Seeing Lord Qincha's question, Li Yubo was a little flustered, got up and said: "Li Yubo, the official transfer department Yamen pawn, has a feeling to return." ”

Lu Congming just heard Chang Yuchao praise Li Yubo for his devotion to his duties, thinking that Li Yubo was Chang Yuchao's gang, and he was displeased, this classic work is not sophisticated, Shangguan praised you as a flower, you really think of yourself as a flower, and you don't know how to take responsibility for Shangguan, you actually sit like that Xiong Yi'an, so I don't know what to do. He snorted through his nose and said coldly, "Speak." ”

"Lord Yuqincha, the Yuanhua River bursts, the natural disaster is small, and the man-made disaster is big." Li Yubo said angrily.

A few words almost didn't make Lu Congming stand up from the chair in shock, he accepted 60,000 taels of silver, and naturally thought about the officials of the Jiangnan Transfer Division Yamen lightly, how did this classic Li Yubo turn his arms outward, this is obviously a frame that wants to do it.

Just listen to Li Yubo's piles and pieces of the transfer division yamen up and down to join hands to embezzle the river industry and silver, deduct the people's wages, shoddy and less to charge more, and so on, Lu Congming's head is already "buzzing", he finally understands why Zou Sujie spent 60,000 taels of silver just to save his life, this is obviously buying his own life, if he knew in advance that there was discord within the transfer division yamen, he would not accept those silver tickets, and now it is difficult to ride a tiger, so he can only continue to ask hard.

After Li Yubo finished speaking, Lu Congming patted the public case and shouted: "Chang Yuchao, what Li Yubo said is the truth?" ”

So far, Chang Yuchao and others have put life and death aside, and Chang Yuchao said: "My lord, Li Yubo is guilty of mania, and he has been working the embankment in recent months, which has caused the attack of illness, so he will talk nonsense. Every account of the yamen's silver, wages, and materials can be checked, and Li Yubo also signed when he handed over the materials as a pawn, so how could he be fake. ”

When Lu Congming heard that there was an account, he asked, "Have you brought the account book, and Ben Qin will check it." ”

"Lord Yu, yesterday the thieves attacked Linhua County, and some thieves mixed into the city, broke into the yamen of the transfer division to kill people and set fire, the accounts and warehouses of the yamen of the transfer department were burned, and several officials in the account room were killed by thieves." Chang Yuchao is now a dead pig and is not afraid of boiling water, anyway, there is no solid evidence, at most he will lose his official position and be dismissed, as long as he can survive.

Lu Congming almost didn't laugh out loud, such a clumsy technique has been used, but it is really useful, is there no evidence to check, no one can cure the capital crime of Chang Yuchao and others, it seems that the 60,000 taels of silver is not difficult to get. Pretended to be angry and said: "Chang Yuchao, did you send someone to burn down the account room and treasury, you are so bold." ”

Chang Yuchao shouted and said: "Xia Guan was discussing in the lobby with all the adults of the Yamen at that time, and everyone in the mansion can testify that he is really a thief from Zhong Shanzhai, if it wasn't for Xia Guan to hide quickly, he would have almost been killed." ”

"Chang Yuchao, if what Li Yubo said is true, Ben Qincha naturally has a way to check the truth, and tomorrow morning, Ben Qincha will personally go to the breach of the embankment to check and ask about the truth.

Xiong Yi'an stood up and said, "Lord Qincha, Xiong Yi'an has something to report." ”

In Lu Congming's eyes, Xiong Yi'an was a rat, indescribably greasy, and said coldly: "Speak." ”

"In the second year of Xiaguan Jianwu, he went to the Yamen of the Transit Division to join the army, and every month the Yamen gave the Xiaguan fifty taels of room balances as usual, and the Xiaguan was just a minor official of the seventh grade, and the court was every year

My father once warned me to be an official and a word "greedy", so the officials did not dare to use the silver, and so far they have accumulated 1,250 taels, all of which have been registered and sealed. ”

Xiong Yi'an looked at Lu Congming, the word quitting greed meant something, Chang Yuchao and others scolded in their hearts, you were smiling when you divided the silver, and now you turned it out to complain, it was really a smiling tiger, eating people without spitting out bones.

Lu Congming didn't care about Xiong Yi'an's abstinence from greed, and secretly calculated that it was no wonder that Zou Sujie made a move of 60,000 taels of silver, and the balance of this group of houses could be divided into six or seven hundred taels a year on the bright side, plus other inputs, not to mention two or three thousand taels a year, no wonder they all said that the river workers were so fat that they were indeed the messengers of the crotch of their farts and oil. If this matter can be settled for Chang Yuchao and others, it is indispensable to let them shed some blood.

Xiong Yi'an continued: "This silver is distributed according to the grade, Xia Guan remembers that the regular transfer envoy is one hundred and twenty two months, the two deputy transfer envoys are one hundred and two months, and there are more than 200 people in the yamen, and even the porter can get five taels. That's 48,000 taels a year, I don't know where this silver tael comes from? ”

Chang Yuchao and the others had already expected that this matter would be turned over, and they had already agreed on countermeasures, Chang Yuchao said unhurriedly: "Lord Qincha, the river affairs are hard, the wind and the sun are covered with snow and rain, and the moon is not home. Chang felt sorry for his subordinates, so he tried to use the river work to do some livelihood to subsidize the Yamen officials, the court allocated the silver taels to the Yamen in April every year, but the Yamen of the Transshipment Division allocated the silver taels according to the actual project, so there was a huge amount of silver taels deposited in the Yamen. Chang asked his subordinates to use these silver taels to do some freight business up and down the Yuanhua River, and there was an income of about 50,000 taels a year, Chang did not dare to use it privately, and distributed it to everyone in the name of the balance of the house according to the size of the rank. Chang violated the laws of the court, competed with the people for profit, and was willing to be punished. ”

