C205 Officials Lost Their Salt
C205 Officials Lost Their Salt
But according to what Tiger Lin said, he did not touch the salt at all. That could only mean one thing, that the salt was very likely on the ship. Moreover, it was definitely stolen by the people on the ship. However, who could it be? This made Lin Miaoting a little worried.
Of course, she could not exclude the possibility that Chen Laohu's subordinates had secretly hidden salt. After that, they were discovered. On the other hand, the salt was a delicate object. How could it be taken away just like that?
Unless it was a gang crime.
"Hello, Officer. I am An Wuyou. Greetings, Sir."
After hesitating for a while, Lin Miaoting still could not control her footsteps and walked up to the deck.
"I wonder if this Young Master Ann is here for anything?" The captain of the officer asked.
"Yes. I just happened to pass by and stopped here. I heard your conversation with your brother. I feel that there might be something fishy between the two of you regarding this matter. I wonder if you would allow me to tell you about it. Then, I would like to ask for your permission to board the ship and take a look."
Lin Miaoting's tone was very humble as she said with a faint smile.
"Then tell me your opinion first!" Seeing that the person's attitude was very sincere, this officer captain was also a very reasonable person and planned to listen to Lin Miaoting's words.
"Brother An!" At this time, Chen Laohu, who was kneeling by the side, opened his mouth and called out. Lin Miaoting gave him a reassuring look and then said.
"First of all, if someone wants to steal this thing, they will definitely prepare the corresponding tools. Everyone knows that if they do not prepare tools, it will be very difficult to move this thing with their hands. According to my observation, I have only seen these... workers unloading the goods but I have never seen them moving the goods... "
Lin Miaoting pointed at the people who were forced to stop work because of the inspection and said.
"Is what this young master said true?"
The captain casually pointed at a worker.
"Yes, there is no delivery in Sishui Town today, so they are unloading the goods..."
Hearing the man's answer, the captain turned his head and looked at Lin Miaoting with a frown.
Lin Miaoting shrugged her shoulders and lightly tapped her hand with the broken jade fan. She looked like she was waiting for your answer.
"Okay. I can allow you to check it, but what if you can't find anything?" The captain of the officers offered his conditions.
Lin Miaoting did not go. She smiled. "But you can handle it."
It was not that Lin Miaoting was big, but the moment she got close to the deck of the ship, she smelled a very pungent smell of alcohol.
If her guess was right, this Yan should have not left the ship and should have been dissolved in the wine jar.
"Alright, that's what you said. When the time comes, please don't blame me, Young Master Ann." The coffin captain made a gesture of invitation. An Miaoting made up her own mind.
"Brother Hu, can I ask you something?"
"Young Master Ann, please tell me."
"Do you have any guests with wine on this ship?" the man asked.
"Of course, there is this cargo ship from South Chu. Not only is there official salt and jade in it, but there are also precious items from South Chu, including local wine."
"Southern Chu wine. To be honest, although I am young, I am also a person who loves wine. The moment I walked to the deck, I smelled the wine. It was very mellow and delicious. "I couldn't help but ask this question. Please don't blame me, Brother Hu."
Lin Miaoting said with a smile.
It seemed casual, as if she was really attracted by the fragrance of the wine. She lightly shook the jade jade folding fan in her hand. This action made the people around her unable to see through it.
"little young master, are you done asking this question? Have you made up your mind?" The official's captain asked.
"Of course, my lord, there is one more thing I need to ask of you. Please allow me to go to the cabin to take a look."
Lin Miaoting said respectfully. The officer captain was not a stingy person. He extended his hand and made a welcoming gesture. Lin Miaoting cupped her hands in respect and returned the gesture.
"Mistress, you really want to interfere in this matter of official salt. If this is not found out, how can this subordinate explain it to His Royal Highness?"
Xu Zhu said anxiously from behind.
"I won't." Lin Miaoting smiled and the two of them followed the officer to the cabin where Official Salt had placed them.
Indeed, there were 35 wooden barrels with Official Salt, but two of them were empty. Only a small amount of salt was left.
It seemed that this Official Salt must have been lost after the ship left the Southern Chu. Otherwise, it would not have been so obvious that two barrels of salt had been lost.
Furthermore, he did not agree with the actions of this thief. Was he deliberately setting someone up? Otherwise, who would steal salt from a barrel? Wasn't it obvious that he wanted to be discovered?
That's not right! How could a normal person be so stupid as to steal salt! If the person carrying the water was the one who did it, it would be impossible for him to take away all the salt in the bucket in such a short time. Moreover, there was still some leftover salt in the bucket.
Wait!
Lin Miaoting looked at the deck of the boat and squatted down. She used her fingers to gently touch the powder.
So that was the case!
Lin Miaoting coldly snorted and pulled over a person who was looking at the salt beside her.
"Aren't you afraid that the heavens will punish you for framing people like this?" Lin Miaoting's voice was like ice and snow, bone-piercing cold.
"What? What framing? You are talking to little young master. How can people not understand?" The voice of the person who was pulled over by Lin Miaoting was trembling. Even the arm that was pulled by Lin Miaoting was trembling slightly.
"You didn't frame me. What are you afraid of?"
"Who said I was afraid!" That person continued to argue but Lin Miaoting did not care at all. She only turned to look at the officer who brought them in and said.
"Go and call your captain in."
That officer looked at Lin Miaoting and then turned to leave the cabin.
It did not take long for him to bring the captain and the people behind him to bring Chen Laohu in.
"Young Master Ann, you solved the case so quickly. You are really amazing."
"Captain, you must be joking. I am only as experienced as you when it comes to solving cases. I just saw too much lost salt, and the time the ship took to arrive at the port was very short. How could two buckets of salt disappear into the bucket? "
"Then can't someone have prepared the head beforehand and replaced it?" The captain asked.
"At first, I thought the same. However, after seeing the salt powder in the barrel, I felt that it was unrealistic. If I had prepared it beforehand, why would it be drowned out?"
As she spoke, Lin Miaoting pointed at the salt in the empty barrel.
"Then according to Young Master Ann's meaning?"
"I'm afraid someone has poured the salt into the other two barrels before the boat docked. " This has resulted in the illusion that two barrels of salt have been lost in one go. "
"How can Young Master Ann judge? Moreover, according to Young Master Ann's salt, doesn't that mean that the salt wasn't filled the moment it left?"
"It's not that it wasn't filled, but that it was taken away bit by bit. " The reason why something like this happened was because some people wanted to cover up their negligence. " Lin Miaoting looked at the person she pulled over.
"Nonsense. It is clearly Cao Yun and the others who lost it when they received the goods. How could it be our dereliction of duty?"
That person hurriedly defended himself. Even the captain asked with a face full of doubt.