Chapter 54 Purpose
It's just that Shen Shi'an has no evidence, and he doesn't know where the silver went?
Li Hengyao wrapped all this evidence in oiled paper, and went to grab medicine to treat Tietou's injuries, and after he was healed, he and Tietou were separated from each other and mixed into Lu Mansion as a miscellaneous worker.
When Liu Yu arrived, he heard from other subordinates in the house, but because he was a miscellaneous person and couldn't move around at will, the two didn't meet.
After Liu Yu left, the subordinates of the Lu Mansion were not so nervous, and Li Hengyao took advantage of the relaxation in the mansion to quietly inquire about the past in the mansion.
Li Hengyao heard that Lord Shen had brought 500,000 taels of silver to live in the yamen of the Patrol Mansion, and at that time, Lord Futai also sent officers and soldiers to guard the treasury day and night.
Shen Shi'an, as a money and grain official sent by the imperial court, naturally wanted to use silver to buy grain to relieve the victims.
Just when he wanted to pay the bill by buying grain from the local people at double the usual price, he found that the silver was missing.
When the disaster relief silver was missing, Shen Shi'an was very angry and scolded the officers and soldiers guarding the treasury silver, and even the governor Lu Zhizhong was taught a lesson by him.
It was thought that the officers and soldiers of the Yamen of the Patrol Mansion were too lax, so they fell to the disaster relief silver that was lost.
Anger is anger, and things still have to be resolved. Shen Shi'an called all the officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse for interrogation, and found that these officers and soldiers were not injured or even injured.
The scene was not destroyed, and there was still a little unburned incense left on the ground.
The wheel tracks in the yard were cleaned, and Shen Shi'an suspected that there was a thief in the answer.
Otherwise, so much silver would not have been transported so quickly, without leaving a trace. It's so perverse.
After interrogating the officers and soldiers guarding the warehouse, Shen Shi'an did not get any clues, and the officers and soldiers only said that they had been hit by the incense and did not know how the silver was lost.
There were no clues for interrogating the officers and soldiers, and Shen Shi'an asked Lu Zhizhong to call all the subordinates in the mansion over.
One by one, he asked them if they had heard a sound that night. Whoever will speak out, he will be rewarded with ten taels of silver.
Those subordinates were instructed by the housekeeper before they came: let them not say things that should not be said, and no one will be able to protect them if something happens at that time, so Lord Shen just said that he didn't know.
Therefore, when Shen Shi'an asked these subordinates, the results he got were that he didn't know, or he didn't hear any sound.
The subordinates didn't tell the truth, and Shen Shi'an had no choice but to let them go back.
Li Hengyao asked one of the grooms, who had a particularly good relationship with him, and Ma Tian was also brought over for questioning at that time, and asked several times.
"Actually, that night, he heard a voice," said the groom. There were many voices talking, but he didn't dare to get up and look. I only heard it say: Hurry up, hurry up and load the car.
There is only a pillar of incense for the time of the incense. Then I heard many people running around, and after a while I heard the sound of wheels rolling, farther and farther away. ”
The groom also said, "He heard a man called an adult, but he didn't know which one it was?"
At that time, when Shen Shi'an asked someone to question, he wanted to say, but he was afraid that the housekeeper would punish him, so he didn't dare to speak. ”
"What happened later?" Liu Yu asked urgingly when he saw Li Hengyao stop.
Later, a few days later, the groom was cleaning the horse in the stable, when he heard other people whispering that Lord Shen, who lived in the house, was dead.
For a while, the people were scared. Fear of being used as a scapegoat. The people were worried for a long time, and no one came to investigate the case until the arrival of the adults.
Liu Yu listened to Li Hengyao's words, and kept thinking in her mind: she can now be sure that the disaster relief silver was lost, Lu Zhizhong knew about it, and even asked someone to transport the silver away.
Who were the people who took the money? Where was the money going, what was the use of the money, and what were the other unknown purposes behind it?
There are still suspicious places: Who killed Shen Shi'an, did he discover Lu Zhizhong's secret and was killed? Or was he killed by two other groups?
Liu Yu thought about it and was wrong, if there were really three forces in Henan, then he shouldn't kill Shen Shi'an?
Because the three-legged strength just balances the local forces, Shen Shi'an, as an outsider, has no conflict with them.
He only came to provide disaster relief on behalf of the imperial court, and when the disaster was over, he would leave, and there was no need to make any extraneous branches.
Unless it affects the interests of one of the parties?
Or, if one of the forces wants to annex the other, they will join forces with one of them first and get rid of the stronger side first?
So, choose to attack Shen Shi'an at this time, and then blame the other party?
The money and grain official sent by the imperial court to provide disaster relief was killed, and the capital will definitely send someone to investigate again, and the party who blames the disaster will naturally point the evidence at the other party.
Or, if the other side wants to provoke a dispute, it is not impossible to take advantage of the chaos to revolt.
As soon as the world was decided, many people did not obey the orders of the Manchu rule, killed the people sent by the imperial court and slapped the royal family in the face, and then instigated the victims to take the opportunity to rebel against the imperial court?
The victims of the disaster will not be the emperor at all, as long as they can give him food, they will be the emperor. If this is the case? I'm afraid killing Lord Shen is just the beginning?
Thinking of this, Liu Yu felt a little uneasy in his heart. If it was really what she expected, then those guards who stayed in the city were probably in danger?
She had to settle the affairs of the victims as soon as possible, and rush back to the city as soon as possible to retrieve the disaster relief money. These people's conspiracy cannot be allowed to succeed, the world has just been settled, and the people can no longer endure the hardships of war.
However, Liu Yu wondered if Li Hengyao was not a person in the mansion of the Fucheng Patrol Mansion, why did he come to Lingbei again?
So, he asked Li Hengyao: "Then how did you come to Lingbei?"
Speaking of this, Li Hengyao approached Liu Yu and whispered: "I came to Lingbei because I heard that someone wants to make trouble in Lingbei and wants to be unfavorable to adults. That's why I rushed over with an iron head. ”
"Who is it that is not good for me?, or which side of the force?" asked Liu Yu.
Li Hengyao shook his head and said: "It's not clear which side of the people and horses is still unclear, but I heard that the movement is not small, and the other party mobilized half of the people and horses in Henan and quickly transferred to Lingbei."
I think it won't be long before I think there will be chaos. Adults should prepare as soon as possible. ”
It's not good for you? No, it's bad for your identity. It is not good for Qincha, and Fan Jinwen is in danger.
Liu Yu hurriedly got up and said to Li Hengyao: "I'll go first, you leave Lingbei with the iron head and protect him."
In addition, he went to the outside of Gwangju to find the commander of the local garrison and asked him to bring troops to Lingbei to suppress it, and said: There is a rebellion against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty. ”
"Wow!"
Liu Yu hurriedly left a few words, then left the small courtyard with his sword and rushed to the place where the victims gathered outside the city.
Take a look outside the city. Sure enough, there are far more victims today than there were when he first came.
Liu Yu quietly came to the tent where Fan Jinwen was, and found that Fan Jinwen, Gwangju Tongzhi, Lingbei County Commander, and the guards he brought were all in the tent.
Seeing Liu Yu walk in, everyone stood up and saluted. Liu Yu waved his hand to stop him, and then said to them, "Don't talk about this false courtesy.
Wu County ordered you to quickly let people evacuate the victims, let them disperse, and not gather together. If someone does not obey, the one who provokes the trouble will be arrested directly.