My martial arts rely on solving cases

Chapter 273
"I don't know, I really don't know! It was all fine at first, but all of a sudden, all seven hundred granaries caught fire. The fire was huge, bright green, and couldn't be extinguished..."

"Seven hundred granaries caught fire at the same time? Did anyone set fire?"

"No, nothing! Not a single person..."

"My lord, Commander Xu said... Said... This is a will-o'-the-wisp, the fire set by a ghost... It's a ghost..."

"Bastard! The world is bright, where are the ghosts and ghosts? Even if there are, the granary is protected by its own official spirit, and the ghosts and ghosts can't set foot."

"If it wasn't for ghosts, how could the granary be inexplicably burned?"

"Is it because you deliberately concealed something to avoid guilt?"

"No--"

"We really don't know, and we have nothing to hide."

"Your Excellency is wronged——"

Immediately, the few granary guards who were lucky enough to survive fell to their knees, begging one after another.

"Come here, take all these negligent sinners and put them in the dungeon for punishment!"

"My lord, please forgive me—"

"My lord, we have never neglected our duties, we are really conscientious..."

"Your Excellency, please spare your life."

Hearing this, Su Qing jumped from the canopy of the tree and fell.

Immediately, a group of yamen servants pulled out their swords nervously.When they saw that it was Su Qing, Qi Qi withdrew their swords and fell to their knees.

Zhang Dacheng's face instantly turned pale as paper, and his chest was filled with despair.

This evening, Su Qing found out that there was a two thousand error in the land tax account book, which already made Zhang Dacheng's heartstrings tense.But now, the burning of the granary directly broke Zhang Dacheng's heartstrings.

At this moment, Zhang Dacheng even wanted to pass out on the spot, so that he would not have to bear such terrible pressure.At this moment, Zhang Dacheng's heart was in a mess.I don't know if my horoscope is in conflict with Su Qing.

On Su Qing's first day here, a vicious case of a theater troupe being poisoned and killed occurred, implicating fifty lives.

Before this matter was over, a major event happened immediately.A granary stores tens of thousands of catties of grain, a total of seven million catties of grain.It is enough to burn the rations of a hundred thousand troops for a month, not to mention killing the guards guarding the granary, even the county magistrate is not an exaggeration.

"My lord, this lower official is guilty! This lower official deserves to die, and death is not a pity!" Zhang Dacheng showed an expression uglier than crying, and suddenly pulled out the knife in his waist, and decisively horizontally across his neck.

To die is Zhang Dacheng's only thought now, only if he dies simply, will he not hurt his relatives and family members.

Just like the two guard leaders who died in the fire, if they hadn't died, the consequences might not only be Ling Chi, but also the whole family might be enslaved forever.

But in front of Su Qing, it may not be easy to die.

Su Qing gently stretched out two fingers, and pinched Zhang Dacheng's knife across his throat.

"Master Zhang, you want to die so eagerly, do you want to reassure the people behind?"

As soon as these words came out, despair appeared on Zhang Dacheng's face.Sure enough, Mr. Su already preconceived that way.

Quickly let go of his hand, and Gulu knelt down.

"My lord, since I became an official, I have always been honest and upright. I have never colluded with criminals, and I will not deliberately burn down the granary..."

"Then why did I just tell you that I will inspect the granary tomorrow, and the granary was burned tonight?"

"I..." Zhang Dacheng opened his mouth, but was speechless.

Sighing dejectedly, "Xiaguan can't argue with a hundred words. After the lord left, Xiaguan ordered someone to inform the granary to clean the granary and not be too lazy..."

Of course, Su Qing couldn't easily believe Zhang Dacheng's words, she raised her hand, "Put Zhang Dacheng down and wait for his release."

The two yamen servants hesitated slightly, and finally mustered up the courage to step forward.

"My lord, I offended you."

Soon, Zhan Zhao, Xue Chonglou and others rushed over.Seeing the scene of the granary, both of them were dumbfounded at the same time.

A thought flashed through my mind like a meteor, something happened, something big happened!

"My lord, someone must have set fire to this granary." Xue Chonglou said decisively after recovering.

"Arson is certain, but his method of arson is very clever. I believe what the garrison said, seven hundred granaries suddenly caught fire, and they didn't see anyone.

Otherwise, there is no reason for them not to be able to find out that dozens or hundreds of people set the fire. If they were complicit, they would not have stayed here to die.

Chonglou Zhanzhao, you say that the burning of the granary is good for whom? "

The two hesitated for a moment.

"Your Excellency is going to inspect the granary tomorrow. The granary must be in a very serious deficit. The mastermind behind the scenes is worried that Dong Chuang's incident will happen, so why not just burn the granary down?"

With deep eyes, Su Qing sighed softly.

"Even if the granary is burned down, won't this officer not investigate?"

After dawn, the news of the burning of the official storehouse last night suddenly spread throughout Fengqi County like a whirlwind.The news was like thunder on the ground. After a brief absence, several families were sad and some were ecstatic.

The ones who were ecstatic were naturally a group of grain merchants headed by the Zhu family and the Ye family.The grain in the official granary was burned. Regardless of the final result, how many people were killed, and the burned granary had to be rebuilt.The government has to buy grain from them. What kind of deal is this?

The ones who are worried are naturally those rats related to the official warehouse. The granary was burned, and the higher-ups were furious, and they would order a thorough investigation.I don't know if I will find myself.

