The leader of the Tu Gang walked past Leng Yi, stopped, and said, "Magistrate Leng, thank you for helping me find out what this beast did that was harmful to the world. Thank you!"

Leng Yi looked at him and said lightly: "The sky has eyes!"

After the leader of Tu Gang was taken away, the prefect Liao asked the constable to lead the way and to check the corner where the body was found. It was Tu Er and He Xian. They were hanging on two trees respectively.

Leng Yi said: "Mr. Liao, I want to check the body."

"No need, isn't this a suicide note? There is no sign of coercion on them. It should have been suicide."

Leng Yi glanced at the corpse and nodded.

Master Liao said: "Do you think the leader of the Tu Gang participated in the robbery and killing merchant ships and kidnap hostages?"

Leng Yi said: "This is a lice on the bald man's head, an obvious thing. As the leader of the gang, how could he not know about this?"

"It's hard to say this. If the people below really did it hide it from him, he might not know, after all, the ship gang is too big."

"We just discovered the cellar and account books, and Tu Er and He Xian committed suicide in fear of guilt. How did they know? Don't you think it's strange?"

"This..." said Liao Magistrate Liao, "We have been searching for you all day. They probably have guessed that you have fallen into this trap, so they are prepared. The guards of the gang leader saw us arresting the gang leader. After they withdrew, they might have told Tu Er and the others, so they knew that the end was coming, so they hanged themselves. This makes sense."

"Is that true?" Leng Yi looked at the prefect Liao, and saw that he lowered his head, and then slowly said: "It's the same thing, if you can't keep the fire in your mouth, you will eventually find out."

"Well, our government will organize an investigation immediately. You can also take a good look, thank you for your hard work!"

Prefect Liao immediately arranged for the prefect to subpoena Zaoli to summon all the leaders of the ship gang, and investigated among the gang members.

The entire investigation lasted for three days.

During these three days, Leng Yi still returned to Yinling Inn to stay, and was arranged by Master Dong to visit the various assistants of the prefect one by one.

These assistants did not take a small county magistrate seriously, but they were indeed extremely enthusiastic about Leng Yi. The reason was very simple. There was a captain from the six gates of the capital as a guard, which showed that he had a background. Although he didn't know what the background was, it was definitely amazing. This was one of them; secondly, this time the leader of Leng Yi Gang, the wife of the Master Liao, cracked the murder of the leader of the Ship Gang, and at the same time, he accidentally exposed the heinous crimes committed by the Ship Gang. Liao's prefect is now very eye-catching. The assistants naturally deliberately flattered him.

Therefore, Leng Yi went to pay New Year's greetings. These assistants personally went to the gate to greet each other, and even arranged a banquet to entertain him. They called Leng Yi brothers and brothers, and before leaving, they returned a heavy gift.

However, there is one thing that is not very good, that is, the corpse stinking on Leng Yi and Cheng Luojie. They both took a day's bath and used a large bucket of soap powder, but they could not remove the corpse stinking on their bodies. The stinking will take ten days and half a month to eliminate.

Leng Yi was a little better, but Cheng Luojie had a headache. As a girl, she was so fragrant that she felt comfortable. However, she now had the most unpleasant smell in the world. She pinched her nose and walked away from wherever she went, and looked at her with a strange look. She was so embarrassed that she wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into it.

Fortunately, Leng Yi did not dislike her and still had sex with her with interest, which made her feel relieved.

On the third day, the prefect Liao sent someone to invite Leng Yi.

In the flower hall, the prefect Liao pointed to several large files piled on the table and said, "The matter has been found out. Several gang members and small leaders who participated in the robbery of merchant ships and kidnap hostages were found. They all unanimously confessed that they were the deputy gang leader He Xian. The gang leader had nothing to do with this. It seems that the gang leader was really kept in the dark and did not know. He was wronged, and our mansion was going to release him without acquit. What if Lord Leng was thinking?"

Leng Yi did not look at the files. Looking at the prefect Liao, he said lightly: "This is Lord Liao's case, so Lord Liao naturally decided."

The prefect Liao breathed a sigh of relief: "You have solved this case by accident. Of course, you have to listen to your opinions. - By the way, the woman rescued in the cellar with you was Xu Yuanwai's wife. After identification, the person who raped her was the nephew of the leader of the Tu Gang. When he arrested this person, he found that he had committed suicide because of his crime. He wiped his neck with a knife."

Leng Yi just looked at him without saying a word.

Prefect Liao said: "I understand your thoughts, and I also suspect that the gang leader was involved in it. But they said this in unison. There is no evidence to convict him! - Our mansion will admonish the gang leader, so that he will strictly restrain his subordinates and not do anything that violates the king's law. At the same time, he will hand over all the stolen money and goods obtained by his brother and his brother robbing merchant ships and taking hostages, and a huge fine will be imposed!"

Leng Yi still didn't say anything.

"This major case was mainly solved by you. Our government will report to the superiors and give you a good evaluation during the three-year assessment."

"Thank you, sir!" Leng Yi stood up and bowed to salute.

