When the other people were still savoring the difference between the two answers, Wan Shenji nodded and agreed: "What the adults said is that they knew early in the morning that there was not much food in the Xu family's granary, so they subconsciously gave such a response.

"Also, their answer may have the intention to cover up the truth. It is very likely that the grain is still in Huating County and is held in their hands. Because only by letting you believe that the Xu family has sold grain elsewhere will they no longer search the whereabouts of the food in the city!"

Although he is not as good as Li Moyun in terms of martial arts, he is much stronger in terms of mind. At least he can keep up with Li Ling's thoughts. With Wan Shenji's cooperative explanation, the other people also understood the problem. They all looked serious, and some were even more ready to go: "It seems that this Fang family is also insidious, so they have to suffer some trouble."

Li Ling nodded slightly, and then said, "But compared to the biggest flaw they exposed, other problems can be ignored." As he said, his face darkened, "I suspect that someone from the Fang family is in our county government, and the deaths of those in the Xu family are probably planned and promoted by him."

"How is this possible... Didn't the Xu family kill him? Then did he commit suicide by himself?" Several people looked surprised at the same time, and even Wan Shenji asked in surprise.

"It seems so right on the surface, but isn't it a conclusion why Xu Chen suddenly did such a thing? I judged that someone had contacted him secretly and then used some means to force him to make such a choice. As for the reason, this happened just today, but just when the Fang family members were talking to me, Fang Changgeng casually told the story of the Xu family's death. Only the people in the yamen know this matter so far, how did they know it?"

After Li Ling said this, the brows of the few people were locked deeply, and they really couldn't find a reasonable explanation. If they were asked by someone after entering the yamen, or when they heard a clerk's words, they always felt that it was too far-fetched.

Li Ling looked at these people with an unprecedented solemn expression: "My guess is that they had actually known this change, so they naturally decided that this matter had become a fact and that everyone knew. Obviously, this was not something that they could know just after entering the yamen, but that they had received the news earlier. But in this way, the matter became contradictory. Since the Xu family had an accident, they called the Fang family and no one left the county government. Since that is the case, the only reasonable explanation is left - the culprit behind them was told earlier, and even that the matter was planned by them, and then he asked the culprit behind them to take action last night!"

As soon as this inference was made, several people suddenly felt a chill on their backs. Li Moyun took a breath and said, "So sir, you suspect that there are Fang family members in the yamen long ago? But the question is, how can this person be found out?"

Yes, this guy is hiding very deeply, as if everyone in the yamen is suspicious, but even how he conveyed the news to Xu Chen and forced him to kill his brother and father, how could he find someone out?

You can't just start all the officials who have just been recruited into the county government?

Li Ling was unable to answer this question, but turned to another question: "Who this person is, let's put aside the moment, what am I most uneasy is that they arranged this person to the county government and what kind of thoughts did they have with us?

"If it is for self-protection and to prevent the Xu family from revealing some shameful inside information about the Fang family, would it be a big deal? Because compared to their previous evil deeds, the charge of murder in the county government is obviously greater.

"And they should also see that the reason I dealt with the Xu family is because they are disobedient and want to be enemies with me. But the attitude the Fang family has shown is already respectful enough. I will not cause trouble for them for no reason. Why should they do this and risk a complete turn against me?"

"There is another thing worth discussing," Wan Shenji followed, "How could they be sure to let that person enter the county yard? At that time, we helped the adults to select people into the yamen. In addition to talent and character, those who took the exam for the school can also be based on our preferences. What if we were to let us not use him by chance, wouldn't their plan be completely lost?"

These questions were raised one by one, but no one could answer them. Everyone frowned and could not help.

Such a possible hidden danger is around everyone, and they do not know their specific identity and purpose, which naturally makes people feel uneasy. In Li Ling's eyes, the threat from the Fang family suddenly increased, far exceeding the Xu family.

If the Xu family is just a fierce and greedy wolf, then the Fang family is a hidden but dangerous poisonous snake in his eyes.

