Lu Xiaoming naturally knew that Master Chen was losing the car to protect the handsome, and he secretly felt disdain in his heart, Master Chen had not seen the situation in front of him clearly, and this time the Chen family could not escape. Bayi ??? Chinese Network ? ??.

"Chen Xuande, what did you mean by what you said before?" When Master Chen and his entourage came closer, Lu Xiaoming asked quietly.

"Back to the prefect, the housekeeper who was under him just now confessed to him, saying that in Zhang Laohan's case, in order to curry favor with Chen Hu, the second son of the next generation, he arranged for someone to frame the people of the Zhang family.

Hearing this, Master Chen bowed to Lu Xiaoming, said expressionlessly, and put the responsibility on Steward Chen, in his opinion, Lu Xiaoming only accepted a big gift from him not long ago, so he should not be aggressive, so he has a way to live.

"Lord Prefect, the villain is guilty, and I hope the Lord will punish him." At this time, Steward Chen knelt on the ground with his legs bent, bowed his head and confessed, he was just a chess piece in the hands of Master Chen, where did he have the right to choose.

"Chen Xuande, you said you don't know about this?"

Lu Xiaoming looked at Master Chen coldly and asked, it seems that Master Chen has not yet distinguished the situation, if Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are not there, he can get through the tricks, but now that Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin are in charge together, this excuse is too ridiculous and ridiculous, is it so easy to deceive the important ministers of the court?

"Lord Huifu, I really don't know." Master Chen shook his head solemnly and cleared up the relationship without hesitation.

Lu Xiaoming suddenly sneered in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't want to talk to Master Chen here, it was not easy to prove that Master Chen was involved in the case of the Zhang family, but Master Chen had committed a lot of things, and there was no need for him to hold on to the case of the Zhang family.

"Chen Xuande, the truth of the Zhang family's case is now clear, as for whether you are involved in this case, the official will find out!"

Therefore, Lu Xiaoming pondered for a moment, and then Yu Feng turned his eyes to Stare at Master Chen and asked, "Chen Xuande, this official recently received a report that you took advantage of the fact that you took advantage of the fishing tax collection for the yamen to exploit the fishermen and increase the fishing tax several times, is this true?" ”

"Lord Prefect, this is slanderous words, because it is difficult to collect the annual fishing tax of the Yamen, so I will help the Yamen to collect it, and pay the Yamen in full every year, and there is no way to profit from it, I hope your Excellency will see it."

Master Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face, he didn't expect Lu Xiaoming to suddenly ask about the fishing tax, although he was shocked, but after all, he had rich experience, and quickly stabilized his panicked mind, and pretended to be calm and said to Lu Xiaoming in a deep voice.

"Really?"

Lu Xiaoming sneered when he heard this, and looked at Master Chen expressionlessly, "It was a benevolent and righteous act for you to collect taxes for the government, but the officials have verified that the fishing taxes collected by your subordinates have reached several times the amount set by the government. ”

"Lord Prefect, I don't know anything about this matter, I must have done it behind my back."

Master Chen already had a premonition that the situation was not good at this time, and felt that Lu Xiaoming seemed to be serious this time, and put on a posture of putting him to death, so he gritted his teeth and replied loudly with a grim face, he would not be stupid enough to admit those crimes, it was a big crime that was enough to make him lose his head.

Obviously, as long as Master Chen dies, then the Chen family will inevitably fall apart and fall apart in an instant, and the crimes he committed are enough to implicate the entire Chen family, which is not what he wants to see.

"Back to the adult, it was the villain who did it, and those fishing taxes were collected by the villain without permission from the master." At this time, Steward Chen, who was kneeling there, suddenly spoke, and took the initiative to take the blame, anyway, the case of the Zhang family had already made him beheaded, so he didn't care about one more crime.

In other words, Steward Chen's heart is now like ashes, and the jar is broken.

"Hmph, how can you be a little butler and be this master? That's not a small amount of fish! Lu Xiaoming snorted coldly when he heard this, looked at Steward Chen with disdain and said, with Steward Chen's identity and status, he couldn't control the entire fishing tax in Poyang Lake at all.

Besides, even if Steward Chen wanted to do this, it would be impossible to achieve it, because this matter was very wide-ranging, and the news would definitely be leaked and learned by Master Chen.

However, over the years, Master Chen has not stopped the evil behavior of those people of the Chen family who overcharged fishing taxes, which means that he deliberately indulged them, and must be the mastermind behind them, and it is obvious that Master Chen will not watch such a large sum of money fly away from his eyes.

"Lord Prefect, this matter was done by the villain, and it has nothing to do with my lord, if the prefect wants to punish me, punish me! Hearing this, Steward Chen hurriedly said loudly, once again taking the blame on himself, and wanted Master Chen to get out of it.

"Well, since you said you did this, where did the money you collected go?"

Seeing that Steward Chen was not afraid of boiling water as a dead pig, Lu Xiaoming asked with a sneer, he didn't believe that Steward Chen could justify himself, and the money must have flowed into the Chen family's account room.

"This ......"

