Master Jin smiled and said, "First use the strategy of delaying the army, temporarily do not interrogate the rice staff, and order Luo Qianhu to send Jinyi guards to put him under house arrest in Qianhu and strictly guard him." At the same time, continue to check from the periphery, find out whether the middle-aged man in the slanted eye has something to do with Mi Yuanwai, whether it is related to the Jianwen Yu Party, if there is, then it is the best, and the adults can be sure of victory; ”

"Regardless of whether it has a relationship or not, the adults have to write a secret report on the cases of Mi Yuanwai, the political envoy of Quan Bu, and the Tan Governor's Mansion, and report it to the commander of Ji Gang through the eight hundred miles of Huguang Jinyiwei, and he will report to the emperor for a decision, and the lord will wait for the news and do things according to the order, then it will be foolproof."

"High! It's really high! Yang Qiuchi laughed, learning from the appearance of a pseudo-officer in "Tunnel Warfare", and praised with his thumb.

Although I can think of this method myself, but without Master Jin's analysis, I don't dare to make up my mind easily. I thought to myself, in the future, with the help of these two masters to come up with ideas, in the future political struggle, I will not make the same low-level mistakes as before.

Song Yun'er also smiled: "You are really a dog-headed military advisor, no wonder my father always praises you for being smart and capable, and you rely on your arms." ”

"Thank you for the compliment, thank you for the compliment. Contemptible people dare not be. Master Jin hurriedly surrendered his hand.

Yang Qiuchi returned to the lobby, sat down, and said with a smile: "Outside the rice staff, please get up." ”

Mi Yuanwai stood up triumphantly and patted the dust on the hem of his robe. Yang Qiuchi said: "Although you have such a relationship with Dingguo Gong, however, this case is too involved, and this official cannot sit idly by. ”

He turned his head and said to Luo Qianhu: "Lord Luo, please assign a deputy Qianhu to take the Jinyi guard out with the rice guards......"

"You don't have to be polite, just go back by yourself." Mi Yuanwai smiled proudly, it seems that this young official still knows how powerful he is, and he doesn't dare to move himself.

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "Mi Yuanwai, you misunderstood, before this case is investigated, we can only put you under house arrest, don't worry, Jinyi Wei will be responsible for your safety." He turned to Luo Qianhu and said, "Please send a deputy Qianhu to take the brocade guards to escort the rice staff back to Qianhu under house arrest, strictly guard, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Mi Yuanwai only then knew that he was happy too early, it seems that this young Jinyiwei is not simple.

Luo Qianhu got up and agreed, with admiration on his face, his expression was even more awe-inspiring, and he went out to call a deputy Qianhu, and took the brocade guard to take the rice member down.

Yang Qiuchi sent someone to inquire about the search for the middle-aged man with squinted eyes, and learned that although a few squint-eyed people were found, they were all ruled out after the identification of the dart masters.

Yang Qiuchi ordered to bring Governor Tan up. Governor Tan saw that Yang Qiuchi had even arrested the political envoys, and all the dignitaries in Huguang were shocked like quails in the water, knowing the stakes, the spiritual defense line had completely collapsed, and he went to the court where he used to try the case, and knelt down without waiting for the Jinyi guards on both sides to intimidate.

Yang Qiuchi was shocked and shouted: "You colluded with the political envoy of Quan Bu and the three officials and private officials outside the rice staff to embezzle the public grain for disaster relief, which caused public anger and almost caused a riot. Do you know the consequences? ”

Tan Zhifu was so frightened that he trembled, but his hands were tied, although it was not good to kowtow, he still tried to bend his head down, and even said that he would spare his life, the movement was too big, and he almost fell over.

Yang Qiuchi said again: "You took a bribe of 20,000 taels of silver, do you know how Emperor Taizu and the current emperor deal with corrupt officials?" ”

Of course, Governor Tan knew that when he thought of peeling the skin and grass, he was so frightened that the three souls and seven spirits were almost astigmatized, and he couldn't even say words to beg for mercy, leaving only one who struggled to kowtow.

Yang Qiuchi knew that the interrogation prisoner had to sing with a red face and a white face, and now that he had been scared like this, it was time to sing a red face, so that the effect would be better. At that moment, he ordered to untie the rope tied to Tan Zhifu's body. Governor Tan didn't know what Yang Qiuchi was going to do, and after the rope was untied, he sat there stunned, and he was about to become insane.

Yang Qiuchi's tone slowed down, and he said: "Governor Tan, your attitude in front is very good, you confessed to the political envoy and Mi Yuanwai, this moth, and made meritorious contributions to the detection of this case, this official will definitely write down your meritorious service and atonement in the folds." ”

Hearing this, the three souls and seven spirits of Governor Tan finally ran back to a small point, just this small point, it was enough for him to understand what Yang Qiuchi was talking about, and suddenly tears poured out with excitement, and the eldest person was actually prostrate on the ground, whining and crying, and then kowtowed again and again: "Lord Yang is kind to Tan Mou and reinvented, Tan Mou is unforgettable." ”

Yang Qiuchi said: "However, this official hopes that Lord Tan can continue to report and expose and continue to make meritorious contributions, only in this way can there be a glimmer of life." ”

Governor Tan kowtowed and whimpered: "Yes, Tan understands that Tan must confess everything he knows, and he will never dare to hide a single thing." ”

"Okay, you first tell me the truth about how you colluded to embezzle disaster relief food."