The evil wolf is dangerous, but it is in the open. As long as you deal with it carefully, pick up the sword and gun, you can completely kill it and eliminate future troubles. But you know the existence of the poisonous snake, but you don’t know where it is hidden, when and from which angle it will give you a bite. Moreover, as long as you are bitten by it, you will definitely die.

The feeling of being targeted by a poisonous snake but not being able to find it was so uncomfortable. In the end, Chang Fan couldn't help but say: "It's better to take down the Fang family just like we were dealing with the Xu family, and then force them to confess everything with torture. We can save ourselves from random guessing here..."

"No." Li Ling immediately denied the proposal, "The Fang family is different from the Xu family. At least on the surface they did not make too many mistakes, nor did they cause peace to the people of the county. If they also use force on them, I am afraid that the people in the city will have different opinions about the officials. This is not what I want to see."

After all, Li Ling came to manage Huating, not just to deal with the wealthy families in some places, and then he could pat his butt and leave. Moreover, what he was more worried about was that his own trouble would make Huating unstable. Once the Luotian Sect was given a chance, the matter would become more and more difficult to control. Because in his eyes, no matter whether the Xu family or Fang family was, they were far less threatening than the Luotian Sect.

In this regard, Wan Shenji also agreed with Li Ling's idea: "My deliberate is that we can't use force against them before we catch the Fang family."

"So I thought I had to solve the current problem, I had to go into two steps. First, check the past of the Fang family in the public to see if they had done anything to harm the people. As long as there was, we would have a reason to take the people; second, continue to investigate the case of the Xu family committing suicide in prison and find out the identity of the mastermind behind the scenes. I don't believe that he can come and go without a trace like a ghost. After threatening Xu Chen in prison, he was not noticed by anyone!"

Knowing that Li Ling, who encountered a strong enemy, was really ruthless this time, he decided to do his best to investigate the Fang family!

...

After successfully taking the Xu family, Li Ling was quite confident that the problem with the Fang family was found again. However, as time went by, from early May to mid-May, after about ten days, he had gained very little.

It’s not that the Fang family has really made no mistakes until they have never made any mistakes. The huge family has the authority to do something extraordinary. But these actions are not a big problem in today’s era. Not to mention that the government is not able to pursue them, even the people who have suffered losses do not want the county government to uphold justice for them.

With the Xu family's actions and deeds in front of everyone, some of the Fang family's minor mistakes are nothing. And that's not all. What really surprised Li Ling was that the Fang family's attitude towards this matter was also actively cooperated, and they didn't need to ask anyone for a question. They actually tied up the tribe members who had committed the crime and sent them to the county government. In this way, Li Ling could not do anything to take the opportunity to attack or provoke the Fang family's hatred for him.

The people sent by the Fang family themselves were the same as those of the Fang family who arrived a few days ago who had managed the tribesmen in various granaries. Although they had made some minor mistakes, they were not serious. This made Li Ling, except for reprimanding them, he had no other way to deal with them. He could only detain the person for a few days and let him go.

Perhaps this is the reason why Fang Jinbo dared to tie his tribes to the county government, because he knew that Li Ling could not produce more evidence of these people, and he would still release the people back in the end. In this way, the Fang family also made a good reputation of destroying relatives for justice and being open-minded. He really made a profit without losing money.

As for the death of Xu Chen and others in the prison, although Wan Shenji spent a lot of effort to investigate and deal with it, he still did not gain further results. He had been interrogating the prison guards one by one, but the statements of these people were very consistent. Since Xu Chen and his friends were imprisoned in the prison, they have never seen anyone outside the yamen again. As for the people in the county yamen, except for Li Ling and others, the prison guards were able to have some contact with them.

However, when these jail guards came into contact with them, they appeared in groups of several people at the same time. If there were any threatening words, they would not be able to hide them from others. So after these few days, Li Ling and the others found that they were still standing still. The other party still knew that they were still like that, and they could not find even one evidence and reason to force them to attack them.

As a result, not only the Cao Gang men, but also Wan Shenji were very discouraged. In the end, I had to say, is it because my family was too suspicious? Maybe there was no problem with the Fang family.
Chapter completed!