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There are so many local officials, but no one is clean under their butts.

Therefore, after realizing that Zhao Tiannan was ruthless in punishing the case of stealing and selling official grain, these local officials with ghosts in their hearts knew that they would definitely not be able to pass the test lightly this time, and there was a great possibility that they might even lose their lives.

Rabbits bite people when they are in a hurry, not to mention these officials who have lived a good life for so many years by stealing and selling official food, but if they want to say that they have the intention of rebellion, they don't have such courage, and in desperation, in line with the mentality of pulling down the next one, they do not hesitate to repeatedly poison the Qin messenger from the capital.

Especially after releasing a few fish that slipped through the net last time, and after this period of preparation, Xiao Jingbei's assassination was much more intense than last time.

However, fortunately, Feng Zhige had asked him to take Qilinwei under his banner long before he left Beijing, otherwise, on his own, no matter how good his skills were, he could only drink hatred.

And after repeatedly assassinating Xiao Jingbei and failing to do their best, the local officials also knew that this time it was an iron plate, and this prince of Anguo was not those soft-footed shrimp who came from before.

Under the condition that his own safety is guaranteed, the progress of Xiao Jingbei's investigation of the case is naturally not slow.

The further he checked, the more he shook his head at the audacity of these people.

The villains didn't train in a day, and these people only dared to conceal a small amount of tax grain at first, but later Xu saw that the matter had not been exposed. Only then did he slowly intensify his efforts, from concealing a small amount of tax grain to increasing the quantity, and finally feeling that this was not enjoyable enough, so he simply sold the official grain in the granary as new grain, and after the autumn harvest, he filled the granary with the concealed tax grain, and later even stopped filling the granary with grain at all, and the tax grain was sold by them before it was put into storage.

Taking western Zhejiang as an example, there were 4.5 million stone (about 180 catties per stone) of autumn grain in western Zhejiang, but only 2 million stone was reported by the local government, which was swallowed by these officials. Almost fifty percent.

Years down. The total amount of official grain stolen and sold was at least more than 20 million stones, which is enough to be chewed by millions of people for an entire year.

∵dǐng∵diǎn∵小∵ said,.. o←s_(); You know, the total population of the Dawu Dynasty today. It's less than 60 million.

The greed of these people. It's outrageous.

And not only local officials. Even many Beijing officials were involved this time, and the number of people involved was huge. As long as you follow a line to check, you can slip out of a string.

Even, many people still know Xiao Jingbei.

During Xiao Jingbei's investigation of the case, it was not that no one came to intercede with someone he knew, and every time at this time, Xiao Jingbei would show the attitude of absolute allegiance to the emperor when he recommended himself at the Jinluan Palace, and vowed to wipe out the moths that were dangerous to the peace of the Dawu Dynasty.

Because of his toughness, Xiao Jingbei even said that the entire Anguo Mansion had offended many people, but now Xiao Jingbei of the Anguo Mansion is investigating the case outside, and there are only An Guogong who has been ill for a long time in the house, and a wife who has just passed the door not long ago, and both of them stay at home all day, but they are not afraid that someone will come to them for trouble.

Of course, even if someone really doesn't come to save zài for a long time......

Feng Zhige: Hehe!

Let's talk about Xiao Jingbei, who is away from Beijing.

After sitting in the yamen all day, Rao is Xiao Jingbei has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and after returning to the post house for dinner, he just wants to lie down on the bed and sleep without thinking about anything.

However, there are still people who don't want to let him go.

"My lord, there are people outside asking to see you!" A unicorn guard dressed in a guard uniform came to pay a respect.

Xiao Jingbei was about to take off his coat, when he heard the words, he shook his hand and asked, "Do you know who is coming?" ”

In fact, without waiting for the Qilin Wei to answer, Xiao Jingbei could already guess that it must be who got through the relationship in the capital to intercede, not that he would be clever, but since he knew that he couldn't assassinate him, this situation has lasted for a while, and now it seems that he will continue to support it.

Xiao Jingbei originally didn't have any hope for the identity of this Qilinwei who could tell it, after all, the Qilinwei could only be said to have not wasted their skills over the years, and it was impossible to say how many powerful people in Beijing and the people around them they could know.

Unexpectedly, when he heard Xiao Jingbei's question, the Qilinwei really answered: "Lord Hui, this time it is a person from the Zhou family of the Chengen Mansion, and he is also a henchman of the Zhou family of the Chengen Mansion. ”

Hey?

Xiao Jingbei was a little surprised, and looked at the Qilin Wei who replied.

