Chapter 612: Where the Money Is
All he had to do was promise to help the bandit escape from the dungeon in the future, and the bandit would agree to his terms.
He didn't expect Chen Mu to follow him, and when he thought of Chen Mu following, he had no way to hint to the mountain bandits, and this county order was even more uneasy.
Chen Mu turned his head and glanced in his direction.
The county magistrate noticed Chen Mu's gaze, he smiled and arched his hand at Chen Mu.
He couldn't be sure of Chen Mu's identity, he only knew the identity of Lord Ye.
But according to the information he had just learned recently, he guessed that the person next to him was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Because of this, his attitude is extremely respectful and prudent.
Seeing that the county commander was cautiously following behind him, Chen Mu raised his eyebrows and spoke.
"The county magistrate seems to be extremely cautious when dealing with me."
The county commander looked at him for a moment, and when he nodded, he responded.
"My lord, you are from the capital, we are just the county commander of this small city, we are naturally inferior to you."
"I also have no intention of angering those people from wealthy families in the capital, and that's why."
"If you think my attitude is dissatisfying to you, then I can ...... too"
The county order stopped hesitantly, and Chen Mu was a little surprised when he saw that the county order was like this.
He raised his eyebrows and motioned for the county order to continue, and when the county order saw this, he spoke.
"If I have any rudeness, I am willing to leave for a while, and when you ask about the situation of the mountain bandits, I will come to this dungeon and ask the mountain bandit where the money is."
Pretending.
Actually took this reason and wanted to run away?
Chen Mucai would not leave him a chance to interrogate the mountain bandit alone.
Chen Mu waved his hand indifferently, didn't say much, and went directly to the direction of the dungeon.
The county magistrate glanced up at Chen Mu, and when he saw Chen Mu like this, he couldn't figure out Chen Mu's thoughts, so he could only follow silently.
He secretly complained in his heart, but he was helpless, Chen Mu walked into the dungeon with the county order, and glanced at the officials guarding the door of the dungeon.
The group marched into the cell, and the mountain bandits, who were held in the innermost cell of the dungeon, heard the noise and looked up in the direction where the footsteps came.
Immediately after, with a cold snort, the county commander took Chen Mu around the corner, and was about to walk to the door of the dungeon where the mountain bandit was imprisoned.
He took the lead in stepping forward and took a look at the mountain bandit, who was stunned when he saw the county commander squeezing his eyebrows at him, and then pretended to raise his eyebrows blankly.
When the county commander saw the mountain bandits like this, he immediately jumped to his feet angrily.
His lips twitched slightly, and he was about to say something when he heard footsteps approaching behind him.
He knew that this was Chen Mu coming, he immediately closed his mouth again, Chen Mu turned his head and glanced at him, and then said with a smile.
"The county magistrate is so anxious, it seems that he is indeed worried about the people in the city, but it has been a while since the people's money was robbed."
"When I arrested this man, I also looked inside his cottage."
"I learned that the mountain bandits in his cottage haven't been out of the mountain for a while."
The county commander reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, he smiled awkwardly, nodded silently, responded to the peace, and then glared at the mountain bandit again.
Seeing that the county order was like this, the mountain bandit rolled his eyes, of course he understood the meaning of the county order just now.
It was because he didn't want to let himself say the plan to transport grain, and the mountain bandit felt a little disdainful.
Since the county commander was so worried about the exposure of the grain transportation, why did he find himself in the first place and let him help transport the grain.
In addition, he poured this dirty water on his head, I really thought he was so easy to bully and deceive.
"Yo, it's actually Xu County's order, what a coincidence, I ...... a few days ago"
"Ahem, ahem, ahem......"
The prefectural commander suddenly coughed and interrupted the other party.
"I brought someone to the door a few days ago to force you to hand over the belongings of the people that your men had plundered."
"You don't want to hand it over, and now you've been caught in this dungeon, and there's no way out, do you know what's wrong?"
"If you're willing to tell me where the money is, I'll intercede for you and this lord next to me."
After saying this, the county magistrate pulled a smile on his face, turned his head and nodded to Chen Mu.
Chen Mu pursed his lips when he saw this, and responded quietly.
Seeing Chen Mu like this, the county commander didn't dare to say much, he was worried that Chen Mu would notice that something was wrong.
Chen Mu raised his head and looked in the direction of the mountain bandits, and saw that the big boss was stunned when he heard it, Chen Mu smiled secretly in his heart.
I didn't expect this big boss to be so cunning in this county order.
Seeing that the big boss kept his mouth closed and didn't speak, he seemed to be thinking about something.
The county magistrate was worried that the big boss would say something unexpected for a while, so he hurriedly stepped forward and winked at the big boss, wanting to shut up the big boss.
Seeing that the county order was like this, the big boss rolled his eyes and then nodded quietly.
The reason why he responded at this time was also reminded by Chen Mu, after all, if he wanted to act, the copycat bandit he wanted to play was on the side of the county order.
Seeing that the big boss nodded in response, the county commander finally felt a little relieved, he turned his head and glanced at Chen Mu, then smiled at Chen Mu and said.
"My lord, he told me where the property was later, and after telling me again, you will leave him lightly, I know that it is not appropriate for me to ask for this."
"But I don't know what you brought him in, did you hear about these bandits?"
The county magistrate pretended to be stupid and pretended not to know that Chen Mu had arrested him because it was related to food.
Chen Mu raised his head and glanced at the county order, with some meaning in his eyes.
As soon as the county commander looked at Chen Mu, he felt his heart skip a heavy beat.
His lips moved slightly, and he was about to say something when he heard Chen Mu say slowly.
"It's not just this, there's another thing, I'm looking for two people, those two people have been arrested by him, and I want to force him to find out the whereabouts of those two people."
"The county order, you ask him about the location of the money as soon as possible, and when you find out, you can leave the dungeon."
"As for whether he wants to be lenient, it depends on whether he is sincere in telling me the whereabouts of those two officials."
The county commander moved his eyes, nodded, and responded, and then, he came back to his senses, and he continued to pretend to ask.
"Officials? What do you mean, sir? How did they have the audacity to arrest officials? ”
"It's an official who followed the caravan back to the capital, this matter has nothing to do with you, you continue to ask."
Chen Mu didn't seem to want to say more, he waved his hand casually, and the county commander saw Chen Mu like this, nodded silently, and responded.
A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, and at the same time, the mountain bandit who was locked in the cell also roared.
"You fart, I haven't caught any officials, don't spew blood."