OBS Chapter 285 Bird Trading Company
Chapter 285 Bird Trading Company
After returning to the governor's mansion, Li Cunxi was greeted by Dengzhou's deputy governor Gao Chi as soon as he entered the door.
Accompanying Gao Chi was the Inner Guard Chief Zhao Hai.
After the two men paid their respects to Li Cunxi and the others, Gao Chi began to report first.
"Li Shaoyin, according to your order, we have sent Yu Lei to the coroner's office for examination. It has been confirmed that Yu Lei did hang himself, and there are no scars on his body."
After Gao Chi finished his report, he stepped aside and waited for Li Cunxi's questions.
However, for a long time, Li Cunxi didn't have any questions to ask.
He and Wu Yanhao had already come to the conclusion that Yu Lei committed suicide. Asking the coroner to perform an autopsy was just to confirm the authenticity of the matter.
Seeing that Li Cunxi did not ask any questions, Zhao Hai also reported:
"Li Shaoyin, according to your order, I led the brothers of the Internal Guard to search the entire governor's mansion, but strangely, we did not find the 200,000 taels of silver hidden in the governor's envelope in the official residence."
"I have also checked all the official silver in the treasury of the Governor's Mansion and confirmed that there are no loopholes. These two hundred thousand taels of silver seem to have disappeared without a trace."
"The officials of the governor's office have also checked and no one has found that Governor Yu has accepted a bribe of 200,000 taels of silver."
Li Cunxi laughed and sat down in the position of governor.
"Really? That's very interesting. An official took 200,000 taels of silver and was afraid of being found out, so he hanged himself, and the whereabouts of the silver are still unknown."
Gao Chi suddenly broke out in a sweat and fell to his knees on the ground with a thud.
"But, sir, we really haven't found any clues that Governor Yu accepted bribes, and even the silver in the Governor's letter is missing."
It would be a lie to say that he is not in a hurry. As the Beijia of Dengzhou, the de facto second-in-command of Dengzhou, if he doesn't know that the number one in charge is accepting bribes, isn't that just talking nonsense?
But Gao Chi really knew nothing, and his forehead was covered in sweat.
"Is there no one in the entire governor's office who knows about this?" Li Cunxi asked with a frown.
"I don't know." Gao Chi put his head to the ground, not daring to look at Li Cunxi.
"Two hundred thousand taels of silver! This is not a small amount. He received two hundred thousand taels of silver, but none of you knew about it. Moreover, the letter stated that the two hundred thousand taels of silver was still in the governor's mansion."
"Please forgive me, Li Shaoyin. We really don't know anything. If we knew, we would definitely not dare to hide it from you, Li Shaoyin."
"Then, let me ask you, who in the local area is Governor Yu close to on a daily basis?" Li Cunxi had a long neck and a unfriendly expression.
Gao Chi hurriedly crawled forward two steps, tried to look up at Li Cunxi, and said with a bitter face: "This humble official does know something. Governor Yu is close to the Bai Niao Merchant in the east of the city and often goes there. I just don't know what he does. I dare not investigate these things for fear of causing trouble."
After a busy day, Li Cunxi finally got some useful information. He stood up, smiled, and helped Gao Chi up.
"Oh my, Gao Biejia suddenly knelt down. What is he doing? Hurry up and get up."
"I think Gao Biejia should be a good official. The governor Yu died recently. I hope Gao Biejia can go to various counties to inspect and not let some people find an opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to cause chaos, which would be bad."
Gao Chi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.
For him, this was a good opportunity to get away from the center of the vortex.
"Li Shaoyin, I'll take this job. Tomorrow morning, I'll patrol everywhere and make sure that no bad guys take the opportunity to commit crimes and disrupt public order."
……
After seeing Gao Chi off, Li Cunxi took the wet towel handed to him by Lu Dayou and washed his face.
Mi Qing, the chief officer of Dengzhou, who was brought by Hu Jinghui, came in with his head lowered and bowed to Li Cunxi and Wu Yanhao.
"Greetings to Li Shaoyin, and greetings to Lord Wu."
Li Cunxi pointed at the sitting bed and said, "Sit down. Based on my status, I have to call you Senior Brother."
Mi Qingsao blushed and whispered, "I am just a small disciple of my master. Naturally, I am not as good as Li Shaoyin. After so many years, I am still a small governor of Dengzhou."
"Hey, brother, progress is right in front of you." Li Cunxi winked at Lu Dayou, and Lu Dayou quickly brought a cup of tea to Mi Qing.
"Thank you very much." Mi Qing took the tea bowl with both hands, took a sip, and then turned his gaze to Li Cunxi.
"Brother, you have been working as the chief historian here for several years. You must know the muddy waters involved." Li Cunxi asked.
"I know a little bit. I roughly understand your purpose in calling me here. As for this matter, we may have to look for clues from Yu Lei's wife."
……
According to Mi Qing's instructions, at midnight, a group of five people wearing the same costumes as Viper came to Yu's house again while it was dark and windy.
The servants who were on night watch were easily bypassed by them. The Yu Mansion, which was filled with white mourning clothes, seemed extremely strange and quiet in the middle of the night.
Li Cunxi and his companions walked around the servants and came to the main hall of the mansion.
There were two coffins in the main hall, and the bodies of Yu Lei and his wife who had been sent back were placed in the coffins.
As the only child of the couple, Yu Yin did not rest either. He knelt on the mat with his head half lowered, not knowing what he was thinking about.
As the time was getting later, Yu Yin finally couldn't hold on any longer. He sat down, turned around, and looked at the moon tonight.
The moonlight is beautiful, but it is just a crescent moon.
Yu Yin stared at the moon in a daze. After a long time, he turned around and continued to kneel to his parents.
Li Cunxi signaled Li Yuanfang to go to the room where Mrs. Bai was hanged and secretly look for clues, while the remaining four people continued to watch secretly.
Li Yuanfang jumped up and flew out, and soon came to the room where he saw his wife hanged during the day. After confirming that no one was patrolling this place, he carefully felt around.
Hard work pays off. Li Yuanfang found a secret compartment hidden in the corner of the table under the table he saw during the day. He knocked open the secret compartment and took out a thin object of unknown origin from it.
When he took a closer look with the help of a fire stick, he found that it was actually an IOU with the payee and borrower blacked out.
"You hid the thing in a place like this, did you expect no one would find it?"
Li Yuanfang extinguished the fire, put away the IOU, left the room, and quickly fled back to his hiding place outside the main hall.
At this moment, Yu Yin, who had been kneeling in the mourning hall for a long time, was really tired. He yawned and tilted his head, as if he was dozing off.
"Did you find anything?" Li Cunxi asked, leaning forward.
"We found a promissory note. The positions of the payee and the borrower were blacked out. But I think we can easily find a way to solve this case." Li Yuanfang took out the promissory note and handed it to Li Cunxi.
"This is enough. Let's go back and ask Mi Qing where this thing is more common."