Shen Xining glanced at Xiong Er and went in with him, only to discover that there was a completely different world inside. He thought that this place should be no different from the bandit area previously ruled by Xiong Er, but after entering, he found that this was not the case.
There was actually another mine inside, filled with enslaved people. The child of the old lady who had disappeared not long ago was also among the crowd. Shen Xining looked at this scene and felt as if blood was surging in his chest. The officers and soldiers around him rushed up, ready to take some action against Shen Xining. Shen Xining was so angry that he kicked the man directly in the chest.
It was not until she saw the man fall to the ground after being kicked that Shen Xining felt that the blockage in her chest had disappeared a lot. She took out the badge that the emperor had given her when she came here.
"Look carefully, this badge was issued by His Majesty. It is a special official business and is directly under His Majesty. It is responsible for flood disasters. If you dare to act recklessly today, not only will your official positions, but even your wives and daughters will be in danger. Have you thought it through?"
Everyone was a little hesitant when they heard this. They were all under orders from the imperial court. Even though they were now doing sneaky things, they were taking money from the imperial court. In the end, no one dared to do anything else.
Shen Xining was still furious when he saw this, but he was also relieved at the same time. With such a big fuss here, it was certain that evidence of Deng Yan's crime would be found. No matter who the mine sold the items to, or who allowed these soldiers who were paid by the government to stay here, it could always be linked to Deng Yan.
We finally have the clue!
However, after Shen Xining ordered his men to release all the civilians here and lock up all the officers and soldiers here in the county government office, Shen Xining heard that Deng Yan had escaped.
"Asshole! How could he let someone escape? Isn't there someone guarding this county jail? How could he let someone escape?"
The jailer was also confused.
"Sir Shen, we don't know about this either. We don't know why Deng Yan ran away! He was fine yesterday afternoon, but when I woke up this morning and went to deliver food, I saw that he was gone. I don't know why..."
Shen Xining's face looked very ugly. She walked towards the magistrate's room in a hurry, but the moment she opened the door, her expression froze.
The magistrate was now hanging from the beam of the house, having committed suicide.
After the coroner performed the autopsy, he concluded that the magistrate committed suicide and there were no signs of homicide. Logically speaking, if he had been murdered, his vital signs would not be visible.
But why? Why did the magistrate commit suicide? Could it be because the mine was discovered? But why did it come to this? Even if the mine was discovered, the magistrate should have known that he would at most be charged with lax governance and would not die unless someone wanted to kill him to silence him.
As for why Deng Yan left so quickly and why he left so timely, if Shen Xining had really confirmed his guilt, then Deng Yan would have been beheaded on the spot. No one knew that Shen Xining went to the mine, and she didn't even tell Chun Xing. How did Xiong Er know about it
Shen Xining picked up the dagger at hand and pressed it directly against Xiong Er's neck.
"Tell me, how did you know I was going to the mine?"
Xiong Er raised his hands, looking extremely innocent.
"Ms. Shen, what are you talking about? I don't know anything about your visit to the mine..."
"I told him."
Xie Zhaoan walked in slowly, took a look at the unsightly-looking county yamen hanging on the beam, picked up the fan to cover his mouth with some disgust, and then spoke.
"Xiong Er was the one you wanted to save at that time. Miss Shen, you are not so forgetful, right? As for the matter of going to the mine, is there anything that Yueyingwei doesn't know?"
Shen Xining took a deep breath, and Xie Zhaoan looked at her with some disgust.
"Ms. Shen is so careless that she breathes so deeply in this environment. Is she trying to breathe all the stench of the corpse into her nostrils?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Xie Zhaoan, I have tolerated you for a long time. You are obviously a member of the royal family, but why are you indifferent to this matter and even repeatedly speak out to dissuade others? What is your intention? Xie Zhaoan, what are you thinking about? Did you leak this matter to Deng Yan? "
It was not difficult for Deng Yan to break through the siege of the county government office. Shen Xining knew this very well, so she deliberately concealed the progress of the matter, just to make the matter final before Deng Yan could react, so that Deng Yan could die here and seek an explanation for the many innocent people who died in this county.
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Xie Zhaoan looked at Shen Xining with disdain in his eyes.
"Miss Shen, what good will it do me to let Deng Yan go? The profits from his mine don't belong to me. If I had known that there was such a profitable mine here, I wouldn't mind taking it. But, Miss Shen, are you sure that you are the only one who knows about this?"
Shen Xining was slightly stunned, and the words that the witch mother said emerged in her mind, making her think carefully about whether doing these things was really worth it.
But Shen Xining was a little hesitant. The witch mother was from the black market. People in the black market never interfered with the affairs of the human world. There was a clear boundary between them and ordinary people. This was the rule of the black market. Could it be that...
Shen Xining ran towards the black market. Yuewei glanced at Xie Zhaoan with some worry.
"Mr. Yue, do you need us to do anything?"
"No need. If you hide the truth from a stubborn woman like Shen Xining, she won't believe it. On the contrary, the more bloody the truth is, the more likely she will believe it, and the more beneficial it will be to our plan."
Yuewei watched Shen Xining's back as he left, and then glanced at Xie Zhaoan, who was still covering his nose with the fan, looking very noble. She smacked her lips in her heart, thinking that no one should fall in love with a man like Xie Zhaoan, otherwise, that woman would be very sad.
When Shen Xining walked quickly to the black market, the witch mother had not yet set up her stall. She knew where the witch mother lived, so she went straight to her house. Before she reached the door, she saw a group of people gathered at the door, whispering something. There was also the sound of a child crying at the door. The crying was so miserable and sad that Shen Xining's heart couldn't help but tighten. A strong bad premonition gradually spread into her heart.