Warlords: Conquer the world from the county magistrate

At this point, the man felt a little helpless. He sighed and said, "Thank you, my friend, for saving my life."

"It just happened, and we are just trying to protect ourselves." Fang Jian waved his hand. After the two talked for a few words and learned some of the situation, they both went to rest.

At the same time, outside the wall of the Xinyuan County warehouse, two people were leaning against the wall stealthily.

The two men gestured for a while, then one of them squatted down and the other stepped on that man's shoulders and sent him to the wall. That man grabbed the top of the wall and climbed into the warehouse yard.

The man came to the room where the silver dollars were stored as if he knew the place well, opened the door with the key and entered the room.

The next day, everyone got up late because of the gunfight that took place the night before.

When Fang Jianan walked out of the room, the young officer from last night was already waiting in the backyard. He said to Fang Jianan, "County Magistrate Fang, our battalion commander wants to talk to you."

Fang Jian brought Wei Hanzhou and followed the young man into the hotel lobby, where they saw a young man in his twenties with a ruffian air.

"This must be County Magistrate Fang. Nice to meet you." After the young man glanced at Fang Jianan and Wei Hanzhou, he stood up and bowed.

Fang Jian also bowed and said with a smile: "I wonder what this officer's name is."

"Don't call me sir. My name is Zhu Shenghui. You can just call me Brother Zhu." The young man waved his hand.

The two had breakfast together and had a pleasant conversation.

After breakfast, Zhu Shenghui said with emotion: "If it weren't for you, Brother Fang, I would have died here."

"That's not true. Brother Zhu is a lucky man. Even without me, you will be able to turn danger into safety." Fang Jianan would not take other people's politeness seriously.

Zhu Shenghui changed the subject and asked, "Where are you going, County Magistrate Fang?"

"I have just taken office as the county magistrate of Xinyuan County, so naturally I have to meet the governor of Nanshan and pay homage to the mountain gate." Fang Jixian said helplessly.

Zhu Shenghui shook his head slightly: "Excuse me for being blunt, Brother Fang, although you are the county magistrate, you may not be able to meet Governor Ma if you want to."

"Let it be. We should always give it a try." Francis Xavier pretended not to care.

Zhu Shenghui laughed and said, "Then I wish Brother Fang all the best."

In Xinyuan County, in the militia’s meeting room, Fang Guoxuan, Fang Tianming, Zhang Wei, and Tao Yunong gathered together.

Fang Tianming sighed: "It's all my fault. I only sent two people to guard the warehouse at night."

"It's not your fault. I didn't expect these people to be so bold as to attack the warehouse." Fang Guoxuan waved his hand and said coldly.

Zhang Wei hesitated for a moment and asked, "What should we do now that this has happened?"

Fang Guoxuan and Fang Tianming remained silent. They didn't understand criminal investigation or solving cases. They only knew how to fight. How could they know what to do?

"Someone from the county government must be involved in this matter." Tao Yunong said when he saw that they had no good solution.

Fang Guoxuan looked at Tao Yunong and said, "Then I'll leave this matter to you. If you can recover the silver dollars, I'll recommend you for the credit when the commander comes back."

"Leave it to me. I will definitely find the murderer." Tao Yunong was overjoyed to hear this and he immediately made the promise.

The storehouse was robbed last night and two thousand silver dollars were lost. This is enough to prove that the murderer was not numerous, otherwise they would not have taken away only two thousand silver dollars. There were more than ten thousand silver dollars in the storehouse.

After half a day of investigation, Tao Yunong identified a suspect, Yang Zhi, the head of the Finance Department.

First of all, Yang Zhi had the key to the warehouse, and he was absent-minded all day. Of course, other people in the county government, including Chen Guangwen, were monitored by Tao Yunong.

Although Yang Zhi was suspected, others were also suspects.

At noon, Yang Zhi was secretly taken by several soldiers to an empty room in the warehouse next to the county government.

Seeing Tao Yunong in the room, Yang Zhi instinctively felt a little scared. Then he bravely asked, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

"Tell the truth and you will suffer less physical pain." Tao Yunong said coldly.

Although Yang Zhi was trembling, he still asked, "What do you want to tell me?"

Tao Yunong waved his hand, and a man in plain clothes came forward and began to torture Yang Zhi. After a few hits, Yang Zhi begged for mercy: "Stop, I'll tell you, I'll tell you, let me go, let me go."

"Go ahead and speak. My time is precious. Don't waste my patience." Tao Yunong said indifferently, as if he didn't care whether Yang Zhi confessed or not.

Yang Zhi took a deep breath and said, "It was Zhang Bingquan. He instigated me to steal the silver dollars from the treasury."

"We had originally planned to steal the silver coins yesterday and then split them up and escape today. But in the morning, the city gates were under martial law and were checked very carefully, so we did not leave the city."

Tao Yunong thought to himself that it was a close call, as he had blocked the city gates after discovering the theft of the silver dollars.

Afterwards, Tao Yunong ordered several soldiers to capture Zhang Bingquan.

When he was arrested, Zhang Bingquan was still shouting: "What are you doing? I am the head of the General Affairs Section. Let me go, or you will be in big trouble."

But when he was brought into the room and saw Yang Zhi was there, Zhang Bingquan lost his temper.

"Would you like to confess now or after being tortured?" Seeing him like this, Tao Yunong knew that this man was also a coward.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Bingquan said, "I confess. It was Zhang Chengrong, the second young master of the Zhang family, who asked me to do this."

"The second young master of the Zhang family should be aware that he is not short of money, so why would he steal from the warehouse?" Tao Yunong asked doubtfully.

Since he had already confessed, Zhang Bingquan had nothing to hide. He said, "During this period, the second young master of the Zhang family was confined by the patriarch. The young master knew that the patriarch did not want him to come out to offend the new county magistrate, so the second young master held a grudge against him."

"I was responsible for encouraging Yang Zhi to hand over the key. The person who entered the warehouse to steal was arranged by the Second Young Master."

Tao Yunong was speechless. This reason for stealing from the warehouse really made people feel powerful.

Fang Jian and his group stayed in the town for another half a day, changing the wounded's dressings. Then they chose a place to bury the two dead brothers, and continued to head towards Nanling in the afternoon.

As for the bandits captured last night, they were all handed over to Zhu Shenghui. Fang Jian also gave Zhu Shenghui the seized weapons because it was inconvenient for him to carry them to Nanling.

Zhu Shenghui was so happy that he said it was embarrassing, but he accepted all of them without any politeness. Finally, Zhu Shenghui gave Fang Ji'an a letter of introduction, saying that if he couldn't meet Governor Ma, he could use the letter of introduction to try.

Sitting in the carriage, Wei Hanzhou said with emotion: "Nanshan Province has a superior geographical environment and is a good place for development."

"But this Governor Ma has made the country a mess, the people are living in misery, and bandits are everywhere."

"We can't blame General Ma entirely. Daxin had just emerged from the feudal dynasty. Its national strength was weak and its industry was poor." Fang Jian shook his head slightly and explained.

Having said that, Fang Jian knew that if Governor Ma could be more considerate of the people and develop people's livelihood, Nanshan Province would be much better off.