Feng Zhi was determined to make a decision, and Meng Huade would help him find a way in the future, and decided not to expose Meng Huade's old background. Therefore, he never mentioned the matter of making meritorious contributions, and only said that he asked Yue Su to be gracious and to be lenient.

After all, it is not a rebellion, under normal circumstances, it is after being beheaded.

Meng Huade was expected to answer him, because Feng Zhi had been following him for seven years, and he had always been regarded as a cronie, although he knew a lot of the inside story, he was a very tight-mouthed person. So these people, no matter where Meng Huade is an official, they all take Feng Zhi with him and act as a catcher.

When Yue Su heard this answer, his face remained silent, and he just said lightly: "When the headquarters left Beijing, the emperor gave three bronze guillotines, and the dragon head can behead the emperor's relatives, phoenix sons and dragon grandchildren; The tiger head can behead corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and bring disaster to the country; The dog's head can behead the scoundrels and local tyrants. These three copper guillotines can be cut first and then played, and once the crime is established, there is no need to report to the criminal department. Since you have signed and confessed to the death penalty, the ministry will enforce the law according to the law! Come on, the dog-headed is waiting! ”

A head catcher has no grade, and a dog's head is enough.

Just now, Jin Cicada had already asked people to carry the dog's head in front of Liu Cong, and now Jin Chan, with two errands, stepped forward to pick up Feng Zhi and came behind the guillotine. I saw Yue Su stand up and shouted, "Open the guillotine!" ”

"Yes!"

Jin Cicada pulled up the guillotine, and the two servants followed and stuffed Feng Zhi under the knife. Yue Su raised his hand, pulled out a vermilion fire stick from the arrow clip, and said loudly: "Feng Zhi, death is on the verge of death, what else do you have to say, if you have no last words, this will be ruined!" ”

Feng Zhi was almost scared after being stuffed under the knife, although he heard that this adult had Shang Fang's sword, which could be cut first and then played, but he didn't expect that it was really said to kill it. He is in the public gate, and he knows that as long as the fire sticks fall, the head will have to move.

A reprieve, not necessarily death, but if it is carried out immediately, it is certain death. Everyone is a head, but if it falls, it can't grow again, although Lord Meng treats himself well, but he has also made a lot of efforts for him, at other times, it is okay to show loyalty, life and death, what is loyalty. In this world, there are several Liu Hulan.

In a hurry, Feng Zhi hurriedly shouted: "Adult, slow, slow....... villain has something to say......

"If you have anything to say, just say it." Yue Su was indifferent on the outside, but he was secretly smiling in his heart.

And Meng Huade almost collapsed on the ground when he heard this shout, he understood that Feng Zhi was afraid of death. As soon as this kid is afraid of death, he must report others, who else can he report besides Meng Huade?

"The villain should make meritorious service for his crimes, and ask the adults for extrajudicial mercy." Feng Zhi shouted.

"Pull him out!" Yue Su put the fire stick back and sat down on the chair. It wasn't until Feng Zhi was pulled back to the bottom of the stairs and knelt before he said, "Feng Zhi, how do you want to make meritorious service for your crimes?" Don't blame the ministry for not reminding you, if it's not a major event, or if it's not true, the ministry will kill you immediately! If it is indeed a useful clue, the ministry will definitely take it lightly. ”

"Thank you, sir." Feng Zhichang sighed twice, gritted his teeth, and said: "Lord Governor, the small one wants to expose Lord Meng, the prefect of Huaiqing, during his tenure, Lord Meng was corrupt and bent the law, and there were no less than 20 cases of disregard for people's lives. Accepting bribes of not less than 50,000 taels of silver. Meng Huilong relied on the fact that Master Meng was a local parent official, and he had always been cunning and lawless, and his four shops were all obtained by robbery and fraud. This time, the villain colluded with Meng Huilong to smuggle disaster relief food, which was actually helpless. Meng Huilong is Lord Meng's nephew, the villain's boss, he came to me, how dare the villain not agree. Otherwise, such a head-losing thing, only eighty taels, who would do it. Also, the head catcher of the Qing Army Department and the general Jiao of the garrison yamen, if it weren't for Lord Meng's face, who would do such a headless thing for dozens of taels of silver. What the villain said, every sentence is true, and I hope that the adults will learn from it. ”

