Lin Jinxiao was sitting in the government office casually, reviewing the case files that had arrived from various places throughout the afternoon, but whenever he thought of the "Brother Zhu" that Chu Nanzhi was talking about, he would feel uneasy.
Liu Shuyang and Sibaolin Ruijia sat at a desk far away from him, and they also spent a dull afternoon.
My brother-in-law took me to the county office very early in the morning, and I was not allowed to go anywhere. I was really depressed.
Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, Liu Shuyang finally couldn't hold it any longer and broke the long silence in the office: "Brother-in-law, shall I take Sibao out to buy some food?"
"no."
Lin Jinxiao continued to look at the case file in his hand, calmly without raising his head.
Liu Shuyang refused to give up: "Brother-in-law, you see that Si Bao and I are sitting here and can't help. How about I take her back to the post house to rest?"
"You two can only stay at the county office today, and you can't go anywhere."
Lin Jinxiao's tone was cold and serious.
Liu Shuyang was discouraged and secretly murmured to the dazed Little Si Bao: "Si Bao, did your mother-in-law quarrel with your father again?"
Si Bao pursed his lips and shook his head: "Uncle, your mother-in-law only quarrels with your father, my mother-in-law and father don't quarrel."
"Are my grandma and dad fighting?"
Liu Shuyang rubbed the back of his head in confusion: "Even if it is noisy, I can't hear it."
Lin Jinxiao heard the little guy's voice and finally raised his head and turned around: "Si Bao, are you hungry?"
"Dad, the four treasures are not hungry."
The little guy touched his flat belly, not wanting to disturb his father's work.
"Silly girl, if you are hungry, you are hungry. We must be honest."
Lin Jinxiao could see through the little one's thoughts at a glance.
"Oh, Dad, Si Bao is a little hungry. Si Bao wants to eat braised pork. Uncle Laifu said the braised pork here is delicious."
Si Bao finally spoke his mind.
"Okay, Dad will ask the county government cook to do it for you."
As soon as Lin Jinxiao finished speaking, he saw Chief Secretary Tan Miao walking in with a smile on his face, holding a pile of official documents, and said with enthusiasm: "It's almost time, my wife wants to eat braised pork, and it happens to be in front of the county office.
I just came back from buying some meat, so I will go to the kitchen and talk to the cook."
"No need."
Lin Jinxiao answered coldly, looked at his new son-in-law, and ordered: "Shu Yang, go to the door and talk to Guan Erbai and ask him to ask the new cook to prepare the food and bring it here, and invite Hu by the way.
The adults also come here to have a meal."
Liu Shuyang went out obediently, and Tan Miao felt a little uncomfortable.
He hasn't figured out this boss's character for the time being, but what is certain is that he is full of distrust of the entire Haikang County government office. He only needs to keep everyone under supervision, and even changed the cooks in the county government office overnight.
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Tan Miao secretly glanced sideways at the little boy beside him, then carefully placed the official document in his hand next to him, and asked softly: "Mr. Lin, will the group of officers and petty officials who have been interrogated in the past two days be allowed to restore their freedom?
, let them go home."
"Master Tan is in a hurry?"
Lin Jinxiao lowered his head and asked casually.
Tan Miao smiled and replied: "I don't dare. I just thought that if they didn't come home all night, my family would be worried."
"Peng Dianshi went out with his wife to handle a case today. He will decide on these matters when he comes back."
As he spoke, Lin Jinxiao put down the case file in his hand, slowly raised his head to look at him, and asked pointedly: "Master Tan, do you think my wife and Peng Dianshi can find any clues in the south of the city today?"
"I don't know what my humble position is."
Tan Miao was confused: "In addition to the Kang family's fish pond, there are only a few salt wells and a smelting camp in the south of the city. I still don't know what Madam Chu and Peng Dianshi wanted to do when they went here."
"Oh, I have something to ask Master Tan."
Lin Jinxiao smiled lightly and looked at him slowly.
"Master Lin, please speak."
Tan Miao lowered his head, too cautious to look directly at him.
"Today, when I was checking the archives over the years, I discovered an interesting thing."
The corners of Lin Jinxiao's mouth raised slightly, with a wicked smile: "In the past ten years, three of the six county magistrates have resigned, and three have died tragically. Those who resigned were all living outside the county government, and none of the three county magistrates who died have died.
One is not staying in an inn."
"If you think about it carefully, that's indeed what happened."
Tan Miao slowly stroked his goat's beard, nodded thoughtfully and said: "Actually, I had suspected before that the deceased county magistrates might have been infected with the plague, but Kang Mingyuan was worried about causing panic in the government and was eager to make contributions.
, eager to catch the traffickers and bring them to justice, and even in their humble position, they dare not make random suspicions."
"Master Tan is indeed overly worried. If it were a plague, how could a few county magistrates be infected while the others were unscathed?"
Lin Jinxiao stood up slowly, went over and took Si Bao to sit down in front of him, and asked slowly: "Does Chief Tan know anything about Chen Wu, the former cook chief of the post house?"
Tan Miao shook his head in confusion: "I don't quite understand."
Lin Jinxiao nodded and smiled bitterly: "But I heard that he killed pigs for others before entering the post house?"
"I really don't understand my humble position."
Tan Miao frowned, not knowing what he meant by this question, and answered truthfully: "Your Excellency also knows that humble officials are in charge of books and seals in the county government. How can you know about other humble positions?
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"Master Tan is really too modest."
Lin Jinxiao stared at him closely and pondered for a long time, but then he heard a sound of footsteps coming from outside. He turned his eyes and saw Li Ce running in, covered in dust, and shouted with sweat on his forehead: "Brother, have you been out today?"
, you can see something fishy."
Before he finished speaking, Li Ce immediately stopped what he was about to say when he saw Tan Miao's figure.
When Lin Jinxiao saw his sudden return, his heart tightened and he said solemnly: "Sanlang, who asked you to come back? Where is your sister-in-law?"
"Oh, sister-in-law is fine."
Li Ce replied breathlessly while sweating: "We have arrested Kang Mingtang and brought him to justice. My sister-in-law is worried about my brother's safety and asked me to come back to protect him."
Does she miss me so much now?
Lin Jinxiao's heart surged with warmth, and a complex look suddenly appeared in his eyes, which was both touching and somewhat indescribable.
But who is her Brother Zhu?
I don't have time to think about this matter anymore. Now that Kang Mingtang has been arrested and brought to justice, there will definitely be no serious problems with Chu Nanzhi.
He continued to stare at Li Ce meaningfully and said calmly: "Now that I'm back, I'm going to do something for Brother Yu and go to Qinyuan Village to arrest the cook Chen Wu."
"Okay, brother, I'll leave a team of people at my house for you to do as you wish."
After Li Ce replied, he immediately hurried towards the outside of the government office.
Listening to the solemn footsteps, Tan Miao was suddenly startled and screamed: "This unscrupulous man from Kang Mingtang dares to kill Mrs. Chu. I'm afraid something is wrong. Mr. Lin, you know that Kang Mingtang supports you in your humble position."
I have found the hiding place of a group of thugs, and I am willing to personally lead the way for you, and arrest these people in one fell swoop. Maybe we can find some other clues."
"No need."
Lin Jinxiao stopped him as he was about to take off: "Master Tan, my wife has no other skills but her brain. Now that she is there, no clues can be hidden from her eyes. Master Tan should have a good relationship with me."
Please stay in the Yamen and rest."
"Yes, I humbly accept my order."
Seeing that he was unmoved, Tan Miao could only nodded angrily, turned around and walked slowly towards the front hall.