Chapter 51 The Fish Is Hooked (Please Read It and Support It, Brothers)

The sound of the broken teacup was particularly clear at night and could be heard farther.

After hearing the sound of the broken teacup, Xu Bai stood in the corner and left contentedly.

…

In the room with the oil lamp, Magistrate Zhang held the letter with his hands trembling slightly.

The content of the letter was clearly written on the paper. When he read all the contents, in addition to his trembling hands, there was also anger in his eyes.

The content was very simple, telling him that the Lin family intended to submit the record of bribery to the capital in order to drag him down from his current position.

In addition, in order to be cautious, the Lin family used other reasons to ship it through the Fulong Escort Agency.

In addition to this letter, there were several pieces of paper with records of bribery written on them.

From Magistrate Zhang's perspective, the contents above were exactly the same, and they were recorded from beginning to end.

He didn't know who sent the letter, but if that was the case, then his official career would be over.

"Who sent it?" Magistrate Zhang thought.

After thinking for a long time, he temporarily gave up thinking about the source of the letter.

Who sent this letter is important?

Of course it is important, but now there is something more important.

That is to quickly block the transmission of the account book!

There are priorities, and County Magistrate Zhang is not going to wait.

He can't care so much, he stepped out of the door and shouted in the yard.

"Come here!"

The county government of the Great Chu State also has yamen runners on duty at night, living in the backyard.

As County Magistrate Zhang shouted, there was a sound from the backyard, and then several yamen runners came out trotting.

Some yamen runners were in a hurry and didn't put on their clothes properly, and they put on clothes while running.

"Go to Fulong Escort Agency and bring the escort owner to me secretly, and let him take the escort items by the way." County Magistrate Zhang said: "Take advantage of the night, and be sure not to alarm anyone, and keep this matter secret."

The yamen runners looked at each other, not knowing what was going on, but hearing that the county magistrate was so serious, they also knew it was a big deal and left quickly.

After the yamen runners left, County Magistrate Zhang returned to the house and burned all the papers.

Looking at the papers that turned to ashes, County Magistrate Zhang fell into deep thought, thinking about other things.

Who sent him the letter?

What was the purpose of this person?

After the crisis was resolved, he would check the news of this person.

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At this time, Xu Bai had returned to the escort agency, changed into ordinary clothes, took off his coat, and lay on the bed.

He carefully recalled the contents of the letter, and after confirming that there were no loopholes, he smiled with relief.

In the letter, he mentioned Fulong Escort Agency again, and completely ignored Fulong Escort Agency, only saying that Fulong Escort Agency had accepted a set of darts.

"Next, he should be here soon." Xu Bai closed his eyes, thinking that the time should be coming soon.

About an incense stick of time later, someone knocked on the door of the escort agency.

"Who is it? Knocking at the door in the middle of the night." Xu Bai walked out of the door in his coat, opened the door, and pretended to be surprised.

As soon as the door was opened, the yamen runners rushed in and surrounded Xu Bai.

"The master summoned you in secret. Bring the darts and follow us to the county government office." One of the yamen runners said.

Because of the confidentiality, they didn't even bring torches, and it was pitch black outside.

"Ah? Ah! Okay, okay, wait for me." Xu Bai walked into the house and took the empty wooden box with him.

"Let's go!" The yamen runner said, leading the way.

...

After a while, in the backyard of the county government office.

When Xu Bai arrived at the county government office, he ran into Magistrate Zhang.

Magistrate Zhang asked the others to leave, leaving Xu Bai alone.

"Give me the things." Magistrate Zhang said directly, extending his hand.

Xu Bai pretended to be at a loss: "Sir, this is a dart. The most taboo thing in our business is..."

"There is a big problem with this thing. Do you want to disobey my order?" County Magistrate Zhang interrupted impatiently.

He couldn't care less now. Destroying the things was the most important thing.

Xu Bai shrank his neck, pretended to be scared, and handed the wooden box over carefully.

After opening the wooden box, County Magistrate Zhang found that it was empty.

"What's the matter? Where are the things inside?" His expression was angry.

Xu Bai was stunned, and then said at a loss: "Sir, I don't know either. I have never touched this thing. No, there is a lock on it. How could it disappear?"

"Don't you know whether there is a lock on it?" County Magistrate Zhang's expression changed from anger to gloomy.

The account book is gone. What does that person think?

He couldn't figure it out.

"It was still there last night. You guys were so anxious just now that I didn't pay attention to it. It's over. It's lost before we even started. The escort agency is doomed..." Xu Bai took two steps back, his face was very pale, and his shoulders couldn't help shaking.

This look, with fear mixed with a hint of despair, was portrayed vividly by Xu Bai.

In fact, he could do it more simply.

But to clear the escort agency, you have to do the opposite.

After being angry, County Magistrate Zhang slowly calmed down.

He looked at Xu Bai, who showed a frightened expression, and tried to make his tone calm: "Okay, it's none of your business. Go back quickly. Don't tell anyone about this. Do you understand? Pretend it didn't happen."

Too many things happened tonight, especially the box was empty, which made County Magistrate Zhang have a guess in his mind.

The mysterious man who informed him might have quietly taken the account book away.

As for why he took it away, it is probably to catch him.

Now he can't think too much, he has to solve the problem first.

As for the escort in front of him, he must not let him expose the matter, stabilize it first.

He has to deal with the Lin family first!

Pull out this evil thing first, and then find a way to deal with the mysterious man.

The Lin family wants to get the things out through the escort agency, so the situation of the escort agency must be stabilized now.

"But sir... my escort..." Xu Bai whispered again.

"I tell you, your things are not important now. This thing is very likely a stolen item. I have to slowly verify it. So once this matter is exposed, I will hold you responsible!" Magistrate Zhang began to threaten.

Xu Bai quickly shrank his neck and quickly agreed, saying that he would never expose it.

"You go first." Magistrate Zhang waved his hand.

Xu Bai nodded, as if this was a crater, he did not dare to stay at all, and hurried away.

After Xu Bai left, Magistrate Zhang still looked gloomy.

No one knew what he was thinking, and no one knew what he was planning.

The wind was very cold at night, and Magistrate Zhang's eyes were not only gloomy, but also ruthless.

...

Xu Bai walked out of the yamen and went all the way to the escort agency. His expression did not change until he closed the door with his backhand, and finally couldn't help but smile.

The fish was hooked.

Regarding Magistrate Zhang, I thought about killing him with a single blow, but it would be boring, and it is too unreasonable to kill the county magistrate directly. I prefer Magistrate Zhang to suffer long-term and slow psychological torture.