Wang Yu was thinking about the case here, and people in the government office were also talking about Wang Yu.

"What has he been doing these days?"

"I checked the accounts a few days ago, then I looked at the files, and then I went to the shipyard. Oh, and they hired a cook. I checked the cook's identity and it's clear."

The man nodded. He knew what Wang Yu was doing at the Ship and Ship Department. Since the emperor decided to attack Fuso at the end of last year, he had arranged for Wang Yu to come here. This caught them off guard.

His superiors quickly asked him to arrange for people to deal with the Dingzhou matter. Fortunately, Wang Yu only came in the early spring of this year, giving him time to deal with it. It seemed that Wang Yu did not find any problems.

"Okay, keep watching and don't get discovered."

"Yes, sir."

*

Knowing that they were doing it for him to see, Wang Yu only took a rough look at all the case files a few days ago. The next day, Wang Yu went to the government office to retrieve the case files for inspection. He needed to check carefully to see if there was any case of arson.

Gao Feng saw Wang Yu looking for the file again and asked, "Didn't you read it a few days ago?"

Wang Yu: "Well, I saw an interesting case the other day, and I plan to take another look at it today."

Gao Feng: "Do you need my help to find it?"

Wang Yu shook his head to indicate that it was not necessary. "I remember it was there. You go and do your thing."

Although Gao Feng didn't quite understand why Wang Yu came to look at the files again, he thought that everything should have been dealt with, so he nodded and retreated.

Since this is a case from ten years ago, I only need to look for the cases from ten years ago. I didn't check the time carefully a few days ago, and when I looked for it today, I found that the state government had no case files from ten years ago, not a single one. It seems that they were in a hurry and directly handled all the cases from ten years ago. Seeing this, these things are becoming more and more complicated.

Fortunately, Wang Yu didn't have to wait long. There were indeed capable people in the world. When Wang Yu was off duty that day, Ling Xiao said mysteriously that he had news, which cheered up Wang Yu.

The person who came was Zheng Xiaochuan, who told Wang Yu the information he had found out in recent days.

Huaining Prefecture has indeed imposed some harsh taxes and levies in recent years, including water fees, vehicle fees, food fees, and a variety of other fees.

Because the imperial court collected grain taxes in the form of money in exchange for grain, it was to reduce the burden on the people and the cost of transporting grain. However, this meant that local officials had nothing to gain. Originally, when transporting grain, if there was a strong wind on the river, some grain would fall into the river, and this part would go into their pockets. Therefore, there were countermeasures for every policy, and they came up with these various taxes.

However, this matter was never reported to the higher authorities, which shows how tightly the officials in Huaining tried to keep it secret. I'm afraid the entire Huaining was involved. But why did they force the people into slavery, and where did those slaves go?

Wang Yu couldn't figure out the matter and always felt that it might not be as simple as corruption.

"Can you please continue to investigate where the slaves that were bought and sold went?"

Zheng Xiaochuan: "Okay, sir."

Wang Yu: "By the way, there's a case you guys can help investigate. It's the arson case in Tongzhi Prefecture ten years ago. There's a man you can investigate, a boatman on the coast. I don't know his name, but he should be from Dingzhou. He might know something. Be careful when investigating. Even if you don't find anything, don't expose it."

Zheng Xiaochuan: "Okay."

The Beggars' Gang continued to gather information, and Wang Yu continued to handle government affairs in the state government office. On the surface, everything was calm.

Another month had passed in a flash, and Wang Yu and the others were getting anxious. Was this really that difficult to investigate? Or had something gone wrong? He was also worried about what had happened to them.

Cheng Chen could visibly notice that her husband had been in a bad mood recently, so she got him a new sachet this morning.

"I've changed the sachet for you today. I've put some spices in it that can soothe your emotions and calm your nerves."

Wang Yu picked it up and smelled it. It was indeed refreshing and invigorating. He knew that some of his anxiety had affected Cheng Chen during this period. He smiled and said, "Achen is thoughtful. I'm fine."

Cheng Chen tied the sachet for him and straightened his clothes. "Well, don't feel pressured, my husband. Erbao and I will always be with you."

Hearing this, Wang Yu's heart softened. He held Cheng Chen's face and kissed him on the mouth. "Okay, I'm going to the state government office."

Fortunately, the anxious days did not last long and news came.

Chen Xiaochuan said that all those who were forced into slavery were sent to a mountain in Qinghe County. It took the Beggars' Gang almost a month to find out about this.

They also went to see that there was a village built on the mountain, but the guards were very tight, so they did not go in. However, when they saw people carrying boxes of things down, they did not dare to get too close for fear of alerting the enemy.

Wang Yu pondered over this information. Since corruption was rampant from top to bottom, there must be evidence left behind. The only difference was where to find the evidence. Also, what secrets did the manor hold? What were in those boxes?

Wang Yu: "Is there anyone in your Jianghu who can get something without being noticed? For example, can you evade the guards of the manor and get the item in the box?"

Ling Xiao and Ling Shuang looked at each other, and at the same time thought of someone in their hearts, "Yes, my eldest brother."

Ling Chufeng, thinking about what Ling Xiao said before, he was very powerful, but this person doesn't often stay in one place, and I don't know if he is still in the capital. It's difficult to deal with.

"Is there any way you can contact him?"

Ling Xiao thought about his eldest brother who was often elusive and could only be seen occasionally and said, "I'll ask someone to find out where he is."

Wang Yu nodded. This year was the year when his second baby turned one year old, and he had rushed back specially. After that, no one knew where he went.

Ling Xiao thought for a moment, "There's another person named Meng Yu, nicknamed the Thousand-Handed Thief by the people in the martial arts world. I haven't seen her in action myself, but she's known to be very fierce. I'll ask someone to find out where she is."

Wang Yu: "Will she help us?"

Ling Xiao was silent for a moment and then said, "She stole it from my brother before. After he taught her a lesson, she started to rely on him and they became friends. I don't see my brother very often, so I've only met her once. I should ask around first. Maybe she'd be willing to use my brother's name."

Wang Yu also fell silent. He was going to use Ling Chufeng's favor, but things had come to this point and he had no other choice. Fortunately, there were people from the Beggars' Sect everywhere, so it would be easier to get things done with more people.

There was also no clue about the arson case ten years ago. The Beggar Gang found the boatman, but he didn't know much. He drank some wine that night and was dizzy. He only knew that the incident in this family was not an accident, but that someone had silenced the witnesses, but he didn't know who had silenced them. What he knew was roughly what Wang Yu heard that day.

Wang Yu was in deep thought, not knowing if there were any survivors at that time. Wang Yu asked the Beggar Gang to find out secretly.