Chapter 433 Good Calculation
Lin Haobei's face was turning pale and blue at this moment. He had forgotten that he was only wearing a shirt. He was shivering with cold. After a long while of stammering, he turned to the several yamen runners behind him and said, "You release those people and then stand guard outside. You, take off your clothes and give them to me."
Several yamen runners looked at Su Yue crying. They didn't dare to move without her permission.
The county magistrate had to find a reason to kill them, but Princess Li only needed to talk to them.
Lin Haobei wanted to kill someone at this moment, but these bastards didn't listen to him and had to ask Su Yue's opinion.
He immediately lowered his head in hatred. Power is a good thing. No wonder the Lin family has been silent for many years and would cling to the royal family and work for him.
Lin Haobei clenched his fists, and his action looked cold in the eyes of the yamen runners.
Only Su Yue saw the hatred in his eyes, but she didn't mind. She didn't even care about the emperor, so why would she be afraid of a bastard from a family?
However, this time I have to clean up the aristocratic families when I go back.
There is no need for aristocratic families like the Lin family to exist.
The purpose of the existence of aristocratic families is to serve the emperor, and the Lin family served the wrong person.
Su Yue frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yes, speed."
In front of these people, Lin Haobei would not tell her anything useful, so she agreed.
"Yes, yes... we'll go right away."
Several yamen runners seemed to have been pardoned. They kowtowed to Su Yue and quickly let everyone in the house go, including the couple. The couple left the inn and ran away. Tonight they saw something that they would never see in their lifetime. In order to save their lives, they left the county town overnight.
The same thing happened to the other men. Although the city gate was not open, there were many dog holes at the base of the city wall, so they could just crawl out.
"Tell me, there's no one here now."
After everyone left, Lin Haobei also put on the clothes taken off by a yamen runner. Su Yue sat on the stool and said coldly.
Lin Haobei put on his clothes and his body stopped shaking. He swallowed hard and said, "To Princess Li, I am just a bastard. I obey the Lin family's orders completely. I don't know much. I don't know who the Lin family works for. I only know that they are members of the royal family."
After saying that, Lin Haobei slumped down on the ground, looking as if he had lost all his energy.
He could only say that the Lin family worked for others rather than for themselves. If he said it was done by the Lin family, what awaited him would be the confiscation of property and exile, or the extermination of the entire clan.
It’s different when doing things for others. The Lin family is just an accomplice and is just following orders.
An accomplice is no better than the principal offender. At least an accomplice can save the lives of all members of the Lin family.
Su Yue was not surprised by Lin Haobei's words. Any smart person would say so. Throwing a member of the royal family to her meant letting them deal with it themselves.
But how could Su Yue let him go so easily? The answer was definitely no. She sneered, "County Magistrate Lin, do you think I'm a fool? There are many royal relatives, and you want me to investigate myself? In that case, County Magistrate Lin, please return to the capital with me. I will go to the Lin family myself."
Lin Haobei gritted his teeth and said, "Even if Princess Li brings me back to the capital, the result will still be the same."
Su Yue: "You really can't cry until you see the coffin. Since you came here as the county magistrate, how could you not know the truth? Moreover, you are not telling us what you are doing here, which means that what you are doing is illegal and you are plotting something serious. You are a smart person. Now is not the time to shirk responsibility, but to find a way out for the Lin family."
Lin Haobei is really naive. Now that she has discovered him, there is no way he can just let it go. She will definitely investigate him thoroughly.
Can the Lin family still be saved by then?
Lin Haobei's heart choked when he heard this. He really underestimated Princess Li. She saw through everything in just a few words and even accused the Lin family of the crime, as if the Lin family was the mastermind.
He lowered his head, thinking about how to divert Princess Li's attention, so that she would not stare at the Lin family, and even more so, would not keep attacking him.
But no matter how much he thought about it, he couldn't find any good way to get out of this situation, and the more he thought about it, the worse it got.
Everything the Lin family does here is done under the banner of the Lin family. The Lin family's industries are spread throughout Liangzhou County. Even the county magistrate is a member of the Lin family. Liangzhou County can be said to be the world of the Lin family.
Just because Liangzhou County belongs to the Lin family, the Lin family has no scruples and arrests people openly.
Who would have thought that he would run into Princess Li? What's more, he would come to the inn where she lives to arrest someone and get caught.
Otherwise, even if the Lin family took Liangzhou County for themselves, the imperial court would not pay attention.
The main reason was that Liangzhou County was a barren land where few crops could be grown and the people lived a miserable life. As long as such a county did not ask the emperor for money, the emperor would not intervene and would even avoid it.
Just like in Northwest County, as soon as anyone inquired, the first thing they asked for was silver. As long as there was no major natural disaster, the emperor would not ask for it for a whole year.
In such a situation, if the truth is revealed, the people behind the Lin family can easily get away with it, and nothing can be traced back to him. Instead, the Lin family will be exposed and blamed because of their existence.
That person was really good at calculating and scheming. Thinking about it now, Lin Haobei felt a chill down his spine. It turned out that he was hiding behind the Lin family not because he was afraid of being discovered by the emperor, but because after the truth was revealed, someone would take the blame. He was still sitting behind the family safe and sound, and must be laughing at the Lin family's stupidity.
The Lin family is really stupid. They don’t even know that they are being used as a tool, or they know and still accept it.
Su Yue saw that he had been silent for a long time and lost her patience. She finally asked, "Since you don't want to say anything, then I have one last question for you. What are you doing with these people? Are you taking them to raise private soldiers or to mine?"
Don't try to quibble. Others may not be able to see it, but I can see that although this place is barren, it is very rich in minerals."
Lin Haobei finally raised his head and looked at Su Yue in surprise. Princess Li had such a keen insight that she had guessed everything, but she just kept silent.
"You haven't said it yet, have you?"
Su Yue's anger exhausted her patience, and she was suddenly filled with murderous intent, wanting to kill someone.
Lin Haobei felt the terrifying murderous intent and shuddered. His lips trembled a few times and he said unconsciously, "I'm not arresting him to support my private soldiers."
"So they were taken to mine? Iron or silver?"
The people behind the Lin family have evil intentions and want to rebel, so they must be trying to get silver and weapons. These people were captured and forced to mine, and the minerals they mined were nothing more than these two types of minerals.
Lin Haobei finally got scared. He kowtowed in front of Su Yue and said, "Princess Li, I am guilty. Please take me back to the capital to face the punishment."
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