"Does Ye Jintang know about Shopkeeper Wen?"
"You probably don't know, Ye Jintang hasn't gone out in the past few days, and he hasn't had any contact with Shopkeeper Wen."
"Okay, very good. Send me a wanted document immediately to apprehend Shopkeeper Wen."
After Governor Song finished speaking, he felt that it was inappropriate to do this.
"Forget it, let's not chase after Manager Wen for now. Now go and send someone to keep an eye on Ye Jintang to see if there is anything strange about her."
Governor Song always felt that Ye Jintang was weird and not the cowardly little orphan she once knew.
But he couldn't tell exactly what was strange.
Governor Song wanted to break his head, but he probably didn't expect that at this moment, there was a little boy outside the window, and he heard everything in the room clearly.
Zhou Wuwei didn't care about poisoning Governor Song and immediately returned to Jade Alley. He wanted to tell Ye Jintang this shocking secret.
Ye Jintang, who had been waiting for news at home, waited and waited for the news that Governor Song had been poisoned, but instead waited for a big secret.
"Master, this is absolutely true. I must have heard it right."
Ye Jintang, who was sitting on the Luohan bed, was dumbfounded.
She never expected that the death of Magistrate Ye's family would be related to Governor Song and Magistrate Zhao, and the matter also involved disaster relief funds.
Ye Jintang's heart was full of hatred. Governor Song and Governor Ye had worked together for many years, how could he kill him.
She asked how all the dozen or so members of Magistrate Ye's family suddenly contracted the epidemic and died, leaving only a little girl named Ye Jintang.
Although the epidemic in the city is serious, it has not killed more than a dozen people in any family.
Moreover, when no one from the Ye family and the Wen family came, Governor Song hurriedly cremated Magistrate Ye and Mrs. Wen.
It turns out that all this was done deliberately by Governor Song with a guilty conscience.
He burned all the evidence with a fire. Even if someone suspected that Magistrate Ye's family was poisoned in the future, it would be difficult to implicate Governor Song.
Ye Jintang gritted his teeth secretly in his heart, Governor Song was really so heartless that he wasted no time in killing people for the sake of money.
A dozen lives, even if Governor Song died, she would not simply poison him.
She wanted to make public the embezzlement of disaster relief funds by Governor Song and Governor Zhao, so that more than a dozen members of the Ye family would not die in vain.
But at the moment, all other evidence has been dealt with by Governor Song, and the only breakthrough is the disaster relief banknotes and account books.
An epidemic hit Yuezhou, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries. The sick people watched helplessly as their food rotted in the ground, but there was nothing they could do.
The emperor mobilized relief money and grain to help the people tide over the difficulties.
These are all life-saving things. For their own little profit, Governor Song and Governor Zhao did not care about the life and death of the people, and directly cut them into pieces without any relief.
Taking this into account, the two men killed not only Magistrate Ye's family, but also countless ordinary people who died of starvation and illness.
"Wuwei, don't rush to poison Governor Song first, wait until I check about the disaster relief fund."
It has been at least more than a month since this incident, and there are not many clues left.
One is the disaster relief money that Governor Song was greedy for. It has the official seal of the government on it. Governor Song should not have melted this batch of money yet. If the money can be found, Governor Song will not run away.
The second is the account book written by Governor Song. With the account book, even if he is full of talk, he can't cheat.
After thinking about it, Ye Jintang first went to the space to look for the account book that Governor Song had been looking for.
According to his wishes, the account book should be in the hands of Magistrate Ye. It was precisely because of the account book that he poisoned all the members of Magistrate Ye's family.
But when Ye Jintang moved, he did not notice the suspicious ledgers.
When moving things in the darkroom of the study, Ye Jintang just looked at the box containing the silver and banknotes, and didn't pay much attention to anything else.
As for the warehouse, she didn't check it carefully and put everything into the space.
At this moment, Ye Jintang was looking for an inconspicuous account book among a lot of clutter, and felt that it was as big as one head or two.
