For the next three days, Qian Jin and Hong Men Da have been nesting in the town government department.

Director Lin and Director Cai have been invited here by the two of them in the name of protection, but in fact, they are trying to extract confessions.

Na Lin is a person who has died once, naturally he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and his tone is relatively loose, Qian Jin is not difficult for him, he only locked him in an ordinary prison, and was entertained with good wine and meat three meals a day; Director Cai is Liu Shilang's confidant, and he knows a lot of things, but he is also very strict in his mouth, so he was detained in Zhao Prison, that is, where Tianzheng Gong was imprisoned back then.

Halfway through, Qian Jin asked Hong Menda to lead him to the cell where his grandfather "lived" back then.

There are two floors in the entire Zhao Prison, one above ground and one underground. The cell where Tianzheng Gong lived was in the innermost part of the dungeon, surrounded by all kinds of torture instruments, which were indescribably eerie and terrifying, and far away from the other rooms, known as the "No. 1 room of Tianzi" in Zhaojiao. Since Tensho Gong was released from prison, no one has been imprisoned here.

In this less than three square meters, my grandfather was imprisoned for eight years, and the wound on his right leg festered because of it, and finally he had to knock out the infected part with a torture instrument. Looking at the rusty iron prison and the wheat straw wrung out of the mud, Qian Jin almost clenched the water out of his fists, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't ask anything.

After half a pillar of incense, he walked out of the dungeon with a gloomy face.

The two of them then went to the upper floor. Although the conditions here are also very harsh, it can be said to be a paradise compared to the dungeon. Cai's main matter is here. In order to isolate the investigation of those who have a heart, Hong Menda also specially arranged a separate cell for him.

For Cai's main matter, since the first day he was imprisoned, Qian Jin has already had a way to deal with it. The key to this is still on Director Lin. As long as Director Lin confesses something, whether it is conclusive evidence or chasing after the wind, Qian Jin will always play it up and then reveal it to Director Cai. Hong Menda added oil and vinegar to the side, and from time to time he said: Who's home has been copied again.

This Cai is also a man, no matter how Qian Jin and Hong Menda coerce and lure, he is silent. Qian Jin is not in a hurry, anyway, you are already in my hands, how to handle it depends on my mood.

However, the fact that the money is not in a hurry does not mean that the officials are not in a hurry.

In the past two days, the officials have sent people to squat outside the gate of the Zhenfu Division. Liu Shilang came to the door twice in person, one to plead, and the other to find out the news.

Hongmenda now has a holy purpose, and he has also informed him of the left commander of Jinyi Weizuo, where do you care what kind of bullshit you are, and he blew him away without saying a word. On weekdays, Jin Yiwei is not welcomed, but today finally let him raise his eyebrows once, not to mention how sour it feels.

Back in the Zhenfu Division, Hong Menda whistled while bragging in front of Qian Jin about driving him away from Liu Shilang.

At this time, Qian Jin was sitting on the desk to sort out the confession of Director Lin. Since taking over the case of selling officials, Hong Menda has arranged a separate duty room for him in the Zhenfu Division to facilitate his affairs.

Hearing Hong Menda's boasting, Qian Jin couldn't help muttering in his heart: Liu Shilang adopted a strategy of exterminating Director Lin, but it was completely different to Director Cai, could it be that he really caught a big fish this time? After a rough calculation, the raid of Director Lin and Director Cai had already obtained more than 900,000 yuan of silver, and the emperor was already able to explain it. Of course, who is afraid of having a lot of money?

The two naturally stepped up their interrogation of Cai. On the third day, Chief Cai's spiritual defense line completely collapsed.

On the one hand, he was wounded. Although the Zhenfu Division was "entertained" with delicious food and drink, and invited doctors to treat his injuries, he never gave him a good night's sleep. This person can go a day without eating, but it would be very sad to go a day without sleeping.

On the other hand, Qian Jin's psychological offensive also worked. Although Director Lin's confession was some peripheral news, Director Cai naturally had thoughts after hearing a lot, but it was just a matter of time.

However, the last straw that crushed Cai's affairs was that he mistakenly thought that the officials were inactive. From the day he entered the Zhenfu Division, Jinyiwei tightly sealed the news at both ends. Director Cai's eyes were dark, and he had no special training in extorting confessions by torture, so he thought that the officials had given him up.

Hearing the news that Director Cai was willing to confess, Qian Jin naturally couldn't help but be overjoyed, and rushed to Zhaojiao with Hong Menda. As a result, Director Cai proposed that he was only willing to see Qian Jin alone. Hong Menda's face was displeased when he heard this, and Qian Jin persuaded him for a while before inviting him out of the prison of Chief Cai.

Seeing Hong Menda walk away, Qian Jin closed the prison door and asked with a smile: "Chief Cai, why do you want to see this official alone?" ”

"Hmph...... Seeing that you are still a reader, I am only willing to talk to you. As for the reckless man of Hongmenda...... I'm ...... "Director Cai was sitting in front of a bookcase at this time. In order to facilitate his confession, Qian Jin specially asked for this bookcase for him, on which the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone were prepared.

Qian Jin smiled, and said in his heart that this is the high level of the scholar, he has already squatted in prison, and he can't get rid of these sour rot. However, he didn't make an evaluation, only asked, "I heard that you are willing to confess?" ”

Director Cai pondered for a moment and said, "You promise me one condition first......

"Say...... As long as I can do it, I will naturally try my best to satisfy you. Qian Jin said with an oath.

