Through the interrogation of the captured White Lotus Sect, Qin Lin found something unusual in his confession:

Everyone could hear what Elder Tian said to the mysterious sailor leader, but no one could hear what the sailor leader had said; When judging the other party's accent, "I went to Yangzhou when I was eight years old", "I heard the neighbor and his wife quarrel in Xiangxi dialect"...... In fact, it was the captives who invariably chose the most vague and unfamiliar dialect in their memory, and forced it on the head of the sailor's leader.

Obviously, this is the result of Jinyiwei's torture to extract a confession, and under the heavy torture, the prisoner can only eliminate all kinds of familiar dialects in his mind one by one, and finally confess the remaining vague memory and plausible answer, in order to escape the torture temporarily.

The captured White Lotus disciples come from the north and south of the river, the south is also a merchant important Jin, the north is Shuo Desert, the south is Lingnan, the west is the riverside, and the east is bordered by the sea.

Excluding all impossible answers, the last answer left is the truth: the mysterious sailors did not speak Chinese at all, they came from overseas!

Qin Lin brought the boat into the dock and drained the water in the lock chamber to expose the bottom of the ship, and the truth was revealed: although all the places in the cabin, deck, mast and other places were carefully disposed of and did not leave any traces, the seaweed, oysters and other vegetations on the bottom of the ship that only grow in the ocean completely exposed its origin: it did not come from some inland river or lake, but sneaked into the Yangtze River from overseas.

That group of mysterious sailors has good sailing skills, the ships they use can have good surnames, and their appearance is not much different from the Chinese, so they can exclude the South Sea countries and Westerners, then the only possibility left is the Wo Kou!

At this time, Ningbo City has stopped, and the tributary trade of this book has stopped for decades, and Qi Jiguang has pacified the Japanese Kou for more than ten years, and Longqing Kaihai is also opened in Fujian Yuegang, only allowing the merchants of Zhangzhou and Quanzhou in Fujian to carry out foreign trade. I didn't think to go over there when I broke my head, so I made various contradictory confessions under the torture of Jinyiwei.

Qin Lin put these analyses and discernments.

Lei Gongteng nodded as he listened, "Although Brother Qin is young, his experience is old and spicy!" I can't admire enough, brother. This time, the elder brother has made another meritorious contribution - but the elder brother has already reached the heavens when he broke the Jingwangfu case in Qizhou, and the Yanziji case has been reported, it must be in the emperor's heart, and it is needless to say that the future will be straight to the top, and this time the credit is not enough to worry about, hahahaha......"

Qin Lin heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, the credit for cracking the Yanziji case is the most important, although it was found that there were Japanese criminals involved, the follow-up investigation was not something that Nanjing could be responsible for, and the little credit of the half-hung son was given to Lei Gongteng, even if he was rewarded for arranging the fat shortage of the Gengzi Institute!

"What credit?" Qin Lin blinked his eyes and pretended to be puzzled: "Wasn't the interrogation presided over by Lei Qianhu?" The lower officials just bowed to the right time. ”

Lei Gongteng laughed, patted Qin Lin's shoulder and said in a loud voice: "The elder brother will accept the love of the elder brother this time!" In the future, even if the whole Nanjing Jinyi Wei system brother has any trouble, just come and talk to me! ”

As soon as the words came out, Lei Gongteng felt a little presumptuous again, now that Qin Lin is still his subordinate, and the Yanziji case is reported to the imperial court, what will happen to the holy decree? The credit of others is not small!

Besides, the daughter of the Jiangling Prime Minister's Mansion and the eldest lady of the Wei Mansion have a lot to do with him, if he really becomes the fast son-in-law of the dragon, Lao Taishan will be thicker than his waist of a thousand households in brocade clothes! Liu Shouyou, the biggest leader of the Jinyi Guard in the Ming Dynasty, obeyed Zhang Juzheng's orders, and the guards of the Wei Mansion had two people with the title of Jinyi Guard's commander!

Worried, Lei Gongteng looked at Qin Lin's face and was not abnormal, and then he became happy again.

This case was not investigated by the Jinyi Wei of Nanzhili, because there were no more people inside and outside Jinling City now, and there was no way to investigate it.

During the Ming Dynasty, foreign countries were not allowed to do business with the Chinese on their own, but they had to obtain a "survey" (import and export license) issued by the imperial court, come to do business in the name of "tribute", and be received by the city department.

In the second year of Jiajing, the Hosokawa clan and the Ouchi clan respectively came to Ningbo to pay tribute with the old and new surveys, but the officials of the Ming City Bosi were only willing to receive one of them, so the two families fought in Ningbo in order to compete for the right to pay tribute, which provoked the anger of the imperial court and stopped the exploration trade.

Ten years ago, Qi Jiguang pacified the Japanese invaders again, and now let alone Nanjing City, the entire Jiangnan can't see Yue himself, so it is naturally impossible to talk about investigating the case.

The Japanese were pacified, and the sea ban was reopened during the Longqing period, but it was limited to Yuegang, Fujian, and could only be participated in by merchants and people in Quanzhou and Zhangzhou. In addition, the smuggling trade is still concentrated on the front line of Ningbo, Zhejiang, and the Nanjing side should also send a letter to the Jinyi and Wei organizations there, so that they can make a secret visit.

This is not something that Qin Lin can ignore at present, and he has to wait for Yuegang and Ningbo to find clues.

