vstars Chapter 291 Birds
Chapter 291 Birds
Li Cunxi guessed that the prince of the Wu family was behind the Bainiao Trading Company, but he did not guess that it was the big shot Wu Sansi.
This big Caiye is really awesome. Without saying a word, he built up a Hundred Birds Business that is spread across many states and counties.
Moreover, Wu Sansi was not afraid that Li Cunxi would find a reason to sue him.
What does this "Hundred Birds, Hundred Birds" mean?
People often say that when hundreds of birds pay homage to the phoenix, they are paying homage to the most noble one. Wu Sansi even wants to be a phoenix, which is really rebellious of him.
Li Cunxi had already thought out how to compile the false accusation letter against Wu Sansi. He just waited until it was confirmed that this was Wu Sansi's property, and then he would let Wu Sansi feel what it felt like to be framed.
"Don't lie to me, King Liang, how could a big vegetable leaf make something so complicated?"
Li Cunxi put on a serious expression and said unhappily.
"I dare not deceive Shao Yin. Shao Yin's name is well-known throughout the world of our Great Zhou. Hearing Shao Yin's name is like thunder in one's ears."
"Everyone knows that Shao Yin is very capable. So far, no one who has crossed Shao Yin has had a good ending."
"Although I am a servant of the King of Liang, I dare not disobey the Shao Yin on such a matter. I hope the Shao Yin will be able to see clearly."
As Wu Duo spoke, he stood up and walked to the side, knelt down in front of Li Cunxi, and knocked his head to the ground.
Li Cunxi frowned slightly and looked at the shopkeeper Wu Duo who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word.
The Bainiao Trading Company is now almost invulnerable. Except for the shopkeeper who claims to be the servant of King Liang, it is basically impossible to find any breakthrough point.
However, it was quite difficult for a servant of Prince Liang to find the shadow of Wu Sansi in this.
What's more, based on his intuition, Li Cunxi subconsciously did not think that the Bainiao Trading Company had a direct connection with Yu Lei's death.
In fact, there may only be a subtle relationship of borrowing and repaying money between the two.
"Stand up, why are you kneeling? You are the servant of the King of Liang. If you go back and complain to him, wouldn't he then falsely accuse me to His Majesty?"
Li Cunxi said unhappily, stood up, flicked his sleeves, and walked outside in square steps.
Wu Duo was sweating profusely and stood up to see them out.
Wu Yanhao and his companions didn't find anything strange, so they had to follow Li Cunxi and leave.
Back in the carriage, Li Cunxi half raised his head, thought for a moment, and said to Wu Yanhao beside him:
"There is probably nothing wrong with the Bainiao Company. Now we can only hope that we can find the source of the 200,000 taels of silver that Yu Lei received."
"If the person who paid the 200,000 taels of silver to bribe Yu Lei did not leave any trace, then I can be sure that this case will become a case without a beginning or an end, and Yu Lei can only be convicted of accepting bribes and being forced to hang himself."
There are so many strange things about this case, but the clues found so far do not point to any one person.
Whether it was Chen Tai who visited at the beginning, or Yu Yin, the last heir of the Yu family, although the descriptions of the two people were different, they can also be forcibly explained as being in discord before marriage and pretending to have a good relationship after marriage for the sake of their children.
As for whether the deceased lady was the daughter of the Chen family or her maid, it was not important.
Even if they found out that she was not Miss Chen, they would have more excuses to cover it up, and it would be impossible for them to find anything strange about it.
The only chance to solve this unsolved case now is to find the source of the two hundred thousand taels of silver, or the mastermind behind the scenes can't sit still and jumps out to take action himself.
Wu Yanhao obviously figured it out, he sighed and said:
"The people in the governor's mansion were unable to find the whereabouts of the 200,000 taels of silver that Yu Lei borrowed a few years ago. They didn't even know that Yu Lei had borrowed 200,000 taels of silver from the Bai Niao Trading Company."
"Now, they don't know that Yu Lei accepted bribes and returned the silver to the Bai Niao Trading Company."
"Looking for this now would definitely be like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"If we wait for the person behind the scenes to come out, it will be even more difficult."
Li Cunxi was also a little discouraged.
However, we still have to find a way to find out.
I really can't figure it out.
Then he was sentenced to death based on the facts of accepting bribes, fearing the majesty of heaven, and hanging himself.
The carriage returned to the county government office, where Mi Qing was already waiting outside.
Mi Qing came up to greet him with a smile on his face and said to Li Cunxi:
"Li Shaoyin, there is good news."
"Among the wealthy families in Rang County that you asked me to investigate, only two are able to offer two hundred thousand taels of silver."
Li Cunxi perked up and a bright smile appeared on his face.
"Tell me quickly, which two are they?"
Mi Qing did not keep the secret and answered immediately:
"Bai Niao Trading Company, Chen family of Rang County."
Li Cunxi was stunned, he couldn't believe that he had found such a result.
He had just returned from the Baibainiao Trading Company and had visited the Chen family's mansion in Rang County yesterday.
After a thorough investigation, it was found that there were only two families in the entire Rang County that could afford 200,000 taels of silver.
Li Cunxi frowned: "Are you sure? There are only two families?"
"I have investigated all the wealthy families in Rang County, and there are only two families who can afford 200,000 taels of silver. The others, even if they are businessmen, cannot easily come up with 200,000 taels of silver," said Mi Qing.
"That is to say, we can basically determine that the one who took out the 200,000 taels of silver to bribe Yu Lei in his letter was one of these two families?"
"That's right... Of course, it's also possible that a wealthy family from a few nearby counties hired hundreds of guards to deliver the goods... This is obviously impossible. If there really were so many people escorting the goods, I would definitely know about it."
Lu Dayou, who had been silent all this time, asked in confusion:
"That means it is definitely these two companies... But there is no reason for these two companies to give money to Yu Lei, right? Yu Lei even borrowed money from the Bai Niao Company back then. There is no way the Bai Niao Company could bribe Yu Lei."
"Besides, the relationship between the Chen family and Yu Lei is extremely bad, how could they possibly bribe Yu Lei?"
"These two companies obviously have no reason to bribe Yu Lei, right?"
Li Cunxi couldn't help but look up to Lu Dayou.
Being able to analyze based on what other people say is already a basic start.
However, this was the first time that Lu Dayou took the initiative to analyze the case, and it was really not easy to handle a case like this one that had no beginning or end.
"There is indeed no reason, but we can find one."
Li Cunxi rubbed his hands.
"Brother Mi, take the officials from the governor's mansion and dig out all the official documents that Yu Lei handled within the last three weeks of his death."
"Give me a list of officials that Yu Lei promoted within three weeks of his death."
"The most important thing is, you have to list for me who else he has met in the past three weeks."
"The matter is quite complicated, so please handle it carefully... After you are done, I will ask the higher-ups to promote you to the position of Dengzhou Beijia.
Money makes the world go round. With such a big pie in the sky, Mi Qing has to take a bite even if he doesn't want to.
He responded and immediately returned to the governor's mansion.
Li Cunxi looked back at Li Yuanfang and Hu Jinghui and said:
"Official duties are complicated, let's do it together."