Since he tore his face, Chang Yuchao was not ready to leave room for it, and sued Xiong Yi'an in turn. Lu Congming was like a treasure, and asked: "Xiong Yi'an, as an official of the Yamen of the Transshipment Division, why is it rare for you to go to the Yamen, why is it difficult to go to the Yamen, how to be worthy of the people of the world, and live up to the grace of the Holy Grace." ”

Xiong Yi'an said: "My lord, the lower official is frail and sickly, and occasionally he has taken leave, but the lower official has approved the leave." ”

Qiu Guangming sneered coldly: "Lord Xiong, you are sick and went to the Qinglou to listen to singing, dancing and drink flower wine, the reputation of the Jade Son of the Qinglou is known to everyone in Linhua County." ”

Lu Congming said angrily: "As an official of the court, it is really unseemly to linger in the Qinglou without doing your job, and Ben Qin is going to play tomorrow to remove you from your official position." Xiong Yi'an, what do you have to say? ”

Xiong Yixin was secretly angry, this Lu Congminghe didn't ask about the fraud case, but was entangled in his own visit to the Qinglou, it seemed that he had the benefit of Chang Yuchao and others, and deliberately muddied the water so as to exonerate them, not only could he not let him get his wish, but also wanted to drag him into the water.

"My lord, you can win the trust of one-sided words, you really want to use this to impeach the crime of the lower official to the sky, and the lower official will wait. However, it is a trivial matter for the lower officials to linger in the Qinglou, and the case of Yuanhua Jianghegong is a major matter that adults should ask. ”

Lu Congming quickly responded: "You can't believe what you said just now, now transfer it."

The other officials of the Si Yamen denied the corruption in unison, but the words of you and Li Yubo were one-sided, how could Ben Qincha believe it? ”

Li Yubo said: "My lord, since the official was appointed as a pawn, every construction project has recorded the number of materials submitted by the yamen and the actual number of materials, and my lord can know it at a glance. ”

"Oh, get it quickly."

Duan Shuang opened his mouth and said: "Lord Qincha, Li Yubo's fake account is not enough to rely on, the material delivery is handled by the lower officials, and Li Yubo has signed and approved the number of each time, and now he takes out this account book, saying that the number of materials is fake, and the lower officials think that Li Yubo deducted the materials from it, and then made false accounts to wronged us, please be clear." ”

"Well, what you said is reasonable, Ben Chin will take a closer look."

Li Yubo was a little anxious, and said: "My lord, the materials of the transfer division and the yamen are less and more and shoddy, and the river workers on the embankment know it, and the adults only need to ask." It was precisely because the lower official kept this account that someone in the yamen secretly sent an assassin to assassinate the lower official, wanting to take away the account, but the assassin had already taken it and confessed that it was sent by Ye Yanguang, a material merchant in the city, and Ye Yanguang was the leader of the rebellion. ”

Chang Yuchao and the others were dripping in cold sweat, they thought that the assassin had escaped, but they didn't expect to be caught by Li Yubo, but listening to Li Yubo's words, they just speculated that Ye Yanguang was instructed by the Yamen of the Transport Division, as long as Ye Yanguang was not caught for a day, he and his people would still have a chance to live.

The lobby of Linhua County is full of wind and roaring, turbidity waves are emptying, and lightning and thunder are roaring. The river work case led to the assassination case, Lu Congming felt that he was in a deep quagmire, and if he was not careful, he might be wiped out, and the rebel bandit leader Ye Yanguang was actually a material merchant who colluded with the transfer envoy Yamen, Chang Yuchao and others died unhappily. Regretting it, the 60,000 taels of silver were hidden on his body, and at this moment it was like six pieces of red-hot iron in his arms, tormenting him to death.

Lu Congming forced himself to collect his thoughts and asked, "Where is that assassin now?" ”

"Lord Yu, Lord Duanzhou Longwei Prefecture Tongji will take people to take care of it."

As soon as this sentence came out, the hearts of Lu Congming, Chang Yuchao and others cooled, and they were watched by Long Wei, almost unable to think about it, Lu Congming just wanted to use the identity of Qin Cha to ask for people, I am afraid that Long Wei may not be able to buy it.

How could Long Wei appear in Linhua County, Lu Congming felt that he was a little anxious, it is certainly a good way to cut the hemp with a quick knife, but if it is not a pile of stones, the knife will be rolled. Lu Congming was a little frustrated, he was proud for a while, thinking that he was an official of Beijing with the emperor's order, and he had nothing to do with the local officials, and he offended the officials of Ai Tingshi and Linhua County in his words, and now he wanted to find them to hear about the matter, I am afraid that it will not look good.

Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Congming stood up and said: "The hour is not early, both of you have a resignation, it is not easy to make a judgment when Ben Qin cha first arrives and the situation is unknown, tomorrow Ben Chin will go to the river embankment to check, and then find some river workers to inquire before making a decision, everyone will disperse." ”

There was no longer a place to stay in the Yin Hotel, so Yuan Decheng chartered an inn next to the county government to settle Lu Congming and his party, and sent sixteen clever officials from the yamen to wait for this difficult Lord Qincha with the guys in the store.

Lu Congming finished eating, and was thinking about visiting Ai Tingshi to ease the relationship, and the official guarding the door came to report: "Xingling County ordered Lu Shengyuan to see." ”

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