As the days passed, the weather in Yongxi began to turn cold, which tells people that winter is coming.

But the winter in officialdom came earlier, because of the fraud case, the entire Yongxi officialdom can be said to have had an earthquake.

In the course of the investigation by the inspector and the yamen, more than 30 officials have been called in for questioning.

Fourteen of the thirty-odd people were examiners, and the others were officials who participated in the examiners' draw, and these people were also called for questioning.

It stands to reason that it is actually very difficult for the inspector to ask the yamen to get so many officials to cooperate with the investigation, but fortunately, there is Governor Zhang Jingping who speaks for him.

But even so, because of the protection of officials and officials, nothing was found, and there was almost no progress in the case.

But this matter must be explained, so in the past few days, Wei Youming has been thinking more about how to make up a statement that is acceptable to all parties.

And the most important thing is who will be responsible for this, and it must be the officials this time.

In other words, even in the case of disposing of officials, Wei Youming is not pursuing the truth, but weighing all aspects to be satisfied with the result.

On the afternoon of the tenth day of the first lunar month, a team of brocade guards came from outside the yamen according to the inspector, which completely disrupted Wei Youming's train of thought.

The one who led the team over was Chen Xiaoting, this was the first errand he took over after "clearing" his grievances, and it was also an imperial errand.

When a large number of brocade guards came in outside, Wei Youming couldn't sit still, and the yamen was not a place for others to spread wild.

Walking out of the back study, when Wei Youming came to the lobby, Chen Xiaoting was already directing his subordinates to do things.

"Go to the prison and bring out those cheaters......"

"Take all the files on the fraud case here ......"

Seeing others giving orders in his lobby, Wei Youming was so angry that his beard rose.

I saw him walk up to Chen Xiaoting and ask in a cold voice, "Could it be that this is the lobby of Jinyiwei?" ”

After all, Wei Youming was a big member of the party, and Chen Xiaoting didn't want to conflict with him, so he said calmly: "Lord Wei, where the responsibility lies, please forgive me!" ”

These words made Wei Youming rush upwards: "This is really unheard of, could it be that according to the inspection of the yamen, it has become your brocade guard?" ”

Since Wei Youming didn't speak well, Chen Xiaoting's tone also became cold and said: "Lord Wei, please be careful, we are also on an errand for the emperor!" ”

"Substitute ......"

Originally, Wei Youming wanted to say that he couldn't do things for anyone, but fortunately, the words were swallowed back by him, otherwise it would be another story.

"You're going to investigate fraud?" Wei Youming became serious.

Chen Xiaoting put his hands behind his back and said with a smile: "If Lord Wei doesn't believe that it is the emperor's will, maybe you can go to Qianhu to ask!"

Of course, Wei Youming couldn't go, and he hoped that he wouldn't go in his life.

"Since you want to check, then you can check!"

This was a bit unexpected by Chen Xiaoting, and he thought that Wei Youming was going to talk a few more nonsense.

In fact, for Wei Youming, although Jin Yiwei's intervention is not a good thing for civil officials, it is not necessarily a bad thing for him personally.

got out of this incident, but ended up light

Soon, several of the lifters who had been locked in the cell were taken out, and at this time they were still cleanly dressed, and it is conceivable that these people had not been tortured at all.

But being taken away by the brocade guards made them unable to suppress the fear in their hearts at all.

After all the case files were handed over, Chen Xiaoting left the yamen of the inspection envoy, while Wei Youming went to report the situation to Zhang Jingping in advance.

Due to Jin Yiwei's intervention, there will definitely be an earthquake in the officialdom this time, and Zhang Jingping needs to be mentally prepared.

The emperor bypassed the normal judicial process and let Jinyi Wei investigate the matter, and Wei Youming could understand the huge difference.

When several people were taken back to the Qianhu Institute, Chen Xiaoting soon interrogated them, and under severe torture, these people quickly confessed the fact that they had cheated.

What these people ask and answer next, after all, not everyone is not afraid of torture like Chen Yongyi.

But when asked how to collude with the examiner, these people could not answer how they were tortured, because the other party was too secretive.

They were all found by people, and they were told that they could be on the list by paying a few thousand taels of silver, and the people who were found were all relatively rich.

And people are very particular about doing business, and they will definitely do things after receiving the money, and if they don't get on the list, they will directly refund ninety percent of the money.

In fact, before the matter was revealed, the five people who were arrested did not know the existence of the other party.

Therefore, this case is still relatively tricky, and the forces that secretly contact the students are not hidden in an ordinary depth.

Since you can't open up the situation from the students, you have to find a way to change the direction.

The completion of the whole fraud is on the one hand in the students and on the other hand in the examiners, so Chen Xiaoting can only find it in the examiners.

These people are all distributed in various prefectures and counties, and they want to arrest them all, and Chen Xiaoting also specially asked Zhou Wenzhu for instructions.

This matter requires the cooperation of hundreds of households in each prefecture, which requires Zhou Wenzhu to issue an order, and the following hundreds of households can directly take people.

It took almost three days for all the officials to be invited to the Thousand Households for questioning.

But after questioning, Chen Xiaoting did not let these people go, because anyone could be suspicious.

The first round of questioning was relatively mild, so Chen Xiaoting, like Wei Youming, didn't ask anything.

It's just that Chen Xiaoting spread the seeds of fear in the hearts of these people through questioning, and he probably has some judgments.

"Lord Zheng, they still don't say it, they can only use torture!" Chen Xiaoting said in a flat tone.

At this time, he stood with Zheng Yan, the imperial history of the capital, and only Zheng Yan, as the chief examiner, was not imprisoned.

"I don't understand the trial of the case, you can just watch it!" Zheng Yan said expressionlessly.

The matter has been known to the emperor, which makes Zheng Yan have a strong sense of failure, and he has lost a lot when he comes to Yongxi this time.

Chen Xiaoting smiled and said, "As long as the torture is used, it will take less than half a day for all these people to confess, do you believe it or not?" ”

Zheng Yan didn't have the kung fu to joke at this time, I saw him turn around, close his eyes slightly and say, "I just hope you find out the truth as soon as possible and give an explanation to the emperor and the world!" ”

"That's nature!" Chen Xiaoting's face was cold, and then he beckoned back.

Immediately, the lieutenant understood, and after a while, a cry came out.

These officials are used to being pampered, where can they endure these tortures, and it doesn't take an hour for someone to confess.

"It was Xuezheng Zhu Yilin who found me!"

"It was Zhu Yilin who asked me to raise the younger generation......"

One or two, more and more people pointed out that it was Zhu Yilin, a scholar who planned this matter.

"It's actually him......" Zheng Yan couldn't believe it, Zhu Yilin was the deputy chief examiner of the township examination.