Li Ce angrily picked up Kang Mingtang and sat on the ground. He glared angrily and asked, "Speak quickly."
Kang Mingtang secretly looked at Chu Nanzhi standing in front of him, and replied with fear: "The common people don't know who instigated it."
Li Ce saw that he was talking nonsense and interrupted him with his fists: "Grandma, you are a bear, keep talking nonsense."
"Sanlang, let him finish his sentence."
Chu Nanzhi stopped Li Ce and looked at Kang Mingtang calmly: "Go on, tell me what you know."
Be patient and don't be in a hurry to get angry with him.
Kang Mingtang nodded tremblingly: "Someone sent a letter last night. The person who sent the letter handed the letter to the people in the house and left in a hurry."
Chu Nanzhi frowned: "The content of the letter?"
"The letter said that if you want to keep your current wealth, you can only kill Mrs. Chu who just came to the county and the disabled commander."
Kang Mingtang looked around the crowd carefully, and there was only one woman in front of him. He immediately guessed that she was the Lady Chu mentioned in the letter.
"Lin Dalang?"
An inexplicable worry arose in Chu Nanzhi's heart. She looked at Li Ce coldly, but heard a burst of hurried footsteps coming from outside the village, approaching from far away.
Looking over, he saw none other than Li Sanmu rushing in with a group of government officials.
Li Sanmu held the handle of the knife and looked around at the dead bodies lying on the ground. He walked towards Chu Nanzhi and shouted excitedly: "Sister-in-law, we are late. We intercepted and killed a group of men in black on the road, and also arrested
Five alive."
Chu Nanzhi looked at the government officials who came in. There were nearly thirty people in the crowd. They had just experienced a fierce battle, and they all looked embarrassed.
Chu Nanzhi first expressed concern: "Is everyone not injured?"
Li Sanmu looked at her with a smile and replied with a relaxed face: "It doesn't matter, they are just superficial injuries, sister-in-law, don't worry."
"That's good."
As his eyes wandered, and when he looked at Kang Mingtang again, Chu Nanzhi's eyes were filled with fierce light, and he scolded sternly: "Tell me, how many people did you send out?"
Kang Mingtang looked at the densely packed group of government officials wearing public uniforms and suddenly asked with a playful smile: "Can the common people survive if they tell the truth?"
Chu Nanzhi glared at him angrily, and without hesitation raised the big knife in Li Ce's hand. With one hand, he raised the knife and slashed directly at Kang Mingtang's head. The entire bun was cut off and scattered.
One place.
Big beads of sweat oozed from Kang Mingtang's forehead. His feet trembled violently and he collapsed on the ground. He replied seriously: "The common people divided the nursing home under their hands into three groups and ambush Madam Chu on her way into Niujia Village.
, the other group ambushed in the village."
Having said this, he looked at everyone secretly but did not dare to continue.
Chu Nanzhi thought for a while. The man in black in the village was killed by a stray arrow, and Li Sanmu was ambushing him halfway. How could there be another way?
Thinking of this, Chu Nanzhi's whole heart suddenly started to tremble with fear. He pointed the knife at Kang Mingtang angrily and yelled: "Where are the other people hiding?"
Although she roughly guessed that he was going to assassinate Lin Jinxiao, she was not sure exactly where he had placed him.
Kang Mingtang mustered up his courage and took the opportunity to ask, "Is it possible to survive?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the cold-radiating sword raised again. He was so frightened that he closed his eyes and shouted: "The common people let them linger near the county government office and the post house, waiting for an opportunity."
Chu Nanzhi was so angry that she kicked him to the ground, looked at Li Ce with wide eyes, and ordered urgently: "Sanlang, take your men and rush back to the county government office as quickly as possible.
"
"But my brother asked me to protect my sister-in-law every step of the way."
Li Ce frowned lightly and patiently explained: "With my brother's skills, a few thieves can't do anything to him, not to mention the county government and the brothers."
"Your brother's legs and feet haven't recovered yet."
That guy was just trying to show off his strength. Chu Nanzhi interrupted him in a panic: "Half of the manpower brought by Luyan Port is here, and we have to allocate manpower to the ditches to look for clues. We still have to have people guarding the Yandao Yamen and the county government.
That group of officials, how can he have any capable people around him?"
Li Ce was so frightened by her trembling voice that he froze on the spot. He had never seen his sister-in-law get so angry since the tax bank case.
Chu Nanzhi also realized that his words just now were too harsh, and then he softened his voice and persuaded again: "We have cleared out the two groups of people named Kang. There will be no more danger here. You
Go back quickly and keep an eye on your brother, Si Bao, Shu Yang and the others."
Li Ce pursed his lips tightly, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly looked at Li Sanmu intently and shouted: "Li Sanmu, protect your sister-in-law. If anything happens, I'll take it out on you."
Li Sanmu clenched his fist vigorously: "Don't worry, sir, I will definitely live up to my trust."
Seeing that Li Ce was about to leave with his men, Chu Nanzhi quickly ordered: "Li Langjun, give all the horses under your command to San Lang."
"yes."
Li Sanmu heard the sound and left.
Not long after, the sound of galloping horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the mountain stream outside the village, gradually drifting into the distance.
Chu Nanzhi's anxious heart gradually calmed down as the sound of horse hooves disappeared.
Chu Nanzhi looked around at the police officers around him in a daze, and when he looked at Kang Mingtang, Chu Nanzhi's eyes were full of anger again: "Who was the person who shot you just now?"
Kang Mingtang was in shock and shook his head with a confused expression. If he had known, he would not have suffered such a big loss.
Chu Nanzhi didn't have time to interrogate this person anymore, and suddenly thought of what Lin Jinxiao had said to him before, "The person who should be worried at this time should be the real culprit behind the scenes."
Now that they dare to send people to assassinate people in broad daylight, it means they are getting closer to the truth, and they must remain calm at such a critical moment.
Looking at Peng Pai and Ma Laifu, she smiled gently and said, "Peng Dianshi, how far is this place from that salt well?"
Peng Pai raised his eyes and looked into the distance, briefly recalled it, pointed to the distance and slowly replied: "It should be two or three miles ahead."
"Okay, Li Langjun, please leave some people here to guard the prisoners, and the rest will go to the salt well with me."
After Chu Nanzhi told her, she followed Peng Pai towards the west of the village with rapid strides.
Li Sanmu left a team behind and led the rest of the government officials to follow closely.
After walking slowly and hurriedly for nearly two quarters of an hour, we finally arrived at the west entrance of the village.
Looking around, I saw deep swamps everywhere, surrounded by overgrown weeds, completely covering the salt wells dug more than 20 years ago. Some rotten derricks and withered leaves could be faintly revealed in the dense grass.
straw rope.
Peng Pai pointed to the rotten wood that had popped up and said solemnly: "That should be one of the abandoned salt wells over there."
When several officers heard the sound, they immediately pushed aside the grass and slowly moved towards the dead wood. They used their sabers to clear out the surrounding areas and clear the way for Chu Nanzhi and Peng Pai.
The closer you get to the salt well, the stronger the familiar smell becomes.
After the guards dug out one of the salt wells, Chu Nanzhi went to the dry well and looked at the bottom of the well. It was pitch black and bottomless, and there was a strong smell of iron mixed with the smell of stinking water.