Chapter 80 peels back the cocoon

"The Last General ......"

Yue Su only said a word, and Tian Xiu was speechless. Then, Tian Xiu began to kowtow like pounding garlic, unable to say half a word.

"Tian Xiu, this official doesn't have so much spare time to talk nonsense with you, let's recruit it yourself, did you collude with the Tartars and plot against you?" Yue Su asked coldly.

"My lord......" As soon as he heard this charge, Tian Xiu almost scared his pants and cried and said, "The last general has been wronged...... The last general definitely didn't collude with the Tartars...... Even if you give the villain a hundred guts...... The villain doesn't dare......"

"Don't you dare? But why does this official think you are so bold? Sima Qiaoyu suggested that you close the north and south gates, unite as one, and fight to the death with the Tartars. This method is very good, how to say Zhangjiakou is also a dangerous pass of the Great Wall, if you are concentric, you may not be able to hold it. The most infuriating thing is that you didn't even hold on for a day. Why don't you listen to Sima Qiaoyu? If you dare to say this, the official will let Sima Qiaoyu return the eighty military sticks to you now! Yue Su said in a deep voice.

"Yes, yes...... It is the last general who is greedy for life and afraid of death...... I am worried that if the north gate is sealed, the Tartars will break through the pass, and there will be nowhere to escape......" Tian Xiuzhan said tremblingly.

"Then why did you put your family and property in Tian Kee Goods? Aren't they afraid that when the city is broken, they will have no way to escape? How can Zhangjiakou say that it is also a dangerous pass of the Great Wall, and it has not been defended for a day, and it dares to say that it is not an affair with the Tartars? Don't tell this official, the Tartars drove the people to attack the city, you can't bear it, when you drink the blood of the soldiers, why don't you have the heart to bear it? These two things, if you don't explain these two things clearly to the official, the official will let you taste the taste of the punishment of the criminal department! Say! When Yue Su said the last sentence, his voice became extremely sharp.

Not only Lord Yue's voice made Tian Xiu break out in a cold sweat, but it was the question asked by Lord Yue that also made Tian Xiu speechless. The excuse I wanted to say was blocked all at once. Tian Xiu was not a kind of person, otherwise when he learned that the Tartars were calling, he would not have been so frightened that he would have fidgeted, and immediately ran to Tian Ji Goods Store to ask his uncle Tian Shenglan for help. Seeing that Lord Yue was sitting on it with dignity, he was stunned, and when he heard that if he didn't recruit, he would be punished, and he had no confidence at all. Who doesn't know that Lord Yue is not only the blue sky of the world, but most importantly, the whole dynasty, except for the emperor Lao Tzu, there is no one who is bigger than Lord Yue. Tian Xiu didn't know who his uncle's backers were, but what he knew was that no matter who it was, it couldn't be the emperor. Then don't talk nonsense, it's better to find someone.

"Your Excellency...... The small ones really didn't collude with the tartars...... As for why he deposited his family and property in Tian Ji Goods Store, it was all because before he learned that Tartar was coming, the villain panicked and hurriedly ran to the goods store to discuss with his uncle Tian Shenglan......

Tian Xiu didn't dare to hide it anymore, and when he went to Tian Ji Goods Store to see Tian Shenglan that day, Tian Shenglan said all the things to him. Maybe he was too nervous, or he forgot about it, but he just missed the matter of storing the family property of the prison army Zhao Yan in Wang Dengku's mansion.

"In this way, it turns out that your uncle Tian Shenglan is a person with great ability. If you believe your words, the official will sign and draw the pledge, and then go to the side and kneel. Yue Su saw Tian Xiu's expression and the look of being extremely afraid, and then listened to the voice of the speaker, and knew that he was not lying.

The clerical office took the confession and asked Tian Xiu to sign and draw the pledge, and after the painting was finished, Tian Xiu knelt on the side by himself, and the clerk's office presented the confession to Yue Su for a look. Yue Su took a brief look, nodded, and motioned for the secretary office to go back and sit down. Then, his eyes swept over to the people in the hall again.

His gaze was sharp and majestic, but whoever fell on him would involuntarily shudder.

In the end, Yue Su's gaze stayed on Zhao Yan's body.

"Father-in-law Zhao ......," Yue Su said lightly.

"My lord......" Zhao Yan couldn't help but shudder again, he had already been subdued by Yue Su's might, and Cui Jingrong and Tian Xiu in front of him basically didn't do anything, so they confessed, what kind of green onion was he. When Yue Su interrogated the first two, his heart went up and down, and he kept thinking about countermeasures, thinking about it, maybe his identity as a eunuch could make Lord Yue a little jealous. After all, he is a eunuch, and unless he sees the emperor and the master in the palace, he doesn't have to kneel down when he sees anyone. Therefore, Zhao Yan mustered up his courage and walked out tremblingly, bowing to Yue Su.

"Gonggong Zhao, you are the prison army from the palace, it stands to reason that this official has no right to judge you, and if there is anything, it should be handed over to the emperor. However, the case you are involved in is really a bit big, and the emperor is young, and this official is a minister appointed by the previous emperor, so it should be reasonable to ask. Yue Su said lightly.

"Yes...... It is reasonable...... "What does Minister Tuogu mean, that is, when the emperor is not in power, all the affairs of the DPRK and China are handled by Minister Tuogu, to put it bluntly, it is equivalent to half of the emperor." Yue Su said this, it was to give Zhao Yan a face to the name of "eunuch", Zhao Yan understood that if he dared to say half a 'no', Lord Yue would dare to be unkind to himself.

"The official is asking you now, you are the supervisor of Zhangjiakou, and the soldiers and horses in Zhangjiakou should have been 15,000, but in fact there are only about 7,000 people, a difference of half, how did you become a supervisor? Are eyes used for breathing? Yue Su asked lightly.

