Chapter 453 Blind Spot

Tang Qingyuan was taken aback.

"There are not only officials in the yamen, but also criminals."

Just such a sentence seems to have nothing to do with what the two of them discussed just now, but it actually means something else. Tang Qingyuan also understood it. Now he is in a daze, but he is making quick calculations in his heart.

"You mean that guy is likely to be imprisoned in the Yamen's cell as a prisoner?!"

"Does Master Tang think this is possible?"

Tang Qingyuan was silent for a while before saying: "I have to say that your brain is really different from ours, you can think of such things so quickly." Then he looked at the map on the wall and said: "What you said is indeed very possible, And if you want to do it, it's not very difficult. You see, when you come out of this small inn, just turn left and go up a short distance to the street on the left side of the local yamen. There are many yamen servants there. Anything can be arrested."

The cell of the local yamen is different from Xuan Qingwei's cell. It is divided into two parts, inside and outside. The cell inside is heavily guarded and used to detain some serious criminals or death row prisoners waiting to be executed. The outer prison is not strictly guarded, and it is mainly used to lock up some criminals for small cases, such as stealing chickens and dogs, fighting and causing trouble.

Generally speaking, people who are locked in the outer prison can come out in ten days and a half months at most. If the family members are asked to pay some confiscated money, they can come out faster.

What Tang Qingyuan meant was that as long as that person went to the streets near the yamen and committed some minor crimes, such as causing trouble and fighting, or stealing and then being discovered on purpose, he would most likely be turned over to the local yamen. In addition, the crime was a petty theft, and it is very likely that the yamen servant will ignore the investigation of his monk's identity, so that he can get away with it, and then be locked in the outer prison, making the outside world think that he has disappeared.

Who would have thought that a petty thief would be a powerful monk? Naturally, there is no way to check with the disk. And after being locked up for ten and a half months, the rumors in Fengri City would have subsided, wouldn't it be a breeze to leave the city again?

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this possibility was higher, Tang Qingyuan couldn't sit still, and stood up to check, but was stopped by Shen Hao again.

"Master Tang, don't worry. If that person is really staying in the dungeon of the local yamen as I thought, then there is no need to rush. Because according to your previous information, that person may be related to the imperial guard. I’m afraid you have to communicate with the higher-ups first.”

"Well, you're right. I'm going to go to the local yamen to check the list of prisoners they've detained recently, and then find someone to show the guards a portrait to identify them. I won't be in a hurry. Don't worry." Tang Qingyuan was in a hurry to leave, but before leaving the house, he turned back and said, "Thank you very much."

"Your Majesty Tang is too polite, it's just a matter of raising your hands."

Tang Qingyuan left in a hurry, and Shen Hao stood in front of the map for a while. He had a premonition that his judgment this time would definitely not be wrong. Thinking about it differently, if it was him, he would choose to sneak into the prison to avoid eyes and ears. Anyway, the outer prison of the local yamen does not use any torture, so it is good to be inside. How comfortable is it to be able to leave swaggeringly after staying for ten days and half a month?

The problem is that if it is really the inner guard of the royal family, then Shen Hao's own situation needs to be carefully considered.

Sitting back in his seat, Shen Hao was still thinking. It stands to reason that the Liangzi he had with the two princes before would never let the other party do such a thing of intercepting and killing him in the street, the gain outweighs the loss.

Since it's not an old hatred, is it a new hatred?

Shen Hao knocked on the table unconsciously with his fingers, and after a long time of contemplation, he came to a vague guess, that is: a certain prince wanted to use his death to achieve a certain purpose, not because he had a direct enmity with Shen Hao.

As for what purpose?

Shen Hao guessed that the "Masan case" that he was still investigating at the time would most likely fall on the army. Once he died, the first person to be suspected would be the army who couldn't escape. By then Xuanqingwei It's hard to say how the top and bottom will react, but it's certain that there will be chaos.

But what these are guesses, it is not clear whether they are accurate or not. You have to wait until someone catches you to find out.

Gathering his thoughts, Shen Hao took out the half-finished dossier and continued to write. It should be finished today, and then it will be reviewed twice to see if there are any omissions, and then it can be submitted to the report and applied for closure.

I forgot the time during this busy schedule. For lunch, the concierge delivered meat pies and sauced meat, as well as a jug of fruit wine.

Most of the alcohol in this world is extremely low alcohol, similar to beer in another world, and this fruit wine is the same, similar to a drink with a little alcohol taste. It is precisely because the alcohol content is generally low that there is no such thing as "Although XX wine is good, don't be greedy." At noon, fruit wine is also provided to accompany the meal.

Old Liu, the concierge of Shen Hao's appetite, has seen it before. He took three pieces of meatloaf, each of which weighed about three or two, and there was more than a catty of sauced meat, and some vegetable balls were served. It was enough to eat, but it was just right for Mr. Shen.

Just as he was eating vigorously, old concierge Liu came in and said that Wang Xiaoqi asked to see him, saying it was urgent.

"Let him come in, and then go to the dining hall to get some pancakes and sauced meat. Forget the fruit wine. Wang Jian probably didn't eat."

"Good sir."

Wang Jian walked in after him, thanked Shen Hao for inviting him to lunch, and found a chair to sit down under Shen Hao's signal.

"My lord, the "four departments" of Xu Hong's family have almost sorted out, please have a look." While speaking, Wang Jian took out an inch-thick document and handed it to Shen Hao.

Shen Hao glanced at it but didn't go to get it, but continued to eat, and asked Wang Jian to talk about it first.

"My lord, the accounts of Xu Hong's family are very interesting. They are a bit like dealers in gambling stalls. They cover many big merchants to help them make money. In addition to the suppression of Xu Hong's reputation, the business is basically profitable and less profitable. , the accumulated amount is astonishing.

In addition, the Xu family is also involved in a lot of businesses, but the main ones are related to medicinal materials, leather and cloth, and they have a complete set of structures, from production to sales."

Wang Jian first introduced the general idea, and after a while, the concierge Lao Liu came back with the food he brought for Wang Jian, and after putting it down, he consciously closed the door and went out.

"I didn't ask Lao Liu to pour fruit wine for you. I use this thing as water to quench your thirst. If you drink it, you will probably get sick. You should drink underwater pancakes."

"Hey, what your lord said is that I can't drink as much as I can, otherwise it will be a waste of time."

The two stopped their discussion first, chatted and finished their respective lunches. After Lao Liu came in and took away the tableware, Wang Jian continued, "My lord, in addition to these superficial business, the Xu family also has some secret business, most of which are high-end medicines."

"Huh? Elixir? Sell or buy?"

"Sell!"