Powerful ministers are husbands

When they returned to the scene, the policemen were busy moving the corpse to the cart. The two survivors were simply bandaged and sat quietly by the side wiping their tears.Jia Shangshu and others were still arguing with Zhou Fu Yin, mocking each other, and they didn't shut up until they saw General Cao turned back.

"This arrow was picked up at the fork leading to the official road. Maybe it can explain how the thieves would have known the escort route and ambushed in advance if the road map had not been leaked in advance." Cao Lv raised the sounding arrow and showed it to Everyone present, "The only one who can shoot a loud arrow when the team is heading south, and then break it and throw it away, is..."

Everyone's eyes turned to one of the survivors consciously.

The young man who reported the letter was stunned when he saw dozens of pairs of eyes staring at him quietly, his mouth opened wide but he was speechless for a moment.

Jia Shangshu was sweating in a hurry, when he saw the suspect appearing, he pounced on him and grabbed the man by the collar, "Li Dahu, tell me quickly, where is the money!"

Li Dahu froze all over in panic, and the small movements around him made him look sideways as if he had found a life-saving talisman. It turned out that He Feng, who was still crying with his head in his arms, moved slowly, trying to stay away from him as much as possible. It was full of shock and sadness, as if the murderer had been identified.

"No, no." Li Dahu swallowed hard, finally feeling able to speak, "It's not me, how could I..."

Looking away from the shocked He Feng and the terrified Li Dahu, Cao Lv grabbed Jia Shangshu by the back of his neck with one hand and slipped them away, "Someone will interrogate this matter."

Jia Shangshu followed his gaze and saw a large group of people running towards them, led by Dali Siqing, he couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief - his own people are easy to handle.

Dali Temple Minister Song Zi got off his horse, glanced around at the people present, and announced directly, "My lord has ordered that the case of disaster relief money being robbed will be investigated by this official."

Zhou Fu Yin was not happy, and because it was the Holy Majesty's will, he glanced at General Cao and the others resentfully, and led the people from the imperial capital's office to retreat.

Song Zi listened to the report of the results of the investigation by the policeman and Wu Zuo, and the people who hunted down the thieves returned after a while.

But the mountain road is rugged and there are many forks, the bandits have already disappeared without a trace, leaving no clues.

Li Dahu cried with tears all over his face, and kowtowed to Song Zi non-stop, "Song Siqing, the young one was wronged, really wronged! I don't know what happened to the loud arrow..."

"I've heard too many murderers cry for injustice." Song Zi frowned slightly, motioning for others to help Li Dahu up, "I will investigate whether you are innocent, right or wrong, there is justice. You don't have to cry like you have been convicted. "

Li Dahu was held up by two guards, silently wiping away his tears.

"The wounds are uneven, and they are cut with a hatchet." Song Zi turned to Cao Lu and Jia Shangshu and said, "I heard that a group of gangsters fled around the outskirts of Gyeonggi recently. There are about three to forty members, most of whom were released after serving their sentences. The culprits, armed with hatchets, specialize in blocking roads and robbing. The local government offices have been sending people to arrest them, but this group of people is extremely cunning, and it has been more than two months now."

"This group of people wants to do something big. Knowing about the flood in the south of the Yangtze River, the imperial court will definitely distribute relief money, so they collude with people in the yamen to rob?" Jia Shangshu continued, staring at Li Dahu fiercely again, "I know you My old mother owed a large debt for medical treatment, so is it..."

Song Zi stopped Jia Shangshu, "How can Jia Shangshu come to a conclusion before interrogation?" He nodded kindly to Li Dahu and asked the yamen servant to take him away.

Cao Lv replied coldly: "If it is true that the people in the household department colluded with bandits and robbed the relief money, Jia Shangshu's official position will not be guaranteed."

Jia Shangshu put on a smile and looked at General Cao gratefully, but what he got in return was a cold and merciless gaze, and he was shocked into a cold sweat.

"This..." Song Zi turned his head, looked at the yamen servant who was busy cleaning up the last few corpses not far away, and said in a low voice, "Do you want to lead the matter to other people?"

"If other court officials deliberately colluded with bandits and framed me, then I can get away?" Jia Shangshu didn't care about anything else, and said anxiously: "If I fall in, Fei Dongliang will have a chance to take over." The position of Shangshu!" How could General Cao not care about the pros and cons.

Song Zi glanced at the fine sweat on Jia Shangshu's forehead, and then asked Cao Lu's meaning.

"Two survivors, interrogate them both before making a decision." Cao Lu said flatly, "He Feng also has enough time to deal with Xiang Jian, but Li Dahu is not the only one."

Song Zi nodded, and ordered the yamen servant to take He Feng back, and asked the yamen servant to clean up the corpse quickly.

"Let me tell you, take a look at the deep knife, does it look like it was cut by an ordinary bandit?!" Jia Shangshu suddenly seemed to have discovered a miracle, pulled Song Zi's clothes to look at it, and chattered non-stop , trying to get rid of the crime of negligence and dereliction of duty, "Someone definitely sent officers and soldiers to pretend to be thieves, colluded with the people in my household department, knew the route, and then planted it on those gangsters who ran away On the outskirts of Gyeonggi. Firstly, they can be framed to escape, secondly, so much money is their own, and thirdly, they can drag me down from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs."

