The Taiyuan Prefecture General was stunned when he heard Lord Wei's words, frowned and thought for a moment, as if he had already figured it out.

"Sir," said the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, "the official thought it was just a coincidence."

Wei Yuanchen didn't say anything.

The magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture swallowed nervously and continued with courage: "Not to mention that Miss Gu has been stupid since she was a child, it is not easy for ordinary women to kill such people."

Bei Zhi and others have carefully checked it. If Miss Gu intends to harm others, they must know the purpose of the murderer in advance, lead the murderer up the mountain alone, and finally push the murderer down the mountain alone. There cannot be any mistakes before and after this. These things cannot be done in the case of Bei Zhi." Compared to this, he felt that the murderer failed and Miss Gu escaped by chance, so this explanation is more reasonable.

After saying this, Feng Anping, the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture, raised his head carefully and found that Lord Wei was still calm. He felt a chill in his heart. Could it be that he would not follow Lord Wei's wishes, Lord Wei would punish him?

He regretted it a little. He had known that even if he had lost his official position, he would not have done anything for Lord Wei. If he didn't do his job well, the outcome might be even more miserable.

It was only the only thing that he blamed him for protecting himself. When the prince's men came to win him over, he gave gifts to the prince to ensure safety. However, he was discovered by Lord Wei. A few days ago, Lord Wei came to Taiyuan Prefecture and went directly into his home gate and mentioned this matter. Although he felt that Lord Wei might not have conclusive evidence in his hands, he still did not dare to take risks.

The court clearly ordered all those who formed cliques and private affairs to deal with them strictly. When the second prince and the eldest princess had an accident, they implicated many officials. Even Empress Wei's mother's family was imprisoned. Lord Wei had experienced these personally, so the tricks were naturally clear. It was easier to find an excuse to send him, the magistrate, to the jail.

It's really a mistake that brings eternal regret.

Thinking of this, Feng Anping lay on the ground and took the opportunity to defend himself again: "My Lord, I have no desire to form a clique. I really took out the gifts just to keep my official position." How dare he provoke the prince? It is not an exaggeration to say that the whole Shanxi is in the hands of the prince. How can he gain a foothold in Shanxi without worshipping the prince?

Wei Yuanchen interrupted the verdict: "Let's talk about this case!" It seems that no one except him is suspicious of Miss Gu, and there is no definite evidence in his hand. He would mention it to Feng Anping just to test this person's attitude.

This incident is nothing more than two consequences: either he is suspicious or Miss Gu is too capable. No matter which truth is, it is the same for him, so you should pay more attention to Miss Gu.

Feng Anping came forward considerately and poured a cup of tea for Lord Wei: "The murderer refused to admit anything, but we found a few pearls from him, and Miss Gu also picked up a pearl in the Jinta Temple."

It is those pearls that make many people in the government office look disgusted.

Feng Anping said: "Seven years ago, there was a "Pearl Thieves" in Shanxi. After the "Pearl Thieves" steal property, they will leave a pearl to indicate their identity.

The "Pearl Thieves" started to attack only the gentry and officials, but later they robbed Kuyin. In order to escape smoothly, he ignited Ao Cang, which stored disaster relief grain, and attracted the yamen to go to put out the fire. When the government office found that the timing was in progress, the "Pearl Thieves" had already escaped.

Although the court later arrested the "Pearl Thieves" everywhere, the man seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, without any news.

Now that the pearl appears in Taiyuan Mansion again, the yamen are speculating whether it is the "Pearl Thief" who is back."

"Didn't the 'Pearl Thief' of that year disappear out of thin air?" Wei Yuanchen's indifferent voice came.

Feng Anping immediately blushed. Although he had not yet entered the officialdom seven years ago, after he arrived at Taiyuan Prefecture, he carefully sorted out the case sects of previous years and read the old case files about the "Pearl Thieves". The bandits committed crimes many times, but they were able to escape unscathed. Since they had never fought and no one had witnessed the incident, they naturally didn't know what the "Pearl Thieves" looked like, so even if the "Pearl Thieves" stood in front of them, they could not recognize them.

