The cold wind howled outside the window, and the inside of the house was equally chilly.

Jiang Anyi asked: "What is said in the letter is the truth. ”

"Mostly true." So far, quibbling is useless, and Zhao Zehe admitted it dejectedly.

Jiang Anyi slapped the table hatefully and scolded: "Confused, Brother Zhao, you understand how people do such foolish things." Let me ask you, apart from disaster relief money, what other corruption is there? ”

Zhao Zehe burst into tears and said, "It's gone, it's really gone." Anyi, you know, I only arrived this year, and I am bent on rebuilding Jingyuan County and doing something practical for the people. In this disaster relief, I didn't think about corruption, it was Deng Xiancheng who hinted that there were old rules over the years, so I didn't want to chill everyone's hearts. My son failed in the exam this year, and I wanted to study hard in Beijing, where firewood and rice were expensive, and my family was embarrassed. ”

"It's an old rule, it seems that you're going to turn over the old accounts of Jingyuan County, and see what kind of old rules drag you into the water." Jiang Anyi said boredly.

Zhao Zehe knelt on the ground, and his well-groomed beard was full of tears and snot, sticky together, and a few silver threads were mixed between the black beards, which was extremely eye-catching.

Jiang Anyi was angry and pitiful, bent down to help Zhao Zehe, and said: "Brother Zhao, you get up first, since I came to see you secretly, I naturally want to cover up for you, you tell me in detail to see if there is room for recovery." ”

Zhao Zehe suddenly seemed to be much older, got up tremblingly, and sat down in the chair with Jiang Anyi's support. Jiang Anyi saw that there was a pot of cold tea on the table, and he didn't care so much at this time, so he poured a cup and handed it to Zhao Zehe.

After taking a sip of cold tea, Zhao Zehe calmed down a little, and said with a wry smile: "After the road is cleared, the disaster relief money and grain distributed by the government will arrive. ”

Zhao Zehe sighed secretly, the wealth was moving, he was moved by the silver of the white flowers and the copper coins of Huang Chengcheng at that time, and most of them were noticed by Deng Huaibin beside him, so he would hint that he would take the disaster relief silver.

After listening to Zhao Zehe's narration, Jiang Anyi pondered for a moment and asked, "The five hundred taels of silver you collected were handled personally?" ”

"No, it's Zhao Tianzhuang, the housekeeper who is the head of the county, Song Chong, who gave it to me, and Zhao Tianzhuang gave it to me again." Zhao Zehe responded.

"How many people know you have taken the money?"

Zhao Zehe thought for a while and said: "On the surface, there are only Deng Huaibin and Song Chong, and I don't know if they will publicize it secretly." ”

There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, it was Yahuan who brought tea. Jiang Anyi hurriedly dodged and hid behind the bed curtain, and Zhao Zehe ordered: "I'm reading in the study tonight, don't come and disturb." ”

Returning to his seat, Jiang Anyi asked again: "Is it silver or silver tickets?" ”

"It's a silver ticket, and the silver is too conspicuous."

"Can your butler be trusted?"

Zhao Zehe said: "Zhao Tianzhuang is my brother, we are like brothers, absolutely credible." ”

Jiang Anyi nodded, lowered his voice and said, "If that's the case, you discuss it with Zhao Tianzhuang and let him take the blame." Let's just say that he secretly demanded this money in your name, and you didn't know it. ”

Zhao Zehe said bitterly: "How can I be worthy of my clan brother in this way?" ”

"You let him go to the lobby and turn himself in, so that the guilt will be much lighter, and he will be expelled from his home with a twenty board, and he will be compensated afterwards." This trick is a trick that Jiang Anyi learned from Huazheng, and in order to rescue Zhao Zehe, he can only learn and sell it now.

Zhao Zehe showed a struggling look on his face, and finally stomped his legs and said bitterly: "Now that the matter has come to this, I can only wronged him." ”

"This matter should be fast, before I come to Jingyuan County." Jiang Anyi instructed: "You have to take the opportunity to investigate the disaster relief and clear yourself." ”

"Anyi, don't worry, I know how to do it, thanks to you this time, Zhao is grateful, and in the future, Zhao will only obey the orders of adults." was able to get rid of the felony, Zhao Zehe calmed down a lot, his eyes regained his brightness, and his words revealed the meaning of refuge.

Jiang Anyi smiled slightly and said: "That account book is the key, I will inevitably check the accounts after I come to Jingyuan, and the accounts must not leave too many flaws." ”

Zhao Zehe hesitated: "The account book is in Hucao, and Deng Huaibin is in charge, so it's not easy for me to interfere." ”

Jiang Anyi's face smiled even deeper, and said, "It's better like this, you don't have to do it yourself." ”

Zhao Zehe came to his senses and said with a smile: "Anyi, you mean to startle the grass and let Deng County do it, whether it is success or failure, it has nothing to do with me." ”

Zhao Zehe understood it at one point, and instantly had an idea, and asked: "Anyi, when will you come to Jingyuan County to show up?" ”

"In three days, I'll go to Yimu County first to see the disaster relief situation there, so that no one will find out that I have been here." Jiang Anyi poured a cup of tea and tasted it slowly.

