"Cai Jing is dead, is the clue broken again?" Zhao thought about it for a moment and finally realized a very serious problem.

Since Cai Jing was the leader of the embezzlement case back then, there must be others involved, but Cai Jing died in Hangzhou again. The person sent by Zhao Gou to inquire about the situation has not yet returned, and it is not clear what the truth is. As a result, Zhao Gou could only follow the letter to investigate.

The letter also mentioned that Zhu Minzhong recorded all the crimes of those people in a notebook, and when Zhao Gou saw this, he muttered to himself: "I don't know if what is said in the letter is true or false, if it is true, I can only go to the household file to find it." ”

Zhao Gou remembered that Ye Mengde had served in the household department for many years, and it was impossible not to find out, so he couldn't help but worry. At the right time, Steward Wang walked in, bowed down and said, "Young master, have you found anything?" ”

"There was a discovery, but the clue was broken in Cai Jing." Zhao Gou sighed, and then asked, "Has Chen Liu come back?" ”

Steward Wang replied: "Back to the young master, the slave came to explain this matter to you, Chen Liu has already returned, and he is waiting in the side hall!" ”

Zhao Gou was shocked: "Chen Liu has already returned?" Hurry up and let him come! ”

Steward Wang respectfully turned around and left, and then called Chen Liu in, and the two of them sat down directly under Zhao Gou's orders. Zhao Gou asked straight to the point: "What is the situation when you go to Hangzhou City?" ”

Chen Liu replied: "Back to the young master, the slave went to Hangzhou City, arrived at Cai Jing Mansion, and asked the surrounding neighbors to learn some things. According to them, Cai Jing returned to his hometown after being demoted, and still lived an arrogant and lascivious life, and his daily expenses were the food of ordinary people for a year. ”

Zhao Gou nodded, and pondered: "Even if Cai Jing has been in charge of the government for several years and is the prime minister, even if it is Yu Lu, it is impossible to have so much, I think it is really a lot of silver taels from the imperial court." However, two million taels is not enough for such expenses, it must not be enough, isn't there something else? ”

Chen Liu said: "Young master, the servant went to Cai Jing's mansion to check again according to your instructions. Due to the previous looting, it is impossible to determine whether there are silver taels left, and the only certainty is that there were several large chests hidden in Cai Jing's mansion at the beginning, and it is speculated that they should be silver taels. ”

"Oh, go on!"

"I found a secret room in the backyard of Cai Jing's mansion, which has been destroyed, but there are still traces of the past in the secret room. In addition, I found that there were still a few marks left by wooden boxes, and some traces of the placement of utensils, but they were all moved and their whereabouts are unknown. ”

Zhao Gou said: "Sure enough! ”

Now Zhao Gou can be sure that Cai Jing must be a participant in the events of the year, so when Cai Jingquan leans into the opposition, Tong Guan, Yang Jian and others will inevitably contact him. Then, the next people to be investigated are those officials who were in the same breath as Cai Jing back then, so the scope has narrowed down a lot.

At the beginning, Song Huizong Longyan was furious, and in a fit of anger, he demoted all those people related to Cai Jing, either to the frontier or to local posts, and only a few people remained in Beijing, Tong Guan was one of them. In addition, Tong Guan is also a eunuch, so it is speculated that there are also people involved in the palace.

"Steward Wang, you will let all the brothers who have seen it withdraw tomorrow!" Zhao Gou instructed that several other people were still monitoring everyone's every move day and night these days. Now it seems that it is time to close the net. Since Cai Jing's crime is affirmed, others will inevitably be involved, that is, there is no need to cover it up, and they act directly and openly.

"Everyone is tired, go down and rest!"

So, everyone also went down to rest, and Zhao Gou also went to bed to rest.

The next day, Steward Wang went out early and called all the others back, while Zhao Gou did not go to the Yushitai after the end of the early dynasty, and returned directly to the county king's mansion. When everyone saw him come back, they came forward one after another, and Gong Cang and Huangshi also told the surveillance situation of these days one by one.

Zhao Gou was puzzled: "In what you say, Tong Guan and the others have been at the end of each morning for a while, except for going to the various ministries, they have never left the house for half a step, and even the others have not moved, and they all stay at home?" Gong Cang and Huang Shi nodded, but Zhao Gou still felt a little strange and muttered: "What is the secret thing in this, it's a bit abnormal!" ”

Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others are all people of the crown prince Zhao Huan, and there is no reason not to move around with Zhao Huan. Even if Song Huizong issued three orders and five orders not to allow private friends, but they are all people from the Prince's Mansion, even if they don't move around in private, it is common to go to the Prince's Mansion.

After all, the crown prince Zhao Huan has already opened the mansion and recruited his own staff. Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others are connected with the crown prince Zhao Huan, how can they no longer discuss countermeasures together at this critical time. Zhao Gou didn't believe that these people were really afraid of him, and he couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

Tong Guan, Gao Yu and others are indeed a lot more peaceful, and even the crown prince Zhao Huan is no longer aggressive in the court, and he no longer participates too much in everything or makes suggestions, as if watching a play. In fact, Tong Guan and others did not find out that Zhao Gou was investigating the corruption case, but they had to do it as a last resort in this extraordinary period.

Zhu Mian's matter was very implicated, Song Huizong Longyan was furious, if Tong Guan and the others were not interested, they would have to move around frequently and have close contacts, but they were afraid that Zhao Gou would report it immediately, and at that time they would have to be deposed from their official positions if they did not die. Moreover, Zhao Gou was hostile to them, or supervised the imperial history, so he had to be cautious.

"If that's the case, you can only do what you are told!" Zhao Gou pondered, and then ordered someone to inform Xu Jingheng and let him go to the household department, saying that there was something important.

At this time, Xu Jingheng was in the Yushitai, and when he heard that someone in the county king's mansion had sent a message to him, he was a little surprised, so he still went out to meet him. The man conveyed Zhao Gou's words to him intact, Xu Jingheng was overjoyed when he heard it, and said excitedly: "It's finally started!" …… If you are tired of going back to your lordship, you can go to the household department when you get off the official! ”

Zhao Gou heard the report from his subordinates, nodded, and ordered Li Shien and Li Shiren to go together. The group of them arrived at the household first, and after a while, Xu Jingheng also came, his face was full of excitement, and said, "My lord, has there been progress in the case?" ”

Zhao Gou said in a serious voice: "This matter is far more difficult than imagined, I already know that there is Cai Jing's shadow in the events of the year, and there are still a few people who are still uncertain." ”

"Sure enough!" Xu Jingheng knew what he knew when he heard 'Cai Jing', and said in a deep voice: "What are we doing here?" ”

"The former head of the household department, Lord Zhu Minzhong, left evidence of guilt and hid it in a notebook, and we went to find the notebook, so that we could continue to track it down."

Xu Jingheng frowned and said, "If we go to the household department openly, we are only afraid of ......."

Zhao Gou smiled: "Didn't Lord Xu forget that I have this thing in my hand?" ”

Xu Jingheng glanced at it, and saw Li Shien holding the sword of Shang Fang in his hand, and then remembered that there was such a thing, even if he went to the palace, no one dared to stop him. You must know that Shang Fang's sword is like the emperor, seeing this thing is like seeing the saint, and you must pay homage.

In this way, Xu Jingheng was relieved, Zhao Gou took the lead and walked towards the middle household, and Xu Jingheng also followed, he knew that things had finally made a breakthrough, as long as he captured the mastermind behind the scenes and removed the tumor for the Great Song Dynasty, everything was worth it!