The Republic of Heroes

"County magistrate, the person who sells the moldy rice has been found out. It is Chengnan Changhemi Store..."

The subordinate's voice became lower and lower. Obviously, this matter seemed extremely difficult to him.

"Changhe? Isn't that the property of the Sun family?" Zhu Wusheng was also startled in his heart.Wouldn't the Sun family be reconciled to being kicked out of Linzi County's power core and stumbling behind their backs?This is not in line with his judgment on Sun Xiushan, the patriarch of the Sun family. Although the old man is old and frail, his heart is extremely clear-sighted, and he will never act like a mantis.On the contrary, his eldest son, Sun Baiguang, could do such a thing, but he has been placed under residential surveillance and cannot leave the sight of the surveillance personnel for a moment. Could it be Sun Baishun?

Sun Baishun is the second son of Sun Xiushan. When Sun Baiguang was in power, he acted very low-key and almost never showed up. This may be related to his status as the son of a concubine. Such a stupid thing.

The subordinate saw the change of county magistrate Zhu's complexion, and asked for instructions in a lower voice: "County magistrate, according to my subordinates, the water is very deep and muddy, how about..."

Zhu Wusheng flatly refused, "No way, now I am no longer a powerless county magistrate, and his grandson's family is not the one who overshadows the sky in Linzi, if he holds great power and is afraid of corruption, how can he be worthy of the official name on his head? Go ahead, no matter his surname is Sun or Liu, anyone involved in the case will be arrested without asking for instructions!"

He made up his mind that no matter who was involved, he would investigate the case thoroughly.The county magistrate's confidants were ordered to arrest the shopkeeper of Changhe rice store and sent him to prison.But the confidant who was doing the work was more careful, and instead of interrogating him immediately, he waited for Sun Baishun to come to his door.Zhu Wusheng asked in confusion: "Why?"

The subordinate whispered: "Although the Sun family has fallen into disarray at this time, the foundation is still there after all. No matter what, there must be room for change on the surface, so that it will not be hindered by many parties in business affairs in the future." I am used to being a subordinate, and I am used to seeing the dogfights between the officialdom and the local gentry, so I naturally understand the three flavors.

Zhu Wusheng remained silent after hearing this.

Sure enough, in less than half an hour, Sun Baishun rushed to the county government office, bowed his hands and saluted as soon as he entered the door.

"Young boy has met County Magistrate Zhu!"

Under Zhu Wusheng's careful inspection, this Sun Baishun was not at all like his brother's vulgar and sleazy, but actually a polite, handsome white-faced scholar.He clasped his hands in a false response, causing him to sit down and then slowly said: "Have you heard about the Changhe rice shop buying moldy rice from the military camp?"

Sun Baishun immediately stood up, and gave another salute respectfully.

"The villain has investigated this matter at the first time. It is the shopkeeper who bought a batch of new rice from Changle temporarily for the sake of cheapness. Although my Sun family didn't know about it, I have to bear the unshirkable responsibility. I implore the county magistrate to read it." When the old shopkeeper is old, is it okay for a villain to sit in this prison instead of him?"

Changle?Zhu Wusheng frowned. He felt that this was not just a coincidence. The Liu Zhennian brigade had been stationed in Changle for several months. It was said that Sha Huai'en, a nobleman from Changle, invited him here, hoping to drive Chairman Wu away with the help of the warlord. If he didn't want to fail, could it be that he was unwilling to fail and deliberately sold the moldy rice?

"Prison is not the goal. The priority right now is to find out who sold this batch of rice in Lechang. If it is found out that this is true, the shopkeeper of Changhe can avoid death. Students eat, but it is a living crime, you don't have to beg for mercy!"

Sun Baishun wanted to say something more, but after hesitating several times, he finally held back and sat back on the chair resentfully.Seeing this, Zhu Wusheng secretly lamented that the world is impermanent, when the Sun family ruled the sky in Linzi County, but now that the power has returned to the county government, the Sun family has no choice but to tuck their tails in front of him.Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel refreshed.

"Go down and help him find out who sold the moldy rice to Lainzi." Zhu Wusheng didn't want to entangle him any more, pointed at his confidants, and asked Sun Baishun to follow him.Then, he got up and looked at the floor-to-ceiling mirror in the office recently brought by Dongying, tidied up his appearance, dusted off a single crease in his suit, and went out satisfied.He was going to see Wu Xiaoliang, to report on the progress of the investigation of the mildewed rice case, and to take a look.

Since Wu Xiaoliang moved to a barracks outside the city to live in a barracks, the county magistrate Zhu got into the jeep provided by the provincial government.

In the evening, everything in the barracks returned to order, as if there had never been a riot at all. The students chanted and practiced in formation on the playground. Training back.

"The chairman transferred hundreds of Suidong military academy soldiers from the north from the security forces. It is said that they are instructors for them. The original military instructors are all based on their assessment results."

It was not far from the gate of the barracks to Wu Xiaoliang's residence, and the guards immediately kept silent when they reached the gate, stood at attention, saluted and turned to leave.

After listening to Zhu Wusheng's report, Wu Xiaoliang also felt that this matter was very strange, and the Sun family might also follow suit.

"The treasurer of Changhe must know the inside story, hurry up and interrogate, don't care about the attitude of the Sun family, I will transfer back to the security brigade in Liuzhuang tonight, you just do what you want."

With Wu Xiaoliang's words, Zhu Wusheng got rid of all doubts and left.

The interrogation of shopkeeper Changhe went very smoothly, the iron bar was burned red, and he made a few false gestures on him, and he was so scared that he would do anything.The person who sold him rice was indeed from Changle, but his surname was not Sha.Before that, Changhe had never dealt with this person, and the acquaintance was connected by a warehouse owner who was acquainted with Changle's family.The price of moldy rice is extremely cheap, and he also checked the quality of the moldy rice, and it is not very serious. If it is washed clean, it should not be fatal.What's more, when the Sun family was in power in the militia, he had colluded with militia members to do this kind of thing.

Therefore, in the face of temptation, he took a chance and started this kind of business again, but in the end the truth came out.

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The moldy rice incident did not stop Wu Xiaoliang from going ahead. In mid-September, he formally issued an order to cut Daocun counties in Jiaolai and Jining. At the same time, he ordered the county magistrates of the 51 counties of the two provinces to come to Zizi to report on their duties before October [-]. .Among them, in the [-] counties within Linzi's controllable range, Wu Xiaoliang personally sent people to notify them.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zongchang, who was entrenched in Jiaodong, telegraphed his support for the decree of the Linzi provincial government to rule Daocun County, and suggested that the county magistrates of Jiaolai Road should submit to the provincial government and go to Linzi to report on their duties.Originally, the people in the provincial government were not optimistic about the action of summoning the county magistrate Zhu to report on his work. Unexpectedly, by the end of October, there were as many as 31 county magistrates arriving in Linzi one after another.Among them, the fifteen counties within the sphere of influence of the Linzi Provincial Government were all present without exception.