After everyone had breakfast and Mu Xiaojiu had also written the letter, except for Ning Zhifo and Ming Zhi, who stayed here to guard, the others went to the direction of Hangzhou City together.

In detail, Qianzhuwu is actually outside Pinghu City, and if you take the official road from Hangzhou City, it is roughly more than 200 miles. Of the two carriages that Lu Chengfeng gave to Mu Xiaojiu, one carriage was pulled by Mu Xiaojiu's thin horse, and the other carriage was pulled by a good horse prepared by Lu Chengfeng. I used to walk slowly, on the one hand, because I didn't want to burden the horse, and on the other hand, I didn't have to rush too much, so I could go a little faster when the horse was relaxed.

Of course, to a certain extent, it was also because Li Xiaobai and Nan Yuxing, who were in the car, did not dare to be too fast. That skinny horse is not afraid of heaven and earth, no one dares to kick it, where can Li Xiaobai and Nan Yuxing stop this skinny horse? Not to mention the whip.

And now when I go to Hangzhou, everything is naturally a quick solution. What Mu Xiaojiu is looking forward to is being able to solve the matter directly today. Therefore, on the way to Hangzhou, Mu Xiaojiu personally went into battle and caught up with the carriage.

Normally, the carriage can travel sixty to eighty miles in an hour without too much weight. Although Mu Xiaojiu's thin horse is long and thin, he is a different breed that appeared out of nowhere, and he is extremely fast and has extremely strong endurance. Just carrying Mu Xiaojiu, traveling thousands of miles a day is like playing. Even with five people on board at this time, and pulling a car, under Mu Xiaojiu's whip, the thin horse still ran at an extremely fast speed. It is estimated that it will take about two and a half hours to reach Hangzhou City.

When everyone set out, the sun had just risen in the east, and at this rate, it seemed that it would not be a problem at all to go back and forth in a day, and by the way, to solve all the problems.

When the sun slowly climbed to a certain height, in front of the gate of Hangzhou, the thin horse slowly stopped, then snorted twice, and glanced back at Mu Xiaojiu.

Mu Xiaojiu looked at the humanized appearance of the thin horse, and suddenly felt a little angry and funny, and directly rounded the whip, and made an explosion in mid-air, attracting everyone at the city gate to look over. Mu Xiaojiu didn't care, he just said to the thin horse by himself: "Waiting here with the car, it's too troublesome to take you into the city." Let you have a good time today, if anyone has bad intentions on my carriage, you will directly kick him, kick him and cripple me responsible. But if you dare to make a fuss, I'll get some horse meat tonight to taste it. ”

The thin horse glanced at Mu Xiaojiu very humanely, then turned his head, snorted a little impatiently, and urged Mu Xiaojiu to get out of the car quickly.

Mu Xiaojiu got down from the carriage, raised his hand and patted the thin horse's back, and then showed his token to the few city gate guards who came over, "I am an envoy of the imperial court, this carriage is parked outside the city, you help me watch it, don't worry about it." ”

When those guards saw the sign, they didn't dare to hesitate, and knelt down on one knee directly, and naturally did not disobey Mu Xiaojiu's orders.

At this time, Sun Xiaoya, Mu Hua and others had also gotten off the carriage. Mu Xiaojiu looked back at a few people and said casually: "Mu Hua, where is the account book you said?" We went to get the account book first, and then took a trip to Muxinfang, I didn't go to see it from Hangzhou before, and it is estimated that now that it has passed, I will be disturbed to death by Mu Duan and Mu Yu. ”

Mu Hua responded, and then habitually looked around, still looking a little like a thief. It took him a moment to react, but he smiled wryly and walked to the place where he had hidden the ledger.

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Seeing Mu Hua take out a roll of silkworm silk from a dead old tree, Mu Xiaojiu's eyelids couldn't help but jump, "Mu Hua, this ...... Is it a ledger? ”

Mu Hua handed the silk to Mu Xiaojiu, and then nodded slightly, "Childe, please take a look, this records all the accounts of Hangzhou Tongzhi Li Zi's smuggling of salt and iron in those years." ”

Mu Xiaojiu took the silk account book, padded it in his hand, and then frowned slightly, "Sure enough, the gold wire is mixed in it to ensure that it does not rot." Just ......"

He didn't say all the words, just opened the account book, and then looked at the accounts on it, "Hey, if this is true, this Lord Li Zi, I'm afraid he has accumulated a huge fortune in those years." With the silver flowing out of the above accounts, even if he has to hand over eighty percent, I am afraid that this silver will be enough for him to have food and clothing for several lifetimes. ”

"It's just that I have a few doubts." Mu Xiaojiu closed the account book, and the words changed: "First, such a large amount, I am afraid it is not enough to smuggle salt and iron." With such a large amount of salt and iron, not to mention his little Hangzhou Tongzhi and the Wang Huan behind him, even Cai Jing can't hide it. ”

"So, what's involved?"

"Second, reconciliation is important, but the accounts of smugglers of salt and iron absolutely need to be destroyed as soon as possible after each reconciliation. But this ledger was not only written on the silk scroll, but also gold wire was added to the silk scroll to prevent it from rotting. Isn't this out of line? ”

A cold sweat suddenly broke out on Mu Hua's forehead, and he didn't dare to hesitate, so he knelt down directly, "Childe, I really don't know what is going on." When I checked, I only found Li Zi smuggling salt and iron, but this account book has never passed through my hands from beginning to end. Even when I stole the ledger this time, I was chased and killed before I could open it, so I had to hide it in a tree hole. In fact, if it weren't for a woman who came to my aid that night, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape to Childe. ”

Mu Xiaojiu looked at Mu Hua who was in a hurry, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "You person, I didn't mean to ask you." What I said just now was actually more about myself. You're really, you need to get along more to get used to it. Get up, this case involves the former minister of the imperial court, you are a small official of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and you are already outstanding in being able to find out the smugglers of salt and iron, if you find out all of them, then Wang Huan and Li Zi will not live well in the world today. ”

Mu Hua breathed a sigh of relief, raised his sleeve and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead.

"I know, you are afraid that I will not understand this case because I doubt you." Mu Xiaojiu walked in front of Mu Hua, raised his hand and patted Mu Hua's shoulder, "I care about this matter, it can prove that you have the common people in your heart, I understand that you are just and kind, but it is a bit too much to tie yourself to death in this case." Being too nervous can sometimes backfire. ”

"Let's go, let's go into the city, go to Muxinfang, and then buy you a line."