At that time, Wei Zhi wanted to ask Bai Qi to ask him, but he found out that this Jinshi in the first year of Dazhen was not transferred to another place to serve as an official, but died in the second year of Dazhen.
Or died in office, died in the suppression of bandits.
Wei Zhi had worked in the Ministry of Criminal Justice before, and his intuition trained in judging cases told him that it was abnormal.
So he put down the work of investigating Jianwei Weir and turned to investigate Bai Qi.
Two years have passed, and there is nothing to be seen in Jianwei Weir's account books. He knows that there must be something wrong with Jianwei Weir, but without evidence, everything is in vain.
So he went to check on Bai Qi.
All the people who were with Bai Qi back then died, including not only his servants, but also some local officials. Bai Qi's county magistrate He Ziyun and his eldest son died together, all for the sake of suppressing the bandits.
Wei Zhi felt resistance when investigating Baiqi, and that resistance was stronger than when investigating Jianwei Weir.
For example, when he asked to see the account books of the Jianwei Weir in Yizhou, they would give it to him without blinking an eye, and no one stopped him if he wanted to see the laborers who built the Jianwei Weir back then.
But he found some old people from back then and asked about Bai Qi, but someone stopped him again and again, and the people who were questioned kept their words flickering.
Obviously, he had seen the case files left by Bai Qi when he was in office and various notes during the handling of the cases, but overnight, the Yamen in Shu County caught fire and burned all those files.
It was precisely because of this series of actions that he knew he had checked correctly.
So he immediately sent someone to Bai Qi's hometown Longzhou to find someone, trying to find his family.
During this period, he fought against the flood in Yizhou and rescued the disaster. When the dispatched people returned from Longzhou, most of the disaster relief work had been completed.
Only then did he know that the person he was looking for was actually in Yizhou Mansion.
So when he heard two refugees on the side of the road mentioning that Mianzhou was also seriously affected by the disaster, he came here along the way.
In Jiannan Road, in Yizhou, his every move was watched by people, and it was impossible for him to come to see Mrs. Liu directly.
When he was in Brazil, he was still thinking about what kind of excuse he should find to go to Qilixiang in Luojiang County, so when Master Bai was also going, he would specially call people up to talk.
He thought that if Master Bai asked him to go home for a rest as politely as other gentry in Luojiang County, he would definitely agree to go.
It turned out to be better than he expected.
The night was getting dark, but Master Bai suddenly sent his entourage to leave, so he couldn't help but think about it.
But he didn't expect that there would be such a surprise waiting for him in Qili Village.
The guards who came back said that a group of people had arrived in Qili Village before them, but for some reason, they suddenly clashed with the local villagers, so they were arrested.
Wei Zhi's visit to Qili Village this time is to meet the three people who were arrested, and it is best to take them away; the other is to have a talk with Mrs. Liu.
The other party was so afraid that he would investigate Bai Qi, which meant that Bai Qi must have something they were afraid of.
Wei Zhi suspected that those things were in the hands of Bai Qi's family.
But what Liu gave Wei Zhi were only two family letters and two confessions.
Wei Zhi frowned, and asked, "Apart from these two family letters, did Bai Qi leave anything else?"
"How could my son bring that kind of thing home and hurt us?" Liu said: "At that time, he was in office alone. At that time, my grandson was young and could not travel far, so we stayed in our hometown in Longzhou."
This is troublesome.
Wei Zhi asked, "Does the old lady have any other clues? Think about it, where would he hide things?"
Mrs. Liu shook her head and said, "I really can't figure it out."
Master Bai glanced at Mrs. Liu, then lowered his head.
Wei Zhi sighed and said, "I want to meet those three people."
Liu immediately asked Daji to take Wei Zhi.
As soon as the people left, Master Bai asked: "Auntie, if we don't tell, Mr. Wei will know the existence of Zhou Yin and his wife after seeing those two people. Why should we hide it from them?"
"Is Master Wei trustworthy?"
"At least I can trust him 90%."
"But with so many lives standing behind me, let alone ninety percent, ninety percent, I don't dare to take the risk." Liu said: "He knew that there would be such a couple, but it would be You must never have guessed that it was Zhou Yin."
"That… "
"Wait a little longer," Liu said, "Let's wait a little longer. Anyway, he's not in a hurry to leave right now, is he?"
Wei Zhi could also feel that Mrs. Liu didn't trust him very much, but he understood after a little thought.
When he came out of the guest house, Wei Zhi also kept silent.
The guard following him couldn't help but ask, "My lord, does Mrs. Liu know who the couple are?"
Wei Zhi sighed, "She may know, but she must not have gotten Bai Qi's things, and she doesn't even know where they are."
"Then what to do, there is no physical evidence, we have nothing to do with Yizhou Wang and others."
"Yes, there is no physical evidence, so it doesn't matter whether she trusts her or not," Wei knew: "These three witnesses are of little use.
The key lies in the things in Bai Qi's hands, but Bai Qi is dead, where will he put the things
Wei Zhi frowned, and said: "I am afraid that the old lady knows Bai Qi best in this world. It is much more difficult to let her speak than to let the three prisoners speak."
"That… "
"But we are not in a hurry, we have plenty of time, at worst we can stay for a few more days."
The guards responded.
Wei Zhi said he would stay here, of course, it was impossible to live here, after all, Liu and Zheng were widows, and Bai Shanbao was young, so Wei Zhi and the guards lived in his house as friends of Master Bai .
Old Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai didn't doubt it at all, they welcomed them happily, and planned to hold a reception banquet for him, and enthusiastically persuaded him to stay for a few more days.
Wei Zhi readily agreed.
The old lady Bai and Bai Erlang who came back from school laughed and said: "Go to the next door and call your cousin and Man Bao. If she is here, bring them along. I haven't seen those two children for two or three days. Yes, it's weird."
Bai Erlang shouted: "They asked for leave, and they only went to school today."
He was a little unconvinced, and hummed: "Grandma, they always ask for leave during this time." So he doesn't look like a good student at all.
Master Bai gave him a hard look and said: "Yesterday, Shanbao and Manbao read books in the study for a whole day, but you went to school. What did you learn?"
Bai Erlang didn't believe it, and muttered in a low voice: "Who can still study after asking for leave..."
Wei Zhi laughed and asked, "Is Shanbao the grandson of Mrs. Liu?"
"Yes, a very smart child." The old lady Bai tried her best to show off Bai Shanbao, but there was no way, her eldest grandson was not here, and her nephew was also a grandson, right
After complimenting Bai Shanbao, he praised Erlang of their family casually, and said with a smile: "Our Erlang is also very obedient and filial."
But he didn't say anything like smart.