He nodded slowly, and as he expected, that person was a smuggler of salt. But the business was doing well, why did it get to this point? Killing people and burning boats was a bit too much.

Emperor Tianqi stood up slowly and glanced at Li Fang. Emperor Tianqi said in a serious voice: "Help me to do something for you. Use the people here in Dongchang to find the people who came with Xu Dezhi that day.

, how long do you need?”

"Go back to the young master, there is no need to look for him. After the murder occurred yesterday, the younger one has sent people to follow him, and now he is in the west of the city." Li Fang bowed respectfully, with a bit of complacency on his face, and he couldn't help but feel in his heart

Da Le, I am lucky! Something I did unintentionally has such a big effect now.

Originally, Li Fang sent people to follow him just to prevent him from getting into trouble. Since arriving in Jining City, Li Fang has been extremely cautious. He was always on guard for fear that someone would do something wrong to him. He died on Yingchun Road.

Chen Fang is naturally extremely nervous, and he will not easily teach others.

Emperor Tianqi really didn't expect that things would turn out like this. He looked back at Yuan Keli and said with a smile: "This is like breaking through the iron shoes and finding nowhere. It takes no effort to catch this person and then ask him."

Ask and things will become clear.”

"Yes! It's not too late, it must be as soon as possible! I always feel that something will happen, and those people can't arrange for him to be in the west of the city. For such an important person, only if he shuts up forever, the matter will not be leaked. Forever.

There is only one kind of person who can shut up, and that is the dead." Yuan Keli was unusually cautious, but his tone was urgent, and he also knew the role of this person.

Looking back at Dang Han, Emperor Tianqi said with a serious face: "Go for a trip and be sure to bring the person back alive without making any mistakes. Also, be careful not to disturb anyone!"

"Yes, sir!" Dang Han bowed respectfully, winked at Li Fang, turned around and walked out.

When Li Fang went out, Emperor Tianqi slowly sat on the chair, frowned slightly, and said to Yuan Yingtai on the side: "Sit down and talk!"

"Yes, sir!" Yuan Yingtai bowed respectfully and sat on the chair, but he did not sit down fully.

"I always feel like there's something weird here. But I can't explain why it's weird. It's really so easy to catch this person. I don't think it's that easy!" Emperor Tianqi frowned even more tightly.

I kept thinking about what I had missed!

Yuan Keli also frowned and thought, thinking about the whole thing from beginning to end to see if he had missed anything.

"Motive. Motive for murder! That's it." Emperor Tianqi suddenly laughed, obviously thinking of something very crucial.

"Please make it clear, Your Majesty!" Yuan Keli looked at Emperor Tianqi with a smile and said in a respectful tone.

Emperor Tianqi did not hide it. He nodded slowly and said in a deep voice: "We have always said that they killed people for private salt, but this statement is too vague. Were the people who killed people originally selling private salt together, or

Buyers of private salt. This is the crux of the problem. The deceased Xu Dezhi was a four-eyed dealer who always came to Jining, which means that he sold private salt here and there are buyers in Jining." Speaking of this, Emperor Tianqi

He glanced at Yuan Keli aside, with uncontrollable excitement on his face.

Standing up suddenly, Yuan Keli said in a trembling voice: "That Lin Yuanwai who came out of the Zhizhou Yamen is probably the buyer. In this matter, the Zhizhou of Jining was also involved."

Standing up with the help of his chair, Emperor Tianqi frowned and said in a deep voice: "There is one more thing I haven't figured out yet. Why did this buyer want to kill Xu Dezhi? Xu Dezhi was the person who sold him private salt. If the buyer kills

Xu Dezhi, won’t this wealth be cut off from now on?”

Frowning tightly, Yuan Keli was also thinking about the question asked by Emperor Tianqi. After all, this is indeed a puzzling place. Sighing softly, Yuan Keli said with helplessness in his tone: "It seems that

We can only wait until Dang Han catches the murderer, it’s hard to know what’s going on just based on inference!”

Nodding in agreement, Emperor Tianqi and Yuan Keli waited quietly. However, it was not Dang Han who came back, but another guard. After the guard walked into the room, he knelt down on the ground and said loudly: "

Your Majesty, we have just received news that Lord Sun Yuanhua, the governor of Shandong, is here, along with Lin Gang, the inspector general of Shandong, and Li Qian, the Qianhu of Jin Yiwei, who are also here!"

Emperor Tianqi glanced at Yuan Keli, with deep surprise in his eyes, what happened? There are so many people coming to the small Jining City, what is the purpose of such a big battle? Before he left Changchang,

I didn't receive a memorial from Sun Yuanhua, but what happened?

"Your Majesty, this is getting more and more lively. We just met by chance. I'm afraid these people are not a coincidence! It seems that something is going to happen in Jining City!" Yuan Keli had a little helplessness on his face, and there was a hint of helplessness in the bottom of his face.

Bitter, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was so turbulent!

Not paying attention to Yuan Keli's expression, Emperor Tianqi frowned, with a look of solemnity on his face. After a while, Emperor Tianqi said solemnly: "Now that they are here, one thing can be explained clearly. There is something we don't know.

.Perhaps the smuggling of salt was leaked, and the governor Sun Yuanhua wanted to investigate the matter. The buyer knew how serious the matter was. In order to conceal the truth, he found someone to kill the deceased who was selling smuggled salt. He set fire to it at night.

Without the deceased’s boat, there would be no salt, and all the witnesses and physical evidence would be gone.”

Nodding slowly, Yuan Yingtai continued: "After silencing the murderer, the whole matter was covered up. As for the murder, the Zhizhou Yamen deliberately pushed the matter out, and maybe found someone to convict. This is what happened.

That’s it.”

Emperor Tianqi nodded slowly. The general structure of the matter has been figured out. Although many details are still unclear, the inference should be correct. The only thing left now is to capture the murderer, which will prove that the inference is correct.

. However, Emperor Tianqi's thoughts were obviously not on this. Jining was just a microcosm, and what was involved was only a prefecture.

However, Emperor Tianqi would never believe that such blatant smuggling of salt was only in Jining. The further south he went, the worse it would become. He could easily deal with the magistrate of Jining, even if he was unjustly accused, but what about the officialdom in Jiangnan? The officials would get more and more serious.
Chapter completed!