Fix Smile Order Chapter 40:

Zhou Zhengdao was only suspicious of the adultery between the county magistrate and Tan Shiye, but now that he heard it with his own ears, he has a sense of superiority that "I know too much". Therefore, when Zhou Zhengdao saw Tan Lingyin again, his eyes were slightly ambiguous, and his expression was a little wretched. Tan Lingyin naturally knew what he was thinking, but she was helpless and pretended to be ignorant on the surface.

Zhou Zhengdao didn't care too much about her private life. Now he is more worried about what well the magistrate Tang fell into and what happened to the body. It's not really that unfortunate, I'll be discovered by him...

He couldn't ask too obvious, that little county magistrate, Hou Jing, Hou Jing, was easy to detect.

He had no choice but to wait and see what happened.

As a county magistrate who "went up the mountain for a tryst and accidentally fell into a broken well and found a lot of corpses", Tang Tianyuan expressed enough attention to this accident. He dispatched people and personally took them up the mountain to dig up the bodies. Zhou Zhengdao also followed the past to watch, with a look of concern for the country and the people.

Tang Tianyuan first asked people to go down and dig up the body, and asked him to examine the body on the spot, and then brought the body up again after the examination. The bones are all placed in baskets. To prevent confusion, a pair of bones is transported up one basket after another.

Basket after basket of human bones emerged from the wellhead. The scene was frightening. Some people were timid, unable to hold back, and left to urinate together. Li Dawang and the others just came to save people last night. They didn't know there were dead people in the well, and their faces were a little blue now.

The work is the last to come up. After he came up, he explained the situation to Tang Tianyuan, "There were five deceased people, all young men; the time of death was about a month; the cause of death was preliminarily determined to be poisoning, because the bones were black; it is temporarily uncertain where the first scene of death was. , but according to the inference of the humble office, it is not the bottom of the well."

Of course not. A few young men discussed and went to the bottom of the well to drink poison and commit suicide? Isn't this sick.

An arrester named Cong Shun who also went down the well added, "The deceased have been buried by earth and rocks after they died. It can be seen that it is not suicide but homicide. According to the description of adults yesterday, it is inferred that this murderous well was originally covered up. Well, it's just that there are many winds and rains in summer, and the soil is loose after scouring, and it is easy to fall when people step on it."

Tang Tianyuan nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Cong Shun added, "In addition, according to the excavation marks on the well wall, this well was dug manually. Since it is far away from the village, it is not a water well, nor is it a trap for animals, because the trap needs to be dug wide. Some, not so deep."

Tang Tianyuan was very satisfied. The policeman said exactly what he wanted to say. He asked, "So, what the **** is this?"

Cong Shun is more careful. It must be a big case that such a big thing happened and so many people died. What's more, what he just discovered is also strange, and he must pay attention to confidentiality.

Tang Tianyuan also understood very well, so he decided to go home first.

This made Zhou Zhengdao anxious, and he wanted to ask several times, but he was afraid that his own question would easily arouse the suspicion of the county magistrate. When he finally got to Huixian Ya, seeing the county magistrate calling Cong Shun into the retreat hall, Zhou Zhengdao couldn't bear it any longer, and wanted to keep up with the cheeky face.

Tang Tianyuan raised his eyebrows deliberately pretending to be puzzled, "What else is going on with Zhou Xiancheng?"

"My lord, since I am your deputy, there are some things that I should take care of for you. Otherwise, I will be ashamed of your lord's favor, as well as your lord's entrustment."

Moved out the prefect again. Tang Tianyuan expressed his helplessness and asked Zhou Zhengdao to follow him.

Cong Shun said, "Sir, the well on the mountain should actually be a mine."

Tang Tianyuan shook his head, "Nonsense, what kind of mines can there be on Tianmu Mountain? Coal mines? Copper mines? Since there are mines, how come my parents don't know about it?"

"Sir, there are some channels dug horizontally on the wall of the well, which have been blocked. These channels should lead to the mining field. In addition, I found this at the bottom of the well." He said, and took out a small The piece was handed to Tang Tianyuan.

Tang Tianyuan didn't even have to look to know what it was. A gold mine, which he deliberately dropped last night.

He took it, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully, deliberately slightly adjusting the angle so that Zhou Zhengdao could take a closer look.

Zhou Zhengdao groaned in his heart: It's broken, what's going to happen.

Tang Tianyuan lifted his eyelids and looked at Zhou Zhengdao, "Zhou Xiancheng, what do you think?"

Zhou Zhengdao's expression remained calm, and he replied, "It's up to the adults to decide."

Tang Tianyuan pondered for a while, then said to Cong Shun, "Bring a few reliable people to dig a passage on the wall of the shaft to determine whether it is really a gold mine."

