Tibet

Chapter 347 Missing Confidentiality
"Are you sure it's him?" Li Ye asked quietly.

Zhang Ping nodded, "You can't read it wrong, we have been dealing with him all the time."

"Eat first, let's talk after eating!"

Everyone lowered their heads to eat, and after a while, Zhang Ping still couldn't help asking: "Brother, where should we start?"

Li Ye wiped off the greasy hands with a handkerchief, took another sip of milk wine, and said calmly: "Any case requires witnesses and physical evidence, and the key to this case is to prove that the murderer is someone else, and To prove it, you need to find the bodies of the dead, examine their wounds, and confirm how they died? Of course there are other ways, but these are not done by us, but by the investigation team, we have to do It's about protecting the evidence, protecting the witnesses."

"Will Yang Jian destroy the evidence?"

Li Ye nodded, "Of course, I guess not only them, but Zhang Jun will also make moves, especially Zhang Jun, this is his best chance, he will never let it go, we must be prepared for conflict .”

"Then where do we go first?"

Li Ye said lightly: "Go to the county government, I want to know the details of the case!"

Coming out of the restaurant, Li Ye also saw a large group of war horses tied to the door of the restaurant diagonally opposite, which should be the horses of Yang Jian and others.

Li Ye immediately asked Wang Chenghua to stay and follow Yang Jian and his party.

He himself led the crowd into the city, and arrived at the county government office of Heyang County not long after.

The county magistrate Li Yu has been dismissed and taken away. Currently, the county magistrate is acting as the county magistrate. The county magistrate, surnamed Zou, is about 30 years old and has a Jinshi background.

Li Ye showed the emperor's gold medal, Zou Xiancheng did not dare to neglect, and quickly invited Li Ye to the inner hall.

This is the advantage of this gold medal. Although Li Ye is not a member of the investigation team, as long as he has this gold medal and his title of censor, he has the right to investigate this case.

It's like when he handled the Maitreya case in Yunyang County, Zheng Ang made a big fuss because he didn't have authority, and finally Li Ye took out this gold medal, which made Zheng Ang suffer a crushing defeat.

Zou Xiancheng took out a thick bag of files with the word 'confidential' printed on it.

"The cause and effect of this case are all in it. This pest disaster has caused heavy losses of autumn grain in Heyang County. If the imperial court had issued a decree on tax reduction and exemption earlier, perhaps this catastrophe would not have occurred."

Li Ye carefully looked through the contents of the dossier, and he quickly discovered the tricky things inside. All kinds of data and records were very detailed, but the key points were mentioned briefly, such as the most important conflict, only a few sentences.

Li Yu, the county magistrate, led 32 arresters to intercept the petition team. When they met in Qiligou, the two sides clashed. The people suffered heavy casualties. 64 people were killed and 140 people were injured. The whole county mourned deeply. '

As for what weapon to use, how to kill the opponent, the casualties of the catcher and other details are not mentioned at all.

"Excuse me, County Chancellor Zou, where are the arresters?"

Zou Xiancheng shook his head, "Most of them have left and killed the people in this county. It is difficult to stay in this county, and they all went to other places to make a living."

It is impossible to make a living, but it is true to go out temporarily to avoid disaster. Li Ye suddenly remembered that the magistrate Chang of Huayin County mentioned a few insiders, and they were probably the arresters who hid in Huayin County.

"Where are the dead buried?"

Zou Xiancheng still shook his head, "The corpses are taken home by themselves, and the county government doesn't ask about the burial situation."

This is correct, the county government will definitely not care about the burial of the farmers, let alone bury them together, but Li Ye discovered a new problem, there is no list of casualties in the file.

Li Ye frowned and asked, "Major Zou, where is the list of casualties?"

"I have to ask Li County Magistrate about this. There should be a list, but when I took over this file, I didn't see this list. But there is a list of money and grain subsidies. I wonder if it can be replaced?"

Zou Xiancheng took out two pages of paper with densely packed names on it, next to the subsidized money and food, and the handprints of receiving money and food on the name, one for the deceased and one for the injured, but without exception, there was no residential address.

That is to say, the inventory of the residence has been taken away, or hidden by the county magistrate in front of him.

Li Ye had no choice but to ask Zou Xiancheng to arrange for his subordinates to copy the list, and took the copy with him.

