Shao Xi's words made all the officials present panic. Is this a move? In this county governor's office? This "Honoring and Respecting Department" is indeed licensed by the imperial power. It can arrest people without reporting to anyone. Who can afford to offend this?
Liang Daoqian was more panicked than anyone else at the moment. In his eyes, "Jingcheng Si" was an extremely mysterious and terrifying existence. Now, the man in front of him, Mr. Shao and the fourth-grade inspector, actually wanted to do it himself.
He didn't even think about running away at this moment. He knew that once he was targeted by "Jingcheng Si", it would be useless to run to the ends of the earth. The only way to survive was to get rid of the people in front of him. As for those who knew about it, Deal with it slowly afterwards.
Thinking of this, he no longer hid, reached out and took out the short knife from his waist, flew towards Shao Xi, hoping to solve the problem in the shortest time and in the fastest way.
But he thought wrong.
Shao Xi smiled when he saw him rushing over. He originally wanted to force him to take action, but he took the initiative before he took action, which saved a lot of trouble.
It can be seen at a glance that Liang Daoqian only practices inferior martial arts. He is the kind of person who only practices martial arts and techniques after getting a secret book. This is basically not good in Shao Xi's eyes, so when he pounced on him, Shao With just a tap of his foot, Xi flew backwards, landing exactly where Liang Daoqian's pounce failed.
Liang Daoqian missed a hit, looked up and saw Shao Xi standing in front of him with a smile, so he raised his dagger and stabbed Shao Xi's chest, not wanting to be ejected after the stabbing.
When all the officials present saw Liang Daoqian flying towards them, they immediately dispersed.
Liang Daoqian hit the wooden tea table and chairs hard, and those wooden utensils were immediately smashed to pieces. This fall also knocked Liang Daoqian to pieces, and he could no longer stand up.
Shao Xi put away his air shield and said coldly: "If you don't have the ability, don't think about it. Being a bad person also requires qualifications."
Turning his head, he asked Chen Mohuai: "Master Chen, what is the crime for assassinating a court official?"
Chen Mohuai was sweating all over. Why was he so out of control? How do you say take action? Even if he wanted to protect his shortcomings, he didn't dare to speak. Who could protect the officials who assassinated the "Jingcheng Division"? Isn’t this asking for death?
"I don't dare to make a decision privately. This matter must be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for trial and judgment. After all, my lord, you are an official of the 'Jingcheng Department'. We and other local officials really have no authority to deal with this matter."
"Let's arrest him first! We still need to make it clear about his murder and arson."
Chen Mohuai hurriedly bowed and responded: "I obey your orders! Xiongdutou, why don't you take action?"
Xiong Dutou hadn't reacted at this time. How could a normal civil servant suddenly become violent? Also, he didn't see clearly how Mr. Shao knocked Liang Daoqian away. It seemed like he didn't fight back at all!
Liang Daoqian was tied up by Xiong Dutou and taken to the county prison.
Shao Xi thought that he, as a court official, was a fake. If Liang Daoqian was charged with assassinating a court official, wouldn't it be equivalent to selling himself out? We still have to find a way to convict him of murder and arson.
"Master Chen, according to my inference, this person is the suspect in the Jiaku arson case. If this crime is confirmed, you can just report it to the Ministry of Punishment. As for the assassination of imperial officials, there is no need to mention it again. We The 'Jingcheng Division' has never wanted to be involved in the criminal cases of other departments."
Chen Mohuai's scalp was numb at this time, so he didn't dare to have any other opinions.
"I would like to obey Master Shao's order, and everything will be done according to Master Shao's wishes."
Shao Xi turned to Lao Wu and said, "Bring in the shopkeeper and the waiter."
After hearing this, Old Wu turned around and went out, bringing the two people in from outside the government office. When the two people entered the hall, they quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the officials.
"These two people are the shopkeeper and the waiter of the Juxian Restaurant in the city. Master Wu and I found them after asking around in various restaurants in the city today. They can prove to Master Chen and all the adults here that Liang Daoqian and Nakudin are actually acquaintance."
After Shao Xi finished speaking, he turned to look at the shopkeeper and waiter, indicating that they could speak.
The shopkeeper first spoke: "This gentleman just came to our Juxian Restaurant today with the portraits of the two people. Let us identify whether these two people came to our restaurant yesterday. I can prove that these two people were indeed together yesterday." When we came to the villain’s restaurant, we ate on the second floor.”
After saying that, he looked back at the waiter, which meant "I'll leave the rest to you."
The waiter was also smart and took over the conversation immediately, "What the shopkeeper said is true. Yesterday, the two of them were greeted by me. He even remembered the food and wine they ordered. He and I drank a lot yesterday." The man who looked thicker and darker was even a little drunk because of the lack of wine. I also saw another person put a piece of silver into his hand, as if he was still giving him instructions, but the younger one was in a hurry and didn't listen. The two Qings were having a conversation, but I vaguely heard them mentioning 'tung oil', 'ignition' and so on."
When Shao Xi heard this, he took out the small cloth bag that the widower had given him, opened it, and placed it in front of Chen Mohuai and others.
