My martial arts rely on solving cases

Chapter 274 Seeing the Plague Again
"Wei Ting, you must know that the judge's sentence for you depends on your attitude of pleading guilty today. If you take chances again, it is really a way to die." Su Qing said in a calm tone.

"My lord, the criminals know that their sins are serious, and their corruption is so great, no matter how good I behave, it is still a death sentence. In fact, in the past three years, the villain has been worrying every day and fearing that he will not have a good night's sleep.

I was afraid that people would see that I was a corrupt official. I lived a poor life every day. I didn't dare to wear fresh clothes, I didn't dare to fish or eat meat, and I didn't even dare to sit in a sedan chair when I went out.The money that Tanmo got was hidden in the basement of the old house.

Looking back on the past ten years, I have more than enough money to spend on my salary, so much money that I haven't spent a single penny.Taking such a big risk and suffering so many crimes is not worth it. Sometimes I want to slap myself in the face thinking about it.

There is no turning back when you open the bow, and if you make a mistake, you will be hated forever. "

Wei Ting expressed his heartfelt emotion, causing many people outside the hall to let out long sighs.What the hell is going on!

"So the official storehouse was burned, and you didn't know about it?"

"The criminals don't know. The criminals not only don't know, they can't even think of who did it. Even if I have ten heads and a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to think of such a thing and do such a thing."

"Come here, take Wei Ting down."

Su Qing pondered for a long time with a gloomy face, "Hogg."

In the jury seat, the county lieutenant who had been breathing in and out carefully trembled suddenly.Almost turned the table over on the spot.Then he stood up with a smile on his face.

"Lord Su, the officer is here."

"Take it!"

"Take it? Take who?"

Hogg was still in a daze, and he was dizzy like Wei Ting in the next second. His official uniform was stripped off before he breathed, and he knelt down in the hall.

"Hogg, are you convicted?"

The people outside the hall are still reminiscing about the high-ranking county magistrate who has been imprisoned without style. He hasn't come to his senses yet. Another huge change occurred in the court.

It's really a wave of upheaval.

In the past three days, Su Qing stayed at the county government's study and looked through the files. In fact, she was reviewing Zhang Dacheng's work.

Su Qing is not a perfectionist, nor is she someone who can't get rid of the sand in her eyes.If Zhang Dacheng is really as clean as clear water, then he must have greater ambitions, it can't be for the sake of becoming a saint, right?

As long as it is within the range allowed by Su Qing's bottom line, he is willing to turn a blind eye.

But the result of the review surprised Su Qing.

Zhang Datong has been an official in Fengqi County for more than ten years, and the magistrate of the county for ten years, even if the allowed gray income is not [-] taels, it should be [-] taels.

Ke Zhanzhao searched Zhang Dacheng's home and places where the money might be hidden, but couldn't find it.

Xue Chonglou easily found Wei Ting's money hidden in the basement of the old house. Su Qing didn't think that Zhang Dacheng could hide money better than Wei Ting.

If you don't find it, you just don't have it.

There are corrupt officials under your hands, how can your ass be clean?
Unbelievable, Su Qing looked through Zhang Dacheng's work logs for many years, but after reading Zhang Dacheng's work records, Su Qing was moved by Zhang Dacheng.

He has been working hard for ten years, and every job has a detailed record.Although there is no pioneering work, it is indeed meticulous and conscientious.

In the work records, Su Qing can clearly see the ups and downs of Fengqi County in the past ten years.

Zhang Dacheng's hard work and executive ability are nothing to say, and he is also quite clean as an official.But vigilance and insight into people's hearts are not as good as ordinary people.

As a county magistrate, I don't even know that my rights have been emptied. The people under my command set one thing in front of the other, and the county magistrate and county lieutenant work together to collect money.Zhang Dacheng also thinks that the officialdom is clean and clean, and the people love him.

The yamen in Fengqi County, except for Zhang Dacheng, the county magistrate, are all corrupt officials.Zhan Zhao and Xue Chonglou alone recovered [-] taels of stolen money.

As for the grain in the official warehouse, they had already sold it out.In order to cope with the inspection, the granary was built into a hollow cabin overnight, and the roof of the warehouse was covered with a layer of grain, and the inside was completely empty.In other words, only empty positions were burned.But why it caught fire no one knows.

As for the officers and soldiers guarding the granary, their deaths were not wronged.There is no one who is not involved in reselling official food.

It's just that the granary suddenly caught fire, and they knew that they were doomed, but they all became righteous.Who dares to say that the granary that has been burned to ashes is not full?
After the trial of the corruption case in Fengqi County, more than [-] corrupt officials were involved, and more than half of the yamen guards were thrown into the dungeon with a wave of Su Qing's big hand.

After that, with a piece of paperwork, manpower was transferred directly from the magistrate's yamen, and the Fengqi county yamen was able to operate normally again the next day.

In the courtyard of the county government office, fallen leaves are flying.

The haggard Zhang Dacheng stood behind Su Qing and listened to Su Qing's reprimand.

"Although the official did not find out that you were corrupt, accepting bribes, and dereliction of duty, it does not mean that you are innocent. As a county official, you are so rotten that you didn't notice it? You are so incompetent and ashamed of the court. trust in you."

"Yes, yes! I know I was wrong, and I am guilty."

"But compared to the group of people below you who don't regret death, you are still pretty good, so I am willing to give you a chance to grant you a license to stay in the post. Whether you can take the blame and make meritorious service depends on your performance."

"Yes, sir, I would like to thank you for saving my life, my lord is so kind and virtuous, I will never forget it."

