After Fang Yuan went to the Taihu Lake base, by the pond in the backyard of the Canglang Pavilion, Qin Zhan cautiously walked into the pavilion.

In order to avoid suspicion, he has not contacted Xiao Yuan privately for more than a year since the dragon robe and anti-poetry incidents, but he doesn't know what Xiao Yuan's calculation is for his sudden invitation today.

Xiao Yuan had been waiting in the pavilion for a long time, and when he saw him come in, he suddenly put on a pleasant face and asked with a smile, "Fourth uncle, I heard that a new daughter has been added to your house recently, what is your name?" ”

When Qin Zhan heard her ask about her newborn daughter, his heart suddenly burst out, and he replied stubbornly, "There is Mrs. Lao Yuan's concern, and the little girl's name is Qin Yue." ”

Xiao Yuan chuckled and said, "I like this name, I haven't decided to marry yet!" ”

Qin Zhan smiled awkwardly and said, "No, she's still too young." ”

Xiao Yuan said leisurely, "I like the name Qin Yue, why don't you marry He'er!" ”

Qin Zhan heard the sound and knew the elegant meaning, Xiao Yuan was clearly wooing, if he agreed to Xiao Yuan's request, that was really on the same boat with her, in the current situation, Qin Zhan still didn't want to stand in line between the princess and Xiao Yuan.

Qin Zhan hurriedly excused himself and said, "This, this, let's wait for the little girl to be older and then talk about marriage!" If Mrs. Yuan has nothing else to do, I will take my leave. ”

He saluted, turned around and was about to leave, but heard Xiao Yuan's cold voice behind him, "Fourth uncle! I have an account here, which was only reviewed by the independent accounting team, and it is related to Jinyiwei, and I also asked the fourth uncle. ”

Qin Zhan turned his head to look at Xiao Yuan and said, "Mrs. Yuan, please make it clear." ”

The fingertips of Xiao Yuan's slender hand lightly swiped over the stack of account books placed on the small table, and said with a chuckle, "When the independent accounting team reviewed the accounts of Jinyiwei, they found a strange thing, the silver paid by Jinyiwei was actually a full hundred thousand taels more than the funds allocated to the command post of Jinyiwei in the treasury. Dare to ask the fourth uncle, where did all this extra silver come from? ”

Qin Zhan smiled reluctantly and said, "Mrs. Yuan, the extra 100,000 taels of silver is naturally the case-handling fee collected by Jinyiwei privately, which the boss promised to subsidize Jinyiwei." ”

Xiao Yuan took out a silver ingot and put it in front of Qin Zhan, "When the independent accounting team audited the accounts, they also found this kind of silver ingot, at least 80,000 taels of silver remaining, and the back was printed with the mark of the Suzhou Shang Gang, this is the case fee that Boss Xu gave to Jin Yiwei!" ”

Qin Zhan trembled, and said, "Yes, yes, it's the case handling fee given by Boss Xu." ”

Xiao Yuan asked, "Can I ask, what kind of case is it, and Boss Xu, an iron rooster is willing to pay more than 80,000 taels of silver?" ”

Qin Zhan lowered his gaze, pondered for a while, and said, "Mrs. Yuan, I don't remember either, I want to go back to investigate the case and report to Mrs. Yuan." ”

"Huh!"

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Fourth Uncle is really forgetful, Qiu Lin, you talk to Fourth Uncle, what is the case?" ”

Qiu Lin, the head of the independent accounting group beside Xiao Yuan, opened his mouth and said, "Fourth Master Qin, according to what we heard from Boss Xu, this case is related to the woman who was bought back from Zuo Liangyu. Boss Xu bought back a total of 33,000 women, and only reported 30,000 to the Governor, about 3,000 people under the age of 20 were privately swallowed by Boss Xu, and placed in various green buildings, brothels, and earthen kilns under his name, picking up customers to make money. ”

"The result! Those who are sold to Qinglou and brothels, and the customers they receive are also of high grade, and these women can still tolerate the shameful literati. But in the earthen kiln, the peddlers and pawns were picked, and this kind of people were very vulgar, and they had to pick up at least ten people a day, even worse than staying in the camp of the Left Army. ”

Among them, 800 women who were arranged in the earthen kiln were dissatisfied, so they were tortured by Boss Xu, and 167 people were killed. The rest of the women really couldn't survive, so they secretly threw the letter to Jinyiwei's letter and visit mailbox. As a result, Boss Xu spent 100,000 taels of silver to Jinyiwei, but instead of dealing with it impartially, Jinyiwei took the paper complaint down. ”

After Qiu Lin finished talking about this tragic case, Qin Zhan's forehead was already dripping with cold sweat, this case was indeed handled by him, and he also sent Jinyi Wei to investigate. Because these women were scattered in more than ten prefectures in Zhejiang, I don't know how many people died, but only a slight casualty was written on the paper, and six or seven women died.

The prostitutes in the earthen kiln are precarious, and the mortality rate is extremely high. Qin Zhan thought that it would not hurt to kill six or seven women, plus Xu Hua gave 100,000 taels of silver, repeatedly begged for mercy and admitted his mistakes, and promised not to make an example, so he had the courage to suppress Xu Hua.