Sure enough, Steward Chen was speechless when he heard this, and suddenly he couldn't think about these details, and then gritted his teeth and said to Lu Xiaoming, "I'm afraid that the master will know about the fishing tax, so I spent all the money." ”

"Spent?" Lu Xiaoming sneered again when he heard this, stared at Steward Chen and said, "Do you know how much money there is?" How can you just spend a word? ”

"Governor Lu, don't deceive people too much, otherwise it's a big deal!" Hearing this, Master Chen couldn't help it anymore, and couldn't help but open his mouth to warn Lu Xiaoming, after all, he still had evidence of Lu Xiaoming's bribery.

"The fish is dead?"

Lu Xiaoming had already guessed that Master Chen would threaten him, so he said disdainfully, "Are you threatening this official?" As the parent of Jiujiang, how can this official allow people like you to be in the evil township, otherwise how can he be worthy of the people and the court! ”

"Chen Xuande, you tell this official, can you have anything to do with the local private salt business?" As he spoke, Lu Xiaoming stretched out his hand and pointed at Master Chen, and asked sharply.

"Private ...... Illicit salt? ”

Master Chen was taken aback when he heard this, and his expression became flustered for a hundred years, he never expected that Lu Xiaoming would mention the matter of private salt, this was a secret of his, he didn't expect Lu Xiaoming to know about it.

"Tell you, this official has sent someone to Zhao Jiaji to inspect the warehouse where you store private salt, as long as those private salts are found, then you will be unforgivable!" Seeing that Master Chen's face had changed greatly, Lu Xiaoming knew that the private salt business must be related to him, so he looked at him coldly and said.

"Lord Lu, you declare your personal vendetta, isn't it that you failed to bribe you, causing you to hold a grudge and slander you, don't think that you are the prefect of Jiujiang Mansion and can do whatever you want, this Daming is a reasonable place."

At this point, Master Chen had already realized that Lu Xiaoming had dealt a heavy blow to him and wanted to put him to death, so he was angry and scared in his heart, pointed at Lu Xiaoming and said loudly, "The bribe you asked for in the next can be remembered for you in the next pen, and then you will go to the provincial capital to complain, so that you can accept the punishment of the law!" ”

Although Master Chen didn't want to tear his face with Lu Xiaoming, the current situation made him have no choice, so he had no choice but to turn his face with Lu Xiaoming, even if he died.

"Ridiculous, when did this official accept a bribe from you? If this official really took bribes, how could he investigate you? Lu Xiaoming had been prepared for this for a long time, and naturally he would not admit it if he was killed, so he asked expressionlessly.

"This ......"

Master Chen was stunned when he heard this, Lu Xiaoming was right, he was indeed a little abnormal in checking the Chen family this time, but Master Chen quickly reacted, gritted his teeth and said, "This is naturally your desire to cover up your evil deeds of taking bribes." ”

"How can the official's character not worry about you, and the court will make the final decision, and now the official asks you, can you admit that the matter of illegal salt and fishing tax has something to do with you?"

Lu Xiaoming was not afraid of Master Chen's threat, Master Chen could not move him at all now that he was unable to protect himself, I was afraid that those officials who had accepted bribes from him would wish that he would die, and it would be impossible to help him, so he looked at Master Chen coldly and asked.

Master Chen naturally realized this, his face suddenly turned blue and white, those account books that recorded the bribery were a double-edged sword, which was not only his killer weapon, but also his talisman, it was obvious that those officials who had taken benefits from him did not want their affairs to be exposed, and they would definitely find a way to deal with him.

In other words, the black account recorded by Master Chen has violated the taboo of officialdom and has become the public enemy of those officials who accept bribes.

"These things have nothing to do with Zaixia, someone framed them!" However, when things have come to this point, Master Chen can only grit his teeth and deny it with a grim face.

"Whether it is framed or not, you can know by checking your account books." Lu Xiaoming knew that Master Chen was stubbornly resisting and struggling uselessly, so he said coldly that the Chen family's account books must have recorded secret accounts of fishing taxes and illegal salt.

"You ......" Old Man Chen's face suddenly changed when he heard this, Lu Xiaoming's move gave him a blow to the head, although his account books were well hidden, but as long as the government wanted to find it, it would definitely be found, and no one who knew the secret but was greedy for life and fear death would sell this secret for self-protection.

And once the account books are in Lu Xiaoming's hands, then Master Chen and the Chen family will really die without a place to be buried, which is Master Chen's biggest weakness.

"Come on, take them down to be detained, and no one is allowed to approach without the permission of the official!" Seeing that Old Man Chen's face was dead, Lu Xiaoming knew that his psychological defense line was about to collapse, so he gave an order in a loud voice.

Immediately, in full view of everyone, several messengers rushed forward to frame Master Chen and dragged him away, Master Chen wanted to say something but was blocked by someone, he could only make a whining sound, his face was dry, and his eyes were full of viciousness and anger when he looked at Lu Xiaoming, thinking that Lu Xiaoming had harmed him.

This made the people at the scene silent for a while, silently watching the once towering Master Chen being dragged away.