Xu Minghua has been a county magistrate, and he has been in the Yushitai for more than two years, and he knows most of the "twisting" methods of corruption of local officials, and he has seized the source.

According to the size of the affected counties and the severity of the disaster, the government of the disaster relief government was divided into three classes, and gave 12,000 taels, 10,000 taels and 8,000 taels of disaster relief silver respectively, and Jingyuan County was listed in the medium and received 10,000 taels of disaster relief silver (copper coins).

The county government still has the tax silver collected in the treasury, which is difficult for Xu Minghua, the tax silver has accounts to check, and after the tax silver plus the disaster relief silver minus the expenditure, there should be 4,433 and 278 yuan of disaster relief silver in the treasury, and there are only more than 2,800 taels of silver in the actual inventory, and there is a deficit of more than 1,600 taels.

Zhao Zehe looked at Deng Huaibin and thought to himself Song Chong, you can all kill your mouth, how can there be such a big gap in this silver. Deng Huaibin secretly complained, Xu Minghua came too quickly, if it was delayed for another day, he would not be able to find the slightest loophole in the safekeeping.

Xu Huaming asked reluctantly: "Lord Zhao, what's going on?" Where is the more than 1,600 taels of silver? ”

The warehouse is specifically managed by the county, Deng Huaibin bowed his hand and said: "Lord Xu, according to the official document of the government office, the people who participated in the disaster relief were given 20 copper coins every day, and they also had to provide food, because the number of people is uncertain, the length of the journey is different, and it is inconvenient to go to the county government every day to receive silver taels and grain, so Lord Zhao and the lower officials and others discussed, and decided to advance the silver taels to the townships first, and send people to settle them every ten days, and the more than 1,000 taels of silver were prepaid to the township. ”

Zhao Zehe said: "That's true. ”

"Where's the note?" Xu Minghua sneered secretly, he wanted to blind me, but there was no door.

Deng Huaibin responded: "Put it in Hucao, please move." ”

Deng Huaibin was careful, and asked the library history when he returned his silver, and after learning that there was still a deficit, he prepared a follow-up move, and instructed Cao Tou of Hu Cao to prepare some vouchers for advance loans, but he didn't expect to use it.

In Hucao, Xu Minghua saw a bunch of vouchers for receiving money and grain in advance, and after adding it up, the amount was no different from the deficit, and it clearly stated the amount of money and grain in advance, the village and the person in charge of the application, and finally it was stamped with the seal of the county Cheng, and there was no flaw.

Seeing Xu Minghua's deflated appearance, Deng Huaibin was secretly refreshed, so he said generously: "Lord Xu, this voucher is in duplicate, if you want to verify it, you may as well take a few townships at will, go and see it in person, and check it." ”

Xu Minghua went to the vicinity outside the city to check, and the heavy snow was beginning to melt, the roads were muddy and difficult to walk, and the wheels were very easy to get stuck in the mud. Besides, when I got to the township, I am afraid that I would have been notified there and had already been prepared, and I would not be able to find anything at all.

"That's it", Xu Minghua said a little dejectedly: "Let's talk about it then." ”

After two days of investigation in Jingyuan County, some trivial matters were found, and under Deng Huaibin's operation, Xu Minghua knew that the officials of Jingyuan County had embezzled disaster relief money but had nothing to do, and felt very lost.

Zhao Zehe and the others laughed secretly in their hearts, becoming more and more humble on the surface, so that Xu Minghua couldn't get angry. His only witness, Song Chong, was dead, and the information he learned from Song Chong had become unsubstantiated, and he thought that his clever means had touched the old fox Deng Huaibin, who was soaked in loach and slippery.

Xu Minghua put his mind on Jiang Anyi, and sent someone to send a letter with sincere words, asking Jiang Anyi to come to Jingyuan County to inspect and sort out the chaos in Jingyuan County by the way. Xu Minghua thought about taking the opportunity to come out, coldly watching the behavior of Jiang Anyi, Zhao Zehe and others, and finding flaws in them.

