After settling those people in the front yard, Yan Lai came to the backyard and said to Ji Changye respectfully, "Lord Wang, everyone has already been brought here. Do you want to interrogate them yourself now, or do you leave it to your subordinates?"

"The king and others went in person. Thank you for your hard work, and Your Majesty will definitely reward you for your meritorious efforts in dealing with the disaster." In order to let Yan Lai do this more dedicatedly, Ji Changye used the words given to him by Song Qian. Although there is a bit of deception in it, the effect is significant.

"Yes."

After Song Qian and the others were ready, Yan Lai, who had turned back, led them to the front yard again.

Looking at these old and skinny faces in the courtyard, Song Qian couldn't help but be a little surprised, and the seriousness of the disaster seemed to be more obvious at this moment.

Although Yan Lai prepared a chair for them, Ji Changye and Song Qian did not sit down, but just stood in front of everyone.

"This is the ......" Yan Lai was about to introduce Ji Changye's identity, but was stopped by Ji Changye's eyes.

He hurriedly shut his mouth and retreated to the back.

Ji Changye then stepped forward and said to everyone, "These are all the people in the county who were ordered to escort the disaster relief silver taels, so they must have known about the theft of the silver taels back then, right?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a noisy discussion in the crowd.

Seeing this, Ji Changye hurriedly spoke again to stabilize them: "Everyone, what I want to say is that the thief who stole the silver taels has been caught by us. But he said there was another accomplice. However, I didn't provide my ID card, so I just wanted to ask you if there were any clues you could provide to us. If we help us catch this accomplice, we will be rewarded."

As the words fell, silence was heard in the crowd. Everyone looked at each other, as if they didn't believe what Ji Changye said.

Song Qian took the opportunity to quietly observe everyone's expressions on the side, trying to find a trace of clues, and sure enough, after a while, she saw a person standing in the corner with a strange look.

At this point, Song Qian took Ji Changye aside and whispered, "Lord Wang, look at that person over there, maybe he knows something." As she spoke, she cautiously pointed out that person to Ji Changye.

"There are some, I'll test it." After that, he walked towards the crowd, because he was afraid that he would startle the snake too directly, so Ji Changye first pretended to ask a few people, but he didn't find anything unusual.

Then Ji Changye walked in front of the man, because the other party was thin, so Ji Changye approached and condescendingly surrounded him.

After the other party found out that Ji Changye had come here, he involuntarily took a few steps back, his eyes dodging for fear that Ji Changye would ask him something.

"What do you know, brother?"

Before Ji Changye's words fell, he hurriedly shook his head and responded, "I don't know anything, don't come to ask me." I still have something to do, so I'll go back first, sir." With that, he ran away and walked outside, but was blocked by the fast wind.

He Yujin also walked up and said, "What are you doing in such a hurry? Could it be that the heart is weak?"

He stared at the man, as if questioning.

The man's face was pale, he gritted his teeth and did not speak, as if he was really frightened.

Ji Changye sighed helplessly, and immediately said to He Yujin and Changfeng, who were blocking him, "Let him leave."

Since Ji Changye said so, the two had to get out of the way.

Taking advantage of this, the man walked away quickly.

At this time, someone in the crowd said, "Official, he is such a person, he is usually silent, he doesn't say anything, and he always has something to do, and he leaves in a hurry every time."

This is also a reason, after all, personal habits are difficult to break.

But Song Qian still felt that there was something wrong with the man.

Since they had asked no questions, Ji Changye asked Yan Lai to dismiss everyone and let them come back when necessary.

Yan Lai knew that this would be the case, and he couldn't find any clues. But he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only ask, "Lord, what should I do next?"

Do you need to continue investigating them?"

"Send someone to follow. It's important for you to spread the word. Let's just say that the thief confessed everything through the beginning, and as long as the thief is still here, he will definitely panic. When the time comes, we will definitely catch him at the entrance and exit of the county." All that can be done now is to deceive them.

Although Yan Lai didn't want to toss around, he thought that the old things would just pass, after all, it was so troublesome to investigate. But because it was Ji Changye's order, he had to do it.

After watching Yan Lai leave, He Yujin walked over and said, "Brother Ji, does this trick really work? What if that person is no longer here? Aren't we wasting our time here?" At that time, the bamboo basket was empty, not only did he not catch the thief, but he also delayed to see Ji Qimu, which is really a pity.

"I don't think that person would have left here since he had managed to get the silver taels. After all, there are so many silver taels, and the county government at that time will definitely not do nothing, the checkpoint is strict, and he will not let him run. So the thief's only recourse is to stay and live his life, so as not to arouse suspicion." Song Qian said.

Ji Changye felt that his words were very reasonable, so he echoed them.

Although He Yujin still thought it was too much of a coincidence to believe it, he didn't say anything and chose to believe them.

