After leaving the old man's courtyard, Dongfang Shuo went straight back to the city.

At this time, the door of Yuewei City has been opened, and the people can enter and exit freely, so Dongfang Shuo also entered Yuewei City very easily this time.

After returning to the original courtyard, he chose to wait.

And about an hour after he returned, the person who went to track down the source of the 'stolen money' also returned to the courtyard.

"How's it going, is there any progress?"

After Dongfang Shuo got up, he immediately greeted him.

After all, he didn't make any progress himself, so he naturally cared about the progress of the other three.

The man looked at Dongfang Shuo and said, "Lord Dongfang, now that ten years have passed, the source of that money has been cut off, and it is quite difficult to trace the source after such a long time. ”

"That's right. ”

Dongfang Shuo sighed.

But then, the man continued: "Although it is difficult to trace the root cause in a short period of time, it is relatively simple to start with the surrounding families ten years ago. ”

"So, what was the result?"

"The original families have moved out of their original locations, but fortunately, most of them are still nostalgic for their homeland, so they did not choose to leave the city, but scattered to various places in the city. ”

"Why?"

"The people in this city are very sensitive, and there is a criminal who murdered the city lord in the neighbor's house, whether it is because of the neighbor's words, or because they are worried that they themselves will be implicated, so they all choose to move out of the old house. At this point, he paused, and then continued, "Before I went to look for those people, I went to the old site, and found that the whole street had been renovated in the last ten years. ”

"Refurbishing one after another?"

"What's the matter, Lord Dongfang, is there any suspicion?"

"This is a border city, although because of its proximity to the Demon God Mountain Range, there are also some business transactions such as animal skins and elixirs, but it is not so prosperous that it took ten years to renovate the entire street. Dongfang Shuo said, "And in the past ten years, the extremely extravagant city lord has been rampant, and now almost all the buildings in the city are very old, how can you renovate that street alone?"

"It does seem strange to say that. ”

Dongfang Shuo's words made the man touch his chin as well.

He was assigned by Xu Changsheng, he only arrived here a month ago, and he only investigated about Su He's father, and he didn't know much about the past of the city, and he didn't know what the previous city lord was like, so naturally he couldn't notice this strangeness at the first time.

Seeing him pondering, Dongfang Shuo said, "So, since you went to the old site, you should have also gone to find those neighbors who have moved away, right?"

"Yes. ”

The man nodded and said, "The money sent to Su Jingsheng's house was brought by the family members of the City Lord's Mansion and the two armored guards. ”

"Could it be that the neighbors are lying?"

"I asked them separately, and I used some methods to verify them, and if they were just ordinary civilians, my methods of verification should be 100% effective for them. "So at this point, there shouldn't be a problem." ”

Dongfang Shuo nodded.

"In this case, the family of the City Lord's Mansion with two armored guards did send money to Su Jingsheng's family. Dongfang Shuo touched his chin and thought as he whispered, "This armored guard should be the defenders in the city, and there should not be many people who can mobilize the city lord's mansion and the city defenders at the same time ten years ago, these clues undoubtedly prove that it is the money sent by the old city lord's son." ”

"If you covet your father's position and spend a lot of money to buy a doctor who heals the sick, it is also common sense. "In the past month, we have also investigated the matter, and although the person who proposed to let Su Jingsheng come for treatment is not the son of the old city lord, there is also an indirect connection. ”

Dongfang Shuo squinted, then looked up at the sky.

All the evidence points to the previous city lord, and it was he who coveted the position of the city lord to pay for Su Jingsheng to kill people.

But in the past ten years, not only has he not done anything to dump the blame on others in front of public opinion, but he has also renovated the street, so that he himself can not give any explanation at all, resulting in him being scolded by the city people for ten years after he took office.

In this world, the most important thing is not what a person does, but what people think he does.

He voluntarily gave up the opportunity to shake the pot, which undoubtedly brought him hidden dangers.

The people's hearts are unstable, and sooner or later his position will be lost.

And a person who can think of spending money to seize power from his father cannot fail to think that the will of the people is the foundation of power.

"Is it because after killing my own father, my conscience found out and I couldn't live in fear?"

Dongfang Shuo pondered.

But what does a dead person think, even if he wants to break his head, I'm afraid he can't think of a reason.

After a moment, he sighed, "Okay." As the words fell, he stretched out his hand and threw out a bag of ten or twenty spirit crystals to the person in front of him, "Let's trouble you to run again." ”

"What else do you want to look for?"

