What was brought back by Shen Leng was the Ministry of Water Division, one of the four divisions under the Ministry of Industry, from the fourth grade, named Yao Chaozong.

The Yao family is a relatively low-key family among many big families, even judging from the news verified by the Tingwei Mansion now, the Yao family may not have much to do with other major families.

Shen Leng brought it back to his General's Mansion instead of Tingwei's Mansion, and the two ten-person personal soldiers stood at the gate of the General's Mansion, and no one was allowed to enter under Shen Leng's military order.

The news that Yao Chaozong, the director of the Ministry of Industry and Water, was taken away soon blew up the imperial court, and the ears of the Manchu civil and military were like being filled with wind, whirring, and the people who blew were stunned for a while.

Cabinet.

The Ministry of Industry Shang Shuding is also one of the cabinet assistants, and after hearing the news reported by his subordinates, he immediately found the cabinet chief assistant Lai Cheng.

"Shousuke-sama."

Ding Yao leaned over and said: "Just now, the people under the Ministry of Industry came over and said that An Guogong led the troops to arrest Yao Chaozong of the Ministry of Water, can Lord Shoufu know?" ”

Lai Cheng was stunned: "Why did An Guogong arrest people?" ”

Ding Yao is already in his fifties, because he is too tired, he looks like he is already full of gray hair, he is also very surprised and confused, what is the Ministry of Industry hindering Shen Leng? His Majesty asked Shen Leng to supervise the Sheng family's case, and the Yao family and the Sheng family have nothing to do with each other, and they have no contact on weekdays.

Ding Yao said: "The people below don't know, but they just said that they were arrested by An Guogong, and there were also 28 soldiers from the Ministry of Engineering, and now they are all locked up in the General's Mansion." ”

Ding wanted to look at Lai Cheng: "I am convinced that An Guogong will not arrest people for no reason, but there must be a rule for arresting people, no official documents were submitted to our Ministry of Industry, no one was notified, and I am afraid that there is no request...... Although the director of the Ministry of Water of the Ministry of Industry is only from the fourth grade, this way of grasping is not right, even if An Guogong is a Qincha, there must be rules and regulations. ”

Lai Cheng nodded: "I'll talk about this matter when I ask clearly, you go and get busy first, I'll ask now." ”

Ding Yao snorted: "There is Lord Lao Shoufu." ”

Lai Cheng came out of the cabinet and didn't ask what happened, but went to Dongnuan Pavilion first, he is the first assistant university scholar of the cabinet, what a chicken thief he is.

The emperor was also a little stunned after listening to Lai Cheng, Shen Leng went to arrest the Ministry of Water for no reason, the case of the flood in the south is the only case that can be related to the Ministry of Water, but the case of the flood did not involve Yao Chaozong, the Tingwei Mansion investigated clearly, the local officials over there in Xinzhou should die, but it was only a serious dereliction of duty, and the Ministry of Industry was not involved.

"Where did Shen Leng arrest the people?"

"The minister sent someone to ask, but he hasn't replied yet."

Lai Chenggang replied, Wei Lan came in from outside, leaned over and said: "An Guogong arrested Yao Chaozong, the secretary of the Ministry of Water, in Lin Miaozhai, and brought it back to the General's Mansion, saying that Yao Chaozong was suspected of colluding with Shen Leng's subordinates to steal a large amount of Shen Leng's military funds. ”

The emperor was even more confused.

"Will Shen Leng's subordinates collude with others?"

Lai Chengdao: "With the understanding of the ministers, Shen Leng's subordinates will only collude with Shen Leng. ”

The emperor's eyes suddenly lit up: "Where did Shen Leng get the military expenses?" ”

Lai Cheng: "Your Majesty's focus is really to the point. ”

The emperor laughed: "You sit here first, since Shen Leng will not drag it out, don't deal with it from the Ministry of Industry, wait for Shen Leng to send the news over." ”

The emperor looked at Wei Lan: "Send someone to General Shen Leng's mansion to ask what the situation is." ”

Wei Lan leaned over and said, "I've let the black eyes pass." ”

The emperor sat down, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "I."

Now I want to know what kind of military expenditure Shen Leng said, where it came from, and how much. ”

Lai Cheng sighed: "Shen Leng is also an old man, why is he so careless, his wealth can't be exposed." ”

Emperor: "Huh? ”

Lai Cheng: "It's okay, it's okay...... The minister is talking nonsense. ”

General's Palace.

Shen Leng looked at Yao Chaozong, who had been removed from his official uniform, Yao Chaozong looked surprised and angry, he also looked at Shen Leng, and the two of them looked at each other.

"An Guogong, if there is no reasonable explanation for this matter, even if the lowly officials are light, they will ask for justice in front of Your Majesty."

Shen Leng said: "You will see Your Majesty, but only after signing and drawing." ”

He pulled a chair and sat opposite Yao Chaozong: "Now I'd better tell you what I want to ask you, because I'm a ruffian, and a ruffian means that I don't have much patience." ”

Yao Chaozong snorted coldly: "An Guogong is really good at laughing at himself, but I believe that An Guogong will still put national law first." ”

He said word by word: "I don't know your subordinates, and I don't know how much military money he stole from, I got the news that there is a military captain who is rampant in Lin Miaozhai, and the source of a large amount of silver is unknown, so I brought someone over to check." ”

Shen Leng: "Why you?" ”

Yao Chaozong said: "I happened to meet me." ”

"That's a coincidence."

