Chapter 269 Attention
Daming County County Government.
Xu Huaiyi sat at the table handling official duties. Soon he discovered that there were many cases that suddenly appeared. He called the clerk over to inquire.
The literary official said: "This is a new confession from the prison last night. In addition to selling goods privately, those in the army also sold women to Tibet."
< br>"Early this morning, the villagers of Chenyao Village came to the government office to report to the official."
Xu Huaiyi said: "For those women who were robbed?"
The clerk nodded: "Master Wang said before that we still need to investigate. If we can know the whereabouts of those people, we will try to find them." Take them back to their hometowns. They are all innocent people. Some of them had just given birth when they were taken away, leaving behind a child that the villagers helped to raise but could not feed. "
"The adults haven't eaten, let alone the children. How can they survive being separated from their mothers at such a young age?"
"Those people are covering the sky with one hand. We still go to Chenyao Village? I checked it, but it was taken over by the government because it involved bandits."
The clerk was afraid of causing trouble for his master, so he quickly made it clear.
Xu Huaiyi nodded: "I remember that there was a robbery and sale case in Daming Mansion before."
The clerk knew immediately who Xu Huaiyi was asking: "You are talking about Yang Xie's case, right?"
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Xu Huaiyi said: "It means being sold to the Xie family and Yang A woman who was married at home. "
The official said: "Your Excellency is really powerful. He asked about the key point. That case was ordered by those generals."
Now that the case has not been clarified, civil servants only dare to mention those generals. As for whether Magistrate Liu and others were involved, that is a matter for Shangguan to worry about.
Xu Huaiyi clicked on the case: "You also found a woman who was robbed and sold last night?"
The clerk was startled, looked at the case hurriedly, and then said in a polite voice: "There are too many cases recently. , I haven’t had time to look at it carefully.”
In the long text, there are only a few words mentioned, and it is really hard to see clearly without looking carefully.
When the woman was found, she had many wounds on her body. The doctor from the government office went to treat her but could not save her. Because of this matter, the general is still being interrogated.
"Is the Xie family of Daming Prefecture related to these?" Xu Huaiyi asked the literary official.
The clerk said: "I don't know. The cases are piled up and need to be sorted out one by one. I haven't asked about these yet."
Xu Huaiyi nodded: "If there is a place that needs me, just come and look for me. "
How dare the civil servants summon the superior officer of Bianjing? He bowed and smiled: "I will trouble you then."
After the civil servants left, Xu Huaiyi continued to look through the files.
Wherever Wang Yan is there, affairs will always be arranged properly, and everything in the government office is in order, so that he cannot make any mistakes, and the lazy officials elsewhere do not dare to fish in troubled waters.
Every day, everything the officials did had to be signed and submitted to Wang Yan. Wang Yan not only read it but also remembered it clearly. When he asked about something, he went straight to the official who handled it.
The files handed over to Xu Huaiyi need to be reviewed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Xu Huaiyi had also handled other cases before this, and all the documents were mixed together. Many files were full of errors and omissions, and it was obvious that his subordinates handled them randomly. He singled out his mistakes and made a group of officials complain and gave him the nickname "Troublemaker" in private. Xu Huaiyi knew all this.
If officials can be like Wang Yan, why should he be like this?
This also gave him a lot of time to carefully examine the case. The case in Daming Mansion is intricate and complex, with everyone from merchants to officials collaborating. It stands to reason that Wang Yan and others should be following Magistrate Liu to investigate. How come they suddenly ask these questions?
Was it really the general's sudden confession?
Xu Huaiyi decided to go and see for himself, so he found an excuse to go to the Yamen Prison. Those details that were not written down in the case were the purpose of his trip.
Overnight, the general who was being interrogated had wounds all over his body. Also captured was the old slave who was guarding the general's courtyard.
The old slave has all confessed that the general killed at least five women in Daming Mansion, and all of them were bought from Jiao Da. This man took pleasure in torturing women, and the woman he found yesterday was tortured The longest time.
Generals are afraid that women will commit suicide and will knock out their teeth in advance. If they encounter someone who bites their tongue and commits suicide, he will simply burn the wound with a soldering iron to prevent them from bleeding to death.
But in the end, this woman was different. When she was brought back by the general, she was already scarred, probably by Jiao Da's hand.
Xu Huaiyi suddenly felt that there was something fishy about the case.
Plunderers should try their best to ensure that the women in their hands are safe and sound. Why would someone beat a woman for a sum of money? There must be something inside here.
Jiao Da caused a lot of trouble this time. Not only did he resurrect people from the dead, but he also kept a woman in his hands. Xu Huaiyi felt that this Jiao Da should be investigated carefully.
Also find out why Wang Yan suddenly intervened in the case.
Furthermore, he originally felt that Yang Xie was unusual. There were many reasons that Xu Huaiyi could not ignore.
Starting with Jiao Da's portrait, Xu Huaiyi thought he could use the eyeliner in his hand to carefully check where Jiao Da had been and where the women in Jiao Da's hands came from.
Xu Huaiyi walked out of the prison and was about to go to the market to eat some food. He saw many people lining up at the door of a shop from a distance.
“What are you doing?” Xu Huaiyi asked.
“Yang’s Clay Stove Shop,” the old man said with a smile, “everyone is buying clay stoves.”
Xu Huaiyi had heard about the Yang family's clay stove: "Didn't you say that the ones that were no longer available were sold?"
"That was before," the old man said, "Mrs. Xie was framed and was not at home, and there was no one to take charge of the overall situation. , now that the eldest lady is back, naturally the shop will be opened, Yang The family has moved all the clay stoves they saved, and I heard that it won’t be long before everyone can buy them as they like.”
Seeing Xu Huaiyi’s confusion, the old man smiled and said, “Because we have a lot of stoves in Daming Mansion. The craftsmen of the kiln have all gone to Madam Xie. Several days today Every pottery kiln has been re-ignited and the clay pots have begun to be fired.”
“These clay pots must be good,” said a person who knew the inside story. How to arrange this? It’s not possible to just say it.”
"That is to ask three old craftsmen to check which craftsmen fired ceramics and rank them based on the quality of their craftsmanship. You can imagine how much thought the craftsmen put into firing the porcelain kilns. So everyone wants to I want to buy ceramics fired at this time.”
"I also heard that the Buddhist porcelain used in the Baode Temple Dharma Ceremony in a few days was also made by Mrs. Xie."
As the two people talked, there were more People gathered around.
There is not much to do in winter, everyone likes to join in the fun, and the news will soon spread throughout Daming Mansion.
Xu Huaiyi looked at the Yang family's shop. It seemed that he had to go to the Dharma gathering to meet Mrs. Xie. If he could follow Jiao Da's clues and find out the identity of Mrs. Xie, it would be the best solution. Nothing better.