Chapter 258 Case Closed

Tang Wanhong stood beside the rockery, looking at Ruan Fengshan's staggering back with deep eyes.

Shen Yanliu glanced at him and said, "Wanhong, it seems that this person is not."

"If Ruan Fengshan is also a member of the Dirty Blood Sect, this case will be a big deal." Tang Wanhong said, "But Ruan Fengshan's great-grandfather was also an outer disciple of Taiyi Sect, and several generations of gentry. The possibility of him joining the Dirty Blood Sect with his identity is not high."

Shen Yanliu nodded, he looked at his iron hand, he had tried it himself, he knew it very well. "Then let's close this case as we agreed."

The next day, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month.

At dawn, several clerks in the yamen posted notices of the closure of the case at the yamen gate and the city gate.

Luan Jingfu and Wei Yutian were both members of the Dirty Blood Sect, and their relatives and servants were all convicted of the same crime.

The notice omitted the part about Duan Rong's denunciation, and changed it to a secret agent deployed by Shen Yanliu who sneaked into Wei Yutian's mansion to do odd jobs and secretly discovered Wei Yutian's identity as a member of the Filthy Blood Cult, which exposed the Filthy Blood case.

This was Tang Wanhong's suggestion, so that the credit for this case could be attributed to Shen Yanliu.

The original accidental incident turned into Shen Yanliu's widespread deployment of secret agents, taking the initiative to attack and destroying an important stronghold of the Filthy Blood Cult. Although it was only a change in a detail, the nature of the entire case was completely different.

Another point in the notice was the special mention of Sun Huang.

Luan Jingfu was actually killed by Yu Lieting, the leader of the Jiuchong Branch, but in the notice, Luan Jingfu and Wei Yutian were both captured and killed by Shen Yanliu himself, which was naturally to further exaggerate Shen Yanliu's merits.

Moreover, Luan Jingfu was killed in the wilderness, without any witnesses. Who killed Luan Jingfu? Isn't it just a matter of a pen in the government office?

However, after this treatment, there is still a loophole, that is, the problem of Sun Huang.

In fact, Sun Huang was also killed by the people of the Nine-fold Branch of the Filthy Blood Sect. However, since the credit for killing Luan Jingfu was attributed to Shen Yanliu, the people of the Nine-fold Branch of the Filthy Blood Sect cannot appear in the case.

And if Sun Huang is said to be Luan Jingfu's accomplice, there is obviously insufficient evidence. This case is serious, and according to convention, all cases related to the Filthy Blood Sect will be reviewed and examined by the sect. If Sun Huang is regarded as an accomplice of the Filthy Blood Sect, there is obviously a question of false accusation. This treatment is a bit inappropriate. If the reviewer blames him for this, it will be more trouble than gain.

This case is very important for Shen Yanliu's promotion, and there can be no mistakes.

The notice said this about Sun Huang.

Shen Yanliu forced Luan Jingfu to use the Dirty Blood Magic. Sun Huang recognized Luan Jingfu's identity as a Dirty Blood Cult member. He was willing to sacrifice his life for the sake of justice. He immediately attacked Luan Jingfu with Shen Yanliu, but was killed by Luan Jingfu before he died!

At this time, it was the season of twelfth lunar month when water turned into ice. The bodies of Luan Jingfu, Wei Yutian, and Sun Huang were originally frozen into corpse ice in preparation for the review by the sect's imperial envoy.

But now Sun Huang's treatment has changed!

Since Sun Huang was innocent and had meritorious service, his body could not be treated like this. This would be too inhumane.

The government prepared a coffin that day, and after fusing the corpse ice, it sewed up Sun Huang's body.

After Sun Huang's body was buried intact, Qin Shuban brought soldiers to personally deliver it to Sun Huang's home.