Zhao Zehe read the whistleblower letter carefully, and said in surprise: "I don't know who wrote this whistleblower letter, this person is definitely an insider, only two people know that I received five hundred taels of silver, Deng Huaibin can't tell the whistle, could it be Song Chong?" He also took two hundred taels of silver, so it is impossible to tell the truth? Who the hell is it? ”

Jiang Anyi stood up, took the whistleblower letter back into his arms, and said, "You have to be careful, don't have any more handles in the hands of others, even I won't be able to save you at that time." I'm leaving, so you can do it yourself. ”

Seeing Jiang Anyi disappear into the shadows, Zhao Zehe returned to the house and thought for a moment, and asked Zhao Tianzhuang to be called, and the two discussed secretly in the study until the third watch before they dispersed.

As soon as the city gate opened the next day, Jiang Anyi took two guards out of the city and went to Yimu County. The location of Yimu County is between Migu County and Jingyuan County, Xu An slowly returned to Jingyuan County from Migu County and passed through Yimu County, heard that Jiang Thorn Shi inspected Yimu County, and made a special trip to follow the people to see the excitement, and also saw Jiang Anyi who was inspected in the Salesian orphanage.

In Jingyuan County, Zhao Tianzhuang surrendered in court, claiming that he privately asked Song Dutou for 500 taels of silver in the name of the county order. Zhao Zehe was furious, scolded Zhao Tianzhuang for betraying his trust, and then admitted that he was not strict in discipline, and frankly said that he would report to the government according to the truth and wait for the government to fall.

After Zhao Tianzhuang was imprisoned for trial, Zhao Zehe interrogated Song Chongyin where he came from, Song Chong was speechless when asked, and said in his heart, "My lord, what kind of crazy are you smoking." Zhao Zehe did not wait for them to reflect, and under the pretext of avoiding suspicion, he ordered Deng Xiancheng to be responsible for investigating the matter, and pointed out that he wanted to verify the accounts and check whether the silver was corrupt from the disaster relief money.

Looking at Zhao Zehe's serious and self-reproachful look after the public case, Deng Huaibin and others knew in their hearts that eighty percent of the corruption case was about to happen, and Zhao County Ling was in a hurry to pick himself out. Thinking of the increasingly tense wind these days, everyone's heart is heavy.

Zhao Zehe threw his sleeves and retreated, Deng Huaibin called Song Chong to the official office, and the two got together to discuss secretly. Song Chong's heart was cold to the end, he originally planned to make meritorious service by telling the secret, but who knew that the news was leaking, if everyone knew that it was his secret, then he would not be a person inside and out.

Deng Huaibin found that Song Chong's speech was indifferent and did not match the preface, and he was suspicious in his heart, and secretly tried a few words, seeing that he looked panicked, the more suspicious he became. lightly told him to return the embezzled silver as soon as possible, and let Song Chong leave. After Song Chong left, Deng Huaibin thought about it for a long time, called a confidant, and asked him to follow Song Chong secretly to see who he was going to meet.

After carefully pondering the words and deeds of Zhao County, Deng Huaibin came to the conclusion that the embezzlement of disaster relief money was definitely committed, but seeing that Zhao County's order did not mean to investigate deeply, letting himself be responsible for the investigation was actually to let him take the opportunity to settle the account. Deng Huaibin called Hu Cao and asked him to quickly redo the account book, and sent someone to inform everyone to return the greedy money first.

Song Chong was restless in the fast shift room, and finally got dark until dark, and came to the inn where Xu Minghua lived, and after seeing Xu Minghua, he told him what happened today. Xu Minghua was stunned for a moment, and his first reaction was that Jiang Anyi had sent a message to Zhao Zehe.

The "Da Zheng Law" stipulates that the crime of giving information to a prisoner is punished according to the crime committed by the prisoner minus two degrees, and if it is an official, the crime is increased by one degree, that is to say, if Jiang Anyi reported the information for Zhao Zehe, then Jiang Anyi's crime is only one degree lower than Zhao Zehe. Xu Minghua was ecstatic, he didn't expect Jiang Anyi to make such a mistake and trap himself in order to save his fellow disciples.

Song Chong couldn't appreciate Xu Minghua's surprise, and asked worriedly: "Lord Xu, Deng Xiancheng asked everyone to return the money to the treasury, what should I do now?" ”

"Don't panic, I'm afraid of something", Xu Minghua comforted Song Chong for a few words, and then asked: "Do you know anyone who has secretly seen Zhao Xianling." ”

Song Chong shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.

Xu Minghua said excitedly: "I will protect you for the disaster relief bank, it's okay." The most important thing at the moment is that you send two trustworthy people to guard the back office, see if anyone has secretly contacted Zhao County, if so, tell me the person's appearance and residence, and see who is ventilating the news, this time you will catch a big fish. ”

Coming out of the inn, Song Chong was full of worries, and he didn't know whether to go home first or go to the yamen to arrange for someone to watch the back ya. was hesitating on the street, but two officials behind him caught up and said with a smile: "Song Tou, where have you been, Deng Ye asked you to go." ”

Song Chong, as the head of the capital, immediately understood that he had come to see Xu Minghua being targeted, and now he couldn't hide, so he simply opened the lid and said.

The official took Song Chong to a small courtyard, Song Chong naturally knew that this was a place for the yamen to do some shady places, and when he entered the house, Deng Huaibin looked at him with a gloomy face, and there were many people standing in the shadows.

Song Chong's scalp exploded, knowing that there was the Longtan Tiger's Den in front of him, and if it was not good, he would have to confess his life here tonight.