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Cui Ba is dead......

Cui Jingye, who was extravagant in the south of the city, hanged himself in the prison cell of the government office, and the news spread to every corner of the small county town in less than half a day.

Su Putie stood outside the prison door with a blue face, and Cui Ba, who was lying on the ground, also had a blue face, but he had already covered it with a white cloth after Uncle Yao Jiu came.

Dong Jie and Xue Siqi stood on both sides of Su Pu, and their faces were also cloudy.

Judging from the state of death, the strangulation marks did not intersect behind the ears, and it was evident that they had hanged themselves. ’

This is what Yao Tonggong said, he is an old man in the county, and there will be no mistakes according to what he said in "Clearing Grievances", and with Su Pu's limited experience, he can also see it. But an important person died in his own territory, and he couldn't get out of it as a prisoner, and the county lord and the mansion were about to come over to check, and it was also the system of the dynasty for the local magistrate to personally check the dead body, and it was the same in normal times, not to mention that this person was still responsible for the case.

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"Xu Guoqi's methods are clever."

Wang Xingping was not surprised when he heard the news of Cui Ba's death, but laughed as expected.

"Young master, I heard the news from the government that Cui Ba hanged himself, and the people who made him and Deputy Envoy Chen have also checked it, and there is indeed nothing suspicious."

"That's why I said that Xu Kongmu is smart." Wang Xingping said with a smile.

Originally, it was just an idle move, but I didn't expect the surname Xu to be so unbreathable, and he wanted Cui Ba's life overnight. What self-hanged Wang Xingping will never believe it, let's not talk about it first, just Cui Ba's character, he is not the kind of person who will seek death by himself. As for the motive, he has already found a good deal for him, the sale of military rations of 10,000 stones, when he does it, he has the courage to do it, but when the incident happens, it is the other party's state of mind, but it is easy to hang himself, and the servants in the county are limited by imagination, but similar cases in the past Wang Xingping remembered a lot in the book alone, and two more helpers can do it, and in Zunyi, Xu Kongmu's helpers will never be lacking, and if it drags on for two days, I am afraid that if he doesn't do it, other people are willing to help with this.

As for how much Cui Ba's death has to do with Xu Guoqi at the moment, Wang Xingping has little interest in investigating it, and since things are going more smoothly than expected, there is no need for him to continue to wait.

Wang Xingping also deliberately inquired about the officials in Zunyi City, knowing that since the reform of the land and the return of the stream, the Han officials are extremely powerful, and even the Han officials are trying their best to serve the local people, and the local people will be framed by Luo Weaving if they have a slight disobedience, and the government will also be biased, after all, there is an example of Yang Yinglong in front, and the local people can only forbear, but in Wang Xingping's view, this has buried the source of chaos in the southwest. All the contradictions have become the barriers of the local officials, and they are just routines.

Xu Guoqi is such an official, operating here for many years, after how many terms of the prefect of the county, the prefect, the yamen already has its own power, although it is not to openly oppose the officials, but in case of trouble is not a person who does not dare to take risks, these more than ten years have not killed people and killed people a few times, but the act of burning down the account books and granaries, every few years can always be on the new official before taking office. Although I want to eat some hanging, but the real money has fallen into the bag, how can I not pay a price? There are always big sins, and there are always the warehouses who serve to resist the crimes, and by the way, they have cleaned up a few opponents, and there are also things that are falsely accused of thieves.

Therefore, this time I was able to make a decision to overturn Cui Ba overnight, and it was also a way to catch everyone off guard, so that I could clear myself up, and it was almost evening to deal with the affairs of the day.

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On weekdays, in order to facilitate the work in the county office, Xu Guoqi lived in the back hall of the city government office, and today there was a secret matter, so he returned to his home outside the city before the city gate closed. The Hun family and their children were sent to the outer courtyard, and only he and four or five cronies from the yamen were left in the back study. There are seven or eight kinds of wine and dishes on the table, all of which are the specialty dishes of the chefs in the Zhizhu Xuan in the city, and most of them are official banquets on weekdays.

It's just that the cronies didn't dare to sit down, waiting for their eldest brother to speak.

"Sit down, how can you talk on an empty stomach."

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and finally sat down one by one, and waited for a while before I barely raised the chopsticks, but the food was like chewing wax in my mouth.

"You all know about Brother Cui, and he is also here to protect everyone."

Everyone was silent, just nodded, the threat from Shangguan was greater, but it was close at hand, Xu Guoqi's many years of prestige were still there, not to mention that everyone was a grasshopper on a rope, and the 'cronies' who could be called to the house by Xu Guoqi today were not how considerate they were, they only looked at what they had done in the past. At least if these people are implicated, what they usually do is enough to be hanged a few times, and it is only Xu Guoqi who dares to discuss the truth.

"Oshi, Cui Baba is ...... at home" Xue Siqi, who personally helped Cui Ba hang himself last night, is now a little afraid, and he shouldn't have come to talk about it, but it's too late to regret it, he is just an impulsive character, thinking about the benefits he gets on weekdays, I'm afraid that because of this time, he was ruthless, and he only blamed him for doing too many things on weekdays, but his hand slipped slightly, so he couldn't stop it. But now I want to make up for it, half of it is because I feel indebted, and the other half is worried.

