After returning to Linshi City, Ren Tianxiang immediately took Zhang Bantang back to their office in the City Lord's Mansion.

At this time, Hu Yaoyu and the others had already come back from outside, and a lot of documents were piled up on their respective tables, and it seemed that they had gained a lot from coming back from outside this time.

Seeing Ren Tianxiang open the office door and walk in, Hu Yaoyu immediately greeted him.

"Your Excellency. Hu Yaoyu's expression seemed to be a little anxious, and after walking in front of Ren Tianxiang, he didn't look at whether Ren Tianxiang was looking at him, so he said directly, "Zou Chang has left Linshi City." ”

"Hmm, what is he doing when he leaves Linshi City?" Ren Tianxiang was a little surprised, and secretly said in his heart, this Zou Chang was afraid that he would not see that the matter was about to be revealed, so he would abscond directly in fear of crime.

"I heard that there is a very large event in a nearby city that requires him to appear as a guest. Hu Yaoyu naturally knew what Ren Tianxiang was thinking, but when he said such a reason, his face was still a little unbearable - after all, this was not an important matter, and it even looked like a child's play.

However, Ren Tianxiang didn't feel anything wrong, and he then asked, "How far is that city from Linshi City?"

"It's not far away, and if you ride a horse, you can reach it in half a day. The scale of this event is quite large, and Zou Chang expects to stay there for four or five days. Hu Yaoyu replied honestly, "But don't worry, my lord, I have asked Wang Yixian to follow Zou Chang, and I won't let Zou Chang escape." ”

While speaking, Hu Yaoyu took out a token from his storage ring, handed it to Ren Tianxiang, and said, "My lord, this is given to us by Wang Yixian, saying that if there is an emergency, we can contact him through this." ”

Ren Tianxiang nodded and took the token handed over by Hu Yaoyu.

This token doesn't have any special appearance, it is the appearance of a very ordinary identity token of the Criminal Prison Division, but after Ren Tianxiang's spiritual power penetrated into it, he found that there were many inscriptions engraved in it, and it had the function of being able to transmit sound one-to-one.

I think this is a special tool used by the Criminal Prison Department to transmit sound. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then sighed in his heart that it was more convenient for them to have a communication bracelet in the Dragon Society.

Now that Wang Yixian has gone to follow Zou Chang, Ren Tianxiang doesn't have to worry that Zou Chang will sneak away. Although Wang Yixian doesn't talk much, after all, he is also the commissioner of the Criminal Prison Division, and he is also a saint-level monk, Zou Chang's strength is at most immortal-level, and it is absolutely impossible for him to run away under Wang Yixian's nose.

Putting away the token, Ren Tianxiang's gaze looked past Hu Yaoyu to An Youqing and the others, who were sorting out the information, and then said to Hu Yaoyu: "Okay, let's get down to business." ”

Then Ren Tianxiang pointed at An Youqing and the others, and asked Hu Yaoyu: "Captain Hu, did you get anything out of the investigation this time?"

"There are some gains, but most of the information is still being sorted out. Hu Yaoyu said, and then handed a report in his hand to Ren Tianxiang, "This is a temporary report, because we have not sorted out the information, so this report is a little incomplete." ”

Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then took the report.

Hu Yaoyu and others have now completed the collection and classification of their data, and the types of these materials have basically been recorded in the report, and Ren Tianxiang can see it intuitively.

Because there was nothing to gain from investigating Zou Chang's personal account, Ren Tianxiang asked Hu Yaoyu and others to investigate whether there were any suspicious people around Zou Chang.

According to the investigation of Hu Yaoyu and others, Zou Chang did not collude with any officials, and other officials in Linshicheng were very clean. As for the merchants, Zou Chang's wife's cousin runs a chamber of commerce in Jincheng, and because of the development of the winding mountain road, they also make a lot of money.

Because of this, Hu Yaoyu and others also went to investigate this chamber of commerce, but they didn't find any problems.

Of course, there is naturally a law in the Star Emperor that relatives of officials are not allowed to do business, but Zou Chang's wife's cousin has not only opened this chamber of commerce in Jincheng before Zou Chang became an official, but also his relationship with Zou Chang is not very close, strictly speaking, it is not a "relative".

In addition, Hu Yaoyu and others also specifically investigated whether there were shops and chambers of commerce that received a large amount of start-up capital for a period of time after the construction of Panshan Road, or whether anyone received a large amount of money during that time.

However, with the help of the Linshi City Audit Office and the City Lord's Mansion Finance Office, it took them three days to find only four or five businessmen who were suspected of having some relationship with Zou Chang, but they still couldn't find any evidence.

If it was a few days ago, Ren Tianxiang saw that they had investigated such a result, Ren Tianxiang would have to be angry. After all, they have been investigating for more than 20 days now, and if they still haven't investigated in any direction, it will really be annoying.

