The capital city is prosperous, Lian Youyou takes He Shiqi shopping.
She had no money, but she had people "giving" her money along the way. As long as she disliked a rich man and happened to have some bad karma, she would definitely steal from him. This was also the reason why Lin Tingjun could eat, drink and live well when he returned to Beijing with her.
Lian Youyou, she is a goddess, how could she treat me badly
While Lian Youyou and her group were heading to the South District for shopping and eating, Fu Mingrui was carefully checking all the files related to Lijia Village in the Eight Gates.
He looked carefully, remembering the number of people in Lijia Village, their names, ages, and genders, as a sign of respect and silent mourning for the deceased. The more he looked, the heavier his heart became.
There are 134 people in Lijia Village, including 26 elderly people and 18 children. These people escaped the natural disaster but could not escape the man-made disaster.
Lijia Village is remote, which makes it easier for those beasts to cover up the truth.
If it was really a plague, then naturally it would be helpless, regretful and heartbreaking. But covering up the crime and killing people to silence them is undoubtedly infuriating!
People are evil, karma will come true, Fu Mingrui has handled so many cases, he already knew the former. However, the evil of human nature can often exceed his known imagination, as if there is no bottom line.
As for the latter, he had gradually realized it over the years. It seemed that someone was secretly arranging things. The words cause and effect often appeared in the cases he handled. For example, the case of the old man hanging in the secret room that he was investigating before, and the Lijia Village massacre case that he was handling now.
Except for the village chief, all the people involved in the incident were killed to silence them. Ten years later, all the others were promoted!
With over a hundred lives at stake and the villains getting promoted and rich, how could he have the nerve to accuse Wanqing of being wrong for seeking revenge? !
The county magistrate at that time was Zhou Youfa, who is now the governor of Wuzhou where Lijia Village is located.
The Ma family grain shop that supplied the grain was also rewarded for its contribution to disaster relief. The Ma family was very smart. They supplied good rice to the big city without any problems, so no one would have thought that they secretly supplied bad rice to those remote mountain villages.
It was also from that time that Ma Guanqun's family let his younger brother Ma Guanming continue to be in charge of the rice business, and Ma Guanqun officially entered the officialdom. With the capital support of the rice business, Ma Guanqun went all the way to Beijing, became a disciple of the Left Prime Minister, and became the current Minister of Revenue.
Fu Mingrui held his forehead with both hands. Ma Guanqun was his father's student. He hoped that the case he handled would have nothing to do with his father, but in the end, he couldn't avoid it.
A person quietly walked in from outside the door, and Fu Mingrui immediately raised his head. Who dared to enter his eight doors without notifying them? When he saw who was coming, his eyebrows were slightly knitted.
The person who came was Fu Mingsuo.
When Fu Mingrui saw that it was his elder brother, he folded the file and put it aside, not wanting his elder brother to see it at all.
His action also caught the attention of the astute Fu Mingsu. He was still wearing his hair up high, as usual, and looked neat and capable. He smiled and walked in front of Fu Mingrui: "Father is back, and he also said that he will not interfere in your affairs with the Nine Gates. Father seems very angry, as if he suffered a loss from Yao Guang." Fu Mingsu sat down with his robe lifted, and looked at Fu Mingrui with a serious face from the side.
Fu Mingrui didn't say anything. Fu Mingsu smiled faintly and said, "Second brother, I am really the one who is causing trouble this time. If you are angry, just go ahead and scold me."
Fu Mingrui sighed softly. After all, his brother was helping him, but his methods were crooked. He sank his face, lowered his eyelids, and didn't look at Fu Mingsu: "Brother, I hope that no matter whether the case I handle is related to the Nine Gates or not, you will not interfere."
"Okay, I've suffered a loss this time. I won't meddle in other people's business again." Fu Mingsu smiled faintly and turned to look at the wall outside the courtyard. "Behind that wall are the Nine Gates, right?"
"kindness."
"What's so scary about it?" Fu Mingsui turned back to look at Fu Mingrui.
Fu Mingrui's mind once again flashed with the image of the green worms wriggling inside Wanqing's body, and his face immediately turned green. He turned his face away and gritted his teeth: "Nothing." He frowned and tried hard to suppress the nausea in his heart.
When Fu Mingsui saw his brother's appearance, he felt worried and angry at the same time. What on earth did Jiumen do to scare his second brother into this state
Fu Mingrui told him not to interfere in his affairs with the Nine Gates. However, he did not say that he could not go to the Nine Gates. As long as the matter had nothing to do with the Eight Gates, he, Fu Mingsu, could still interfere.
Fu Mingsui still wanted to find an opportunity to see what mystery was going on in these Nine Gates that caused his six top-notch assassins to never return.
"Brother." Fu Mingrui calmed down a little. He came to the Eight Gates to investigate the case, and he also wanted to use the busyness to drive away the lingering terrifying image in his mind.
At that time, Lian Youyou asked him again and again if he wanted to see it. Now, he really regretted it.
Fu Mingsu looked at Fu Mingrui and said in a gentle and elegant manner: "Is there anything wrong, my second brother? Excuse me?"
Fu Mingrui then looked at Fu Mingsu sharply: "Ma Guanqun is father's disciple. This case is not simple. If he is involved, will father protect him?"
Fu Mingsui smiled faintly and lowered his eyes slightly, but his eyes were gloomy: "There are two kinds of death. Death by nature is an accident, and death by man is suicide and homicide. Since Ma Yun was murdered, was it for revenge?" Fu Mingsui raised his eyes to look at Fu Mingrui. Fu Mingsui's shrewdness is not limited to business.
Fu Mingrui did not answer and just looked at Fu Mingsu.
This is tacit consent. Fu Mingsui lowered his eyes again and thought for a moment: "This Ma Guanqun is not a good person. He started out as a grain merchant and did a lot of immoral things before. When he became my disciple, I did some investigation. Now, this idiot is still trying to implicate our father. If it weren't for him, this case could have been completely handed over to the Nine Gates, and there would be no gambling. So..." Fu Mingsui raised his eyes and smiled at Fu Mingrui, "Just go ahead and investigate. Ma Guanqun is already a discarded pawn." Fu Mingsui said it very lightly, without any nostalgia in his eyes.
Fu Mingrui felt relieved when he heard Fu Mingsu's reply. Most of the hundreds of officials in the capital were his father's disciples. They were disciples, but it was just a relationship of dependence.
But among them, there are not many that are closely related to his father. Fu Mingrui did not want his father to be involved in the case because of these complicated relationships behind the scenes.
This time, Ma Guanqun angered his father and was abandoned by him, which eliminated many of his worries.
At this time, a constable outside the door hurried in to report: "Master, Minister Ma wants to see you."
Fu Mingrui and Fu Mingsui looked at each other. Fu Mingrui frowned and his eyes fell on the files beside him. The feeling of depression made him even less willing to see Ma Guanqun.
"I'll step aside for a moment." Fu Mingsui stood up and prepared to investigate the case.
"Just say I'm investigating a case and won't see you." Fu Mingrui said, not wanting to look at Ma Guanqun any more. (To be continued)