Chapter 157 Searching the Sword Shop
“Why don’t you die sooner? Huh? Why don’t you die sooner?”

In front of the table, a man’s voice echoed in the darkness.

“From childhood to adulthood, everything in the house is yours, and all good things are on you, from the wooden horse swing when you were a child, to the wealthy woman when you grow up, it’s all yours!

“Father and mother dote on you the most, as well as that trash with a wine bag and a rice bag, they just don’t like me, a sick child.

“All the family business will be inherited by you, and a good wife and mother will be married to you early. Why, why, ah? Just because you came out earlier than me? Just because you are the eldest son?

“Then why don’t you die sooner, huh? Wouldn’t it be better if you die sooner? If you die earlier, there won’t be so many things!
“The most damning thing, the most damning thing is that you want to take us to be Wei’s dogs honestly, and you have worked hard for more than ten years, but in the end you still have to make wedding clothes for others.

“I have been with you for more than ten years since I came back. You are useless and can’t practice qi. You would rather hand over the tripod sword to outsiders than brothers. What is my younger brother in your eyes? What is it? Huh?
“Are you afraid that if I get the tripod sword and ride on your head, it would be better for others?
“Liu Ziwen, don’t you want to give me anything? Since you were a child, you have to take everything away. The euphemism is that the family is harmonious, brothers and friends are respectful, and the family cannot be separated…

“Hahaha, divide! Why not divide, take all you want, and I will take mine too.”

The man’s voice in the darkness of the room stopped abruptly.

There was a moment of silence.

The lamps in the house suddenly lit up one after another, brightly lit.

Liu Zian sat at the table, fiddling with pots, pouring tea and water.

He moved slowly, with a calm face and said:
“Brother, don’t blame me, if you want to blame it, blame yourself for losing, to Ouyang Lianghan.

“If you don’t die, Ouyang Lianghan will burn this fire on the Liu family. At that time, you will be the sinner in the eyes of the Liu family’s ancestors.”

Liu Zian picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, looked at the Liu Family Mansion outside the door and the Guyue Sword Shop in the distance, and said softly:
“Now these are all mine.”

……

Early the next morning.

Liu Zian was dressed in white filial piety again, and walked out of the courtyard.

Not far away, several servants of the Liu family passed by. He lowered his head, then raised his head immediately, with a tired face and sad eyes.

“Good morning, Second Master.” The servants saluted.

Liu Zian forced a smile on his weary face, nodded, turned and left.

The servants turned their heads and looked at the desolate back of the second head of the Liu family, and couldn’t help but sigh with emotion:
“Second master and master really have a deep brotherhood.”

“Fortunately, the second master is here. Otherwise, after the master leaves, the wife and the young master will be left alone, orphans and widows. What should we do at home? The third master has such a naughty temper…”

The voices of servants whispering intermittently came from behind.

Liu Zi’an’s face remained unchanged, he glanced at the sun, turned his footsteps, and was about to go to the back house where his elder sister-in-law Xu lived, and take care of her.

at this time.

“Second brother!”

“Second master! Something is wrong!”

Liu Zilin hurried over with Liu Fu and others. The former looked flustered and pointed down the mountain.

“Ouyang Lianghan’s people didn’t know where they came from, and they led the county government’s arresters to force their way into the sword shop early in the morning to search the sword furnace.

“It is said that I received a report from the public that a female fringe worker was lost in the West Bank Sword Shop, and I want to come in and search for someone.”

Liu Zian’s expression changed, and he rushed towards the sword shop down the mountain.

……

Ancient Yue Sword Shop.

A group of uninvited guests broke in today.

However, not many craftsmen in the sword shop dared to stand up and stop them.

A group of craftsmen stared in awe at the group of policemen who were searching the sword furnace one by one under the leadership of a certain blue-clothed policeman.

“Please cooperate, go out and line up by the wall.”

Yan Liulang acted resolutely.

The craftsmen who were temporarily expelled from the sword furnace looked at each other in blank dismay.