A trolley transporting corpses passed by, and Cao Lv glanced at it. The wound was deep enough to show bones, which was indeed unusual.

Maybe King Yan really planned to kill three birds with one stone. For those who plan to rebel, the huge amount of disaster relief money is an irresistible temptation.

Song Zi thought so too, and exchanged glances with Cao Lv who was about to leave.

"So things can develop as Jia Shangshu expected?" Pang Miao asked on the carriage going back.

Cao Lu nodded, "Yes. But he never thought that he would still be involved. He is the only one who knows the road map in advance. Crying for a thief is one of the clever ways to get out."

Pang Miao said: "It will be another fierce battle."

"Don't worry." Cao Lu smiled gently, then closed his eyes and remained silent, his face calm and indifferent.

Pang Miao didn't bother him anymore.

Arriving at the gate of Cao's house, Pang Miao just got out of the car when he was attracted by two people beside the doorpost and under the wall. A middle-aged man in dark gray clothes, with frosty temples and a haggard expression, was about the same as Xue Jinyi's appearance. Like, and standing next to it was Xue Jinyi.

The father and son were arguing, not knowing what they were arguing about, Xue Weikai's pale face gradually showed a touch of red, and his bloodshot eyes matched with the expression at this time, looked like an angry beast.

It wasn't until they saw Cao Lv that they stopped arguing.Xue Weikai didn't speak, but shrank his neck.

Xue Jinyi trotted over, "Master Eighth, can I take a day off? My father is sick and I want to take him to see a doctor."

For some reason, Xue Weikai snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves, turned and left.

Pang Miao noticed that Xue Weikai was limping when he walked, so he had to hold on to the wall and move forward slowly, but even though walking was so difficult, he didn't ask his son to come over to help him, or waved his hand to stop the passerby. Empty sedan chair.

"Go quickly." Cao Lv also saw it, and didn't question him further.

Xue Jinyi thanked him again and again, and hurried back to hold his father's arm, but unexpectedly, he was pushed away fiercely.

Xue Weikai yelled a few words indistinctly, and Xue Jinyi came back dejectedly.

"Eighth Young Master, Eighth Young Master, I won't ask for leave, don't deduct my wages!" He yelled wearily.

"What's wrong with your father?" Cao Lu asked with concern after having been an official in the same dynasty for several years.

Xue Jinyi sighed, "Ever since my father was idle at home, he has been depressed. Later, he spent all his time drinking to relieve his worries. I persuaded him several times but it didn't work. I gave him most of his monthly salary, but he was still unhappy."

Although it is the lowest nursing home, the salary offered by the Cao family is not low. The monthly salary is enough for a family of five to feed and clothe, and there is still some spare money.Pang Miao was slightly surprised that Xue Weikai was able to leave his official position and go to the countryside to find the girl he liked without much money. It seems that he is not a person who seeks pleasure.

"Look, he went out to drink yesterday and came home drunk. He accidentally fell a big somersault, and his ankle was swollen." Xue Jinyi shook his head and looked in the direction Xue Weikai left.

Xue Weikai had already turned into an alley and disappeared without a trace.

Cao Lv took out some money and gave it to Xue Jinyi, "You can take it to your father to see a doctor, and it will be used as a reward for the last incident. Although he verbally drove you back, you are his son after all, so you should go back and see."

"Thank you Eighth Young Master." Xue Jinyi looked at Cao Lv, hesitated to speak, thought for a while, turned and ran away.

The next day, the robbery went nowhere.Because of the important relationship, Song Zi interrogated Li Dahu and He Feng overnight, and sent Shaoqing to investigate the two people's homes in person.There are also a large number of people searching for traces of bandits outside the city day and night.But both things were fruitless, Li Dahu and the other two interrogated no matter what, insisting that they were innocent, while the group of thieves and bandits disappeared into the world like ghosts and ghosts, including the disaster relief money, without a trace.

However, most people believe that Li Dahu, who is the most suspected, cannot escape the crime, and it is only a matter of time before he confesses the truth.

The wind blew the pages of the book "squeaking", and Pang Miao simply used the paperweight to press down the account books of his own Zhuangzi.After Butler Tong returned to Hanyun Village, he worked harder. He had just sold a batch of fruits recently, and the income was good, but Pang Miao had no intention of thinking about his future plans in Qi County.

After Cao Lv finished talking about the situation of the case, he said in a calm tone, "One night has passed, we have already made arrangements, so you don't have to worry about it."

Pang Miao turned his head and looked out the window, the sky was dark and the wind and rain were about to come.Then he saw Zhang Mu hurried across the courtyard and came to the small study, "Master Eighth, someone from Dali Temple is here, someone picked up the thing that fell from the eldest lady's carriage on the street—"

On his open palm lay quietly a copper coin with the four words "Jingzhao Tongbao" on it - a newly minted copper coin in the middle of the year, which was specially distributed to the victims this time.

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What I associate with what I saw with my own eyes is not necessarily the truth ＿(:з"∠)＿ may be overthinking