Chapter 229： Force the thief to show up

Chapter 229 Forcing the thief to show up

The common people fled in a panic, and the strong men with rough cloth masks and the black plainclothes who kept pouring out were fighting together, and they were evenly matched.

Tan Miao looked at the chaotic scene, and noticed Guan Erbai's figure in the shadow of swords and swords, and then looked closely at the group of plainclothes, isn't it the group of government servants in Luyan Port?

He couldn't help groaning secretly in his heart, and hurriedly dismounted to chase after Lin Jinxiao, pretending to be aggrieved and shouting in surprise: "Master Lin has kept the lowly job a secret, and the lowly job has been worrying about this journey. I didn't expect that Master Lin had already made arrangements."

Lin Jinxiao ignored Tan Miao and went straight to the carriage entering the city.

Hearing the sound of fighting here, Chu Nanzhi immediately jumped out of the carriage and looked at the oncoming heroic figure, but her heart became puffed up: This little boy is getting more and more outrageous, even with a cane Throw it away.

Glaring angrily at the past, Lin Jinxiao had already arrived.

He casually put away the Tianzi Sword, and calmly squeezed those slender fingers into his palm, with a gentle expression on his face: "It's good to be back."

Chu Nanzhi suddenly withdrew her hand, a little dissatisfied: "Why did you run out again?"

Lin Jinxiao looked at the few remaining guards behind her, who were still escorting the prisoner, without further words, grabbed her hand forcefully again, looked straight at Tan Miao who was following, and said sharply: "Tan Miao Master, if you don’t act again, you won’t have a chance.”

"Master Tan?"

Chu Nanzhi looked at him in surprise: "You suspect him too?"

How did this guy figure out the clue?

Lin Jinxiao tightened her hand, and didn't have time to pay attention to her questioning, and continued to face Tan Miao.

Tan Miao looked at the couple in bewilderment: "Master Lin, I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Why do you need to act anymore?"

With a solemn face, Lin Jinxiao said straightforwardly: "Leaving aside the deaths of the county magistrates, I checked the chronology of the past two days and found that a caravan of Dongsang people from Sanghai the year before last had been on the road since entering the city. You disappeared, and you happened to buy two fertile fields of nearly 500 mu from the south of the city and the north of the city the year before last, and put them under the name of Chen Wu. out of the compound."

"What does this mean."

Tan Miao calmly explained: "I have been an official for more than 20 years in a humble position, so it's okay to buy some farms and houses."

"You are just a ninth-rank master, with a monthly salary of only seven or eight taels of silver. I also heard that you have always regarded yourself as honest and honest in the yamen. Although you and the county captain Qi Luan have often collected money for Kang Mingyuan, you have never accepted him. I gave you dirty money, I have seen your resume and family background, you grew up in a poor family, you were promoted to Xiaolian when you were nearly 30 years old, and you relied on Kang Mingyuan to help you, but you have been staying in the job without being promoted."

At this point, Lin Jinxiao emphasized his tone with sharp eyes, and asked, "Master Tan, please tell me, where did you come from for the sudden tens of thousands of taels of silver?"

Hearing his loud words, Tan Miao murmured in his heart. He didn't expect that this guy kept himself in the back hall for two days, and kept the officials under surveillance and interrogation. He was secretly inquiring about himself. It was unexpected.

I didn't show any flaws myself.

Tan Miao straightened out his thoughts, and calmly said: "Even if the humble official took some money from the Dongsang people, so what, now that the diplomatic relations between the countries are normal, and the Dongsang people respect us, even if they really send some small things to the humble official. Is it not an exaggeration?"

"As the saying goes, you don't get rewarded for meritorious deeds. Dongsang people gave you tens of thousands of taels of silver for no reason, and you accepted it with peace of mind. How dare you talk to me about it? Yin, sneaking into Haikang County secretly, why is diplomatic relations normal? The imperial court has been secretly investigating the whereabouts of the Dongsang caravan for the past two years, but you deliberately concealed their whereabouts, so what do you intend to do?"

Speaking of this, Lin Jinxiao's eyes were cold, and his sharp eagle eyes stared at Tan Miao, and he was even more annoyed: "Kang Mingyuan is so greedy that he dare not accept bribes from Dongsang people. You have read about the power of this." Those who read the sage books, don’t you know?”