A few days ago, the public trial was huge, a huge Liu family, the property was demolished, compensation was paid, and points were divided.

After Liu Ziwen’s death, the only one left in the hands of Liu Zi’an and Liu Zilin was the Gu Yue Sword Shop.

I thought the county magistrate was showing mercy.

Two days ago, Liu Zi’an also specially came to Jianpu to convene everyone to give a speech to appease people’s hearts.

But looking at the current situation… Could it be that the Liu Family Sword Shop is about to change?

Just when Yan Liulang led his policemen to search the burning sword furnaces by the river, all the craftsmen were in panic.

Not far from the riverside, there were three figures walking slowly behind and followed.

“What does Lianghan mean by this? He brought me here early in the morning to watch the police search the Liu family’s sword shop.”

Shen Xisheng turned his head and asked curiously.

I wasn’t annoyed at all by being disturbed from my dreams early in the morning.

This Jiangnan Dao inspector, who was born as a censor, was dressed in a noble crimson official uniform.

Standing together with Ouyang Rong, who was wearing the official uniform of Qipin County Magistrate, he looked very eye-catching on the monotonous Jianpu street in the West Bank, and was also the focus of awe-inspiring eyes of the craftsmen around him.

Ouyang Rong wore a white sandalwood target knife on his left waist, and the new long sword he got by accident the day before was thrown into the hands of the junior sister behind him.

Xie Lingjiang held his sword with a cold face, and silently followed behind Ouyang Rong and Shen Xisheng.

Ouyang Rong smiled and patiently explained:
“Excuse me, Mr. Shen. In fact, I just said that a family named Zhang in the street of Longcheng County reported to the police in the past two days, saying that her youngest daughter was working as a fringe worker in the Jiansui Workshop of Guyue Jianpu. I lost it before, and asked our county government to look for it, so we came here.”

“Oh, it’s really that simple? Call me here…” Shen Xisheng glanced at the smiling Ouyang Rong, “Is there any surprise you want to show me?”

Ouyang Rong thought for a while, then turned around and said with a smile:
“Isn’t it just because Mr. Shen is resting in Longcheng for the past two days, and he just happened to be okay? I just thought that Mr. Shen just came out to observe and observe, which can be regarded as inspecting the work of the subordinate officials.

“As for the surprise… the lower officials don’t know too well, let’s see it again, what if we find it after checking it?”

Ouyang Rong said casually, and kept looking around at the sword shop on the west bank.

In the past, he was just on the other side of Penglangdu, looking at this place across the Butterfly Creek.

This is also Ouyang Rong’s first time here.

He didn’t pay much attention to this sword shop under the Liu family before.

But just like what Ouyang Rong said to Xie Lingjiang two days ago, there is no place in Longcheng County that is outside the law.

Although right now, the family property accumulated by several generations of the Liu family in Longcheng has been demolished by him in sevens and eights, and Liu Ziwen, the head of the villainous family, also took the lead. The city and county government cooperated with the orders issued by him, the county magistrate.

But the incident of bringing back Ah Qing back then, as well as the strange long sword he got by chance recently, all seemed to vaguely point to this West Bank sword shop that he had never been to.

He only believed what he saw with his own eyes.

So today, Ouyang Rong summoned people, invited Shen Xisheng, and decided to come over in person to find out the facts.

Because the rain at the end of the rainy season has completely stopped and the second phase of Zhanyi Canal will be back on track, so he started to prepare to leave.

Before leaving, Ouyang Rong didn’t want to leave any possible hidden dangers behind.

And it just so happened that the disappearance of Zhang Qian, a female fringe worker who was arranged before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, gave him a starting point to seek justice, and he was well-known as a teacher.

Then bring someone in to check.

What if you find out?

After sorting out his thoughts, Ouyang Rong nodded slightly.

Beside the young county magistrate, Shen Xisheng, who was bony and straight, seemed to hear some overtones.

“It’s really that simple, so why did you come here to search so early?”

Ouyang Rong smiled and said nothing.

