Su Xuntian led the arresters to Chang's Car and Horse Company, and the arrest operation went very smoothly, and there was no incident of resisting arrest with weapons. Since Qi Mu's death, the people under him are no longer as arrogant as they used to be, and they don't have the courage to openly resist the police.
When the sky was bright, the tax ambassador Chen Muyan, the accountant of the tax department and several key figures, as well as the main figures of Chang's carriage and horse company, were all taken to the county government office and detained in several temporary shifts awaiting trial. The interrogation began immediately, one person was taken out, another was brought in, the atmosphere in the entire county government was very tense.
When Hua Qingfeng saw the pile of money coming out of Chen Muyan's house, he knew that Ye Xiaotian had won again this time, and Master Wang could only keep silent when facing this scene. In this case, there is no need for Hua Qingfeng to delve into whether Ye Xiaotian's methods in handling the case are rough and whether the procedure is legal. His only sensible course of action is to seize the initiative.
Therefore, Hua Qingfeng immediately reported everything that happened in Tongren Mansion in Huxian County to Zhang Duo, the prefect, and suggested that the prefect immediately send people to Dawanshansi to control the relevant personnel in Tiger Pass. While Hua Qingfeng was busy reporting the situation to Zhang Zhifu, Ye Xiaotian was interrogating the prisoners one by one in his signing room.
Chen Muyan was wearing a green shirt, the same as when he left home last night, because of his special status, he didn't bring any instruments of torture on him. Seeing him coming in, Ye Xiaotian pointed to the chair with a smile and said, "Ambassador Chen, please sit down."
Chen Muyan slammed into the chair with a sword, without looking sideways. Ye Xiaotian poured a cup of hot tea for him, gently put it on the table next to him, walked up and down, and said with a smile: "Ambassador Chen, Mr. Ye is also responsible, so he has to do it, please forgive me."
Chen Muyan closed her eyes slightly, without saying a word. Look at it like that, no matter what you want to do, he's planning for Xu Shu to enter Cao Ying.
Ye Xiaotian coughed, took an account book, flipped through two pages, and said to Chen Muyan: "Ambassador Chen, on the eighth day of last month, the goods entered by Chang's carriage and horses entered the customs, and it was recorded in the account book of your tax department that three 17 boxes, and the goods ferryed over from Moon Bay Ferry was 57 boxes at that time. How come there were 20 boxes missing when I entered the customs? Could it be that they flew away with wings? Ambassador Chen, can you help Ye How about a solution?"
Chen Muyan still closed her eyes and said nothing, like an old monk in meditation.
Ye Xiaotian smiled, and said to himself: "If I were Ambassador Chen, I would say that what I checked and accepted at the customs was 37 boxes. As for the other 20 boxes, how would I know? That has nothing to do with me." Irrelevant. But... another question, I can't evade it, Ambassador Chen, can you do anything?"
Ye Xiaotian wandered around Chen Muyan twice, at this moment he happened to turn in front of him, bent his waist, the tip of his nose almost touched Chen Muyan's forehead, and then asked word by word: "I found it from the cellar of your study. How does Ambassador Chen explain the money?"
Chen Muyan remained silent, but her cheeks twitched a few times. Ye Xiaotian straightened his waist, put his hands behind his back, continued to pace slowly, and said: "Ambassador Chen, the matter has come to this point, you have no way to deny it, why don't you tell the truth, it won't help if you don't say it."
Chen Muyan still closed her eyes and did not answer, but the corners of her mouth curled slightly, revealing a sneering smile.
Ye Xiaotian sighed, waved his hands and said, "Take him down!"
The two arresters walked over quickly, Chen Muyan opened her eyes, gave Ye Xiaotian a cold look, and walked out with them. When Chen Muyan left the signing room, it happened that Chang Zizai was brought up by someone, the two of them met their eyes, and immediately staggered away, with no expression on their faces.
Chen Muyan walked a few steps along the long corridor, suddenly frowned, and said, "I want to make it easier."
After all, Chen Muyan was an official of the county, and these policemen could not treat him like an ordinary prisoner. The two policemen hesitated for a moment, then led him to the hut in the corner. Chang Zizai was brought into the signing room with tinkling iron shackles. He was not treated like Chen Muyan.
Chang Zizai entered the signing room, and stood there carelessly, with his feet slightly apart, looking at Ye Xiaotian sitting behind the case with a kind of disdainful gaze, with a very haughty look on his face. Ye Xiaotian's face darkened, and he said sharply, "Chang Zizai, are you guilty?"
Chang Zizai raised his head and said loudly: "The grassroots have always been law-abiding, and they don't know what crime they have committed!"
Ye Xiaotian sneered, raised the account book in his hand, and said to him: "On the eighth day of last month, the goods that your Chang's car and horse company entered the customs were fifty-seven boxes when they arrived at the Moon Bay Ferry. Why did they change when they entered the customs?" It became thirty-seven boxes, what about the twenty boxes? Why did they disappear?"
Chang Zizai said with a playful smile: "Second Master, the grassroots have a bad memory, and they can forget what happened yesterday, let alone what happened last month. Hearing what you say, my lord, maybe the chief boatman deliberately overreported. Greed for the wages of ink boats."
