Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

Xu Xingyin sat for a while and felt that this was about all the information he had. He was thinking about Mei Hanxuan, so he said hello to Jing Zhichen and went to find Mei Hanxuan.

Mei Hanxuan was still staying in the same place. When she saw Xu Xingyin coming over, she slowly lowered her head.

"Your name is Mei Hanxuan, right?"

Xu Xingyin still moved closer with a smile, trying to soften his tone.

Mei Hanxuan widened her eyes when she heard this, and seemed very confused as to why Xu Xingyin knew her name, and subconsciously stepped back.

"I have no ill intentions, don't be afraid. The reason we were able to find this place is because of the clues provided by your sister Mei Hanrui. It was her clues that saved you and all of you."

When she heard her sister's name, Mei Hanxuan's expression relaxed a little and she nodded slightly to Xu Xingyin, as if to express her gratitude.

Seeing that the other party was still unwilling to speak, Xu Xingyin did not get discouraged and continued to ask in a persuasive manner.

"Liu Yongfeng's evil deeds are still going on, and he has even extended his hand to the surrounding areas of the capital. Countless girls have suffered because of Liu Yongfeng's selfish desires. Miss Hanrui said that you may know something. If possible, can you tell me what you know? Only by clarifying the whole story as soon as possible and bringing Liu Yongfeng to justice can more girls avoid this bad fate."

Mei Hanxuan looked at Xu Xingyin and seemed to hesitate for a while. She turned around to look at the dirty little girls gathered in a group not far away, and suddenly stood up and walked towards the open space in front.

He stretched out his finger and drew it on the open space for a while before waving at Xu Xingyin.

"Thin horses were used as concubines, high officials were bribed, and salt transportation was monopolized to make profits."

After walking over and taking a closer look, Xu Xingyin saw that Mei Hanxuan had written this information on the mud in the open space.

The salt industry in Dayan has always been firmly controlled by the imperial court, and smuggling iron salt is a serious crime.

The water transportation in Jiangnan is well developed, and the iron salt produced in Changzhou and other places needs to be transported to various places through Jiangnan as a transit point. Once Liu Yongfeng monopolizes the salt transportation, it can bring him considerable income.

But if Xu Xingyin remembered correctly, precisely because of the considerable profits in this business, the law has special regulations on the transportation of iron and salt, so as to prevent the result of a monopoly and prevent wealthy businessmen from maliciously amassing wealth and threatening the national regime.

Therefore, when he saw the word "monopoly", Xu Xingyin realized the complexity of this case and hurriedly pulled Mei Hanxuan's hand and asked.

"How did you know this?"

After taking a look at Xu Xingyin's tightly clenched hand, Mei Hanxuan lowered her brows and pried her hand open.

Seeing that the other party looked confused, he opened his mouth and pointed to his tongue to explain.

Mei Hanxuan's mouth was empty. In other words, her tongue had been cut off alive.

The cruel methods used by the perpetrator made Xu Xingyin gasp in amazement. He was shocked for a long time before he regained his senses.

She paused and realized that she seemed to have mentioned Mei Hanxuan's sad story, so she apologized to her softly.

"I'm sorry I didn't know about this. You've suffered these days. I promise you that the perpetrator will be punished accordingly."

Perhaps she didn't expect Xu Xingyin to speak to her like this. The words "You've suffered" made Mei Hanxuan's eyes suddenly red. She shook her head gently, raised her leg and was about to go forward to write, but Xu Xingyin grabbed her arm again.

Under the dim light, the girl stretched out her hand to her.

With her palms facing upward, her smile was like a dazzling light that penetrated through the clouds and parted the dark clouds, illuminating her almost black and white world, bright, gentle and confident.

"Write on my hand. Girls' hands are precious and should be carefully cared for."

She said, "This world may not be as beautiful as we imagine, but it is not bad either, so we must protect ourselves so that we can welcome a better tomorrow."

Mei Hanxuan nodded slowly, smiled gently at Xu Xingyin, and then briefly wrote down the whole story in Xu Xingyin's palm.

According to Mei Hanxuan, that day she accidentally heard Liu Yongfeng having a secret conversation with an adult about the monopoly of salt transportation, and she made a sound in panic, which made Liu Yongfeng jealous. He then cut off her tongue and sent her here.

Mei Hanxuan knew nothing about the rest.

The ugly thing that was buried so deeply buried buried the life of a young girl, which is really sigh-worthy.

Xu Xingyin didn't want to show too much regret in front of Mei Hanxuan, so he could only smile and comfort her with a few words. He then asked someone to take Mei Hanxuan out to wash and change clothes, and then send her to the inn later so that the sisters could reunite.

After giving these instructions, Xu Xingyin couldn't wait to inform Jing Zhichen about this matter.

Jing Zhichen thought for a moment and said to Xu Xingyin, "This matter involves a lot of people, and Dong Hongbin's wife Wen is not an easy person to deal with. I'm sure this matter will be discovered soon. Moreover, Yangzhou and Baoling County are both under the jurisdiction of Jiangning. It is reasonable for us to inform the officials of Jiangning to handle this case together."

"Yes." Xu Xingyin nodded and asked, "Then your highness is going to tell them about the secret visit?"

"That's right. It would be safer to let the government investigate openly."

Jing Zhichen thought about it and suddenly turned his head to ask Xu Xingyin, "Jiangnan Governor or Jiangning Prefect, who do you think is more suitable?"

The Governor of Jiangnan is a second-rank official, and the Prefect of Jiangning is only a fourth-rank official. If we are to discuss the rank, it would be more appropriate for the Governor to investigate.

But if we talk about functions, the governor is in charge of administration and finance, and the prefect is the parent official of Jiangning, so there is nothing wrong in handing it over to the prefect of Jiangning.

After all, it was just Jing Zhichen's consideration, and it would be suitable to entrust it to anyone.

"Jiangnan has been an important economic region since ancient times, so every official sent to Jiangnan is extremely cautious. Zhang Zishi, the governor of Jiangnan, has made outstanding achievements and is known as an honest official, so it is not surprising that he was sent to Jiangnan. My grandfather is a military man, and he has a headache dealing with those people who talk nonsense, so he is not close to Lord Zhang.

But before Lord Zhang came to take office, my grandfather had investigated him and found nothing wrong with him, but he was just too pedantic. Including this year, Lord Zhang has served in Jiangning for five years. Jiangning prefect Lu Jiamu has a good relationship with the general's mansion. His only son Lu Xu is now serving in the Jinyiwei in Beijing. Your Highness should have met him. The Lu family is a big family in Jiangning, and their relationships in Jiangnan are complicated and should not be underestimated.

The Lu family is not bad financially, and they have never engaged in corruption such as plundering the people. Over the years, Jiangning has been peaceful under the governance of Uncle Lu. I know that this is all, and the rest will have to be decided by Your Highness."

Jing Zhichen might just be asking casually, but Xu Xingyin couldn't answer casually, as she understood the rule that the harem could not interfere in politics.