Jiang Xiaoyi and Bian Linghan were waiting outside the prison. Three burned cells were being rebuilt, and many craftsmen were busy.
Because the walls of the iron prison where serious criminals were imprisoned were thick and deep, Xu Chengfeng's cries could hardly be heard outside. These craftsmen were busy in an orderly manner and were not affected at all. Because the money allocated was enough, they must have used
Before long, three stronger cells will be erected.
A carriage stopped outside the prison.
Jiang Wenhe, the governor of Donggang Town, opened the curtain and stepped out of the carriage.
He knew very well that this time Lin Xi asked him to use his connections to secretly investigate the matter related to the deceased. For a low-level official like him, I am afraid that the danger is still as high as the embezzlement of treasury money during the last river dam.
However, when he got off the carriage, he found that he didn't feel much panic.
A self-deprecating wry smile soon appeared on the old civil servant's face.
Because he discovered that the reason why he was like this was because he had some blind confidence in Lin Xi.
The resistance to the law in the Yingoufang case, the misappropriation of treasury money in the river dam, the overreach of jurisdiction in Yanlai Town, the impeachment to confuse the people, the assassination of the provincial governor in Lulin Town... Each of these things seems to be fundamentally different.
There was no room for maneuver, but Lin Xi got through it safely and rose to prominence. However, those officials who were against Lin Xi were dying and escaping. Even being dismissed from their posts and investigated seemed to be the best outcome.
To those senior officials above the county magistrate's mansion, the eighth- and ninth-grade officials are nothing more than praying mantises under the wheels of their carriages.
But when he stepped out of the carriage, he wasn't worried about Lin Xi and himself, who was invisibly tied to Lin Xi. Instead, he was thinking about the assassination last time and the credit for exposing Xu Ningshen's collusion with the enemy cultivators.
There is no conclusion, and I don’t know what kind of reward will be recorded. And if Lin Xi wins another fight with someone on a large carriage this time, what kind of reward will Lin Xi get?
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The gray-haired Jiang Wenhe walked into the prison yamen. Looking at the energetic Jiang Xiaoyi and Bian Linghan, he became more and more blindly confident in Lin Xi. After greeting the two, he did not
No matter what I say in a hurry, I just wait quietly.
The slightly closed cell door was pushed open while the three of them were waiting. Lin Xi walked out. Looking at the three of them who were waiting for his answer, he frowned slightly and said directly: "We guessed it before.
Yes, he is indeed a eunuch, but apart from this, Xu Chengfeng knows nothing else."
"How was the investigation?" Looking at the somewhat disappointed Bian Linghan and Jiang Xiaoyi, who looked less calm than before, Lin Xi turned her head, looked at Jiang Wenhe and asked.
Jiang Wenhe shook his head and said: "According to your request, all officials above the seventh grade of Lu Dongling who have serious injury records have been checked, and none of them meet the requirements."
Bian Linghan sneered: "In this case, it is very likely that he is a higher-level official."
"It's also possible that it's not in the records." Lin Xi thought as he said, "Originally, only some injury records related to rewards and punishments were recorded in the official files, and I'm afraid no one is willing to tell others publicly that he is an eunuch, so
Even if someone suffers such an injury on a meritorious occasion, most people are unwilling to report it. The only way to check it is from the official records."
"I asked Shi Qiudao to find a way to find out the files of officials above Lu Dongling." Jiang Wenhe looked at Lin Xi and inquired: "It's just that there are no people with whom we have life-long friendships. We need to find out.
If so, I’m afraid we won’t be able to ensure that the news won’t be leaked.”
Lin Xi sneered and said resolutely: "Check! Why not check? Even if I can't find him, I will make him live an unstable life. I will also let him remember his identity as an eunuch at all times, and let him remember that he cannot
If you are exposed, you have to worry all the time even when you go to the toilet and change clothes.”
After a slight pause, Lin Xi said in a more serious tone: "Not only will the officials investigate, I will also publicly report the case to let the officials above know about it, and let the officials above also help with the investigation."
Jiang Wenhe couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. He knew that Lin Xi's two sentences boiled down to the fact that even if you hide it well, I can't find you at all, but if you make me uncomfortable, I will make you even more uncomfortable.
"Master Lin, if you do this, that person will definitely hate you to death." Jiang Wenhe looked at Lin Xi and sighed.
Lin Xi glanced at Jiang Wenhe and said, "I'm not afraid, are you?"
"What's the use of being afraid." Jiang Wenhe laughed at himself: "Now everyone thinks that I am wearing the same pants as Mr. Lin. Even if I claim to be ill from now on, if someone wants to liquidate Mr. Lin, I will not be able to escape.
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"But the less you know about some things, the safer you are." Lin Xi smiled slightly and made a goodbye gesture to Jiang Wenhe.
