Regardless of whether Luo Yuan's analysis makes sense or not, He Liang and Huang Wenjie now have no other choice.
If Shen Chen didn't come out, they would be beaten to death. No matter what, they had to give it a try. After all, other people's lives were not their own lives. Luo Yuan was right. At worst, the fake identity was true. It was Wei An who didn't care about his life and refused to show his true identity.
When the time comes, they will use this reason to explain themselves to their superiors, and no one will be able to say that they did anything wrong - for such a serious crime as collaborating with the Japanese, who would care who you are
These officials have the power to execute on the spot anyone who collaborates with the Japanese.
Now that the decision has been made, it must be done immediately.
He Liang was the provincial inspector, and he immediately assigned the tasks and prepared all the paperwork.
Those Japanese pirates had already been bribed long ago, and their confessions and evidence were all available, so there was no need to waste any effort.
As for Wei An, no one went to interrogate him.
They just need to pretend anyway.
By the next day, the whole Gaotang knew that Japanese pirates had appeared in the territory and were colluding with merchants with evil intentions.
Although Dongchang Prefecture has not been invaded much by Japanese pirates, the pirates are notoriously fierce. Most of the people in Dongchang Prefecture rely on water for their livelihood, and they are basically terrified of pirates.
Now they heard that some merchants had colluded with the Japanese pirates to leak the information of the imperial envoy, which led to the capture of the imperial envoy, and they became panic-stricken.
After the imperial envoy disappeared, the government's day-to-day searches had already made people very panic-stricken. Now that they were going to kill someone, the people of Gaotang were in an uproar and started running around to tell others.
The news that one person would be executed every day was brought by Xu Qianhu, one of He Liang's subordinates. He looked at Wei An and the others trapped in the prison with a bit of pity. He held a thick purse in his hand, weighed it, and shook his head: "The order from above has come down, and the execution will be carried out tomorrow. You can only wish you good luck."
After Captain Xu left, Tan Xi turned around and looked at Wei An. He took a deep breath and lowered his voice: "Miss, you predicted it all."
They really framed Shen Chen with the crime of collaborating with the Japanese, and then wanted to threaten Shen Chen with murder.
Luo Yuan was right. If he were in Wei An's position, he would definitely think of the same method - Shen Chen was too cunning. Not only did he escape the pursuit with his keen sense of smell, he also hid without a trace, putting them in a passive position.
At this time, there is really no better way than to lure Princess Shouning here and use her life and death to manipulate Shen Chen.
However, when Luo Yuan was using her, she probably didn't realize that she was also using Luo Yuan.
Dongchang Prefecture is so large and has so many spies. Not only are there Japanese pirates tracking Shen Chen among the people, but neither the government nor the Jinyiwei can be trusted. In this situation, even if she finds Shen Chen, it will be useless. In the end, they will still be caught by Luo Yuan and his men.
Since this is the case, we naturally have to find ways to make the matter bigger and bigger.
Thinking of this, she turned to ask Zhao Qi: "Are you sure you have explained everything to Lin Yue clearly, without missing anything?"
Yes, the postman let them go to Chaocheng County, and they did go there.
However, the Jinyiwei disguised as postmen did not notice that the number of Wei'an's men was decreasing almost imperceptibly along the way.
Young Master Lin had already told Wei An in the letter that Luo Yuan was a ruthless person, but also smart. However, compared with his ruthlessness, his smartness was not so obvious.
The reason why he became so famous before was closely related to his ruthlessness.
He only picks on the one who stands out, no matter who is involved behind that person.
After the incident with Eunuch Li, he was certainly very powerful, but it is worth noting that he also stayed in Yangzhou for several years. It was not until this year when he encountered Shen Chen's incident that he was able to return to the center of power of the Jinyiwei in the capital.
He had already paid some of the prices.
Young Master Lin never says useless words, and Wei An never does useless things.
She came to the posthouse controlled by the Jinyiwei who knew there was something wrong at the beginning, because she wanted the Jinyiwei to know her whereabouts and that she had arrived.
She came well prepared, but Luo Yuan just thought she was a fish that walked into a trap.
What a joke.
Wen Xiu, who was always silent, took out a cloak from her bag and wanted to put it on Wei An, while asking: "Miss, since the whole Dongchang has been controlled, can the magistrate be trusted..."
It is true that there were people monitoring us on the road, but once we entered the illegal gambling house, their guard was relaxed.
Especially after the betting started, fewer people paid attention to the people around Wei An, and all their attention was focused on Wei An and the gambling.
Taking advantage of this time, Lin Yue secretly took He Sheng and He Bin out from the crowd and hid in the gambling house. When the matter had calmed down, they bribed two locals and pretended to be their friends. After daybreak, they left the gambling house safely.
They followed Wei An's instructions to go find Peng Derui, the magistrate of Chaocheng County.
Long before knowing the situation in Dongchang Prefecture, Wei An had already taken the lead in investigating the entire network of relationships in Dongchang Prefecture.
Therefore, we know the secret relationship between Luo Yuan and Liu Biping.
The network formed by the Lu woman based on marriage relations is another murderous knife in Liu Biping's hand.
Wei An had long known that the officialdom was a big melting pot. After Lin Sanshao's reminder, he made sufficient preparations. Naturally, he also learned that there was an unusual existence in Dongchang Prefecture - Peng Derui, the magistrate of Chaocheng County.
This person is actually a distant relative of the Peng family.
It's a very distant relationship. When the Peng family got into trouble, the three clans were implicated, but they were not among them, so there was no impact on them.
Apart from the fact that three tribes appeared, there was no other impact. Another point was that Peng Derui was a strange man.
This man originally worked as an official in Fujian. He was not a high-ranking official, just a county teacher.
But the problem is that although he is not a high-ranking official, he has great ambitions. He has done an outstanding job in education in the area, and the students all praise him.
And he has a stubborn temper.
When the Japanese pirates attacked, countless people were killed and wounded in Ping'an County where he was. The county magistrate and others wanted to flee. It was his strong character that stopped the county magistrate from running away, and after giving some righteous and passionate speeches, he took the lead and led some brave men to rush forward to rescue the people.
Because of this incident, he was promoted to county magistrate as an exception, and the Ministry of Personnel sent him to Chaocheng County.
Such a person is truly stubborn. Once he makes up his mind, he will stick to it. Even if you want to kill him, you cannot change his mind.