"No sin, hehe, your sin is great...... Bribery in person will be added to the crime. Shen Xi suddenly looked at Yun Liu, who was recording behind the screen, "Have you recorded Governor Zhang's words before?" ”

Yun Liu got up and respectfully reported: "Back to the adult's words, word by word, there are no mistakes or omissions." ”

Only then did Zhang Lian know that he had been tricked by Shen Xi again, and roared: "Induce confession, you are inducing confession!" ”

Shen Xi shrugged his shoulders and said nothing, as if to say, I'll induce a confession, what can you do to me?

Wang He next to him looked a little unpleasant, it turned out that Lord Qincha was not sincere in accepting bribes, but just deceived Zhang Lian in order to find evidence of the crime, so he just agreed, wouldn't it be equivalent to admitting that he was also a bribe-taking official?

Zhang Lian was escorted down amid the shouting, and Shen Xi said with a smile: "Commander Wang's mind is quick, and he can actually detect my intentions and make the prisoner not admit himself. ”

Wang He smiled bitterly...... Where is his quick mind? is simply following Shen Xi's meaning, ready to be very greedy!

Zhang Lian can give out 60,000 taels of silver plus the house deed and land deed at one time, what is his real net worth? It seems that "100,000 snowflakes of silver in the Qing Governor's Mansion in three years" is not a rumor, as the hereditary commander of Quanzhou Guard, Wang He only has the share of looking up, and it is not enough to receive that little filial piety on weekdays, and it is not enough to stuff Zhang Lian's teeth.

Shen Xi was afraid that Wang He would be worried, so he specially asked Yun Liu to show Wang He the recorded content of the hall.

It wasn't until Wang He confirmed that it only recorded Zhang Lian's greed for life and fear of death and bribes, and did not mention his previous conversation with Shen Xi, that he was relieved.

"All the prisoners have been escorted back, please show the two adults!"

About an hour later, the two levels of yamen in Quanzhou Prefecture and County, from Zhang Lian and below, including Wu Gang, Tongzhi, Heng Shaoyuan, Jinjiang Zhixian and others, were escorted to the Quanzhou Health Bureau.

Shen Xi said: "The king of labor has commanded the envoy to send troops into the city to maintain the stability of the city, and after the officials interrogate and judge the case, they will leave Quanzhou, and they will not cause trouble to Quanzhou Wei." ”

Wang He thought about it, nodded with a somewhat embarrassed face, and gave a few words to the people under his hands before leaving the official office.

Shen Xi was worried that Zhang Lian's comrades in the city would make trouble, and they needed to be maintained by officers and soldiers, so they could not make changes in the city.

Send Wang He away, Shen Xi Magpie's Nest and Dove Zhan, Quanzhou Wei and even Quanzhou Mansion are temporarily in charge of him, and the most important thing at the moment is to use the Quanzhou Health Office in Luojiang as a public court to interrogate the prisoners.

Yu Niang looked worried: "Is it a bit hasty for Lord Shen to arrest Zhang Lian and others like this?" Even if the dirty silver is caught, Zhang Lian will not admit it, and when the time comes, ...... I'm afraid it's not good to explain to the court. ”

Shen Xi asked, "Is Yu Niang worried about her future, or does she think that she has no ability to judge the case?" ”

Yu Niang heard that Shen Xi's words were a little alienated, and saluted: "The slave family has no such intention, but just reminds Lord Shen that this case is very important, and if it can't be completed, it may affect the future of the adult." ”

Shen Xi smiled: "Yu Niang doesn't need to pick good words to comfort me...... As I said, this Quanzhou Mansion seems to be an iron bucket array, but as long as one of the links is opened, it will fall apart...... This is true of the case, and so is the perpetrators of the case. ”

Yu Niang thought about it, but still shook her head, indicating that she was puzzled.

Shen Xi said: "Yu Niang can rest assured that she will leave the matter to me to deal with, and I will also bother Miss Yunliu and Miss Xi'er to take a trip to Thornton Port." The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce sent a batch of grain and silver money, and the grain was distributed to the victims, and the silver money was ...... Sent to Quanzhou Weilai. ”

"This ......"

Yu Niang looked at Shen Xi curiously.

Shen Xi sighed: "We borrowed the venue and personnel of Quanzhou Wei to do things, if we don't say anything at all, I'm afraid that Commander Wang will be strange." ”

Yu Niang couldn't help but shake her head and smile bitterly, Shen Xi just refused Zhang Lian's bribery with righteousness and solemnity, and wanted to investigate Zhang Lian for corruption and bribery, and now he actually took the initiative to "bribe" Quanzhou Wei with silver money, is there any principle?