Paused, he raised his eyebrows and continued: "As I expected, the money you paid for the land is probably only the tip of the iceberg from Dongsang people's gifts?"

"Why, Mr. Lin wants to use his random suspicions to copy the home of a humble job?"

Tan Miao sneered reassuringly, and gradually realized that he did not hesitate to risk his life because he wanted to force himself to show his feet and make himself admit to colluding with the Dongsang people.

Without allowing Lin Jinxiao to answer, Chu Nanzhi took out the bag of salt he had brought back and signaled to him: "Today, Master Tan may have copied this family."

"Oh, Miss Chu also wants to be suspicious?"

Tan Miao glanced sideways at the fighting scene not far away, and the yamen servants gradually occupied the top, which is not a good thing.

He forced himself to be calm and slowly looked at Chen Si and Hai Kangyan who were escorted back by Chu Nanzhi, and said with a sarcasm: "Could it be that Mrs. Chu wants to ask me about my crime because of these two?"

Chu Nanzhi smiled calmly. He wanted to use the autopsy to test Tan Miao again. He never thought that Lin Jinxiao would find out about this person's dealings with the Dongsang people, and finally understood his intention of coming out in person.

Right now, she still doesn't know whether Chen Wu will be arrested or not. The most urgent task is to help Lin Jinxiao to bear the blame for Tan Miao's collusion with Dongsang people.

After deliberating, he moved closer to Lin Jinxiao's ear, and Chu Nanzhi asked softly, "Is Chen Wu still under arrest?"

"Tan Miao is extremely sinister. He blamed Kang Mingyuan for all his evil deeds. He will definitely not show his cards until the last moment."

Lin Jinxiao also replied softly: "If my guess is correct, Chen Wu must have called for reinforcements for him."

"Um."

Chu Nanzhi nodded slightly. Now that Tan Miao had exhausted all the means he should have used, it was time to show his trump card.

I saw Lin Jinxiao standing in front of her in a majestic way, shouting towards the surroundings: "My friends from the sea, show up quickly, let this opportunity be missed, and wait for me to clean up the coastal defense and dismiss the foolish, you want to succeed again!" But there is no chance."

When everyone heard the words, they all looked around quietly, the sound of fighting stopped, and the air immediately became stagnant.

Tan Miao's heart was beating wildly, and his whole mood was also in chaos.

He was hesitating whether to take the gamble.

It was not easy to lure Lin Jinxiao out, and most of the yamen servants in Luyan Port had already dispersed, so it would be hard to miss this opportunity.

Furthermore, he didn't know what evidence the woman in front of him had found. If he was involved, he would really have no chance of standing up.

Right now, the only way to get rid of these two people is to take advantage of the situation, and then blame Kang Mingyuan and his subordinates for all the crimes, so as to have a chance to re-manage Haikang County.

While gnashing her teeth in a dilemma, Chu Nanzhi slowly walked out from behind Lin Jinxiao.

Isn't it psychological tactics to play at this time.

If it is as he expected, Zhu Yue was the victim of Tan Miao, and he framed Kang Mingyuan and Qi Luan for the sake of being superior and better monopolizing the power of Haikang County, then it would not be difficult to lure out the Dongsang people behind him.

Chu Nanzhi looked into the distance with firm eyes, and shouted loudly: "I have already grasped the ironclad evidence that Tan Miao murdered the imperial court official. Now he is bound to escape the guilt. Now that Kang Mingyuan is in prison and the county captain Qi Luan is dead, if you don't take the initiative Come out and plead guilty, and wait for the imperial court’s 2,000 coastal defense troops to arrive tonight, not to mention your plans, even if you want to return to the sea, it will be extremely difficult.”

Hearing the coastal defense garrison, Lin Jinxiao couldn't help frowning slightly.

Thinking for a while, she returned to normal in an instant: her own brain circuit is really unimaginable, and the imperial garrison is still on the road with Jiang Xueyi, so she dared to use it to bluff people.

Tan Miao was also surprised. He didn't expect the coastal defense garrison to arrive so quickly. No wonder Lin Jinxiao was so confident.

Without his acquiescence, many people in the chaotic crowd took off their camouflage, showed the special long knife made by the Dongsang people from the package, and rushed forward aggressively.

Suddenly, behind the eaves, figures ready to move in restaurants and teahouses were exposed to everyone's sight one after another.

(end of this chapter)