Zhuo Qiaoniang took the nine-eyed stone, looked at it over and over for a long time, and said, "Official, the Tubo man is dead, how can this thing be returned to his relatives?" ”

Leng Yi said: "I have to go back and see if the yamen has found his relatives, find them, and return them together." ”

On the way back from the mountain, Leng Yi tried to go to the village as much as possible, and at the same time, he took off his mask and inspected it with his true face. expressed their gratitude to Leng Yi.

At this time, the county has fully entered the spring ploughing, because with that batch of cattle, the big problem of the villagers has been solved, and everywhere they went, the land has almost been plowed and transplanted.

Everywhere he went, Leng Yi had to convene villagers for discussions, and he did not want the elders and big households to participate, to understand the people's situation and the situation of the poor people in the village. The villagers saw that the chief and the big family were not present, and they spoke freely one by one. Leng Yi learned a lot of situations that he couldn't have imagined.

On the whole, because the Great Song Dynasty has just been founded, due to the long-term war, most of the people are very bitter, and there are not many people who are really rich and noble. Therefore, he is faced with how to improve the living standards of the people, not how to solve the problem of balancing the gap between the rich and the poor. And that's not his specialty.

During the visit, Leng Yi also paid attention to asking the people. However, these poor people have no culture, and they have been facing the loess with their backs to the sky since they were young, and they don't know anything else except farming. As for doing business, it is a natural resistance, but Bazhou Yinling is a poor mountainous area with high mountains and deep waters, and there is very little arable land. For this reason, Leng Yi has always been in a heavy mood.

After a few days, he took his wife Zhuo Qiaoniang and finally returned to the county seat Yamen.

Back in the inner house, Leng Yi immediately found that someone had come in and turned it over. He hurried to the back garden to inspect the buried corpses, and after inspection, there was no sign of turning, apparently, the infiltrators entered the yamen to look for him, but did not find the corpses he buried in the back garden.

He examined the traces that proved that someone had entered, and found that there was a light layer of ash, which proved that it was relatively old. After that, I never came again, and my heart calmed down a little.

The main bookkeeper, Master Dong, and Wu Zhutou all came to report on this month's work. They were not able to find the relatives of the Tibetan people. Because the Tubo in the Song Dynasty was already divided, there was no unified political power, and the man was a traveling merchant, I don't know where he came from, and there were also a few Tubo merchants and immigrants in Yinling County, and the head of the Wu Catcher organized them to identify, and no one recognized who he was.

This matter can only hang. Leng Yi ordered that the jewels be placed in the Yamen treasury, and that if the relatives of the deceased were found in the future, they would be returned to them.

And the nine-eyed stone, because I didn't find it at the time, and Zhuo Qiaoniang liked it very much, so Leng Yi didn't take it out and put it in the warehouse, but let Zhuo Qiaoniang play with it herself, and wait until she found the relatives of the deceased, and then return it together.

After this visit to the countryside and households, Leng Yi found that some particularly poor villagers had run out of food, and it seemed that the work of regular liquidation, which he had expected to start in the summer and autumn, would start in advance.

Leng Yi immediately asked the household department to post notices in all villages in the county, announcing the county's grain sales at a reasonable price. It is limited to those poor people who have received relief from the Yamen during the Spring Festival. At that time, he had already registered the large families in the county, and these people could not buy them. lest they buy it and hoard it.

At this time, there are not many people who have run out of food, but at this time, those who have run out of food are precisely the most difficult and needy families. Leng Yi is now equivalent to selling on credit, and in the future, the autumn harvest will be returned after the grain is harvested, and at the same time an additional profit will be charged, which is much more than the five cents of profit for those large households, and has been warmly welcomed by the people. Those who ran out of food and those who were about to run out of food came to the county seat yamen to find Leng Yi to buy it directly.

Leng Yi asked Master Dong to take charge of this matter, and he often went to the scene to inspect it, so he checked the accounts every day. The reason why he was a little troublesome and handled this matter himself was that he was worried that Wang Anshi Qingmiao would be secretly manipulated by the officials below, which was originally a good thing, but it turned out to be a bad thing that harmed the people.

More than a month later, the grain he had purchased was almost sold out. After all, there are too many poor people in the county, and now, it has not yet entered the summer, that is, it has not yet reached the most difficult time of the green and yellow crops. Now that the food has run out, when the time comes, what will be there to help the people?

Leng Yi decided to go to Bazhou and find a way to find the prefect.

After more than two months of recuperation, the maid grass spike has been able to get out of bed to work, but because of the initial recovery from a long-term illness, her body is too weak, and she still can't do some heavy work.

After more than a month of calm, Leng Yi was sure that the assassins would no longer trouble him. However, just in case, he went to Bazhou this time, and in addition to taking Master Dong with him, he also brought Zhuo Qiaoniang and the maid Caosui with him. At the same time, he also brought a military catcher and two catchers.

When they came to Bazhou, Leng Yi and they still lived in the Yinling Inn.