But she knows that in the officialdom, some things have to be tactful, if Shen Xi doesn't let the Chamber of Commerce give money, why should Quanzhou Wei help you contribute?

If Wang He is bribed in private and fights back, Shen Xi's side is weak and he has no ability to resist, as long as Shen Xi and her die, this case will become an unsolved case, and the people involved will be safe.

Yu Niang nodded, and arranged for Yunliu and Xi'er to go to the branch of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to send silver money to the Quanzhou Health Office according to Shen Xi's instructions.

Shen Xi was able to quietly come to Quanzhou from Tingzhou Mansion, in fact, it was also through the channel of the Chamber of Commerce, and he made a big circle by water and land.

Zhang Lian never thought that after Shen Xixi went west to the Ganjiang River, he immediately mixed in the freight team of the Chamber of Commerce, boarded the ship from the upper reaches of the Tingjiang River, passed through the capital city of Tingzhou without entering, went down the river, went ashore at Shanghang Ferry, and then rushed to Anxi in the upper reaches of the Jinjiang River by land, and arrived at Quanzhou Jiantong Port by boat again. Subsequently, he went with the delivery convoy of the Chamber of Commerce to Luojiang Town, where the Quanzhou Health Office is located.

Yu Niang knows martial arts, and it is not difficult to escape Zhang Lian's surveillance, but Shen Xi is just an ordinary literati, and he is the champion of the public eye, and it is not easy to go to Quanzhou without knowing it.

Shen Xi sighed: "Without further ado, the arraignment must be carried out immediately. ”

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Yu Niang was very grateful to Shen Xi for being able to help.

It's just that Yu Niang doesn't agree with Shen Xi's reckless approach of cutting first and then playing.

After Shen Xi got Ma Wensheng's warrant for the transfer of troops from her, he actually went to Quanzhou Wei to find the commander Wang He and ordered Zhang Lian to be trapped.

Many people may wonder why there is no evidence for natural disasters and civil unrest that are ready-made.

But the problem now is that the yamen at both levels of Quanzhou prefecture and county refer to the people participating in the "anti-grain resistance" as chaotic people, and the words of the chaotic people can be used as evidence in court? Natural disasters are a fact, but the treasury is also a fact, which shows that my Quanzhou government has a good governance, and the disaster has not affected the harvest, so it should be rewarded! As for the landlords and merchants who deposited grain in the government treasury, who would dare to jump out and testify before the prefect Zhang Lian did not fall? You obviously don't want to live!

This is the fundamental reason why Yu Niang went to Quanzhou to investigate for a long time but was at a loss, and could not find strong human and physical evidence!

But Shen Xi was surprisingly confident, and this kind of confidence was incomprehensible to Yu Niang.

"I hope nothing happens, and it will go smoothly." Yu Niang had already thought about it, and when Shen Xi finished interrogating the officials of the yamen at the government and county levels, she would immediately write a letter and send it to the capital quickly, so that Liu Daxia could make proper arrangements. Yu Niang was very afraid that Shen Xi would ruin his good future because he helped him, and was even dismissed and condemned because of this.

Shen Xi sat down in the lobby of the Quanzhou Health Office and shouted: "Someone, arraign the criminal!" ”

"Take the prisoner!"

Although the Quanzhou Health Office has a lobby, it has not been opened for decades, this official office is theoretically a military command organization, and the occasional court interrogation is only the military households under its jurisdiction, but even if the Quanzhou Wei occasionally has military households committed crimes, it has not reached the point of the hall, and everything has been solved in private.

But today, Shen Xi regarded the lobby of the Quanzhou Health Office as the prefect's yamen court, and the interrogators were still the officials of the prefecture and county levels, and some people were still above Shen Xi.

According to Shen Xi's instructions, the first two were escorted in, one of them was Wu Gang, the same governor of Quanzhou Prefecture, and the other was Heng Shaoyuan, the governor of Jinjiang County, both of whom had participated in the reception of Shen Xi, and when they saw Shen Xi sitting at the desk, the two did not kneel, their faces were full of questions.

As soon as Zhang Zhifu was called to Quanzhou Wei, a group of soldiers came to surround the Yamen of Quanzhou County, and punched and kicked after a little argument, which was really swept away, and he could only be arrested in desperation, but it was not Wang He, the commander of Quanzhou Wei, who was escorted to meet us?

