Naturally, there was no need to be interrogated in such a matter, and Shen Chongming took it upon himself to rush to the place where Zhao Mingda was held by the government office-firewood room.

Although it is a firewood room, there are a hundred sergeants outside, and Li Xijin has dozens of guards on the periphery, which can be described as an impregnable wall, no matter how high your martial arts are, you will never want to escape, not to mention that Zhao Mingda is still a powerless civil official.

Everyone could naturally recognize Shen Chongming, and they didn't ask, and directly let him and the two knife and pen officials walk into the firewood room.

The sky was dark, the firewood room was a little dim, and Zhao Mingda, whose hands and feet were tied, leaned on the corner of the wall with his eyes blankly and motionless, until he heard the sound of the door opening and raised his head slightly.

"Shen, Lord Shen." Seeing Shen Chongming walk in, Zhao Mingda struggled and wanted to stand up, but he was tied up for most of the night, and his hands and feet were already numb, where could he stand up.

"That's it, this official just wants to find out what you did in this case, where the 300,000 taels of tax silver were, and how you sneaked into the prison and killed Guo Lin and Hou Baofeng."

Zhao Mingda took a breath and spoke with a wry smile.

It turned out that Cai Wenyuan began to plan this matter half a year ago, and the goal was to let Zuo Bu's political envoy Guo Mingyi step down and make room for him.

However, if he wants to do this thing seamlessly, he can't do it alone, what he needs most is the person who buys the bank, and he has always wanted to find someone behind the scenes to take care of this matter for him, after all, it is easy to arouse the suspicion of others in his position.

Zhao Mingda was selected after election, a Hangzhou prefect and Zuo Bu's political envoy have nothing to do with each other at all, and when someone wants to find out about this case, they will not suspect Zhao Mingda.

And Zhao Mingda is eager to be promoted, and Guo Mingyi has always been not optimistic, and now Cai Wenyuan is looking for himself to do such a big thing, the two of them are people in the same boat, and they will have a lot of benefits when they are on an errand under him in the future.

The two hit it off, and Cai Wenyuan promised Zhao Mingda at the same time the position of the political secretary to participate in politics from Sanpin, as long as he grasped the power, he would immediately fulfill his promise.

The next thing is that Zhao Mingda handled it single-handedly, first bought off Hou Baofeng, the ambassador of the silver treasury, and Zhang Miaoshui, the head of his own government, and agreed that 200,000 taels of 300,000 taels of silver belonged to Hou Baofeng, and 100,000 taels belonged to Zhang Miaoshui.

These two people are also greedy for money, and they are rich and dangerous, so they agreed without much thought.

With manpower, the next thing is that Cai Wenyuan quietly arranged his people to work in the silver treasury, obeyed Hou Baofeng's dispatch, and prepared to smuggle silver in batches.

Then Zhao Mingda ordered Zhang Miaoshui, the abbot of Hangzhou Prefecture, under the pretext of repairing the Hangzhou prison, to secretly dig a tunnel from the prison that can only accommodate one person to crawl and go straight to the silver vault not far away, and there is a large space in the middle that can accommodate 300,000 taels of silver, and the exit is located on the wall of the well in the silver vault.

This is not a small project, Zhang Miaoshui and his three cronies and subordinates dug for two months to complete, and the prison was also repaired for two months.

Just because of this, Zhao Mingda was severely reprimanded by Guo Mingyi, saying that he was not doing things well and wasting money.

All this was completed, and Cai Wenyuan's long-planned silver vault key was also obtained, and after Zhao Mingda handed it over to Hou Baofeng, he began to secretly carry the silver taels as soon as the routine inspection of the political secretary was over.

Then he used to draw water and put the silver down the well to hide Zhang Miaoshui's three cronies who had been hiding in the cave.

And the three of them were responsible for taking care of the money, and they also ate and lived in the cave all the time.

Then Cai Wenyuan decided to attract the attention of Shen Chongming and Chen Xiao, and ordered Guo Lin to be strangled to death in prison, and it was also the hands of these three people who sneaked out in the middle of the night. Similarly, Hou Baofeng was also poisoned by them.

Shen Chongming smiled bitterly and shook his head, I have to say that this one is very powerful. The silver treasury and the government prison are not far apart, because it is a heavy land, so there are almost no houses in the middle, and there are not many pedestrians, even if there is a lot of movement when digging such a tunnel, it is difficult to be discovered by others.

Moreover, even if someone thought that the thief was transporting silver taels through the tunnel, they would never have thought that the entrance to the tunnel would be in the Hangzhou Mansion Prison, and the location could be described as secret.

"Lord Shen, everything I know has been said, can you see if you can not implicate Zi Qian. She's just a child, and she doesn't know anything, so be kind and keep her safe. Zhao Mingda said with a pleading face.