Cong Shun took orders.

Zhou Zhengdao asked tentatively, "Sir, please forgive me for being so busy, if it's really a gold mine..."

Tang Tianyuan asked back, "Zhou County Chancellor, after you came to Tongling County, have you ever heard that there was a gold mine here?"

Zhou Zhengdao shook his head quickly, "No."

"I haven't heard of this official. When I first came, I read all the important documents, and I never saw any gold mines. If it was a gold mine, and it had already been built, the government had not heard the slightest rumor. , it was probably stolen by someone."

Zhou Zhengdao kept calm, "How do you think we should catch the thief?"

Tang Tianyuan sneered and shook his head, "Arrest people? If they are caught, they won't give me money, so I won't do such a thankless thing. Stealing gold is a big deal, I just have to report it to the court, and someone will come to arrest it. Man, I don't take much credit at all. Oh, of course," he smiled and looked at Zhou Zhengdao with a kindness, "The benefits of Zhou Xiancheng are indispensable."

Zhou Zhengdao was finally so nervous that he couldn't hide it, everything was going in the worst direction. He said dryly, "Thank you, sir," and found a reason to quit first.

After going out, go back and write a letter to the prefect. However, the distant fire can't be dissolved, and it may not be too late to write to him. Zhou Zhengdao's first priority now is to stabilize the county magistrate and prevent him from reporting the matter to the imperial court.

It doesn't matter, he still has time, don't the yamen still have to go to Tianmu Mountain to dig a passage, the passage must be blocked very well, and we need to dig it honestly. He just needs to think of a countermeasure before confirming the gold mine.

Unfortunately, the day didn't go as planned, and the yamen digging holes went smoothly. Cong Shun was a smart man. There were five filled holes around the well wall from top to bottom. He chose the middle one to dig. Filling the hole requires moving soil up and down, and the one in the middle is definitely the worst, and it should be the weakest. Several young yamen digging for more than an hour, they dug up all the soil that was blocked. Cong Shun led the people along the passage to the end, and what he saw was a hollowed out mine field.

Tang Tianyuan heard the report and was about to write a letter to the imperial court.

Zhou Zhengdao was very anxious. In such a short time, he had not come up with a good solution, so he had to carry it out of the prefect again, "Sir, this is no trivial matter. Should I report it to the prefect first?"

Tang Tianyuan comforted him, "It doesn't matter, this kind of thing is no trivial matter to the Ministry of Households, but it's just a trivial matter for this official." .

"Lord Kefutai..."

"Master Futai is busy with official business, and I have to ask him about such trivial matters. How can I be the head of this county?" Tang Tianyuan wrote while talking, and quickly wrote a letter, pretending to be The envelope, and began to look for the flame paint to seal.

In desperation, Zhou Zhengdao had no choice but to say, "Sir, it's true, I have heard some rumors about this matter."

Tang Tianyuan stopped and looked at him in surprise, "What rumors have you heard? Do you know who is stealing gold? Very good, very good, tell the court directly, there will be a lot of rewards."

"My lord, what I have heard is very limited. I only know... that the former magistrate died because of this."

Hehe, threats. Tang Tianyuan frowned, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Zhengdao sighed and shook his head, "I don't know how much, this matter seems to be very deep, and even the prefect is keeping a close eye on it, so I advise you to act with caution. The adults are young and promising, and the low-ranking and vacuous adults are a few years old. I'm old, and I'm used to seeing some taboos in officialdom, so I should remind adults not to put them at risk."

Tang Tianyuan hesitated for a while, put down the letter, and let Zhou Zhengdao go out first.

Zhou Zhengdao breathed a sigh of relief after going out.

Tang Tianyuan also let out a sigh of relief in the room. According to Zhou Zhengdao's reaction, he could see that Zhou Zhengdao knew about the gold mine and didn't want others to know. Zhou Zhengdao is Zong Yinglin's minion, and Zhou Zhengdao knows that means Zong Yinglin also knows.

In other words, Zong Yinglin knew about the pirated gold mining, but didn't want it to spread, so this person must have something to do with the robbery.

Chizhou prefect, Sun Yuanwai, Qi Yuanwai, plus a former county magistrate, all of them have connections to gold mining. Several people are likely to be the relationship between the main culprit and the accomplice.

Tang Tianyuan is not in a hurry now. He pushed the matter to this point, and it must be Zong Yinglin and others who should be anxious next. Tang Tianyuan felt that they either chose to kill him, or they chose to win him over. And they can't kill him, so they can only win over him.

Well, just wait and be drawn.

Living in one's own fake identity, which is more authentic and credible than the real one, is the realm of fine points. Tang Tianyuan couldn't help admiring himself.