Xia Ke's expression looked fine, and his words were slow and orderly, but Mrs. Jiang was still worried and said, "We heard that the case in the northwest ten years ago was turned over, and the file was lost. How can there be such a coincidence, is someone framing the master? ”

Xia Ke paused and said, "Whether it is or not, the three divisions of the imperial court will always investigate clearly." ”

Xia Yanqing finally couldn't help it and asked, "What case was ten years ago?" ”

"In the eighth year of Qingyuan, there was a great drought in the nine counties in the west and north ......"

The seven-year year of Qingyuan was not good, and the people generally did not accumulate. In this case, the drought of the following year was particularly severe.

After eating the last grain of rice in their homes and not even peeling the bark of the tree, the victims began to flee in all directions. However, the scope of the disaster is so large, no matter where you go, it is a wilderness. There are people everywhere, and at any time you can see people who can't hold on to the ground and can't get up again.

Those who lived through that year recall the situation at that time are full of lingering palpitations, and hell on earth is nothing more than that.

The relief food from the imperial court was not timely, but it was finally raised and allocated.

In some places, the situation is good, while in others it is not much better.

As a result, the imperial court sent a number of officials to supervise the disaster relief situation in various places. At that time, Xia Ke, who was from Wupin Temple in Dali Temple, was among the officials sent by the imperial court.

At that time, he was investigating several counties in the south of Fuhuai County.

Looking down along the way, Qingzhou County's disaster relief situation is the best, and the people are vying for praise, Qingzhou County Commander Sun Liang is a clean official who is dedicated to the people, and his governance is effective, so that Qingzhou County and the surrounding people can survive.

In Qiuling County, the corresponding disaster relief situation is very bad, not only the porridge is intermittent, but the porridge is also frighteningly thin.

Some of the victims in Qiuling County were displaced elsewhere, and some were reluctant to live in their hometowns and struggled to survive in the local area. No matter what kind of people they are, they are full of complaints, cursing the county magistrate of Qiuling County for being stupid, and accusing the county magistrate of being greedy for disaster relief food. It is believed that he smuggled out the relief grain and sold it at a high price to fill his own pockets.

In drought-stricken areas, food prices have skyrocketed, and it is difficult to tell whether the grain was hoarded by grain traders or stolen relief grain.

Xia Ke was originally from Dali Temple, and he did not look at the superficial situation to judge the crime. After several investigations, it was confirmed that Sun Liangcai, the county commander of Qingzhou County, sent people to pretend to be disaster victims, and followed the most grain-transporting team along the road.

The grain transportation team made its own negligence first, and then caused the loss of grain, so it did not make a noise, and sent the surplus grain to the destination in a daze, and handed over the errand after completing the handover.

The people who fled in Qingzhou County and the surrounding areas can get good relief. The remaining grain for disaster relief was really sold by Sun Liangcai at a high price.

At that time, the officials sent by the imperial court had the power to act cheaply. Once it is verified, some officials are greedy for money and food for disaster relief, and the crime is increased by three degrees, and they can be executed on the spot to deter the disaster area.

The cases in Qingzhou County and Qiuling County have been investigated and tried in detail, and there are all kinds of human and material evidence.

If the file is still there, as long as it is called up, everything will be clear.

But now, the dossier is gone.

Just looking at the surface, the county order of Qingzhou County was praised by the people, and even on the day of the execution, thousands of people really wrote to avenge Sun Liangcai.

In Qiuling County, however, the disaster relief efforts were really ineffective, resulting in the displacement of the people and farmers under its jurisdiction, and more people died of starvation than in other places.

The surface situation of the two counties is put together, and then the results of Xia Ke's treatment are compared. Whoever looks at it, it is also Xia Ke who has done something unseemly in it.

Xia Yanqing listened to Xia Ke explain things clearly, and couldn't help but be surprised in his heart. The person who murdered Xia Ke can be regarded as having made a lot of effort, after so many years, looking for the case handled by Xia Ke, only to find a one that seems to have loopholes, how much hatred does this have?

"Ten years ago, the people who participated in the investigation and trial in those two counties should be able to be found, right? What if they are also bought and don't tell the truth? "Xia Yanqing has a bit of a conspiracy theory.

Xia Ke smiled and said: "The people who participated in the investigation back then were not one or two, how could they all be bribed. ”

Xia Yanqing looked at Xia Ke with suspicion. How did she feel that her father had little confidence to say this?

Mrs. Jiang was worried and said, "Otherwise, the master will find Master Gong of Dali Temple, or Cao Shangshu of the Criminal Department, and talk about the situation back then." Is it okay to ask the master of the Yanwang Mansion and the guest secretary? ”

Xia Zixi looked at Shao Yi and asked, "What does Cheng An think?" The rest of the people also looked at Shao Yi.