In May of the eighth year of Jinghe, the banquet in Yangzhou City suddenly became popular again to beat the drum and pass the flower game, the middle of the drinking as a poem hairpin boasted, there must be a beauty around him, the so-called hairpin flower embraces the fairy bones. But the prime minister of drunken singing is not daring to say, it is true that as Lord Li said, Yangzhou's morale is still a little more mellow than that of the Jiangnan region.

And the fashion initiator Li is very busy these days, busy planting bamboo in the county office. Seeing a person named Zheng Xie that day made him feel a great sense of crisis. In another time and space, this monster has a few very good bamboo poems, but in this time and space, Li You has not had time to plagiarize, so he feels that he can't wait for me.

In the past few days, we must first plant bamboo to create a creative atmosphere, and then seize the time to plagiarize the poems.

The officials tried to seek the position of the history of the officials, and ran very diligently to the county Zun. Seeing that the county respected the good bamboo, he didn't know where to transplant a hundred and ten plants, and planted a few pieces around the county back hall.

Master Li was leisurely for a few days, and was also discussed by Yangzhou officialdom for a few days, and everyone's perception of him was a little difficult to explain, and it could only be said that it was very complicated.

On this day, Li Xianzun was judging in the back hall, and suddenly had to report that Mr. Hu had returned, so he ordered: "Spread quickly!" ”

Mr. Hu naturally refers to the former master of Jiangzhi County, Hu Zhenru, a while ago he exposed to Li You that the salt merchant Qiu Jia instigated Jiangzhi County to embezzle the treasury silver and traffick the salt, and as a result, the shipwreck in the Anqing Mansion area was lost, and then Li You sent a ticket to investigate the shipwreck.

After another moment, I saw Hu Zhenru, who was in old clothes and covered with dust, being led into the room, Li You was secretly amused, this Mr. Hu is also a living person, and he must have deliberately reshaped such a respectful appearance.

"I will not fail in my mission!" Hu Zhenru said this first, and then said in detail: "When I went to Anqing Mansion this time, I checked the river moorings in two counties near the place where Qiu's family reported the wreck, and the shipwreck records were indeed published in the book. However, after making the money, he learned from the mouth of the small official of the Hebo Institute that this record was forged by a certain Yangzhou salt merchant who spent money to buy the ambassador of the Hebo Station, and guessed that the salt merchant must be the Qiu family. ”

It's better to have a shipwreck if it's fake, so you don't have to do anything else... Li You ordered the tea to be served and asked, "That's all?" ”

"I went down to the nearby villages, took out the county's card tickets, and counted them, and asked a few elderly people to give documents as evidence, and there was no incident of the salt boat hitting the reef and sinking on the river."

"Well done!" Li You praised. At the grassroots level of the dynasty, the old man system was implemented, and the elderly in the middle of the country had a semi-official status, and had a great right to speak in the countryside, and were also regarded by the government as the executive agency at the lower level of the county government, and in the early years of the dynasty, they could even jointly promote local officials. If there is such a person as evidence, it can be admissible in the trial of the case.

Immediately, Li Xianzun issued a card, and someone went to get the salt merchant Qiu Li.

However, it was not until the head was slanted to the west that the official came to sell the ticket and return it. The official was afraid that the county would blame him, so he hurriedly explained: "It's not that the little one is not dedicated, that Qiu Li is not at home, and the little one tried his best to find him in the bathhouse in the south of the city." ”

Li Xianzun was too lazy to pay attention to him, and ordered him to be promoted.

The person who called Qiu Daguan was brought to the court, Li You glanced at him a few times, and sure enough, he looked like white skin and tender meat, and his demeanor was also cowardly. can cheat 4,000 taels from Jiang Zhixian, who likes men, and he does have professional capital.

