There were many torches, and Chen Hai, the commander of the Yamen of the Zhejiang Metropolitan Division, specially arrived with a thousand soldiers and horses to protect the post station, and the battle in the courtyard was over, and more than 20 black-clothed assassins were also powerful, all of them were killed, and each of them was captured alive.

However, Zhang Miaoshui and them are not all the way, but they don't have the momentum of seeing death as home, and they will kneel in front of Shen Chongming tremblingly.

"Zhang Zhutou, who is the mastermind behind the scenes?" Shen Chongming wiped the small fire gun in his hand, and asked without raising his eyelids.

"Lord Shen, I am not an assassin, I am ordered to protect the safety of your lords." Seeing that Zhang Miaoshui still wanted to quibble, Shen Chongming smiled coldly, "The case is serious, you should know what the crime is, 300,000 taels of tax silver is enough to put the lives of your whole family into it, and now that you are happy to confess, this official can ask the imperial court to give you a reduction in responsibility, at least the lives of your family members will not need to be taken on the line." ”

After struggling in his heart, Zhang Miaoshui raised his head and begged: "Please also ask Lord Shen to keep his promise and spare my family's life, if the adult can guarantee this, I, Zhang Miaoshui, know everything." ”

Shen Chongming smiled and said very seriously: "Don't worry, what the official says always counts, and with so many adults present today, the official will not make promises." ”

"Master Xie." Zhang Miaoshui took a deep breath and said, "It was the prefect Zhao Mingda who instructed me to come." ”

The air in the room instantly condensed, and more than a dozen people looked at each other in disbelief. Everyone has doubted it, but the prefect of Hangzhou, who can't be beaten with eight poles, has never been suspected.

"Zhang Miaoshui, don't splash dirty water at will, if what you say is not true, it will be a crime of one more degree." Shen Chongming asked angrily.

"My lord, where do I dare to lie to you at this time, don't say you don't believe it, I didn't even believe it when Zhao Mingdara and I joined the gang." Zhang Miaoshui smiled bitterly, and he was also wondering why Zhao Mingda didn't need silver to plan this matter.

Seeing that Zhang Miaoshui's expression didn't look like a fake, Shen Chongming only felt that his heart was cool and cool, if it was really Zhao Mingda's mastermind, then Miss Ziqian ......

Thinking of this, Shen Chongming couldn't help but shiver, confused.

"My lord, without further ado, let's take Zhao Mingda for interrogation first." Chen Xiao saw that Shen Chongming had not moved for a long time, and couldn't help but speak.

The rest of the people also nodded again and again, Wu Neng was given a knife by the gangster just now, and he was being healed at this time, Zhao Langzhong and Director Xin were also frightened enough by this matter, and directly handed over all the things to Shen Chongming to decide, and now everyone is looking at him.

Taking a deep breath, Shen Chongming's mood calmed down a lot, he got up and hugged his fists and said to Chen Hai: "Lord Chen, please order all the people, let's rush to the prefect's yamen!" ”

Chen Hai nodded expressionlessly, turned around and shouted: "Pass on the official general's order, all the soldiers leave and rush to the prefect's yamen, without the permission of Lord Shen and this official, no one is allowed to enter and leave without permission!" ”

The subordinates who followed behind hurriedly responded and climbed out with their feet up to give orders.

Watching the post station people go to the empty building, Cai Wenyuan, who had been hiding in the dark observation, walked out slowly, smiled bitterly, and said to himself: "Ten years of work will be ruined." ”

The prefect's yamen, Zhao Mingda has been waiting in the study, and his heart has been in his throat since Zhang Miaoshui led people to the post station, once this matter goes wrong, it will be all over.

Every time he thinks of the consequences, Zhao Mingda can't help but regret it in his heart, it is all a greedy word to cause trouble, others are greedy for money, but he is greedy for fame, and he is bent on climbing up to make such a big mistake today, what do you want these things outside your body to do at such an old age.

Just as he was sighing again and again, the housekeeper ran in in a panic without knocking on the door, "Master, something is wrong, the yamen is surrounded by officers and soldiers!" ”

His head was stunned, and Zhao Mingda was instantly petrified on the chair, it's over, it's all over.

"Master, are you alright?" Seeing Zhao Mingda's pale face, the housekeeper couldn't help but be startled, and quickly pounced in front of him and began to shake.

After a while, Zhao Mingda finally came back to his senses, and he didn't know where he got the strength to push away the housekeeper and stand up, took a deep breath and said, "Go, take care of the young lady and don't let her go out, I will deal with the things outside." ”

Looking at Zhao Mingda's unquestionable expression, although the housekeeper was eager to know what was going on, he still couldn't help but ask, nodded and turned around and ran out.

With a sigh of relief, Zhao Mingda picked up the official hat on the table, dressed neatly with a solemn expression, and walked out with his head held high with his hands behind his back.

The back door of the prefect's yamen was closed, and Shen Chongming, who arrived on horseback, was not in a hurry to get off the horse and go in, to be honest, he was really a little afraid, once this case was really committed by Zhao Mingda, it would be difficult for Miss Ziqian to survive.

