Officials at all levels in Runing Prefecture were more or less involved in this corruption case, and Liu Qichang was the core of the entire corruption group. However, Liu Qichang believed that he did not have any fatal handle to be caught by Su Hao, and Su Hao searched the secret account book from Xinglong Gambling House and Huguang Money Village, although it recorded the number of dividends to Liu Qichang, but there was no Liu Qichang's own signature, and Liu Qichang could not admit it at all.

In front of Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, Su Hao said that Liu Qichang himself was also the person involved in the case, which gave Liu Qichang the truth. What he has to do now is to force Su Hao to come up with evidence, once Su Hao can't come up with any strong evidence, he can countersue Su Hao for false accusations, so as to bring the whole thing to the contradiction between Su Hao and himself. In this way, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping have to play a round in it, and it will be difficult to pursue other things.

Regarding Liu Qichang's various possible performances, Su Hao had already discussed with Li Zhen in advance. Liu Qichang was flying at this time, and it did not exceed Li Zhen's expectations. Su Hao's face was still light-hearted, and he said: "Why should Governor Liu be so pretentious, if a subordinate dares to say such a thing, there is naturally a reason for a subordinate official." All kinds of evidence, the lower officials will then submit it to the two elders, and there is no need for Governor Liu to worry about it. The two pavilion elders have worked hard from afar, today's table of wine is for the pavilion elders to wash the dust, Liu Zhifu slapped the table and smashed the bowl, did he not want the pavilion elders to eat comfortably? ”

"This ......" Liu Qichang was choked all of a sudden. Su Hao's meaning is very clear, now is the time to eat, who will discuss this kind of topic with you. You have to force me to come up with evidence at this time, you just don't want to let Ge Lao eat a good meal, this is his heart can be punished.

"The two pavilion elders forgive their sins, and the lower officials are just not angry that Su Hao is open-mouthed, so he lost his temper." Liu Qichang could only quickly apologize to the two elders. The world is big, it's not as big as eating. Su Hao used this matter to pick Liu Qichang's gift, Liu Qichang really had no choice.

"Governor Liu doesn't have to be anxious, didn't Master Su just say, those who are clear are self-purifying, and those who are turbid are self-turbid. If Governor Liu doesn't do anything inappropriate, then even if everyone is paying money, it will not damage your reputation. Come on, come on, everyone still drinks first, the matter of the case. There will be time to talk in the next few days. Wang Xijue smiled and reassured Liu Qichang, but in his heart, he secretly gave Su Hao a thumbs up.

first provoked Liu Qichang and made him speak wildly, and then avoided his edge. Let the firepower he unleash was in vain. In this way, when the next time he talks about this matter, even if Liu Qichang jumps again, the effect is not as good as this time. The Art of War says that one drum is vigorous, then declining, and three times exhausted, what Su Hao is doing now is to let Liu Qichang exhaust himself in three drums.

In the second half of the meal, Liu Qichang ate very much. Wu Boxing originally planned to take this opportunity to attack Su Hao. But with such a foreshadowing, it is inconvenient for him to mention the matter again. At the dinner table, everyone pretended to be harmonious and talked about the customs of Runing. Eaten. Liu Qichang personally accompanied the Qincha team to the pavilion to rest, while Su Hao returned to the temporary mansion by himself, waiting for the summons of the Qincha.

In the next two days, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping led other officials in the same company. A temporary Qincha court was set up in the pavilion, and Liu Qichang and Su Hao were summoned to interrogate respectively.

Liu Qichang was summoned by many people. In addition to the officials, there were also a large number of gentry who participated in signing the Book of the People. When these people arrived at the court, what they said was basically the same caliber, that is, Su Hao was framing them, and now Runing Mansion is already boring for the people and officials, and there is no way to live.

When these local officials complained, they ignored a very important problem, that is, the content of their words was too similar. If there had been no prior collusion, how could so many people have spoken in unison? Liu Qichang and others just wanted to slander Su Hao in a unified voice, but they didn't expect it to be self-defeating, but Wang Xijue and others saw the problem.

When Liu Qichang was summoned, he once again angrily demanded that the imperial court make decisions for himself and must severely punish Su Hao. But because he had already made trouble once before, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping were already mentally prepared, and they did not respond too much to his request, but repeatedly advised him not to be impatient, which made Liu Qichang very depressed.

There are relatively few people on Su Hao's side who are worthy of being summoned by the Qin Mission, nothing more than Su Hao, Deng Kui, Zhang Yunlong, Xiong Minyang, and Zhou Ruyuan. Li Zhen was actually the mastermind of the whole operation, but where did Su Hao dare to let him appear. Su Hao took all the things related to planning and the like on himself, and some copywriters deduced that Zhou Ruyuan took some clerks to handle it, and did not reveal the existence of Li Zhen from beginning to end.