Director Cai got Qian Jin's assurance, nodded, and continued: "I heard that Qian Shi said that there is no detention of Director Lin's family...... I am planted in your hands, so naturally I don't want to live, but I hope that Qian Shijiao can spare my family. ”

"No problem. I can meet the conditions of Master Lin, and naturally I can also satisfy you. ”

"I hope that Qian Shi will be trustworthy in his words, otherwise I will turn into a ghost and not let you go when the time comes......"

Qian Jin touched his nose, then raised his hand again and made a gesture of please.

Director Cai stared at Qian Jin's eyes for a long time before picking up the brush with his remaining left hand and writing on the paper with a trembling note. After about a quarter of an hour, he had written down the names and titles of a dozen or so men, as well as to whom they had taken bribes, the number and the time.

Qian Jin glanced at it casually, and said with a gloomy face: "It's all shrimp, and there is no big fish?" So where can Liu Shilang be clean? ”

Director Cai struggled inwardly for a while, and it took a while to add Liu Shilang's name and the corresponding bribe to the piece of paper.

Qian Jin was overjoyed, and immediately picked up the confession from the bookcase and read it carefully. If nothing else, this time he has more than a dozen more people who can be fined, one of them is still a servant of the Ministry of Officials, a member of the third grade. When he had finished paying these men, he was ready to stop. At present, he can still bear the offense of the officials, and if he is too widely implicated, it will be difficult for him to walk in the officialdom in the future.

At this time, a name on the confession attracted Qian Jin's attention. This person's name is Dai Zong, and he has no official title. According to the confession of Chief Cai, the dozen or so people who accepted bribes all received benefits from this person named Dai Zong, and the amount was quite a lot, often tens of thousands of taels, even Liu Shilang was no exception.

"Who is Dai Zong?" Qian Jin asked with a smile.

"He is the man of King Ming......"

Qian Jin heard King Ming's name, and his body paused slightly. Since he took the Qiu Qiu Examination, the shadow of King Ming has been lingering, first Su Wensheng made friends with him, and then met his daughter Princess Jing.

However, this Cai Zhu accident intends to involve King Ming, and its intention is intriguing. At present, Director Cai has completely cut off contact with the outside world, and the officials can't count on it, although he has been obedient on the surface, he still refuses to admit defeat in his bones. He deliberately wrote Dai Zong's name, probably to use King Ming to deter himself.

If it's not bad, I'm afraid that this Cai is also in contact with King Ming's people. The few black-clothed people who blocked him in the Lin Mansion a few days ago, Qian Jin always felt that their identities were suspicious, and the number of sword techniques seemed to come from recklessness. Thinking of this, Qian Jin smiled slightly: "Director Cai is trying to persuade me to retreat?" ”

"Young people have just debuted, and it is inevitable that they will not know the height of the sky, and when the time comes, they will regret it when their heads are broken and bleeding......" Director Cai said indifferently.

"The kid thanked me first", Qian Jin smiled disappreciatively, pointed to the confession and asked, "I only ask you, is what is written on this confession true?" ”

Chief Cai sighed and nodded sluggishly.

"That's good. The previous agreement I made with Director Cai still worked. After speaking, Qian Jin spread the confession on the bookcase and asked Director Cai to copy it again, but removed all the names of Dai Zong. At the moment, he has no way to deal with King Ming, and if he is involved, he will probably be in trouble.

After Director Cai finished copying the confession and signing it, Qian Jin put away the previous one, and then took the newly copied confession to Hong Menda.

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In the next three days, more than 1,000 people from Jinyiwei were all dispatched to check the names provided by Director Cai one by one. Counting the fines from Director Lin and Director Cai, more than 3.4 million taels of stolen silver were finally seized, and the home of Liu Shilang of the Ministry of Officials was also turned upside down.

Three days later, Qian Jin and Hongmenda stopped and moved all the proceeds to Taicang.

When the young emperor saw that Taicang was full of bright gold and silver, his heart blossomed, and he turned his head and asked Qian Jin: "Qian Aiqing, how do you say I should reward you?" ”

Qian Jin bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, this 'fine' Hong Qianhu can be said to be a great contribution, so it's better to reward Hong Qianhu first." ”

"Fines?" Hearing this novel word, the emperor's eyes were a little surprised, but he didn't say anything. He glanced at Hong Menda, who was bent over and waiting on the side, and said indifferently: "Hong Qianhu Ancestor followed the ancestor to lay the foundation of the Chen Kingdom, of course I will not forget it. In this way, I will reward you with a commander and acquaintance. ”

Hongmenda hurriedly thanked him. Now he made a lot of money, and suddenly rose from a thousand households from the fourth grade to a commander from the third grade. I have been in Jinyi Wei for so long and have not moved, and I was promoted to two levels within a few days of knowing Qian Jin, and it seems that I will have to be closer to him in the future.

After rewarding Hongmenda, the emperor turned his head sideways and smiled at Qian Jin: "I know that Qian Aiqing likes money, so let's do it, last time you won the champion, you only rewarded you with 1,000 taels of silver, and I have never been happy." I will reward you with another 20,000 taels today, which will be regarded as compensation for you. ”

Qian Jin hurriedly thanked him, and then laughed at himself: "Your Majesty, Wechen has offended many people this time, I'm afraid that many people will be resentful, and I'm afraid that many people are worried about Wechen's life...... Why don't you reward me with another Jinyi guard? ”

The emperor thought about it for a while, and also felt that it was very reasonable, after all, Qian Jin was in danger because he was doing things for the royal family, so he didn't say a word. Next to him, Gonggong Cai naturally congratulated him repeatedly.

In the meantime, the young emperor was going to visit the Queen Mother. Taicang's fullness made his confidence swell. This confidence was enough to support his determination to ask the Queen Mother for power.