Xiao Muzan got the news of the accident with the silver car at noon the next day, but he didn't know that Xiao Jing had been killed, so he sent several groups of people to find out the news.

He's really scared now.

Donghai County's tax money for a whole season, if there is a problem during transportation, even if Xiao Taishi tries his best to maintain it in the court, he may be able to save his life, but this position of Donghai County's guard, I am afraid that he will not be able to sit still.

This batch of silver was supplied to the imperial court by the Han family, if the Han family also knew that the tax silver had been robbed, they would definitely take advantage of this to attack Xiao Muzan, which Xiao Muzan thought of at the first time. If it is said that the Han family did not make trouble in the past because there was no absolute opportunity, then this time, a great opportunity came to the Han family.

It's also strange to say, when he learned that the tax money was robbed, the first object of suspicion in Xiao Muzan's mind was not the Han family, but the bandits, but this idea was quickly dispelled.

This time, there are two hundred people in the silver convoy, and although there are bandits in Yan Kingdom, but under the control of the family, there is really no climate, and a large number of bandits rarely appear, usually just dozens of poor people who can't get along to form a robbery group, occasionally robbing pedestrians, and rarely attacking the official team, not to mention the convoy of two hundred people, the guards can be regarded as elite soldiers, and dozens of rabble bandits are impossible to dare to touch.

The second object of suspicion that came to Xiao Muzan's mind was not the Han family, but the Su family.

Qingpu County is the territory of the Su family, and the county order of Qingpu County is the younger brother of the Su family, if the Su family turns the soldiers into bandits and secretly reunites the Xiao family or even the Han family, it is absolutely possible.

As for the Han family, Xiao Muzan naturally did not rule out suspicions, but he felt that the possibility would not be too great, after all, he also knew that several leaders of the Han family were very quiet now, and he had not heard that the Han family had any actions behind the scenes, and if they wanted to hijack the silver car, it would take a lot of people.

As for Han Mo and Han Yuan, in Xiao Muzan's eyes, the two sons of the family are not worth paying attention to.

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When Qingpu County ordered Su Dinghai to personally lead people to transport Xiao Jing's corpse, Xiao Muzan only felt that his eyes were black and he almost collapsed, but fortunately, other officials stepped forward to support him, so he stood in a daze at the yamen for a long time.

"Su Dinghai, Qingpu County, Xiaguan." Su Dinghai is short in stature, has a beard, and his appearance is not amazing, if it were not for a set of official mansions, he would look like a teacher.

Xiao Muzan held back the grief and indignation in his heart, pointed to the car that transported Xiao Jing's body, and said in a trembling voice: "This ...... What's going on here? ”

Su Dinghai was very respectful, at least on the surface, he did the respect of the lower official to the upper official: "Lord Hui, the lower official got a report early this morning, something happened to the wild bird forest in the county, it seems that the official convoy met the robbers and was robbed of the silver." The lower officials did not dare to slack off, and rushed to the scene, there was chaos, it turned out that the tax and silver convoy of Donghai County was drugged by the bandits and robbed the silver, and the noble son ...... Died in the line of duty! ”

The words "died in the line of duty", Su Dinghai said extremely plainly, Xiao Muzan's lungs were about to explode, seeing that his baby son had become a corpse, the grief of losing his son and the anger of being poked in the back made his facial muscles twist, and his voice was even a little poignant: "Bandits? Are you a bandit from Ji County, or a bandit from Qingpu County? The word bandit is explained clearly? ”

Su Dinghai also confessed: "The explanation is not clear, so the lower officials did not come to explain." The lower officials have already sent someone to investigate the case, and have written an excerpt about the robbery of the tax money and submitted it to the cabinet. ”

Xiao Muzan knew that sooner or later the matter of the robbery of the tax silver would reach the ears of the imperial court, and in his original estimate, it should be the Han family to do this, but he didn't expect Su Dinghai to strike first.

There is no doubt that his position as the county guard of the East China Sea is over.

"If something happens in your Qingpu County, you Su Dinghai can't escape the involvement." Xiao Muzan was furious.

This is a bit vague, on the surface, it seems that Su Dinghai is not well governed, and there are bandits, but the secret meaning is that it is directly pointed out that this matter may be secretly instructed by the suzerain of the Su family, and Su Dinghai personally led people to do this matter.

"This incident happened in my Qingpu County, and the responsibility of the lower officials is not light." Su Dinghai said calmly: "So the lower official has already asked the officials to resign, maybe tomorrow, the lower officials will be unloaded and returned to the field." ”

Xiao Muzan was stunned.

At this moment, an official hurriedly came, it was Han Xuanchang, a Qing official who rushed to hear the news, he first arched his hand to Xiao Muzan, saw the corpse on the car, frowned, and then said: "The county keeper mourns the change." ”

If Xiao Muzan still had three points of suspicion about the Han family before, then seeing Han Xuanchang's expression, these three points of doubt suddenly disappeared.