When Prefect Liao saw that he finally smiled, he breathed a sigh of relief.

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The leader of the Tu Gang was released without guilt. When he left the yamen, Bao Lie, another deputy leader of the Boat Gang, dispatched hundreds of gangs to block the streets. There were dozens of other martial arts masters, surrounded by them and were closely guarded. A luxurious carriage went to the door of the yamen prison and directly picked up the leader of the Tu Gang Gang and escorted back to the Tu Mansion in a mighty manner.

The gang leader got off the carriage and found that the mansion was surrounded by the boat gang members, and they were all close people. The number of bodyguards who followed him was several times more than before! Almost didn't know each other, so he turned his head and asked Bao Lie, the deputy gang leader behind him: "What's going on?"

Bao Lie whispered: "I will report to the gang leader in detail when I get in the house."

The leader of Tu nodded and stepped into the main gate of the mansion. After entering, he found that there were also three steps and five steps inside. Moreover, they were all capable gang members. The leader of Tu frowned and came to the study of the bedroom. The dozens of bodyguards followed him immediately surrounded the bedroom. Even the roof was warned by more than a dozen people with skilled light skills.

The leader of the Tu Gang lifted his robe and sat down on the chair, looking at Bao Lie coldly, saying, "I'll say that!"

"Yes!" Bao Lie took out a letter from his arms and handed it to the Tu Gang Master, saying, "Please read the Gang Master."

The leader of the Tu Gang stared at him and slowly took it over. He took out the letter and glanced at it. He was shocked. He saw the dragon and phoenix dance on it, saying: "The ship gang is evil, the chime is hard to write! The culprit, the leader of the ship gang! Within one month, you must take your head!"

Bao Lie whispered: "This is the day before yesterday when we were stuck with a sharp knives on the plaque at the entrance of our boat gang. In order to prevent it, our subordinates made arbitrary initiatives and mobilized the gang members to guard against each other. At the same time, they hired dozens of experts with high salaries to take strict precautions."

The leader of the Tu Gang nodded slowly and said, "Do you know who it is?"

"I don't know!" Bao Lie said: "The day before yesterday, my subordinates were summoning the leader of the gang to arrange matters. In the morning, I was sure that there was no such thing on the plaque. After lunch, I discussed it in the lobby and saw this thing! At that time, because the hall was in a meeting, it was very strict, and outsiders could not come in! The other party specially selected the book to issue a book at this time, which was clearly demonstrating to us! My subordinates felt that this person's martial arts was so high that he could not be underestimated! He should not be underestimated! That was why he made this counter-deployment."

The leader of the Tu Gang nodded slowly and said, "How is my brother's funeral?"

"It has been arranged and is in the front lobby. However, just in case, a pergola was set up outside the gate and a mourning hall was set up to receive condolences and prevent them from coming in."

"This arrangement is very good!" said the leader of the Tu Gang.

A few days later, the leader of the Tu Gang stayed in his door and refused to leave. He only sat quietly in front of the real mourning hall of his younger brother in the house to burn paper.

That night, the leader of the Tu Gang sat in front of his younger brother's spirit and burned paper. Several personal guards were alerting him. The white lanterns in the mourning hall swayed in the wind.

While slowly burning paper money, the leader of the Tu Gang prayed in his heart: Brother, it’s not that his brother is ruthless, and he has no choice but to let the guards kill you and nephews to silence you and throw you out to protect me, otherwise we will all be done.

Gangmao was very glad that he had prepared in advance. When he started robbing and kidnapping, he put his younger brother in charge. He only gave instructions to the deputy Gangmao He Xian and only listened to He Xian's report. Moreover, the few people involved in this matter were his dead soldiers. All activities were supervised by his nephew and reported to him. After Leng Yi insisted on living in the small courtyard where the hostages were held and the accounts were stored, Gangmao began to think about how to deal with the worst result. He also gave his personal bodyguard a warning to silence people.

When he was restrained by Yin Jiu, he sent a secret code to the guards. After the guards left the yard, they immediately acted and hanged Tu Er and He Xian alive. Before hanging them, they forced Tu Er to write the suicide note. At the same time, they killed the nephew who knew the inside story and silenced him.

Therefore, the investigation of Prefect Liao did not find any evidence of his participation in robbery and kidnapping. He used to take many benefits to the boat gang. Since there was no evidence, it was just in line with the wishes of Prefect Liao, so he was acquitted. However, he was ordered to hand over all the stolen goods to the yamen and return them to the victim's family according to the records of the account book. If there were no family members, he would hand them over to the court.

The Tushifu has been busy with this matter these two days. The amount is very large and there is no such much money. He has to sell some of the fields, businesses, and ships. Only then did he collect enough and hand it over to the prefect.

Finally, the Tu Gangmao was very relaxed and kept the green mountains and was not afraid of burning firewood. The money could be recovered soon.

He sat in front of the ruling hall, looked at his brother's tablet, and gritted his teeth and said: It was all the good things that the county magistrate Leng did! After the rumor passed, he insisted on his life to be buried with his brother, and then he could feel angry. (To be continued)
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