Fix Smile Order Chapter 50:

Cong Shun is indeed an excellent catcher. He investigated Lao Tie for a few days, and the more he investigated, the more suspicious he became. Finally, in the middle of the night, he took someone to dig their grave.

After excavation, it was found that the coffin was empty, with only a few clothes. It's just a tomb.

From this point of view, the person who mixed in with the bandits is an old iron.

Tang Tianyuan didn't understand, what the **** did this old iron go through? How much hatred does he have with Sun Yuanwai?

Faced with Tang Tianyuan's doubts, Cong Shun couldn't say why, "Sir, Lao Tie is a stubborn man, never causing trouble, and he has never had any grudges with Sun Yuanwai. But he did have an accident. He worked in that farmhouse, and was later transferred to the main residence of the Sun family. According to the account of the servants of the Sun family, Sun Yuanwai never beat and scolded him. He saw him several times, but he was very kind. A few years ago When he was ill, Sun Yuanwai saw it and ordered him to go down, so he didn't need to do heavy work."

"That's weird. What about his parents, wife and children? Maybe his relatives were bullied by the grandson's family."

Cong Shun shook his head and said, "His parents have passed away, because they were poor and ugly, and they didn't marry and have children. Lao Tie is alone in this world, and he has nothing to worry about, not to mention relatives, not even a close friend. Handed it over. He is the lowest-level handyman in the Sun Mansion, and he is usually very low-key and doesn't attract much attention."

Alone and honest. Tang Tianyuan pondered and asked again, "Then who spread the news of his death? Who buried him?"

"This, I don't know about the low post. Because the Lord told me not to speak out, I didn't ask Sun Yuanwai. Lord, do I need to call him now?"

"No," Tang Tianyuan waved his hand, "If this matter is really related to Sun Yuanwai, he won't tell the truth when he comes. Tell me in detail about that old iron, what else is weird?"

"Right," Cong Shun took out a bag from his arms, "Old Tie's place is very remote, and his room is still empty. When I went to search, it was under the tree behind his house. I found this." Said, and handed the small package to Tang Tianyuan.

Tang Tianyuan opened it and saw that it was a silver note, counting it, there were more than 200 taels in total. There are still a few pieces of silver, and there are twenty or thirty taels.

He looked at the money thoughtfully, a lowly person who doesn't seem to be able to save so much money.

"Sir, Lao Tie's monthly money is only five cents of silver." Cong Shun thought the same as Tang Tianyuan, so much money would have to be saved for a lifetime without spending a penny. This is obviously unlikely.

Tang Tianyuan connected these clues and slowly stated his hypothesis, "It may be that Sun Yuanwai instigated Lao Tie to do something, and then used the money to pay him, and also blocked his mouth by the way. But this Lao Tie is not reliable, or Sun Yuanwai thinks he is not reliable. In short, Sun Yuanwai intends to kill him. However, something went wrong, Lao Tie escaped, and later went to Phoenix Mountain to defect to the bandits, and finally waited for the opportunity to take revenge.”

This guess is very reasonable, Cong Shun asked, "Then Sun Yuanwai knows that Lao Tie is not dead yet?"

"It should be just astonished, didn't he finally decide to report to the official, it seems that he believed that Lao Tie was dead. I was surprised at the time, so much food was robbed, why was he in no hurry, and delayed for a while The genius reported to the official. Now it seems that he should be hesitating, afraid that the past things will be revealed again. This also shows that the things he made Lao Tie do cannot be seen. Well, at least he cannot see the officials. .”

When he said this, Cong Shun was also very curious, "What's the matter?"

"What's the matter..." There is so little evidence now that Tang Tianyuan can't say what it is, his eyes flashed, and he asked again, "You said that Lao Tie was ill, what kind of disease did he get?" /

"It is said to be a disease of heart failure and qi weakness. People who are sick become weaker, easily fatigued and lethargic. That Lao Tie is always dozing off, because Sun Yuan has told him, 'Since he is sick, let him be less. Do some work, the Sun family is not a mean servant, so the stewards don't care about him, relying on him to sleep until the sun rises."

"When did he start getting the disease?"

"Three or four years ago."

A thought flashed through Tang Tianyuan's mind, "Three or four years ago, shortly after the previous county magistrate took office."

Cong Shun didn't expect that the magistrate would associate Lao Tie with the former magistrate, he was slightly taken aback, "Yes, it should be like this."

"Heart failure and weak Qi are usually people with poor constitution, or someone who has been seriously injured. Lao Tie is used to doing rough work, and he has never been seriously injured-he hasn't been seriously injured, right?"

"Probably not." Cong Shun still didn't understand what the county magistrate wanted to express.

Tang Tianyuan nodded, "In other words, Lao Tie is unlikely to suffer from heart failure."

"But..."

Tang Tianyuan raised his hand to interrupt him, "Listen to me. Yes, this is what you found, but this is just what he did to others to hide his actions. Imagine if a person would do it at night. It is the best way to pretend to be sick.”

Cong Shun unconsciously followed his train of thought, "That's right."

Tang Tianyuan was puzzled again, "Is there anything that has to be done at night, and it takes a lot of energy?"

