After Zhao Gou came out of the palace, he returned directly to the mansion, thinking about this case. Although Song Huizong and Xu Jingheng have mentioned it, it is still relatively difficult, which makes Zhao Gou a little headache, and he always feels that there is a big secret hidden behind this matter.

"Young master, why are you worried?" Seeing Zhao Gou's sad face, Steward Wang bowed down and asked.

Zhao Gou sighed: "Steward Wang, this time my father asked me to investigate a case that has been going on for many years, this matter has passed for several years, and some things have long been wrong, and I don't know how to do it, I am really troubled." ”

Steward Wang said: "Young master, I don't know what the case is?" ”

Zhao Gou said: "Three years ago, the DPRK and China launched a corruption case and embezzled 2 million taels, and then the same thing happened, totaling 8 million taels. Three years have passed since this case, and some people are long gone, and even if they know some eyebrows, they have never been able to start. ”

Steward Wang exclaimed: "Young master, are you talking about disaster relief funds?" ”

Zhao Gou was taken aback and said, "Steward Wang, how do you know?" ”

"If the young master is worried about this matter, maybe I can help a little!" Steward Wang said with a smile, "Actually, the owner of this case also knows that the person who investigated this matter is in the county king's mansion, and he is still a subordinate of the young master, and I have also participated in it, but the real story still needs the two of them to come." ”

"The two of them? Could it be the brother of the house? Zhao Gou hurriedly said, he didn't expect his luck to be so good, and he felt a little unbelievable.

"The owner of the village received the emperor's decree that there was corruption in the court, so he began to investigate. However, the owner of the village had something important to do, so he ordered me to go. So, I sent Gong Cang and Huangshi to monitor Lord Xu, who was the supervisor of the imperial history at the time, and asked them to start investigating. ”

Steward Wang didn't know that things would be so coincidental, and several of them had also participated in the matter that Zhao Gou wanted to investigate, and then said: "However, later because of other things, this case was also put aside. If the two of them come, they may be able to get more information. ”

Zhao Gou was shocked: "Two brothers Gong Cang and Huangshi? ”

So, Zhao Gou asked Steward Wang to call the two of them, Gong Cang and Huangshi would actually be the parties to the corruption case back then, which was unexpected. Perhaps, this is the destiny of heaven in the dark, until the two of them came, Zhao Gou did not ask, they already knew, and they told the story straight to the point, which is also the reason why Steward Wang explained on the way to come.

Gong Cang said: "In that case, the owner asked Steward Wang to investigate, and the two of us had a clear division of labor, and I was responsible for monitoring Lord Xu's every move; Yellowstone is in charge of spying on the others, but the minions are still a little suspicious about this case. ”

Huang Shi continued: "Young master, the minions are responsible for tracking and monitoring the whereabouts of the other people in the Imperial Tower, and there is not much doubt about their behavior. In the end, when we didn't get any results, we continued to monitor, this time targeting the household officials. ”

Zhao Gou asked, "Then did you find anything suspicious?" ”

Gong Cang said: "At that time, there were not enough people in Zhuangzhong, so the two of us went to investigate, and we didn't find anything strange, and these people didn't have close contacts with other people. However, we felt that this matter was even more strange, so we continued to investigate, and the officials of the six ministries searched all over it, but still found no clues, and finally targeted the Privy Council, the Third Division and other institutions, and finally found a strange thing. ”

Zhao Gou hurriedly asked, "What strange thing?" ”

Huang Shi answered and replied: "There is not much difference between the other officials of the six ministries, the only strange thing is that Ye Mengde, who was the servant of the household department at the time, was actually recommended by Cai Jing to become the head of the household department, and the emperor found that he had literary talents, and that case happened from the month that Ye Mengde served as the head of the household department, and he wanted to continue the investigation but was recalled by the owner of the village, and went directly to Tangyin County, that is, where the young master learned his art back then, and secretly protected the young master. ”

Zhao thought for a moment and muttered: "In this case, this corruption case Ye Mengde must be an insider." ”

Now, he remembered what Xu Jingheng said, he must start from the household department, presumably he also learned some things, and this incident coincides with the results of the secret investigation of Gong Cang and Huangshi, and the most important thing is that there is Cai Jing in it, but Cai Jing has died tragically, this clue is broken, and the only person who knows is Ye Mengde, that is, if you want to find out about this matter, you must start from him.

"Young master, the minion remembered something, maybe it has something to do with it!" Gong Cang seemed to remember something, and suddenly said, even Zhao Gou looked at him with some curiosity, and he continued: "Huangshi, do you remember that when the two of us went to investigate this matter, there was once an official in the household department who went to Yang Chan's restaurant to say something when he was drunk?" ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Huang Shi again, and he said embarrassedly: "This matter has passed for so long, where do I know, or I still call them in, I must know what happened." ”

So, Steward Wang called Yang Chan, Chen Liu and others again, which was what Zhao Gou meant. Zhao Gou's county palace itself has no valuables, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, and he doesn't want things to be so troublesome, so he simply calls everyone over, maybe there is an unexpected effect.

Yang Chan said: "Young master, I don't remember what that person said very clearly, and he was drunk, thinking it was wine, so he didn't pay too much attention to it." I heard him say ......"

His eyes looked at Zhao Gou, and after thinking about it, he still said truthfully: "He said, the emperor is so confused, the world is in chaos, he favors traitorous ministers, and the Great Song Dynasty is about to change the sky!" ”

Zhao Gou said in a deep voice: "He really said that? ”

Yang Chan nodded and said, "There is no lie!" ”

Why did he say that? Do you know something? Or something else? ”

Zhao Gou was full of doubts, he really couldn't think of what the meaning was, and it was no wonder that Yang Chan would think it was a wine talk, you must know that when such words reach the ears of people with a heart, they must be in a different place, and they will definitely die, these words are all rebellious words.

"And you know who this person is?"

Chen Liu continued: "This person is the former head of the household department, Zhu Minzhong!" ”

"Zhu Minzhong?" Zhao Gou looked at Chen Liu in surprise, he really hadn't heard of this person's name, even if it was not mentioned in the history books.

Chen Liu continued: "Zhu Minzhong is a Jinshi in the second year of Yuanfeng, and his ancestor is the grandson of Zhu Jingze, the former prime minister of Tang Wu and Zhou, Yongcheng, who is knowledgeable and honest. In the first year of Yuanfeng, he obtained a jinshi, and later served as a local official, handling things properly, and his family history is quite deep. Because this person does not know how to be flexible, honest and honest, and does not tend to be inflammatory, offended many people, so that the official luck is not good, until the current emperor ascended the throne, he was appreciated before entering Beijing from the local government as an official, and the government and five years of official worship in the household department, and then I don't know what happened to the old man and returned to his hometown. ”

Zhao Gou's intuition told him that Zhu Minzhong's return to his hometown was strange, even if it was calculated by age, it was only a rare year, and there were still many officials in the court, and he would not return to his hometown, and the only explanation was that he had to be favored, that is, at that time, Ye Mengde rose from the head of the household department and became the secretary of the household department.

As a result, Zhao Gou knew that a breakthrough was necessary to investigate this corruption case, and this breakthrough was the former household secretary Zhu Minzhong, and only he knew the truth of the matter. If you go to investigate from the capital, it will inevitably attract the attention of others, and you can only investigate in a roundabout way.