At that time, Wei Zhi wanted to call Bai Qi to ask, but after asking, he found out that this Jinshi in the first year of Dazhen was not transferred to another place to serve as an official, but died in the second year of Dazhen.

Or die in office or in the suppression of bandits.

Wei Zhi had worked in the Criminal Department before, and his instincts, which he had learned from solving cases, told him that this was not normal.

So he put aside his work of investigating Jianweiyan and turned to investigate Bai Qi.

Two years later, nothing could be seen from Jianweiyan's account books. He knew there must be something wrong with Jianweiyan, but without evidence, everything was in vain.

So he went to check on Bai Qi.

All the people who were with Bai Qi died, including not only his servants, but also some local officials. Bai Qi's county magistrate He Ziyun and his eldest son died together, all for the purpose of suppressing bandits.

Wei Zhi felt resistance when investigating Bai Qi, and the resistance was greater than when investigating Jianwei Weir.

For example, when he wanted to see the account books of Jianwei Weir in Yizhou Prefecture, they would give it to him without blinking an eye. If he wanted to see the laborers who built Jianwei Weir, no one would stop him.

But he found some old people from back then and asked Bai Qi, but someone stopped him again and again, and the person being questioned kept speaking in a vacillating manner.

Obviously, he had seen the case files and various notes left by Bai Qi when he was in office before, but overnight, a fire broke out in the Yamen of Shu County and all those files were burned.

It was precisely because of this series of actions that he knew he had checked it correctly.

So he immediately sent people to Bai Qi's hometown, Longzhou, to find his family.

During this period, he fought floods and provided disaster relief in Yizhou. By the time the people sent out came back from Longzhou, most of the relief work had been completed.

Only then did he realize that the person he was looking for was actually in Yizhou Prefecture.

So when he heard two refugees on the roadside mentioning that Mianzhou was also severely affected by the disaster, he took advantage of the situation and came over.

In Jiannan Road and Yizhou, his every move was watched, and it was impossible for him to come directly to see Liu.

When he was in Brazil, he was still thinking about what kind of excuse he should find to go to Qilixiang in Luojiang County, so when Mr. Bai also went there, he specially called someone up to talk.

I thought that if he arrived in Luojiang County and Mr. Bai, like other squires, politely asked him to go home for a while, he would definitely agree to go.

The result turned out to be better than he expected.

The night was already dark, but Mr. Bai suddenly sent the Chang Sui who was following him away. He couldn't help but think too much.

But he didn't expect that Qili Village would have such a surprise waiting for him.

The guards who came back said that a group of people arrived at Qili Village before them, but for some unknown reason, they suddenly had a conflict with the local villagers, so they were arrested.

Wei Zhi came to Qili Village this time. Firstly, he wanted to see the three people who were arrested, and it would be best to take them away. Secondly, he wanted to talk to Mrs. Liu.

The other party was so afraid that he would check on Bai Qi, which meant that Bai Qi must have something in his hand that they were afraid of.

Wei Zhi suspected that those things were in the hands of Bai Qi's family.

But what Liu gave to Wei Zhi were only two family letters and two signed confessions.

Wei Zhi frowned and asked, "Besides these two letters from home, did Bai Qi leave nothing else?"

"Why would my son bring that kind of thing home and harm us?" Liu said: "He was in office alone at that time. My grandson was young and could not travel far, so we stayed in our hometown in Longzhou."

This is troublesome.

Wei Zhi asked, "Does the old lady have any other clues? Think about it, where would he hide the things?"

Ms. Liu shook her head and said, "I really can't think of it."

Mr. Bai glanced at Mrs. Liu and lowered his head.

Wei Zhi sighed and said, "I want to meet those three people."

Mrs. Liu immediately asked Daji to take Wei Zhi there.

As soon as they left, Mr. Bai asked: "Auntie, if we don't tell you, Mr. Wei will know the existence of Zhou Yin and his wife if he has met those two people. Why should we hide it from them?"

"Can Mr. Wei be trusted?"

"I can at least trust him 90%."

"But behind me stands this

So many lives, let alone 90%, even 99%, I dare not take this risk." Liu said: "He knew that there would be such a couple, but at this moment he must not have thought that it was Zhou Yin.

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"That……"

"Wait a little longer," Mrs. Liu said, "Let's wait a little longer. Anyway, he's not in a hurry to leave at this time, is he?"

Wei Zhi could also feel that Mr. Liu didn't trust him very much, but he understood after thinking about it for a while.

When he came out of the guest house, Wei Zhi was silent.

The guard following him couldn't help but ask, "Sir, does Mrs. Liu know who that couple is?"

Wei Zhi sighed, "She may know, but she definitely didn't get Bai Qi's things, and she doesn't even know where they are."

"What should we do? Without physical evidence, there is nothing we can do against King Yizhou and others."

"Yes, there is no physical evidence, so it doesn't matter whether she trusts them or not," Wei knew: "These three witnesses are of little use. They are as useless as useless. It would be a pity to discard them, but they are of little use."

The key lies in the things in Bai Qi's hands, but Bai Qi is dead, where will he put the things?

Wei Zhi frowned and said, "The person who knows Bai Qi best in the world is probably the old lady. Getting her to speak is much harder than getting those three prisoners to speak."

"That……"

"But we are not in a hurry. We have plenty of time. We can just stay for a few more days at most."

The guard responded.

Wei Zhi said he would live here, but of course, it was impossible to live here. After all, Liu and Zheng were both widows, and Bai Shanbao was young, so Wei Zhi and the guards stayed at his house as Mr. Bai's friends.

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Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Bai didn't have any doubts at all. They welcomed them happily. They also planned to hold a welcome banquet for him and enthusiastically persuaded him to stay for a few more days.

Wei Zhi happily agreed.

Old Mrs. Bai and Bai Erlang who came back from school laughed and said: "Go to the next door and call your cousin, and Man Bao too. If she is here, she will also bring them over. I haven't seen those two children for two or three days."

Yeah, it’s still weird.”

Bai Erlang shouted: "They asked for leave and just went to school today."

He was a little unconvinced and hummed: "Grandma, they always ask for leave during this time." So he didn't look like a good student at all.

Mr. Bai glared at him and said, "Yesterday Shanbao and Manbao spent the whole day reading in the study room, but you went to school. What did you learn?"

Bai Erlang didn't believe it and murmured in a low voice: "Who can still study after taking leave..."

Wei Zhi laughed and asked, "Is Shanbao the grandson of Mrs. Liu?"

"Yes, a very smart child." Mrs. Bai tried her best to show off Bai Shanbao, but there was nothing she could do. Her eldest grandson was not here, so her grandnephew was also a grandson, right?

After finishing the compliment, Bai Shanbao praised their second son and said with a smile: "Our second son is also very well-behaved and filial."
Chapter completed!