Not long after Hou Yi left, everyone saw four officials coming over carrying a soft sedan chair.

The sedan chair did not fall to the ground until it reached the crowd.

A hand stretched out in the sedan chair and lifted the sedan curtain, and the Qingyuan county official walked out of it, and he looked around as soon as he got off the sedan chair, until he saw Si Linche, and then he rushed in his direction and got off the sedan chair with a smile on his face.

Seeing that Si Linche had been showing seriousness, and then looked at the corpse on the ground, he put away his smile, and turned to a compassionate expression.

The county official was reluctant to come, first of all, he was an official, so he was judged by a group of people.

Secondly, he is also a little weak-hearted.

But he still came over under pressure, after all, the Si family, not only the officials can't afford to offend, but even he doesn't want to offend.

As for the rest, he has the biggest official rank here, and who can help him?

"Eh, wait for the official to take a look, this village chief is really a sad and miserable person."

"Yesterday, I saw him busy on this river."

"They have all escaped this natural disaster, how could they lose their lives in this well." The county magistrate stepped forward to mourn in an official tone.

But everyone present knew that he had a conflict with the village chief yesterday, so they all looked at him with blank faces.

Before he could continue his performance, the village chief's wife asked.

"County magistrate, yesterday you told my husband that you would ask your husband to organize the villagers to hand over the resettlement silver taels, and the amount is not low......"

"What do you mean by that? Why are you still raking? The official has never said anything about the purchase fee, and it is clear that it is your father-in-law who asked the official for disaster relief. ”

"The official informed him that the imperial court had not allocated the funds, and because the county had only supplied this year's tax silver to the imperial court some time ago, and dredged the water today, there was no extra silver tael in the government."

"But not only do you not believe it, but you also want to do something to the official."

"The official knew that he was also worried about the villagers, so he didn't bother with him, but just asked the official to pull him away and leave."

The county magistrate's words were extremely clever, not only putting the responsibility for the contradiction on the village chief, but also showing that he was a good official who was generous to the people.

"The officer knows that you are suspicious of the officer."

"But last night, due to the recent floods, there were a lot of things to be dealt with, and the official was in the county government all night to deal with it, and he did not leave, and the officials on duty at night could testify for the official."

As he spoke, some officials testified, but most of the people did not believe it, after all, the officials had to listen to him.

But everyone didn't dare to refute it.

At this moment, Hou Yi, who had left earlier, came over with the master book.

"Are you sure you didn't talk about the purchase fee?"

"But how did Hou hear that the county magistrate had asked him about the purchase fee?" Hou Yi looked at the county official coldly and said.

The chief bookkeeper immediately answered, "Your Excellency did ask today. ”

Although the county official didn't know Hou Yi's specific identity, seeing what he did today, he also knew that this person must not be ordinary.

So he didn't dare to provoke, but just turned his head and looked at the main book fiercely, and said in a low voice.

"The master book can think clearly, think about his future, here it is also the official who decides, what should not be said, it is better not to say it."

After speaking, he looked at the main book and smiled a little gloomy.

Who knew that Hou Yi suddenly smiled brighter than him, but the smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes.

"I'm afraid adults don't know, Lord Chen went to Linxian County last night for disaster relief, and he will come to Qingyuan today."

"I don't know if this Lord Chen will be able to be the lord of the Lord by then?" Hou Yi's voice became colder and colder, indicating his unhappiness.

Hearing Hou Yi's words, the county official took a step back suddenly, as if he was greatly frightened.

At this time, the master took a step forward and asked, "I wonder where my lord was last night?" ”

The county magistrate is now in a cold sweat, thinking in his heart what can he do?

But he has been a little confused by what Hou Yi said.

The master book asked again and again, but his answers were always a little inconsistent and full of loopholes.

In the end, he had to pretend to have a headache and let the officials come over to help him leave.

When the village chief's wife on the side saw that he wanted to leave, she pounced directly and grabbed his trouser legs.

"You can't go, today you must investigate my father-in-law's death clearly, and you must give me the truth."

The village chief's wife cried bitterly while tightly pulling the county official's trouser legs, making it difficult for him to move an inch.

She couldn't take care of it much at this time, she just knew that she couldn't let her husband die like this.

But how could her strength compare to the five big and three thick officials who supported the county officials, so she was pushed to the ground in two strokes.

Yun Genggeng's face became more and more ugly, and when he saw that the village chief's wife was pushed to the ground, he stepped forward to help her up.

She has always known that the actions of some officials are very bad, whether in modern times or in ancient times, there are such people.

But she didn't expect to be so arrogant.

Seeing what the county officials had done, the displaced people were also indignant, and spontaneously gathered together, surrounded the county officials and officials, and prevented them from leaving.

Some of the displaced people knelt directly on the ground and begged the chief bookkeeper to invite Lord Chen to come over and interrogate the county officials.

Looking at the homeless people who fell to the ground, Si Linche and the others didn't feel good in their hearts.

Fortunately, Hou Yi sent someone to inform Lord Chen of the situation early in the morning, and with Hou Yi here, Lord Chen did not dare to slack off, and finally rushed over.

The county magistrate on the side looked at Lord Chen who was present, and knew that he had planted it this time, and he also regretted it, but at this time, regret was obviously useless.

With Lord Chen in charge, not only the county officials, but even the officials under him had already been frightened, and they all confessed without much effort.

As the village chief's wife said, yesterday he not only summoned the murdered village chief to talk about the resettlement expenses, but also summoned the village chiefs of other flooded villages.

But only the head of the eucalyptus village reacted violently and was unwilling to pay, and the village chiefs of the other villages did not speak, but apparently acquiesced and did not want to pay.

After thinking about it, he thought of a trick to kill the chicken and make an example of the monkey, anyway, this county is also the biggest official in the county, and he has the final say, just one life, and he has done the master, so he asked a few cronies to knock the village chief unconscious and throw it into the well overnight.

When the officials came to call him, he was reluctant to come over because he was troublesome, and because he knew that Si Linche and the others were also here, he didn't want to deal with Si Linche because of this.

But later, he was forced to come over, and he didn't have the slightest burden in his heart, but he didn't expect to kick the iron plate today.

Lord Chen quickly convicted the county official of murder, along with those few cronies, and other officials who knew and concealed it, although it was possible that they were oppressed by the county officials, but as long as they followed the county officials on weekdays, none of them escaped.