Xie Xun was stunned. A fifth-rank doctor?

He looked at Yu Zhong, then at Su Juan. When did this happen? Wasn’t he still a sixth-rank official a while ago?

Su Juan blinked, not reacting to Yu Zhong’s words for a moment. What fifth-rank doctor?

Me?

Xie Xun: “?”

Yu Zhong: “?”

Did I get promoted? And when did it happen?

Big Butt wouldn't make up stories. Could it be that the old emperor gave me a promotion that day?

Xie Xun was shocked: You got promoted, and you don’t know it?

Yu Zhong's fingertips rubbed the wine glass repeatedly: "." Big ass.

The wine glass was almost broken by him.

Su Juan thought about it carefully. When the imperial edict was delivered to the Duke's Mansion that day, she was in a hurry to pack her bags and did not take a close look. It seemed that the old emperor did promote her.

I didn’t expect that the old emperor, who is usually stingy, would be so generous at critical moments.

This promotion was so unexpected that even she herself did not expect it.

Xie Xun: If he heard what you said, he would definitely demote you three ranks that very night.

Yu Zhong didn't eat much at the end of the meal. He asked Magistrate Dong to send the untouched dishes to the hungry victims outside.

Magistrate Dong wanted to please Yu Zhong, so he went along with everything and immediately called someone to bring food to the victims outside.

These high-ranking officials from the capital all like to put on a show to leave a good reputation, so that they can have a bright future when they return to the capital. He understands this.

That night, Xie Xun searched the entire house in the dark, but was not discovered by anyone in the house.

Yu Zhong and Su Juan were discussing the case of the disaster relief silver. This time they followed the route that Minister Jiang took to Xuzhou. Now they knew that the accident involving Minister Jiang and his party had nothing to do with the disaster relief silver, and they had not seen any bandits bold enough to rob and kill along the way. So they should think about where the route of the disaster relief silver had been leaked and what the purpose of the person behind the plot was.

Su Juan had some vague guesses in her mind, but since it had never happened before, she couldn't be sure.

When Xie Xun came back, the two were thinking about this matter.

"I'm telling you, this Dong guy is no good. I just saw with my own eyes that he had a lot of boxes moved from his yard and hidden in the secret room of his study. I opened the secret room right away and found a pile of banknotes and jewels."

Yu Zhong nodded. From the test he had just made during the meal, it turned out that Magistrate Dong was indeed hiding the stolen goods out of a guilty conscience.

Now that we know where he is hiding, we just need to wait for the Suzhou prefect to arrive with his troops so that we can arrest Magistrate Dong.

Xie Xun looked at Su Juan and took out a hairpin from his sleeve. "I didn't see Miao Qing, but I found this in the box."

This hairpin made of golden nanmu wood was a gift from Su Juan to Liu Miaoqing when Liu Miaoqing first entered the officialdom. Xie Xun had an impression of it because it was carved by Su Juan herself.

The hairpin now appears in Magistrate Dong's house, which shows that the boxes of things are indeed stolen goods and are also evidence.

Yu Zhong comforted her, "There is still no news about Miss Liu. Perhaps she discovered that the innkeepers and Magistrate Dong were in collusion, so she found a place to hide. Once we solve the problem of Magistrate Dong, we should be able to find her."

During this period, they were asking around with Miao Qing's portrait, and a few people said they had seen her.

The confessions of those people in the inn said that Liu Miaoqing was the first to run away after the incident, and then Minister Jiang was rescued by the remaining few people. From the news that people were sent from Xuzhou to the capital at that time, it is not difficult to guess that Minister Jiang and others must have realized that the Hexian County Government was unreliable, so they fled to Xuzhou Prefecture instead of nearby. Only then did they receive the news that Minister Jiang was seriously injured and unconscious.

Liu Miaoqing got separated from them. As a girl who didn't know the way, she would not dare to wander around and could only stay in He County. After those things happened, she would definitely run to the county government office for help. After realizing that there was something wrong with the county government office, she would definitely find a place to hide.

&t;div tentadv>So as long as she knew that someone had come from the capital, she might show up.

Su Juan nodded, "Yes."

Yu Zhong was the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple and had handled at least hundreds of cases. She believed in Yu Zhong's judgment. She had given Miao Qing so many personal hidden weapons and medicines in the first place, so she would be fine.

Xie Xun looked at Yu Zhong, then at Su Juan, and felt the same feeling he had with Shen Ruhui and Su Juan before coming back again.

Why can we find Miao Qing after solving the problem of County Magistrate Dong?

What are you talking about? He didn’t even explain it clearly, but you understood it?

Xie Xun picked his ears and chose to pretend to be deaf. He was now sober: when you can't fit in, don't force it. Even if you try to fit in, you will still be an outsider.

Yu Zhong and his group treated Magistrate Dong perfunctorily for two whole days and were forced to follow him in eating, drinking and having fun. The county magistrate originally thought that there were finally some people in the capital who could manage Magistrate Dong, but when he saw what happened, he was greatly disappointed.

Finally, on the third day, a memorial was about to be sent to the capital, but was stopped by Yu Zhong's subordinates.

Looking at the contents of the memorial, Su Juan narrowed her eyes and said, "This Hexian County Magistrate is really loyal to his duties."

He described his superiors in a terrible way, and also wrote clearly about how they followed Magistrate Dong in eating and drinking after arriving in He County.

I guess he must have written a lot in the past, but was stopped by someone, otherwise he wouldn't be just a county magistrate now.

On this day, County Magistrate Dong picked out some treasures and planned to send them to Yu Zhong and Su Juan later. After spending the past few days together, he felt that he had completely grasped the personalities of these two people.

As soon as they arrived at the flower hall, they heard someone report that the prefect of Xuzhou had arrived and was waiting in the county government office. He had already met Yu Zhong and others!

When County Magistrate Dong heard this, he thought that he must have heard that the people from the capital were in He County, so he came.

He had wanted to please Magistrate Zeng many times in the past, but this man was like a piece of wood and would not listen. He repeatedly sent back all the things he sent to him. But now it seems that he came here so impatiently, just to curry favor with the people from the capital?

He packed up his things and went to the county government office.

When people entered the county government office, they saw the prefect Zeng talking with Yu Zhong and Su Juan.

County Magistrate Dong looked at him with disdain, but he could only put on a smile, "Oh, what's the wind like today? It even blew the prefect here!"

Prefect Zeng looked at County Magistrate Dong, his eyes revealing a hint of displeasure, "Dong Hai, Lord Yu and Lord Su have just talked to me about you a lot."

County Magistrate Dong was delighted. He had not expected these two to be so sensible. He immediately began to speak for himself and bowed to Su Juan and Yu Zhong, "Thank you for your respect, both superiors."

Yu Zhong said nothing.

Su Juan smiled, "No need to be so polite, I just told the truth."

Xie Xun on the side couldn't bear to watch it any longer. The other person was about to face a disaster, and yet Su Juan still made a few jokes. Su Juan was really mean.

County Magistrate Dong smiled with wrinkles on his face, and looked at Prefect Zeng, "Master Zeng, please stay here today. I will have someone prepare some food."

Prefect Zeng sneered, put his hands behind his back, and said sternly: "Catch him!"

Seven or eight people rushed in immediately and pinned County Magistrate Dong to the ground and controlled him before he could react.

The people in Dong County were all dumbfounded and hadn't figured out what was going on.

Darlings, do you have tickets today? If not, I'll ask you later.