"Disappeared out of thin air" is just a saying that you want to protect the face of the yamen.

Lord Wei really did not leave any kindness.

Wei Yuanchen said: "Is the 'Pearl Thief' who had previously checked for a search so easily?"

Feng Anping immediately defended: "Of course... it won't be so easy, but the murderer caught is likely to be a member of the "Pearl Thief".

After the Kuyin case, the "Pearl Thieves" never appeared again, until the pearl was discovered in Jinta Temple. If the pearl thief was really back, then the recent robberies in Shanxi may have been caused by the "Pearl Thieves".

The Kuyin case seven years ago has not been able to achieve results. Perhaps this time, the two cases can be investigated together."

Feng Anping said as he felt a surge of blood surged in his chest. If he could catch the thief, he would not have been the magistrate for nothing, especially in the kuyin case that year, the disaster relief grain was burned and so many people killed. This was the first ambition he made after being the magistrate of Taiyuan Prefecture.

"If the same person commits a crime, it is not necessary to use the same method. Similarly, if pearls are found in this case, it may be that someone deliberately used the "Pearl Thieves" to confuse the public. You should not draw conclusions. Your Taiyuan Government Office is investigating the case like this. It is better to step down from your official position and apologize to the court."

A cold sound came, like a basin of ice water poured Feng Anping through from head to toe.

Feng Anping shivered hard.

Wei Yuanchen said calmly: "But the current bandit case also has some similarities with seven years ago."

Feng Anping immediately became energetic and looked at Wei Yuanchen, looking like he was listening to the teachings.

Wei Yuanchen said: "Whether it is the 'Pearl Thief' or the bandits that appear now, they can easily succeed every time. When the yamen arrives, there will be no clues found.

The yamen has made great contributions to the capture of the murderer in Jinta Temple this time."

Feng Anping wished he could choke here by his saliva. It was not because they had made great contributions. It was clearly because Miss Gu was lucky enough to escape the disaster.

Lord Wei guessed in advance that there would be a problem at the Dharma Assembly, and the yamen just picked up a ready-made murderer.

Feng Anping was sad and didn't know what to say. After a moment of silence, he thought carefully about Lord Wei's words. A light flashed through Feng Anping's mind, and Lord Wei seemed to be mentioning him.

Feng Anping said anxiously: "Is there someone in the yamen colluding with bandits? Every time they can communicate with each other, and when the yamen investigates everywhere, they can get out smoothly."

Wei Yuanchen's eyes were calm and without any turbulence, but it made people unconsciously want to dodge at one glance. Feng Anping immediately lowered his head: "Nizhi will go back to the yamen to check carefully. If someone deliberately approached the murderer, Beizhi will take him down immediately."

Feng Anping bowed and retreated, walked to the yard and took a closer look. A big rooster was looking for food on the ground.

It was strange, wasn't it a hen? Why did it turn into a rooster? Feng Anping looked at the person standing in the yard again. It was Lord Wei's personal guard Chu Jiu.

Chu Jiu stood there motionlessly with a stern face.

Feng Anping pinched the small paper bag in his arms. This was the beef he specially made on the way to come. He wanted to use this thing to bribe Chujiu. But look at Chujiu's serious appearance, which looked very much like his master's demeanor. Thinking of this, the courage he had finally plucked up immediately. If the beef was not delivered, Chujiu jumped up and gave him a knife, what should he do?

Feng Anping immediately poked the beef sauce in his arms deeper.

"You are very familiar with Huaiyuanhou, are you?" A faint voice came from the door.

Feng Anping regretted that he had not run faster, so he turned his head and said, "My grandfather was once a thousand households under the command of the old marquis, but he was not a thousand households entrusted with important responsibilities. The purpose of being able to serve is purely because of nepotism. My grandfather has no ability. Later, he was punished by the old marquis for bribing the deputy general. Now I have only one nepotism that I have nothing to do with indisputable nepotism."