After all, a dead horse is a live horse doctor.

Under the spread of Yan Lai, this news soon spread throughout the county, and everyone knew about it, and everyone talked about it.

"Master, this matter ......" The butler looked at Tu Ren's face cautiously, and dismissed the people in the room to ask.

Tu Ren said angrily, "This traitor! How dare you betray me? He shouldn't have been left alive in the first place, and now he's in such a big trouble."

He is a well-known gentry in the county, and when this famine is raging, the whole mansion can still live a luxurious life, all because of the batch of disaster relief silver stolen by the joint efforts a few years ago.

At the beginning, the two of them agreed with each other not to tell each other about it, but after dividing the silver taels, neither of them dared to swagger through the market with so much silver, so they stayed in the county seat. Tu Ren used these silver taels to do business, and the mixed wind and water rose, making the originally fallen family make a comeback. But the man took the silver taels to gamble and wait for death, and he was defeated in a few years, so the two of them are now one in the sky and one in the ground.

Suddenly, the butler thought of something, and said in surprise, "Master, he shouldn't be intent on revenge for not lending him money before."

When the man was chased by the creditor, he came to find Tu Ren and wanted to ask him to help him, Tu Ren naturally didn't want to get into trouble, so he got rid of him and drove him out ruthlessly.

At that time, the man put down the cruel words and told him to wait.

"Could it really be him who came to get revenge on me?" Tu Ren sat down on the chair, at a loss for what to do.

If the events of the year were found out at this time, his huge family business would be cornered and all destroyed.

So Tu Ren naturally didn't want this kind of thing to happen.

The housekeeper was also anxious when he saw this, after all, in this era of famine, if he didn't work as a housekeeper here, he would definitely starve to death when he went out, so he hurriedly came up with an idea: "I don't think he has the courage to say you directly, otherwise the officers and soldiers will come at this time, maybe this is the government's radical method, trying to trick you into confessing your guilt."

"You have a point. It's really cunning. But if he doesn't say it this time, it doesn't mean that he won't confess me in the future, so we have to put an end to the trouble and shut him up completely." Tu Ren's eyes suddenly darkened, and he said these words viciously.

After all, he felt that he was now the most noble person in the entire county, and it was easy to kill someone on his own territory, so he had this idea in order not to go to this.

But after hearing this, the butler asked a little timidly, "Master, is this too much? Why don't you lock him up, so he won't go out and talk nonsense." If the murder was exposed at that time, he would definitely be implicated, so he stopped it at all.

Tu Ren glanced at him helplessly, and said disdainfully:

"Afraid of what? He's just a loner now, and even if he is, no one will notice him, so what are you afraid of?"

If so, then there is nothing to be afraid of.

So the housekeeper answered and prepared according to Tu Ren's instructions.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, the housekeeper rushed into the man's house with the thugs he had found, grabbed him and prepared to extinguish him.

It was at this moment that a dark guard appeared and wiped them out.

I didn't expect to be counter-generalized.

Changfeng appeared and tied them up, saying, "Didn't expect that? We've known about this for a long time, but I didn't expect you to have such a small action for so long.

When the housekeeper heard this, he patted his leg with remorse, thinking that if he had a tougher attitude, if he hadn't come to assassinate the man, this kind of thing would not have happened now.

Seeing that none of them spoke, Changfeng did not embarrass them, so he said, "Okay, don't be here, come back to the mansion with me." Naturally, there will be a county order to cure your sins, so let's go." With that, the long wind urged them to get into the carriage,

When they returned to the county mansion, Ji Changye and Song Qian were not frightened when they saw this scene, but helped lock them up.

"Now, did we catch that person? In that case, are we going to get out of here?" He Yujin suddenly came over and asked excitedly, and it could be seen that he liked this soup so much.

However, there is no way to properly answer this question now, so Ji Changye said as much as he can, "They want to kill the man, but the others have no evidence to ask to get it.

Naturally, these words were heard. The faces of the others were suddenly a little disappointed, and they originally thought that they would take advantage of this opportunity to turn around a lot of days and let them live well.

But it's all an illusion.

Several men were quickly locked in the room ready to be interrogated.

Seeing that the first few people were very cooperative, and Yujin thought that the next one would be a good stubble, but he didn't expect that after the other party was wrong in front of him, he refused to open his mouth to speak when he asked anything, and he sat stiffly on the edge of Ji Changye.

At this time, Ji Changye came over to look at their awkward atmosphere and asked, "What's wrong? Are you not cooperating with the investigation?"

"Yes, I didn't answer anything, I don't know if the piece of wood that was returned to me is here," said Yu Jin as he looked at the housekeeper who was sitting.

Ji Changye quickly understood what was going on, so he gave He Yujin an idea and said, "If you spread this matter, someone will definitely come to look for him."