"I've basically searched the entire palace, but still found nothing." Coco said helplessly.
"The palace is so big, you finished flipping through it in one night?" Zhang Feimo asked.
"No, I searched everywhere where something could be hidden, including the bedroom, under the bed, and even the kitchen, but still couldn't find it."
"You mean, you searched all the bedrooms? Including Wang Haotian and the others' bedrooms?" Zhang Feimo glanced at Keke.
“Yes, I have searched everywhere.”
In Coco's opinion, aren't these all places to hide stolen goods?
After hearing what Coco said, Zhang Feimo didn't say anything else.
Recalling Li Yayu's calm expression when he went to search the palace, Zhang Fei seemed to have missed something.
"What? Did you remember something?" Coco asked.
"Do you think it's possible that they hid the stolen goods directly in the courtyard?"
"That shouldn't be the case! But you know what, I really looked everywhere, but I couldn't find the hospital." Keke said truthfully.
It's not that Keke didn't want to look in the yard, but he thought the stolen goods couldn't be hidden in the yard.
Who wouldn't hide the stolen goods in a safe place? Why would they expose them nakedly in front of others?
"Keke, do you still remember the incident of Aunt Dong hiding the poison?" Zhang Feimo asked again.
He still remembers that it was when Fourth Aunt just returned to the Yuanhou Mansion.
At that time, she was investigating the drug case involving Chi Jin.
Now thinking about it, every decision made by Fourth Aunt in her strategy of unraveling the mystery and luring the snake out of its lair was just right.
Although he was not present when Aunt Dong's courtyard was searched, he heard about it later and could not help but admire Fourth Aunt's methods.
"Yes, if you say so, it's really possible." Coco whispered.
Not to mention, it really didn't think about it in this way.
It is said that the most dangerous place is the safest place, and there is some truth in this.
Thinking of this, Coco felt a little embarrassed again.
After all, it was my own carelessness.
Coco, who had figured everything out, looked up at Zhang Feimo again, with some complicated emotions in her eyes.
I have to say, this little 떚 seems to be growing up and considering things more comprehensively than it.
Although he couldn't be compared with his master, he was considered to be growing rapidly in the past few years.
"Okay, let's go take a look tonight." After thinking for a while, Coco said again.
Zhang Feimo felt more relieved after leaving the task of searching for stolen goods to Coco.
If we can't even find it, then there's no way we can reach Heshan County.
In addition to the stolen goods, there is another matter that needs to be investigated right now, and that is the disaster relief incident that year.
Therefore, Zhang Feimo ordered his men to go to Heshan County to find some older people.
They are the ones who know the most about this matter.
"Boss, do you suspect that someone embezzled the disaster relief funds back then?" Hu Yuhao asked.
"It's not a doubt, it's now obvious that it exists." Zhang Feimo said confidently.
Just as Zhang Feimo said, he asked four elders in a row.
According to their statements, they did not see any disaster relief funds or supplies from the imperial court.
The more he investigated, the more frightened Zhang Feimo became.
"Are you all villagers from Heshan County?" Wu Yuhao asked.
"Yes, our ancestors have lived in Heshan County for generations, and we have never heard of disaster relief supplies coming down, let alone in recent years, even in the past few decades."
With the villagers' confident answers, Zhang Feimo roughly understood what was going on.
After a few minutes, Zhang Feimo stood up.
"Boss, where are you going?" Ju Xiangfeng asked hurriedly.
"There is only one person who can explain this to me."
"Master, are you going to see Magistrate Xu?" Hu Yuhao asked.
Zhang Feimo nodded.
Every case file in this yamen must pass through the hands of County Magistrate Xu before it can be put in.
In other words, County Magistrate Xu must have come into contact with the disaster relief funds back then, but now the disaster relief funds have not fallen into the hands of the people.
Only he knows where the relief supplies have gone.
Presumably, County Magistrate Xu never dreamed that he would find this thing himself.
Actually, County Magistrate Xu was not originally from Heshan County.
But according to Hu Yuhao and others, after serving as county magistrates here for a long time, they had developed a certain affection for Heshan County, so they decided to settle down here.
But in Zhang Feimo's eyes, it is not that simple.
If he guessed correctly, he must have some unknown secret, which is why he chose to stay.
"Big brother, the house in front is it." Hu Yuhao led the way.
Looking up at the house, Zhang Feimo's brows suddenly frowned.
The house before him was completely different from what he had imagined.
Logically speaking, Magistrate Xu was a retired county magistrate after all, but this mansion did not give him a feeling of luxury.
It's just an ordinary house, not even good enough.
As a county magistrate, the annual salary is about ten taels, which is about four taels a month.
In addition to salary, there is also rice, good farmland...
All these are not much, but they are enough for him to buy a better house for his retirement after retirement.
In Heshan County, ordinary people may not be able to save more than one or two taels of silver in a year.
He earned more than four taels of rice a month, and he had rice and good farmland, so he didn't even have to spend his salary.
The rice salary distributed by the court was enough to support the whole family.
How is it possible to live in a house like this after all these years?
"You may not know, but Magistrate Xu gave much of the money in his pocket to the people," Ji Xiangfeng explained.
He had been with Magistrate Xu for many years and knew that Magistrate Xu was indeed good to the people, but unfortunately his abilities were limited.
If he could have fought Wang Haotian to the end like Zhang Daru did, this wouldn't have happened.
Of course, at the beginning, he was just like Zhang Daji, wanting to fight Wang Haotian to the end.
But after one, two, three or even several years, the attitude gradually softened.
All in all, the people of Heshan County had a better life during the years he was in power.
After all, he was the one who dealt with Wang Haotian on behalf of the people and bore some of the pressure from Wang Haotian.
Magistrate Xu was also surprised when he saw Zhang Feimo.
"I didn't expect that Magistrate Zhang would still think of me. Please take a seat." Magistrate Xu pointed to a chair beside him and said to Zhang Feimo.
He did not ask what was going on and seemed extremely calm about Zhang Feimo's arrival.
Magistrate Xu's full name is Xu Gaoyuan. Judging from his appearance, he should be more than ten years old.
"Isn't Magistrate Xu curious about why I'm here today?" As soon as he sat down, Zhang Feimo went straight to the point.
Everyone said that he was a good official and a true parent in the eyes of the people of Heshan County.
But in Zhang Feimo's opinion, he was not qualified at all.
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