"Lord Wang, my subordinates have brought people to inquire about the people of Xuancheng in recent days, and they have not asked about the corruption of Xuancheng officials, on the contrary, many ordinary people say that the officials of Xuancheng are good officials."

Mo Zechen was noncommittal and whispered, "Good official? ”

This is very strange.

An official who can make the people in the area under his jurisdiction full of praise, but some people have traveled thousands of miles to the capital to sue them for corruption.

With Mo Zechen's keenness, he naturally sensed that there must be something strange in this.

"One more thing—"

The Shadow frowned slightly, as if hesitating.

"What else?"

Mo Zechen looked up at the shadow and motioned for him to continue.

"When my subordinates heard them say that the officials in Xuancheng were rare good officials, they felt strange in their hearts, so they investigated deeply, and found another strange thing."

"Three years ago in Xuancheng, many people in the city disappeared for no reason, and after their families reported to the officials, they couldn't find them, no one was alive, and no body was seen in the dead."

"The thing that puzzles the subordinates is that these families have missing people, every month of the year, the government will allocate a sum of money to them, saying that the government can't find anyone, so this money is to make up for them."

"The reason why the people in the city are full of praise for the officials of Xuancheng is because of this."

But this seemed strange to the Shadows.

There is no law in the imperial court that after someone goes missing, no one is seen alive or dead, and the court needs to give these people a sum of money as compensation.

Besides, Xuancheng's finances should not be able to do this.

Just because Xuancheng is mountainous and forested, there are very few fertile fields that can grow grain, which means that the annual taxes collected here will not be much.

Moreover, many merchants learned that the grain harvest here was not much, so they deliberately raised the price of grain and transported the grain here to sell.

In a city, ordinary people should occupy at least eighty percent of the population, and only a small part of the wealthy.

These profiteers deliberately inflated the price of grain, and the money earned by ordinary people through their daily hard work may not be enough to buy food.

The imperial court knew about the situation in Xuancheng, disposed of a group of profiteers, and then allocated funds to buy some grain and send it to Xuancheng every year.

If the imperial court comes out, naturally no one will dare to raise the price of grain at will.

In a city that needs the imperial court to buy grain every year to ensure the food needs of the people in the city, local officials can actually send money to some families who are missing every month.

Although it is a good thing for the victim's family to be able to send money to the victim's family for three years, it is more indicative of Xuancheng's financial problems in the Shadow's view.

Through this incident, it may be possible to find evidence of corruption among Xuancheng officials.

"Interesting!"

The problem that the shadow can find, Mo Zechen can naturally find out, he pondered for a moment, and asked, "Are there any connections or commonalities among these people?" ”

"Among the missing people, there is no connection, basically they don't know each other, but the subordinates found out what they have in common, all of them are men, and all of them are young and powerful young adults."

"If there is a common point, the possibility of the same group of people committing the crime is greatly increased."

Mo Zechen turned his fingers, analyzing in his mind what useful information he could deduce from the information he had found so far.

An idea flashed through Mo Zechen's mind, and he hurriedly asked, "Only three years ago, someone disappeared in the city, and there hasn't been anyone in the last two years?" ”

The Shadow shook his head, "No. ”

"Send some more people to investigate, I have a hunch that this incident may allow us to find evidence of corruption among Xuancheng officials.

Mo Zechen exhaled a cloudy breath and let the shadow continue to investigate along the line.

"Lord Wang, my subordinates don't understand, why don't we directly take over the official mansion of Xuancheng, in this case, we will check things much faster."

It's not like now, I can only ask the people around me about some things.

"The complainant said that the officials in Xuancheng protect each other, and everyone has a share in corruption, which may be his exaggeration, but it also means that there will be many corrupt officials in Xuancheng."

"Just relying on the account book that only half of the person who complained took out of his hand actually doesn't prove anything, because as long as he doesn't get substantive evidence, the officials of Xuancheng will not admit it."

If the complainant could come up with any definite evidence, he wouldn't have to make this trip at all, and His Majesty would have directly ordered the nearby military camp to surround the entire Xuancheng.

"The manpower we brought will not be able to completely take over the affairs in the hands of the Xuancheng officials, and if we do this rashly, it will not only startle the snake, but also make the people of Xuancheng chaotic."

When the shadow heard this, he didn't say much.

When the shadow was about to be pushed out, Mo Zechen suddenly remembered and asked, "By the way, is there any useful news from the capital?" ”

"Did Su Qianxi find it?"

"Back to the prince, there is no letter from the capital today."

The Shadow replied.

Hearing this answer, Mo Zechen let out a long sigh.

"Let the housekeeper do their best to find it, no matter what, they must find Su Qianxi."

"And tell Qingzhu to pay attention to all the things that happened around Su Qianxi before the accident."

"I kidnapped someone, I didn't write a ransom letter or make any demands, and it may have been out of personal vendettas."

"And if you dare to attack the people of the Regent's Palace, the other party should not be an ordinary person."

"You ask the housekeeper to find out that everyone had a dispute with Su Qianxi before Su Qianxi's disappearance, no matter how big or small the matter is, as long as there are people who may have a grudge, all of them will be investigated······"

Hearing this, the shadow couldn't help but interject, "Lord Wang, if you say this, I'm afraid you will offend many people." ”

In the past few days when the princess married into the regent palace, as far as he knows, although the number of times she goes out is small, every time she goes out, she is extraordinarily public, and there will definitely be people who will suffer because of offending the princess.

As far as the princess's character is concerned, if according to what the prince said, everyone who has a little quarrel will have to be investigated, this will definitely offend many people!

Mo Zechen looked at the shadow with some doubts, and said puzzledly, "Are there still few people who can't get used to seeing this king?" ”

In a word, the shadow was directly silenced.

I really can't answer this question.

After all, although the prince's personality was a little colder, his flamboyant behavior at that time was a little more powerful than that of the princess.

This is what it means if there are more lice and no itching, and if there are more debts, you will not worry.

The Shadow sighed inwardly and replied, "Subordinate understood. ”

"The prince has no other instructions, so his subordinates will go to do things."