Soon after dawn, almost all the civil and military officials of Jiangzhou rushed to the state office, gathered in the hall of the governor's official hall, and listened to Sun Tu calmly explain the "truth" before and after what happened last night:

"I was asleep last night, but I was awakened in a dream when the golden-armored god warned me that there were thieves who would be bad for the military grain warehouse. Because of the uneasiness in his heart, he called two brothers to go to the granary with blades to find out.

"I thought it was just a grotesque dream, but when we got to the granary, we saw three figures sneaking around in the warehouse, not knowing what they were doing. Just as a few of us wanted to go up and ask questions, they actually set a fire, and not only threw the fire into the account, but even tried to set fire to the grain.

"I wouldn't sit idly by and watch them do such a thing, so I hurried forward to stop them. As a result, those people were thieves and turned around and ran. We only shot them all after shouting to no avail, but we never thought that the person who was the leader was actually Qi Kunqi Guan Gou......" Speaking of this, Sun Tu even showed a trace of confusion on his face, and he really achieved seven emotions.

In fact, all the officials present could guess that most of his words were false, how could there be any golden armor gods in this world who warned people, he must have expected that Qi Kun would set fire to the evidence in a desperate situation, so he would ambush outside the granary and take the opportunity to attack. However, this point, including Cai Dezhang, is impossible for everyone to break, because in this way, things will become more and more complicated.

In the past two days, the malpractice of military rations has been widely known in the officialdom of Jiangzhou, and many people are vested interests, all of whom are empty-minded, how dare they jump out at this time to speak for Qi Kun, who has already died and is destined to bear the black cauldron? So they rushed over immediately, and the most important thing was to keep their home.

Cai Dezhang looked at Sun Tu with complicated eyes, and only then did he know that he still underestimated this young man's courage and means, and this time even he fell into the calculations of this subordinate military attaché.

He still clearly remembers that a few days ago, when Sun Tu found out the inside story of the granary's malpractice, many officials from the state city came to intercede with him, and after exerting pressure, Sun Tu said: "Too forgive, in fact, the lower officials have no intention of pursuing this matter, and they dare not offend all the officials in the city because of this trivial matter." ”

"But now that the matter has come to this, and you have offended everyone, can you still withdraw at this time?" Cai Dezhang said with a gloomy face, this time he was under great pressure, those officials were all made friends by him with great effort in Jiangzhou, and he didn't want them to make any mistakes.

Sun Tu didn't panic because of this, and continued: "Xiaguan did all this just to make those villagers believe that I have the determination to get justice for them, and they shouldn't care too much about whether they can get all the food back." Therefore, Xia Guan thought that there was room for redress in this matter. ”

"But what's the leeway?"

"Now the concern is only those account books, and if Qi Kun sets a fire to all these account books, there is no evidence to conclude that anyone is greedy for military rations. At that time, he will be convicted of negligence at most, and even as long as he puts the charge on the heads of some people at the bottom, he will no longer have to worry about the future. ”

Sun Tu's idea immediately woke up Cai Jiu, because the Great Song officials really did a lot of such things. Relying on the Song Dynasty court has always followed the ancestral precept of not killing scholars,

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In the past hundred years, there have been no less greedy officials, and when their greed has become more and more great, and they can't even cover it up, these people will often set fire to burn the relevant evidence before the imperial court sends a commissioner to investigate the case.

It was precisely because he knew that there were many man-made methods and saw that Sun Tu was sincere and credible that Cai Jiufang adopted this proposal, and secretly mentioned Qi Kun with the article "The Story of Yueyang Tower", and instigated him to set fire to destroy the account book and other relevant evidence, so as to prevent future troubles.

But who would have thought that this was actually a trap set by Sun Tu early in the morning, and Qi Kun, who set the fire, actually died under his arrows, and the crime was even more serious - not only was he caught on the spot to destroy the evidence, but also had a felony of burning military rations, and no one could exonerate him now.

Cai Jiu was naturally angry at Sun Tu's practice of keeping himself in the dark, and even pushing Qi Kun to death through his own mouth, but at this time, he couldn't help it, and just looked at Sun Tu with an unkind expression: "Sun Tuanlian, although there is some truth in what you said, the truth is not something that can be determined just by your family's words." ”

"Xia Guan understands." Sun Tu did not panic in the slightest because of this unkind remark, and said with a solemn expression: "But the lower officials think that people may lie, but the evidence will definitely not." ”

"What is your so-called evidence?"

"Why Qi Kun set the fire has long been clear, as a granary manager, he used his power to deduct and even embezzle military rations for personal gain, which has been ascertained by the lower officials through the accounts, so he thought of setting the fire once and for all. But although he could burn the ledgers, he could not hide his possessions. Therefore, as long as Taishou sends someone to raid his house, he will definitely be convicted! ”

Before Cai Taishou could react, Yuan Wang on the side had already spoken first: "Taishou, the lower officials think that what Sun Tuanlian said is not unreasonable, as long as it is found that Qi Kun is indeed greedy for ink, then it is reasonable for him to take the risk and set fire to the account book when the crime is about to be exposed." Because in this way, even if the imperial court sends someone to investigate strictly, it may not be able to find out the malpractice......" When he said the last sentence, he also deliberately glanced at the other officials present.