Shen Leng said: "I've been doing something in Chang'an these days, doing something that people in the Tingwei Mansion will think are incomparably big...... Sorting out the relationship between the characters, I asked for a file of the flood case from the Tingwei Mansion, and the most important thing was to look at the relationship between Yu Zhonghe, the supervisor of Xinzhou River and Lake. ”

He leaned back to make himself sit more comfortable, and continued unhurriedly: "Yu Zhonghe's mother is from the Xu family, and she is Xu Shaoyan's cousin, but the hall is relatively far away, maybe even Xu Shaoyan doesn't know that he has such a cousin, in fact, he knows, and knows very clearly, because he has used this person." ”

"The interpersonal relationships of you big families are too complicated, and it took me three or four days to sort out a little clue, especially for these trivial people."

Shen Leng said: "More than twenty years ago, there was an accident in your Yao family, when His Majesty had just arrived in Chang'an, do you remember Yao Chaoyuan?" Your real cousin is very close, but he is more than ten years older than you, and there are more than a dozen brothers from your father's generation, Yao Chaoyuan is your father is your uncle, and your father is eleventh. ”

"At that time, Yao Chaoyuan was also an official in the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Industry wanted to expand the treasury, and when he was doing this, your cousin Yao Chaoyuan forced away more than 20 households, and as a result, there was a big problem with a person's death, and the Tingwei Mansion investigated, and Yao Chaoyuan ate tens of thousands of taels of silver from it, and the matter was also investigated, so Yao Chaoyuan's house was raided, his head was cut off, and his family was sent as slaves."

When he said this, Yao Chaozong's face had already begun to turn pale.

But he still held on, glared at Shen Leng and said, "An Guogong, what's the use of you and me going over these old accounts?" When Yao Chaoyuan committed the crime, I had just joined the office, and I was not in the Ministry of Industry, so I had nothing to do with him, and His Majesty also asked the Tingwei Mansion to investigate clearly, none of our Yao family knew about the case, otherwise why didn't Your Majesty handle us? ”

Shen Leng said: "You listen to me." ”

He crossed his legs and looked more laid-back.

"Yao Chaoyuan's family was assigned as slaves, your aunt begged your uncle to intercede in front of Your Majesty, and in the end Your Majesty was merciful, all the adults in Yao Chaoyuan's family were allocated, all the children were pardoned, and most of these children were adopted, after all, you are a big family with a complicated relationship."

"Your aunt's name is Yao Simiao, and your uncle is Xu Shaoyan."

Shen sneered and said, "Who adopted Yao Chaoyuan's eldest daughter?" was adopted by Yu Zhonghe's mother, let's sort out the relationship...... Yu Zhonghe's mother is a member of the Xu family, Xu Shaoyan interceded, and Yao Chaoyuan's daughter was adopted by Yu Zhonghe's mother, which is the kindness of your aunt and uncle. ”

"After this girl arrived at Yu Zhonghe's house, she changed her surname to Yu and named her Yu Meilun."

Shen Leng looked at Yao Chaozong: "Do you still need me to continue?" I have already guessed that once Lin Miaozhai can't make up his mind about something, when Yao Meilun is not there, he will ask you to come forward, I thought you would be careful, but you showed up directly. ”

Shen Leng said: "Yao Meilun is your niece, you must know, and Xu Shaoyan must also know, let me tell you one more thing, the Tingwei Mansion has not found out the relationship between Xu Shaoyan and Yao Meilun, I found out, do you say I'm awesome?" ”

Shen Leng pressed forward: "Now I suspect that you have embezzled a large amount of disaster relief funds from the Ministry of Industry and transferred them to Lin Miaozhai. ”

Yao Chaozong's face turned pale, but he still sneered: "Even if the relationships between the characters you sort out are correct, so what?" I can completely say that I don't know, and I haven't embezzled a copper coin from the Ministry of Industry, An Guogong, you can't do anything with me. ”

"I told you so."

Shen Leng got up: "I'm a ruffian, I don't like to investigate cases, I just like to make people deserve it, let's omit the process of interrogating and investigating the case, and just convict directly...... The Sheng family's biggest business is water transportation, whether it is sea transportation or water transportation, and most of the approval documents of the Sheng family's water transportation caravans are from your hands, and you are the director of the Ministry of Water. ”

Shen Leng said: "I am the minister of the Qin mission ordered by His Majesty, responsible for investigating the case of the Sheng family, you are now involved, I have the right to cut the officials below the third rank first, I am not asking you anything, but telling you that you can die." ”

Shen Leng waved his hand: "Cut him." ”

Chen Ran came up with his own soldiers and dragged Yao Chaozong to the middle of the courtyard, two personal soldiers pressed Yao Chaozong's arm, one grabbed Yao Chaozong's hair and grabbed his head forward, Chen Ran brushed the ground and pulled out the black line knife and held it high......

"An Guogong!"

Yao Chaozong shouted loudly: "I'm not convinced! What you said can't condemn me at all, the approvals of all the Sheng family's fleets are reasonable and legal, and there is no dereliction of duty, even if Your Majesty asks, I dare to say so! ”

"Your Majesty will not ask you, but Your Majesty will see your head."

Shen Leng gave an order: "Cut!" ”

Chen Ran's knife was about to fall, and Yao Chaozong shouted: "An Guogong!" ”

Shen Leng asked, "Do you have any last words?" ”

"What do you want to know?"

Yao Chaozong completely collapsed, trembling all over, and his face was as white as paper: "What do you want to know?" ”

The corners of Shen Leng's mouth raised: "You finally have a word that touches me...... I want to know, where is Lin Miaozhai's property? It can't all be in Lin Miaozhai, and it can't be all on the open accounts of the money bank, I can not kill you, or even let you go back, but I must get this money. ”

"In ......"

Yao Chaozong suddenly reacted, if he confessed, wouldn't he be sure to die?

"You're trying to check the Depository Society."

Yao Chaozong suddenly laughed: "I finally understand what you mean, An Guogong, I'm sorry, you can cut off my head now." ”

Yao Chaozong slowly exhaled: "I won't say another word." ”