Qin Zhan heard at this time that one hundred and sixty-seven women had died in this case, this kind of case is a big and important case in any peacetime, and those who dare to bend the law for personal gain will inevitably be severely punished, and they are so frightened that their faces are bloodless, and they are almost unsteady on their feet, "One hundred and sixty-seven people died?" That's impossible! ”

Xiao Yuan said lightly, "Since the fourth uncle doesn't believe it, let's report it to Gongzi, and he will take the lead in a thorough investigation!" ”

Fang Yuan is known for loving the people like a son, and there is no room for sand in his eyes, and he has repeatedly emphasized to Qin Zhan that Jinyi Wei knows the law and violates the law, and the crime will be added to the third degree. Mo said that one hundred and sixty-seven people died, that is, six or seven people died, Jinyiwei did not handle it impartially, Qin Zhan still knew the law and broke the law, and his Jinyiwei commander was ironclad.

Qin Zhan didn't dare to let Fang Yuan know about this earth-shattering case at all, and hurriedly begged for mercy and said, "Mrs. Yuan, I'm really confused for a while!" I also asked Mrs. Yuan to take care of it. ”

Xiao Yuan took a sip of plum soup, smiled and said, "I have also seen the earthen kiln, where women are exchanging their lives for money, and it is too common for people to die." But Childe will never see it that way, if I bear it for the fourth uncle, I will also be punished with the fourth uncle! ”

Qin Zhan saw that she was well prepared, and she had already made a bamboo in her chest, and it was not so simple to talk about the marriage of the two families, so she was busy kneeling on the ground and begging her for mercy again, "Mrs. Yuan, everything will be up to you in the future, and Mrs. Yuan will directly order if she has something!" ”

Xiao Yuan hurriedly got up and helped him up, and Zhengrong said, "Fourth uncle, hurry up, how dare I accept your worship, I have something to ask the fourth uncle, so I have to make this decision!" ”

Qin Zhan stood up and looked at her hesitantly, only to hear Xiao Yuan continue, "The prince wants to reconcile with the imperial court, the fourth uncle should know!" ”

Qin Zhan nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Xiao Yuan said, "When the prince reconciles with the court, the princess will inevitably be favored, and I must not let the princess be favored." Therefore, we must sabotage the peace talks between Gongzi and the imperial court. ”

She actually came up with such a bold idea, Qin Zhan's vest was in a cold sweat, and she trembled with fright, "Mrs. Yuan, the peace talks with the imperial court are related to military and political affairs, and even involve the lives of thousands of people in the world!" It's no joke, we're really going to be executed by the boss. ”

Xiao Yuan said coldly, "The so-called success will be a success, and the rivers and mountains are piled up with white bones, where can there be a talk to it?" Childe is simply in the kindness of a woman! ”

Qin Zhan looked at the ambitious woman in front of him dumbfounded, his body was trembling, this matter was a big matter, if the stuffing was exposed, he and Xiao Yuan would be completely finished, "Mrs. Yuan, you don't want to send Jinyiwei to spread rumors internally, so that the military and the cabinet can put pressure on the boss!" ”

Xiao Yuan saw him cowardly, and said unhappily, "Fourth uncle, I said it earlier, although everything I did was selfish, but it was also for the sake of my son, how could I incite civil strife within the Xuanjia Army?" ”

She glanced at Qin Zhan obliquely and said, "I have a plan to kill three birds with one stone, provoke the imperial court in the capital, give up peace talks, and take the opportunity to go south to Zhejiang when Gongzi is marching south against Zheng Zhilong." In this way, the road to peace talks with the imperial court will be completely broken, and the prestige of the imperial court will also be gone, and I can also take advantage of the absence of the prince in the governor's palace to act as the governor, and give the princess a charge of connecting the imperial court, and correct her on the spot! ”

She dared to gamble on this decisive battle between the Xuanjia Army and the Zheng family, Qin Zhan was so frightened that his face was flushed, and he shook his hand again and again, "This, this, if the imperial court takes advantage of the boss to go south and really copy Nanzhili, the territory of the Xuanjia Army will be gone." ”

Xiao Yuan smiled and said, "Fourth uncle, how could I not think of this? This is also a great achievement I gave to the fourth uncle, before the son set out on the expedition, I must remind the son to leave a part of the elite soldiers in Nanzhili in case of accidents. The fourth uncle has made such a great contribution, and the position of the commander of the Jinyi Guard is really as stable as Mount Tai. When the time comes, I will ask Gongzi again, Ling He'er and the fourth uncle's daughter, and Gongzi will definitely agree, heh! ”

Qin Zhan asked, "But if we contact the imperial court, how can we hide from the boss?" ”

Xiao Yuan smiled mysteriously, "Of course we can't be involved, there is one person who can use it to borrow a knife to kill people." ”

She beckoned Qin Zhan to come closer, and whispered instructions on how to act like this.

Qin Zhan sighed deeply when he heard this, it turned out that everything in Xiao Yuan was perfectly calculated, and there was no flaw at all, no matter how much Fang Yuan checked afterwards, he couldn't find Xiao Yuan and himself who had made great contributions, so he couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and responded repeatedly.