Yue Su nodded, sneered, and said, "Lord Meng, is Feng Zhi's words true?" ”

"Big, big ......" Meng Huade has been in the sea for many years after all, and has experienced a lot of ups and downs, don't look at the field that has taken this step, he still fights the spirit, and said: "Don't believe Feng Zhi's nonsense, he is framing him in order to save his life." The lower officials are in Huaiqing, they have always been loyal to the country, the people are the masters, and they have never taken the slightest bit in vain. After speaking, he turned his head to look at Feng Zhi and scolded loudly: "Feng Zhi, this mansion has always treated you well, why are you just planting false accusations for the sake of your surname?" Are you not afraid of retribution? ”

Feng Zhi was also scolded by Meng Huade, and he had no face to face it, so he had to hang his head down.

"Lord Meng, whether you have been wronged or not, the ministry has its own judgment, and you should not be impatient." Yue Su chuckled, looked at Feng Zhi, and said, "Feng Zhi, you said that he was careless of human life, shielded Meng Huilong's rampant lawlessness, and took advantage of it. But you said that he accepted bribes of no less than 50,000 taels, which is easy to do, do you know where all his money is placed? ”

"My lord, this villain knows. Master Meng has a house in the west of the city, and most of the proceeds from bribery are placed there. "Since he has already recruited, he doesn't care about saying it all, and at this point, Feng Zhi also understands that if Meng Huade doesn't die, he will definitely die.

"Excellent! Where is the child! ”

"The subordinates are here!" Tong Xuan replied loudly.

"You immediately take Feng Zhi, rate three hundred escorts, hold fire signs, and go to Lord Meng's mansion to search. Remember, search carefully, and if anyone dares to resist, shoot and kill! ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Tong Xuan immediately received the order, mobilized the guards with a fire sign, and escorted Feng Zhi to Xicheng.

After Tong Xuan left, Yue Su looked at Meng Huade and said with a smile: "Lord Meng, you said that if you find so much silver, how should you explain it to the main department?" ”

The silver is in the treasury of the Xicheng mansion, so many people go to search, if they can't find it, then it's ghostly. As for the explanation, how to explain it, the prefect only has a lot of money in a year, even if he works for a lifetime, he can't save so much silver. There seems to be no other explanation than corruption and bribery.

Meng Huade knelt on the ground and couldn't say a word for a long time. It was Yue Su who said it for him, "Lord Meng, during your tenure, you were corrupt and bent the law and disregarded people's lives, and this time you embezzled the official grain of the government treasury without permission, taking the opportunity to make a fortune in the national disaster and fill your own pockets. Not only that, but also connived at and shielded the annihilation merchant Meng Huilong to smuggle disaster relief food. Such a crime, even if it is a raid on the house, it is not an exaggeration. If you confess all your crimes now, this ministry can be extrajudicial and let your family live. If you still don't know how to repent, otherwise, don't blame the ministry for dealing with it according to law! ”

Monwald's crime must be death. However, the crime of conniving at and shielding others to smuggle food for disaster relief is too serious, and it is simply a matter of destroying the door. After all, Yue Su was born as a police officer in New China, and he is still not very optimistic about the family of Daming Law. However, when governing troubled times, heavy canons should be used, and sometimes it is inevitable.

