It's still the same Wu Mansion as before, but the owner inside has changed.
This huge and luxurious house officially became a criminal property the day before yesterday, but it was temporarily confiscated for use and will be sold at a later date.
The person in charge of the Wu Mansion was naturally Yang Jie, the Langguan of Zuojun, Beijiang County. He had already dug three feet into the Wu Mansion, and the harvest was quite fruitful. However, a lot of doubts emerged, which made him feel that he could dig deeper here, so he did not move away from here, but continued to stay there. In addition, there are enough rooms in the Wu Mansion, and there are no local government officials in Langyuan City around, so the privacy and security are better.
As for the Yamen side, the second batch of people from the Sheriff's Mansion have already been filled in. In addition to taking over the daily affairs of Langyuan City, he was also looking through old files day and night. The main purpose is to check the cases since Wu Yuan took office as the city administrator of Langyuan City. As well as cases in which Wu Yuan had interests involved before he took office.
The case itself was not difficult to investigate. Regardless of whether it was before or after Wu Yuan took office as the political official of Langyuan City, because there were relevant personnel in the yamen here to handle it, it was easy to find out the context of favoritism or corruption and bending the law, and then discuss the matter, initially convict, and then go to jail to wait for retribution.
In other words, Wu Yuan is already dead, otherwise Wu Yuan's crimes would have been piled up at this time. So much so that Yang Jie often said, "That thief is so cheap." The anger that could not be vented on Wu Yuan was all shared on the remaining officials in Langyuan City.
The "lenity for confession" promised by Yang Jie was not reneged on, and the crimes they confessed to were all punished with lower sentences. But the things in the confession were all taken out to avoid the serious ones, and a first-class conviction would not make any big changes. However, those serious crimes that were involved in the investigation would not have the chance to enjoy the treatment of a first-class conviction. Therefore, one by one, in the past half month, nine out of ten officials who have been posted in Langyuan City have gone to prison. The remaining one was also dismissed from his official position for not reporting the incident, but he remained in his original position to see the consequences.
Therefore, no one in Langyuan City is relaxed now. They are either in jail or losing their official positions and living in trepidation. Even those who were not government officials were shaken out and became prisoners with grimaces.
This heavy blow was almost equivalent to completely smashing the official appearance of Langyuan City. It will be rebuilt after the exposed dirt is cleaned up. No wonder Zhou Cang said "the sky has changed."
But in fact, although the case in Langyuan City seemed to be progressing smoothly, as all aspects were dug deeper, more and more doubts were unearthed, and even though we knew there were problems, we just couldn't find any clues. This has become a big trouble plaguing Yang Jie.
In Yang Jie's sight, circumstantial evidence can be found in almost all cases related to Wu Yuan and his son to prove that there is something fishy in them. But when it comes to human life, there are always two important contexts missing: the perpetrator and the method of the murder.
Take the case mentioned by Yang Jie's adjutant Liu Yi before as an example. At that time, Wu Yuan planned to kill Yao Hua, who was the examiner of the county magistrate's office at that time, for a high-level official review. There were rumors before and after this incident, and some people even proved that Wu Yuan and his son had figured out Yao Hua's daily habits and family location through various relationships before Yao Hua's accident. But how was Yao Hua killed and made to look like he died accidentally? And who did it? I don't know any of this.
If it was just an example, as Liu Yi had guessed, successive confessions would uncover dozens of similar murder cases. The dead involved were not just official people, but also businessmen, landowners and even ordinary people. The causes of death are also varied in the files, but without exception, they are all related to the interests of the Wu family and his son, and the final result is that the Wu family and his son will benefit. Those who died not only died, but their families were often broken up as well. Even the whole family died more than once or twice.
Using Liu Yi's many years of experience to summarize these strange words: Wu Yuan and his son definitely have a group of powerful assassins in their hands to help them carry out assassinations all year round. And his cultivation level is definitely not low.
But Wu Yuan and his son are not warriors, and their rights are almost nothing like those of warriors. Even the retainers in the family only have the highest combat power if they are in the Tongqiao realm. With such external conditions, it is hard to see that Wu Yuan could raise a group of powerful assassins. Even after digging three feet into the ground, nothing was found related to the assassin.
This made Yang Jie sit on the wall and unable to get up or down. There were so many suspicious murder cases, including official status and family extermination cases. He couldn't hide it and he didn't dare to hide it. But you can't keep reporting the case profile without making any progress, right? Wouldn't that make him look incompetent? Even the credit for clearing up the officialdom of Langyuan City this time may be offset a lot.
So Yang Jie is really anxious. If there is no further progress, I'm afraid the county magistrate's office will ask someone else to take over the matter. When the time comes, the credit will be the second best, and the big trouble will be when his ability is questioned.
"Are there no clues yet?" Yang Jie could no longer see the relaxed smile from a few days ago in the study room. He frowned and spoke unkindly to the adjutant Liu who was standing bowed in front of him.
"My subordinates are incompetent, and I really can't find any useful clues." Liu Yi's face showed even more fatigue. He was on the front line, and investigating cases was his specialty. Now he was stuck and couldn't advance or retreat, so he was already busy. I haven't slept in a few days, and I can only hold on by squinting from time to time.
"Didn't you say before that you discovered something strange in the backyard? There is no follow-up?" Yang Jie could only rely on his adjutant. The other party has indeed climbed up the ranks by handling cases, and there is no doubt about his ability. But the case of Wu Yuan and his son was indeed unsatisfactory.
"Returning to my lord, my subordinates did find something strange in the backyard, which is the dry well that I didn't pay much attention to before. Although I didn't find anything inside, I did find a painting on a rock wall deep inside. The pattern. The shape is like a vertical eye and a ball of flame. When I wiped it, I found that it was not applied with powder, but an unknown method that penetrated into the texture of the stone and could not be wiped off or washed off.
At that time, my subordinates thought it could be the logo of an assassin organization or family. But after looking through the records, there was no match. In the end, I had to use a stupid method, copy it and paint it on the wall near the four gates of Langyuan City, and then find someone to keep an eye on it secretly. But now there is nothing. "
Yang Jie wanted to curse, but in the end he had to endure it. Liu did not handle the case well this time, but to be honest, the case itself was too weird. He sighed and said in a slow tone: "Just do your best. If there is no result by the end of this month, then this case will probably be taken over by someone else.
In addition, the pattern is the only clue that can be obtained at present. Don't limit it to the yamen's archives. Get a copy from the Yuanding Imperial City. Maybe there may be something to gain there. "
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