When Liu Eying saw her husband's body, she felt like she was dreaming. A few days ago, he was still fine, but suddenly he was gone forever. Today was the Little New Year, and the neighbors were all celebrating the New Year. But her family was hit by a disaster. The more Liu Eying thought about it, the more sad she became. She held the coffin and cried in grief...

Duan Rong naturally saw the notice. Although Sun Huang's death made him sigh, the case described in the notice did not mention his name, which made Duan Rong secretly relieved.

He was really afraid that he would be targeted by the Filthy Blood Sect because of this.

Duan Rong was most concerned about Ruan Fengshan's movements now, because he knew very well that Ruan Fengshan was the leader of the Filthy Blood Sect's Xian Gu Branch. However, after Ruan Fengshan met Shen Yanliu, he focused on healing his wounds and closed the door to visitors. Even Xiao Zongting went to visit him, but was turned away.

Duan Rong couldn't figure out Ruan Fengshan's thoughts for a while.

At noon on the day when the yamen posted the notice of closing the case, Xie Daohan and Yang Zhen rode back to the city.

Xie Daohan's face was not dusty at all, but rosy.

He took Yang Zhen with him, saying that he was going to the city on official business, but in fact, he was just going to play and eat at public expense. After finishing his business at the yamen of the Censor, the two of them stayed in the city for two days, visited several scenic spots, and ate at several restaurants.

On the way back, he treated himself well, and had the best food and accommodation.

Xie Daohan was also good at calculating. He was counting the days, that is, to come back on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month and spend the New Year's Eve at home.

The two rode into the city gate, and Xie Daohan saw many people surrounding the notice at the city gate, talking about it.

Xie Daohan and Yang Zhen immediately dismounted and looked at the notice.

Xie Daohan was shocked at the sight.

"The Dirty Blood Cult?"

"Wei Yutian? Luan Jingfu?"

After reading the case on the notice, Xie Daohan slapped his thigh in regret. He had been enjoying himself for a few days, but he didn't expect to miss such a big case. This was really a case of gaining sesame seeds and losing watermelons.

As the head of the police in Xiangu County, his name was not even on the notice of the closing of the Dirty Blood case.

Xie Daohan and Yang Zhen immediately rushed back to the government office.

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When Xie Daohan arrived at the government office, he found out that early this morning, the county magistrate Shen Yanliu personally took the case-closing documents and rushed to the city.

Xie Daohan was annoyed with himself, why didn't he rush back earlier? If he had come back two days earlier, maybe he could have followed behind and had a share of the spoils.

Now it's good, for such a big case, he didn't even have a hair's worth of credit, this head of the police is simply in vain.

Xie Daohan returned to his official room and found that there were a lot of documents piled on his desk. The first one was the file of the dirty blood case.

Xie Daohan picked up the file, and was too lazy to even read it. He handed it directly to Yang Zhen and said, "Take it and file it."

Yang Zhen took the file and went to the case file library to file it.

Xie Daohan flipped through the documents on his desk again and found that most of them were routine official documents, so he suddenly felt bored.

He flipped out a document, which was the registration list for Taiyi Sect's selection of registered disciples in March next year.

Xie Daohan knew very well that Shen Yanliu left it to him to do background check.

"The registration fee is 60,000 silver coins. Anyone who can register is a child of aristocratic family. What is there to check?" Xie Daohan muttered, and threw the document aside.

If his nephew Xie Lei had not died, he would have hoped that he could participate in this selection of registered disciples. Unfortunately, he was not lucky enough to live long, and his Xie family was going to be extinct.

After Yang Zhen came back from filing the files, Xie Daohan gave the document to Yang Zhen and said, "This is the registration list for Taiyi Sect's selection of registered disciples in March next year. Take some time to do a background check. It should be sent to the sect before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month."

After Xie Daohan explained, he left the government office and went home.

Yang Zhen began to look through the document in his hand in front of the desk. He was going to browse the list first.

But when he had just read half of it, his body suddenly shook, with a look of surprise on his face, he actually saw Duan Rong's name.