Magistrate Ye would definitely not leave something as important as this casually, he would at least find a box to put it in.
So Ye Jintang opened all the various boxes in his space and took a look.
In the end, I searched around for the ledger and couldn't find it, but I found a lot of banknotes.
This is a bit tricky.
The account books are the most direct evidence that Governor Song and Governor Zhao embezzled disaster relief funds. If they cannot be found, it will not be that easy to bring down Governor Song.
Where was the ledger hidden by Magistrate Ye?
Ye Jintang was not familiar with Magistrate Ye, and knew nothing about his living habits. In this case, it was indeed a bit difficult to find the ledger.
After coming out of the space, Ye Jintang had a slight headache, wondering where the ledger would be placed.
Since she couldn't find the account book for the time being, she would use a trick to scare the snake away.
"Mother Liu, come here."
Ye Jintang asked Aunt Liu to help her spread some news. The main content was that Governor Song poisoned Magistrate Ye's family and wanted to monopolize his family's property.
In addition to these breaking news, it was also revealed that Governor Song embezzled money for disaster relief.
As long as Governor Song gets wind of it, he will definitely take action.
"Sigh, I don't know if it can be done."
Ye Jintang is betting. To put it bluntly, now she and Governor Song are competing to see whose psychological strength is stronger. Whoever's psychological defense collapses first will reveal their flaws first.
Luzhu, who brought tea into the room, saw Ye Jintang looking worried and thought she was upset by recent events.
"Girl, according to the letter, Mr. Ye will arrive at Yuezhou City in three days. By then, girl will not be so tired."
"Should we send someone to wait at the city gate in advance?"
Ye Jintang smiled bitterly, Ye Song was not here to help her.
"Don't worry, it's a long way from the capital to Yuezhou City, and it's easy for time deviations. As long as my cousin comes to Yuezhou and asks at the government office, he should be able to find us."
Having said this, an idea suddenly flashed in Ye Jintang's mind.
Since Magistrate Ye didn't keep the account books at home, is it possible that he put the account books in the government office's study room?
In addition to the room where Magistrate Ye handles official duties, there is also a small study room where he takes a lunch break.
On the day of moving, Ye Jintang left in a hurry and did not go to the front yard.
She had to find an opportunity to visit Magistrate Ye's small study without letting Governor Song know about it.
There are people guarding the yamen every day, and Ye Jintang must have gone there.
Then you can only choose a day of rest.
The last time I took a rest was exactly three days later.
Three days were enough for the breaking news to spread throughout Yuezhou City.
Ye Jintang has not been out for the past few days. When it was dawn on the day of rest, she put on a human skin mask and went to the Yamen with Zhou Cong, Zhou Wuwei, Luzhu, and Forsythia.
Ye Jintang has lived in Yamen for such a long time and is very aware of the good terrain here.
The group of them walked around to the small corner door behind the Yamen. Lvzhu and Forsythia were showing off at the entrance of the alley, while Ye Jintang, Zhou Cong, and Zhou Wuwei climbed over the wall and entered.
"I'll go in and look for something, and you guys will watch for me outside."
"Yes, master, you must move quickly. Although today is a day of rest, there are still people on duty in the yamen."
"Um."
The door of the study room was not locked. It is estimated that even Governor Song did not pay attention to this small study room where he rested.
Ye Jintang crept in and lit a candle.
The furnishings in the room are very simple, with a desk, an Arhat bed, a treasure shelf, and a bookshelf, but no other items.
Duobao shelves and bookshelves are filled with various objects.
Especially the bookshelf, which is six stories high and filled with all kinds of books.
Ye Jintang raised his eyebrows slightly, flipping through so many books one by one, he didn't know when he would finish them.
She thought carefully in her mind about how she would hide the ledger if it were her.
The most dangerous places are often the safest.
Ye Jintang's eyes slowly swept across the bookshelf, and finally stopped on some thicker books.