Shen Xisheng twirled his beard and turned his head, and looked at Ouyang Rong beside him meaningfully.

During the two days in Longcheng County, although he was silently dealing with the matter of his friend’s confession, he didn’t just stay behind closed doors at his residence, but also watched the methods of this friend’s master student with his own eyes.

It is no exaggeration to say that Ouyang Rong’s ingenious operation of splitting up the Liu family was an eye-opener for him.

But what Shen Xisheng admired the most was Ouyang Rong’s restrained use of public power within his duties.

Don’t look at it as insignificant right now.

It seems superfluous to put it on a Qipin county magistrate, and he is not a court minister who holds great power and needs to be cautious in everything.

However, didn’t Master Di also go all the way from such a Zhima official?

Therefore, just for this point, Shen Xisheng felt that he had surpassed most of the young heroes he had met in Luojing Yushitai.

The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and the waves become between the waves.

See the clues for the details.

Shen Xisheng stroked his long beard and nodded slightly, but it seemed that he thought of that old friend, and his mouth was slightly sore.

Ouyang Rong didn’t know what Shen Xisheng was thinking.

Right now in the morning, craftsmen and private slaves from the Gu Yue Sword Shop came to work one after another. Frightened by the momentum of the blue-clothed police officers searching the sword shop, they all stopped and gathered around.

Yan Liulang returned to report every time he searched a piece of sword furnace, and now most of the search has been completed, and there is no abnormality for the time being.

Ouyang Rong listened for a while, then stepped forward to arrange and dispatch orders in person.

The sword stoves at the core of the Guyue Sword Shop are all close to the river, where the wind is strong and it is quite cold on the body.

Ouyang Rong tightened his sleeves.

When Ouyang Rong was busy, Shen Xisheng turned his head and said a few words to Xie Lingjiang, the daughter of an old friend. The latter replied politely, and glanced at the back of the big brother in front of him from time to time.

“Niece Xian… uh.”

At a certain moment, Shen Xisheng called again, but Xie Lingjiang did not respond. He turned his head and found that Xie Lingjiang’s figure had disappeared behind him, and his face was startled.

Xie Lingjiang only disappeared for a while, then turned back.

It’s just that there was something extra in the sleeve of her robe.

“Here.”

Xie Ling Jiang went forward with puffed sleeves, reached out and took out a sugar pancake wrapped in the sleeves, and silently handed it to Ouyang Rong.

Ouyang Rong, who was looking into the distance, was taken aback for a moment, then looked down.

“This is……”

Xie Ling Jiang Baisheng squeezed the hot pancakes in his small hand again as a gesture.

Ouyang Rong raised his hand to take it, “Thank you, Junior Sister.”

He took a bite of the hot pancake, and subconsciously asked, “By the way, don’t you want to eat it?”

Xie Lingjiang shook his head, continued to hold his sword and looked around with a cold face.

At this moment, she seemed to feel a certain gaze and turned her head to look.

It was Shen Xisheng’s rather resentful gaze.

Xie Lingjiang: “…”

“Cough cough.”

Shen Xisheng, who watched silently for a long time, couldn’t bear it any longer, covered his mouth and coughed, and took a second look at the pair of handsome young men and beautiful women in front of him.

Xie Lingjiang averted his eyes slightly, and asked in a low voice, “Did Uncle Shen not eat this morning?”

As he said that, he was about to turn around and go to the morning market in the sword shop that he just passed not far away to sell cakes.

Ouyang Rong came to his senses, put down the hot cake, broke off a small piece of what he ate, and handed the remaining big piece to Shen Xisheng, “Master Shen, fill your stomach.”

Shen Xisheng waved his hand to decline, and also stopped Xie Lingjiang: “It’s okay, I’m not hungry at all.”

It was indeed fed.

Shen Xisheng glanced at niece Xian again.This girl is really careful, she remembers so clearly whether your elder brother had eaten in the morning.

Just when the embarrassing atmosphere among the three of them eased up a little.

A group of hurried figures appeared on the street towards the gate of Jianpu, the first one was Liu Zian.

