"Prime Minister, these are all the books that can be found."

Wang Wu walked in, holding a stack of books in his arms.

"Put it here." Xie Ji pointed to the desk and said, I hope those books are useful.

"Has the county government been undergoing renovations recently?" Xie Ji looked at the information and asked suddenly, everyone was stunned for a moment.

The officials who were kneeling on the ground reflected for a while before they realized that Xie Ji was asking them something.

"No, absolutely not."

The officials looked at each other, and then one of them answered Xie Ji's question.

"Is the chief bookkeeper organizing these account books?"

Xie Ji didn't say anything after hearing this, and continued to ask. The dim light of the candle shone on Xie Ji's face, adding a bit of holiness to him.

"Yes, the chief clerk is in charge of it alone, and we are not allowed to touch it."

The officials heard this and said.

Xie Ji understood a little bit and continued to ask: "What else is special about the chief clerk?"

The officials looked at each other, and one of them patted his head, causing the people around him to look at him.

He said loudly: "Prime Minister, last time I went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, I saw that the chief clerk seemed to be talking to someone. He looked extremely suspicious. He was in a deserted alley, and the person talking seemed to be

It's from the capital city. I seem to have heard them talk about ministers, evidence of crimes, and land restrictions. I don't know the details. They seemed to have been communicating for a while."

"That person left, and finally the chief clerk left when he saw that there was no one around."

As soon as these words came out, it became clear that this was a calculation.

Xie Ji understood that this was a plan that was planned long ago just to wait for this moment.

"How many of you are the only ones in the county government?" Xie Ji looked at the officials at this time. There were only a few of them. Xie Ji understood why this happened, but he was still very angry.

"A few people disappeared in the morning, and more of them fled after the county magistrate was arrested."

One person said that when those people heard that the county magistrate had been arrested, they ran faster than rabbits.

Run, where to run?

Xie Ji had this doubt in his mind, could they change their names? If they didn't have any problems in their hearts, why would they leave in a hurry? It seemed that those people all had problems.

"Why don't you leave?"

Xie Ji then asked, since so many people took advantage of the chaos to leave, why didn't these people leave?

"Prime Minister, the county magistrate has treated us very well, and we are unwilling to leave him behind."

The man said this, and Xie Ji fell into deep thought again. It seemed that they had planted many spies in the entire county government, otherwise they would not have left Cha Liang so quickly.

Xie Ji continued to look through the information, trying to find some information that would be beneficial to him.

"Please explain everything the county magistrate has done these days."

Although you can get some information from the secret guards, you can't always know who does what and who does it without any gaps. If you can know everything, you will be a god.

What's more, there was no surveillance in ancient times, and it was impossible to ensure that everything collected by the secret guards was true. If they deliberately released false information, wouldn't they be deceived?

Ancient intelligence was definitely not foolproof, otherwise the emperor could know what a certain courtier did and said at what time. Think about how terrible this would be.

Therefore, there are restrictions. If they close the door and discuss something in a secret room, there is really no way to know. Relying on intelligence alone is useless unless you can penetrate all aspects. However, this

It's basically impossible.

Therefore, it is necessary to collect more information to analyze whether the information is true or false, and finally draw a conclusion.

Under Xie Ji's gaze, those people slowly explained what had happened recently.

After they finished explaining, Xie Ji said to an official: "Go and call Zhang Da and Chen Yi."

Xie Ji said that maybe we could get a clue from the mouths of these two people.

"No." The official said and left immediately.

From what these people said, Xu Bin has done a lot of things recently. He can be targeted not only by those in the court who want to weaken themselves through him; but also by some powerful landlords in Changling County who were attacked by him. Therefore, these people

They united together.

And anything that can quickly eliminate Xu Bin is naturally a violation of the law.

As soon as the charges are proven, everything going forward will be ruined.

This is not the most important thing. If the land restriction order can really be used for personal gain, then this law will be abolished. This is just the beginning, and what follows is unimaginable.

"I have seen the Prime Minister before. The Prime Minister is as blessed as the East Sea and has a longevity as long as the Southern Mountains." As soon as Chen came in and saw Xie Ji, he knelt down tremblingly, looking respectful.

However, Xie Ji was not in the mood to appreciate his respect and timidity now. When he saw him, he said: "Use the land restriction order to plunder all the people's property. Who ordered you to do it?"

"What?" This was Chen Yi's first reaction when he heard this sentence. He was puzzled and confused. Then he thought about what happened today and was a little scared. He immediately said, his tone was a little nervous, "Prime Minister, this is definitely not true."

What I did, no matter how courageous a villain is, he would never do such a thing."

"Villain, villain really wouldn't do such a thing. Although villain likes to bully others and take advantage of others, villains really don't dare to do that kind of thing. Villains are afraid of death."

When Chen heard Xie Ji's words, he immediately defended himself and spoke so fast that his mouth watered.

Because of fear, Xie Ji saw his eyes full of fear and uneasiness, as well as a bit of confusion and melancholy.

However, Xie Ji did not ask him any more questions and said to the clerk, "Where is Zhang Da?"

"Prime Minister, I went to Zhang Da's house and found that he had run away a long time ago. The door was not even locked. When I went in, I found that everything had been emptied."

When the clerk's words reached everyone's ears, Xie Ji remained silent, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Xie Ji was not in a good mood.

"What, Zhang Da ran away, why did he run away?" Chen Yi said a little puzzled.

Suddenly, a person walked in and whispered softly into Xie Ji's ear: "Zhang Da is dead."

Xie Ji's eyes paused. Zhang Da was dead, so he asked, "How did he die?"

Xie Ji's words attracted everyone's attention. Who died?

"Prime Minister, I dragged him over here. He is over there in the county government hall."

Xie Ji's face was a little solemn. He was killing someone at this time to silence him.

Xie Ji put down the books on the table, took the candle next to the desk, and moved from the study to the county government lobby.

When I came out, it was already dark. If there were no lights, I might trip over some rocks.

Xie Ji's eyes are pretty good and he can see things in such a dark night.

The inconvenience in ancient times was that there was no entertainment at night, so we had to sleep.

The servants lit a few lanterns to help Xie Ji light up the road ahead. The lanterns were also to warn pedestrians in front that there was someone here, so don't hit them.
Chapter completed!