Wu Gang asked in surprise, "What kind of wind blew Lord Qincha back?" ”

Shen Xi pondered for a moment: "Northwest wind." ”

Wu Gang was stunned for a while, and Shen Xi actually took the trouble to discuss the wind direction with him.

"Get on your knees!" The officers and soldiers next to him shouted.

Heng Shaoyuan's official quality is not as high as Shen Xi's, so he won't say anything if he kneels.

But Wu Gang is a little unhappy, it is appropriate to be respectful to the Qincha, but you are not in his position and do not seek his government, you are responsible for the imperial mission to welcome the envoys, but you did not let you get involved in local government affairs, plus you are not the imperial history and six departments of the Imperial Procuratorate, why let me kneel?

Even if you want to try me, you should find someone who is older than me or who is in his position.

The officers and soldiers next to him saw that Wu Gang was not kneeling, and was about to step forward to make a rough move, but was stopped by Shen Xi stretching out his hand.

Shen Xi said: "Wu Tongzhi is a five-grade court official, and if he doesn't kneel in reasonableness, then stand and try the case." Ben Qincha did not want to beat around the bush, and directly explained that after the investigation and verification of this official, during his tenure as the prefect of Quanzhou, the criminal Zhang Lian, in addition to the crime of fornicating with foreign countries, colluding with bandits, and embezzling war exploits, concealed the disaster situation when governing the locality, and apportioned exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the disaster year, so that the people's resentment boiled. As for the anti-grain case, he even advocated arresting and injuring the people, provoking civil unrest. ”

Wu Gang protested loudly: "Lord Qincha has no empirical evidence, can he indiscriminately wronged good people?" ”

"Good man, hehe, are you?" Shen Xi said, "The yamen at the prefecture and county levels are all involved in the case, how much money do you have, how much money you have, how much you are worth, everyone knows in their hearts, there are some things that can't stand up to investigation......"

Wu Gang didn't say anything, but Heng Shaoyuan hurriedly explained: "Go back to your lordship, the business ...... the Xiaguan's family."

didn't talk about the topic, just said that the family was in business, needless to say that Heng Shaoyuan was already afraid...... The origin of the huge wealth is unknown, which is not easy to explain, so we can only find another way!

Although the reputation of business is more unpleasant, it can be cleared of crimes, but the situation is critical, and it is impossible to care about the good reputation.

No matter which dynasty, corrupt officials often do not dare to spend money indiscriminately after corruption, so they can only hide the silver and wait for a few generations before taking it out and using it.

Compared with ordinary people, money cannot be revealed after becoming an official!

Shen Xi said: "Ben Qin has no time to care about whether anyone in your family is in business, I just want to remind you that if you report Zhang Lian, you may be able to make meritorious service and be exempt from punishment, otherwise you will ......."

Wu Gang had a resolute attitude: "Lord Qincha doesn't need to say much, this official will never frame Shangguan." ”

Shen Xi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, Ben Qincha admires Wu Tongzhi's spirit of sacrificing himself very much. If you refuse to testify, there will always be so many people from the yamen at the two levels of Quanzhou Prefecture and County who will come out to testify...... Wu Tongzhi, do you believe it or not? ”

Wu Gang sneered: "There are not a few people in the world who are greedy for life and afraid of death, and the lower officials will not argue with Lord Qincha." Justice is at ease in people's hearts. ”

Shen Xi smiled silently, and did not let the soldiers escort the two out of the hall, but blocked the mouths of the two and asked them to go to the back hall to listen to the trial, and through the curtain, take a good look at the faces of the two levels of the yamen at the prefecture and county levels.

was originally a group of villains who were corrupt and perverted the law, and after Zhang Lian fell, it was a fool's dream to expect them to keep their mouths shut.

"Take someone to commit it!"

Shen Xi brought two criminals in at a time, which was more particular than pulling one person to the court at a time.

When a person goes to the court, no one around will be uneasy, but he doesn't know the attitude of others, and he easily doesn't dare to be the forest bird, because when he is confronted in court, it is easy to expose the identity of the "two or five boys", which will harm the family, and no one dares to "rebel" easily.

When the two went to court, in order not to reveal the news, they would not admit to the crime, and they did not dare to testify against their bosses, because they were afraid that the other party would leak their secrets. But once they quit the hall and people are uneasy, the two of them will discuss countermeasures, and they will think that if they leak it anyway, someone will bear it with them, and they will not be so afraid in their hearts.

But if there are more than three people, there will be a herd mentality, others don't confess, I don't confess, and the law doesn't blame the public!

"Lord Chincha spares his life!"

The second group of people came in, because the official position was not high, and before Shen Xi could speak, the two of them had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

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