Liu Xiaohei is really a ruthless person. He is ruthless to himself and even more ruthless to others.
Without Qin Rui asking, Liu Xiaohei colluded with the village chief in Nanduan Town under Nanduan Mountain, and the village chief helped transport the stolen goods to Nanping County, where they were sold and shipped back to Yinliang, as well as him.
He helped the district chief and Nanping County officials deal with some shady matters, and told the truth about the money that was supplied to Nanping County for city defense every year.
The Nanping County City Defense General is responsible for suppressing bandits in the entire Nanping County.
The bandits in Nanduan Mountain are more or less connected with him, especially the powerful bandits. If there is no contact, how come the bandits in Nanduan Mountain can still exist until now?
The bandits are suppressed every year, the court asks for money every year, and the Ministry of War distributes money every year. However, the bandits in Nanduan Mountain are suppressed more and more, and the territory becomes larger, and the closed-door festival is here.
The murder of Chu Fengqiao's whole family was also related to the city defense general of Nanping County. That was because when Chu Fengqiao's father first arrived in Nanping County, he discovered that the city defense general was making money in suppressing bandits, so he wrote
I wrote a memorial to the city defense general, but later the memorial disappeared without knowing what happened. I don’t know where the memorial went, but the relationship was forged.
So later Chu Fengqiao's father was transferred to the Ministry of Industry to build rivers. After he was demoted and exiled, the city defense general of Nanping County approached Liu Xiaohei and wanted to kill the Chu family. Liu Xiaohei found the escort.
After the yamen servant, there was the next scene.
And this time someone in the capital found Liu Xiaohei, it was entirely the city defense general who was the matchmaker. If it hadn't been for the city defense general, Liu Xiaohei wouldn't have been able to find Liu Xiaohei just because a small official from the Jingzhao Yin Mansion came with a waist badge and a belt.
With only a few thousand taels of silver, he was determined to rob the people of Dingguo Palace. After all, Liu Xiaohei had been dealing with this city defense general for a long time and knew how much money this city defense general made.
Money, he was doing all this dirty work with his head in the air, and the money came pouring in just by talking about it! So Liu Xiaohei was interested in becoming an official! The so-called wealth is gained through danger.
, what they do is to lick the blood with this kind of knife. Instead of cutting the meat with a dull knife, it is better to do it once. If it is really successful, he will no longer need to be a bandit, but he will change his identity and become an official!
In this way, the context becomes clear. There is no enmity between the Duke of Dingguo and the city defense general, so the city defense general will definitely not go to Liu Xiaohei for any personal grudges. He must have been instructed by someone, or maybe
Who is holding the handle? This city defense general is just a sixth-grade military general. Why would he dare to compete with a noble family who is the Duke of the country?
Now there are several options before Qin Rui. One is to go to Nanping County to find the city defense general and arrest him directly for interrogation. But now that he is a military general in the DPRK, he has no right to do this. Logically speaking, he cannot do it.
Leaving duty and leaving Linchuan were all serious crimes. Only this time, with the handwriting of Marshal Zhenbei, he could lead the soldiers of the mansion to Nanduan Mountain to rescue people. Second, Liu Xiaohei's confession and the person were handed over to the Ministry of War.
The Ministry of War is coming
He wanted to punish the city defense general, but because of the Chu family's mistakes, this road was not safe. Especially after this military ration crisis, Qin Rui instinctively disliked the Ministry of War. Naturally, he would not take such an important decision.
The person and the confession were handed over to the people in the Ministry of War. The third thing was, as Fu Mingyu said, handed over to the Ministry of Punishment... This way is the best way, but it is probably not clear who instigated the city defense general.
But Qin Rui is also worried about handing the person over to the Ministry of Punishment. If the Ministry of Punishment issues another official document to arrest the person, he is afraid that even the city defense general will not be able to catch him! He is a local snake, and he is a local snake who can run away. When the news comes, others will
If he ran away, where would the Criminal Department go to find someone?
The county seat of Nanping County is not far from here. Although you won't pass through the county seat when going to Linchuan, it is in the same general direction.
Qin Rui went to interrogate the captured Jingzhao Yin clerk again and found that their confessions were consistent. The clerk was from Nanping County, and the one who came to look for him was his childhood friend.
A fellow countryman, and this little official said that he didn’t want to come at all when he saw the excuses his fellow countrymen gave him before. After all, it was related to the Dingguo Palace. How many heads did he have to dare to come?
He did this. But he owed a large amount of gambling debts, many of which were from the public bank of Jingzhao Yin Mansion. If this matter came to light, not to mention that his job would be lost, even his life would be lost in Jingzhao.
He was in the prison of Zhaoyin Mansion. He himself was from Jingzhao Yin Mansion. He had seen how many people were tortured in the prison, and he asked himself that he would never survive it.
After the fellow villager came to him, he said that he could help him pay off his gambling debts and plug the bank's losses, and also give him some money in addition, so the little official came with gritted teeth.
The confessions from both sides are correct, which proves that neither Liu Xiaohei nor this clerk lied.
The reason why Liu Xiaohei was so happy to expose the Nanping County City Defense General was because he felt that among the men in black who came to kill people and silence them, some of them were sent by the City Defense General.
Anyway, he can't escape, so it's better to drag this person into the water together.
When Qin Rui returned to the women's camp, Fu Mingyu's carriage came with the lights on.
Qin Rui hesitated for a moment, then walked to the carriage, "Princess?" He called softly.
"Yibin is back?" Fu Mingyu's voice floated from inside the carriage. Then the door of the carriage opened and Fu Mingyu appeared in front of Qin Rui with the light on. "It's cold outside, come up and have a seat."
"Aren't you asleep yet?" Qin Rui took off his shoes as instructed and got into the carriage.
It was very warm inside the carriage, which made Qin Rui immediately feel that his tense mood was indescribably relieved.
"You went to interrogate Liu Xiaohei. How can I sleep? Did he tell me?" Fu Mingyu poured a glass of water and handed it to Qin Rui.
Qin Rui took it and took a sip. The warm honey water was sweet and delicious, with a faint scent of jasmine, which was refreshing.
"Yeah. I've said it all. He's quite interesting. No wonder he's called Liu Xiaohei. He's really dark-hearted." Qin Rui said with a smile, and he told Fu Mingyu everything Liu Xiaohei told him.
Fu Mingyu was silent for a moment, "Are you worried about what to do with Liu Xiaohei and the others next?"
"The princess is smart." Qin Rui smiled and told Fu Mingyu his troubles.
Fu Mingyu fell silent.
Qin Rui knew that she was thinking about the problem, so he shut up sensibly and just looked at Fu Mingyu quietly.
The light in the car was soft and bright, making Fu Mingyu's facial features appear very deep and clear-cut in the soft light, and they actually had more moving colors than during the day.
It is said that when you look at a beautiful woman under the lamp, the more you look at her, the more beautiful she becomes. This is probably because of the light.
Qin Rui couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips slightly.