Chen Hai was about to wave his hand to let the soldiers knock open the door, the originally closed door slowly opened, and Zhao Mingda, who was dressed in an official robe, walked out slowly, looking at the tied and sturdy Zhang Miaoshui standing at the front, he couldn't help but sigh, and the last bit of luck in his heart came to naught.

In the main hall of the mansion, Zhao Mingda, who was also tied up by the five flowers, knelt down under the hall with a depressed expression, and his face was pale under the firelight.

And the place where he sat in the past became Shen Chongming, looking at Zhao Mingda kneeling there, Shen Chongming couldn't help but shake his head.

"Daddy!" Just as Shen Chongming raised the startled wood and wanted to take a picture, Zhao Ziqian's voice rang out, and when he looked up, he was pushed and shoved by a few fierce soldiers and walked in.

Seeing Zhao Mingda kneeling there, Zhao Ziqian pushed everyone away and hurriedly ran forward, hugged Zhao Mingda and cried, "Daddy, why are they helping you." ”

The night breeze was blowing, looking at Zhao Ziqian wearing a single dress, which made Shen Chongming feel unbearable, put down the shocking wood and took off his official robe directly, and walked towards Zhao Ziqian with it.

"Lord Shen, why are you arresting my father?" Zhao Ziqian did not refuse, but grabbed Shen Chongming and asked anxiously.

"Miss Ziqian, this ......" Looking at her pitiful expression, Shen Chongming was speechless for a while, and he really didn't know how to tell her about this matter.

"Zixi, stand down!" Zhao Mingda raised his head and said.

"Daddy." Looking at Zhao Mingda's embarrassed image, Zhao Ziqian couldn't help crying.

"Stand down!" Zhao Mingda shouted with a tiger face, fortunately it was Shen Chongming who was in charge of the trial, otherwise even his daughter would have to suffer.

Seeing Zhao Ziqian trembling and retreating to the side, Shen Chongming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, turned around and sat back.

"Smack!" Shocked, Shen Chongming said in a deep voice: "The criminal Zhao Mingda, who is the mastermind of the theft of the silver treasury, quickly recruit the law of the Ming Dynasty and still open the net to you, don't affect your family!" ”

When he asked this, Shen Chongming was worried in his heart, for fear that Zhao Mingda would be the mastermind, and in that case, Zhao Ziqian would not be able to escape his fate.

Zhao Mingda is already dead now, the only thing he cares about is his daughter, as soon as he heard Shen Chongming ask like this, he didn't want to confess the mastermind: "It's the right political envoy Cai Wenyuan who is the mastermind!" ”

There was another silence, and everyone showed a look of disbelief, never expected that Cai Wenyuan, who was usually in a nest, masterminded this matter, and was even more surprised than knowing from Zhang Miao's mouth that the instigator was Zhao Mingda.

Looking at everyone's expressions, Zhao Mingda smiled bitterly and said: "Cai Wenyuan promised me that once the matter is completed, Guo Bu's political envoy will be convicted and dismissed, and he will ask the court to promote me to the political secretary and participate in politics from the third grade." ”

Hearing this, everyone suddenly realized that everything was reasonable.

Seeing Zhao Mingda's clear explanation so briskly, Shen Chongming couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, looked sideways at Zhao Ziqian, who was already stupid there, and said loudly: "The criminal Zhao Mingda will be imprisoned for the time being, and the family members of the criminal can monitor it, and you must not offend at will, and leave the court!" ”

Seeing that his daughter was okay for the time being, Zhao Mingda couldn't help but cast his grateful gaze at Shen Chongming.

Zhao Mingda was taken down, and everyone immediately rushed to Cai Wenyuan's mansion non-stop, but unfortunately, although more than 20 servants and maidservants were captured on the spot, Cai Wenyuan's figure was not found.

Originally, there were still many people who suspected that Zhao Mingda was biting indiscriminately in order to reduce the guilt, but as soon as he looked at the situation in front of him, he knew that Cai Wenyuan was definitely the mastermind, otherwise how could he mysteriously disappear in the middle of the night.

Without saying a word, he commanded Chen Hai to immediately lead his men and horses to block the city gate and the whole city, and Shen Chongming and others also went to find Guo Mingyi, he was the chief official of the Zhejiang Political Division, so many things needed to be stated to him, and then he could expedite the express report and send it to the capital to see what the imperial court meant.

Hearing that the theft of the treasury silver was actually his deputy mastermind, Guo Mingyi couldn't help but be dumbfounded, sighed and said: "This official knows countless people, and he rarely looks away when he asks himself, but he didn't expect to be deceived by the people around him for five years, alas." As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of his dead nephew.

"Lord Shen, Lord Chen, have you ever found out where the 300,000 taels of tax silver are? There were also two murders in the Hangzhou government prison, but the jailers didn't know at all, how did they do it? ”

Shen Chongming was stunned for a moment, and then said with some embarrassment: "Don't hide it, Lord Xiaguan and Lord Chen are in a hurry to arrest the criminal, and they haven't had time to ask about this yet." ”

"Hehe, the two adults have done a good job, compared to silver, these court moths are the most important." Guo Mingyi smiled, and the matter was revealed.