These already worried Jiangzhou officials suddenly understood, and knew that Yuan Tuiguan meant to put all the charges on a small nine-quality control official, and even if someone agreed: "Taishou, the lower officials also thought that Qi Kun's house must be raided to distinguish right from wrong." ”

Then everyone nodded and followed: "The lower official seconded ......"

How Cai Jiu didn't know what these people were thinking, which made him look at Sun Tu again, this young man's mind was really deep, and he actually thought of such a way to get the best of both worlds, which could not only clarify the case, but also ensure that other officials would not be implicated. And he naturally didn't pay too much attention to sacrificing only one nine-grade control hook official, so he immediately said: "Since this is the case, then send someone to Qi Kun's house to check carefully, this official wants to see how much people fat and people have been greedy for him in these years, and how much money and food in the army have been embezzled!" ”

It wasn't until Cai Taishou gave this order that the last bit of doubt in Sun Tu's heart completely dissipated, and he took the opportunity to speak: "Xiaguan still has something to report to Taishou, since the beginning of this year, the granary has already owed the villagers money and grain for March, so if he can really find out his guilt, I hope that Taishou can allocate the money and grain owed to the military camp as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the soldiers.

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It is also good that the soldiers and civilians in the city will be grateful for the strictness and kindness of Taishou. In fact, in the final analysis, this is what he Sun Tu really wants to get after being busy these days.

Cai Jiu glanced at him deeply again before he spoke: "As long as you can really copy the money and food he is greedy for from Qi Kun's house, this official will be the master of those township soldiers." ”

"The lower officials thanked the Taishou on behalf of the township soldiers." Sun Tu hurriedly thanked him again, he knew that this matter had been completed, and he could finally give a satisfactory explanation to the hundreds of villagers under his command.

The raid on the Qi family was quickly launched, and I don't know if I didn't copy it, and it really scared many people by copying it.

Don't look at Qi Kun as just a small nine-grade management officer, only in charge of a few warehouses of military rations and ordnance, it seems that he does not have much power, but relying on the joint "efforts" of his ancestors and grandchildren, he actually embezzled hundreds of thousands of yuan of money in this office.

The seemingly inconspicuous Qi family, as soon as he entered the gate, he found that there was a hole inside, he had already bought several houses around, and then opened it up and turned it into a huge mansion that was not faster than Cai Jiu's Taishou Mansion, among which there were as many as ten wives and concubines, and there were as many as forty or fifty slaves and maids, and they were all domestic slaves who sold their bodies to the Qi family.

When the officers and soldiers who were ordered to raid the Qi family forcibly opened several separate warehouses, they found that there were thousands of mistletoe in the grain alone, and as for the gold, silver, money, and the title deed, they only hastily estimated, no less than 500,000 yuan, and they were about to catch up with the money and grain figures in the Jiangzhou treasury.

Watching the officers and soldiers pulling out the grain, gold and silver one by one, the people all over the city were stunned, and then scolded Qi Kun for being greedy, and he was really innocent.

It was Cai Jiu, after seeing the specific numbers in the newspaper, he was stunned for a long time before a sentence burst out from between his teeth: "Such a giant beetle of the country should really be killed." No wonder after Sun Tu found out the flaw, he would set fire to it desperately, and it is not an exaggeration to kill his entire family for such a crime! ”

Subsequently, Cai Jiu, who was furious, ordered Qi Kun's body to be exposed for three days as an example, and at the same time made all the people in his family guilty, all the men were sent to the army, and the women were directly sent to the local teaching department. As for the money and property seized from the Qi family, except for some of it that was sent to Sun Tu's military camp to offset the military rations and salaries owed before, the rest was also filled into the state treasury. As for where the money and food will be used, it is not up to ordinary people to know.

When the final result of the Qi family reached Sun Tu's ears, he really felt a burst of surprise, not that he felt sorry for the Qi family's fate like this, although they may be innocent, but since they obtained a wealth and enjoyment far beyond ordinary people because of Qi Kun, it doesn't matter if they are innocent, after all, everything has a price.

What really surprised him was that a mere Jiupin miscellaneous official in Jiangzhou City had accumulated hundreds of thousands of family properties just by relying on the operation of three generations of his ancestors and grandchildren, which shows how serious the problems exist in the officialdom of the Great Song Dynasty now, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is terminally ill-

Half of the people in the world are still starving and cold, and when many soldiers are at a loss for the money and food they deserve, those officials who hold power are already full of fat. A nine-rank miscellaneous official is still like this, but what about those high-ranking officials in the court?

However, Sun Tu didn't bother with such things after all, because now he has more important tasks to do!

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