Wei Yuanchen said: "So, Miss Gu is your cousin."

Feng Anping was crying and he didn't say anything at all. It was clear that Lord Wei had known it before, so he could only bite the bullet and said, "Yes, but Bei Zhi didn't speak for Miss Gu just now. Miss Gu has been sick since she was a child. Huaiyuan Hou's Mansion has been looking for doctors and medicines. Although the lady has a stubborn disease, she is pure and kind-hearted. She doesn't dare to step on ants on weekdays and will never harm anyone."

Feng Anping completely understood why Lord Wei was famous. He was not very old, but he acted calmly and had a skillful means. Standing there, people couldn't tell the joy and anger in his heart.

"Don't disclose my matter to the Gu family."

Lord Wei's light command was far better than all threats of harsh words and harsh words.

Feng Anping bowed and said, "I will never dare to mention it to a third party."

After walking out of the yard, Feng Anping found that his clothes were soaked. After doing this case, he would completely cut off relations with Lord Wei, otherwise he would probably not live to marry and have children.

Just as he was thinking, Feng Anping was frightened again and reached out from the door and patted his shoulder.

Feng Anping turned his head and saw Chujiu.

"The ninth day of the lunar month, are you an adult..."

"Get the beef."

Feng Anping's face was frozen there. How did Chujiu know that he had beef? He would never bribe him and was caught again.

"June 9, you want to..."

Chujiu said: "Feed the chicken."

The door was closed heavily, Feng Anping blinked, and Lord Wei's chicken was indeed so unique.

In the house.

Wei Yuanchen slowly drank tea, Chujiu walked in and reported: "Young Master, after Miss Gu pushed the murderer down the mountain, you asked me to check the situation. I saw that the servants of the Gu family were looking for Miss Gu.

The servants of the Gu family happened to walk near the place where the murderer fell. If they hadn't heard Miss Gu's shouting, they would soon find the injured murderer."

Wei Yuanchen nodded. If Miss Gu deliberately planned to plot against the murderer, she would definitely be waiting at the foot of the mountain to confirm the life and death of the murderer.

Mrs. Huaiyuan Hou came back from the Dharma Assembly and found that Miss Gu was missing. She started to ask her family to search for Miss Gu's traces around the temple. She just happened to find the murderer who fell down the hillside. The arrangement was foolproof.

Is he the purest and kindest?

Wei Yuanchen put down the cup in his hand, it may not be!

...

Gu Mingzhu took a shower, changed her clothes, and became clean again.

Mrs. Lin applied medicine to her daughter's leg with heartache: "Does it hurt?"

Gu Mingzhu shook her head, but she just scratched her skin, which was nothing. After today's affairs, she made up her mind to try to keep those dangers away from Gu Mingzhu's identity. Maybe it would be more troublesome to do things, but it could reduce the dangers. She had to add a few more layers of protection to herself.

Gu Mingzhu looked out the window. It was this time, Nie Chen should have obtained the clue she asked Baotong to send, right?

...

Nie Chen quickly walked into a farm.

The servant took him into the study and then brought him a small bamboo tube.

When the servant left, Nie Chen opened the bamboo tube, poured out the paper inside, and carefully unfolded the paper. What caught his eye was a simple map.

Nie Chen carefully recorded the news on the map, and then put it under the lamp to burn the paper to pieces.

After doing all this, Nie Chen walked out of the house.

"Has the master not come back?" Nie Chen asked.

"No." The servant answered very simply.

Nie Chen nodded. More than a year ago, he was framed and put into prison for investigating the case. Fortunately, the elders reached out to rescue him. Later, he joined forces with the elders to investigate the case and successfully solved several important cases. He admired the elders very much, but unfortunately, he had never seen the elders' true appearance.

In this bandit case, they began to look for clues. If they find something, they should know the other party. They are very ashamed. So far, he has not found much information.

He was depressed every time, but since it was not yet the end, everything still had variables.

Nie Chen quickly returned to the city and was about to go to the government office, but he blocked his way alone.
Chapter completed!