After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

With very few clues available, we can only start with the peddler.

Wang Zhao asked, "But Third Brother, where are we going to find this peddler?"

"We just need to visit the nearby villages and we should be able to deduce the peddler's whereabouts from the villagers," Lin San said jokingly. "If we're lucky, we might even bump into him."

That being said, there's no such thing as a coincidence in the world.

It took several constables five days of investigation to finally map out the peddler's route.

Based on this person's travel route, Lin San deduced that he must have been traveling from north to south to do business every three months.

He correctly guessed the village where this person would next stop and sent men to ambush him in advance.

When the peddler was taken to the county government office, he remained calm and composed without any panic.

His confident demeanor made it impossible for anyone to believe he had any connection to child trafficking.

The man was brought back, but Lin San did not conduct a routine interrogation; instead, he imprisoned him.

No matter how much he cried and pleaded for justice in prison, they ignored him.

Wang Zhao was very puzzled by this, but seeing Lin San's confident expression, he didn't ask any further questions.

If he doesn't go out with Lin San these days, he stays at the yamen and learns how to organize case files.

Young Master Wang worked diligently and without complaint, never uttering a single word of complaint.

Lin San felt that Young Master Wang had worked hard, so he would take Young Master Wang out for a late-night snack after his shift.

Just two streets away from the yamen is a street full of delicious food, enough for Wang Zhao to eat a different dish every day from the beginning of the month to the end.

Several days later, on another late-night snack night, Wang Zhao finally couldn't hold back any longer. "Third Brother, aren't you going to interrogate that peddler?"

Lin San smiled and, instead of answering, asked, "Want some chili sauce?"

"Yes." Wang Zhao pushed the small plate in front of him a little closer, and called out softly, "Third Brother."

Lin San asked, "If an ordinary citizen were suddenly thrown into prison without having committed any crime, how would they react?"

Wang Zhao thought about it carefully, "Call for justice?"

"Anything else?"

"Hmm... Are you scared?"

Lin San said, "They will feel apprehensive, they will be afraid, and some will even be so frightened that they can't even speak properly."

Wang Zhao picked up a piece of meat from the barbecue plate, puffed out his cheeks, and blew on it.

He said bluntly, "Third Brother, I don't understand. Don't keep me in suspense."

Lin San said, "Although the peddler cried out that he was wronged, he showed no fear whatsoever, as if he was certain that nothing would happen to him."

"Could it be because he knows he hasn't done anything wrong, that's why he's so confident?" Wang Zhao stuffed a piece of grilled meat into his mouth.

Yuezhou has many grasslands, and perhaps because these cattle and sheep graze freely on the grasslands, their meat is not fishy at all, and after being roasted, it even has a faint milky aroma.

A true warrior should be able to show off a huge plate of barbecue all by himself.

It wasn't like being in a repressive place like the capital, so Wang Zhao completely let loose.

As for any sense of modesty or reserve, that can be set aside.

After all, Third Brother isn't an outsider.

"Brother Zhao, even an ordinary person with a clean record will fear the authorities."

Wang Zhao came from an official family and could not understand the suffering of ordinary people.

"Then why not interrogate him?" Wang Zhao wondered. Could it be that his third brother had some other trick up his sleeve?

Lin San said, "No rush."

Wang Zhao pursed his lips. Judging from the situation, it seemed that his third brother was going to keep quiet about it from him again.

He's quite used to it now.

After all, he was a chivalrous man from the martial world, unlike those heartless officials.

After finishing their late-night snack, the two leisurely headed home.

Lin San is very busy. The county magistrate not only has to solve cases and catch murderers, but also has to take care of people's livelihood and development.

Upon returning to the county government office, Lin San still had to go to his study to attend to official business.

Wang Zhao didn't want to disturb him, so he went to the backyard to chat with the servants.

Lin San brought eleven servants he was used to working at home with him, plus twenty-five yamen runners, fifteen constables, eight jailers, and six menial servants from the yamen.

That's how the entire county government office was structured.

As for some subordinate officials, they do not live in the backyard of the county government office; they only come to the county government office when they are on duty.

These Heavenly Kings have finally understood that when Lin San said there was no one he could use, he meant there was no one he could trust.

These people in the yamen did not dare to openly disobey their superiors.

However, Wang Zhao found the registrar very strange.

This registrar is one way in public and another way in private.

Of all the officials in the county government, he was the one who least respected Lin San.

He was a senior figure and a local gentry, so he was quite respected.

He wasn't the only one who disagreed with Lin San; those who shared the same thoughts naturally formed cliques.

Despite ongoing internal conflicts, a semblance of peace has been maintained.

At least no one dared to openly cause trouble for Lin San.

For Lin San, unwavering loyalty was not the primary concern; efficiency was sufficient.

However, Wang Zhao was very dissatisfied with this registrar.

He always felt that this registrar looked shifty and didn't seem like a decent person.

Especially since the registrar impersonated the presiding judge at the very beginning, such behavior must have been malicious!

But Lin San didn't care, so he couldn't say anything.

In the blink of an eye, Wang Zhao had been staying in Song County for ten days.

While Songxian County may not be known for its simple and honest people, most of its residents are very kind, and murder cases are extremely rare.

This child abduction case is already considered the worst case in Song County in the past ten years.

Since taking over Songxian County, Lin San has been investigating clues related to this case.

It was thanks to Wang Zhao that the case made new progress.

The peddler, once imprisoned, went from being leisurely and carefree to cursing and swearing, and finally seemed to have lost his mind and was talking nonsense.

Lin San felt the time was right and began to interrogate the peddler.

The peddler couldn't withstand the torture and quickly confessed.

The child abduction case was indeed related to him; in fact, he was the mastermind behind the entire case.

According to him, this peddler was a "shopper," meaning he would select suitable children and abduct them.

There was more than one person looking for the goods; they had different professions and committed crimes while moving around Song County. The children wouldn't stay with them for long.

They would hand the children over to a landlord, who would then decide where to sell them.

With this person's clues, all the people looking for the goods were easily caught up in one fell swoop, and they even followed the trail to find the residence of the mysterious owner.

Unfortunately, the mastermind behind it all has long since disappeared without a trace.

Lin San knew that their operation was extremely fast, precisely to catch him off guard.

It turned out that the person had already escaped.

This can only mean one thing: there are spies in the county government.

Without catching the mastermind, there's naturally no way to find the children who were taken away.

Lin San interrogated each of the captured criminals, and he did not come away empty-handed.

Based on the clues they provided, Lin San quickly drew a portrait of the mastermind behind the scenes.

At least now we are no longer in complete darkness.

Wang Zhao also has a new clue.