"Master, it's too unsafe to let that killer go, and Mu Shengbai is said to be good." An old man with gray hair came out of nowhere, and he was the housekeeper here.

Zhou Mu said proudly: "Naturally, I won't pin all my hopes on a killer, don't worry, I still have a back hand." ”

The night is sticky, the autumn is thick, and the night is dark and the wind is high, which is the night of murder.

A black shadow fell silently in the courtyard, at this time in the dead of night, it was a good time to shoot, but he didn't expect that someone's work and rest were completely different from normal people, Li Qing always liked to practice swords in the dead of night, he felt that he could only integrate into his sword when no one disturbed, and he felt the changes of every move and style more deeply.

He caught the sound of an imminent sound, and he retracted his sword from its scabbard, walked out into the courtyard, and collided with Bloodthirsty.

"Who are you?" Li Qing looked at him vigilantly, and the two looked at each other, but there was no emotion in the other party's eyes, like a machine that could only kill.

Without a little nonsense, the other party pulled out his sword, and Li Qing naturally did not flinch, but when he started to move, he was surprised to find that the other party's swordsmanship was a little stronger than what he was proud of, but it was not much stronger, the two fought inseparably in the courtyard, although Li Qing was slightly inferior, but it was not easy to be defeated.

Bloodthirsty began to get anxious in his heart, he didn't expect this Li Qing's injury to recover so quickly.

The movement here quickly attracted the attention of the others, and Mu Shengbai quickly ran over from the room, and with Li Qing, he quickly subdued the bloodthirsty.

"Who are you?"

Mu Shengbai stepped on him and asked.

Being trampled under his feet in such a condescending posture and asking such arrogant questions made Bloodthirsty's heart full of shame.

Time seemed to freeze, Mu Shengbai couldn't answer for half a sound, his temples jumped suddenly, Mu Shengbai squatted down, only to find that he had no snort, pried open his mouth, and actually bit his tongue and committed suicide.

"My lord, it's not good!" Su Ming ran out of the study and exclaimed, "The account books we collected are gone. ”

"What!" Mu Shengbai's face changed, and he rushed into the study, only to find that it was a mess, the books on the bookshelves were scattered on the ground, and the account books in the cabinet were gone.

Several people looked at each other, it turned out that the killer was just a bait, this was a perfect plan to divert the tiger from the mountain.

Mu Shengbai didn't even think about knowing who directed this scene, but he didn't expect that he would be designed so easily.

Su Ming's expression was also very bad, they had worked so hard to collect these evidence, and they were ready to arrest the names on the bills tomorrow, but now that they don't even have the account books, how can they catch them, thinking about it like eating bitter melon, "What should I do next, my lord, you can't go home empty-handed." ”

"Of course not." Mu Shengbai lowered his head slightly, so that people could not see clearly, and his voice did not fluctuate a little, "Collecting evidence is just to save the effort of interrogation, since you know who it is, then you don't need evidence, tomorrow I will directly bring in those people on the list, and I will interrogate them personally." ”

Su Ming clenched his fists, and his whole body was suddenly full of strength again, and he said loudly: "Tomorrow, I will definitely bring all the people on the list!" None of them are missed! ”

The next day, as soon as the rooster announced, Su Ming took the officers and soldiers out of the door, and one by one the doors were knocked open, and one by one, the people who were originally glamorous and shivering in Lingcheng were about to cause a shock in Lingcheng were brought directly to Mu Shengbai.

Except for the state pastor, everyone else didn't expect the account book to be stolen, and they trembled one by one, and turned their eyes for help to the state pastor.

Zhou Mu straightened his waist and refused to kneel, with a disdainful expression, "Lord Mu, I don't know who gave you the authority to bring us over?" ”

Mu Shengbai wandered leisurely, drinking tea, and crossed Erlang's legs, "If you are disturbed to bring you here, please Haihan, but this power, I am not satisfied with Lord Zhoumu, this is handed over to me by the emperor, so it is necessary for me to use my power to do something for the people." ”

Mu Shengbai locked them in the same room, except for the state pastor, everyone else thought that Mu Shengbai still had evidence in his hands, and before he sent someone to interrogate them for a long time, they would ask for everything, even where the bribes were collected, and the amount of money they received were clearly stated, just hoping that the punishment would be lighter at that time.

However, the state pastor didn't know what to ask, and with a posture that I sat upright and said that it was useless to say anything, Mu Shengbai took a sip of tea and said indifferently: "Except for the state pastor, the other adults have all recruited things, and it seems that a lot of money has been sent to the adults." ”

Zhou Mu's expression was dark, and he scolded those pig teammates in his heart, but he didn't expect Mu Shengbai to be so bold and dare to act without evidence, so he didn't have time to notify the others, but he didn't expect to be arrested.

But the silver taels they gave to themselves alone weren't that big? See, it's a big deal. Although I am reluctant, as long as the person is still there, there will be no money in the future.

"Other adults have sent a lot of things to the state pastor, but that's because my birthday is already the birthday of the younger generation in the family, I am a colleague with all of you, and I have always been good friends, so it is not possible to give some gifts on holidays, or Lord Mu thinks that giving money is vulgar."

This Mu Shengbai really can't make a mistake, because the time and excuse for the bribes recruited by those people are all related to various festivals or birthdays, and this state pastor can get into this position really has a little more thought than others.

There is no direct evidence, Nazhou Mu is very thoughtful, if he tortures to extract a confession, it will definitely be true, and it is not Mu Shengbai's style, in the end, Mu Shengbai still couldn't pry open Nazhou Mu's mouth, so he had to let him go.

The good news, however, is that others are proving it.

In this way, the matter of Lingcheng can almost be regarded as settled, because they still have to stay to deal with the silver treasures they loot and continue to investigate the Zhou Mu, Mu Shengbai had to let people bring them back to the imperial city first.

This matter is not a secret, as soon as those prisoners arrived in the imperial city, the news that Mu Shengbai cleaned up the moths for the people spread throughout the imperial city, and the streets and alleys were discussing this Mu Qincha, Mu Shengbai's reputation in the imperial city was already good, and now it is even higher.

In addition, Du Weizhen's handling of Lin Hongshen's robbery of the people's daughters also earned a lot of hearts in front of the people, and the people who were still vacillating between the second prince and the crown prince gradually became biased, and the main thing was that Mu Shengbai's reputation made them see the potential in him, and it was only a matter of time before the people and ministers held the power.