Xie Qingyun came outside the city, took out the newly acquired green leaf magic weapon, and injected it with magic power. The magic weapon naturally became larger and floated in front of him. He stepped on it, and the green leaves rose into the air and headed west.

He had never experienced flying with a magic weapon before, but he did it all very skillfully, like a veteran. He guessed that the magic weapon itself had the ability to guide, and all he did was inject mana.

The feeling of flying with the weapon was not very good because it was too cold.

Even with magical protection, Xie Qingyun was still so cold that he burst into tears; but the scenery on both sides passed by quickly, and the experience was the same as flying on an airplane, making him reluctant to give up.

Hongfang County is located ninety miles southwest of Yunzhou City. Although the speed of this green leaf cannot keep up with the airplanes in the previous life, it is a little faster than the train. It takes less than fifteen minutes to reach the outside of Hongfang County.

After pressing the magic weapon, he followed the crowd into the city. He found the teahouse as usual, but due to lack of money, he did not dare to order tea. Naturally, they did not buy it and did not answer any questions. He had no choice but to leave.

It’s really hard for a penny to defeat a heroic man!

Xie Qingyun was walking on the streets of Hongfang County, thinking about his next move. Suddenly, he saw several carriages coming staggeringly at the other end of the street. There were also sacks on the carriages, but the number was smaller and they were not packed.

Full, half covered with tarpaulin.

There were obvious ruts on the stone road.

Xie Qingyun looked at Zhe Hen, and an unexpected sense of disharmony rose in his heart.

"Oh, these stingy people are here again."

A seller carrying a load of groceries was resting nearby. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but sneered.

Xie Qingyun's heart moved: "Brother, what are they doing?"

The salesman glanced at him and said: "These are the cars of big families in the county. They collude with the government. Whenever there is a grain exchange order, the old grain at home is transferred to the warehouse in exchange for new grain from the state."

"Has the old grain ever been short of a pound or two?" Xie Qingyun asked.

The salesman sneered and said: "Although I haven't, if you mix it with pebbles and chaff, you can make a lot more money."

Xie Qingyun was stunned and said: "How can you hide this from the state officials?"

The salesman was also puzzled and said: "I don't understand either. Maybe some state officials are colluding with them. Why do we ordinary people want to do so much? Just sell goods." After saying that, he took up the burden and left.

Xie Qingyun originally wanted to ask him how he knew so many inside stories, but when he saw him walking away, he gave up the idea.

"When there is a disappearance case in the county, ordinary people may not know it, but as long as someone reports it to the government, the county government will definitely keep a file and record it." Thinking of this, he immediately changed direction and ran straight to the county government office.

The salesman walked forward and passed a corner. When he turned in, he saw a tea doctor and a beggar. He put down his burden and nodded to the two of them: "Junior brother, master."

"Disciple just met that person."

"Who?" asked the beggar.

The salesman said with a fierce look: "It's the guy who ruined our big event. I've marked him. I'm waiting for the master to decide whether to cover him with a sack and make him paralyzed, or scratch his face."

Face, making him lose his face as a human being?"

Dr. Tea said quietly: "Senior brother is jealous that he is more handsome than you."

The salesman said sternly: "Look at what junior brother said, if my brother is such a jealous person, how can you keep your face?"

Dr. Tea said quietly: "That's because I have guarded against your plot every time."

The salesman looked incomprehensible and said: "Nonsense, that's because I'm testing your ability to deal with crises."

"What a sin..." The beggar sighed inwardly, and then coughed twice, "Okay, that person is also here to investigate the case. We might as well give him a chance to atone for his sins and see what he can find out.

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Xie Qingyun sneaked into the county government office and quickly found the outside of the archives. In this county, the person in charge of archives is generally called a clerk. He used his spiritual sense to check that the clerk seemed not to be there, and there was no one in the library. It was precisely

God-given opportunity.

He crossed the threshold with one foot, but suddenly stopped, a feeling of "a chivalrous person using force to break the law" emerged spontaneously.

"If I were just a mortal, this case wouldn't be investigated at all."

He once again realized the benefits of cultivation.

"Live your life again, and you can no longer be stuck in the past. From now on, I am Qi Refiner Xie Qingyun."

Thinking of this, he strode in boldly.

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At dusk, Xie Qingyun walked out sadly, still unable to believe the result.

"Don't say there hasn't been one in the past six months. After ten years of investigation, there was only one missing case, and he was a lazy scoundrel. Who knows which stinking ditch he died in."

He shook his head, and he was even more sure that there was something wrong with it. I'm afraid the file had also been destroyed, otherwise it wouldn't be so clean.

While walking through the lobby of the government office, as the sun was setting, a shrill scream suddenly came from the lobby of the government office. He squeezed into the crowd of spectators and saw through a gap that a young man and woman were being tortured downstairs.

The woman was being tortured, that is, pinching her fingers. The pain made her tremble all over and she was in unspeakable agony.

The men were whipped. But it was not an ordinary whip, it was a thorn stick soaked in salt water. When the thorn stick was pulled on the body, the skin and flesh would be torn apart. Added to the stimulation of the salt water, even the tough man could not bear it, not to mention that the young man was so skinny.

He looked malnourished.

It didn't take long for both of them to confess.

Xie Qingyun slowly learned the ins and outs of the matter from the onlookers' busy discussions. The young man's surname was Zhang, Zhang Sheng, and he was a sericulture farmer; the young woman had no surname and was a concubine bought by her husband's family.

My name is Liu'er.

Liu'er's husband took 15 guan of money home from his father-in-law's house last night. He was found dead on the bedside this morning. The 15 guan of money disappeared together with Liu'er.

A neighbor reported to his father-in-law that his wife happened to be staying at her husband's house that night. The father and daughter immediately reported the matter to the police. When they went to fetch someone, they happened to see Liu Er and Zhang Sheng together, and Zhang Sheng had exactly ten marks on him.

Wu Guan, so she was caught as an adulterer and an adulterer.

Since the two men had confessed, the county magistrate tried them on the spot, which was considered as justice to the victim.

Everyone in the crowd praised, but the county magistrate felt proud but did not show it on his face. He was shocked and said: "This case is closed. Take this adulterer and adulterous couple into custody as soon as possible. Don't taint the eyes of this official."

Xie Qingyun frowned deeply as he looked at the two men who had been tortured into human form. As a former criminal policeman, he knew very well how thoroughly the pain caused by torture destroyed people's willpower. Since ancient times, there have been many cases of people being beaten into submission.

number.

The fact that this county magistrate could still be praised for his hasty judgment of the case shows how corrupt the officialdom of the country has become.

No wonder the governor of a state created a massacre, but on the surface it was calm and the officials protected each other to an outrageous degree.
Chapter completed!