The Killer's Cleansing Manual

Zhao Biao got anxious when he heard this: "Brother, I'm at the back of the line?"

Lin Shanjuan was so disgusted that he wanted to cut his second brother off. Bai Shu forced a smile and patted his shoulder: "Don't worry, we are not interested in women. Business is more important."

Village Chief Gong glared at Zhao Biao in dissatisfaction: "You horny bastard, what a disgrace! Do you think everyone is as careless as you?!"

Zhao Biao was scolded so much that he retreated obediently. Lin Shanjuan took Yue Liu back to the room for interrogation. Bai Shu lay down at the door on his guard to see if there were any eavesdroppers.

As soon as the door was closed, Lin Shanjuan breathed a sigh of relief and untied Yue Liu.

"Who are you? Why are you suddenly involved?"

Yue Liu rubbed her wrist. Lin Shanjuan saw the thick calluses on her palm and knew at first that she was an expert, so he became more cautious.

"I'm from Her Royal Highness the Princess's staff," Yue Liu said straight to the point. "Her Royal Highness is fully aware of what you two are investigating. A large army will be arriving soon to assist."

Lin Shanjuan had not expected her to be so frank. He was even more surprised after seeing the badge that proved her identity: "She knows everything?"

How did she know??? Had she been hiding it in my pocket the whole time?

Yueliu was a little bothered by her not using honorifics to address him, so he glanced at her and turned away:

"Your Highness is all-seeing. Your tricks will certainly not escape His Highness's eyes."

Well, a die-hard fan?

Lin Shanjuan didn't bother with her about these details and told her about his plan.

"They also need the secret letter to transport the salt. Now the secret letter is with me. I said before that the secret letter was stolen by a female thief. Now that you are the female thief, why not just go with the flow and pretend that you were found out by me during the interrogation. Let's go find the secret letter and then follow the clues to see where they got the salt from."

Yue Liu had not thought so far ahead. After careful consideration, he felt that this plan was feasible and agreed to it.

When Village Chief Gong heard that Bai Shu and his companions had pried open Yue Liu's mouth in just three hours, he was overjoyed.

"Brother Zhang, where is the secret letter?"

Lin Shanjuan also joined in, and Bai Shu instructed according to the agreed words:

"She said it was under the sixth tree outside the village. Let's go look for it together! We don't know whether it's true or not yet, so don't touch this woman. Lock her in the room. If we don't find the letter, we'll come back and investigate!"

Village Chief Gong's mind was filled with the huge pile of silver that was about to be in his arms. Hearing this, he said nothing, raised his whip and rushed out first: "Okay! Go!"

The group rushed out of the village and began to search, leaving no tree untouched. Lin Shanjuan also pretended to look for a letter, and took this opportunity to quickly hide the secret letter under a tree.

Finally, the secret letter was found as expected. Village Chief Gong opened it himself and took a look. Even if the handwriting was visible, it didn't matter. After all, the letter was "carried by the female thief for a month", so it was normal for it to be read.

Village Chief Gong was now staring at the amount in ecstasy—100,000 jin! That was a full 10 million taels of silver!

He looked at Bai Shu with blazing eyes: "Brother Zhang, there is no time to lose, let's go transport salt tonight!"

Bai Shu smiled and said, "Brother, what you said is exactly what I want! I will go back and pack up now. We will set off tonight!"

Lin Shanjuan smiled with a forced smile, but inwardly he was cursing:

I think you are blinded by money!

You old Deng, you deserve to die first. I really don't know how you make so much money when you can't even keep calm. It's all thanks to the incompetence of the government.

That night, Lin Shanjuan, Bai Shu and the leader of the Gong village set out in the dark. After a night of winding journey, they finally arrived at a ferry. There were many people waiting there, all holding torches.

Village Chief Gong walked forward and exchanged a few words of greeting. After showing the other party the secret letter, he began to move the salt.

One hundred thousand kilograms of salt may sound like a huge amount, but with so many people working on it, it didn't take too long and it was all loaded onto the truck in just one hour.

Village Chief Gong settled the bill secretly, probably because his purchase price was even cheaper, so he hid it from Lin Shanjuan and Bai Shu.

The two pretended to avoid the question tactfully, but they were actually checking whether the salt in the bag was adulterated.

If someone tricks you at this point, you'll end up losing more than you gain!

At dawn, the group finally returned to Xiongfeng Village.

When Village Chief Gong arrived at his own territory, he felt completely relaxed. He laughed loudly and held Bai Shu tightly, refusing to let him leave.

They said they were just chatting, but in fact they wanted to make money as quickly as possible so that they would not have to bear any risks.

Lin Shanjuan naturally saw through his little plan, and reluctantly handed over one of the silver notes that Xihe had left for them, exactly one thousand taels, no more, no less.

Looking at the big yellow teeth showing through the head of Village Master Gong, she thought with a pang of pain: I should be able to get this money back, right?

After paying the money and delivering the goods, it was almost time. Lin Shanjuan directly picked out ten people from the escort team. Seeing this, Bai Shu also said goodbye:

"Now that we've settled the matter, we should return to report to Lord Wang as soon as possible. I wonder if Brother Gong could lend me these men as escorts?"

Village Chief Gong was about to spend all the money he could think of. He already had the money in his hands, so there was nothing he couldn't agree to. He immediately waved his hand and asked the ten strongest men to follow him.

He carefully put away the 1,000 taels of silver note and almost put Lin Shanjuan's reluctant look into his pocket.

"You two brothers are indeed straightforward people. Even though we don't know when we'll see each other again after this trip, there's no rush. How about we have a drink together during this meal as a farewell?"

I have no place to drink?

Bai Shu found an excuse to refuse, saying "drinking will delay the event". At Lin Shanjuan's suggestion, he also asked Yue Liu to come along.

"I need to take that female thief back to the county magistrate for punishment. I hope Brother Gong will help me."

Village Chief Gong also agreed to it. After they had a simple breakfast, the escort team set off again in a hurry.

Lin Shanjuan rode his horse beside the prisoner cart. After leaving Hewang Mountain, he whispered to Yue Liu:

"When will your support person arrive?"

Yue Liu shook his head: "It will probably be in these few days, but I don't know the exact date."

Lin Shanjuan nodded and said nothing more.

Yue Liu couldn't help but ask, "What are your plans now? These people will enter Jialiang City in half a day."

Lin Shanjuan's lips curled slightly: "I have my own clever plan, just wait and see."

She winked at Bai Shu, who understood and rode to the front: "Brothers, you're tired after walking all morning. Sit down and rest before you go!"

After he finished speaking, he dismounted, took out two large gourds of wine, and distributed them among the people.

After walking in the scorching sun for a whole morning, they were all exhausted. Now they could not only rest but also drink wine. They were all happily fighting over the two wine gourds.

Bai Shu gave Lin Shanjuan a thumbs-up - Lin Shanjuan later taught him that this gesture means "done" or "you're great."

After an incense stick of time, all these people fell asleep, and their snoring was deafening.