Through the exploration with his spiritual sense, Jiayin discovered that these families were the same. Every family had money again, and there was a lot of it.

Although it has been a year or two, it is normal to save some money, but this village is remote, there is no livelihood, and there is a big family to support, how can it be so easy to save money?

And the money was not just a penny, it was roughly estimated to be hundreds of taels of silver! There were also some jewelry, which added up to a large amount, unless they all hunted tigers in the mountains and sold them for so much money.

There are still some possibilities.

Jiayin was full of doubts and scanned the entire village.

I found that those houses were relatively good and had money inside. Those houses with a shabby appearance had the same bare walls inside, with at most dozens of copper coins.

Those are the only ones that are suspicious. This time Jiayin did not take away these people's property. Firstly, they didn't know how the other party got it. Secondly, they wanted to leave it to Shaoyang. If it came from an improper source, it could be used as evidence.

It is more convenient for Shaoyang to investigate.

Jiayin withdrew his consciousness and turned to the Sheriff's Mansion to see if Xiaoling had told Uncle Shaoyang? And how Uncle Shaoyang planned to solve it.

At this time, Shaoyang had already finished listening to Xiao Ling's narration, his expression was very serious.

I opened the two ultimatums on the table and read them carefully.

After reading it, his face became more serious, and he asked Xiao Ling to wait. He took the paperwork and ran directly to the front yard to find his father.

When it comes to court officials, he cannot make the decision without an official position. He must let his father make the decision.

Sheriff Shao was handling official business in the study. When his servants reported that his second son had come to see him, he immediately let his son in.

Sheriff Shao saw his son's serious face and asked curiously: "Yang'er, why are you looking for your father? Why are you so serious?"

Shaoyang first told his father what Xiaoling said, and then handed the cloth bag in his hand to his father.

After hearing his son's description, Governor Shao's face also darkened. After reading the contents of the edict, he slapped his palm heavily on the table.

"How unreasonable! Such a thing happened under my rule! Let's not talk about Xiangyun County. We are beyond our reach. I didn't expect that I, the head of a county, would not even know that subordinate officials were replaced! If the supervisory censor is allowed to

I know, what will the emperor think of me! It seems that I need to take care of these moths!"

Shao Yang said to his father: "The appointment and dismissal of officials in our county are all registered by Director Lin. At that time, it was impossible for the Anping County Magistrate to take office without verifying his identity.

When Chief Secretary Lin went through the relevant procedures for him, it was impossible not to see whether the document was forged. If he had seen it but still concealed it, it could only be intentional."

Sheriff Shao nodded: "If it is really him, we must handle it more carefully. Chief Lin and Lieutenant Jiang are brothers-in-law. It is not that easy to deal with it. We need to have real evidence."

A county is not the sole authority of the county governor. There are three forces that check each other. The county governor is in charge of administration, the supervisory censor performs supervisory duties, and the county lieutenant is in charge of military strength.

Of course, Shao Jing is an exception. Due to the special situation in Qiyang County, he is the county guard and temporarily acts as the county captain, so the military power is still in his hands. When the situation there is completely stable, the court will definitely send another county guard or county captain.

In the past, Wei separated administrative and military power.

Speaking of which, why are they so sure that the current Nanping County Magistrate forged documents? Because his appearance and height should not match at all. If they were the same, it would not be enough to just take the real imperial edict and take office.

It must have been discovered immediately, which is why this ultimatum was not used. As for why it was not destroyed, it may have been secretly kept by someone to use it as a handle.

This is not difficult to guess.

However, this counterfeiter is also bold and dares to secretly forge a court appointment letter. This is a serious crime that can be executed by the whole family!

Sheriff Shao narrowed his eyes, "This matter must be investigated strictly and secretly, so that the supervisory censor cannot get the news."

Shao Yang remembered what Xiao Ling said before and said to his father: "Father, we don't necessarily have to directly check the authenticity of this person's identity. We can start from other aspects."

Sheriff Shao raised his eyebrows and looked at his son, "What good ideas do you have?"

Shaoyang did not beat around the bush and said bluntly: "The magistrate of Nanping County does not have a good official reputation. His political achievements are not outstanding and he is greedy for money and lust. He has even set many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes on merchants.

The merchants in Nanping County either cooperate with him or pay huge taxes. If they don't comply, they will be imprisoned on a trumped-up charge, and they will be sentenced to exile when they take away their property..."

Sheriff Shao narrowed his eyes, "Then it will be even more difficult to keep him alive. We will first investigate the charges on his face, and at the same time secretly investigate the matter of impersonation. If this matter is true, we will also charge him with being executed."

The imposter thing cannot be made public, so just give him another charge and the result will be the same.

Besides, for the evil that this man did as an official, I'm afraid they wouldn't need them to accuse him, and he would be trapped to death himself.

Shao Yang nodded, "I will take people to investigate carefully. I will first remove him from his official position."

Sheriff Shao nodded and then said: "As for Xiangyun County, you don't have to worry about it, we can't control it either.

This is obviously the county magistrate sent by the previous court. They want to restore the country. The people of this court must either be subdued or killed. It is impossible to stay with them to guard against them.

No matter what the situation is, we cannot interfere. This thing can only be reported as evidence of crime.

It would be fine if he died, as he died in the line of duty, and the court would give him some comfort. If he surrendered to the enemy, his family would also be implicated.

But at this time, the son of the county guard has been executed, and the only ones left are the remnants who are looking for them. We can't finish it in a short while, and we can't take care of these details."

Shao Yang nodded in agreement, discussed with his father how to mobilize manpower, which manpower was reliable, etc., and then left.

Shaoyang found someone to secretly keep an eye on the clerk Lin. As the clerk of the county government, if he couldn't even see the forged documents, what use would he have?

It's hard to say that this person was colluding with the impostor. Didn't Xiaoling say that the people had rumors before that the reason why he didn't come to appeal was because the Nanping County Magistrate had someone in the county, and it would be useless if he came.

That's why that person is so arrogant and domineering and has no scruples.

Even if he is not Chief Secretary Lin, he must be closely related to him. Just check him out.

Jiayin watched their every move with her spiritual consciousness, knew their next plan, and decided to help secretly.

Her consciousness penetrated into the back office where the Nanping County Magistrate lived, and searched the inside and outside of his residence.
Chapter completed!