For most people, the burning of official warehouses seems to be none of their business.The food in the official warehouse will not go into the rice cooker, and it will be burned if it is burned.Emergency during disaster relief?That's even more unnecessary.

This year's Dafeng, grain has been put into storage, where is the disaster? "

The matter soon reached Jiangzhou County, and soon Tianting.I thought that the imperial court would be furious for such a big incident, and would definitely issue a severe reprimand, and then all the officials in Lingxi Mansion would be demoted and punished.

But I didn't expect that there was a lot of noise and little rain, and it was just for Su Qing to find out the case and pursue it to the end.

Officials at all levels in Fengqi County spent three days in fear, with many pairs of eyes on Su Qing's movements.Unexpectedly, Su Qing stayed at home for the past three days, spending the whole day in the county office looking through files and materials.

Unknowingly, three days passed, and officials at all levels couldn't help discussing in private.

They have already heard about Su Qing's illustrious reputation.That's why most people stared at each other, wanting to see how Mr. Su, who was rumored to be a master at solving crimes, managed to find out who was behind the arson.

But in the end it was a big disappointment.There is no wonderful unraveling to solve the mystery, and there is no thrilling strategizing or prophetic, just looking through the thick official documents in the study for three days, and I don't know what to look for.

Suddenly, in the study room, the light of the candle flickered slightly.

Su Qing flicked through the pages slightly.

"came back?"

"I'm back." Zhan Zhao and Xue Chonglou appeared beside him at some unknown time, and they handed the package to Su Qing.

"Check it out?"

"It should be clear. If there are others, we have to seek a breakthrough from those people."

"Okay! Come on, let's get promoted!"

dong dong dong-

The Shengtang drum sounded, waking up the people who were a little tired in the afternoon.The people around the county government were slightly taken aback when they heard the sound of the drum, and then they realized it.

"The Yamen is open for trial, hurry up!"

People from all directions gathered towards the county government office like flowing water.After a while, the outside of the county government hall was full of caring people.

Su Qing was dressed in a red official robe, and sat upright on the presiding judge's seat.On the jury seats on both sides are the county magistrate and the county magistrate.

The county magistrate and county lieutenant are all middle-aged people in their forties, one fat and one thin complement each other.

Both of them looked at each other suspiciously, and they didn't understand what case Su Qing was going to hear today.From the corner of their eyes, the two of them glanced at the young and excessive fifth-rank official on the presiding judge's seat, and quickly looked away.

The more puzzled she was about Su Qing's purpose of being promoted today, the more uneasy she felt in her heart.

"Ascension!"

"mighty--"

The common people outside the courtroom also looked at the empty courtroom suspiciously, discussing in low voices.Usually when you are promoted to court, the defendant or the plaintiff will be kneeling in the hall, but there is no one in the courtroom, who will be judged?
"My lord!" Wei Ting, the county magistrate, asked softly, cupping his hands, "What kind of case will your lord go to the court for trial? We haven't prepared anything..."

"No need to prepare! Chonglou!"

"exist!"

"Take it!"

"Yes!"

The moment the words fell, Wei Ting only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and his whole body was lifted by Xue Chonglou.Before he realized what happened, he was brought to court by Xue Chonglou.

"Oh? What is Catcher Xue doing? Master Su, Master Su is wronged——"

"Take off the official uniform and kneel down!"

Wei Ting only felt dizzy for a while.Made a few turns in situ.With a plop, she fell to her knees, facing Su Qing who was sitting upright under the plaque of justice and integrity.

One second, I was an official above the court, and the next second, I became a criminal under the court.

"My lord, what is this... what is this? This is..."

"Wei Ting, I have a few questions for you, I hope you can answer them well."

"My lord was wronged... wronged..."

Su Qing took out an account book from the table and gently opened it.

"Wei Ting, it records that you hid in the basement of the old house. Over the years, you have embezzled and sold the property you have accumulated through corruption and bribery. The total amount is [-] taels of silver and [-] taels of gold. There are seven mansions, three restaurants, and one brothel. There are two casinos."

As Su Qing chanted, the people outside the hall let out gasps one after another.

With so much wealth, they might not be able to make it for ten thousand years without eating or drinking, but they were corrupted by a county magistrate, a mere nine-rank sesame official?

"My lord, I am wronged, I am wronged..." Wei Ting's face suddenly turned pale, but as if he had turned into a repeater, he could only say two words.

"I'm wronged. I've made your property so clear. Do you think I'm going to argue with you again? At this time, my people should have taken out your embezzlement. What's wrong with the evidence? I advise you to be frank and lenient, or I will be severely punished."

Wei Ting's eyes were dazed at first, then despair gradually appeared on his face, and finally his whole body went limp.

"Wei Ting, tell me, how much corruption and bribery have you received these years, and who are your accomplices?"

Wei Ting watched the glint in Su Qing's eyes, suddenly felt an inexplicable trance, opened his mouth, and Balabala poured out all the things he had done in these years.

What he said was eloquent, and the people outside the hall were terrified when they heard it.A small county magistrate can be so bold as to openly carve up government property and state property, help unscrupulous businessmen to evade taxes and even participate in it himself.

Simply insane!
After Wei Ting finished his explanation, an hour had passed.Not to mention the dry mouth of those who talk, even the dry mouth of those who listen.

"So, you set the fire in the official warehouse last night? In order to prevent the official from finding out that you have sold out the granary?"

"We didn't let it go, and the villain doesn't know why the official warehouse suddenly caught fire!"

(End of this chapter)