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Chapter 781 Yizhuang

It was almost noon, and there were many people leaving the city, but few entering.

However, the entry into the city seemed to be very strict this time, and everyone was strictly checked.

Jiang Youzhen and his group had passes, but their names must have been known to the soldiers guarding the city, so they couldn't even think about sneaking into the city.

"Wait, if we enter the city this way, we will definitely be welcomed into the government office, and it may be difficult to investigate. Why don't we find a place to stay outside the city? I will take two people with me and take Jiang Li and the others' guide to go in and take a look."

"Alright!" Li Dongsheng nodded, "Count me in!"

"Count me in too!" Fang Zhongyi also said.

Jiang Youzhen now trusts these two people more, so he said: "That's it!"

"I want to go too. The emperor asked me to protect you. Do you want to leave me and act separately? No!" Qin Yandong was a little dissatisfied. He took those two people with him but left him behind. What did that mean?

"Do you think I need your protection?" Jiang Youzhen just said this one sentence, and Qin Yandong was speechless.

"We also need someone to support us outside. If the four of us act together, it will be easy to be noticed." Jiang Youzhen gave Qin Yandong a warning look. She was the one in charge of this mission.

"Okay! Then I'll wait for Zheng Quanhai and the others outside." Although Qin Yandong was still not satisfied, he had no choice but to agree.

"Let's go! Let's find a place to stay first."

Jiang Youzhen and his friends rented a small courtyard not far from the suburbs, asked the owner to find another place, and paid 20 taels of silver for the rent for two months.

This place is remote, with no neighbors, and even more secluded.

After borrowing some coarse cloth clothes from the host and putting on some makeup, Jiang Youzhen and his companions took the pass given to them by Jiang Li and his companions and set off.

It was already afternoon when they arrived at the city gate. After entering the city, they found a clothing store and each changed into a brocade suit.

It’s not that they are not used to wearing coarse cloth clothes, but it is easier to get things done if they wear brocade. These days, people respect their clothes first and then the people!

"What should we do next?" Fang Zhongyi looked confused.

"Let's split up. I'll go find out the cause of Xu Zhanrong's death. You two go find out what happened recently, especially about salt. Let's meet at the Yunsheng Inn before curfew tonight."

"Okay!" Fang Zhongyi and Li Dongsheng nodded at the same time and set off quickly.

Jiang Youzhen thought about it and thought that Xu Zhanrong, as an official appointed by the imperial court and involved in the case, should be in the charity cemetery at this moment.

After asking someone in the market for directions to the charity cemetery, Jiang Youzhen ran towards it.

Lin'an Prefecture Yizhuang

A little boy lit the oil lamp in the hall and shuddered with fear when he saw the rows of corpses covered with white cloth in front of him.

After lighting three incense sticks in the incense burner, he immediately closed the door and left quickly.

After nightfall, the charity cemetery was completely quiet.

This place is in the outskirts of the city, it's quite desolate, plus there are many ghost legends about the charity cemetery, the atmosphere is quite gloomy, who would dare to approach it without any reason?

Not long after the child left, an old man came to check. He walked into the house, took a look, and found nothing unusual, then left the house.

"Thank you for your hard work, I am going back to sleep!"

The two guards at the door nodded but did not answer.

After an hour, a dark shadow gradually approached in the dark night.

The two guards were drowsy at first, but they had to cheer themselves up.

One of them yawned and couldn't help complaining, "I don't know how long I have to wait. I haven't been home for two days. My wife must think I'm fooling around somewhere again."

"Who told you to come out without telling me? Don't worry! There will definitely be someone to take over tomorrow, but I don't know when the imperial envoy sent by the court will arrive." Another person sighed.

"This damn place is really creepy. I think even if the imperial envoy came, it would be useless. Then isn't Xu Zhanrong the imperial envoy sent by the court? Isn't he here to die?"

"You can't say that. I heard that the imperial envoy sent this time is quite important. It is said that he was the one who found out the traitors last time. He also said that the tea-inducing policy and several new policies were all recommended by him."

"Are you talking about Jiang Youzhen?" The man chuckled. "Scholars have good brains, but that may not be the case outside the capital!"

The guard lowered his voice and said, "Where are we going? Will those local tyrants let him go? I'm afraid he will be attacked on the way, and I don't know if he can reach Lin'an Prefecture safely!"

He sighed again as he spoke, "Even our people can't do anything to those people. If he comes as an imperial envoy, I'm afraid he won't come back!"

The dark shadow hiding not far away originally wanted to climb in through the window, but when he heard the sound, he stopped and listened.

"The imperial court can't control those people. When they first started selling private salt, it was cheap. But when the imperial salt didn't arrive, they started to raise the price. It made the people suffer. They are all the same."

"But some people just don't understand. They really think the government doesn't care and they can only survive by selling private salt!"

"Hush! Are you trying to kill yourself? Be careful, the walls may have ears! Stop talking, we can't do anything about it. Just don't bring it up with us."

The two of them soon started talking about other things. The black shadow listened and when he found out that there was nothing he wanted to hear, he gently cut open the window with a dagger and fell into the house.

He moved very quietly, like a kitten, without any sound.

Jiang Youzhen was very satisfied with his internal strength after the upgrade, and his light body skills became even more powerful.

Just as she was about to check them one by one, she suddenly saw a shadow on the window.

No way! She still lacked experience. After thinking for a while, she suddenly took out something, poked a hole in the door, and blew it outside.

Soon, two dull thuds were heard.

She opened the door and saw, hey hey! The smoke that she got from the two martial artists last time really worked. But this time she blew it from inside the house to outside, and it felt very novel.

After opening the door and confirming that the two people were really unconscious, Jiang Youzhen dragged them in and put them on the ground to avoid being discovered.

The oil lamp was very dim, so Jiang Youzhen took out a hand-cranked flashlight. Thanks to the system's reward, this thing must be better than the oil lamp.

Turning around, she saw more than 20 or 30 corpses lying behind her, all covered with white cloth. Seeing this, her heartbeat quickened.

Isn't this the ancient morgue? It's creepy.

At a glance, I found that there was a wooden sign hanging on the feet of each corpse, with the name, birthday, and time of death written on it.

Very good! Very advanced! No need to open them one by one.

After walking around for a long time, I finally saw two more bodies placed in a corner.

I picked up the sign and saw that it read "Xu Zhanrong, born on the ninth day of the first lunar month in the second year of Yuanming, died on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-sixth year of Chengming."

Found it! Jiang Youzhen stepped forward and lifted the white cloth, and suddenly a pale face appeared in front of her.