Since I met you, people are dying every day

In the early morning of the second day, the yamen servants gathered after dinner, but saw a strange man standing in the leader's seat.He is tall and thin, with a dark complexion, a big hat on his head, and a dark blue straight body. His facial features are not distinctive, and his only pair of eyes are bottomless.When everyone saw that he was not wearing a Tsing Yi, he was obviously not from the yamen, he was not well dressed, and the belt he was wearing was not expensive, so they were not sure about his origin for a while.

Xia Shu saw that the people were almost here, so he said calmly: "Master Ye has rushed back to the Yamen on an important mission. I have ordered you to accompany everyone here to find the lost person."

His identity was unknown, and what he said was nondescript. The yamen servants looked at each other, but no one dared to say anything.County Magistrate Ye has a good temper, but everyone has seen his thunderous methods.

Seeing that none of them said anything, Xia Shu relaxed his expression slightly, pointed out the leaders, and ordered: "You guys start to click."

Everyone is complete, Xia Shu slightly nodded, and dispatched the 100 people into groups to search for the cave separately according to Ye Sirui's instructions. Seeing that this person knew the situation well, everyone in each group knew that Ye Sirui must have mentioned something in advance, and what he said was true. Everyone has to be ordered to leave.There are also some thorny heads, wanting to make trouble, but seeing that Xia Shu's actions are quite organized, he can't find any faults.And he led people to search, but there was no sound when he walked, obviously he had martial arts, so he naturally put out his thoughts.

But at this moment Ye Sirui had just arrived at the yamen, he got off his horse, took the rope and threw it to the servants at the door, and strode towards the mansion.

After Dian Shi got the letter, he came trotting all the way, and bumped into Ye Sirui flipping through the file quickly.Thinking in his heart that something was wrong, he bowed to salute. "Meet the adults."

Ye Sirui said no courtesy, but he didn't even look at him.

Dian Shi got up, bent over and waited.

Ye Sirui raised his head inadvertently, and laughed, "Sit down. It's a coincidence that you came here, and I have something to ask you."

Dian Shi's buttocks hadn't touched the bench, and he stood up obediently after hearing the words, "What's the matter, my lord?"

Ye Sirui said: "Sit down and answer, did you make up the dossier in recent years?"

Dian Shi felt uneasy, so he just stood bent over, watching his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose. "My lord, the dossiers of the predecessor and the next lord when he was in office were small compilations."

Ye Sirui understood, and just smiled: "Then do you still remember, where are the reports of missing children reported in Taohuazhuangzi in the south of the city?"

The history of the classics was really surprised, so he had to answer truthfully: "Compiled according to the year, there are the previous year and the previous year." After thinking for a while, he finally said: "It should be gathered in the third volume. It's in four volumes."

As he said, Ye Sirui took the third and fourth volumes by himself, turned them over and asked him: "What happened these two days?"

"Just as I was about to go back to my lord, there was a report yesterday in the north of the city, saying that Dong Xiang, the owner, had been killed. There were a large number of nursing homes in his family, and most of them passed out. One of them was killed." Dian Shi replied cautiously: "That family doesn't know what to do for a living, and they don't even have any relatives. The county magistrate has already brought his assistant to investigate. But it is said that a lot of gold and silver have been lost. It was done by strongmen and bandits, I am afraid it will be difficult to do anything, the lower officials have already written a document to report to their superiors."

This person seems to be the one Xia Shu killed.Thinking of what Xia Shu said, Ye Sirui hated this person extremely.It's just... "The county magistrate went there in person?" Ye Sirui said with a smile, "It's hard for him."

Dian Shi couldn't tell whether it was a compliment or a derogation, so he agreed slowly, got up and presented the transcribed documents.

Ye Sirui glanced at it, then continued to look through the file, and when he found it, he told him to quit, "You send a letter to Master Lu, feel free to ask him about the affairs of the yamen in the past two days, and come back to me when it comes to major matters. " Dianshi listened to the order and answered.

Ye Sirui first flipped through them one by one, took a pen and paper and copied them down, and sneered after reading them one by one.That Leng Yu said lightly, only one or two children were lost, but there are as many as seven or eight cases recorded in this booklet.And he copied one or two examples, and then found that there was nothing to copy, even the words were the same, and he reported the case to the government and sent someone to search for it for a day or two and then stopped asking. After another ten or twenty days, the family came by themselves Withdrawal of household registration.

Ye Sirui frowned, but still couldn't help scolding a few times for absurdity.Even though the family members gave up looking for them, they didn't pay any attention to losing so many children in a row. We can see who this Dian Shi and the previous Master Li are.

After he sneered again and again, he settled down to look carefully. Most of these cases happened during the reign of the former county magistrate. Most of the missing were girls, and there were only a few boys in the past one or two years.Ye Sirui closed his eyes and meditated for a while, then flipped through the pages casually to see if he missed anything.It doesn't matter if you don't turn it over, I was shocked when I read it carefully. This booklet lasted for more than a year, and I found three or four cases of missing children when I flipped through it, not just in Taozhuang.Counting again, there are more than [-] cases in three or four years.Ye Sirui held the transcribed paper in front of him and looked at it, the more he looked at it, the more shocked he became.Why can't we see people alive and dead bodies?

