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    "Master Yin, this is the official seal that you asked me to keep." Li Qiangfu raised his hand tremblingly, and presented his hand and the box.

    Yin Junfu didn't answer, "You open it first and let me have a look."

    Li Qiangfu swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with coldness running through his body, he smiled humbly and flatteringly, "Master Yin, it's here, you see, the little one is well preserved, and it will be returned to Zhao."

    Yin Junfu patted Li Qiangfu's shoulder hard, almost knocking him to the ground, "Good job."

    "The villain is going back first." Li Qiangfu didn't dare to ask for any rewards from those bedmates, as long as he can save his own life, he would be very grateful.

    Yin Junfu picked him up, and Li Qiangfu's feet flew into the air, and tears burst out of his eyes in an instant, "Don't rush to leave, Wen Zhifu wants to thank you personally."

    "The villain is wrong, the villain is wrong." As soon as Li Qiangfu finished speaking, his mouth was gagged, and all his begging for mercy turned into choking.

    Li Qiangfu is just a servant. Although he was lured into committing such a crime, he was fascinated by money at the time. Now the knife is on his neck, and his death is only a moment.

    Before Wen Yu could be interrogated by torture, Li Qiangfu was so frightened that he peed his pants and explained everything.

    "So you haven't seen the person who asked you to steal the official seal." Wen Yu frowned, slowly wiped off the dust on his hands, and then got up and walked to Li Qiangfu who was slumped on the ground.

    Li Qiangfu nodded fiercely, "The villain is telling the truth, I dare not lie to the adults at all."

    "Then why did you hand over the official seal you stole to that person?" Yin Junfu said abruptly, which startled Li Qiangfu. As soon as he heard Yin Junfu's words, he felt pain in his abdomen from being hit by his roll just now.

    "The man told me to put something into the mouth of Ximen Shishi before dawn, and he would take it away by himself."

    Yin Junfu and Wen Yu glanced at each other, now that it was dawn, it seemed that they couldn't catch that person.

    "How long have you been working here? When I first came here, you servants walked around my place every day. Who ordered you? Could it be the same person who ordered you to steal the official seal just now."

    "The little one has been working for five or six years." Li Qiangfu couldn't help swallowing again, thinking about how to answer the next sentence, and then suddenly met Wen Yu's eyes, which were beautiful, but made his heart tremble.As soon as the ground cools down, is the new magistrate so scary?

    Li Qiangfu was so frightened that he basically answered whatever Wen Yu asked, regardless of the consequences. He hadn't married a wife yet, and he still wanted to live. He still thought about his wife and children, and he didn't want to die.

    He didn't dare to hesitate any more, and quickly said, "Before you came, we servants walked around there to prevent any unexpected situation in the prefect Lin's mansion at night, so that we could rush there in time. Later, someone asked me to wait for you to come."It’s not necessary to be so frequent, but Tong Zhi reprimanded us after knowing about this incident, and everyone was so scared that they dared not relax.”

    Yin Junfu kicked Li Qiangfu on the back, "If you lie, you don't want your little life."

    Li Qiangfu kowtowed to the two of them paralyzed on the ground, and there was a bang when he hit the ground, "Every word of the villain is true, every word is true!"

    "Do you know that stealing official seals is a capital offense? Didn't you think about what you would do if you were discovered by the official when you accepted others?"

    Li Qiangfu thought that he would not be discovered. He would come to observe Wen Yu every night. At that time, Wen Zhifu was not fast asleep at this time. If the woodshed hadn't caught fire today, he would not have been caught.

    Li Qiangfu didn't dare to speak anymore, the smell of urine could not stop coming from Li Qiangfu's body.

    Wen Yu did not lock up Li Qiangfu, nor did he make public his theft of official seals, but secretly sent people to follow him, hoping to get some other clues from him.

    It's a pity that the enemy hiding in the dark has never been in contact with him, and this line is completely broken.

    Although Wen Yu was a little disappointed, she didn't regret it. After all, if she hadn't found the official seal at that time, she might not be able to bear the consequences now.This official seal is required for customs clearance documents, past transportation, waterways, land routes, and all kinds of official documents that need to enter Chang Yi.

    Yin Junfu had spied on the Shen family many times, and had already drawn a detailed map of the Shen residence.But the secret room, so far, he still hasn't found it.And the real account book of the Shen family was also hidden.

    Wen Yu comforted him not to be impatient, maybe there is no secret room in Shen's house, or the entrance of the secret room is not in Shen's house.It seemed that this casual remark gave Yin Junfu inspiration, his eyes lit up suddenly, he hugged Wen Yu vigorously while he was not paying attention, and then ran away excitedly.

    The Shen family is indeed worthy of the status of a wealthy family in Chang Yi. Wen Yu looked at the map in his hand, it could be worth half of the imperial palace, and the land was so luxurious that it was hard for Wen Yu not to suspect that they were evading taxes.

    And where will the ledger be hidden?Since the original prefect Lin had this opportunity to see it, and gave him the duplicate copy and no one doubted it, then he must know the original hiding place of the ledger.

    But Wen Yu has turned over the ledger countless times, trying to find any useful clues, but found nothing.