"This ......"

Yue Su only said a word, and Zhao Yan was speechless, he has not been a prison soldier in Zhangjiakou for a day or two, this soldier and horse is half of the real number, no matter what, he shouldn't know. Just as Lord Yue said, the eyes are not for breathing, how did you become a prisoner.

Seeing that Zhao Yan hadn't let out a fart for a long time, Yue Su sank his face and said, "Father-in-law Zhao, you are answering the official's question." You have been a supervisor in Zhangjiakou for many years, and I heard that the former deputy general of Zhangjiakou, Chang Zhentan, was impeached by you for eating empty quotas and deducting military salaries, and finally ended up in a different place. Right now, this Tian Xiu is also eating empty quotas and deducting military salaries, and he has been in office for several years, why don't you impeach him? ”

"Villain...... The villain ...... "Zhao Yan is hesitant, how dare he tell the truth."

But at this time, Yue Su suddenly shouted, "Say! ”

"Plop!"

Yue Su's voice was like a thunderbolt from the sky, Zhao Yan was frightened, his body trembled, and he fell directly to the ground. Then he kowtowed again and again and said, "The villain is guilty...... The villain is guilty......"

"Confess all your crimes to the official, if there is any omission, you don't need to taste the punishment of Dongchang, the official here will let you taste the punishment of the criminal department first!" Yue Su said sharply.

"Yes, yes......" Zhao Yan was already frightened by Yue Su, and he didn't dare to hide it anymore, and said honestly: "Tian Xiu eats empty quotas and drinks soldiers' blood, the villain knows." It's just that his uncle Tian Shenglan often respects me, and I take benefits, so naturally it's inconvenient to say more. Also, even if Tian Xiu eats the empty quota, the extra military supplies will not be distributed to people, so that the villain can detain these things into his own hands and sell them privately. ”

"Who did you sell it to?" Yue Su asked coldly.

"Sold to Wang Dengku, the owner of Wang Ji Goods Company." Zhao Yan replied truthfully.

"Very well, count yourself honest. The official asks you again, what happened to the former deputy general Chang Zhentan? Did he really eat empty quotas and deduct military salaries? Yue Su asked again. Chang Zhentan's case, Wu Sinan had already told Yue Su yesterday, and even shouted out the sword embroidery, met Lord Yue, and asked Yue Su to redress Chang Zhentan's grievances. In such cases, Wu Sinan knew that he had no ability to overturn the case, so he had to ask Lord Yue to come out. Yue Su naturally wouldn't make a decision, he agreed directly, and now he will ask in passing, and Zhao Yan will not dare not recruit.

Zhao Yan really doesn't have the courage not to tell the truth, for him, whether he admits it or not is just a matter of how many charges he has, and Wu Sinan has almost been tried before, if he doesn't recruit him, he will definitely not be able to get good fruits to eat. Don't toast and don't eat and drink, and immediately said honestly: "Chang Zhentan is indeed wronged." ”

"Then tell me, why did you frame Chang Zhentan and impeach him for eating empty quotas and deducting military salaries, causing him to be in a different place and his family ruined?" Yue Su said.

"Because ......" Zhao Yan hesitated, and then said: "Because Chang Zhentan detained a batch of Fan Yongdou's goods to be shipped out of customs, these goods are military supplies, and they are from ...... I bought them all from my father-in-law, Father-in-law Xiao...... If the matter goes to the court and makes a big fuss, no one will get any benefits, so in desperation, the villain has no choice but to strike first, impeach Chang Zhentan, and take his life. But the idea is all ...... It's all Fan Yongdou's ......"

Zhao Yan himself also understands that it is not possible not to recruit him, although he does not want to betray his father-in-law Xiao Fengzhong, but is it useful not to recruit himself? Is the Lord Yue sitting above a vegetarian, the name "Yue Shaved Head" did not fall out of thin air, the father-in-law Wei was not very good back then, and even the officials under the father-in-law of Wei were a lot of people under the father-in-law of Wei, and the father-in-law of Wei didn't even dare to let go of half a fart, what was he. Zhao Yan didn't fail to see it, none of these people present could get any benefits, and how to sentence it all depended on Lord Yue. Even how he died was what Lord Yue said. Since they all confessed that Chang Zhentan was wronged, don't hide other things.

You see that Zhao Yan just dared to show off his might in front of Wu Sinan, and kept claiming that he wanted to try him and get the emperor's decree, but other than that, other officials had no right to judge him. But in front of Yue Su, there is no difference between him and a docile lamb.

Yue Su nodded slightly and said, "Count you honest." After Yue Su finished speaking, he stretched out his hand on the coffee table next to him and picked up a confession. This confession was the one that Wu Sinan showed to Cui Jingrong before, and Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu confessed. He looked at it for a moment and said, "This confession says that 3,000 sets of weapons and armor smuggled out of the customs this time were purchased from you, is it true?" ”

"Back to the adult, this matter can be wronged by the villain, after the Tartars broke through Zhangjiakou, the armory here has been emptied, and the ordnance requested from the Xuanfu has not yet been sent, what will the villain sell to them." Zhao Yan said with an aggrieved face.

"That's right." Yue Su nodded, and said: "After Wu Sinan detained Jin Liangyu and Wang Dayu's batch of goods and escorted them to the governor's line, why did you come to make trouble unreasonably and try to hand over the case to you?" ”

"I can't hide it, because of the reselling of military supplies and accepting bribes over the years, the villain has become a grasshopper on a rope with Fan Yongdou, Wang Dengku, and Jin Liangyu, if something happens, they will definitely pull the villain into the water. So the villain had no choice but to try to help. Zhao Yan's words were not false at all, and even when he said this, he shed tears.

"Okay, let him sign it."

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