what Qi Haoran wants to know. How many people Qin Fang left behind and how he controlled them. Everyone has been dead for five or six years.

Qi Haoran went to interrogate Qin Er, but Qin Er didn't know anything.

Qi Haoran, who had always believed in him, didn't believe it anymore and asked, "You don't know, could it be possible that these people were dispatched by Qin San? Your father can't leave people to the next person to dispatch, right? What is he planning?"

Qin Erye also wanted to know what his father was drawing. His father had a year to tell them the location of the treasure, but he never said it.

But now, everyone thinks that the two brothers must know the location of the treasure, which is all the Tibetan silver in the treasury and the accumulation of the father's half-life.

The wealth and silk are touching, but the two brothers took the risk in vain, but they really didn't know the location of the treasure. If they didn't know the father, only his two sons, Qin San, were still alive. An illegitimate child.