Jiang Anyi quickly replied to the letter, in which he expressed his gratitude to Xu Minghua for his investigation of Jingyuan County, and was convinced that Xu Yushi would be able to find out the facts, and sent the anonymous letter written by Xu Minghua with the letter, asking Xu Minghua to verify whether the content of the letter was true. In the letter, Jiang Anyi said that there were many disaster relief affairs, and he was very relieved that Jingyuan County had Xu Yushi to supervise the array, so he did not come to Jingyuan County, but went to other counties to inspect first.

After receiving the letter, Xu Minghua was a little caught off guard, and the hot potato made Jiang Anyi throw it back, and he couldn't catch Jiang Anyi at all on the surface, but the more this happened, the more he felt that Jiang Anyi was suspicious and treacherous, which was really a big treacherous and hypocrisy.

Now it has become a tiger riding trend, Jingyuan County has colluded with the offensive and defensive alliances, money and accounts have been basically matched, and a lot of small problems have been found, but they can't touch Zhao Zehe and others, at most there is a fault of "not being strict with the supervision", not to mention that he was ambitious and wanted to fight Jiang Anyi.

Under the lamp of the post house, Xu Minghua twisted a few sorrowful mustaches and thought hard about a good way to break the situation. Xu An quietly came in to change tea, but Xu Minghua was only allowed to enter and leave his residence by the messenger of the inn.

Holding the tea, Xu Minghua subconsciously asked, "Xu An, what do you think about this matter?" ”

As Xu Minghua's personal entourage, Xu An understood the master's mind clearly, and bowed down and reminded: "The embezzlement and disaster relief silver in Jingyuan County was told to the master by Song Chong, and now that Song Chong is dead, why don't you go to Song Chong's house to take a look, maybe you can find something." ”

"That's right", Xu Minghua suddenly woke up, Song Chong's death was quite strange, he had promised to protect him, how could he commit suicide in fear of crime, did his family know anything secret, maybe Song Chong had any friends who were upset with him.

Standing up, Xu Minghua excitedly patted Xu An's shoulder and boasted: "Xu An, who has been by my side all these years, has really grown a lot, and there will be a chance that the master will promote you in the future, and it is a bit aggrieved to be a pro-follower." ”

The Song family is in the south of the city, there is a couplet in front of the door, and there is a spiritual shed in the courtyard, it is late, and a few people are sitting in the shed to eat, and there is a faint cry in the hall and the back room.

At this time, it was already dark, and Xu Minghua and Xu An walked into the house, which made the Song family feel stunned. Someone got up and asked, "Who's coming, two?" ”

Xu An stepped forward and responded: "My lord and Song Dutou are friends, and I heard that Song Dutou died unfortunately, so I came to condole." ”

Someone led it into the mourning hall to burn incense and worship, and the Song family came to thank them when they heard the news. Xu Minghua saw that the two filial sons were wearing linen clothes and straw sandals, and their faces were somewhat similar to Song Chong, the eldest should have passed the age of the weak crown, and the younger one was only fourteen or fifteen years old, and thanked Xu Minghua with a sad face.

Xu Minghua said a few words, and asked pretending to be puzzled: "I was drinking with your father a few days ago, why did Brother Song not be there when I came back?" ”

The boss of the Song family flickered and spouted. The second child said angrily: "My father was killed by the people of the county government. ”

"Look away, don't talk nonsense." The boss Song Wangning hurriedly shouted.

"I didn't talk nonsense, my father told us before he died that if something happened to him, it would be the people of the yamen who killed him."