Han Xuanchang didn't show sadness, but he didn't show schadenfreude, and Han Xuanchang showed surprise when he first saw Xiao Jing's corpse, Xiao Muzan saw it in his eyes and understood that it was definitely not a fake.

Han Xuanchang was obviously surprised by Xiao Jing's death.

If it is really the Han family's work at this time, Han Xuanchang will definitely know the inside story, a person who knows the inside story well, even if he can act again, he will not have such a surprise from the bottom of his bones.

Xiao Muzan was even more sure that nine times out of ten, this matter was done by the Su family in secret, and this Su Dinghai would definitely not be able to escape the involvement.

With a cold murderous intent in his eyes, he stared at Su Dinghai tightly.

"Master Su, how is the situation now? All the silver cars were hijacked? Han Xuanchang asked with a stern expression.

Han Xuanchang, Xiao Muzan, Su Dinghai, these three people represent their respective families on this occasion, if from the perspective of the official family, at this time, the three of them naturally want to work together to arrest the so-called bandits, but each person sings in his own mind, what plans and thoughts he has, it is just in everyone's heart.

"The silver carts were not all stolen, but several carts were left behind, and I have ordered people to guard them on the spot." Su Dinghai said slowly: "I think it's because the bandits don't have enough manpower, and for a while, there aren't so many people to transport the silver car." ”

Xiao Muzan clenched his fists and said: "The truth is false, the truth is false, I don't think it's necessarily that there are not enough people, just to prove to the outside that the number of so-called bandits is small, so I can't bear to leave a few cars of tax silver, right?" "What he said was actually very white, it was a secret that the Su family was not short of people, so he did this, but he was just blaming the bandits.

"That's what the county keeper said." Su Dinghai remained silent: "Maybe the bandits did it on purpose, if there are more people and it becomes the climate, it must be exterminated, the bandits are afraid of this, so they deliberately show weakness, then it is very possible." ”

"You're ......!" Xiao Muzan was angry and annoyed, shook his sleeves fiercely, walked slowly to the car, hugged Xiao Jing's corpse, and old tears suddenly slipped out.

"If it is really the rogue's doing, Luozong County of Donghai County will definitely assist Lord Su to investigate this matter with all his might, and must find out the murderer behind it and bring him to justice." Han Xuanchang said coldly, in his opinion, it is really possible that this matter was done by the Su family, after all, to be able to do this kind of thing, courage and strength are indispensable, and those who can have such courage and strength are nothing more than the Han family and the Su family in this area.

Han Xuanchang thought that the Han family must have not made a move, so it could only be the Su family.

He naturally wouldn't mind the Su family killing Xiao Jing, although he also knew that the consequences of this matter would definitely make Xiao Muzan, who he had always hated extremely disgusted, roll down from the position of the Donghai County Guard, but he was deeply worried about another consequence.

Donghai County has robbed most of the tax silver for a whole quarter, so how will the missing silver taels be made up?

The household department of the imperial court did not receive the tax silver, even if Han Xuandao, the head of the household department, had the intention to relieve the pressure on Donghai County, but the ministers of the cabinet would definitely not make the Han family feel better so easily, and they would definitely reach an agreement to order Donghai County to pay the tax and silver as soon as possible, so they didn't care what happened on the way, if they couldn't see the silver, the cabinet would force the household department to urge the silver, otherwise Han Xuandao would sit on the chair of the household department, and his butt would definitely be burned very uncomfortable.

Therefore, when Han Xuanchang heard that the tax bank was robbed, he was not happy because Xiao Muzan was about to get rid of this matter, but was worried about how to reraise the tax bank.

It is true that once it is confirmed that the silver car has indeed been hijacked, Han Xuandao has tried his best in Yanjing, and the tax and silver raised for the supplementary payment may be slightly reduced, but even if it is reduced, the tax revenue of one county and one quarter is not a small amount. You can't ask the people to collect taxes again, it will really cause a civil uprising, and the Han family may really petition the great sect master for this, so they will turn it back!

But the Han family will know that at this time, the Han family has no strength to deal with the imperial court at all, and once something happens, it will fall into the hands of other families, and take the opportunity to wipe out all the Han families in the East China Sea and remove an opponent.

The more Han Xuanchang thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was very strange, and it was very likely that it was really the Su family secretly planning it, in that way, the Su family got the silver, and slapped the Xiao family hard, which brought tax problems to the Han family, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.

There was a murderous intent hidden in the depths of his eyes, he looked at Su Dinghai coldly, and asked lightly, "Lord Su, what about the soldiers of the Silver Guard Team?" I didn't see anyone come back. ”

"The silver car was hijacked, and the matter is very big in the territory of the county, so the subordinate has ordered his subordinates to temporarily detain the people of the silver protection team." Su Dinghai said slowly: "This is a big case, and we must wait for the imperial court to come down to make a will, and the next official will know what to do next." ”

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PS: Let's collect and smash red tickets!