After Lu Xiaojuan retired from the court, Fang Datong looked at Li Dingguo's cronies all around, and then he said to Li Dingguo: "County Zun, according to the humble position, Hu Caimei may not be alive, and there is a chance that she will be killed!"
He paused for a moment and added: "Actually, Fan Xin'an, the former magistrate of this case, also took people to Jiang's Mansion to investigate at that time, but he was forced by Jiang Zhiqing's obscenity and did not dare to dig deep and investigate carefully, so he had to close the case hastily. ”"What kind of person is this Jiang Zhiqing, he is so obscene!"
Li Dingguo pretended not to know, "Even Fan Zhixian is afraid of him?""
County Zun, do you know, Jiang Zhiqing joined the army in his early years, and later made a fortune, and now he is a rich man, rich and powerful, and he is still a complete ruffian hooligan, with dozens of families at home, dominating one side, and doing all kinds of evil."
Fang Datong said with a sigh."
Oh?
Is this Jiang Zhiqing really so domineering?
”Li Dingguo had already read the materials about Jiang Zhiqing in the Jinyi Wei secret report, but he still wanted to hear how Fang Datong described this Jiang Zhiqing.Fang Datong continued, "County Zun, in our Guangwu County, there is a saying that 'the Jade Emperor is afraid of the Jade Emperor, the second of the Yama King is afraid of the Dragon King'.Jiang Dalang is Jiang Zhiqing.It means that in addition to the Jade Emperor and the Lord of Yama, it is he Jiang Zhiqing, and even the Dragon Lord has to be in awe of him.You think, who is not afraid of such a person, even the previous governors have to give him three points.Fan Xin'an was originally a confused official, not to mention that he didn't have the ability to investigate this case, let alone the courage to investigate, so he had to follow Jiang Zhiqing's intention to perfunctory blame, and he couldn't do it. ”"Oh" Li Dingguo was already furious in his heart after hearing this, but he said thoughtfully on the surface: "If it is such a character, then I have to go to the meeting in person!"
Early the next morning, Li Dingguo did not wear an official robe, dressed in plain clothes, and did not bring his entourage, so he rode alone to Shiqu Village, Luoshui Township, to meet this Jiang Zhiqing Jiang master.It is not far from the county seat, but it is only ten miles away, and it takes less than half an hour to arrive at Shiqu Village, Luoshui Township.The village is in a flat dam surrounded by mountains on three sides.A tall and majestic archway is carved with three big red characters of "Jiang's house", which is very dazzling.Walking through the archway not far away, there is a huge manor in front of you, which is the mansion of Master Jiang.The high-walled compound, the cornices are warped, the white walls and red columns, the green eaves and green tiles, and it is magnificent.The courtyard gate in the center of the high wall on the north side is rusted with the word "Jiang Mansion".On the doorposts on both sides of the house gate: "The three mountains and fog lock Luoshui Township, and the wealth of the four seas enters the Jiang family's house." ”The couplet, the couplet is inlaid with the Weilong pattern, there is a pair of mighty stone lions squatting in front of the door, and there are two men with a serious expression holding spears standing next to the stone lions......
Li Dingguo dismounted and handed the name card to Mending.As soon as Men Ding looked: "Guangwu County Ya Li Hua", he knew that this person was the new magistrate of Guangwu County, and then immediately turned around and drilled into the strict gate.After a while, the doorman came out and shouted: "County Zun, my lord is invited!"
Then he brought him into the house.Along the way, Li Dingguo looked forward and leaned back all the way, looking left and right.I saw that the houses in the courtyard were lined up, dotted and scattered; Pavilions, ditches, covered bridges, rockeries, ponds and water are all available; The forest is lush, the flowers are luxuriant, and the birds and fish are singing......
Walk through the labyrinthine of houses and finally enter the main hall of the mansion in the center of the mansion.A burly middle-aged man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist stood at the gate and clasped his hands together and said: "Slack and slack, Li Xianzun came to the cold house in person, it is really brilliant!"
Then he stretched out his hand and motioned to Li Dingguo: "Please, please!"
Then he called out loudly: "Look at the tea." ”"I have heard the name of Master Jiang for a long time, and I have long had the heart to visit, but because I am busy with official business, I have not been able to fulfill my long-cherished wish."
Li Dingguo also pretended to be polite and said: "It's really a pleasure to meet you today." ”"Li Xianzun has been coming to Guangwu for more than a month, and I haven't had time to go to the government to visit, but you are the first to come to see the contemptible people, I am really ashamed, ashamed!"
Old Man Jiang said politely, and then changed his words: "Li Xianzun is so anxious, he must have come here for something?""
Where, where!"
Li Dingguo saw that this person was not a good person, so he pretended to be calm and said: "I have already stated that I am here this time just to look up, and I have no other intention. ”Then he also teased-for-tat: "Besides, you are a rich dignitary here, I am a newcomer, and I will visit the pier by the way today!""
