"Mrs. Wang, you should know that your husband has committed a serious crime and has now escaped. Do you know where he escaped? Or where he may escape? If you can provide useful clues, we can consider it at your discretion

You and your family are relieved of punishment.”

Mrs. Wang's expression did not change at all, and she said, "Sir, I don't know what my master is doing. I don't have the habit of saying anything to me if I do anything. I'm afraid I'll be disappointed."

What kind of couple is this?

Xu Jiaojiao was a little surprised, "Mrs. Wang, are you saying this absolutely? He didn't tell you anything?"

Mrs. Wang said: "Sir, this is true, I have not exaggerated it."

"This is really..." Xu Jiaojiao said, "Has he been like this all the time? Or did he change suddenly?"

Mrs. Wang's expression finally changed a little. She sighed and said:

"It's not always like this. When we first got married, everything was normal, but about eight years ago, it changed. He married a new concubine and never got close to his concubine. What's wrong?

At most I would like to inform you, and later, this kind of notification was gone. Many times, I couldn’t even see him all day long, and the last time I saw him was seven days ago, so where did he go?

I know nothing.”

Seven days ago...

The last time Liao Qing and Jin Yuming met was four days ago.

Xu Jiaojiao caressed her forehead.

This Lord Jin turns out that his family tradition is not good!

It seems that she did ask the wrong person.

"Who is he closest to in your family? That concubine?"

Mrs. Wang nodded slightly, "My concubine's surname is Yang. Since she entered the door, the master has been alienated from the rest of the family."

this……

Didn’t you just find a vixen?

Xu Jiaojiao is so familiar with this kind of drama.

Oh, something is wrong!

What Mrs. Wang said was that Jin Yuming was alienated from everyone else, not from her.

There is still a big difference here.

Is this vixen so charming?

"What you are saying is that Jin Yuming is alienated from the rest of the family? He only favors the concubine named Yang alone?" Xu Jiaojiao wanted to confirm.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Wang hesitated for a moment before saying, "It cannot be said that. Although I am dissatisfied with the surname Yang, I have to say that the master is just average in his favor and is far from pampering.

, Over the years, the master has not spent much time at home, and most of them are busy with business in the yamen, so he rests there when he is late."

oh?

This was beyond Xu Jiaojiao's expectations.

Aunt Yang is not a vixen, and Jin Yuming is not a waste of yin and injustice King Zhou.

Instead, he is a diligent and diligent official!

However, she didn't believe it.

Will a wolf that loves to eat sheep try hard to solve life problems for the sheep?

She simply called the Aunt Yang and the other two Jin family members.

Jin Yuming's family does not have many, only a dozen people are counting.

Gaotang has passed away, and most of the women and children account for.

That Aunt Yang looks pretty pretty, but that's just that, nothing stands out.

"Aunt Yang, when was the last time you met your master?"

Aunt Yang replied: "Three days ago."

Well, this is a bit more reliable.

Xu Jiaojiao asked again: "So have he done anything unusual? Have you ever said anything special?"

Aunt Yang was a little confused, "Abnormal behavior? No wow? No special words."

"For example, what is going to do, where is he going, or who is scolding him, how to take revenge, etc., didn't you say such things?" Xu Jiaojiao induced her.

Aunt Yang shook her head, "No. The master actually said very little, and he didn't say anything special that day. He sat for a while and left again, saying that he was going to the yamen to do business."

Stop?

Xu Jiaojiao was surprised. What kind of person is this Jin Yuming?

A good cadre who sacrifices his family and takes care of everyone and devotes himself to building a better life in Jinyang?

Why didn't she believe it?

He asked the other two, but the answer was the same, saying that Jin Yuming often did not stay at home and often stayed in the yamen for a long time.

Xu Jiaojiao was silent.

After a while, she asked someone to take the Jin family back, and asked someone to ask the people in the government office one by one, such as the official secretary, the classics of each house, the history of the family, the experience, the governor, etc. These people were guarded by General Zhu's officers and soldiers.

, They can handle official duties, but their activities are restricted.

I just asked them one sentence: "Does Jin Yuming often handle business in the yamen at night?"

It’s not that she wants to get stuck in this matter, nor that her gossip is burning, but that she feels something strange about this matter based on her intuition.

She had never seen such a person before. There were a lot of things and many strange things, but she just couldn't find where his handle was.

This is definitely an old fox!

For such a person, no suspicious place can be left behind, and any details may grab his braid.

Such a micro-investigation of one sentence will be over in a while.

Based on everyone's answers, Jin Yu made it clear that he often stayed in the yamen at night, but most of them turned off the lights early.

This is strange again.

Since I go to bed early, why don’t I go home to sleep?

What's unusual about this government office that attracts him so much?

Xu Jiaojiao has searched the place carefully, but she has not found anything abnormal?

After a day of interrogation, I didn’t get any clues about Jin Yuming’s escape.

At noon the next day, Master Ma came to report that the account inventory there was a result.

"This old thief has indeed something wrong, and there are big problems!"

Master Ma already knew that Jin Yuming had escaped fear of guilt and was quite excited.

"Don't be anxious, sit down and talk slowly." Xu Jiaojiao asked someone to pour tea.

Master Ma took a big sip and calmed down a little.

"Just talk about the disaster relief funds allocated by the court, each time the silver is transported, the main expenses are in two items, one is to help the victims, and the other is to repair the embankment and clear the ditch and dig the lake."

"But, as far as the young man knows, relief of the victims is only a form of dealing with each other every year. Each time, it is gone after only one or two days of porridge. And the lake has been cleared and dug, and several years have passed, and Jinyang Prefecture has not yet been there either.

I have seen any major changes, but the lakes and ponds used to store water have not increased a few times."

"As for repairing the embankment, this part is the most complicated and unreasonable. For example, in addition to corvee labor, the yamen also hired other people, and the account also included remuneration. But in fact, the villagers repaired the embankment,

The yamen did not pay money, just pay attention to the food. The materials used to build the dike are all earth and stones. What's the money? But there are also branches on the account. What's more annoying is that the old man knows clearly that the earth and stones used to build the dike are all earth and stones.

I used local materials, and the big stones were washed away by water, and I sent people to collect them and rebuild them. How could I need money?"

Liao Qing was a little surprised when he heard this.

He has a say in this.

He went to the scene to see it, and he was wondering at the time why most of the materials on the dam were large pieces of stone?
Chapter completed!