PDLP Chapter 182: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
Chapter 182: One wave has not subsided, another wave has arisen
The final, risky move was discussed for most of the night.
Not long after falling asleep, he was woken up by a group of officials from the prefecture.
Ye Yucheng, Master Murong, and Qin Bingrui immediately rushed downstairs to ask what was going on.
The yamen runner came specially to find them, and when he saw the three of them, he immediately reported what had happened.
It turned out that someone broke into the prison in the middle of the night, but no one got out. Instead, all the witnesses who were caught had their throats slit.
Qin Bingrui sneezed loudly.
He cursed: "Damn it, when I catch those bastards, I will castrate them myself."
other people:……
Lord Li and several other lords came rushing over in panic.
Lord Li explained the whole story.
Ye Yucheng frowned and asked, "Are they all dead?" to confirm.
Lord Li sighed and said, "All the witnesses who were detained in different places are dead."
Qin Bingrui's eyes were stern. He glanced at the others and snorted softly, "Could it be that there are spies among you? Otherwise, if we were to detain people in different places, how could someone in each place know about it?"
Gentlemen, you stare at me and I look at you, but no one is willing to admit it.
At this moment, Luo Yu came downstairs and saw Lord Li. He said politely, "Lord Li, I just happened to want to talk to you about something."
"What's the matter, girl? Please tell me."
"I want to open a furniture store and I'm looking for someone to hire. Sir Li, could you introduce me to a suitable shopkeeper? I don't have enough staff here and need someone who is particularly reliable."
Unexpectedly, at this time, Miss Bai was not in a hurry and was busy doing business.
Lord Li was helpless. He could only blame himself for being too careless. He knew there must be spies among his subordinates. He had to go back and investigate thoroughly to collect evidence.
"Don't worry, young lady. There are too many disaster victims who have no food to eat. If you only give us a meal, there will be many people who will repay us with gratitude."
"Yes. Thank you, Master Li."
After seeing off Lord Li and his group, Master Murong and Ye Yucheng were slightly stunned. Is that all?
"Oh, I'm so sleepy, so early in the morning. I'll go back and take a nap." Qin Bingrui stretched lazily.
Ye Yucheng and Master Murong followed him back to the room. They just wanted to find out what to do next since the witness was gone.
There's no 100% guarantee that the account book alone will work. The witness has been killed and there are too many spies, so it seems things will be difficult.
As they reached the door, Qin Bingrui whispered an address: "We'll meet there at 9:00 PM. Without further ado, let's go today."
It turned out that Luo Yu had already anticipated that someone would break into the prison. Even though he was fully vigilant, he could not be sure that there were no spies in the government office.
That was why she asked Lord Li to find reliable people to detain the witnesses separately and mix in a few death row prisoners among them. The killers would only count the number of people and would definitely not check who was killed specifically.
The two most important witnesses were secretly arranged by Qin Bingrui to work with the victims who were doing forced labor in the tributary excavation project in Yonghe County, Wangzhou. He also asked a dozen of the most ferocious-looking victims to take turns to help keep an eye on them. For this, Qin Bingrui gave each victim a bag of 30 kilograms of grain.
For the sake of these food, these victims had to keep a close eye on the two witnesses, forcing them to work and not allowing them to commit suicide, even if they had to stay awake all day. This was definitely much safer and more reliable than being locked up in jail.
When the two witnesses heard that all the others who were arrested were silenced, they were frightened and were willing to cooperate actively.
At the hour of Si, Ye Yucheng and Master Murong saw two important witnesses who were exhausted and unable to die, and they had to admit that Miss Qin's despicable tricks were effective.
Who would have thought that the imprisoned prisoners would appear in the river excavation project.
No wonder Miss Bai asked them to leave immediately when the news that all the prisoners in the cell had been silenced came out. This was because the Marquis' Mansion had temporarily relaxed its vigilance.
When preparing to take the two prisoners on the road, Qin Bingrui got a broken carriage from somewhere, tied up the two witnesses tightly, and even stuffed a bunch of rags in their mouths, leaving them no chance to struggle. He then tied the two men to the seats in the carriage with a thick hemp rope and repeatedly warned them that they had to eat, drink, defecate and urinate in the carriage.
