The magistrate, county magistrate, and lord Bo were all covered in blood. He dared not be at all unscrupulous. At least he showed great dedication in front of Hanlin Jing officials such as Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao said: "I'm straight to the point. I looked through all the files of this case and found a few doubts."

The magistrate said: "Prince of the Principal, please tell me."

Lin Yanchao said: "Seven out of ten people in one of the county were merchants, and the others were scholars and scholars. Merchants were rich, and scholars who could travel also carried their remaining wealth. From this we can see that most of this case was caused by making money and killing their lives."

The magistrate and others nodded together, but laughed in their hearts. You still have to say that the old constables in our county government have long seen this. It is impossible to determine the case based on just one thing.

However, everyone on the face still praised in surprise: "The 1st Yuan Gong is really a divine death! It's really refreshing to see the fog, which makes us feel refreshed!"

But I knew that Lin Yanchao had seen through their flattery long ago, and just smiled and said, "This is not difficult. I must have guessed it long ago. Although I have not seen the case of solving the case, I thought that if it was a case of murder, I would probably go to the foot of the car and ship shop, right?"

The magistrate was stunned and looked at the master.

The master said truthfully: "The 1st generation master is really good at predicting things. This is why the coachman and the porter often collude with the bandits of this gang and secretly send news. As for the boatman, he is also a family, and he usually carries passengers and does a water business. As for the store, it is even more suspicious. The merchants and scholars stay at the bed, and if they open a black store, they are more likely to start."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Yes, this is not a robbery. It is a thief who is waiting for him and specifically plunders and kills merchants across the border. This car and ship store is the easiest to do this."

The county magistrate said: "Yes, we also followed this, but there was no clue at all. I don't know how many people are doing these four-class business in this prefecture and county."

Lin Yanchao drew a file from his hand and said, "Can you please read this case?"

Everyone looked at each other, and the magistrate opened it. The master said, "This is a case two years ago. The Huzhou merchant wanted to transport goods to Fuzhou. Because he encountered rain on the road, he became ill, so he sought a rest in the inn. In order to avoid delaying business, the accompanying servant took the lead by land. He only rested in the inn with an old housekeeper. On June 20, the merchant recovered from illness, and the master and servant left the inn, but he had no news."

The county magistrate said: "I asked the inn shop owners, shop merchants, ferrymen, and chariots and horses, and there were no masters and servants. Do you think it is strange?"

Lin Yanchao said: "In other words, the master and servant disappeared out of thin air, right?"

The county magistrate heard Lin Yanchao's words and sighed: "Just as Zhuangyuan said, although he couldn't believe it, it was true."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Yes, this Huzhou merchant is a silk merchant. Hu silk is used to selling it in April and May. If it is launched together, the silk is worthless. The Hu merchant is eager to sell the silk, so he rushed from Huzhou to Fuzhou. But the merchant did not expect that the road was too fast and was hit hard again. He fell ill on the road. He could not get on the road by his peers, and the silk was too low to be pressed, so he ordered his fellow workers to rush to Fuzhou first."

The county magistrate looked at the file, but when he saw that Lin Yanchao didn't take a look, he almost memorized the case, and couldn't help but admire him.

The magistrate asked anxiously: "Why can you tell me something strange about the top scholar?"

Lin Yanchao smiled and took it from another file and said, "This is the case from May last year."

Everyone was puzzled by this, and the county magistrate asked, "These two cases were nearly a year apart. Why did the Zhuang Yuan compare these two cases? Is there any method of the same?"

"Yes, this is a case of missing scholars from Zhejiang. This person was going to Zhejiangxi, but because Xiaolang Bridge was broken by a mountain torrent in June last year, he had to take a detour."

Lin Yanchao smiled and said, "It's strange here."

Several people compared the files together, but did not notice at all.

Everyone couldn't help but feel that the gap between the two sides was huge, and the magistrate presented the file and said, "I'll ask the trump cardinal master for advice."

Lin Yanchao said: "Xiaolang Bridge is an official road, which was cut off by a mountain torrent in June last year. It happened to be stagnant in front of and behind the inn when the merchant was on the road. "

The magistrate clapped his legs and said, "I understand, the priest master is very wise! Could it be that the priest master can see from this that the merchant's master and servant were killed after a mountain torrent, no wonder he did not see the body."

After hearing what the magistrate said, the two magistrates, the county magistrate, and the magistrate, both covered their faces, saying that they were worried about the magistrate's IQ.

The master coughed and concealed the magistrate, "Zhuangyuan Gong is really as careful as his hair, and finds the relationship between the two volumes of words. Zhuangyuan Gong wants to say that this merchant was blocked halfway because Xiaolang Bridge was broken, so he encountered something unexpected when he took a shortcut? In fact, this Xiaolang Bridge was east of the inn where the merchant stayed. When the merchant arrived at the inn, the Xiaolang Bridge had long been washed away."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Actually, this businessman should be very happy when he learned that Xiaolang Bridge was broken."

"Oh, what do you mean?" The master thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Was it possible that the Zhuang Yuan Gong said that Xiaolang Bridge was broken, and it was necessary to detour from Zhejiang to Min County for several days. In this way, their silk peers could not catch up with him, so his silk is the only one in Fuzhou, so he is happy."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "That's right. If you were this businessman, what were you planning now?"

Everyone said in unison: "We must be rushing to Fuzhou and tell the guy not to sell the silk."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "It would be slower to walk on land like this, so the only way for this businessman to walk on the sea quickly!"

Everyone was shocked at the same time.

The magistrate slapped his legs and said, "Why didn't I expect that I just checked the feet of the car and ship shop on weekdays, but I didn't look for them from the seamen."

The county magistrate immediately asked: "How many places are there in the county that connect to the sea?"

"There are two places where you can reach the South China Sea twenty miles through the water and earth. From then on, you can enter the provincial capital or Guangdong." The master replied.

The magistrate said: "Immediately send the military officers and the yamen runners to bring all the Mizujin boatmen!"

The master said: "Dong Weng should not be too hasty. If you attack the enemy, it will be bad. From now on, you need to plan carefully."

So several people gathered together to discuss the specific actions, and Lin Yanchao refused to interfere. Just give me some advice on this matter. If this strange case is solved, it will be a contribution to the magistrate and the magistrate.

After a while of arrangement, the magistrate immediately dispatched all the yamen runners from the county, and even seconded all the navy troops to capture them separately.

After the arrangement, the magistrate breathed a sigh of relief and bowed to Lin Yanchao long: "Thank you for your advice from the top minister. If this case is solved, more than a hundred unjust souls will be enough to rest in peace, and his family can also comfort him."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "I hope that this is the case, and I hope that your county can succeed." (To be continued.)

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