Linhu County was a river of blood. This matter would not be reported to the capital in a short time, but in Hexing Prefecture, it spread at the fastest speed.
County Magistrate Gou liked the braised food sent by Li Qingzhi very much.
The braised food was really delicious. Not only did it whet his appetite, but even his son, who had always disliked Chongcheng County and thought the food there was unpalatable, ate quite a bit.
County Magistrate Gou planned to ask Li Qingzhi where the braised food came from.
He had eaten all kinds of food in the county, but he had never tasted such delicious braised food.
However, before County Magistrate Gou could find someone to ask, someone suddenly came in and said to him, "Sir, something big has happened in Linhu County!"
"What happened in Linhu County?" County Magistrate Gou asked while picking his teeth with a bamboo stick.
The man said, "Zhang Zhifu killed Yan County Magistrate."
"What?" County Magistrate Gou was startled.
County Magistrate Gou had met County Magistrate Yan before and had a good impression of him. He even planned to find an opportunity to visit County Magistrate Yan and show off the calligraphy that Prefect Zhang had given him.
But now...what did he hear
The servant said, "Sir, some people came from Linhu County and said that Magistrate Zhang had beheaded County Magistrate Yan..."
"What is going on?" asked County Magistrate Gou.
The servant brought a man, who was originally the boatman of County Magistrate Yan and had met County Magistrate Gou. After County Magistrate Yan got into trouble, he was very scared and ran to Chongcheng County.
Under the questioning of County Magistrate Gou, he trembled as he told the reason.
Only then did County Magistrate Gou realize that County Magistrate Yan had colluded with the Lou family to embezzle a lot of money, and the tea gardens in Linhu County were not affected by the disaster.
The tea garden he saw did not belong to the Lou family, but those good tea gardens were all under the name of the Lou family.
The Lou family also occupied most of the land in Linhu County but did not pay grain taxes.
Of course, County Magistrate Yan also did some other evil things. In short, he was not a good person.
"He is such a person. I never realized it before... Wait!" County Magistrate Gou suddenly remembered something - Prefect Zhang once asked him to go to Linhu County to investigate the damage to the tea garden.
He always thought he had done a good job, after all, Magistrate Zhang later gave him a calligraphy work.
But looking back now... County Magistrate Yan committed numerous crimes in Linhu County, and he didn't even notice it!
He even told Magistrate Zhang that the tea garden was really hit by the disaster!
How would Magistrate Zhang view him? Would he think he was good for nothing and knew nothing
County Magistrate Gou's heart suddenly sank.
What made him even more worried and frightened was that the same things that happened in Linhu County also happened in Chongcheng County, but they were not as serious as in Linhu County. For example, some families did not pay grain taxes.
After Zhang Yunquan fell, he dealt with some people, but he didn't do it completely - some people had voluntarily sided with him, and he couldn't just not give them any benefits.
Now that Magistrate Zhang has killed Magistrate Yan, will he come to investigate him as well
That's not right. Magistrate Zhang is just a prefect. How dare he kill the county magistrate
County Magistrate Gou was extremely panicked and wished he could clean up Chongcheng County from top to bottom immediately.
While Magistrate Gou sent people to Linhu County to investigate the situation, he also called local gentry from Chongcheng County and big businessmen like Zhu Qian.
With such a big thing happening, they would definitely have to discuss it.
When County Magistrate Gou learned about what happened in Linhu County, those people he called over actually already knew about it.