Then they called two victims who could drive a carriage to go on the journey with Lord Ye and his party. The two victims each received 200 kilograms of food and 2 taels of silver, and their faces were full of smiles.
Fortunately, the waterway is now open to traffic, and the large ship they bought was lent to Mr. Gao, the magistrate of Pingshan County. When Mr. Gao heard that they needed to use the boat, he was extremely enthusiastic and brought a group of yamen runners to personally see them off on board.
It was not until 5:45 PM that Qin Bingrui sent them aboard and waved goodbye: "Have a bon voyage!"
Seeing her depressed, the magistrate kindly asked her, "Miss Qin, what's wrong? Are there any lovers among the two adults who left?"
"Master Gao, have you been having such a good time lately that you've come all the way here just to gossip about other people?"
"Miss Qin, I'm just concerned. Where are you two going?"
Qin Bingrui glanced at Mr. Gao. Although this man had a tricky mouth, he was not a bad person.
Then he reminded her: "Master Gao, do you know that there is an old saying that goes, 'Mind your own business, and you will live a peaceful life until old age.'"
Kochi Prefecture: ...
That seems to be the case.
Then let’s just pretend that what happened today never happened!
Qin Bingrui became complacent again for a while. Fortunately, Sister Luo Yu had instructed a few days ago to stop Mr. Gao’s boat from sailing. It turned out that this was of use!
Sister Luo Yu really can think of the outcome of every move she makes!
Did she ever think about her fate? Would she be taken into the palace and have her neck snapped by the queen?
Seeing Miss Qin's expression that changed from happy to worried, Mr. Gao politely invited her to dinner at his house.
When Qin Bingrui thought about the first meal he had at the magistrate's mansion, he felt very uncomfortable and refused repeatedly.
"This time is different. This time I will definitely ask the chef to kill a chicken for you to replenish your energy."
"Forget it, I still have to go pick up the two siblings from the Mei family. My sister said she wants to raise these two children with her, so I have to take them back today."
"Even if we rush to Wangzhou now, we won't arrive until the middle of the night even if we gallop. How about I take Miss Qin and the two children to a restaurant for dinner? You see, we made a lot of money from your last business. Although I only invested fifty taels, you gave me five hundred taels. I am very grateful."
"Okay, then we can set off early tomorrow morning."
"Miss Qin, do you have any business ideas to help the officials make a small fortune together?"
"..."
So that's how it is. This guy is really scheming.
However, Qin Bingrui also had this intention. She originally hoped that Kochi Prefecture would come and find a way himself, rather than them rushing to cooperate.
"There are many ways, but..."
"Miss Qin, you can speak frankly."
"We want to open a furniture mall. Our initial plan is to open it in Wangzhou City and then sell our products to various counties and towns."
"Furniture, this thing has such a long shelf life, how can it be sold?"
"Our furniture is naturally different. It saves space, has novel and creative designs, and is reasonably priced, making it suitable for ordinary families. We also have some high-end and novel furniture that I'm sure even the wealthy will like."
"Oh, can you tell me about it, girl?"
"Well, no, business secrets cannot be disclosed casually. Let's put it this way, I now need a sales team to set up in major counties. If there is anyone in your family who can take on this position, Mr. Gao can recommend it to me."
"No problem. My wife's brother is a businessman, but he keeps losing money. In order to help me get through the hard times for the disaster victims, his family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat."
"..."
Qin Bingrui was speechless. It was true that if you are not from the same family, you will not enter the same door. This way of helping others also shows that although this family is warm-hearted, their brains are not very good.
I think that Master Wan is a smart guy, and it would be nice if he could be a sales manager in Pingshan County.
I just don't know if a non-staff member like a legal advisor can do private work?
If the Kochi County Magistrate knew that Miss Qin's plot to steal people's hearts had reached out to him, he would probably want to cry.
After all, a sales manager earns much more than a legal advisor.
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