"Check the price of masks, buy some vegetables and meat by the way, and keep them for the next two days. ”

"Masks, masks on the mouth?"

"Don't ask, just casually, go buy vegetables and meat. ”

"Yes. ”

So he left the courtyard.

And after he left, Dongfang Shuo let out a long sigh again, and looked up to the sky and muttered: "Su Jingsheng, Su Jingsheng, why do you have to take over this porcelain job? ”

At this moment, in his heart, he was really full of emotion.

Crunch.

Around this time, the door of the courtyard was quietly pushed open.

Dongfang Shuo looked down and saw another person who was sent out by him.

"I'll let you check on the old beggar who pulled Su He up, is there any progress?" he asked.

After the man closed the door, he walked in front of Dongfang Shuo.

"The old beggar's name is Zhang Benyi, his origin is unknown, and the people in the city only know that he came here ten years ago, almost a few days before Su Jingsheng's accident. "That's human.

Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes: "Is this a coincidence, or is it deliberately arranged by someone?"

"I called up the files of several surrounding cities, but there was still no result, this person named Zhang Benyi seemed to appear out of thin air. ”

"Can you also investigate the files of the surrounding cities?"

"It's just a basic method, and there are many people in the imperial city who are doing better than me. ”

"You're a little better than the other guy. ”

"It's only natural that he's two years behind me and a little worse than me, but I think he can do what I can do. ”

"Your love for this robe is very deep. ”

"Only those who trust their backs can give their best without distractions. ”

When the man spoke, he always looked unsmiling.

Seeing this, Dongfang Shuo smiled slightly and said, "There is some truth in this sentence, but our topic seems to be far away." ”

"Yes. ”

“...... Well, you don't have to answer this kind of complaint. ”

To be honest, this guy's seriousness seems to be beyond Dongfang Shuo's imagination.

Although the person in front of him was very serious, Dongfang Shuo always had the urge to laugh.

However, he also seemed to listen to Dongfang Shuo's words, just like this sentence, he didn't answer Dongfang Shuo again.

And after seeing that he was silent, Dongfang Shuo asked: "So, no matter where this Zhang Benyi came from, but since he appeared in this city, why did he meet Su He? At that time, Su He's father committed a serious crime, and anyone should stay away from Su He." ”

"What Lord Dongfang said may be true, but the fact is that Zhang Benyi still had contact with Su He, not only was he relieved, but he also raised him for ten years. At this point, the man paused for a moment, and then said, "And the biggest doubt in the whole thing is that it has been raised for ten years. ”

"What's so strange about that?"

Dongfang Shuo was puzzled.

The man said: "If you want to find a suspicious point, you must first look at the source of the problem." Do you remember what crime Su Jingsheng committed?"

This naturally remembers that the crime is written to murder the city lord, but it is not known whether this is the case or not. ”

"That's right, Su Jingsheng was ambushed for the crime of murdering the city lord. Whether this is true or not, at least he has not cleared his name. And Lord Dongfang, do you know what kind of crime it is to murder the city lord?"

"This ......"

Dongfang Shuo hesitated.

Regarding the law of the Longlin Empire, Dongfang Shuo really didn't know anything about it.

And he also believed that his cognition in Qingzhou should not be able to be translated to the Longlin Empire.

Because when he first came to the Longlin Empire, he encountered Yang Dongsheng replacing the old city lord, and after the incident, the people sent by the county guard knew that all they needed was a document, and no one held Yang Dongsheng accountable at all.

In this way, the law of cutting first and then playing, only talking about the good and bad of the name, does have a lot of differences with Qingzhou.

"Those who plot to kill the city lord should be punished. "That's human.

Dongfang Shuo was stunned.

"Punish the whole clan?"

Hearing this, Dongfang Shuo can be regarded as understanding where the suspicion is.

Since he was going to kill the whole clan, why was Su He still alive and was raised by the old beggar for ten years?

So, Dongfang Shuo asked, "Since you found the problem, have you solved the problem?"

But the other party shook his head.

"I couldn't fix it yet, but I figured out what happened. ”

"All passed?"

Dongfang Shuo narrowed his eyes.

Wear a mask when you go out, wash your hands frequently at home, don't believe in rumors or spread rumors, everything will pass, and I hope everyone has no chance with the virus.

(End of chapter)