Ye Sirui had doubts in his heart, and didn't want to delay for a moment, immediately put the paper back into his arms, got up and walked out.Walking to the corridor, the woman who was doing odd jobs saw him and smiled and saluted, "Your Excellency is back."

Ye Sirui smiled with his hands behind his back, and withdrew his aura, "Mrs. Zhang, how many years have you been in this yamen?"

Zhang Po straightened her stooped body and replied loudly: "The old lady has been here for seven or eight years!"

"En." Ye Sirui smiled warmly, as if he asked casually: "You have been in the Yamen for so many years, but the errands of the county magistrate and chief bookkeeper are often changed?"

"That's not true." Zhang Po smiled wrinkledly, "Master Lu came when the previous lord was in office, and he stayed for several years! Zhou Xiancheng came when the previous lord took office. Yes, it's been three or four years."

Ye Sirui smiled again, asked her about her daily life, Wen Yan said a few words of concern, got up and walked to the master's office.

Master Lu is correcting documents at his desk.Before the lord came back, the county magistrate went to investigate the murder case again. Fortunately, he had not been away for a long time and there were not too many things, which allowed him to rest for a while and get distracted.

It's almost summer, and I'm afraid there will be another flood, so I have to prepare to open the warehouse in advance to release grain. However, I'm afraid I have to report to the superiors. Hey, the adults are said to be investigating the case of missing children, and I don't know when they will come back.

He was pondering, when footsteps sounded at the door.He waited for a while, but he didn't salute him. He raised his head with a slight frown, but saw a man standing in the hall, looking at him with a half-smile.

"The lower official didn't know your lord was coming, so I was rude, your lord forgive me." The chief secretary was just stunned for a moment, then moved away from the chief seat and saluted.

"Master Lu is working hard." Ye Sirui said politely casually.Master Lu got up immediately, gave up the master's seat, asked him to sit down, and then went to look at the documents.

Ye Sirui laughed when he saw it, and asked straight to the point: "I'm here to investigate Mrs. Liu's disappearance."

"Oh?" Master Lu raised his head, "Can you gain something, my lord?"

"A little." Ye Sirui looked at him, "I looked through the files, and there were quite a few children who got lost in the past few years, does Master Lu know?"

Master Lu looked away, and calmly picked up his pen, "Children are ignorant, and it's normal for them to get lost."

"The child is ignorant, it's okay to get lost, but whose fault is it that we haven't heard of it for so long?" Ye Sirui felt resentful in his heart. Seeing that he was silent, he said again: "I searched for a day or two to fool them. Didn't my parents and family get involved? I can't find it. Won’t the pain be too much and the heart and gallbladder will be broken? The flesh and blood of the relatives, the case hastily closed, the whereabouts of these more than [-] people are unknown, ordinary people still feel pity, if it is because of you and me, who can be innocent?” He said, staring at With Master Lu.

Master Lu reacted very calmly, only stopped the pen in his hand when he mentioned more than [-] lives, and still said calmly: "Fate is in the sky, beyond human power." He paused, raised his head again He took a deep look at him: "It's not God's will."

"Why?"

"The villain counts randomly, and hides the truth." Master Lu said every word.

Ye Sirui stood up from the chair in an instant, suppressed his emotions, and left with his hands clasped to Master Lu. The master sat alone at the table and continued to write.

Ye Sirui was terrified in his heart, strode out to catch his breath, and sent someone to order.First, he called two police officers, and ordered one of them to take Wu Zuo to Taozhuang to find Xia Shu, to wait for his errand, and to deliver a message for them.As for the other one, Ye Sirui whispered in his ear, the arrester was startled and terrified, and said straightly: "I beg your lord to take it back!"

Ye Sirui's face was calm, "I have ordered you to do the errands, and you will be rewarded if you do it honestly. If you can't do it, you will have to be fined." He immediately obediently complied.

After giving the order, Ye Sirui asked them to recommend two more capable and smart messengers, and after a short while, the two boys were summoned. After asking, they were a pair of brothers, the elder brother Zhang Daniu, the younger brother Zhang Xiaoniu, it was Ye Sirui. I came to work after taking office.As their name suggests, both of them are strong and strong, with round eyes.

Ye Sirui wanted to put them to the test, so he asked the two policemen to leave first, then looked around, and said: "I have a very important errand for you to do."

The two brothers knelt down together and said, "I am willing to serve my lord."

"But this matter is extremely dangerous, and there must be no mistakes." Ye Sirui said deliberately.

The elder brother seems to be hesitating, but the younger brother Xiao Niu has already kowtowed, "I am appreciated by the adults, and the younger one is willing to die for the adults."

Zhang Daniu hesitated for a moment, then kowtowed, "The younger ones too."

Ye Sirui said: "I don't need to die, but I can't leak a little information. If it is done well, I will naturally reward you." He deliberately glanced at Zhang Daniu.

As expected, Zhang Daniu responded, "You don't need to reward the young ones, but I just ask you to give my old lady something to eat and my brother to continue his studies."

"Brother!" Zhang Xiaoniu stopped him suddenly.

Ye Sirui smiled with satisfaction, "You can read? That's even better. After the matter is completed, the wishes of the two of you will be fulfilled." After finishing speaking, his face became more serious. "I want you to conceal your identities and secretly monitor Zhou Xiancheng."