"Don't worry, you admit your guilt sincerely, and you are not the first offender, no one will hold Miss Zixi accountable." Shen Chongming said helplessly, I knew why I had to do it today, if I thought about my daughter at that time, how could you Zhao Mingda set foot on this road.

"Lord Xie, Lord Xie." If it weren't for the inconvenience of his hands and feet, Zhao Mingda would have kowtowed at this time. “

"Lord Shen stays." Seeing that Shen Chongming was leaving, Zhao Mingda hurriedly said.

"What else?" Shen Chongming was stunned, turned around and asked very curiously, the questions that should be explained have been explained, there should be nothing to hide.

"My lord, I have a reluctant request, and I hope you can agree." Zhao Mingda said a little nervously, and at the same time glanced at the two knife and pen officials.

"You go out first." Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shen Chongming had no choice but to say to the two sword and pen officials.

"Let's talk about it this time." Shen Chongming turned around and smiled bitterly, once a person is in trouble, there are a lot of things to worry about.

"Lord Shen, what do you think of the little girl Ziqian?" Zhao Mingda asked cautiously.

"Miss Zixi, she's a very nice girl." Shen Chongming nodded and said.

"Don't hide it from Lord Shen, I was originally going to marry the little girl to you, but unfortunately it is no longer possible, alas." Zhao Mingda shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Shen Chongming's heart suddenly changed, but he didn't expect that he really let himself guess correctly.

Without waiting for Shen Chongming to speak, Zhao Mingda continued: "Lord Shen, now that I am guilty of death, the little girl's livelihood will be lost in the future. In this world, she is alone and I don't care if my father dies, and I ask Lord Shen to take pity on her, and I don't dare to expect a wife and concubine, as long as I can protect her from being bullied. As he spoke, he knelt on the ground with all his strength and kowtowed.

"Lord Zhao, what are you doing here?" Shen Chongming was taken aback, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said.

"Lord Shen, I beg you, you must promise to take care of Ziqian on my behalf, and I, Zhao Mingda, will be able to make you a cow and a horse in the next life." Zhao Mingda is struggling, if he doesn't arrange it, how can he let his daughter live with a daughter's family.

"I promise, you get up quickly." Shen Chongming really couldn't pull it anymore, so he could only say yes, this was Zhao Mingda's deathbed entrustment, and he had a good impression of Zhao Ziqian, where could he bear to refuse.

"Thank you for your great kindness, Zhao Mingda will definitely repay you in the next life, and you will definitely repay it." Zhao Mingda said with gratitude on his face, his originally decadent face also had a more radiant look, and his daughter could live a peaceful and stable life in the second half of her life, then he would have nothing to worry about.

Leaving the firewood room, Shen Chongming thought about it and called Li Xijin, who was in charge of bringing people to guard it, and ordered: "Li Zhutou, all the facts of the case are clear, you can take someone to take Zhao Mingda to the government prison for custody now." ”

"Yes, let's go." Li Xijin saluted respectfully, beckoned people and walked into the firewood room.

Looking at Zhao Mingda, who was walking towards the distance, kept looking back at him, Shen Chongming nodded at him, and turned around and walked towards Zhao Ziqian's house.

The trees fell and scattered, and not long after Zhao Mingda, the prefect, fell, the back office of Nuoda seemed to be depressed, the fallen leaves were all over the ground and no human voices were heard, and none of the servants who came in and out in the past were gone.

"Ugh." Looking at this scene, Shen Chongming couldn't help but sigh. Then he knocked on Zhao Ziqian's door.

Not long after the door opened, Zhao Ziqian, whose eyes were red and swollen, stood pitifully in front of Shen Chongming, her eyes blank and her expression demented.

"Miss Ziqian......" When the words came to his mouth, Shen Chongming didn't know what to say, his words of comfort seemed too fake, and it was inappropriate to tell a few jokes, and the boss was embarrassed.

There was silence for a while, and finally Zhao Ziqian opened her mouth first: "Lord Shen, it's windy outside, sit in the house." With that, he stepped out of the way.

At this time, there was a faint fragrance in the house in Zhao Ziqian's living place, but Shen Chongming didn't have the heart to taste it carefully, and opened his mouth and said: "Miss Ziqian, your father asked me to take care of you, there is no one living here, so you can pack up your things and go to the post station later." ”

Zhao Ziqian smiled bitterly, "Thank you, Lord Shen, Ziqian is not going anywhere, Ziqian is here waiting for her father to come back." As he spoke, tears flowed down again.

Shen Chongming was stunned, and couldn't help but sigh again, can he come back?

Seeing him like this, Zhao Ziqian also understood what he meant, but she still couldn't help asking, "Lord Shen, doesn't my father have any chance of his life?" ”

Shen Chongming shook his head slightly, looked up at Zhao Ziqian and said, "Your father's crime this time is very famous, and it is already a great luck that you are not implicated, and it is impossible to survive." ”

Zhao Ziqian couldn't help but close her eyes, although she had known that this was the result, but she still couldn't accept it when it came to the end.