Rebirth: From being expelled from the imperial court to becoming a high-ranking official

Qin Yunhe tried to explain his ideas to the prefect, but the prefect obviously did not understand or accept them.

"What? I understand your feelings, and I know you are not someone who seeks glory and success.

It’s just that most cases in this world are not that complicated.

If you really can’t find more information, it’s better to sort out the case files and submit them as soon as possible.”

Qin Yunhe had no choice but to agree, and said that he would wait for Zhao's followers to come and identify the person. If there were really no more clues, he would submit it for approval.

Originally, he wanted the prefect to issue another order to urge the counties to make more efforts to issue notices to find clues, but now it seems that this is no longer possible.

In fact, Qin Yunhe could also understand the prefect.

Because the prefect believed that this robbery case was an independent one, he could not understand his idea of ​​digging deeper.

As for Qin Yunhe himself, he first assumed that this was not their first crime, and that it was even very likely related to the Qushan robbers, and then he went around looking for confirmation.

Originally, he just wanted to try to cheat, and he was not sure if these people were involved in other cases.

He refused to tell anyone's name until he saw them.

The names they mentioned were all ambiguous, and they were evasive and even deliberately concealed the fact that they could write. Qin Yunhe, Li Chang and others felt that there was a high probability that they had other cases.

Then why did they dare to write out those clear names?

Although Yunnan Province is far away, it is difficult to verify.

But if you are determined to spend time and effort to go to the local area to verify, it is not impossible.

The only possibility is that they thought there wouldn't be any big problems even if these people were found.

Either they knew each other and trusted each other, or these people would never be found, or of course it could be that they had never committed a crime in the local area.

But if they really had never committed any crime in the local area, why were they trying to cover it up?

The probability is the first two situations.

Assume the first two cases.

If they knew each other well, how much trust would they have to have in order not to identify them?

Could it be that these people will never be found?

In the next few days, while Qin Yunhe was waiting for the Zhao family's servants to come and identify the person, he increased the reward and sent out several notices to the counties under his jurisdiction.

Many days passed in a flash, and finally, one day, the bailiff came to report that the Zhao family's servant had come to identify the person.

Qin Yunhe was overjoyed and quickly ordered people to take them to the prison to identify those people.

Soon they identified the person and were taken into the study.

"Does anyone know anyone?"

The two servants said, "Sir, we are not from Mo County or Ta County, and we don't know those people."

Qin Yun was greatly disappointed.

Unexpectedly, one of them said, "But I have another matter to report to you, sir."

Qin Yunhe was delighted again: "Please speak."

"My hometown is in the county next to Mo County. Back then, a major incident happened in Mo County that shocked the local area. Nearly dozens of people from Mr. Ma's family in Mo County died overnight because of a bowl of vegetarian noodles. I just don't know if this Mr. Ma is the same Mr. Ma mentioned in the notice."

Qin Yunhe was greatly shocked: "Why is plain face so fatal?"

"It's because the vegetarian noodles were cooked with mushrooms, so they were probably not cooked. That day was the birthday party for the old lady in the Ma family. Every year on this day, the family would cook vegetarian noodles, and everyone in the family, whether master or servant, would eat a bowl."

"Are you sure it's Su Mian that caused it?"

Could it be that they were murdered? Qin Yun didn't eat mushrooms very often. He couldn't believe that a bowl of mushroom noodles would kill his whole family.

"Anyway, the government notice at the time said that it was caused by plain noodles, but I don't know what happened specifically."

"No one in Mr. Ma's family escaped?"

"I've only heard rumors, but it sounds like no one can escape it. It's a happy occasion, so it's okay to eat it every year. I'm sure no one would miss it. After all, it's the old lady's birthday."

"How long ago did this happen?"

"I think it's been five or six years? Or four or five years? I can't remember the exact time."

If this is true, then people like Abo and Asong must have died in this disaster and naturally would not be able to come out to testify against these people.

I guess they wrote these names based on this fact.

What about the three brothers in Luo’s butcher shop?

Could it be a coincidence that something happened to the three brothers of the Luo family and they were unable to come out and testify against a few people?

Qin Yunhe wanted to ask the two guys if they knew any other related clues, but he couldn't get anything out of them.

One of the guys actually brought a message for Chenxiang: "…Chenxiang said, maybe one of these people is one of the criminals. After all, this way we can ensure that we will never find those people and we can't testify against them. The adults asked them to confess so many names, and they may not be able to think of them at the moment, so they wrote down each other's names..."

The guy didn't quite agree with Chenxiang's statement, but since he had agreed to deliver the message, he naturally had to deliver it.

Qin Yunhe thought about it and felt that this seemed to be a possibility.

Unable to get any more useful information, Qin Yunhe asked Zhuzi to take two people to claim the reward, and then had someone bring a few more robbers over.

"...When did you leave Mo County?"

The robbers looked at each other and said after a while, "About three years ago."

"...Who of you is familiar with Abo A Song from Mr. Ma's family in Mo County?"

Daji and Yuanbao immediately became nervous: "Sir, it's someone we know."

"How did you know each other?"

"My Lord, I often run into them when they are out on business, and occasionally I give them a few copper coins, and sometimes I help them with something, and after a while we become familiar with each other."

"Since you are familiar with each other, did you say goodbye to the two of them when you left Yun Province?"

Daji Yuanbao seemed to hesitate for a moment before he said, "No, sir. When we arrived, Asong and Abai were already dead, and Mr. Ma's entire family was poisoned to death."

Qin Yunhe slammed the table and said, "Since he's already dead, what are you still writing about?"

The two were startled and said tremblingly, "No, sir. You just asked us to write someone we are familiar with, and you didn't say it has to be alive."

Qin Yunhe choked, it seemed to be really the case.

Qin Yunhe looked at the other three people again.

"Could it be that Awu, Alu, and Aze from Luo's Butcher Shop in Nata County also died before you left?"

Hu Zi, Ma Feng and Er Tiao looked at each other, and then said firmly: "Sir, when we left, these people were still alive."

"So if I send someone to Ta County now, I should be able to find these people?"

"We don't know about this. After all, we have been away for so long."

"Okay. Later, you will follow the yamen runners to see the painter, and describe the faces of these familiar faces of yours in detail so that the painter can draw them. After the paintings are finished, come back to see me."