The Qilin Wei also knew why Xiao Jingbei was surprised, he grinned, then the corners of his mouth twitched, and said: "My lord, Cheng Engong's henchman, the villain was originally not qualified to know, but who told him to have a useless son." ”

This Qilin Wei's surname is Wu Mingyue, and he is the one who has been a butcher in the past few years.

Wu Yue was also An Guogong's right-hand man, and after An Guogong fell unconscious, the reason why the Qilin Guards were able to maintain it for so long was not only because the Qilin Guards themselves were unwilling to return to the ordinary, but also because of Wu Yue's efforts.

Wu Yue was originally a rough man, although he had been in the Qilinwei for a while, but after the decline of the Qilinwei, he found that he didn't even have the means to make a living.

But in any case, even if he can starve, he can't ignore his wife and children at home, so relying on brute strength, Wu Yue became a butcher.

In this era, butchers were a very popular profession in the market, so the life of the Wu Yue family was quite passable.

Don't look at Wu Yue's own appearance, but he has a lively and lovely daughter who is in her prime, for this, Wu Yue has not shown off in front of other Qilin Wei's colleagues, I don't know how much hatred he has incurred.

Once, when Wu Yue's proud daughter came to look for him in the shop, she was almost teased by a gangster on the street, although she didn't suffer any losses, but she was so frightened that her face turned pale.

Wu Yue was originally a spoiled daughter, how could he bear this breath when he saw this, and after asking the reason, he found out the little rascal and beat him up.

The little hooligan and hooligan were beaten up instead of stealing the fish, and they were naturally unwilling. directly threatened that his father was a close confidant of Cheng Engong, and he must make Wu Yue's family look good.

The little rogue and hooligan father is the butler Zhang of Chengengong, who came to see Xiao Jingbei this time.

"The villain was ready to be cleaned up by the Cheng'en Mansion at that time, but I didn't expect the Cheng'en Mansion to stop this matter later, and I don't know why." Wu Yue was a little puzzled.

Although he didn't know why Steward Zhang didn't get angry with his son later, after this incident, Wu Yue was very impressed by this Steward Zhang, so when he saw Steward Zhang for the first time, he recognized it.

But apparently, he remembered Steward Zhang. Steward Zhang, but he didn't remember him anymore.

But that's fine. No one knows about Qilinwei's recondensation now, and since Steward Zhang doesn't recognize Wu Yue, this matter will naturally not be exposed.

Yes, Xiao Jingbei thought. The reason why Steward Zhang couldn't choose it. I'm afraid that the identity of Wu Yue's Qilin Wei has also been investigated. The Zhou family has not given up looking for the jade unicorn in the Anguo Mansion all these years, and perhaps, Steward Zhang at that time was worried that if the Qilin Wei fell into the Chengen Mansion in the future. Will they become a family?

Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Jingbei's eyes did not have a trace of warmth.

As for how Zhou Tai's cronies came to the door at this time, there is only one reason, the case of stealing and selling official grain, and the Chengen Mansion was also involved.

The Cheng'en Mansion is already very ambitious, and over the years, there has been a desire to pass on the heir to the royal family, and the case of stealing and selling official food involves such a wide range of people, it is strange that they do not reach out to participate.

As early as in the previous investigation, Xiao Jingbei had already discovered this diǎn.

No one has come to him in the Chengen Mansion these days, and he thought that the Chengen Mansion knew that the Liang Zi with the Xiao family could not be resolved, so he didn't come to him with interest, but he didn't expect the Zhou family to really have the face to see him.

Xiao Jingbei originally wanted to ask someone to throw the housekeeper out directly, but after thinking about it, he changed his mind again, "Bring someone in." ”

He wanted to see if the Zhou family came here to coerce or lure.

Wu Yue retreated, and then took Steward Zhang to a small hall where Xiao Jingbei was a guest.

Steward Zhang is about forty-five or sixteen years old, with a moderate figure, and a seemingly gentle face, but in addition to that gentleness, there is some essence in his eyes from time to time.

Entering the hall, he first nodded his head to Wu Yue, who brought him over, to show his gratitude, and then bowed to Xiao Jingbei, "The villain has seen the prince of Anguo. ”

Xiao Jingbei's cold lips tugged slightly, and said, "This is Steward Zhang beside Chengengong, right?" ”

Steward Zhang was stunned, he hadn't reported himself yet, how could Xiao Jingbei know his identity?

Although I don't know where Xiao Jingbei found out, Steward Zhang was also going to reveal his identity, so he lightly nodded when he heard the words.

"So, I don't know if Steward Zhang came this time to see the prince of Anguo, or Xiao Jingbei, who was ordered by the emperor to investigate the official grain theft and sale case here?"

Steward Zhang was silent.

The prince of An Guo and Xiao Jingbei are naturally the same person, but these two identities have different meanings for the Chengen Mansion.