“My lord Shen, my lord the county magistrate, the two lords are here, why don’t you know there will be a voice from Liu, hahaha.”

Liu Zian approached with an embarrassed smile, turned around and spread his hands to indicate the direction of Liu’s mansion:

“Come, come, the humble house has prepared tea, please move the two adults, the two adults are here, the humble house is full of brilliance.”

Ouyang Rong lowered his eyes, ate all the hot cakes, and didn’t move his footsteps, without any intention of Shen Xisheng, Xie Lingjiang and others moving, and then the words he said casually made Liu Zian’s smile froze for a moment.

“Don’t bother Liu Ershao to entertain you, I just came here to find a lost person. The security in our Longcheng County is not very good recently. I don’t know if Liu Ershao has seen this girl…”

Ouyang Rong turned around and reported Zhang’s family to the police. He brought people to search for Zhang Qian, a female fringe worker, and said lightly.

Liu Zian forced a smile, shook his head and said:

“Lord county magistrate, the grassroots have heard about this girl’s disappearance, but they have never seen it. A few days ago, the stewards of the sword shop have been looking for it, but there is no news…

“Lord County Magistrate, there must be no sword shop here, and we have checked it many times. Why don’t you let the catchers look for it in another place.”

Ouyang Rong smiled, and shook his head seriously: “It’s better to search more, maybe you will find someone? Liu Ershao refuses to let me, is there something unspeakable? Or, what’s wrong with this Gu Yue Sword Shop? Something convenient for everyone to see?”

“Haha, of course not, of course not, if there is anything that cannot be investigated, the magistrate of Jianlu County by the river is free to investigate.”

Liu Zian quickly waved his hand and said with a smile.

Ouyang Rong glanced at him, then turned his head and told Yan Liulang and others to continue searching the remaining riverside sword furnaces.

Behind him, Liu Zian, who couldn’t get in his mouth, led the sword shop stewards to wait with their hands tied up, looking at each other helplessly from time to time.

After a while, after the search was over, Yan Liulang and the other arresters returned.

The former glanced at the silent Liu Zian behind Ouyang Rong, cupped his hands and said:

“Report to the Ming Dynasty, Mr. Shen, that the female worker Zhang Qian has not been found.”

Hearing this, Liu Zian at the back breathed a sigh of relief, and looked sideways at Ouyang Rong’s expression silently.

The young county magistrate nodded slightly, then turned around suddenly, about to leave.

Liu Zian smiled and followed:

“Lord County Magistrate, it’s normal that he couldn’t find anyone. Caomin sent people to look for him a few times before. Hey, I don’t know where he went… My lords, why don’t you go to the humble house for a cup of hot tea first…”

Ouyang Rong kept walking, and took the lead towards a certain place in the sword shop.

“Sir, this is…”

Liu Zian was taken aback when he saw this, but the next second, when he saw clearly the direction Ouyang Rong was going, his face was confused for a moment, and then turned pale in an instant.

Following something he heard in his memory, Ouyang Rong silently walked into a morning market not far away where Xie Lingjiang had just bought sugar pancakes.

Right now, it seems that because of the messengers from the county government, the morning gathering at this point, which should have been very lively, is quite deserted now, but there are still diners in twos and threes, who all raised their heads and looked at Ouyang.

Ouyang Rong stretched out his palm to the side, and Yan Liulang silently handed over a pot of rice wine that had been prepared earlier.

Ouyang Rong stepped forward alone, and walked to a table in the back of a breakfast shop.

There is a light “bang”.

An altar of jug landed on the table in front of an old craftsman who bowed his head and ate pasta silently.

The old craftsman lowered his head quietly and ate for a while, then slowly raised his head, looked at Ouyang Rong who was watching him calmly, and turned his head to look at the pot of rice wine on the table.

Ouyang Rong, who specially caught an early episode today, said with a smile:
“I heard Ah Qing mentioned you, and she asked me to bring you a pot of rice wine, and I hope you accept it.”

The old craftsman nodded silently.

(End of this chapter)