On the Banshan Bridge Pier.

A total of 800 bags of grain were unloaded from the first ship and spread out vertically on the ground, leaving only a few paths for people to pass through.

"This court is here to uphold justice for the elders of your county." Inspector Lin turned around, looked at the gentry with a resolute gaze and said, "In order to convince everyone, please check it yourself."

"As you command." All the Xu family gentry had received instructions long ago, and they stepped forward one after another, showing the long "food spies" in their sleeves, obviously coming prepared.

The grain probe is similar to a hollow awl cut in half, which can be easily inserted into the grain. When it is pulled out, the grain in the bag can be brought out from the inside out. In this way, it is possible to clearly see the quality of the grain in the bag and whether it is mixed with other things.

This is an essential inspection tool used by wealthy landlords to prevent tenants from falsifying grain payments.

Since it was not their own food, in order to save time, the gentry were too lazy to open the bags. They just held up the grain spies and poked into the grain bags, and they poked more than once!

With a puffing sound, white rice gushed out from the breach and scattered all over the ground.

The ground at the dock was already wet, and the jade-like rice spilled onto the ground, instantly making it dirty.

The gentry, however, continued to trample on the food at will, and who knows how much food was wasted!

"Oh my, what a sin!" Uncle Mi, who had been controlled, shouted with a broken heart: "This is life-saving food for the people of Kunshan, please don't waste it!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately aroused widespread resonance on the Mid-Levels Bridge, and the citizens also started to clamor.

"Be careful, this is what's going into our mouths!"

"Little Bi Yangzi is messing around. Open the sack and check again! God will punish you for wasting food!"

"You useless little old man!" He started to curse his mother.

Lin Xunan found this irritating and shouted to the gentry, "Please take care of the food!"

"Hey..." The gentry agreed verbally but did not stop their actions at all, revealing their reactionary faces.

After Xu Zongguan, Zhang Dawu and others were beaten and paraded through the streets, these Xu family gentry lived in fear day and night, fearing that the county magistrate's dictatorial iron fist would fall on their heads.

Some people were so scared that they were ready to move. But they were not high enough in the Xu family to leave as easily as Xu Zongguan and Da Mozi.

I had to go to the countryside to hide from the limelight.

Now that Uncle Xu has sent Inspector Lin to support everyone, shouldn't the returning home group have a chance to vent their emotions?

What's the big deal about poking a few bags of grain? As long as we find sandbags occupying the right place, we will still stab people!

Puff, puff! Puff, puff!

In a matter of minutes, all eight hundred bags of grain had been broken, and the gurgling white rice had already covered the ankles of the gentry. It then flowed along the bluestone slabs of the dock into the river, like a white ribbon.

Countless small fish gathered around to compete for food, and the water surface was like a boiling pot.

Many children also jumped into the water, using gourd ladles to catch the countless rice grains flowing over, and then scooped them up and stuffed them into cloth bags.

All the children were so happy that they got two full meals for free!

But Inspector Lin couldn't laugh.

Because the sack was full of rice, without a single grain of sand.

"Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"My lord, it seems that it is not on this ship."

Lin Xun'an nodded. He was not panicking. He had already made up his mind and everything was under control!

Then he gave the order in a muffled voice: "Get off the boat."

"Sir, there is no place to move." Inspector Zheng Qian couldn't help but remind him. "Let's check it on the boat."

This way, at least the food can be spread on the boat, so less food will be wasted.

After saying this, Zheng Qian himself was a little surprised. When had I ever valued food? Could it be that I was influenced by the master?

In fact, he was overthinking it. It was just a question of position. You would consider the side you sit on.

"Okay." Inspector Lin also felt that any further destruction would tarnish his reputation as an official, so he drove the gentry on board for inspection.

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The boatmen lifted the straw mat covering the grain ship and removed the tarpaulin underneath. Neatly stacked sacks appeared in front of everyone.

Then, with a loud stab, it was stabbed to pieces by the Xu family gentry.

As a result, the second boat was still full of white rice, and still not a single bag of sand.

"Check the next ship!" Lin Xun'an was still confident. After all, he had already calculated that half of the other party was real food. So it was not surprising that the first two ships were all rice.

The gentry went on to the third boat and asked the boatmen to lift up the straw mats and tarpaulin and continue the boating.

"Sir, I have a strong feeling. This boat is at least half sand." Yuan Fang whispered while staring at the scene.

Lin Xun rolled his eyes at him and thought, isn't this just nonsense?

There are five grain ships in total, if half are filled with sand and half with rice, wouldn't that mean at most two and a half ships of rice?

Inspector Lin was not worried about these at all. What he was thinking about now was how to give an impromptu speech to the people next.

He wanted to highlight his ability to foresee the future, and at the same time focus the people's anger on County Magistrate Zhao.

After all, if things get out of control, it would tarnish his image of being wise and brave.

While racking his brains for how to use the allusion, Inspector Lin suddenly heard Yuan Fang exclaim as if he had seen a ghost.

"Yuan Fang, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xunan asked curiously.

"Sir." Yuan Fang stammered, "There's food on this ship, too."

"What?" Inspector Lin was surprised and quickly looked at the third grain ship.

The gentry all shook their heads at him. The grain spies had only found rice, and it was not appropriate for him to lie with his eyes open in front of everyone.

"This is unreasonable..." Lin Xunan was stunned for a moment, then he slapped his forehead and said, "I've figured it out. Half of the boat is sand and the other half is rice. It's troublesome to load, and it's easy to be exposed when unloading."

He then loudly stated his conclusion: "So if one day there are three ships of rice and two ships of sand, and another day there are two ships of rice and three ships of sand, then isn't the amount of sand and rice the same?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Fang could not help but praise: "Your Excellency is truly a god!"

“Hahaha, how could such a trick be hidden from our court?” Inspector Lin laughed twice, pointed at the fourth ship and said, “So, a conclusion is formed! The grain ship is full of sand!”

"Get on the next boat!" Yuan Fang loudly ordered the gentry.

"Wait, I want to check it myself!" Inspector Lin shouted, lifted the hem of his official robe, and walked out of the shelter with steady steps.

After twenty years of studying, isn't it just to achieve self-cultivation and peace in society?

Today is the moment of 'peace and order' that Lin Pingzhi had imagined countless times while studying hard in his study!

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, a sword pierced through the masks of evil spirits and monsters, revealing the truth to the world.

In this way, I can die without regrets!

Inspector Lin, who shouldered the moral responsibility, took the "sword" offered by a local squire and slowly walked onto the fourth grain ship.

All the rainproof mats on the boat were lifted up, revealing eight hundred sinful sacks completely before him.

"Look, this is what someone calls food!" Lin Pingzhi warded off evil spirits with a sword, inserted the grain spy into the sack, and then pulled it out fiercely.

Puff, the white rice sprayed all over his face.

ps. Third update, I will write another chapter, I am full of energy and I am asking for monthly votes!!