The auspiciousness descended from the sky, and the sweet treasure from the farmer was fed by the who

"Master Yi was also tricked by them. The common people thought that the master had used tricks to ignore their life and death, so a group of people rushed up and broke into the county government office.

Your Excellency's daughter-in-law was trampled to death during that riot. She was about to give birth at the time, killing one and two.

The young master was also distraught and died of illness not long after, and the lady immediately hanged herself, leaving the master and the young lady alone..."

Zhang Bao still trembles when he thinks about it now. Those people were so inhumane.

"From then on, your Majesty no longer cares about the people's affairs, and I no longer care about whether they are dead or alive."

After Shang Cheng finished speaking, he looked at Li Shubai, "But I believe that your Excellency will not embezzle those disaster relief grains.

The Lord hates them, but he has never taken revenge, so why would he want to embezzle them?

Ever since the incident happened to the young master and the others, you have been like a walking zombie. You are not interested in anything, and you will not engage in corruption or taking bribes. "

"Are the people who broke into the county government office really ordinary people?" Tianbao suddenly asked.

Shangcheng and the others were stunned for a moment, "It should be so, they all confessed, and their residence registration is correct."

"Then they weren't ordered by others? They were ordered by others?" Tianbao asked again.

"This...it was Master Zhizhou who investigated this matter at the time, and we don't know the rest." Shang Cheng shook his head.

"Are those people still there?" Master Zhang asked.

There are too many questions here. It may be that Mr. Yi blocked others' way and became a stumbling block, and was manipulated by others.

Li Xiaoning didn't say anything. She sat there and listened to them carefully, and listened to Tianbao's questions.

"The leaders of those people were beheaded that year, and a few others were sentenced to exile. I don't know if they are still alive." Zhang Bao answered.

"Do you have their address?" Li Shubai asked.

Several people nodded "Yes."

"Okay, I will give you a task now, which is to check what changes have occurred in each of their families in the past few years. Check carefully. This is the first task I give you. Do it well."

After Li Shubai finished explaining, several people in Shangcheng had complicated expressions. They didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing to be favored by the new county magistrate.

Anyway, few of the county magistrates from Xinchang County had good endings, and some had good endings. Even if they catered to the Rong family, the Yang family, and the Qiao family, they all ended up rising step by step.

There are people with money.

If you don't go along with them, you will end up like Master Yi.

After Shangcheng and others left, Rong Zhi spoke.

"Isn't the Rong family...the clan of Marquis Rong Hengrong?"

Tianbao was surprised, "Are you a member of Brother Rong's family?"

"No wonder he is so arrogant. His background is really strong. With the Marquis behind him, of course he doesn't take the county magistrate seriously." Li Xiaoning chuckled.

"But I believe that the Rong family must have had a hard time in the past two years. After all, Rong Heng and the old Marquis are different, but Xinchang County is far away from the capital.

The Rong family can still use the Ronghou Mansion as their backer. They don't care who the Ronghou Mansion is, as long as it is the Rong family. "Li Shubai continued.

"The mountain is high and the emperor is far away. It's you who uses the name of Marquis Rong to bluff people." Rong Zhi continued.

"What about the other two companies? Do they also have big backers?" Li Xiaoning asked.

Li Shubai looked at Su Xiaoyun, who nodded, "The Yang family is a member of the family of Yang Shilang in the capital. The Qiao family has no foundation in the capital, but the daughter of the Qiao family is the concubine Qiao."

"It seems that these three families are not so lawless for no reason. People think they are behind the scenes." Li Xiaoning sneered.

"Sister-in-law, I am increasingly doubting whether Mr. Yi was really murdered and imprisoned. Mr. Yi has no connections. He is definitely no match for these three families."

After Li Shubai finished speaking, he looked at Master Zhang again, "Master Zhang, I have to trouble you to check the account again in the next two days to see if you can find anything useful in it."

Master Zhang nodded "Okay."

"Shubai, it seems we have to go to Fucheng." Tianbao said.

Li Shubai "I have to meet Lord Yi."

The two of them left as soon as they could, and took the people to Fucheng that day.

A group of eight people took a carriage and rushed to Fucheng.

"Miss, we're just ahead. Let's find a place to eat and rest first." Su Xiaoyun asked Tianbao in the carriage.

Tianbao opened the carriage curtain and said, "Okay, let's eat first."

Xuanlei Xuanyu had already found a restaurant, and the eight of them entered the restaurant first and ordered some food. Tianbao asked everyone to sit down together, and they didn't care about that when they were out.

This time Li Xiaoning did not come with her and left her at the county government office. Li Shubai Tianbao brought Yuexin, Su Lianyun, Xuanlei Xuanyu, and Rong Zhitinghan, a total of eight people.

After the eight people had eaten first, it was already dark. They were waiting to go to Fucheng early tomorrow morning to visit.

Early next morning

"Sister-in-law, let's go see the prefect first." Li Shubai said.

Tianbao asked, "Where is Master Yi being imprisoned?"

"In the Magistrate's Prison, Master Yi's case is handled by Master Zhizhou." Su Xiaoyun replied.

Several people walked out as they talked, and soon they arrived in front of the prefect's gate.

After Xuan Lei stepped forward and handed the post to the servant guarding the door, everyone was waiting outside.

"County Lord..." The magistrate came out from inside, "County Lord Ronghua has come all the way. It would be rude of me not to greet him immediately."

The prefect quickly asked someone to open the door and welcome a few people in.

Tianbao smiled and looked at the prefect, "I'm here to disturb you, please don't be offended."

"Where, where... It's a blessing for me to have the county lord come." After the magistrate finished speaking, he said, "Prince Lin saved me before, otherwise my life would have been lost long ago.

The county lord is a friend of Prince Lin, and he is also Xiaguan's benefactor. As long as the county lord has anything to do, just ask him, and I promise that he will do it beautifully for you. "

The prefect had a smile in his eyes and a serious look on his face.

Tianbao looked at Rong Zhi, who nodded, and then he remembered that this prefect was the one his master had saved seven years ago.

Seven years ago, his master was still a young boy less than ten years old, and the prefect was only a judge at that time.

He was robbed by robbers on the road and almost killed, but his master saved him and gave him money.

Unexpectedly, he is now the prefect of Guangxin Prefecture.

Tianbao and others were welcomed into the hall by the prefect, who served them tea and snacks very enthusiastically.

"Sir, this is my nephew Li Shubai and the newly appointed magistrate of Xinchang County." Tianbao introduced Li Shubai to the magistrate.

Li Shubai cupped his hands and saluted the prefect, "Greetings, your lord."

"I knew it when you sent the order. At that time, I was still wondering, why did you end up in Xinchang County?"

After finishing speaking, the magistrate sighed, "It's not easy to be the magistrate of Xinchang County. Do you know about the three great squires?"

Li Shubai nodded, "I know."

"Those three families control the lifeblood of Xinchang County. They hold a lot of students in Xinchang County in their hands. The Rong family and the Qiao family opened several schools in Xinchang County.

Students in the school must sign documents and become their disciples when they join the officialdom.