In addition to officials from both sides, Qin Cha also summoned hundreds of criminals handed over by Su Hao, including Xu Rendi, Xia Shushen and so on. After these criminals were arrested by the public opinion camp, they have been held separately, and they have not had the opportunity to collude with confessions, and they do not even know which other accomplices have been arrested. When these people faced the Qincha who came from the capital, they couldn't figure out whether the Qincha was here to protect themselves or to convict themselves. During the interrogation, some shouted grievances and some begged for mercy, and what everyone said did not match each other, and the result was naturally that a large number of flaws were exposed.

Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping are both extremely wise people, plus they have been in high positions for many years and have rich experience in life. After several rounds of questioning, they already knew the truth of the matter in Runing Mansion.

"Fu Yu, congratulations."

At the end of the day's interrogation, Wang Jiaping said with a smile to Wang Xijue while drinking tea.

Wang Xijue didn't know what Wang Jiaping meant, and said in surprise: "Where did the old man come from?" ”

Wang Jiaping said: "Didn't you recommend this Su Gaizhi to the saint, now it seems that Fu Yu's eyesight is really good, and it is not worth congratulating you for recommending such a talent for the country?" ”

Wang Xijue said with a smile: "Uncle Zhong has a good reputation, but judging from this case, Su Gaizhi is indeed a little talented." Previously, the imperial court sent several groups of officials to Runing to verify the matter, but in the end they all returned in vain. It's only been a few months since Su Gaizhi came, and he opened all the lids on Runing, which is indeed not easy. ”

Wang Jiaping said: "Others can't find out, one is selfish, and they don't want to offend the local officials; Second, it is also a lack of talent, and it is impossible to break such a complicated situation. This Su Gaizhi scattered all his 2,000 soldiers and horses, and figured out every knot in the entire Runing net, this scheming really doesn't look like a young man under 20 years old. ”

Wang Xijue smiled slightly, he thought of something, but it was inconvenient to talk about it to Wang Jiaping. He changed the topic and asked Wang Jiaping: "Uncle Zhong, in your opinion, can the case of Runing be conclusive?" ”

"Absolutely." Wang Jiaping said, "Obviously, what Su Hao said is tenable, there is indeed a collusion between officials and gentry in Runing Mansion and harm to farmers, and this matter must be investigated, and Liu Qichang cannot escape the blame." However, the possession of these lands that had been embezzled by usury banks will have to be investigated in further detail, and I think we can use the letters of the chincha to ask the states and counties to hand over the land deeds of the deposit for verification. ”

It turned out that Su Hao's arrest of those usury merchants and the seizure of their account books only proved the existence of the embezzlement of land. But Su Hao has no way to investigate the land that was embezzled by usury merchants into the hands of someone. To know the ownership of the land, you must get all the title deeds.

The title deeds of the land are in duplicate, one in the hands of the landowner and one in the hands of the local government. Due to the falling out with Liu Qichang, the states and counties naturally would not allow Su Hao to check the title deed. As for the powerful landlords who occupied the land, Su Hao could not go to their homes to inspect the title deeds without conclusive evidence. In this way, the clues of the entire case were interrupted, which is why Su Hao hoped that the imperial court would send someone to assist in the investigation.

"Wang Huke, you go and draft a document, use the official's seal, and then ask the state capitals to hand over the archived title deeds, and you take a few people to carefully check it." Wang Xijue gave an order to Hu Ke to Wang Jiguang.

"The subordinate obeys!" Wang Jiguang hurriedly agreed.

Wang Jiaping said: "There are a lot of things to check the land deeds of so many states and counties." Just a few of them, when do you have to see when to go? In my opinion, let's let Su Hao also send a few people to help take a look, there should be a few capable people on his side. ”

Wang Xijue nodded and said, "It's exactly what I want." The people on Su Hao's side have been checking Runing's land for a while ago, and they are very familiar with the situation, so let their people help take a look, and it will be twice the result with half the effort. ”

Wang Jiaping said: "This Su Hao is really good enough, and he actually made a trick for him to be a staff member." I think this person named Zhou Ruyuan has a bit of talent. However, if you want to say that the report submitted to Beijing was from Zhou Ruyuan, I don't believe it, could it be that there are other talents in Su Hao's account? ”

Wang Xijue said with a smile: "This matter is not our responsibility, what if people don't want us to know his hole cards?" ”

"Yes, let's leave this matter alone." The Wang family didn't dwell on this matter, and opened the conversation with a smile.

Wang Xijue said to Wang Jiaping not to inquire about Su Hao's hole cards, but he himself has been thinking about one thing. After dinner, he excused himself to go out for a walk and came to Su Hao's mansion with a few entourage.

When Su Hao heard that Wang Xijue was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him, invited Wang Xijue to the living room to sit down, and ordered his subordinates to quickly pour tea and wait. Wang Xijue waved his hand to his entourage, asked them to withdraw first, and then said to Su Hao: "You don't have to be polite to change it, the old man is here this time, but there is a private matter, and I want to ask about it." ”

"Elder Wang Ge, please speak, Su Hao knows something, and he will not dare to hide it." Su Hao said.

Wang Xijue looked at no one on the left and right, lowered his voice, and said to Su Hao: "Let me ask you, Li Zhen and Li Hongfu, where are you now?" ”

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