"Yes," Governor Tan kowtowed again, and then explained: "Last year, there was a locust plague within a radius of several hundred miles in Wuchang Mansion in Huguang, and the political envoy of Quan Bu reported to the imperial court to request grain relief for disaster relief, and received the emperor's permission. During the Chinese New Year, the Mi Yuanwai General Quan Bu and I invited him to his house, and there was no one else that day, so Mi Yuanwai said a plan, let us transfer all the food from the imperial court for disaster relief to him, and he gave us a total of 50,000 taels of silver, and I was frightened. ”

Speaking of this, Governor Tan thought about it, gritted his teeth, kowtowed and confessed: "I confess that in the past, disaster relief was all requested by the political secretary for disaster relief from the imperial court, and the specific disaster relief matters were specifically responsible for the prefect's yamen. ”

Yang Qiuchi interjected and asked, "Has the political envoy of Quan Bu ever done such a thing?" Am I referring to the embezzlement of all the relief food? ”

Governor Tan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "No, I participated in the disaster relief in Huguang Wuchang Mansion, and most of the food was still distributed." After a pause, he continued, "As for the situation before he came to Huguang to be a political envoy, I don't know much. ”

Yang Qiuchi nodded thoughtfully and motioned for him to continue.

"So when I heard this, although the benefit of 50,000 taels was really tempting, and at least 20% was distributed to my name, I still didn't dare to agree, after all, my head mattered. However, the political envoy seemed to have approved of the matter, and when he saw that I did not agree, he mentioned that I was in charge of reinforcing the Yangtze River embankment the year before last. ”

When Governor Tan said this, he stretched out his sleeves to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, gasped for a moment, and then continued: "That time, I was found out that I had embezzled three thousand taels of the imperial court's embankment repair money, and it was the political envoy of Quan Bu who pressed the case and saved me. When I heard him mention this, I knew that he was using this matter to pressure me, and if I didn't agree, I would be unlucky. ”

"I thought that anyway, once that case was exposed, I would definitely be dead, and I would die, so I agreed. Mi Yuanwai then sent someone to bring me the promised 50,000 taels of silver, and I personally led someone to deliver 40,000 taels of it to the inner house of the envoy of Quanbu. ”

Yang Qiuchi sneered: "From this point of view, the relationship between this political envoy and Mi Yuanwai is very close." ”

Governor Tan glanced up at Yang Qiuchi slightly, and then quickly lowered his head and said: "Yes, I heard, I heard that the political envoy of Quan Bu was originally just a small county order, and he deliberately stammered with the rice staff, and the rice staff helped him to operate in the imperial court, and then he rose step by step, until he reached his current position." ”

"Oh? How can this rice man be so capable? Yang Qiuchi's heart was even more frozen, it seems that what Master Jin said is right, when the enemy situation is unknown, it is the safest to use the tactic of delaying the army and asking for orders. Motioned for Governor Tan to continue.

Governor Tan continued: "I asked the rice workers, what should I do if there is no food to help the hungry people make trouble? Mi Yuanwai said that he would arrange for someone to burn down the granary, so he said that the guards were on fire, and then asked the court to allocate grain. Besides, his rice shop still sells rice, and he also has to open a porridge factory to put porridge. Didn't you do me any good if I said that, and he told me to leave it alone. ”

After the first batch of relief grain arrived, the political envoy arranged for his cronies to pretend to transport the grain into the granary of the Yamen of the political secretary, but in fact the grain was directly transported to the granary of Mi Yuanwai's house. That night, the empty granary of the chief secretary caught fire. I knew it must have been set on fire by someone outside the Mi Yuan. ”

The envoy asked the imperial court for relief food. I thought that this time the food arrived and I could provide disaster relief, because I saw many hungry people in the city starving to death, and I was also panicked, for fear that things would make a big fuss. Give the two of us a total of 50,000 taels of silver. ”

"I was frightened when I heard it, and for a while I found that Mi Yuanwai had been selling grain at a high price, and the price was ridiculously high, as if I didn't want the grain to be sold at all. I didn't see him open a porridge field to put porridge, but the hungry people poured into Wuchang City, and the more they gathered, there were already tens of thousands of people. I know that if this time I swallow all the relief food privately, and not a single grain of grain is released, the hungry people in the city will have to riot. ”

"I said I wouldn't dare this time anyway. But Mi Yuanwai and the political envoy of Quan Bu mentioned the matter of my seventh concubine, and I had to give in again. ”

Yang Qiuchi said with a smile: "I can't imagine that Lord Tan has married seven concubines in a row, and I can't see that Lord Tan is not old-hearted, and this body is still very powerful." Hey, hey, hey. ”

Governor Tan's old face was red, and he couldn't speak.

Yang Qiuchi restrained his smile and asked, "What's wrong with your seventh concubine?" Could it be that this dwarf winter melon has helped you in something? ”

(To be continued)