"Your Majesty——"
Two government servants came in immediately at the door. After bowing respectfully, they waited for Mo Zechen to give the order.
"Go, bring all the criminals who have signed and pledged their signatures and admitted to privately mining gold mines to me for re-interrogation, and call everyone to get ready. I will be here shortly."
When it comes to iron ore, Mo Zechen doesn't trust anyone. Only by handling it himself can he believe that the final investigation results are true.
"yes!"
After receiving the order, the yamen officer turned around and went out to do business.
Mo Zechen looked at Su Qianxi beside him, his voice a little gentler.
"I'll ask someone to take you back. I've been busy recently and may spend the night in the government office. If I go back late, you don't have to ask someone to leave a light for me."
"good."
Su Qianxi was not a careless person. Seeing that Mo Zechen was about to get down to business, she wisely left.
Su Qianxi saw Mo Zechen again three days later.
Mo Zechen returned home after a long journey, with visible fatigue on his face, but his usually cold phoenix eyes seemed extraordinarily sparkling at this moment.
Obviously, during the three days when Mo Zechen did not return home, the interrogation revealed what he wanted.
"Your Majesty must be very tired these days. I asked someone to prepare food and hot water. Your Majesty, please eat something first and then take a bath before going to rest."
Shadow had delivered the news to Su Qianxi in advance, so Su Qianxi had people prepare everything in advance so that they could be used when Mo Zechen came back.
"No, I have to go to sleep for a while and then eat when I wake up."
Mo Zechen waved his hand. He hadn't slept for three whole days. Now he just wanted to rest. He would not talk about eating until he had enough rest.
"Okay, I'll ask the people in the kitchen not to turn off the fire. The food will be warmed for you so you can eat it when you wake up."
Su Qianxi did not force him to persuade him. Mo Zechen was not an ignorant child. He had a sense of his own.
"By the way, let's eat together tonight. I have something to tell you."
After Mo Zechen and Su Qianxi finished saying this, they went back to rest.
Su Qianxi saw that Mo Zechen was going to rest, and she had nothing to do alone, so she went directly to the shop.
After Mo Zechen had rested enough and got up to freshen up, he seemed much more energetic.
When it was time for dinner, Mo Zechen didn't ask anyone to wait on him. He and Su Qianxi were the only ones in the room.
There are no outsiders around, so there is no need to observe the rule of eating, talking and sleeping at all times.
While the two were eating, they talked about the follow-up events of Mo Zechen's investigation of the iron mine in the past few days.
"You really guessed it right. The people who mine iron ore are indeed the same people who mine gold mines, but only a small part of them are involved."
This result was within Mo Zechen's expectation.
After all, if you are mining gold mines privately, as long as you don't go too far, don't cause any loss of life, and have spare money to spend, in most cases you will be exiled, but you still have a chance of survival.
But as long as someone touches the iron ore secretly, as long as the evidence is conclusive, there is no need to say anything, it will be a capital crime.
Therefore, timid officials were excluded from the beginning to avoid failing to win over the iron ore and letting too many people know about the iron ore, which might leak out.
"Isn't this nice?"
Su Qianxi used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of food for Mo Zechen, and then said, "But I think you look a little depressed."
When Mo Zechen heard this, he sighed helplessly.
"Although we now know who secretly mined the iron ore, according to the person who confessed, the handling of the iron ore after it was mined was left to Governor You, and they were only responsible for taking the money."
In other words, only Governor You knew where the mined iron ore went.
"But Governor You is a tough guy. Whether it was through coercion, inducement or torture, he never said a word."
"If I weren't afraid that if the torture continued, Governor You might not be able to bear it and die, and the clues would be cut off, I wouldn't have to be careful with every torture."
"Now the problem is stuck here."
Su Qianxi understood clearly, "In other words, you still haven't found out who is the backer behind Governor You, right?"
"If we can interrogate him, the matter will almost be over."
Mo Zechen smiled helplessly, then looked at Su Qianxi with a serious face and said, "Why don't you analyze it for me? Maybe you can provide me with some useful ideas."
In Mo Zechen's view, Su Qianxi was undoubtedly smart, but Su Honghe's family was blind.
Let's not talk about it from afar, let's talk about the past few days. If Su Qianxi hadn't said something casually, it would have reminded him.
Before Su Qianxi spoke, he had never thought that the people who secretly mined iron ore and the people who secretly mined gold might be the same group of people.
He specifically told Su Qianxi the results of the interrogation today, and also wanted to see if Su Qianxi had any ideas.
At present, all the problems are stuck on You Jishi, and he doesn't know what the people behind him promised him, which makes You Jishi not even consider the safety of the nine tribes, and would rather drag the nine tribes to be buried with him than to explain anything.
"Okay, give me some time and let me collect my thoughts first."
When Su Qianxi heard Mo Zechen ask if she had any clues, she lowered her head slightly and pondered for a moment.
She had memories of her previous life, so she naturally knew that Governor You was the son of the third prince, Shen Jinchuan. Not surprisingly, everything that Governor You did in Xuancheng was ordered by Shen Jinchuan.
But she couldn't directly accuse Shen Jinchuan of being behind it, after all, she had no evidence.
The importance of the iron mine is far greater than that of the gold mine. If she is not careful, she may fall into it.
Therefore, she thought of a way to let Mo Zechen's eyes fall on Shen Jinchuan in a roundabout way.
Think of this. Su Qianxi pursed her lips, lowered her eyes slightly to cover up the emotional fluctuations in her eyes, and after making a mental draft, she spoke unhurriedly.
"Do you know what the situation was like in the capital before Governor You was transferred to Xuancheng?"
Mo Zechen didn't know why Su Qianxi asked this question, but he still told what he knew.
"I have read his information. When he was young, Governor You could be regarded as a newcomer with a bright future. It was a pity that he was ignorant of the world and did not realize that he had offended people, so he sat on the bench for many years."
Mo Zechen originally just gave a rough summary of the situation.
When he looked up, he saw Su Qianxi looking at him with interest, and he knew that Su Qianxi was very curious about the details of this matter.
He raised his lips helplessly, choosing to satisfy Su Qianxi's curiosity and explain the whole story clearly.
"When Governor You was young, his immediate boss valued his talents and abilities and intended to betroth his daughter to him as a bet on him."