After settling in, Leng Yi immediately booked a private seat in the best restaurant in Bazhou. Then he took Master Dong and took some souvenirs to visit the prefect's yamen Liao prefect's mansion. The main purpose of his visit this time was to solve the problem of relief food. And this kind of thing, although it is a public matter, but, as we all know, in many cases, official affairs have to be handled by personal relationships. And, of course, eating and drinking.

Leng Yi also knew this, so he not only brought local specialties, but also prepared invitations, and invited the Liao prefect and the prefect's yamen to be in charge of Qiangu's Tongzhi and the secretary of the granary. That is, the main leaders of the prefect's yamen and the head of Qian Gu were invited.

Governor Liao still gave Leng Yi a lot of face, not only attended in person, but also instructed all the staff invited to participate. Even if these staff members didn't give Leng Yi face, they didn't dare not give face to the prefect, so they all sat in a sedan chair and came to the restaurant.

At the banquet, Leng Yi toasted one by one, and invited singers to sing and dance. Then, he duly talked about the situation they were facing in Yinling County. Liao Zhifu and others made up their minds very righteously, and allocated an additional amount of relief grain to Yinling County to help those people who were not in charge.

Leng Yi said that he was doing the practice of collecting an extra profit, and wanted to use this grain to deal with it in the same way, instead of directly giving it away free of charge, so that there would be in and out, and it would be possible for a long time.

Governor Liao's mansion and they all drank too much, and they all said yes to Leng Yi's statement.

Leng Yi was still not at ease after obtaining the verbal consent of the Liao prefect, and repeatedly asked the Liao prefect to form an official document and act according to the official document.

Liao Zhifu is also an old fritter, he knows that it is not easy to deal with problems in the future if something is written in this way, so he pondered for a long time, and agreed with Leng Yi that the official document could be issued, but the name of the relief grain was changed to support grain, and at the same time, it was written in the official document that the Yinling County Ya could "act cheaply" on this batch of "support grain" according to the specific situation. In this way, it will be avoided that someone will pull the braids, and good things will become bad things.

Leng Yi said yes again and again, and I really feel that this Liao Governor's Mansion is worthy of being in the officialdom for many years, and he has a very good way.

Governor Liao said to Leng Yi: "The government has done it for you, can the government also entrust you to do something?" ”

Leng Yi hurriedly bowed down and agreed: "If your lord has any orders, I will definitely do it." ”

"There's nothing else, it's still a matter of the case. -- The last time you helped the government solve the case of the boat gang taking hostages and robbing a merchant ship, and the murder of the wife of the gang leader, they were all solved very beautifully. I appreciate it very much. Alas! Helplessly, in our Bazhou, the people are fierce, and murder cases with evil surnames have appeared repeatedly. No, there was another homicide last night, which was a real headache. Since you're here, let's help the house come up with ideas. ”

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "I must be dedicated." What is the case? ”

"That's right," Governor Liao Qingle cleared his throat, "Last night, there was a murder in Bazhou City, and a woman was killed, but her face was chopped off and she couldn't be recognized at all. Based on the clothes worn by the deceased, someone recognized it as a skinny wife. Moreover, some people heard that there had been a quarrel and a fight between the two of them at home that night. He was arrested and interrogated, but he pleaded not guilty, saying that the corpse was not his wife, although his wife also wore that dress, but many women also had that dress, and they could not be said to be his wife by virtue of a piece of clothing. Benfu felt that his justification also had some merit. So, there are some difficulties, how to make this case good. Please give me some advice! ”

Leng Yi touched the short beard on his chin, pondered for a moment, and said: "The difficulty of this case is in the source of the corpse, if there is no sufficient evidence to prove that the deceased is the wife of Splash Pi, even if Splash pleads guilty, this case has major doubts and it is difficult to conclude." ”

Governor Liao slapped his thigh: "That's it, Lord Leng really sees it accurately." This is also the headache of this house. It's just that the deceased's face has been cut off, and there is no way to recognize whether it is his wife or not. What can I do? ”

The other prefects and bureaucrats also looked at him and wanted to hear what he had to say.

Leng Yi thought for a while and said, "When was the body found?" ”

"It was just dark."

"So you just had dinner?"

"Yes."

"Did the neighbor hear them arguing over dinner?"

"yes!"

"Have they had dinner?"

"After eating, the neighbor also went to persuade him, and his wife was washing the dishes."

"Any leftovers?"

"Leftovers?" Governor Liao didn't pay attention to this problem, and looked at Lu Tongju and the others.

Lu Tongju is the prefect's official in charge of criminal cases, and he is mainly responsible for the on-site investigation. Busy said: "Yes! We grabbed the pimp and took him home to inspect it, and the leftovers from their dinner were still on the table. ”

"What is it that you eat? Got an impression? ”

"This ......, there are greens, tofu or something, by the way, and snails."

"Well, since he was killed just after dinner, the food in the deceased's stomach should not have been digested. The type of meal that each family eats is different, which can be used as an important reference for identification, as long as the corpse is dissected, the food in the stomach is removed, and after cleaning, it is compared with the leftovers on the table, if it is the same, it can prove that this female corpse is not a lady who splashes skin! ”

(To be continued)