Rebirth of Shuangshu

Chapter 191
"Shannu doesn't have the ability to monitor the local area, how should we deal with this matter?" Hu Zigui asked.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xiao Yingzheng: "What do you think those people are greedy for money?"

Xiao Yingzheng lowered his eyes and replied, "It's mostly to satisfy my own greed."

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xiaoding again.

Xiao Ding whispered: "Maybe it is to let myself enjoy a better life."

A Wudao: "People who are greedy for ink often don't just greedy for a sum. Once they do it for the first time and taste the sweetness, there will be a second time, a third time, or even more times."

Hu Zigui frowned: "If you want to deal with them, you have to pay attention to the evidence. There should be records of income and expenditure in the books of the county government, but unfortunately we don't have the authority to read them."

Lin Xiaoxiao said: "This way doesn't work, so let's find another way."

In this year, there is no theory of large-scale casework, and due to the lack of official laws and regulations, many data and materials are not even checked out, and many are even unrecorded.

Therefore, investigations in this era do not need to be too rigorous.The law's affirmation of facts is far higher than the requirements of the chain of evidence.

Lin Xiaoxiao's idea is to simplify the complexity.

Someone who is greedy for money will inevitably spend it.Keeping the greedy money at home is not a minority.

There was a one-year mourning period for King Zhaoxiang, followed by a one-year mourning period for King Xiaowen.Will these people keep their money at home and not spend it?It's hard.After all, it is easy to be extravagant and difficult to be frugal.

To find out whether local officials are corrupt, you don't have to start from the official accounts at the source, but you can also check from the daily expenses of those people.

For example, the county magistrate earns fifty shi and several bolts of cloth every year.If he spends more than he legally earns, the source of the excess may be the proceeds of embezzlement.

Lin Xiaoxiao divided everyone into several teams and each went to the city to inquire.Then, everyone will meet again at the agreed place.

"Can you find any useful news?"

Some people shook their heads, and some people said something that they thought was useful but was actually useless.

It was Hu Zigui and Xiao Yingzheng who were powerful, and they found out really useful news.

"The county magistrate, Zishu, has a separate courtyard in Manghuang Mountain outside the city. After summer, due to the hot weather, Zishu moved to Manghuang Mountain to escape the summer heat. His daily duties were sent to Manghuang Mountain by the servants, and even the county magistrate and other officials I often go there on errands.”

During the mourning period, the government was strictly controlled, and even the county magistrate did not dare to entertain in the city with great fanfare, and moving outside the city seemed to be a good choice.

"Let's go to Mount Huangshan to have a look."

So, a group of people came to the foot of Manghuang Mountain.

But they were stopped.

I saw several sheds at the foot of Manghuang Mountain, and many government servants were enjoying the cool and drinking in the sheds.

It turns out that the entire Manghuang Mountain is the property of the county magistrate Zishu, and other people are not allowed to go up the mountain without permission.

The chariots and horses of Lin Xiaoxiao and his party stopped on the mountain road in the distance.Looking at the guards from a distance, I don't know what to do.

Just as they were trying to figure out a way, the quantity carriage passed by them.Those carriages were all engraved with the family crests of the gentry, so they were definitely not government carriages, but they were sent into the mountain by the guards.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Hu Zigui looked at each other, and they both felt that there was something wrong with this Manghuang Mountain.

After Lin Xiaoxiao opened the system map and studied it for a while, she pointed to a mountain that was a little further away and said, "Let's go over there and go up the mountain to have a look."

An hour later, everyone came to the top of the mountain out of breath.

The mountain that Lin Xiaoxiao chose is much higher than Mount Huangshan, and standing on the top of this mountain can take in the scene of the other mountain.But because the distance is too far, it is impossible to see clearly, and it is not easy to distinguish.

Lin Xiaoxiao took out three binoculars, gave Ying Zheng and Hu Zigui one each, and then looked like Mount Huangshan.

Under the high-power telescope, many details on Manghuang Mountain are presented to everyone, even the carved beams and painted buildings on the houses hidden in the woods can be seen.

"How much money they have been greedy for, is much more than the aristocratic courtyards in Xianyang City."

"Are those girls in tulle singers or dancers?"

"Those carriages used to transport jars. What's in the jars? Wine?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, looking at their posture, it seems that they are going to hold a banquet here."

"This is preparing for a banquet. Look at what those people gave, like freshly hunted game. Look at the quantity, this banquet is not small."

"During King Xiaowen's funeral, the new king has ordered a nationwide ban on entertainment. These people will commit crimes against the wind."

"Although local management is not so harsh, it is a big problem for them to act so extravagantly."

"We need to know the exact date they're hosting the banquet."

"How to find out? We can't go up the mountain, and those guards will definitely not tell us."

"I have many ways, but those are too time-consuming. I don't want to waste time here, so I'll take a trip."

"Then we have to wait until night to act."

"Seeing that they are still transporting supplies, I think the banquet time is not tonight."

So, a group of people slept in the wild again tonight.At night, Lin Xiaoxiao teleported into Mount Huangshan alone.

Lin Xiaoxiao was a little cautious when she came here this time.Because there are many people on Manghuang Mountain, many servants are still preparing for the banquet.If Lin Xiaoxiao wanted to eavesdrop on the news, she definitely couldn't wait for everyone to fall asleep before coming over.

It's not the first time Lin Xiaoxiao has done this kind of eavesdropping, and she feels like "the first time she's born, the second time she's acquainted".

Not long after, she returned to the temporary camp.

"Two days later, the county magistrate Zishu's father will have his [-]th birthday, and he will host a banquet for the gentry in the city at Manghuang Mountain."

"He acts with such great fanfare, isn't he afraid of reports from the gentry in the city?"

"Look at the scale of the villa, it couldn't be built overnight. They certainly didn't start doing things like this now. Also, the carriages that deliver things during the day are also from various gentry families in the city. I'm afraid they have known about this place for a long time. .”

"What are we going to do now?"

"Afterwards, you will have to work hard, Mr. Hu."

Lin Xiaoxiao drove Huzi back to the county overnight.Hu Zigui found a familiar colleague and reported the matter.

Two days later, the county sent officials to search Manghuang Mountain, and took down all the people who participated in the banquet, including the county magistrate.Not only did they arrest people, but they also found some money received by the county magistrate on Mount Huangshan.

The county sent a special messenger to the county to investigate the case.After confession by the county magistrate and others, the private embezzlement of the pensions of the fallen soldiers was also revealed.Because the Qin State often raises troops, it attaches great importance to the compensation of dead soldiers, and the case is handled very quickly.

A few days later, the lame young man and the other three families finally received the pension at the county government.

Holding the pension, the lame young man was deeply moved: "It's a pity that they have already gone."

Lin Xiaoxiao asked him, "What are your plans for the future?"

The lame young man said: "I plan to rebuild their graves, and then I should go back to my home."

Ying Zheng asked curiously, "Where is your home?"

The lame young man said, "My family lives in Lijia Village, Wuming Mountain."

Ying Zheng's eyes lit up: "Li Family Village? Your surname is Li, and you have the word Yong in your single name?"

"Exactly. How does the young master know?" Li Yong had a look of disbelief.

Lin Xiaoxiao smiled and said: "This is really a coincidence. I suggest you go home first, and then come back to repair the grave. There is always someone waiting for you at your home, but the dead are not in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)