There is no Gaosheng Inn in Heyang County, and Li Ye and his party stayed at another relatively large Ping'an Inn.

At this time, Wang Chenghua came back to report, "I want to report to the governor, the warriors of Qingshan Tower live in the Anyuan Inn in the east of the city, and they have booked the entire inn."

"Have they been to the county government?" Li Ye asked.

Wang Chenghua shook his head, "I'm not sure about this, if the governor needs it, I can monitor them!"

Surveillance was necessary, so Li Ye immediately sent Wang Chenghua and another clever subordinate to Anyuan Inn to monitor Qingshan Building.

At this time, a subordinate reported at the door, "Commander, an outsider came to ask for an interview, and he said his name was Chen Huan."

Li Ye's spirit lifted, isn't Chen Huan Li Yu's confidant?
He hastily said, "Quickly ask him to come in!"

A moment later, a man was brought into the room. He was a scholar, wearing a flat scarf, and his temples were slightly gray, but he was only 35 or [-] years old.

He bowed and saluted, "Chen Huan, the villain, see 38 Lang!"

Li Ye was stunned for a moment, "Are you from the Li family?"

Chen Huansheng nodded, "I am Xiangguo's staff member. I have been with Xiangguo for more than ten years. Xiangguo sent me to work in Heyang with his eldest grandson. When 38 Lang was naturalized, I was in charge of ceremonies!"

Li Ye said ashamedly: "Mr. is an old man, I don't even have the slightest impression."

Li Ye asked Chen Huan to sit down, and Chen Huan immediately asked, "How is the eldest son?"

"He was imprisoned in Qianniuwei. This time, Longyan was furious and wanted to kill him. I took Gao Lishi's path, and the emperor agreed to investigate. But I guess it's lucky that the sentence of exile can be changed in the end."

Chen Huan sighed, "No matter how much I persuade him, he won't listen, but he wants to listen to Zou Ju's suggestion and hide the matter. Can he hide it?"

"Zou County Prime Minister?"

Chen Huan nodded, "This man is very rich. After Li Yu took office, Zou Ju assumed the attitude of a student of Li Xiangguo and tried to win over Li Yu. For a while, the two drank together almost every day and talked with each other. Li Yu has great trust in him for major events in the world, and I advised him to be careful about the depths of the officialdom, but he also scolded me for being narrow-minded, and the result? Something happened to the young master, and Zou Ju became the acting county magistrate as he wished."

"Does this county magistrate have a backer in the court?"

"There should be, but I don't know who it is? He never mentioned it. I asked other county magistrates, but they didn't know, so I said he was deep in the city."

Li Ye smiled and asked, "Sir, are you still working as a Tian Cao in the county government?"

Chen Huan smiled wryly, "How is that possible? On the day Mr. Li was dismissed, I was also dismissed, and then I hid. I know Zou Ju will not let me go."

"Sir, just follow me first! I just need someone by my side."

Chen Huan nodded, "It is my honor to play for 38 Lang!"

Li Ye took out two lists and said to Chen Huan: "I went to the county government office today, and I want the list of the deceased, but Zou Xiancheng said that he didn't know where Li Yu was put. He probably hid it privately. There are only these two copies of money and food. The subsidy list, but unfortunately there is no address of the deceased.”

Chen Huan smiled slightly: "In fact, this is enough, no inventory is needed!"

"why?"

"The dead were concentrated in four villages. Take the list and go to the village to check. Everyone on the list can be found quickly."

Li Ye patted the table, stood up and said, "I never thought that I should take the original document!"

"It's the same as this copy!"

Li Ye shook his head and said, "It's not the same. The original is an official document, with the county magistrate's seal, Li Yu's signature, and family members' fingerprints on it. It cannot be faked. It is the best evidence. The copy does not prove its authenticity."

"It makes sense, the general hurried to get it back, so as not to be taken away by others."

Li Ye asked Zhang Ping to arrange for Chen Huan to stay at the inn, and he immediately rode to the county government with a few of his men.

After rushing into the county office, Li Ye found the county magistrate Zou again, and said unceremoniously, "May the county magistrate please show me the file again."

Zou Xiancheng ordered someone to fetch the files, Li Ye poured out the materials, searched for a long time, and found that all other materials were there, and there was no lack of one, but the two lists of money and grain subsidies were missing.

(End of this chapter)