Chapter 53: Generous Strokes
Seeing Zhou Tingxue's crazy behavior, as if he was crazy, Ma Yun hesitated a little. He originally thought that this was just a huge amount of corruption case, but now it seems that there are a lot of people involved, and it also involves his fifth uncle, Ma Xiguang, the left general of Tiance Mansion.
To try or not to try is a difficult question. If you don't try it, how can you explain this matter today? Especially when the Foundry Bureau was sealed, how would it be explained to the King of Chu at that time? In terms of trial, what role did Ma Xiguang play in this case? Is he the backstage of the whole ink corruption case?
Moreover, today's case was received in front of the public, and the reporter also said loudly, I sued Zhou Tingxue, the county magistrate of Wangcheng County, and then Ma Yun also said in public that he must strictly investigate to the end, and even at that time, the soldiers were divided into two ways, one was led by Shentu Congjian to seal up the Foundry Bureau, and the other was personally led by him to the county office, blocking Zhou Tingxue, lest he destroy the evidence.
But I didn't expect that the background behind this case is so deep. This is a pool of muddy water, Ma Yun faintly regretted it in his heart. He looked at Zhou Tingxu's miserable face covered with blood, couldn't help waving his hand, and said, "Take him to the prison and send someone to guard him." ”
He regretted that he shouldn't have taken on this case, and even more regretted that he didn't bring Zhao Pu with him. There are not many people in Ma Yun's sleeves, and they have just laid down Nanping, and they are busy with all aspects and various affairs, and sometimes they can't even take care of eating. Moreover, Fan Zhen, Wu Ban, Zhao Pu, and Li Xiang each have their own focuses, and they are in charge of different affairs, Fan Zhen is in charge of civil affairs, Wu Ban is in charge of finance, Zhao Pu is in charge of criminal names, and Li Xiang is in charge of military affairs, and none of these people can leave. Besides, Ma Yun came to Changsha to see his father, and he will be back soon. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen.
Ma Yun is very nerve-wracking, and at this time, he doesn't care about whether he is greedy for ink or not. The key is that this fifth uncle, according to Peng Shuang's introduction, the information from Changsha is often leaked by this fifth uncle, just like the one in Lichun Courtyard, among the six people, only this fifth uncle is helping him speak. I never thought about it, this person who laughs and laughs all day long is not simple at all, and he is still so bold, 300,000 taels of silver.
Zhao Ziying, Jing Niang, and Qiao Niang, when they walked into the study, they saw Ma Yun frowning, pacing in the room, walking back and forth. The books were scattered on the ground, and there were still a few drops of red blood on the ground in front of the books, and the table was clean except for a piece of paper.
Looking at Ma Yun's hesitation, Zhao Jingniang, who had just entered the house, asked with a smile: "Husband, don't you want to be the master of Qingtian?" Why don't you open a court for interrogation? ”
Before Ma Yun could speak, Zhao Ziying on the side said: "Don't be too anxious about the interrogator, have you found anything, husband?" ”
Ma Yun pointed to the disgusting letter on the table and did not speak.
Zhao Ziying walked over, looked at it, and said, "I didn't expect the fifth uncle to have something to do with this matter?" ”
Ma Yun sneered: "It's not just about it, he is the backstage of this matter." You may not know that fifth uncle, he is kind and kind all day long, although it is a little funny, and he is polite to others, but I didn't expect that he would actually do such a big case. ”
Zhao Ziying asked, "Husband, what are you going to do?" Interrogate Zhou Tingxue and completely uncover the case? ”
Ma Yun looked at Zhao Ziying and said with a smile: "If it is someone else, even if it is the fourth uncle, I dare to thoroughly investigate this case." But the fifth uncle can't. The king of Chu has always been accustomed to the children of the clan, and the fifth uncle and the king of Chu are brothers of the same mother. Even if I investigate this case thoroughly, when I get to the King of Chu, it is very likely that I will gently punish the fifth uncle. On the contrary, I, a person who does things, is very likely to be on both sides. ”
Qiao Niang on the side said: "It's not simple, just when we don't know about it." Let's leave right away, no matter what. ”
Before Ma Yun could speak, there was a sergeant outside and reported: "Lord Wang, Captain Shentu is back." ”
Ziying and they hurriedly wanted to hide, Ma Yun waved and said, "No need, Shentu is not an outsider." Then he said in a loud voice, "Let him in." ”
After Shentu Congjian came in, he didn't dare to look at Zhao Ziying, in fact, since he recognized Zhao Ziying in Nanping, he may have a fresh memory of the experience of soaking in the Yangtze River, and he couldn't look back, and he was extremely in awe of Zhao Ziying. He immediately walked up to Ma Yun and said, "Lord Wang, I found this account book in the wall of the account room of the Foundry Bureau. As he spoke, he handed Ma Yun a booklet with a cyan book.
Ma Yun hesitated and opened his hand, and when he opened it, his face was suffocated, and he was speechless for a long time. The ledger records are extremely detailed, and they record how much silver came in at what time, how many silver spears came out, and how much profit they made each time. Besides, there is a specific place for this dirty silver on it, which is a string of eye-catching names: Ma Xiguang, Liu Yanyan... Most of these people were generals of the internal army.
Ma Yin, the king of Wumu, used Gao Yu's suggestion to govern the interior and the outside, and divided the Chu soldiers into internal and external armies, and most of the internal armies were strong soldiers in the army, and their combat effectiveness was much stronger than that of the foreign army. The internal army and the foreign army have always been controlled by the children of the Ma family, and the one who controls the inner army is Ma Xiguang, the left general of Tiance Mansion, and the one who controls the foreign army is Ma Xiyin, who is the envoy of Jingjiang Jiedu, and the person who is in charge of Wuping Jiedu, Ma Xicao, etc.
Looking at this bill, this dirty silver was actually embezzled by the generals of the internal army. Ma Yun thought about it, and now he has real power in the internal army, and there is no list of him in the account book, only a few people such as Wang Yun and Xu Qiong. With the King of Chu here, the internal army did not dare to rebel, but if this case is investigated to the end, Ma Xiguang can be saved, and Liu Yanyao's group of people will definitely die. At this time, most of the generals of the internal army were defeated, but it gave Ma Guangliang a good time to control the internal army. After all, now, in the internal army, only Xu Qiong is from Ma Guangliang's party.
Seeing that Ma Yun was silent, Shen Tu couldn't help but say again: "Lord Wang, in the east wing of the Foundry Bureau, there are still twenty boxes of silver." ”
Ma Yun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly opened the account book again, turning to the last page, which recorded, "Until October 28, 100,000 taels of silver will be intercepted and transported to Changsha on the same day." ”
These 100,000 taels are dirty silver!
Ma Yun secretly turned his mind in his heart, and Qiao Niang next to him said: "Nanping is so poor, why don't you escort it to Jiangling?" ”
Heroes see the same thing! Ma Yun glanced up in surprise, but found that it was Qiao Niang who said it. I couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, coughed a few times at the moment, and said slowly: "What do you think of this matter?" ”