in2ebook Chapter 316 Send Evidence
Chapter 316 Send Evidence
"I personally suggest that you bring a few doctors with you when you go up the mountain. Those bandits deserve to die, but they should be tried by the government and die on the gallows, rather than letting them die quietly and cause unnecessary trouble to the living after their death. Don't you agree, Lord Governor?"
Shen Nian nodded in agreement, "That's true, but it takes time to mobilize the troops. Why don't you sit down and drink some tea, and then go with our team to Fufeng Village to arrest the bandits. What do you think?"
Ping An chuckled. This time, he did not choose to ignore the prefect's proposal. He directly rejected the other party.
"Sir Governor, I won't drink the tea. I have to go back and reunite with my sister. I've handed this matter over to you. We have done everything we can. Next, my brother and I will wait to hear good news from you."
Ping An turned around and planned to leave using his Qinggong skills. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that there was something he had not explained, so he turned around and looked at Shen Nian.
When Shen Nian saw that the person was about to leave and was about to ask him to stay, he saw Ping An turn around and come back. He was very surprised and didn't know what Ping An was going to do, but he still looked calm.
Ping An smiled and bowed to Shen Nian, "Please forgive me, Governor. I am not very old, but my memory is not very good. I left in a hurry just now and forgot that there is one key thing that I have not handed over to you."
After Ping An finished speaking, he reached into his bosom, pulled out a folded bound booklet and flew it towards the governor.
"Be careful, Governor." The team leader had always been wary of Ping An. Seeing this, he thought Ping An was going to plot against the Governor. He subconsciously swung the sword in his hand to chop off the thing that Ping An threw at the Governor.
Seeing this, Ping An shot a steel ball directly at the captain's wrist holding the sword. The steel ball hit the target perfectly. The captain felt pain in his wrist and the sword slipped out of his hand and fell to the ground.
At the same time, the bound booklet was caught by the prefect Shen Nian and fell steadily into his arms.
This series of actions happened extremely quickly, taking only two breaths from start to finish.
After Shen Nian received the thing, he subconsciously turned his head to look at the patrol team leader standing beside him, and found that he had put his right hand that had been attacked behind his back. Although the team leader pretended to be calm, his trembling right hand had exposed his true condition at the moment. This discovery allowed Shen Nian to clearly realize the gap in strength between the two.
Shen Nian lowered his eyes. No one knew what he was thinking in just two breaths. Suddenly, Shen Nian's eyes fell on the bound book in his arms. He picked up the book and started flipping through it.
As soon as he opened the first page of the book and saw clearly what was written on the first piece of paper, Shen Nian's Qi-cultivation skills failed. The shock in his heart was clearly shown on his face. He simply could not believe what he saw.
After a brief shock, he opened his eyes wide and quickly began to flip through the contents at the back of the book.
The book that Ping An threw to him was not thick and could be finished in a few seconds, but the amount of information contained in it was so huge that Shen Nian found it difficult to digest it all at once.
"The contents here have been personally verified by my brother and I. I cannot elaborate on the specific process, but it should be helpful to the governor in handling this matter. Well, I am really leaving now. I hope we can meet again in the future."
After Ping An finished speaking to the governor of Mingzhou, he tapped his toes lightly and with a few leaps disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Sir, do you want me to send someone to chase them?" The team leader immediately stepped forward to ask after Ping An left.
Although the team leader had no intention of peeking at the contents of the book, Shen Nian still subconsciously closed the book.
Shen Nian's mind was in a mess at this moment, but he was no longer as shocked as he was at the beginning, and he could also concentrate on controlling his expression.
He put on a calm and composed look again, looked at the team leader and said, "You are no match for that man. Not only can you not catch up with him, but you might also anger him. There is no need to chase him. I have other things to tell you."
"Yes."
The team leader secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would be best if he didn't have to chase. His hands were still shaking. If he really confronted the opponent, he was afraid that even if he had nine lives, they would not be enough for him to kill.
"First, arrange for a few people to send this man to the prison, then use the antidote given by that person to wake him up, interrogate him thoroughly, and present the results to me. In addition, you go to the prefectural governor's mansion in person and find the chief steward Shen Yuan, and ask him to come to see me immediately."
"As you command." The team leader did not dare to delay at all and started to act immediately after receiving the task.
Shen Nian quickly returned to his room clutching the crucial book in his hand. After closing the door, he took the book to the desk and sat down, carefully reading it page by page. The more he read, the more frightened he felt.
This book is exactly the confession letters of crimes committed by officials of all ranks in Mingzhou that Lin Chuyi had collected earlier, as well as the places where they accepted bribes or embezzled stolen goods. Although it has not been verified, Shen Nian has basically determined that the contents of this book are true.
Because it has their respective fingerprints and the specific hiding place of the stolen money and goods, as long as you put a little thought into verifying it, it won't take long to confirm the authenticity. There is no need for the other party to spend time giving false testimony.
But if all the above contents are true, then there are big problems here, especially the fact that Li Weimin, the magistrate of Mingkang County, secretly colluded with the bandits in Fufeng Village and tipped them off privately. No wonder the government sent troops to suppress the bandits several times, but always returned in failure. It turned out that there was a traitor among the people.
Wait, Li Weimin has only been the magistrate of Mingkang County in recent years, but the problems in Fufeng Village have existed for many years. Does that mean that the person who served as the magistrate of Mingkang County before also had problems?
Who were the previous magistrates of Mingkang County? Shen Nian fell into thought.
It seems like Zhang Da and Liu Sheng. Both of them had very smooth paths to promotion. It is no exaggeration to say that they rose to prominence. But now that you think about it carefully, it seems that their family backgrounds are just average.
Without special achievements and financial support, it would be impossible for the promotion to be so fast. He originally thought that these two people had climbed up to the powerful and influential people in the capital to sit in their current positions, but now it seems that this is not the case.
Shen Nian's brows were tightly furrowed. Everything that happened tonight was beyond his expectations. The major events described in the booklet were far more than just this one. If these things in the booklet were thoroughly investigated, the entire Mingzhou officialdom would be reshuffled, and other officials who had been promoted and left would be implicated.
But if he fails to bring them all down, he will make enemies in the court. Once they have recovered, they will join forces to deal with him.