Lei Gongteng was about to go to his superiors to return his life, but when he was leaving, he hesitated, pulled Qin Lin to the side, and said softly:

"The elder brother is already Jane in the emperor's heart, and he is going to rise to the top, and Zhang and Xu are ...... Ahem, let's not talk about this, in short, the elder brother has a great future, and some things in front of him don't seem to be too careful, Geng Xiangxiang and Wang Bengu are one party, and the group of mad dogs under the two of them will bite people when they catch them...... If the elder brother is in a difficult situation, the common practice of handing over thousands of households can also be reduced, and the elder brother can still be the master of this. ”

The right deputy of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, Geng Yushi, is the backstage owner of the Zuifeng Building, he and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate's left imperial history Wang Ben is consolidated into a party, and there is a younger brother Geng Dingli who is the right imperial history of Yanjing, almost the representative of the Qing rumor, even if the six Shangshu have to give him three points, and the lords and nobles can't pee in a pot with them.

Lei Gongteng persuaded Qin Lin to stop, which was really good, lest he provoke the group of gossip officials and mad dog Yushi, and make him scratch.

Qin Lin arched his hand with a smile: "Chief Xie advises, and the subordinate officials have their own measure." ”

Alas~ In the end, it is young and vigorous, Lei Gongteng sighed, and said in his heart Zhang Juzheng and Xu Bangrui, two big Buddhas, if you can really move out of one, you can overwhelm Geng and Wang, but ...... Lei Gongteng said goodbye and took the official school to the horse and walked away.

Qin Lin's eyes narrowed, is Geng oriented? It turns out that the so-called Qingliu of the Ming Dynasty is a "righteous person" who has a sense of heaven and destroys people's desires on his face, and behind his back, he uses the housekeeper to open a green building to collect money! Thinking about it, "Qingliu" and "Qinglou" seem to be similar.

Lei Gongteng didn't mention that Qin Lin might not be able to remember, but now he remembered: the given ten days to let Zuifenglou send the usual silver, wrench his fingers and calculate, it's been eleven days, and there has been no movement.

Grandma's, you really don't treat hundreds of households as cadres?

Qin Lin's eyes narrowed, he sneered twice, the tiger's body was shocked, and the killing intent was suddenly monstrous, and the king of Jinling, who was in a dragon and tiger, was one of them, greedy wolves, broken troops, and seven kills of three stars were brilliant, and the emperor star of Ziwei Palace was fluttering...... "Huh~ Mother, why does this person keep shaking and shaking?" An innocent and lovely child asked his mother.

"Maybe it's a swing, stay away from him." The mother pulled her son away quickly.

Qin Lin almost fell into the river from the dock, and quickly covered his face: I escape!

When night fell that night, the large and small restaurants and tea houses in Jinling City hung up bright corner lamps at the four corners of the cornices, and the painting boats on the Qinhuai River were full of light, and the melodious sound of silk and bamboo was like a heavenly sound.

The red lantern of the drunken phoenix tower is still shining, and the inkmen and rich businessmen are constantly coming and going, and several turtle slaves are smiling all over their faces.

"Hu Gongzi, please come inside, the new Southern Opera troupe, small mouth and small feet, the little one knows you!"

"Hey, didn't you say that there were hundreds of two-pole households who were going to make trouble? He's going to be popular now, don't hit the muzzle. ”

"He is a hundred households in brocade clothes, even if he is lucky and makes a little credit, can he match our Geng Dutang? Don't worry, borrow his leopard guts, and don't dare to come! ”

A few turtle slaves laughed in their mouths, and Qin Baihu blew so hard in his mouth, where did he dare to really come? Geng Dutang can scare him to death with a word!

Before the words were finished, the turtle slave who was nodding his head noticed that the atmosphere had changed, and Hu Gongzi, who was still rushing towards the inside just now, suddenly changed his face, and he took a small step and slipped away: "Eh, come back next time, it seems to be a little urgent." ”

Hu Gongzi is not anxious to urinate, but afraid of the fish in the pond.

In the distance, a group of brocade-clothed soldiers wearing mandarin duck battle jackets, carrying wooden sticks, iron rulers and other things, rushed over under the leadership of Lu Fatzi and Niu Dali, while Qin Lin and Han Feilian stood behind, of course, Lu Erling, who was pulled out again to show the public.

"Stop, stop!" The turtle slave opened his arms and greeted him: "My family is a cousin...... master"

You're all big! Qin Lin picked up the stick and smashed him on the head: "You turtle who opened a green building, dare to talk nonsense about Mr. Geng of Dutang, damn it!" ”

After saying that, he had a cold face and waved his hand at the brothers: "Smash it for me!" ”

Thirty or forty wolf-like soldiers swarmed in, beating turtle slaves, big teapots, and bodyguards when they saw them, and closing them aside when they saw the female lady, and what rosewood tables, vases in Jingdezhen, ancient paintings, and interstitial screens were all smashed.

And Qin Lin, Lu Yuanzhi and other official schools with official identities walked around with their hands behind their backs, as if they were complete outsiders, admiring the smashing with great interest.

Geng Fu came forward to take care of the old capital manager of Zuifeng Building, and ran out in a hurry while lifting his pants, with red lip marks on his face: "This is Geng Dutang's industry, can't you ...... it"

"Fart!" Qin Lin slapped an ear scraper on the face of this old man, "Joke, Geng Dutang is a famous Qingliu, how could he open a green building?" Isn't that a 'turbid current'? It's clear that you're swaggering! ”

Lu Fatzi, Niu Dali and the rest of the army all laughed, and the saying of 'turbidity flow' was very fresh.

Qin Lin made a look, and the rest of the army immediately dragged this old man to the ground, fists and feet, and made a full house.

(To be continued)