But now, Ren Tianxiang had already received a hint from Xingheng and knew that he would have to continue to wait, so he was not in such a hurry.

So he patted Hu Yaoyu on the shoulder and said, "It's good if there is a suspect, you can continue to investigate." Bantang and I just received news from Star City, let's wait for a while, there may be a turnaround here in Linshi City next. ”

"Let's wait for a while?" Hu Yaoyu was stunned at this time, he couldn't contact the news from Xingcheng for a while, "How can Xingcheng know about the situation on our side?"

Ren Tianxiang shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Because of the sacrifice of a first-level prosecutor and the assassination of us twice, Your Majesty is very concerned about the problem here. The shadow guards have now intervened in the investigation, and according to the news from their side, something should happen in Linshi City in the near future. ”

As he spoke, Ren Tianxiang crossed over Hu Yaoyu and looked at the members of the inspector team who were looking at him: "In the near future, you can pay more attention to the affairs of Linshi City, if we can grasp these opportunities, we will be able to complete this mission." ”

Hearing that Ren Tianxiang finally had an affirmative answer, everyone's faces showed happy expressions.

They had been waiting for this news for too long, twenty-six or seven days had passed since they came to Linshi City, and they had maintained a high-intensity work condition every day. Now that they finally got the good news, they were finally about to relax.

"Alright, let's do our job first. Ren Tianxiang said, then looked at Hu Yaoyu beside him again, and asked, "Captain Hu, hasn't Hongyu come back yet?"

"Not ...... yet"

Before Hu Yaoyu finished speaking, he felt a gust of wind rise behind him, as if a person suddenly appeared behind him.

Hu Yaoyu turned around and found that Wang Hongyu had already taken advantage of the short time just now to come behind him.

It's just that Wang Hongyu didn't care about Hu Yaoyu at this time, he looked at Ren Tianxiang seriously and didn't say a word.

Seeing Wang Hongyu's slightly serious expression, Ren Tianxiang also understood that he should have learned something, so he nodded and asked, "Hongyu, what did you investigate?"

"I met Yu Chengfu's wife in Wangbei City. Wang Hongyu said.

Yu Chengfu was the previous city lord of Linshi City, and when he was in office, he had a lot of illegal consumption, but when the audit office went to investigate later, he had already lost his trace.

In addition, in fact, the previous financial officer of the finance department in Linshicheng also lost his trace, but Ren Tianxiang only knew the residence of Yu Chengfu's family, so he did not let Wang Hongyu investigate the financial officer.

"Did she say anything?"

I asked her about Yu Chengfu back then. "Wang Hongyu's eyes are very serious, but no matter how serious he is, he can't hide a trace of sadness in his eyes," she said that Yu Chengfu sent all his family members to Wangbei City before leaving office, and he was ready to rush to Wangbei City immediately after leaving office.

"But in fact, Yu Chengfu never appeared again after leaving Linshi City, he didn't arrive in Wangbei City, he didn't even arrive in Jincheng - he should have been disposed of on the way from Linshi City to Jincheng. ”

"Yu Chengfu was disposed of after he left office......" Ren Tianxiang grasped the key point of Wang Hongyu's words and thought about it, "If this is the case, then it means that there are still some discrepancies in the case about Yu Chengfu found by the Procuratorate seventeen years ago - he is not the main culprit at all." ”

"That's my guess. Wang Hongyu nodded, and then said his guess, "My guess is that Yu Chengfu had already colluded with Zou Chang, who was the deputy city lord, back then, and it was Zou Chang who asked him to do so. After this, Zou Chang became the lord of the city, and in order to prevent his affairs from being exposed, he hired someone to kill Yu Chengfu. ”

"There's some truth to your guess, but there's still no evidence, right?"

"It's nature. Wang Hongyu spread out his hands and said with a wry smile, "Zou Chang hides very deeply, and he doesn't leave us any clues." Not to mention us, even Yu Chengfu's wife didn't know what her husband had done when he was the city lord of Linshi City. ”

"I already know about Yu Chengfu. Ren Tianxiang nodded and said, "Next, let's see what the hint that Star City gave us, what it refers to." ”

Ren Tianxiang slowly sat on the sofa in the office, and put the document that Hu Yaoyu had just handed him on the table.

There are now several documents on this table, these are all reports that Hu Yaoyu and the others have checked before, and they have been placed here since Ren Tianxiang read them, and no one has touched them.

After Ren Tianxiang sat down, he was also thinking to himself.

Until now, in fact, they have found a lot of suspicious points, such as Panshan Road, the Finance Office of the City Lord's Mansion, the previous city lord of Linshi City, etc., but unfortunately, these suspicious points are not enough evidence for them to convict Zou Chang.

So next...... It depends on what Xingheng made him wait for.

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