"Okay, let's go to work. Fengqi County has left a lot of mess waiting for you to clean up."

"Yes! I will resign as an official..."

Zhang Datong bowed his body and walked backwards.Just when he came to the door, Zhan Zhao walked in with a gloomy and serious face.

"My lord, something serious happened."

Fengqi County, Xin Renran.

Su Qing had heard of this name when she first came to Lingxi Mansion.

There are two masters of Xinglin in Lingxi Mansion, and these two are from the same sect.

Compared with the other one who has not yet opened up, Xin Renran's disciples and grandchildren are all over the Lingxi Mansion.

No matter how large or small the medical center in Lingxi Prefecture is, no matter how well-equipped and luxurious the facilities are, as long as there is not a disciple of Xin Renran in the medical center, the medical center can only be second-rate.

Su Qing didn't expect that there was a leak in the house and it was raining at night, so Xin Renran came to the county government in a hurry and asked to see Su Qing by name.

Su Qing didn't dare to put on airs for this being who was at the peak of what a doctor could achieve in the field of medicine.Hurry up to meet him.

"My official Lingxi Mansion judges Su Qing, and I have met Mr. Xin."

"Please refer to Mr. Su. Mr. Su, the matter is urgent, so I will cut to the chase. Please Mr. Su immediately close the city gates and prohibit people from entering or leaving. I suspect that there may be a plague in the city."

"Plague?" Su Qing's expression changed, "It's late autumn now, how could there be a plague? Isn't the plague supposed to come out in the dog days?"

"As usual, this is indeed the case, but there are exceptions to everything. Early this morning, all medical clinics received patients with vomiting, diarrhea, and pale faces. The symptoms were all the same, and it was a plague. Please wait for the news to spread now. Close the gates as soon as possible.

The old man and his disciples worked day and night to find a cure as soon as possible. I hope that the heavens will have mercy on the common people, and hope that Fengqi County will get through this catastrophe as soon as possible. "

After sending Xin Renran away, Zhang Dacheng was naturally given the job of sealing off the county seat.Letting him out is to make him commit crimes and make meritorious deeds. How can he not even be allowed to do work?

Su Qing stood in the courtyard with her hands behind her back, a gust of breeze passed by, and a few withered and yellow leaves fell from her eyes.

Looking at the falling leaves, Su Qing felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart.

"My lord, what should we do next? Should we continue to investigate the fire in the granary or..." Xue Chonglou and Zhan Zhao came behind Su Qing and asked softly.

Su Qing pondered for a long time, did not answer the words of the two, but silently raised her eyes to look at the blue sky.

"I always feel that there seems to be a hand behind the recent incidents. But I can't figure out the purpose of the hand behind it."

These words caused Xue Chonglou and Zhan Zhao to look confused, and they looked at each other without understanding.

"My lord, are you saying that the troupe was poisoned, the granary was burned, and there is a hand behind the current plague?"

"Can't you? These three major events are not related."

"It's just that it doesn't seem to be related." Su Qing said leisurely.

If it weren't for the case record that vaguely related the three things, Su Qing would not have been able to discover the involvement of the three things.But if the three things are interrelated, there should be a common motive.

What is the motivation?

All three looked up at the sky, and a row of wild geese flew south together.

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Dacheng came back again, "Lord Su, the subordinate officials have ordered you to go down. From now on, the gates of the city will be closed and no entry or exit will be allowed. Moreover, the subordinate officials have also arranged guards at all small road intersections from the city. People can leave. It's just..."

"Just what?"

"It's just that the dog food that was originally negotiated with Zhu's family and Ye's family and other grain merchants may change."

"What happened?"

"The official granary was burned, but fortunately, the granary was almost empty, and the stolen money recovered could barely buy back the grain they resold.

But now that there is a plague in the city, food prices will definitely rise, and our money may not be enough. "

"It's not just that Fengqi County has a good harvest this year, so we can go to other places to buy grain."

"We all know that there is a plague in Fengqi County, who would dare to send food to us? Even if they dare to send food, the price must be much higher, and it will not be cheaper than the food from the major grain merchants in the city."

Zhang Dacheng's complaints seemed to explode in Su Qing's mind like a bolt of lightning.

Su Qing stared blankly, and after pondering for a long time, her expression suddenly changed.

"found it."

"Found it? What did your lord find?"

"Find the purpose of all this behind the scenes. For food! The black hands behind the scenes want to raise the price of food."

"Raise the price of food?" Zhang Dacheng still looked puzzled.

"Who is the biggest beneficiary of the burning of official warehouses? In the eyes of ordinary people, the biggest beneficiaries are those rats who resold official grain, but in fact it is the grain merchants who received grain at a low price If the government rebuilds the granary, they will naturally make a lot of money.

But that's not enough!The purpose of the plague was to close Fengqi County.After cutting off foreign grains from entering the market, they will raise the price of grains to make money for the country.

It really kills many birds with one stone. I am afraid that the plague in the city has already been spread all over the city, right? "

Zhang Dacheng's complexion changed drastically, "I'll go and investigate right now, sir."

An hour later, Zhang Dacheng came back with a gloomy face, "My lord, not only the whole city knows about the plague, but now the people are rushing to buy rice, and the price of rice has skyrocketed by [-]%."

"Can the price of rice be curbed?"

"We can't stop it. We don't have the capital to stabilize the price of rice when the official warehouse is burned."

As soon as the words were out of his mouth, a servant in blue hurriedly ran over from the arch behind him.

"See Mr. Su, see Mr. Zhang, Ye family, Ye Hongyu, please see me."

(End of this chapter)