"You go to the Haicheng Governor's Mansion,"

Before Qi Anze finished speaking, Qiao Xi nodded and prepared to leave, "Bring it here?"

The man frowned and said thoughtfully, "...No need, let's see if he is okay."

…

evening,

Walking in the moonlight, Josie not only came back by herself, but also carried a sack.

"Host, it's really a coincidence. If I had been a step later, this person would have been in the sea."

Qiao Xi recalled what had just happened and danced to show him her bravery.

Half an hour later, Xue Bin, the drugged Haicheng supervisor, faintly woke up.

He was clearly in his prime, but he was so skinny that only a handful of bones remained.

Seeing him gasping for air, Josie was worried that he would just take the breath away.

"Who are you?" the man asked with a wary look.

Qi Anze took out a letter from his arms and handed it to him, "Your Majesty sent a subordinate to investigate the illegal salt case. My surname is Qiao."

Josie: “???”

"Xue Bin, the lower official, pays homage to Mr. Qiao." The man knelt on the ground as he spoke, with a look of eagerness on his face, "The Governor of Haicheng deceived the superiors and subordinates, oppressed the people, and sold private salt at high prices. I hope Mr. Qiao will be aware of it."

"That's not right. What you reported was that fishermen used the sea area to store salt privately. How come you are now the governor of Haicheng?"

"If you don't write it like this, this memorial won't be delivered." The man explained with a sad face.

"The Governor of Haicheng used his authority to only release a small amount of official salt. The people could not buy salt and could only buy high-priced private salt. But how could he have so much money?

Some fishermen took advantage of their time out fishing to buy some in Nantong.

When other people knew about it, they asked them to help with it. They were also kind-hearted and would usually just give them a copper to help.

The price is a little cheaper than official salt, so many people start to buy from them.

As soon as there were more people, they attracted the attention of the superiors, who arrested them for selling illegal salt."

Qiao Xi helped him onto a stool, poured him a cup of hot tea, and looked at Qi Anze with a surprised look on his face.

He knocked on the table and said seriously,

"The private salt they sell is not only from Nantong, but is also cheaper than official salt. There is nothing wrong with the governor's actions."

"Your Majesty, it's clear to me that they will really have no other choice.

If you could buy official salt, who would be willing to risk beheading to do it?

They are all miserable people, they are all skin and bones."

…

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Qiao Xi broke the deadlock softly,

"We found the woman according to your tips and agreed to find her in a few days, but there was no one there. Did you hide her?"

Upon hearing this, the man immediately fell to the ground, his eyes were distracted, and he muttered to himself,

"She must have been killed by those people, definitely."

Josie: "Besides that woman, do you have any other evidence to prove that the Governor is selling illegal salt?"

"...No more, they are very careful."

Qiao Xi looked at him with some sympathy. This man must be what the storybook said was a good official who asked for orders for the people regardless of himself.

Qi Anze, who had not spoken for a long time, opened his mouth and said,

“Where does the private salt in the Governor’s hands come from?”

"This... even my subordinates don't know." Xue Bin shook his head. His level was not accessible to these things.

"Your residence is no longer safe. Do you have a place to hide?"

Qi Anze looked at him and motioned for him to hide first and wait until the truth came to light before coming out. Unexpectedly, the other party shook his head.

"I have no place to go. They will take action today, which means they already know about my impeachment against them."

"You also impeached them?" Qiao Xi was a little dumbfounded.

A good official cannot be without brains, right? Don’t you understand what it means to keep a low profile and bide your time?

In the end, there was no other way, so Qiao Xi had to put him in the cell and change his identity with a death row prisoner inside.

"Is it done?"

"Well, the token you gave is so useful, those people didn't even ask." Qiao Xi raised his eyebrows proudly.

"Let's go and meet the old fisherman who sold us private salt last time."

——

cabin,

"Brother Jiang, I heard that a high-ranking official came to the capital this time to investigate the smuggling of salt. Are you okay?"

A slightly hunched man asked in a low voice with his eyes raised.

The fat man from before looked indifferent, "What are you afraid of? It's not the first time. We haven't settled it before."

After a while, he waved his hand mysteriously,

"Moreover, the imperial envoy this time has arrived in Haicheng."

"Ah" the fat man quickly covered his mouth, "Gou Er, you don't want your life. Are you going to call the sea ghost up at night?"

Gou Er's eyes widened and he nodded. After being let go, he whispered, "Then what should we do? Will it be found on us?"

"What are you afraid of? Look at your potential. I have already reported it. If anything happens, the boss will take care of it."

"Brother Jiang, is that Supervisor Xue reliable?

We tried so many methods but couldn't find a connection before, but he took the initiative to help us connect and only got 20%.

I heard Wang Laowu say that they take 70%."

"There must be internal strife."

The fat man analyzed it matter-of-factly, "It must be because the people above didn't give him much, so he just wanted to have his own line.

You can earn more money in the future, which is called taking a long shot to catch big fish. As for the fact that he doesn’t smoke much now... maybe he is afraid that we will report him."

"Okay, stop mumbling. The food is ready. If you don't eat it, it will get cold." A woman in simple clothes put the food on the table and said while washing the little boy's hands.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Gou Er picked up the spoon and started eating.

"Why are you so rich today?" the fat man asked casually.

"Hey, I met Lao Wang's wife on the road. She said she couldn't eat ten kilograms of pork, but the stall owner wouldn't sell five kilograms.

I thought the meat was good, so I gave it a try with her, and I stored the rest to eat during the Chinese New Year."

"You did it on credit?"

"No, there was some broken silver under the felt. I used it." Mrs. Jiang told her husband with a happy face.

"Finally, I don't have to look at the villainous face of Lao Wang's wife. You didn't know that she deliberately shuddered me when I gave her credit. I..."

Before she could finish her words, she was hit by the sole of the fat man's shoe, "You stupid bitch. You are going to kill us."

Gou Er quickly hugged him and told the woman to leave quickly.

When Mrs. Jiang saw this, she knew she was in trouble, so she cried and got off the boat with her child in her arms.

"Brother Jiang, please don't be angry. Maybe Wang Laowu can't guess it. Even if he asks, we can just say that the buyer we met this time is generous and the silver reward is fine."

After a while, the fat man also calmed down,

"Gou Er, we must be on the same page. You should also make an agreement with your wife when you go back.

Anyone who inquires will tell me that he met a kind-hearted buyer and gave him a reward... Also, don't come to my place recently, and do some observation first."
Chapter completed!