Xie Linlang waited until the open fire on the boat was extinguished before finding the boat and taking a few people into the water.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, and the four officers and soldiers rowed at the same time. Soon, they reached the middle of the river.

The wreckage of those cargo ships piled up, like a small island covered with lava in the middle of the river. The outside of the "small island" was scorched black, but the inside was still burning, and there were occasional "crackling" explosions, cracking a few fire marks. especially obvious.

Suddenly, Qin Jue noticed that there were strips of dark silver water flowing out between those cracked fires. They were melted tin, which glowed with a faint silver light under the moonlight, pouring down, as if It's the same as a small waterfall, but it disappears soon after entering the water, and it can't even stir up a wave.

Xie Linlang pointed to the tin roads, "Did you see it? That's the cash cow of Tao County Magistrate, the tin from the tin workshop."

Qin Jue nodded, and then saw Xie Linlang's eyes shining brightly.

"It will also become our cash cow in the future!"

Qin Jue was taken aback for a moment, and his heart was touched by the word "we".

He nodded, but thought in his heart, is Xie Linlang short of money?

It should be missing... Then, if he can find the treasure, will she be very happy?

But soon he became confused because of this thought... Why did he have the feeling of wanting to give everything to Xie Linlang? Did he already trust her so much without knowing it?

While he was thinking, Xie Linlang was also counting the number of boats. At this time, the boats were crowded together and it was difficult to distinguish them. She counted several times but couldn't figure it out. Finally, she gave up and said to a young officer and soldier who was rowing beside her. .

"Can this little brother swim? Can you help me into the water?"

Hearing the words, the officer and soldier stood up quickly, bowed and said.

"Yes, the villain is very good at water! What do you want to see?"

Xie Linlang said, "Go down and see if there are any discarded cargo boxes under the water."

All the tin was built into tin bricks and packed in cargo boxes. The cargo ship moved slowly before because it contained too much tin.

Hearing this, the officer and soldier nodded, took off his coat and went into the water.

The water in winter should be very cold, but because of the nearby fire, the water in this area of ​​water is not too cold.

Not long after he went down, he came out of the water and replied, "My lord, there are cargo boxes under the water, but I can't tell the number. It is estimated that there are about a dozen boxes."

Xie Linlang nodded upon hearing this, and then let him come up.

Everyone was puzzled, but Qin Jue knew that there were complete cargo boxes under the water, which meant that they were thrown into the water before the ship caught fire. The number of more than a dozen boxes meant that there was at least one The ship lost its cargo and fled.

And Xie Linlang didn't seem to care, but from the way she deliberately vomited blood in anger at Lianke, it can be seen that she actually wanted to wipe out this group of people. Now that someone has escaped, she will naturally not be too happy.

She pursed her lips, and soon sighed quietly.

"Forget it, let's go up first, wait until the fire is completely extinguished, and then come down to dredge the river and clean up the corpses."

"yes!"

*

On the other side, Xiangcheng.

The county magistrate Tao was placed under house arrest.

Although the imperial envoy had doubts about him, without conclusive evidence, he couldn't go too far, so he asked Xiaoxi to help him interrogate the gangsters, and at the same time locked the county magistrate Tao in the government office of Xiangcheng , Guarded him with his own people, waiting to be dealt with.

This made Xiaoxi feel a little bad, if Tao county magistrate is not sent to death row and interrogated strictly, but he is separated from others, this will cause problems, right?

But the imperial envoy had made up his mind, so he had no choice but to send a message to Xie Linlang, and then went to interrogate the gangsters.

Fortunately, in order to avoid punishment, those gangsters confessed one after another, and soon revealed all the evidence in their hands.

After Xiaoxi got the testimony, he sent someone to go to the bandit's den to obtain physical evidence. Finally, at dawn, the personal evidence and material evidence were all placed in front of the imperial envoy. Now, it was hard for him to believe it or not.

After reading the testimony and evidence, the imperial envoy was very angry! He slapped the table and said.

"This Tao Zhiyong really regards himself as the local emperor of this city?! Not to mention exploiting the people, bullying men and women, he has repeatedly murdered the imperial court! It's unreasonable!

No, I will write a letter right now, and listen to it on the table! Such an evil official must be taken to the capital to be punished! "

Xiaoxi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that, but before he could speak, there was the sound of fighting outside.

He was startled, and hurriedly protected the imperial envoy behind him, but after a while, the door of the yard was knocked open, and the imperial envoy's confidant ran in stumbled, shouting with blood on his face.

"My lord! That's bad! Then Tao Zhiyong rebelled!"

It turned out that after County Magistrate Tao was arrested, he knew that he had been killed this time...

In order to survive, he simply did nothing, and encouraged the entire government to rebel together!

It's also strange that the imperial envoy didn't listen to Xiaoxi's advice, but put him under house arrest in the mansion. Tao Zhiyong has lived in this mansion for more than ten years, and An Neng doesn't have many tunnels?

So even if the guards outside were all imperial envoys, he could easily escape... As for why those people listened to his rebellion, it was not only because Tao Zhiyong had accumulated power in Xiangcheng for a long time, but more importantly, he The bad things he did were not done by one person, and everyone in the government office could be said to be his accomplices.

Now that he has been arrested, those people will definitely be afraid that it will be their turn next.

So County Magistrate Tao didn't spend much time at all, and encouraged him to rebel together. At worst, he would kill the imperial envoy and Xie Linlang and run away with money. Anyway, the sky is far away from the emperor, and when the officers and soldiers came to arrest them, they would have already run away up.

Poor Imperial Envoy has visited so many places, this is the first time he has encountered such a vicious official!

So when County Magistrate Tao blocked the gate of the courtyard and led someone to rush in, he was completely dazed and could only shout helplessly.

"You traitor! Are you going to rebel?!"

The county magistrate Tao didn't expect that a mere Xie Linlang would push him to such a point. He simply smashed the jar and said with a grinning smile at the imperial envoy.

"Why is this official rebelling? This official is here to catch a traitor pretending to be an imperial envoy! Come! Take him down!"

The imperial envoy panicked immediately. He hid behind Xiaoxi and shouted loudly, "If you dare to touch me, His Majesty will not let you go! And Xie Linlang, he is the new county magistrate here, and he will not let you go!" you!"

Tao Zhiyong laughed out loud when he heard this!

"If you want Xie Linlang to save you, save yourself! He is a scholar, so what if he is surrounded by fifty officers and soldiers from neighboring cities? The entire Xiangcheng is mine! If he is smart and knows how to run, it's okay if he dares to come back , I’ll send him to meet the King of Hades with you!”

After finishing speaking, he beckoned, and the people behind him rushed towards the imperial envoy and Xiaoxi!

But before they caught the imperial envoy, the gate of the courtyard, which was originally locked by Tao County Magistrate, was kicked open!

In the morning light, a dusty Xie Linlang walked in striding in, waving a fan!

As soon as he came in, he couldn't help laughing when he saw magistrate Tao's shocked face.

"How can Master Tao underestimate scholars?" She covered her face with a fan and squinted, "Don't you know that scholars... are the worst?"

(The stupid author lost blood today, and because of a cold, he had a headache all day long, so he wrote and deleted and deleted, and only wrote such a few words at this point... I am really sorry, I don’t know if I can still write today Will there be a second chapter...Everyone go to bed early, good night..._(:3」∠)_)

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