"Goodbye." Jiang Wenhe immediately stood up, turned around and left, even more neatly than when he came.
"Master Jiang is quite interesting." Bian Linghan looked at Jiang Wenhe's disappearing figure, but the look on his face became serious, "Did Xu Chengfeng say anything else?"
Lin Xi nodded and frowned more tightly: "He said something important."
"What's the matter?" Bian Linghan and Jiang Xiaoyi were a little frightened, because they had rarely seen Lin Xi taking matters so seriously.
"The military has deals with enemy businessmen." Lin Xi looked at Bian Linghan and Jiang Xiaoyi and slowly explained: "I don't know whether it is with Da Mang or Xunman... but in short, the military has deals with enemy businessmen. Xu
Chengfeng didn't know the true identity of the eunuch, but he overheard the conversation between the eunuch and a merchant, and heard about such a transaction. Moreover, there should be a master above the eunuch, he was just a middleman.
The person in charge.”
A cool feeling in the hot summer air penetrated into the hearts of Bian Linghan and Jiang Xiaoyi, and the hall fell silent for a moment.
Although border trade has always existed between all parties, there may also be a lot of materials used in war, including ordnance. However, these materials and ordnance must come from legitimate sources, or come from the creation of folk craftsmen, or from some folk practitioners.
Things that were snatched from fighting with the enemy. Although some of Yunqin's regular ordnance was inevitably spread after some strangulation, it was never allowed to be used for buying and selling.
In particular, the military's black market transactions are a taboo among taboos.
Because for the people of Yunqin, the most unbearable thing is that the weapons made by their own outstanding craftsmen are killed by Yunqin's own soldiers.
Three years after the Holy Emperor officially ascended the throne, the Fallen Star Frontier Army engaged in a black market transaction of smuggling arms. As a result, in that case, the three main culprits were executed, and there were 36 accomplices, totaling 30.
Among the nine officials involved in the case, three were in the third rank and six were in the third rank. All these officials were beheaded and their blood flowed like rivers. They were so killed that all the Yunqin officials turned pale when talking about the military's private sale of arms and did not even mention it.
Dare to mention it.
However, at this moment, Xu Chengfeng actually spit out such a thing again, and the most important thing was that they were sure that the eunuch could make Xu Ningshen work hard to fawn over him, and his status must be extremely high, so this time Lin Xi asked Jiang Wenhe to investigate.
They all start from at least the seventh rank and go up. If such a powerful person is just a waiter, what kind of amazing powerful person is the person in charge?
That person must be a senior official of the military, because the military keeps exact records of the whereabouts of each batch of ordnance. Only when the military controls many senior officials from top to bottom can the ordnance be washed out of this process.
come out.
"Xu Chengfeng not only knew about this matter, but also knew the location and time of the transaction."
Looking at Bian Linghan and Jiang Xiaoyi, who knew the seriousness of this matter, Lin Xi said quietly: "So what we have to decide now is whether we should take care of this matter or not."
Lin Xi paused for a moment, glanced at the two of them again, and said: "Because you also know very well, let alone reporting this matter... even if some news leaks, the transaction will be canceled or the time or location of the transaction will be changed.
, it is impossible to catch the eunuch and the real person behind this."
"Of course we have to take care of it." Bian Linghan said without any hesitation, but his delicate face was covered with frost, "When and where will the transaction be done?"
Jiang Xiaoyi didn't say anything, just looked at Lin Xi and nodded.
Qingluan College has always adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards these students, just like their attitude towards the family dynasty. Although they knew that there should be people from Qingluan College secretly observing and even guarding them, they had already left Qingluan College.
At that time, the college had already made it clear that they had to rely on themselves in everything they encountered. Only when Qingluan College thought it was necessary to contact them, the people from Qingluan College would take the initiative to appear in front of them.
So now that we know about such a big event and can't publicize it outside, we can only rely on the three of them.
As for whether Qingluan Academy will know or intervene, that has nothing to do with them.
Lin Xi had known for a long time that the two of them would never ignore this matter because it concerned the eunuch, so he did not pause at all and said softly: "Four days later in the evening, Longshe Beicangdong Border Trade Market Town."
"It will take at least two or three days to get there quickly." Bian Linghan frowned and said, "We have to set off immediately."
"We will set off after noon tomorrow."
Lin Xi nodded, looked at his two friends, and said: "Tomorrow I will complete the execution. Those who have lost their loved ones because of Yingoufang will have to wait to see Xu Chengfeng and the others execute them."
"A worthy death."
Bian Linghan said angrily: "But that eunuch... deserves to die even more!"
Jiang Xiaoyi nodded. Thinking of that stubborn woman with a faint bloodstain on her face, his heart ached for no reason.
"I will definitely kill him...for all the suffering you have suffered."
He took a deep breath, his hands and feet were cold, but there was an unprecedented murderous intention rising in his heart.