Steward Zhang can become the henchman of Chengen Gong Zhou Tai, naturally not because he is old enough, he thought that he was more than enough to face a backward boy like Xiao Jingbei, but now he has been pressed by Xiao Jingbei before he even said a word.

However, no matter how much Steward Zhang's heart was churning, he couldn't help but answer Xiao Jingbei's words.

"The villain naturally wants to see Xiao Shizi, who investigated the grain theft and sale case." Steward Zhang said.

Xiao Jingbei raised his head and stared at Steward Zhang with a pair of cold eyes, "Steward Zhang should know, just because you are from the Zhou family, I can directly let people throw you out, so, Zhou family, what do you want to use to convince me?" Or is it that the Zhou family is so naïve that they don't want to pay any price? ”

Based on the relationship between the Zhou family and the Xiao family, since the Zhou family will ask for the door this time, it has already shown that the Zhou family is deeply involved in the theft and sale of official grain, and it may even be pointed out that the Zhou family is the one who takes the lion's share.

Once Xiao Jingbei sends the results of the investigation to the palace, even if Cheng'en Gong is Zhao Tiannan's own uncle, he is afraid that Zhao Tiannan will not show mercy to Zhao Tiannan under his anger, and will directly use the entire Cheng'en Mansion to kill chickens and monkeys.

This is not impossible, in the past, the queen mother helped the Zhou family in the palace, and Zhao Tiannan was more tolerant of the Chengen Mansion, and now Zhao Tiannan can even ban the queen mother, the biological mother, in Cining Palace, how could an uncle who was involved in a corruption case and swallowed an unknown amount of silver money, how could he be gently let go by Zhao Tiannan?

It was precisely because he figured out this diǎn that Zhou Tai sent his henchman Zhang when he knew that Xiao Jingbei would not wait to see the Zhou family.

Steward Zhang was suffocated again.

He originally wanted to throw out the bait of the Zhou family to negotiate terms with Xiao Jingbei, but now that Xiao Jingbei said this, if he still did what he thought before, would Xiao Jingbei be so impatient that he would directly let people beat him out?

After thinking about it for a while, Steward Zhang stopped beating around the bush and directly said the bottom limit given by Cheng'engong.

"Xiao Shizi, since you are a Ming person, the villain will not say secret words, the Zhou family is indeed involved in this case of stealing and selling official grain, but my master was also deceived by that ill-intentioned person, so he would do such a foolish thing." Steward Zhang said.

As for what he said, Xiao Jingbei believed it or not, and he didn't have the time to pay attention to it.

"Yes, before the villain left, the master had already given an explanation, as long as Xiao Shizi's subordinates showed mercy, the Zhou family was willing to give half of the silver obtained from the official grain over the years to Xiao Shizi."

After Steward Zhang finished speaking, he looked at Xiao Jingbei with expectation in his eyes.

Xiao Jingbei naturally wouldn't believe that Zhou Tai was deceived to be involved in the official grain case, I am afraid that after Zhou Tai found out that it was profitable, he couldn't wait to stuff all the benefits into his pocket.

As for the half that Steward Zhang said......

"Since Cheng Engong also strayed into it because of the temptation of someone with a heart, then why, Cheng Engong didn't take the initiative to go to the emperor to explain this matter, with the relationship between the emperor and Cheng Engong's uncle and nephew, if Cheng Engong is willing to dedicate all the illegal gains over the years to the emperor, how can the emperor be angry about this?" Xiao Jingbei glanced at Steward Zhang indifferently and said so.

Steward Zhang didn't know what he was going to say.

Is it said that Cheng Engong is reluctant to accept the large amount of silver that has already arrived, or is it that the relationship between Cheng Engong and the emperor has long been extremely unharmonious?

Fortunately, Steward Zhang was only embarrassed for a short while, and Xiao Jingbei gave him a very considerate remark to go down the stairs, "Steward Zhang is not strange, I'm also joking." Since Cheng Engong has the sincerity to take out half of it, then I am naturally willing to earn some rouge gouache money for my wife at home, and I should do this matter. ”

Thinking of Feng Zhige, who had not been seen for a long time because of the word "madam", Xiao Jingbei's expression instantly softened a lot.

Steward Zhang only thought that Xiao Jingbei was moved by the reward given by the Zhou family, and his heart was relieved, and there was a little more smile on his face: "Since Xiao Shizi is diǎn head, then the Shizi and the Zhou family will be regarded as people in the same boat in the future, I hope that there will be no mistakes in this cooperation." ”

[It's about to be 515, I hope to continue to hit the 515 red envelope list, and the red envelope rain will be able to give back to readers and promotional works on May 15. A piece is also love, and it must be better! (To be continued.) )