Cong Shun thought of a particularly obscene answer, but that was definitely not what the magistrate wanted to hear, so he also said strangely, "Yeah, what's going on?"

Tang Tianyuan continued, "And it takes three years to do it. This matter started shortly after the former magistrate took office and ended shortly before the former magistrate's accident."

It must not be what he imagined... Cong Shun thought silently.

Seeing that Cong Shun still didn't understand, Tang Tianyuan reminded him again, "Remember the five corpses we found last time in Tianmu Mountain? Their death time basically coincides with this time point."

Cong Shun suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked at him in shock, "Your Excellency is saying..."

Tang Tianyuan nodded, "Tianmu Mountain is closed during the day, but not at night, which can facilitate the entry and exit of people and goods, and the transmission of news inside and outside. In this way, what Lao Tie does is not difficult to explain."

Cong Shun still kept a shocked face, "This...isn't possible? The former county magistrate..."

Tang Tianyuan didn't care, "Why do you think he had an accident? By the way, you have been under him for several years, and have you never noticed his abnormality?"

Cong Shun shook his head in frustration, "To tell the truth, I just investigate the case, he doesn't care much about it."

Also, people who don't want to die for money are afraid that they only have gold in their eyes.

Cong Shun asked again, "Sir, do you mean that Sun Yuanwai and the former county magistrate are both related to gold mining?"

Cong Shun has more to do with this case, Tang Tianyuan didn't intend to hide it from him, so he nodded. He didn't reveal much, he was just a small catcher, and it was not appropriate to know too many secrets.

"Then, my lord, should we still investigate this case?" Cong Shun is also not 250. The bigger the matter is, the deeper the water is. I don't know if it should continue to flow in.

Tang Tianyuan said, "Suppress the bandits first."

The people he sent to Nanling County also came back, bringing with them the friendly sponsorship of Nanling County: a police officer and some information. The arresting officer was named Mei Laowu. He was a tall man with a big voice and a direct speech. As soon as I came, I complained to Tang Tianyuan, "Our lords have also sent official documents to Futai several times asking for the suppression of bandits. Unfortunately, Futai lords thought that there were not enough dead people and did not agree."

Suppressing bandits is a matter of officers and soldiers, and the county government does not have the power to transfer troops. If it is a large-scale bandit trouble, it needs to be reported to the imperial court, and the imperial court will issue an imperial decree, issue a tiger talisman, and dispatch troops to suppress the bandits in the future. But now there is a small group like Phoenix Mountain, and there is no need to alarm the court. If you want to save the trouble, the local prefect directly makes an application with the generals of the garrison, and sends two or three hundred regular troops to visit here, which is absolutely enough.

But Zong Yinglin, the prefect of Chizhou, refused to do it.

The understanding of the magistrate of Nanling is that if you want to borrow troops from others, you always have to lower your face and ask for help.

Tang Tianyuan knew that Zong Yinglin's reluctance to suppress the bandits was mostly because Phoenix Mountain was too close to Tongling County. For him, Tongling County was definitely a place of right and wrong.

However, this Mei Lao Wu is so courageous that he dares to say anything. Tang Tianyuan reminded him, "My county chief is surnamed Zhou, and you will see him in a while. Don't mention the prefect in front of him."

Mei Laowu was mysterious and asked in a low voice, "Is he from the prefect?"

Tang Tianyuan laughed. This rough guy is also careful.

He let Mei Laowu settle down first, and then he took a closer look at the documents that Mei Laowu brought.

The documents are all recorded in detail, when, where, and who reported the officials, what was robbed, whether there were casualties, and so on. After Tang Tianyuan read it once, he felt that something was wrong. He took out the first document again and looked at it.

The bandits on Phoenix Mountain first appeared more than half a year ago.

This time is the time when Lao Tie cheated and escaped, and the time when gold miners killed people.

Tang Tianyuan suddenly found a new idea.

Gold mining and alchemy are all manual labor, and there should be a lot of coolies. Except for the five who died, where did the rest go? At first, he thought the rest might die in other mines - a mine is big, there should be more than one, although he hasn't found the others. But do you think, who would disperse the bodies after killing people, how many in this one and how many in that? Decentralized processing is obviously easier to expose than centralized processing, and no one is so stupid.

There is only one explanation. The mine they accidentally found was the one where the bodies were collected. There were only five bodies in total.

Something must have gone wrong here. It is very likely that there was a problem with the silence link, which caused Sun Yuanwai and the others to not know that the bandits on Phoenix Mountain were the same group of coolies. Otherwise, Sun Yuanwai is unlikely to report to the official, the reason why he dared to report to the official is to choose to believe that Lao Tie is dead, which is in his favor. I have to say that Sun Yuanwai probably lost his food because of the pain and was in a hurry, so this is the way. Or the old iron has become so different from the past that it is difficult to identify.

These are all speculations and need to be confirmed. But if they are true, Tang Tianyuan only needs to arrest all the bandits and ask them, and he will know all the details of the stolen gold.

It's a little exciting to think about it.

The author has something to say: writing reasoning is really brain-burning T_T