Ye Xiaotian supported the case with one hand, leaned forward slightly, and said with a faint smile: "You said the chief boatman is greedy for wages? If you don't pay enough for the shipping company's fifty boxes of goods, the boat company will pay the boatmen fifty boxes of goods." wages?"
Chang Zizai said nonchalantly: "Your Excellency is right. Then...the robbers probably robbed twenty boxes on the way? It may be that the road is slippery on a rainy day, and a car and goods fell off the cliff. Oh, what happened to Cao Min I really can’t remember, please check it yourself, Mr. Lao.”
Ye Xiaotian smiled, and said leisurely: "Where should I go to investigate? Follow the small road behind the mountain to investigate, what do you think?"
Chang Zizai's body was shaken suddenly, his face changed drastically, Ye Xiaotian looked at him without blinking, Chang Zizai's eyes showed extreme horror. He didn't know what Ye Xiaotian knew, nor how much Ye Xiaotian knew, but this sentence hit him in the heart.
Ye Xiaotian laughed, and this time he really laughed, smiling very happily: "Chang Zizai, when you were arrested, you must have been thinking, what kind of evidence does Ye Xiaotian have to arrest me. If you can't tell I'm ugly and Yinmao, it's easy for him to catch me, if he wants to let me go, I'm not going yet! Isn't it?"
In Chang Zizai's eyes, Ye Xiaotian looked treacherous: "However... you were suddenly arrested by this officer, and you must not be able to figure out what my authority is. If you can't figure it out, and have no chance to ask others, you will definitely order The confidants go to see if the hidden private goods are intact."
Ye Xiaotian tapped his forehead lightly, and pretended to think: "But once your people have found out that the private goods have not been found, how will they tell you? Let me guess, um... As for people, it is impossible for you to trust me." See, if there is any entrapment and it may be discovered... Ah! There is a way!"
Ye Xiaotian slapped his palms together, and excitedly said to Chang Zizai: "How about using a designated dish as a reminder? For example, if there is nothing wrong, I will cook a dish of braised bamboo shoot chicken, and if there is an accident, I will make a red dish." Bad shad, your boss knows everything about the outside world inside and out, who else can do anything to you?"
Chang Zizai's face was pale, as if he had seen a ghost. How did Ye Xiaotian notice an unremarkable mountain road behind Chang's carriage? How could he see such a small road and associate it with trafficking in private goods? What is even more frightening is that the method of using food as a signal that Ye Xiaotian mentioned was exactly the method he had agreed with his cronies before he was taken away.
Chang Zizai wished he could fly back to the car dealership immediately, and tell his people not to check the hidden goods, Ye Xiaotian was trying to lure a snake out of its hole! But he can't do anything now, he can only watch his people walk into the trap set by Ye Xiaotian step by step. This man is simply a devil.
Chang Zizai clenched his fist tightly, nails dug deeply into his palm, remorse devoured his heart desperately like a poisonous snake. Seeing his expression, Ye Xiaotian knew that what he expected was right, and his mood became more and more cheerful: "Chang Proprietor, I have kept a few brothers near your car and horse dealership, and one of them is especially good at sneaking in the jungle. He is the best hunter, even the most cunning fox, as long as he targets him, he will never escape! Haha... "
"My lord! Ambassador Chen...Ambassador Chen committed suicide!" A policeman burst into the door and shouted out of breath, Ye Xiaotian's laughter stopped abruptly.
A large group of clerks and servants gathered at the door of the latrine, poking around and discussing. Ye Xiaotian stood in the latrine, covered his nose with a white handkerchief, silently looking at the latrine in front of him.
The pond was full of yellow soup, because someone fell into it, it was churning, and the stench was pungent. Two official boots were exposed on the surface of the golden soup, which were Chen Muyan's feet. This Ambassador Chen is also a ruthless person. He plunged headlong into a cesspit and ended his life in such a strange way.
Although Chen Muyan has a way to kill, but they are officials in the same government after all, they bow their heads and don't see them up, the two sides have no personal grievances, and Ye Xiaotian can't remain indifferent. He was silent for a while, then came out holding his breath, and said to the audience: "Everyone, whoever finds a rope and gets Ambassador Chen out."
With a "hula", all the subordinate officials and servants dispersed in a rush, and there was no one left. I don't know if they listened to Ye Xiaotian's order and went back to find bamboo poles and ropes, or if they ran away. Ye Xiaotian shook his head, and greeted Old Lu who was sweeping the floor: "Old Lu, come here!"
Old Lutou ran up to him, Ye Xiaotian took out a silver ingot weighing two taels from his sleeve, put it in Old Lutou's hand, and said: "Go to the market and find two people, and ask them to take Ambassador Chen out of the cesspit. Pull it out, and wash it with some clean water. Two taels of silver, is it enough?"
Old Lu nodded repeatedly, and said: "Enough is enough, two liang of silver is enough, don't worry, old man, this matter will be taken care of by the little old man."
Ye Xiaotian nodded, glanced at the toilet again, and walked into the signing room with heavy steps, while Old Lu Tou happily put the silver ingot into his arms, turned around and searched for the rope. Find someone? Who are you looking for? What old Lutou is doing is sweeping and cleaning. The fat and water don't flow into outsiders' fields!