    The businessman named Ling Qi was also checked by Wen Yu, and there was no problem.However, with the example of Yi Xin and Chen Xiangkun, Wen Yu no longer believed that Ling Qi was the real Ling Qi, and she even suspected that this person was Xie Yuanlin.

    But at present, there are no clues or evidence for everything. The only breakthrough is the Shen family.

    From Shen Sixing's performance last time, it is not difficult to see that he does not have the trust in Xie Yuanlin as he imagined, but how to avoid Xie Yuanlin's surveillance and make an appointment with the Shen family alone.

    Wen Yu lightly tapped the table with her finger, if the enemy doesn't come, I will go.Maybe she not only doesn't need to avoid Xie Yuanlin, but also let everyone know in a fair manner.

    Wen Yu went back to the room and personally wrote a letter to Shen Sixing, inviting him to have a gathering in the mansion tomorrow.The reason is very simple, that is, to invite him to drink tea, to reminisce about the old days, and Wen Zhen didn't write any of the extra words.

    Wen Yu asked someone to deliver the letter to Shen's residence.

    After Wen Yu had lunch, she happened to see Yu Xiuyue in the background. Her hand that was about to say hello hesitated for a while in the air, but the person was gone.

    Wen Yu pursed her lips, a little dull.Wandering aimlessly in the government office, she happened to pass by the file cabinet. She came here once when she first came here, but she just took a quick glance and went to deal with other things.

    She suddenly became interested.

    Wen Yu ordered someone to bring the key, opened the door and went in.The moment she opened the door, the flying dust flying randomly in the air made her sneeze.

    Wen Yu covered her mouth and nose with her clothes, and walked in.

    The old case files inside are still displayed there as before, not even as many as the ones I saw in the county town of Yi Xin.Someone obviously didn't want to see it, so it was cleaned up before she arrived.

    Wen Yu didn't dare to think about people who had the opportunity and ability to do this, she didn't even want to think about it.

    Wen Yu knelt down and touched the ground. The dust was quite thick, and no one cleaned it for a while.She walked to the bookshelf on one side, and there was obvious dust on the wooden layer without books, as if everything was formed naturally.

    Wen Yu laughed, but there was some self-mockery and sadness in the smile.The people who did this were really careful, and if they simply hid the important dossiers that could spy on Chang Yi, it would be easy for people to find out that something was wrong.

    When she was working in Dali Temple last year, she often went back to the classics room to look through files. Non-officials were not allowed to enter that place, and it would only be cleaned once in a long time.Man-made dust is different from naturally accumulated dust.

    Even considering this aspect, Wen Yu smiled bitterly, which seemed to be the same way as the old official dossier she saw on the road.

    Considering this situation, it must be said that this person is cautious enough.

    Did the Shen family do it?Wen Yu really wanted to put this hat on them.

    But when Wen Yu thought of that meeting with Shen's father and son, Shen Sixing was a bit better, but Shen Chunpeng was indeed stupid enough.Although only relying on this simple aspect, Wen Yu can't accurately judge the true characters of the two, but it is beginning to be seen.

    She didn't want to guess that this person was Yu Xiuyue, and she didn't even want to recall that she only mentioned the route she was going to take to Chang Yi in the letter to him.

    Wen Yu stroked the file with her fingers.

    A beam of light came in from the window, maybe it was a coincidence, following this beam of light, Wen Yu saw a somewhat worn-out file lying there alone in the corner, it had been quite old.

    When Wen Yu walked there, she didn't care about the dust on the ground, and sat down directly. She turned over the yellowed pages of the book. It was quite ordinary, and it seemed to be a record from three or four years ago.

    There are ten lines at a glance, nothing special, but it records the housing construction in a certain district and county in Chang Yi a few years ago.Wen Yu put the book back with some disappointment.

    It seems that it is indeed a coincidence, Wen Yu is a little self-deprecating and teasing, also, how can it be as coincidental as in the TV series, and what comes to mind in a flash of inspiration just grabs the throat of fate.

    She patted the dust off her body, then went to the side and flipped through other files.

    Wait, crease, Wen Yu quickly flipped through the book in his hand, and basically flipped through what he had just read.The train of thought in her mind became clearer and clearer.

    Nearly 80% of the dossiers in the Archives Pavilion are bamboo slips, and the rest are just paper-style slips, mostly from recent years.But these letters didn't have nearly as obvious creases as the one she saw just now.

    Building, house, residence, Wen Yu repeated these words silently, and she carefully opened the file that had been put back in place again.

    The most obvious creases are on the ninth page, and the third to last page.

    The first word on the ninth page is north; the first word on the third page is soil.Wen Yu frowned, why was it different from what she thought.

    Her gaze moved down to the last word on the page, Dong.

    Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds, Wen Yu stared blankly at the word.Her hands trembled a little, and her heart trembled a little.

    She turned to the ninth page again, the first word, north; she turned back to the penultimate page again, the last word, east.

    Buildings, North Nine East Three.

    Wen Yu grabbed her chest subconsciously, took a deep breath, and then laughed silently.Yin Junfu's description of the azimuth map of Shen's residence suddenly appeared in his mind.

    Look at the ninth room from the north and the third room from the east.

    Wen Yu licked her lower lip, raised her eyebrows, and smiled presumptuously.

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