Xu Minghua was secretly happy in his heart, and pretended to be indignant: "Brother Song has a great kindness to me, if your brother knows the truth, tell me, I am willing to come forward to fight a lawsuit for Brother Song." ”

Song Wangning pulled his younger brother and said, "Thank you, sir, for your righteousness, my little brother is ignorant and ignorant, don't take it to heart." The government said that the father committed suicide in fear of sin, and did not chase his family, the deceased was the greatest, and the Song family did not want to provoke anything

Yes and no. It's getting late, sir, please come back. ”

Xu Minghua wanted to say a few more words, Song Wangning had already pulled his younger brother to turn around and leave, Xu Minghua hurriedly stopped him, revealed his identity and said: "I can't hide it, I am the envoy of the Yushitai Guanfeng, a few days ago, Ling Zun came to me to report the collusion of Jingyuan County to embezzle disaster relief money, I ordered Zun to investigate secretly, but kept waiting for bad news." I promised to exonerate Ling Zun and give him credit afterwards, so it is impossible for Ling Zun to commit suicide, if Ling Zun leaves any evidence, you hand it over to me, and I will definitely show Xue for Ling Zun. ”

While saying that Xu Minghua took out the voucher he was carrying, Song Wangning took the letter and read it carefully and returned it to Xu Minghua, saying: "Lord Xu, please wait, the ancestor is still here, and the ancestor is the master of the family." ”

Song Wangning took his younger brother into the back room, Xu Minghua sat on the side of the mourning hall, the ever-bright lamp flashed dimly, and the dark shadows were building, as if there were evil ghosts hiding in it.

Xu Minghua was a little weak-hearted, got up and turned some paper money into the brazier, and prayed silently in his heart: Song Chong, if you don't look away, help me, I will help you catch the person who harmed you, and you help me catch Jiang Anyi's handle.

There was a coughing sound behind him, and the Song Wangning brothers appeared with an old man on the left and right, Xu Minghua hurriedly stood up and saluted, the old man was Song Chong's father, Song Tuyuan.

Song Tu was far away from the age of sixties, and the blow of losing his son in old age made his hair pale as snow, his heart was sad to death, and he was sick in bed. Song Tuyuan was also a servant of the county government, and he was very clear about the affairs of the yamen, he didn't believe in the death of his son Song Chong at all, and he heard the two grandchildren say that the Yushitai Guanfeng envoy intended to avenge his son, and Song Tuyuan struggled to see Xu Minghua with the help of his grandson.

After a few words of conversation, Song Tuyuan closed his eyes, tears slipped down the old man's wrinkled face with difficulty, from Xu Minghua's brief words, after the vicissitudes of life, he knew that his son was strangled to death by two hands, one of which was the Guanfeng envoy Xu in front of him, who kept saying that he wanted to avenge his son.

After a moment of respite, Song Yuantu said with difficulty: "Lord Xu wants to avenge my unfilial son, the old man is grateful, tomorrow is the first seven of the unfilial son, everyone from the yamen will come to worship, and Lord Xu will come when the time comes." The old man will give the letter he left before he dies to the adults. ”

Xu Minghua also wanted to persuade Song Yuantu to close his eyes and ignore him anymore. Xu Minghua had no choice but to leave. As soon as he walked on his front legs, Deng Huaibin walked in with a few people.

Deng Huaibin was full of vigilance against Xu Minghua, there were people secretly watching everywhere in the post house, Xu Minghua went out of the post house, and there were two people secretly following him behind him. Seeing him come to Song Chong's house, one person squatted to guard, and the other person quickly went to report to Deng Huaibin. Deng Huaibin immediately came to the vicinity of Song Chong's house with people, and after Xu Minghua left, Deng Huaibin came to the door with people.

Song Yuantu knew Deng Xiancheng, and when he saw him bring people in, he immediately understood that the other hand that killed his son was coming. Deng Huaibin pretended to offer incense in front of Song Chong's mourning hall, and then asked Song Yuantu what Xu Minghua was doing. Song Yuantu's heart is clear, those who are right and wrong are right and wrong, Chong'er, for his father, he has to avenge his life.

Interrupting Deng Huaibin's question, Song Yuantu said: "Lord Deng, my son will be on the seventh day of tomorrow, please invite the adults to come to the pillar incense, and I will tell the adults after the incense is finished." ”

On November 26, the fifteenth year of Fengle, Song Chong was the seventh. The white flags are displayed, the mourning is whimpering, the paper money is flying in front of the Song Mansion, the guests are hanging, Xu Minghua is here, Deng Huaibin is also here, and the unlucky crows are hovering over the Song Mansion, and the killing machine is lurking. (https:)

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