Hearing this sudden news, the royal tax envoy of the royal capital looked at the letter of appointment in Lin Tailai's hand and wanted to take it back.
But Lin Tailai was quick-sighted and immediately stuffed the letter of appointment into his pocket, not giving Wang Shishi a chance to waver.
Wang Zhidou was not at ease and asked again: "Did you force Yang He who committed suicide to die?"
Lin Tailai pretended to be angry and said: "How could the prince ask such a question?
Do you look like the kind of person who has no bottom line and forces women to sacrifice themselves?"
Wang Zhidu responded: "Then you hit several beauties for free."
For some reason, Wang Shishi felt a little envious. He had been severely disciplined since he was a child, and he had never been so carefree and wanton.
Lin Tailai said angrily: "I have explained it many times. It was to promote poetry!"
Although Wang Zhidu is straight, he is not stupid. After thinking for a while, he said: "Originally, your bottom line is not high, but this time someone has a lower bottom line than you!"
Since the other party was now in control of his own future and destiny, Lin Tailai could only ignore the first half of Wang Shishi's sentence. He only talked about the case:
"I dare to conclude that Yang Zhen must have killed his wife himself and then framed the crime on me!"
As early as when he went to the meeting alone that day, Lin Tailai had already seen that Yang Zhen was definitely a person who should not be underestimated.
Even if he was humiliated in every possible way on the spot, Yang Zhen could restrain himself without changing his expression and not give himself any excuse to take advantage of the situation. This character was already very strong.
But Lin Tailai still didn't expect that this man was so cruel that he could even kill his wife if he caught him and said something to him!
Wang Zhidu sighed: "It's a bit troublesome. Although the customs is directly under the imperial court and is not subject to local jurisdiction, and the selection of the head of the customs is decided by the official, we cannot completely ignore the local people's sentiments!
If there is fierce public discussion in Mudu Town and a collective boycott against you, how can you do things in Mudu Town in the future with such a bad reputation?
And if Wu County uses this as a reason to write to the court to reconsider the selection of the branch official, how should I defend myself?"
Lin Tailai snorted coldly and said forcefully: "I don't know how many people are concerned about such a beautiful thing as opening a branch, so a little trouble is expected!
As long as the prince can stay stable and give me time to solve the problem, this trouble will soon become a thing of the past!
I am issuing a military order here to completely settle this matter within ten days so that the prince will not be embarrassed!"
Wang Zhidu asked in surprise: "Do you have an idea for solving the case now?"
As long as the case is solved, the truth is unearthed, and it is proved that Yang He did not commit suicide but committed suicide, then more than half of the problem can be solved.
Then Wang Zhidu asked again: "I'm afraid the county government won't cooperate with you. Do you need me to give you a ticket?"
But Lin Tailai was even more surprised and asked: "Who said I should solve the case? Solving the case is the lowest method!
Your Majesty, you are an official of the court after all, you are not one of those ignorant commoners, and you don’t have to be so low-end as an official. How can you be so naive that you believe in solving crimes as a means?"
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I heard that there was once a unique stick technique spread in the yamen, which could restrain a bitch like Lin Tailai, but I don't know where to learn it.
Lin Tailai sighed and muttered something that Wang Shishi could not understand:
"If you know the truth and still think about how to find clues to solve the case, that would be stupid!
We are government agencies, not local detectives!
I really don’t understand why jokes about officials like Bao Gong and Di Gong solving crimes are so popular. It’s really too childish.
Take this time as an example, I have already determined that the murderer is Yang Zhen, and I would be a fool to still spend my energy on solving the case!
What I, Lin Tailai, have to do is represent the Customs Department and directly kill the murderer who is in the way. Only a stupid pig would deal with the murderer!
So if you think about solving the case, it’s just a waste of my commission! Only a country detective has such a low-end game!"
Wang Zhidu shouted unbearably: "I admit that you have the ability to kill Yang Zhen!
But now that public opinion is fierce, Yang He was forced to commit suicide by you. If you kill Yang Zhen later, wouldn't it become a more serious massacre?
If a local civil unrest is triggered, what else can you do? Are you still thinking of silencing everyone who is angry with you?"
Lin Tailai said without any scruples: "If the prince believes me, there is no need to worry about it!
Just take this incident as a test for me!"
Wang Zhidu let out a long sigh, "The ugly thing is ahead, if you fail, I won't be able to protect you!"
Lin Tailai replied without flinching: "At that time, the prince can throw me out to take the blame, and I will have nothing to say!"
As soon as Lin Tailai left, Wang Zhidu received several letters home from the capital.
They were all replies to the poems I sent last time, the ones that had been polished by Lin Tailai.
Wang Zhidu couldn't wait to open the letter, and saw that in the letter, Brother Situ encouraged him, Brother Li Cao expressed his doubts, and the nephew of the censor directly offered his admiration.
Only the younger sister wrote in the letter: "Except for the rhyme and other seven or eight characters, who wrote the rest of the text?
Jiangzuo Fengliu, vividly written on the page, can't help but make people yearn for it."
Wang Zhidu frowned, snorted lightly, and immediately wrote back:
"Recently, I was discussing poetry with a mountain person, so I gained something occasionally and was given some pointers to polish a few articles.
However, this son has been sued eight times and has all been registered with the county government. It is not yet known how the case will be settled in the end.
In addition, there are rumors that this son forced other people's wives to sacrifice themselves, causing the women to commit suicide, which has aroused local people's anger!
This man also disrespects his elders and insults the elders in the literary world. He even insulted three celebrities including Wang Zhideng, Zhang Youyu, and Wang Shizhen. Among them, the old leader Wang Shizhen was knocked unconscious as many as four times!"
Lin Tailai did not know that the king's tax envoy in the royal capital was secretly slandering him, so he returned to Suzhou City the next day with a letter of appointment.
As soon as we arrived at the big pier outside Xumen, someone stood on the shore and shouted: "But Lin is taking a boat?"
After all, Lin Tailai's large ship "Shenwei Lieshui" is very eye-catching in itself, and it also flies the Lin flag, so it is normal for it to be recognized.
Lin Tailai recognized him as a government official from Wuxian County, named Qiu Zhizhong.
The night before yesterday, he was at Sun Lianlian's house and met with seven or eight officials who were interested in being transferred to the Mudu Port branch. Qiu Zhizhong was one of them.
After Qiu Zhizhong boarded the Shenwei Lieshui, he immediately said: "Today, the heads of the four major households in Mudu Town, Wu, Xu, Shen, and Yan, jointly complained to the county government!
And Yang Zhen, who carried the coffin containing his deceased wife to Yaqian Street!
There are two other people monitoring the situation at the county government office, and I am waiting here at the dock to be seated and report!"
Lin Tailai was very pleased with this. It seemed that these three officials were all available!
Although he does not need any help, the three officials are willing to take the initiative to do things and report information, which shows that they have the awareness of a community of interests!
We met with seven or eight officials at Sun Lian Lian's house the night before. It would be nice to have three available!