I heard that you issued an announcement as soon as you took office to thoroughly investigate the old case?"
Master Jiang stared at Li Dingguo with straight eyes and said: "As the saying goes, the new official ignores the old case, Li Xianzun, why do you have to do the opposite and ask for your own hardship!""
Hey!"
Li Dingguo heard Jiang Zhiqing's voice, threatening him not to turn over the old case.In order to stabilize him and dispel his doubts, he said: "Actually, this is all officialdom cheating, going through the motions, and making a show." ”The room was a little stuffy and the atmosphere was a little tense, and Li Dingguo was worried that if he continued to talk for a long time, his true intentions would be exposed.So he made a request to Jiang Zhiqing: "Master Jiang, the contemptible people want to see your mansion and open your eyes!"
After Li Dingguo returned to the county office, he immediately summoned the relevant personnel who had participated in the investigation of the case to comprehensively analyze the case and study the investigation plan.Although Fan Xin'an had led Luo Fang and Zhang Xingang to the Jiang Mansion to investigate.However, due to Jiang Zhiqing's obscenity, he did not dare to act rashly and dig deep and investigate carefully, and the investigation time was more than three months after Hu Caimei's "disappearance", and many pieces of evidence have disappeared.Therefore, there has been little valuable evidence and clues."
Did you go to the courtyard of the Jiang Mansion to check, did you find anything unusual in the manor?"
Li Dingguo reminded: "For example, in the garden, in the pool, in the rockery, has anyone ever touched his hands and feet?""
At that time, we were going to go to the back garden to take a walk, but Mr.
Jiang said: 'It's cold outside, there's no need to go, and now it's all dead and falling, and the garden is depressed, so there's nothing to see."
This is obviously preventing us from investigating the case!"
Zhang Xingang, a young patrol officer, said: "Later, I made another request on the grounds of looking for a latrine, but Master Jiang hesitated, hurriedly sent a family member to lead the way, and gave him a look.The family had been following, apparently spying on me, and I couldn't act rashly. ”He paused for a moment and continued: "But the garden is not covered with dead branches and leaves, but is cleaned, which shows that Master Jiang is lying, showing that he has a weak heart, so as to cover up the truth about Hu Caimei's disappearance."
Therefore, I suspect that Hu Caimei may have been killed, and her body may be buried in the back garden. ”"I went to visit Jiang Zhiqing yesterday, and he was very alert, and he had no intention of concealing or covering up.And he accompanied me on a tour of his entire estate and mansion. ”Li Dingguo said: "However, I found that the middle two of the two podocarpus trees in the middle of the row of podocarpus trees at the bottom of the south side of his back garden facing the courtyard wall have been pruned, and there is a thick layer of dead leaves under the trees......"
"No" Zhang Xingang interrupted Li Dingguo's words, and said thoughtfully: "The last time we went, although we were far away, we could still see clearly, the row of podocarpus pines was no different in height, the branches were luxuriant, the middle two were not pruned, and the leaf color seemed to be extraordinarily dark, the grass was pruned under the trees, the soil was loosened, and there were no dead leaves. ”"There must be a secret here!"
Li Dingguo patted the desk and said, "Perhaps, Hu Caimei will be buried there." ”Luo Fang is a veteran patrol policeman, known as the "Guangwu Detective", he has not said anything, but at this time he can no longer hold his breath, and has objections to Li Dingguo's inference: "In this way, the dead leaves were pruned after we went to investigate the case, that is, between mid-March and early July this year, this is not the season for pruning and pruning leaves, not to mention that podocarpus as a landscape tree generally does not prune and prune leaves, and a layer of dead leaves is piled under the tree."
Didn't he tell others in disguise, 'There are no three hundred taels of silver here, and Wang Er next door has never stolen it'!
I think Jiang Zhiqing, who is so shrewd, would not make such a low-level mistake. ”He took a deep breath and continued: "In my opinion, maybe he buried Hu Caimei somewhere else, and deliberately moved here to divert our attention; Even if he had been buried there, it is possible that he had moved the body. ”Qin Sheng on the side also said: "Speaking of which, there is still not enough evidence, it is just some inferences, you can't go there recklessly to dig up the soil and find the corpse, and even dig up the entire back garden of the Jiang Mansion, if you can't dig up the body, the consequences are conceivable!""
But this case can't be closed like this, it's over, let the deceased continue to be wronged, and the murderer will get away with it!"
Li Dingguo said angrily: "I am convinced that as long as the facts exist, the truth will eventually be seen." ”This kid is deeply influenced by his father Li Lu, and has always used facts as the ultimate basis for judging the truth of things, and he firmly believes that there is something wrong with this Jiang Zhiqing, and it is not small........