However, Master Li was not good at this, so he was not interested in taking a closer look, and couldn't help but smoke his **, patted Xingmu and shouted: "Who is in the hall!" Introduce oneself! ”

It is estimated that the news that the treasurer of the Jin Yuan's foreign family, Qi Da, was rectified in the county government spread, and this Qiu official knelt very happily and shouted: "Grandpa the county!" In Xia Qiu Li, salt has been practiced for generations. In the bathroom, there is a tolerance disturbance, the heart and liver are frightened, and I really don't know why I passed the hall! ”

"Diao Min! You deceived the government and embezzled the treasury silver, and Tulai is still alive..."

"County grandfather! It's nothing! Qiu Li shouted.

Li You was furious, shook the stick and shouted: "Who allowed you to interject indiscriminately!" Twenty left and right palms! ”

Master Li still couldn't resist pumping him... It was so beaten that Qiu Daguan's mouth and nose were bleeding for a long time, but he still denied it: "The little one doesn't know what the treasury silver is talking about." ”

"You need at least 8,000 taels of salt for 13,000 taels of salt, as far as the official knows, your capital last year was borrowed, do you dare to write out the details of the silver used one by one, and wait for the official to use it to confront all parties?"

Seeing that Qiu Li was really prevaricating, he had to admit: "I did find Jiang Xianzun to take four thousand taels of silver, and declared that he would cooperate in transporting salt, and the profits would be divided in half, but the will of heaven was not beautiful, and the salt ship sank in Anqing Mansion..."

"You dare to deceive your own official!" Li You said sharply: "This official has found out that there are many old people and fishermen on the river as evidence, and since last year, no salt boat has been sunk in Anqing Mansion, and the evidence is there!" What a crime you deserve, you people! ”

Qiu Daguan didn't expect that the county would not hesitate to cross the state to investigate the matter, and he also came up with evidence and was stunned. Li You didn't give him time to think, and threw the stick again and shouted: "Still unwilling to recruit? Twenty heavy responsibilities! ”

Qiu Li was afraid of the pain of flesh and skin, and thought that he couldn't bear it, so he shouted: "It's a move!" There is indeed a matter of defrauding Jiang County's silver! ”

Li You sneered: "Diao Minxiu has to avoid the important and light!" The crime is not to defraud Lord Jiang of silver, but to embezzle the county treasury official silver, and then forge a shipwreck to defraud the government and force the county magistrate to follow! Do you think the government's silver is so easy to steal? Today, I will let you see what official law is! ”

If fraud is nothing more than losing money and being punished, but these charges spit out by the county zun are really a bit heavy, embezzling treasury money, defrauding the government, and forcing the county to commit suicide, one is more shocking than the other, which makes Qiu Daguan can't help but lose his face, "Grandpa county, it's not..."

Li You didn't reason with him, he just shouted: "If you don't recruit, you will fight!" The left and right dogs don't do it yet! ”

Qiu Li was hit with more than 30 boards in a row, and was splashed awake again, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, and hinted: "I wish to spit out the stolen silver first..."

This means that you are going to give benefits and beg for mercy. In the minds of Qiu Daguan, Jiang Zhixian has committed suicide, and the deficit has been made up, and any official who has more than one thing is better than less will not turn it out again to cause trouble for himself. The new county zun is still holding on to this matter, which is nothing more than to knock him on some silver.

But what Qiu Daguan didn't expect was that Li Xianzun was as clear as water and as bright as a mirror! Master Li was indifferent in the face of bribery, and said with righteousness: "If you don't admit the crime, what can you talk about stolen silver!" Don't recruit the stick! ”

Ouch, this county is really unreasonable... Qiu Li and the soaps on both sides thought together. Qiu Daguan thought again, the county is new, so there is no way to get through, it is better to admit it to him first, and when the case is reported to the government and the branch office, it will be a trick to buy a bend and beat it into a trick.

The plan has been decided, and Qiu Daguan said weakly: "It's all under the move!" ”

Hearing this, Li You softened his tone, and asked with a pleasant face after the rain: "In addition to embezzling official silver, where did you get the other capital to transport salt?" ”

Although Qiu Li was confused and asked what he was doing, his face and the injuries on his back were still faintly painful, and he replied truthfully in fear: "I found six fellow villagers to borrow it." ”

"All salt merchants?" Li Xianzun continued to interrogate.

