Yin Fu Daojun

Chapter 18 The Truth
County government office, inner house and main courtyard.

"My lord, the county lieutenant please see me!"

The concierge came to Li Qing, bowed and saluted.

"Oh? Let him in!"

Li Qing glanced at Xie Duan next to him, and said so.

During this period of time, they went to the prison again. Xie Duan read the personal file of the big black man through the channel of the yamen, and learned that his surname was Zhu and he was the oldest, so everyone called him Da Zhu .

This Zhu Da was originally from Zhaojia Town, Shanyin County. His father was a gambler. He mortgaged his wife to the gambling house for gambling money. Zhu Da was deeply influenced by family factors. He went to the gambling table at the age of three and often did petty theft.

After he grew up, he wandered out all year round, and rarely went home once. No one in the town knew what he was doing, and they didn't want to know.

A few years ago, by chance, I got a book page that recorded magic, and practiced it with the mentality of giving it a try, but after practicing, I still didn't learn it well, and became a human trafficker by relying on the magic of making animals.

If it hadn't been for being caught by mistake this time, I don't know how many people would have been victimized because of him. If such a person was not killed, it would not be enough to anger the people.

Xie Duan personally interrogated Nazhu Da, trying to find out the mastermind from his confession, but in the end he found nothing. His confession was the same as that in court, it seems that he is really unclear.

That being the case, they could only pin their hopes on Captain Jiang.

"I have seen adults in my humble position!"

Jiang Xianwei was brought in at this time, and he immediately saluted with fists in his hands.

"Huh! It's been a hard journey, but the abducted child was found?"

Li Qing went straight to the point and asked him about the situation.

"Ah! My lord, we went late. When we arrived, the child had already been taken away, but the five criminals were captured."

County Captain Jiang sighed helplessly and reported the truth.

"What? So, child, you are the one who didn't get out?"

Upon hearing this, Li Qing stood up directly from the stone bench.

"My lord, forgive me, my humble position is incompetent!"

Jiang Wei lowered his head, not daring to look up at him at all.

"You...you can't handle such a little thing? What are you doing to eat!"

Li Qing had an angry look on his face, and scolded him with his head covered.

No wonder he was so angry, the time limit for solving the case was getting closer and closer. Although the perpetrator was captured, the missing child could not be found, so the case could not be closed, and he still had to be held accountable.

A few days ago, there was an official document from the post office, saying that Mr. Zhongshushe, who was sent by the Ministry of Officials to inspect his political achievements, had arrived in the county government, and began to evaluate the officials of the surrounding counties in the order of top, middle and bottom.

The assessment process is the same as in the past. Generally, the county guard first appraises the merits and demerits of the subordinate officials in the past three years, and then announces them in public. After the announcement, everyone discusses them together and discusses their pros and cons. Then it was sent to the Central Ministry of Shangshu for a report.

My political performance in the past three years is not bad, and my relationship with the county governor is not bad. I visit him almost every year, secretly clearing up the management, etc., and it is reasonable to not embarrass myself too much.

But this time, for some reason, he had to be stuck with him.

If the case cannot be closed within the deadline, or the official document of the case cannot be submitted to him in time, I am afraid that I will not be able to afford it.

"Master Jiang, can you tell me what happened?"

Xie Duan couldn't say anything at this time, so he simply asked about the process.

County Captain Jiang secretly glanced at Li Qing, but did not dare to speak.

"I told you to say it!"

It wasn't until Li Qing spoke that he explained the whole process, and immediately told them that they arrived at the ruined temple, that they didn't see any children, only five traffickers were tied to the pillars, and so on.

After listening to his narration, Xie Duan thought for a while and smiled.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry. I think those children should be fine. Maybe they've all gone home now! The most important thing we should do now is to find out who is behind the scenes so that the case can be closed as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Li Qing was a little puzzled at first, and then after Xie Duan's suggestion, he secretly thought about Jiang County Captain's words, and then suddenly realized.

He can achieve the position of county magistrate, so he is not stupid. It was just because he was anxious and was stunned for a while.

"You're right! An order has been issued, and the county will interrogate the criminal."

He gave an order, and Jiang Xianwei immediately started to do it.

Although I didn't turn my head around what they said, but I don't have time to ask in detail now, so I can only find out later.

In Xie Duan's view, when they arrived at the ruined temple, the five thieves had already been tied up, but the children were nowhere to be seen. According to the five traffickers, even they themselves didn't know who took them away.

But judging from the situation at the scene, if the mastermind behind the scenes did it, why did they have to be knocked out and tied up?Even if you want to kill the donkey, shouldn't you just kill the donkey?There is no need to tie up and wait for the government to come.

They know so many secrets, once they fall into the hands of the government, they will definitely confess all the masterminds behind the scenes. Anyone who is behind the scenes has a brain, they will not dig their own graves, so this is unreasonable.

That being the case, the greatest possibility is that he was rescued by someone.

The other party should have known that the people in the government were going to destroy the temple, so after rescuing the children, they knocked the traffickers out and tied them up, waiting for them to deal with them.

At this time, those children dare not say that they are absolutely safe, but at least they will not be in danger.

It's just that I don't know who is the righteous man who saves people?

……

Coincidentally, among the five traffickers, one of them was the middleman in charge of the transaction. His bones were not even as hard as Zhu Da's, and he confessed all of them without torture.

After all, they only use money to do things, and they won't really work hard!

From his confession, he learned that the children who had been abducted and trafficked before had been transported into a manor by him. As for the location, he was not quite sure, because he was blindfolded with a black cloth during the whole trip.

Only when you reach the inside of the manor, will you untie the black cloth.

Although he didn't know anything about the surrounding environment, he knew something about the internal situation. He vaguely remembered that there were a lot of pines, cypresses and nanmu planted in the manor, and vultures and giant eagles would pass by the sky from time to time.

By chance, he also saw a large number of props for performances and packed them into several boxes, all of which could be used by jugglers.

Not only that, but it seems that many small animals are kept in the manor, and the sound of someone training can often be heard.

Another point is that he has met the buyer.

Because the buyer was very special, he remembered it deeply. He was a small and thin dwarf with a beard, less than five feet tall.

Hearing this, Xie Duan pondered carefully and fell into deep thought.

On the other hand, Li Qing was thinking that maybe he could invite a painter to come and arrest him according to the description of the portrait, which would also be a way to track down the criminal.

Seeing that he couldn't get any more useful clues, Li Qing convicted each of them according to the law, and put them in prison.

It took only half a cup of tea to retreat, but seeing two police officers rushing in from the door suddenly, seeing Li Qing, they immediately clasped their fists and saluted.

"My lord, we have found out what you asked us to investigate. The reason why there are so many beggars in the city is that they sneaked into the county a few days ago. At that time, they were not beggars, but ordinary people. The gate guards thought they were locals, so they let them go."

"When we went to investigate at noon, we found that these beggars had already left the city one after another. The specific reason is not yet known!"

As soon as this news came out, it can be said that Li Qing was shocked.

"So those are all pretend beggars?"

"Indeed! But their disability is real."

The two of them made no secrets, and spoke clearly and clearly.

"Let me ask you, is there any troupe out of town today?"

Xie Duan seemed to have thought of something, and quickly asked the two of them.

The two police officers looked at each other and replied in unison.

"Yes! It was the Yixiyuan performing in Shanyin County a few days ago. They left the city in the morning. Because of the recent popularity and popularity, many people in the city expressed their reluctance."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Duan's face darkened, and his thoughts became clear instantly.

"Sure enough, they have a problem!"

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