"Have the whole family been destroyed? Did you leave a living person? Also, have your local government investigated which forces did it?" Li Ling had known the end of the Ma family for a long time, so he didn't see any shock at this time and asked calmly.

But the more he did this, the more pressure the officials were put on. After hesitating, Wang He stumbled: "It should... it should be done by a certain force in the world, but they took action very cleanly and didn't even leave a single living. The Ma family has more than 60 people, and even the servants in the gatehouse were killed on the spot. Moreover, they lived alone in a village outside Xinye County, so there were no other witnesses... At least after careful investigation, our yamen still found nothing. Until today, we still don't know which force was doing it."

Li Ling said lightly, then stared at the other party: "All the big case, you all the yamen in Xiangfan didn't feel pressure. Have you ever thought about finding out the truth and catching the murderer?"

Wang He and others were embarrassed again. After looking at each other for a while, someone whispered: "Sir, you don't know anything. In fact, at the beginning, the Xiaguan and others did try their best to investigate the case, but they were just in trouble. We were also worried that the Shangfeng Yamen would continue to pursue the matter after they knew about it, but after a month or two, although we reported it, the superiors did not react much... Until the locust plague occurred later, we couldn't take care of it."

Li Ling smiled again when he heard this. The superiors and subordinates tacitly covered up the Ma family case. Even if there was no sudden locust plague, the matter would naturally be left alone for a while. Because the case itself is related to higher-level real power figures in the court, and as for the real murderers, it is just a tool.

Wang He and the others may not have had a deep understanding, but their years of experience in the officialdom have long allowed them to see the clues from all kinds of clues and follow the trend. This is not only to avoid implicating themselves, but also because the case itself is not easy to investigate. As long as the above does not investigate and there is no victim below, they are happy to be satisfied that the murder has not happened.

To be honest, Li Ling was naturally dissatisfied with this attitude, which were dozens of innocent lives! But he did not have an attack at this time. After only reading them for a while, he said softly: "The relevant files are still in the government office. Take them to me!"

Wang He just hesitated for a moment and quickly agreed, "Yes, the official will let you transfer all the files related to this case to the lord." Seeing Li Ling get up, he quickly followed, but the other officials were two steps behind, and seemed quite tacit understanding.

"Do you have anything else to say?" Li Ling also noticed this and asked with a smile.

"Sir, I just want to dare to remind you that this case is not easy to investigate... I have previously reminded me that the best thing is to let the case be covered in dust..." Wang He said softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

Li Ling smiled at him again and replied, "I understand." Then he strides away, and he felt a little more favorable to Wang He. This Xiangfan prefect may not be too capable and not brave enough, but at least he still kept his bottom line.

However, even with this reminder, Li Ling would not give up on the investigation, and even entered the case with the Imperial City Department's argument that it was mixed.

Ears, Li Ling is increasingly eager to find out the truth of this case! Because only through this case can the problems of another force in the Imperial City Department be dug out. In addition, the Huaibei governor who is related to this case is heavily paid. How can a case be dealt with enemies on both sides easily?

Of course, the investigation of this case is not in a hurry, at least not tonight. Seeing that it was midnight, Li Ling felt a burst of fatigue and stopped insisting and went back to the room to rest first. When he was fully prepared tomorrow and got the relevant files, he would slowly check it out.

Li Ling slept very soundly during this sleep and did not wake up until around Siyu the next day. It was almost noon.

However, this sleep is easy to sleep and has caused many days of running around and taking risks. The fatigue brought to the body by exhausting all my energy is gone. The only drawback is that my stomach is so hungry that I rumbles.

Fortunately, Li Moyun had asked someone to prepare breakfast, so Li Ling could fill his stomach after washing up. While he was eating the delicious soup cakes, Wang He had already sent the relevant documents of the Ma family's family extermination case one after another, which was quite detailed, with more than ten servings.

Then before the people on their side left, Xue Jiong brought a few brothers from Baiyitang to pay their respects. Li Ling didn't see each other either. While eating, he flipped through the files, while meeting these heroes from the martial arts world in the living room of the back house.

This time, Baiyitang had a great help to Li Ling. Not only did he work hard in Huguang and transport the grain he got from Fan Caihu and other families to various places in Huguang to calm the grain prices in the province, but he also took the risk to help after the chaos in Xiangfan, dragging the Yi-Caiying camp and making great contributions to the official army's regaining Fancheng.