"This object was peeled off from Kudin's body during the autopsy last night. After investigation, it was confirmed that it was silver. Why would Kudin carry silver on his body on weekdays? With the errands he did, he didn't even eat or drink. You may not be able to save enough silver even if you save it for a year or two, so this proves that Liang Daoqian negotiated with Nakudin during the day yesterday to set fire to Jiaku at night and bribed Kuding with silver."
At this time, Xing Wenxin, who had never spoken a word from beginning to end, asked: "Master Shao's inference on this matter so far has not made any big omissions. Treasurer Liang's actions just now also prove that this matter was indeed his doing. It's just that the lower official did not Do you understand what the motive is? Why did Treasurer Liang set fire to the warehouse he was responsible for? The guilt of this crime of arson is not light."
Shao Xi put his thumb on his chin again and thought: "I'm not sure about this at the moment, but I said before that he must be destroying something, and the purpose of destroying these things must be to cover up something. thing."
With that said, he turned to Xiong Du and asked: "Did Liang Daoqian be in the treasury when the treasury silver was stolen a few days ago? And in addition to the treasury silver being stolen, were other things stolen that day?"
Xiong Dutou recalled: "Liang Daoqian didn't have any family members. He lived in the treasury on weekdays. The treasury was his home. He was indeed in the treasury when the silver from the treasury was stolen. Kuding discovered that someone had sneaked in. When the treasury was stolen, he promptly alerted the police. The subordinate also led people into the treasury to search for the thief. At that time, Liang Daoqian also rushed to the treasury to count the number of stolen silver coins. As for whether other items were stolen? I have never heard him mention it. "
Shao Xi turned around and called "Old Wu."
Lao Wu immediately understood and said to Cai Cheng and Xiong Dutou: "You two go to the treasury with me to check the accounts. Call all the people who are usually responsible for the entry and exit of the treasury into Liang Daoqian's room. I want to ask them one by one. talk."
Cai Cheng and Xiong Dutou quickly bowed and said yes, and rushed to the treasury with Lao Wu.
Xing Wenxin seemed to understand Shao Xi's purpose and asked Shao Xi: "Master Shao, you suspected that Treasurer Liang had misappropriated treasury money and tampered with the accounts privately, and you were afraid of being discovered in the future, so you set fire to the warehouse with Ku Ding. The purpose was You want to destroy the old money transaction accounts stored in the treasury, and then kill Kudin without him being prepared?"
Shao Xi nodded slowly and said: "Although I'm not sure, I feel that this matter must be related to the money accounts of this treasury."
Although the investigation so far is still logical, Shao Xi always feels that something is not right, that something is missing, and this missing point may be the key to the matter.
At this time, Chen Mohuai was sweating nervously and muttered to Shao Xi, "The theft of the treasury money is already a big deal. Now if someone in charge comes out and embezzles the treasury money privately and changes the accounts, wouldn't this matter become even more troublesome?" Big? How should I explain to the superiors when they investigate? How did it get to this point?"
"The higher authorities? Which higher authority do you want to track you down? Mr. Chen, you are bound to be involved in this matter. It is best to investigate clearly, otherwise you can only ask for happiness."
Chen Mohuai only reacted after hearing Shao Xi's words. Now that the official of the "Jingcheng Division" is right in front of him, does he still need others to track him down? This could easily take off his head. Thinking that he could not take a breath, he fainted immediately.
When the surrounding officials saw that the county governor had fainted, they fell into chaos. They quickly ordered people to carry Chen Mohuai into the inner hall to rest, and then sent people to call the doctor. The entire county capital suddenly became a mess, with people running around in a panic.
Shao Xi looked at the messy scene around him. At this time, he seemed to be redundant, so he walked towards the door of the government office alone.
As soon as he walked out of the government office gate, he was stopped by Chief Liu who was chasing him out.
"Master Shao, the Sheriff just woke up. As soon as he woke up, he asked me to accompany Master Shao to the treasury to investigate the matter clearly. The lower official is also responsible for the entry and verification of many documents, files, and account books. , and Xiaguan is familiar with Liang Daoqian on weekdays, so accompanying the Lord may be of some help, what do you think, Lord?"
"I didn't expect Mr. Chen to be so thoughtful at this time, so I'll help Mr. Liu."
"These are all the duties of the lower officials. They should, they should. Master Shao and I will rush to the treasury right now! Maybe something has been found over there."
So the two of them rushed all the way to the treasury.
After arriving at the treasury, they saw a busy scene in the treasury. The clerks in the treasury were checking the accounts, and Kudin and the officials were counting the money in the treasury together.
Shao Xi looked around and asked, "Where is Liang Daoqian's residence?"
"Master Shao, please follow this way."
"Master Liu seems to be very familiar with this place."
"Xiaoguan often comes here to organize, check, and compile documents and account books for storage and storage, so he is relatively familiar with this place."
"It turns out that all the accounts here are checked and sorted by Mr. Liu before they can be entered into the Jiaku."
"Master Shao said exactly what he said."
