Chapter 14 The Official and Bandit Family
Pei Min did not rush to rest, but instead sorted out the key details of the whole thing in the study.
After raising all the information, he now has not much of it. The other party seems to be very experienced, has great strength, and is good at hiding himself.
Now he had a feeling that the other party had laid a lot of fog, and the news in his hand was just some fur, and the core was not reached at all.
The only useful information he guessed was that he had guessed, and there was no definite evidence: both incidents involved the three Li Guinian brothers and the Gongsun sisters.
Pei Min has never believed in any coincidences, especially such unscientific coincidences.
It shows that the person the opponent wants to deal with is either the Gongsun sister or the three brothers of the Li family.
Sister Gongsun is a small person, and even more so. If you really deal with them, there is no need to make things so complicated. Moreover, the person who knows you best is not a friend, but an enemy. Sister Gongsun is really an enemy, and there is no reason to send shrimp soldiers and crab generals to take action, and accurately judge that their sisters will come to Chang'an and set up a situation in Chang'an.
The three brothers of the Li family are the only answer. They are indeed small people now, but Li Guinian has shown his talent for the saint of music and attracted Li Longji's attention. There is nothing small about this that has something to do with the emperor.
Huang Banchuo is still his only choice!
Who is standing behind Huang Banchuo?
And what is the relationship between Meng Wenli and Fang Xiangde?
What could Fang Xiangde get from Meng Wenli? He still supported him so much when he was at his most downturn?
"Sui County Chief Historian!"
Pei Min suddenly noticed a detail, a trivial but extremely critical detail.
According to Meng Wenli, Fang Xiangde could help him go to Beijing to take the exam, and he passed the imperial examination in high school. Jueluo was a subject that was taken on a whim during the Wu Zetian period, and was much inferior to the real top scholar Jinshi.
According to the rules, even if a top scholar who has been a Jinshi and has entered the official position, he still needs to start from a ninth rank official and climb up step by step.
Lunke is far inferior to Jinshi, so why should he be the chief minister of a county?
Even if Sui County is a Xia County, it is not the second-in-command of the county government affairs as soon as it takes office, right?
It would be okay if Meng Wenli had status, but he was an ordinary person who needed funding for even going to Beijing to take the exam. How could he be the chief of a county when he first entered the officialdom?
"The first year of magical power!"
Pei Min thought about the year name: Wu Zetian accepted Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong as his face during this period, thus becoming old and stupid. At that time, the two Zhangs were deeply favored by Wu Zetian and had great power. Wu Chengsi, Wu Sansi, Wu Yizong, Zong Chuke, Zong Jinqing and others also waited for the two Zhangs to collude with each other. The whole temple was in a mess, and only by using power to buy Sui County Chief Shi can he be treated like this.
Meng Wenli must have received help from noble people!
Except for Fang Xiangde, who would pay attention to a trivial "superbing"?
"Sui County, Sui County!"
Pei Min silently recited a few sentences, took off the geography from the bookshelf, and turned to the records of Sui County. There are three records of Sui County in the geography, one is located in Sichuan, Shu, one is located in Jiangxi, and the other is located in Jingxiang...
Jingxiang!
Pei Min felt a little moved, and seemed to find a clue: Although this Sui County in Jingxiang is not good-looking and is not valued by the world. However, it is located at the southern foot of Tongbai Mountain, the western end of Dabie Mountain, and the northeast of Dahong Mountain. It can be said to be the throat of Han Xiang, an important town in northern Hubei, and has an excellent geographical location.
He found another map and looked at Sui County on the map. He suddenly realized that it was so close to Yunmengze. It is located northwest of Yunmengze, and is one of the county towns closest to Yunmengze.
The thieves from Yunmengze who attacked Nanzhai Village were the thieves from Yunmengze, and Meng Wenli was the governor of Sui County who was close to Yunmengze!
They all have something to do with Yunmengze. If these two are connected, the amount of information will be large.
What a surprise?
Pei Min laughed.
Just as he wanted to re-examine his thoughts, Ning Ze knocked on the door of his study and reported: "Young Master, Jingzhao Yinte from Jingzhao Mansion is here to pay a visit."
Pei Min thought that he would tell Fan Yu about his inference today early tomorrow morning, and asked him to interrogate Meng Wenli again to find out the relationship between Fang Xiangde and the Yunmengze bandits, but he didn't expect that the other party came to him overnight.
"Let him go to the living room to wait for a while!" Pei Min came to the living room without hesitation.
Fan Yu sat aside with a lot of worries and waited. Seeing Pei Min coming, he couldn't wait to say, "Duke, Fang Xiangde is really a problem, he is doing something bad! Xiangde's carriages and horses are originally a family of many carriages in Chang'an, and it is not eye-catching. Later, somehow he got to join Zong Chuke and Princess Anle and became their confidant. Fang Xiangde liked to eat alone the most, and with the help of Zong Chuke and Princess Anle's power, suppressed his peers, forcing many families to destroy and lose their money, and the situation was particularly bad. However, this was something that happened a long time ago. Since the Supreme Emperor ascended the throne, he has restrained a little. Now the saints work hard to govern, and they dare not move. However, this old case has been through several dynasties and has several amnesty and has not made any use. As for his customers, most of them are serious businessmen, and nothing special is found."
"Where is Huang Banchuo, what's the relationship with Fang Xiangde? If I guess correctly, I should have gained nothing!"
Pei Min has found some clues now, but now he has not found any news about Huang Banchuo's involvement in the case, and it is too deep.
Fan Yu smiled bitterly and said, "I guessed it right. After our detailed investigation, there was no news between Fang Xiangde and Huang Fanchuo. Whether it was Fang Xiangde's concubine or employing people, they didn't even know that Huang Fanchuo was the character! Did he make a mistake? Or was it another reason?"
"It's right, the sureness is still there! Fang Xiangde is also a bait, far from being the person behind the scenes. His person behind the scenes should be stronger." Pei Min said, telling Fan Yu about his unexpected appearance in the study.
Fan Yu looked grim: "According to the Duke of China, Fang Xiangde may have an extraordinary relationship with the bandits in Bailihuang, Yunmengze?"
"Tenth**!" Pei Min said: "For fame, it is reasonable for Fang Xiangde to sponsor Meng Wenli to take the exam. But I never believe that a businessman would fund some people to develop local economy without any desire. There must be a big trick in this and it deserves a deeper investigation. This is not just a small case of frame-up, but also a cancer of the bandits in Bailihuang in Yunmengze. Fang Xiangde received help from noble people and successfully occupied an unbreakable position in the carriage and horse carriage. Using the convenience of carriage and horse carriage, he transported supplies to Bailihuang and sold dirt. The merchants and bandits were all in a tacit understanding!"
Chapter completed!