Li Ling naturally had to express his feelings, so when he saw Xue Jiong attracting several brothers in the church, he immediately put down his things and welcomed them enthusiastically. Fortunately, he praised them, saying that they were the true style of a hero and the example of the people in the martial arts world.

As a senior imperial envoy of the imperial court, Li Ling was very courteous and praised by these people in the world. Not only Xue Jiong and Youyan, but the other two leaders of Baiyitang were also very excited and flattered, and even said that they did not dare to be the one.

"Mr. Li is so too proud. My brothers can't bear it. But one thing is right. Although I, Song Yan, don't know much about literacy, I know what loyalty and righteousness are the best. It is because of this that we brothers have founded this Baiyi Hall that can do our best for the people of the world."

"Yes, Lord Li, although we are a gangster in the world, we can't even recognize many big words, but as long as we can help ordinary people, Brother Song, I, Tang Fan, and the brothers below are willing to fight for their lives."

As the two leaders said this, the other brothers naturally nodded and expressed their position with Li Ling. In response, Li Ling naturally nodded frequently, praised him again, and then asked casually: "By the way, have you encountered any trouble or opponents in the process of selling grain in various places in Huguang? Are there any local tyrants or government officials still thinking of monopolizing grain and taking the opportunity to raise the price of grain?"

"No more, this time our brothers sold grain in various places in Huguang, which was quite smooth. Don't say it's difficult for me to make things difficult for me.

We, the governments in various places treat us completely as guests. The food prices in various places have also dropped quite a bit. "Tang Fan smiled and said, "This is all the deterrent effect of your reputation outside. Now in Huguang, who doesn't know that Lord Li, you are a good official who is a good official who is a decisive official for the people. Which official dares to be an enemy of us for that little money?"

"Haha, you have to rely on you to help me transport the food everywhere, otherwise you will have to rely on your own official to delay this matter for a while. I wonder how many people are suffering." Li Ling praised the other party with satisfaction.

At this time, Song Yan thought carefully: "But although no one competed with us anymore and the grain prices were stabilized to a certain extent, some people still made a lot of money because of this."

"Oh? It was the merchants from all over the country who took your sailboat and gave the food?" Li Ling asked casually, not caring too much about it. He couldn't really make all the merchants lose money.

"It's not them, but..." Song Yan was obviously hesitant, and even looked at Xue Jiong and signaled him to say it. After all, in terms of relationship with Li Ling, Xue Jiong was closer.

Seeing this, Xue Jiong said, although his face was a little embarrassed, he still said, "Mr. Li, it's the Shen family."

"Shen family? Shen family in Suizhou? Shen Tian's Shen family?" Li Ling also asked in a little surprise.

"It's them." The three of them nodded almost at the same time, but made Li Ling frown even deeper: "It was Shen Tian who personally did the business and sold everywhere? Also, how did they make money with the flow?"

"It's not that Shen Shanren did the business himself, but some people in his family, but we all know their origins. As for how to make money, it's a bit hard to say. They can sell the food they have in our hands at a price of five cents per bucket before us. Because the local grain price is much higher than this, their grain is very fast, and they can often sell tens of thousands of stones in a few days. And because they all know the relationship between the Shen family and the adults, their behavior was not stopped by the local government, and they even cooperated with some local merchants to earn more."

Li Ling frowned and pondered. The food price he set for Baiyitang was already nearly five cents higher than the food he had obtained from Fan Cai and other families - he was half a businessman, and he could not really spend money on charity after all - but he didn't expect that the Shen family's appetite was so big, which doubled the amount he earned.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the Shen family did not overdo it. After all, in Huguang, the price of 15 cents of grain is very conscientious, and 20 cents of 10 cents is not considered bad. It just makes more money and less money.

Forget it, the Shen family has made great efforts before, and it is not a big problem to let them make some money now. Li Ling thought, just as he was about to say something, but his heart moved again, as if something was wrong, but he couldn't grasp the key point for a while.

At this moment, Tang Fan's eyes turned around the pile of files on his desk and asked tentatively: "Mr. Li, do you want to investigate the case of the Ma family being destroyed a year ago?"
Chapter completed!