Although many of Cui Ba's deeds have nothing to do with his family, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not be implicated, this family plus more than a dozen servants are still in prison now, so they can't all hang themselves, even if they really dare to do this, then the prison Su Pu will not carry this pot, for the sake of today's plan, only trying to appease is the right way. Cui Ba's death, anyone who knows the inside story can guess Xu Guoqi, even if there is no evidence, but if you want to have a relationship in the future, you will have to be a little more wary of him. However, he has always been in awe of Xu Guoqi, so he has to be honored as a priest.

"I can save it, you can rest assured, Xu will not chill the hearts of the brothers of the family." What's the most important thing right now? It is to clean up the hearts of the scattered people, if Xu Guoqi can't make a decision, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will exchange his whole family for wealth.

After taking a sip of wine, Xu Guoqi said: "At noon, I made up three thousand taels of silver on the counter, and two thousand copper coins. The two thousand yuan is the settlement money for the Cui family, and I have already taken care of Feng Tuiguan and Tian Tong's judgment. ”

"Now that the main family is dead, I'm afraid there will be no result if the trial continues, if the Cui family comes out, they will no longer dare to ask for property, my dog is now doing something in Chongqing Mansion, I will repair the letter and let him take care of it, this errand matter will have to be a trip to the shopkeeper to rest assured."

"I won't shirk my own business." Wang Kangnian is the head of Cui Ba's cabinet, but he has some relatives with Xu Guoqi, and he contacts Cui Ba on weekdays, and Xu Guoqi is inconvenient to come forward, so he is mostly in the middle. Now everyone in the house has a minister, only this Wang shopkeeper is a cloth cloth, it is naturally best for him to bring a letter, not to mention that some outsiders in the Cui family are not clear, and he can still do something in the middle.

"Oshiji has done a good job." The rest of the people all flattered one after another, and they barely gathered the hearts of the people who were about to be separated, but Xu Guoqi was still uneasy in his heart.

Wang Xingping said in the hall with a gun and a stick, obviously to excuse him, but there are never many people with a heart, and it is difficult for these shrewd officials to listen to their voices. This time, in order to stabilize the cadres who follow him on weekdays, he has to settle the Cui family, and he has to deal with Shangguan, and all his family property on the surface is exposed in broad daylight, and now he can see tens of thousands of dollars.

Originally, although Xu Guoqi was regarded as a difficult bone to gnaw, although there was an opponent, there was no need to spend a lot of energy to export gas. But now his net worth has been clearly spread out in front of the officials, the original thorny hedgehog has become a fat sheep coveted by everyone, the factions of the officials in the city are complex, and they have been tilting each other for many years, each has its own interests, if there is an opportunity to stab each other in the back, you can also get some benefits, no one will let go, what Zhao Erfu did in the hall yesterday is the best example. Thinking about it this way, Feng Fengxiao, the magistrate, and Tian Gongguo, the general judge, are not related, but it does not mean that they must be on their side. was suddenly exposed, which made Xu Guoqi feel a little like pins and needles. Glad that he was able to make a decision on the spot, he didn't wait for everyone to be on guard before he started to do it, and he was even more disappointed that there were just a few people in the prison who could be trusted.

"What is it said in the market today?" Putting down the chopsticks, Xu Guoqi pretended to be calm.

"If you go back to the detention department, Uncle Yao Jiu personally checked it and said that it was hanged, and the mansion and county zun have also come to see it, and there will be no more suspicions among the officials and the people."

"What about Wang Xingping?" This is a heart disease of Xu Guoqi right now, this time there is no such mourning star, and there will not be such a bad thing, I really underestimate the age of this son.

"Yesterday, I heard that Nacuo was left by Deputy Envoy Chen to eat and drink, and he didn't return to the inn until the second watch."

"I'm afraid Deputy Envoy Chen didn't just keep him for a bar." Xu Guoqi snorted as he spoke, this kid never made people feel at ease, saying that he wanted to avenge his father, but he stirred up the whole house, and he was really afraid that the world would not be chaotic.

"Uh...... This villain doesn't know, the soap in the official hall has always been according to the judge's office, and the brothers have no one to talk to. ”

"What about when Cuoda goes back?"

"Yesterday was a direct return to the inn, and after the afternoon today, someone saw him taking his companion to the market outside the north gate, as if he wanted to buy?"

"Buying?"

"Yes, it's the Longsheng that went there, I think it's going to be salt."

Longsheng is the largest salt merchant in Zunyi, which does not retail on weekdays and only does bulk wholesale, so it is only in a remote place on the edge of the market outside the north of the city.

"I heard that the Longsheng still has the industry of Erfu." The proprietor of the Longsheng is the leader of the local Jin merchants, and Zhao Tongzhi and Wang Xingping sang and harmonized in the hall yesterday, did Xu Guoqi have already colluded?

"But I've heard about something, and the more I think about it, the more strange it becomes."

At this time, a short and stout man who had not spoken next to him came up with a name called Qian Hu, bit Xu Guoqi's ear and only said a few words, and saw Xu Guoqi suddenly change color, and the porcelain cup that he had just pinched in his hand fell to the floor and fell into several petals.

"Who are you listening to about this?"