Yin Yuanxun quickly bowed and replied, "Your Excellency, I went to bed early yesterday and did not go out."

Xu Li: "Can anyone prove it?"

Yin Yuanxun didn't want to involve Xiao Chiye and his wife: "No..."

"Your Excellency, we can testify."

Xu Li looked up at the person who was talking at the door, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Come in and answer the question."

Xiao Chiye and Xia Wanniang walked in: "Greetings, Mr. County Magistrate."

Xu Li rolled his eyes in his heart: "How do you prove it?"

Xiao Chiye bowed and said, "My wife and I came to visit the Yin family yesterday and happened to encounter the Yin family's affairs. My wife knows some medical skills, so she treated Yin Yuanyuan. We were afraid that she would have a high fever at night, so we both sat in the yard last night and did not see anyone from the Yin family go out."

Xu Li looked at the two of them and said, "You two have never left."

Xia Wanniang shook her head slightly: "They didn't leave before the cockcrowed. After the cockcrowed, my husband and I went back to the room to sleep. We don't know whether they went out after that."

The landowner was immediately dissatisfied when he heard this: "Sir, they must have colluded with each other."

Xia Wanniang looked at the man kneeling on the ground and said, "Mr. Landlord, may I ask what we have colluded with? There are so many things in your house, how did we manage to empty them all in the middle of the night without leaving any traces?"

The landlord didn't know what to say. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter a word.

The constable came in at this time and said, "Sir, we have carefully checked inside and outside, and we have not found any traces of human intervention. There are no wheel tracks in the snow on the road. It will take more than one night to clear it out."

Xu Li felt overwhelmed: "So there are no suspects."

The farmer hesitated for a moment and said his guess: "Sir, I think there is something fishy about this matter."

Xu Li looked at him: "What do you mean?"

"It's difficult to transport so many things without anyone noticing. I'm afraid there's another hidden secret." Constable Nong said as he looked at the landlord kneeling on the ground.

Xu Li understood what he meant. It was possible that this was a self-directed and self-acted drama. If he wanted to show his true colors, he would have to wait for some time.

"That's all for today, let's go back to the government office first."

Constable Nong knew that Xu Li understood what he meant, and immediately prepared to leave with the yamen runners.

The landowner was immediately confused when he heard this: "Sir, what should I do?"

"Now there are neither witnesses, nor evidence, nor suspects. I can only wait for the people to come out and sell the stolen goods. Just wait patiently, I will inform you when there is news." After Xu Li finished speaking, he winked at Xiao Chiye and the others and left.

The landowner fell to the ground: Wait? He didn't even have a grain of rice at home, how could he afford to wait!

Xiao Chiye and his companions left the landowner's house.

Xu Li looked at Yin Yuanxun and said, "You are going to attend the flower viewing party today, why don't you come back with me."

"Thank you, sir." Yin Yuanxun did not shy away.

Xiao Chiye: "We are also going to Luocheng, I wonder if we can go with you, sir."

Xu Li rolled his eyes at him. If there weren't a lot of people outside, he would have been ready to curse: "In that case, let's go together." After saying that, he got on the carriage first.

When they arrived at the gate of Yin's house, Xiao Chiye and his wife led out their horses.

Yin Yuanxun said a few words to his family and then left with Xu Li.

No one spoke on the way.

After arriving at the government office, Xu Li asked someone to send Yin Yuanxun to the flower viewing party, and then he looked at Xiao Chiye and his wife.

"What do you think about the affairs of the landowner's family?"

Xiao Chiye sat on the stool: "It is very likely that he has embezzled the company."

Xu Li frowned slightly: "Why is he doing this?"

Xia Wanniang already had some ideas: "Who knows? It's hard to say whether it was done by his servants!"

Xu Li thought this made sense: "Do you think I should send someone to monitor him?"

Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "No need. He will show up to sell the stolen goods. If he doesn't, then there is nothing we can do."

Xu Li: "He still has a lot of land deeds, but I don't know if they are lost."

"Did he say it was lost?" Xia Wanniang asked with a smile.

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