It's still the same Wu Mansion as it used to be, but the owner inside has changed.
This huge and luxurious house officially became a criminal property the day before yesterday, but it was temporarily confiscated for use and will be sold at a later date.
The person in charge of the Wu Mansion is naturally Yang Jie, the Langguan of Zuojun, Beijiang County. The Wu Mansion has been dug up three feet by him, and the harvest is quite fruitful. However, there are also a lot of doubts, which makes him think that this place can be dug deeper, so
So he did not move out, but continued to stay. In addition, there are enough rooms in the Wu Mansion, and there are no local government officials in Langyuan City around, so the privacy and security are better.
As for the Yamen, the second batch of people from the County Sheriff's Mansion have been filled in. In addition to taking over the daily affairs of Langyuan City, they are also checking old files day and night. The main purpose is to check that Wu Yuan took office in Langyuan.
Cases since he became a political official in Chengcheng. As well as cases involving Wu Yuan’s interests before he took office.
It is not difficult to investigate the case itself. Whether it was before or after Wu Yuan took office as the city administrator of Langyuan City, because there were relevant personnel in the Yamen here handling it, it was easy to find out the context of favoritism or corruption and bending the law, and then discuss the matter.
He was initially convicted and then sent to jail to wait for retribution.
That is to say, Wu Yuan is already dead, otherwise Wu Yuan's crimes would have been piled up at this time. So much so that Yang Jie often said, "The thief is so easy". But the anger that could not be vented on Wu Yuan was all shared in the corridor.
On top of the remaining officials in Source City.
Yang Jie's previous promise of "lenity for confession" was not reneged on, and the crimes they confessed to were all reduced to first-class punishment. However, the things in the confession were all taken out to avoid the most important, and the reduced punishment did not make any big changes.
, and those involved in serious crimes who have been unearthed will not have the opportunity to enjoy the first-class treatment. Therefore, one by one, in the past half month, nine out of ten officials in Langyuan City have been dismissed.
When he arrived in prison, the remaining one was dismissed from his official position because he knew the information and did not report it, but he remained in his original position to see the consequences.
Therefore, no one in Langyuan City is easy now. They are either in jail or have lost their official positions and are living in trepidation. Even those who are not official officials have been shaken out and many of them have become prisoners with sad faces.
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This heavy blow was almost equivalent to completely smashing the official appearance of Langyuan City. It will be rebuilt after the exposed dirt is cleaned up. No wonder Zhou Cang said, "The sky has changed."
But in fact, although the case in Langyuan City seems to be progressing smoothly, as all aspects are dug deeper, more and more doubts are uncovered, and we clearly know that there are problems, but we just can't find any clues. This has become
Big trouble plaguing Yang Jie.
In Yang Jie's view, almost all cases related to Wu Yuan and his son can be found with circumstantial evidence to prove that there is something fishy. But when it comes to human life, there are always two important links missing: the perpetrator and the method of the murder.
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Take the case mentioned by Liu Yi, Yang Jie’s adjutant, as an example. At that time, Wu Yuan premeditated the death of Yao Hua, who was the examiner of the county magistrate’s office at that time, for a high-level official evaluation. There were both before and after this incident.
According to rumors, some people even proved that Wu Yuan and his son had figured out Yao Hua's daily habits and family location through various connections before Yao Hua's accident. But how was Yao Hua killed and made to look like he died accidentally? Who did it?
What? I don’t know any of this.
If it was just an example, then as Liu Yi guessed, there were dozens of similar murder cases unearthed one after another. The dead involved were not just official figures, but also some.
Businessmen, landowners and even ordinary people. The causes of death are also varied in the files, but without exception, they all have interests involved with the Wu family and his son, and the final result is that the Wu family and his son benefit. Not only do those who die die, but they also often follow others.
Families were broken up and people were separated, and even the whole family died more than once or twice.
Using Liu Yi's many years of experience to summarize these strange words: Wu Yuan and his son definitely have a group of powerful assassins who help them carry out assassinations all year round. And their cultivation level is definitely not low. But Wu Yuan and his son are not warriors, and their powers are almost irrelevant to those of warriors. Even the retainers in the family only have the highest combat power at the Tongqiao realm. With such external conditions, it is hard to see that Wu Yuan can raise a group of powerful assassins.
Even after digging three feet into the ground, nothing was found related to the assassin.
This put Yang Jie on the wall and couldn't get up and down. There were so many suspicious murder cases, including official status and family extermination cases. He couldn't hide it and he didn't dare to hide it. But he couldn't always report the summary of the case without any trace of it.
Progress, right? Wouldn't that make him look incompetent? Even his achievements in clearing up Langyuan City's officialdom might be offset a lot.
So Yang Jie is really anxious. If there is no further progress, I'm afraid the county magistrate's office will ask someone else to take over the matter. By then, the credit will only be given secondly, and the big trouble will be if his ability is questioned.
"Are there no clues yet?" Yang Jie in the study could no longer see the relaxed smile he had a few days ago. His brows were furrowed, and his tone was unkind to the adjutant Liu Yi who was standing bowed in front of him.
"My subordinates are incompetent, and I really can't find any useful clues." Liu Yi's face showed even more fatigue. He was on the front line, and investigating cases was his specialty. Now he was stuck and couldn't move forward and retreat, so he was already busy.
I haven't slept in a few days, and I can only hold on by squinting from time to time.
"Didn't you say before that you found something fishy in the backyard? There is no follow-up?" Yang Jie can only rely on his adjutant. The other party has indeed climbed up by handling cases, and his ability is beyond doubt. But Wu
The case of Yuan and his son is indeed unsatisfactory.
"Returning to my lord, my subordinates did find something strange in the backyard, which is the dry well that I didn't pay much attention to before. Although I didn't find anything in it, I did find a painting on a rock wall deep inside.
The pattern is shaped like a vertical eye and a ball of flame. When I wiped it, I found that it was not applied with powder, but an unknown method that penetrated into the texture of the stone and could not be wiped off or washed away.
At that time, my subordinates thought it could be the logo of a certain assassin organization or family. However, after searching through the records, there was no match. In the end, they had to use a clumsy way to copy it and paint it on the wall near the fourth gate of Langyuan City.
On the surface, I found someone to keep an eye on me secretly. But now I have found nothing."
Yang Jie wanted to curse, but in the end he had to endure it. Liu did not handle the case well this time, but to be honest, the case itself was too weird. He sighed and said in a slow tone: "Just do your best. If this is the case
If there is no result by the end of the month, then this case will probably be taken over by someone else.
In addition, that pattern is the only clue we can get at the moment. Don’t just limit it to the yamen’s archives, but also get a copy to the Yuanding Imperial City. Maybe there might be something to gain there.”