"Yes, I borrowed five thousand taels in total."

Sure enough, 80% of the salt merchants in Yangzhou are from Huizhou, and it is common for them to help each other. Li You asked again: "This amount is not small, how did you agree when you used it to transport salt?" ”

Qiu Li became more and more confused, but there is nothing to say, it is very common business to operate in partnership and divide profits in half in these years, such as the owner contributes money, the partner contributes, and half of the profit is taken after the end of the year. Therefore, Qiu Daguan still replied truthfully: "In the next nest, they will give out the silver, and they will cooperate in transporting salt, and their profits will be half." ”

"Oh? This official has often heard of the method of partnership, and you are considered a partnership? ”

"A partnership indeed." Qiu Li said honestly, Master Li looked at the clerk on duty and Master Cui, nodded and said, "It's a partnership, then let's call him to draw a charge."

If Qiu Daguan raised his head at this time, he would find that a strange smile flashed at the corner of the county honor's mouth, and the criminal master couldn't help laughing.

The next morning, Li Xianzun beat the drum and raised the hall to point soldiers! According to the roster, more than 100 people from the third class of officials and their helpers were gathered in front of the lobby.

For a while, the government was full of shock, and the officials were all shocked, I don't know what the county respected suddenly gathered strong people and horses to do? According to the experience of previous years, it could be that the salt owl was found somewhere, and the county asked everyone to check and arrest it... The salt dealers, who need to be dispatched on such a large scale, must have extraordinary force, and this time they are going to play with their lives.

Those who were pointed out did not understand, and the others were also curious, and they all gathered around the lobby to watch.

While guessing below, Li You slowly walked out of the lobby and stood on the platform. The audience fell silent and obeyed the order.

"The matter of the former Jiang Zhi County, the county has finally found out, and there are seven suspects who acted together to steal official silver! There are still six people who have not yet been brought to trial, and today they will be sent to arrest them separately! ”

If there is a canonical history, then the canonical history should be said, "Please show the lord". However, there is currently a vacancy in the history of Jiangdu County, and Li You can only continue without pomp: "The six people are all businessmen in the city!" The first team, arrest Wang Chun! The second team, arrest Liu Chongxuan! The third team, arrest Zhou Heng! The fourth team, arrest Wu Yu! The fifth team, arrest Yao Shiquan! The sixth team, capture Sun Kaiding! There is a place to live on the household register, so you can go to your own house to get it, so be sure to work hard! ”

Hearing the order, the audience immediately fell silent, and everyone turned their heads and ears.

Gangshang is a registered salt merchant, although there are no eight giants such as gold million among the six people read out by the county, but catching six salt merchants in one go is still a rare major event in recent years, and it is estimated that it will cause a sensation in the whole city in an instant. But there was no warning beforehand, and the paradox was really obscure.

Cui Zhenfei, the famous master of the criminal family, stood aside and was very worried, how could the method of arrest be like this? Those rich salt merchants are entangled with each other, and they are well-informed, maybe there are many insiders in the county government. Therefore, if you want to arrest someone, you must arrange it secretly, and you can only succeed in a sudden attack.

Or just send an errand to summon the door, as long as the summoned person does not want to rebel, he has to find a way to deal with it.

How can there be such a fanfare, lest the world not know the truth?

In fact, it is still a trivial matter to leak out and be escaped by the suspect, and it is a big deal in vain, but it is troublesome to really cause people to panic and make some trouble. You must know that many of those salt merchants have the same township and clan, and they often have the same spirit, and this time it is really too big to do this, and the proprietor is really reckless.

At this moment, Master Cui had already witnessed a few small officials quietly running out of the Yimen, and he knew that he would definitely return in vain today.

(To be continued)