Now that the case has been almost tried, Yue Su can't bear to harm Meng Huade's family, so he speaks like this. Meng Huade also understands in his heart, don't look at the previous repeated prevarication, as long as the dirty silver is found at home, and the ironclad evidence is like a mountain, it will be a broken drum and ten thousand people, and anyone will shake out any truth. He is naturally clear about the sentencing of corrupt officials in the "Daming Law", but there have been too many corrupt officials in the past 100 years, and the DPRK and China have been busy with infighting, and there are not many who have really impeached and investigated them, so those corrupt officials are getting bolder and bolder. Yue Su is more serious now, how can Meng Huade not be afraid.

Seeing that Yue Su promised not to connect with his family, he pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "My lord, the lower officials are willing to recruit." ”

At the moment, Meng Huade no longer concealed it, and recruited all the crimes he had committed in the past. In the more than three years since Meng Huade served as the prefect of Huaiqing, he has embezzled and accepted bribes and disregarded people's lives. Anyone who fights a lawsuit has always been justified and has no money not to come in, and when the case is heard, whoever gives the money will be sentenced to win. Whether it is a life lawsuit or a case of robbing a man and a woman, there is a certain fee standard, which can be described as a fair price, and Tong Su is not bullied. Like this embezzlement of official grain, the government treasury has a total of 1,300 stone of grain, Meng Huilong sold it for 6,500 taels, and Meng Huade got 3,500 taels from it. And the food was returned by Meng Huilong in the end. As for the smuggling of disaster relief food, Meng Huade did not come forward, and Meng Huilong did it under his banner. He is the prefect of Huaiqing, who dares not to give face to those who catch heads or something.

Not only that, but those county orders, officials, and general judgments under his rule have to pay some filial piety every year, and if they dare not confess, he will give people small shoes to wear.

On these confessions, Yang Yishan recorded sixteen pieces of paper and waited for him to finish writing. Tong Zhou and Feng Zhi have already returned.

"My lord, my subordinates were ordered to go to Mengfu to search, and found a total of more than 80,000 taels of silver, 3,000 taels of gold, and five boxes of gold and silver jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings. At present, 250 people have been left to guard the palace, and all the people of the Meng Mansion are imprisoned in the flower hall. How to deal with it is up to the adults to decide. ”

Yue Su nodded, looked at Meng Huade, and chuckled: "People say that the Qing Governor's Mansion for three years, 100,000 snowflakes and silver, this sentence is not false at all." But Lord Meng, don't worry, the ministry is true to its word, and it will not affect your family. As for the silver you are greedy for, the ministry will use all of it to help the people, and it will also be counted as accumulating some yin virtue for you. ”

"Thank you, sir." Meng Huade slammed his head, and the whole person seemed to be evacuated, and he had no energy at all.

"Let him sign it!"

Meng Huade took the confession handed by Yang Yishan and signed it, but Yue Su did not give up.

He looked at the garrison Guo Yigang and said with a smile: "Lord Guo......"

Guo Yigang saw Meng Huade confessing to the crime and his home being raided, and he looked decadent at the moment, his heart was full of panic, and he had a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox. Now when he heard Yue Su calling him, he was so frightened that his body trembled, and he quickly stood up, bowed down tremblingly, and said, "Great, great...... I don't know what will happen to the end? ”

"Meng Huade was corrupt and perverted the law and committed such a vicious act, do you think he should be killed!" Yue Su asked lightly.

"Yes, ......" Guo Yigang didn't understand what Yue Su meant by asking, and reluctantly squeezed out a smile to answer.

"He's damned. I have read the books of the sages, but I don't know how to follow the way of the sages, and I will live up to the emperor's grace and die......" Yue Su said calmly.

Guo Yigang nodded again and again, "Yes, yes...... He's more than innocent ......."

"Alas...... I knew it now, why bother in the first place? Do you think Monward doesn't regret it now? ”

"Regret, you must regret it......" Guo Yigang was really confused by Yue Su's question, and now he knows how to nod. But it's not just a question of confusion, but also a bit of confusion.

At this time, a smile suddenly appeared on Yue Su's face, and he immediately heard him say loudly: "Lord Guo, what about you?" Have you ever done something like him to be sorry for the emperor? ”

(To be continued)