He Zhizhou sent someone here and immediately reported the news back to Wei An.
Wang Tuiguan, the prosecutor in charge of the criminal justice department of the prefectural government, came to the Dingbei Marquis's mansion and replied to the people inside through two curtains: "Fourth Young Master, we didn't find anything over there."
After a pause, he continued, "Also, Fourth Young Master, there is something I need to report to you. Manager Lin has previously told us to say that the witch saw the face through the window, and this has also been leaked to the neighboring house..."
After a while, a cough was heard from inside, followed by a voice saying, "Got it. Is there any other movement today?"
"Yes." Wang Tuiguan's voice became more respectful and cautious: "Today, the jailer received a generous gift and came to inquire about the news. He wanted to see the witch."
"Who sent it?" Wei Jie asked, then asked, "Have you checked?"
Wang Tuiguan said, "It was the witch's own daughter-in-law and son. They knew that the jailer was from the same village and that the jailer had a son, so they gave him several sets of clothes and a set of gold locks and bracelets."
This is interesting. The five taels of silver are a godsend to the master's family. At least, it is enough for their family to eat and use for half a year. Now they can give gold as an offering
Wei An raised the corner of his lips.
The fish was hooked.
"Got it. Thank you, Lord Wang." Wei Jie said inside, and Manager Lin handed over a thick red envelope with both hands outside: "Thank you for your hard work, Lord Zhizhou. I will treat you to a drink in the future."
Wang Tuiguan quickly smiled and replied: "How dare you say the word labor? It's all due duty for the yamen."
Manager Lin escorted him out, smiling: "In that case, please keep an eye on him. If he comes to escort us a few more times, no matter what, if you can get a few words out, we can report it to our superiors. The princess is here, and someone dares to cause trouble like this. I'm afraid they are bullying us because there is no one in Dingbei Marquis Mansion and Zheng Wang Mansion?"
Wang Tuiguan smiled more attentively: "Don't worry, don't worry, we won't make any mistakes here."
With this explanation, Wang Tuiguan, who was in charge of criminal justice, quickly used a small trick to trap the son and daughter-in-law of the witch, and caught the person who gave silver and gold to the couple in a tavern.
Once someone is caught, he will naturally be tried.
The Wei family was also involved. Zhizhou He guessed the intention of the Dingbei Marquisate and knew that they were deliberately trying to make a big deal out of it, so he went to court and used severe torture, and soon got the truth out of the man.
When he realized that it was a servant from the villa of Princess Chang'an, he was so shocked that he didn't recover for a long time.
It turns out this is still a hot potato!
He originally thought that the escaped village head was deliberately causing trouble and hiding in the dark to muddy the waters, but he never expected that it would involve the royal family.
In fact, both sides are royal relatives.
He was trembling with fear, but he still asked the yamen runners to go to the villa of the Princess Chang'an.
Yuan Hongwen was furious when he heard this. After he found out that it was indeed his servant, his face turned pale and he said gloomily, "Interrogate him carefully! I also want to know who is behind this!"
But the case never went to trial.
Because the next day, the man died in prison.
As usual, it was Wang Tuiguan who came to the Dingbei Marquis Mansion to reveal the news, saying half-heartedly: "I'm afraid there is an old grudge with the mansion..."
Manager Lin was not angry. He took the silver and sent the man away. He turned around and looked at Wei An: "Miss, it's the Seventh Young Master from Princess Changying's residence."
Manager Lin gave Magistrate Wang a large sum of money just to see who would come to take care of things once the matter got out of hand.
In the end, what Zhizhou He received was a letter from the Li family in Jinling.
This is already very telling.
Wei An sneered: "I expected it a long time ago."
This matter is not a big deal, even if someone died, but the person behind the scenes would come up with this trick, which shows that he is a cautious person and will never reveal himself.
Sure enough, Li Shao was a very meticulous person and he didn't reveal any clues until the very end.
Even the people around him didn't show up.
He was so cautious that even if he bribed people, the people he bribed were the servants serving in the Princess Chang'an's villa.
If Wang Tui Guan had not been bribed with a large sum of money in advance, she probably would not have known that the Jinling Li family had sent an invitation to He Zhizhou - He Zhizhou would naturally not have refused to give face to the Jinling Li family.
I had no choice but to play peacemaker and keep it secret from both sides.
Manager Lin lowered his head for a while before asking, "So what about this matter..."
"Let's pacify that woman's family first. She has nine children left..." Wei An pondered for a moment. He knew that farmers had a hard life, and he also knew how much hardship they had to go through without their parents. Even if he gave them silver as a reward, it would be useless. Even if they were from a wealthy family, if they lost their pillar, the whole family would have no chance of keeping anything, let alone a few children.
After a moment, she said, "Her oldest is a daughter? Since she's already eleven, ask if she's willing to work in the manor. The rest... ..will stay on the farm."
New people were going to be sent to take over the farm. Old Madam Wei had already asked the husband of Huang Ma, who was taking over, to come along with the banknotes. Wei An then instructed Steward Lin, "Tell Huang Zhuangtou to take good care of these people."
Lin Hai agreed to all of them, and then asked her, "Is the case closed in the government office just like that?"
Otherwise, what? Could it be that Zhizhou He would really stand on the side of Dingbei Marquis's Mansion and see if he could put the young master of the Princess's Mansion in jail and charge him with murder
After all, the woman was killed by herself.
Even if it was really discovered that one of Li Shao's servants had instigated Madam Xu to bang her head against the wall, Li Shao would still have a way to put all the blame on the servants.
There's no need to be so unreasonable and shameless.
But since the Li siblings love to bite people, she has plenty of ways to make them toothless from now on.
She likes to do things secretly, and she is not the kind of person who has to squeeze others openly.
She waved at Lin Hai and said, "We can talk about these things later. There's no need to rush."
Lin Hai knew what she meant, and thought she was going out. As she was about to go out, she ran into Nanny Wang who came in to report: "Miss, Xianrong County Lady sent a message saying that she didn't know you were in Tongzhou yesterday, but now that she knows, she came to ask if you are free. If you are, please come over to have dinner with her."
As if someone brings you a pillow just when you are sleepy, Wei An straightened his clothes and smiled happily: "Okay, Madam, give my sister a reward for bringing the news. Tell her that I will bother you tonight."
At the same time, he ordered someone to prepare some wine and some snacks as gifts.