. Sizhou officialdom has undergone a storm-like purge, Lin Feng, the chief bookkeeper of the field, Sun Shanben, the treasurer of the field, Liu Zhong, the Yayu of the rice market, Xu Muyun, the shopkeeper, and the Shaoyan of the city, Liu Gaozhi, the head of the government office, Liu Quan, the housekeeper of the house, Liu Shuchen, the father and son of Liu Xiangzhi, and Zhou Nanshan, the uncle and nephew of Zhou Wang, were also arrested one by one after the arrest.

Zhou Wangshu wanted to abandon the pawn to protect the handsome, so he preemptively went to the prefect's yamen to take the initiative to report, as long as he could delay the government for a moment, he would have a way to use the incomparably huge latent force formed in the local area over the years to hide and annihilate the relevant human and physical evidence one by one, even if there is an omission, the government wants to seize the conclusive evidence, do not mobilize a large number of manpower and material resources, and do not want to investigate for a year and a half, and the longer the time, the more beneficial it is for him. He has accumulated considerable experience in dealing with the imperial court detectives, and is confident that he can calmly get out of trouble.

But he has never met Yang Hao like this, this stunned young man does not play cards according to common sense. It is the truth to worship heaven and earth first and then enter the cave room, but this benevolent brother was stunned to enter the cave room first, and then worship the church, regardless of whether he was guilty or not, first arrested all those who were accused and suspected, and then verified them.

How can an official not cherish his reputation and future, such a large number of arrests of local officials and gentry, once they can't catch the real evidence, and finally make trouble that can't end, there is only one result: dismissal from office, get out of the house and go home. He would never dare to be so reckless as an official, but what he didn't expect was that Yang Hao was now a person who didn't want to be a Beijing official under Zhao Kuangyin's nose, but he couldn't get rid of it, so he didn't follow the rules of officialdom.

This time Uncle Zhou Wang's big mistake, he has worked hard in Sizhou for many years, regardless of the gentry officials, the three religions and nine streams have his ears, eyes and subordinates, colluding with each other, forming a criss-crossing network, this big web is like a web waiting for moths, no matter where a hole is broken, he can mobilize all manpower and material resources as quickly as possible to make up for it, but this time the spider was caught first, and the spider web also broke several big holes at the same time, even if no one cares, this spider web will gradually break, What's more, Yang Hao's follow-up investigation operations were like a storm.

Zhao Dezhao, the king of Wei, brought up the old matter again, and Guo Zhaoyue was observed by Sizhou to sit in the government office, and once again made a list of Xu people to make a statement, but there were officials who bent the law for personal gain and fornicated with illegal gentry, and the chief official was executed, and the official was removed from the name and demoted, and he was still transferred to the imperial Shitai Kecha. The ink he coveted, no matter how much, was all rewarded with the informant. On the day of the announcement of this list, those who surrender themselves will be exempted from their crimes, and they will not be blamed in the past, and those who have committed illegal acts can also be pardoned for their old sins.

The list was once again plastered all over the streets and alleys, and this time the people saw it in their eyes, which meant that it was naturally different from last time. Yang Hao also secretly instructed Zhen Zhu'er to take a few people to pretend to be the informant, and sued a few local squires, those squires were just a few small minions under the influence of Zhou Wangshu's faction, and they were all publicized and lawless, and the villagers heard about it.

Sizhou observed that Guo Zhaoyue wanted to investigate these small cases, and as soon as the human and material evidence was in hand, these bullies were immediately arrested and brought to justice, and all the illegal gains were rewarded with the pigs. Zang Zhu'er and Sleeve brought more than 20 people, brought a large number of rewarded property to swagger through the market, immediately had an immediate effect, a few bold and broken after being lured by heavy profits, trembling rushed to report, really got a large number of rewards, more people rushed to come, lest the news they knew was reported by others first, so busy that Guo Guan didn't even have the kung fu to drink tea, the embankment built by the Sizhou bully squire between the court and the people, officially broken.

The official ship can't see so many prisoners, and for the convenience of arraignment, it is inconvenient to escort them to the official ship, these people have not yet been convicted, and it is inconvenient to go to prison, so Yang Hao locked them all up in the official warehouse, they prospered from this official warehouse, and also lost their families from this official warehouse, all kinds of illegal acts, mostly around this official warehouse, and keeping them here is also of deterrent significance.

Many of the small grain gentry who had been waiting and watching with Zhou Wangshu and others brought some grain to the official warehouse to buy rice, but in fact, they listened to the rumors, and saw that the officials and gentry who they used to nod and bow and compliment were all locked up in a dark granary, one by one, they withered, and couldn't help but be frightened, they stored rice at a low price, and sold it to the government at the current price, which was a huge profit, but they were confused by heavy profits, and greed blinded the gods. I am afraid that this grain and rice will leave a catastrophe.

Guo Zuyang sat at the door of the house for the past two days, ignoring everything that happened outside, Mrs. Liu knew that it was not good, and she didn't know if the matter would implicate her husband, and she was worried in her heart, and she didn't dare to cry to him anymore.

Li Zhiju pursues the golden mean, is kind to others, has always had a good reputation among his colleagues in the officialdom, has no colleagues and friends who are too close, but there is no enemy, he belongs to a good person-like figure, when he sees Deng Zuyang on weekdays, although he is older and more senior than Deng Zuyang, and he is not his belonging, he is still respectful to Deng Zuyang, and the personal relationship between the two is still good.

Deng Zuyang saw him rush to see himself, and thought that he had just returned to Sizhou, and his heart was not without emotion, for a few days, he was trapped in this back office every day, although he looked calm and calm on the surface, but he suddenly fell from a high position of power for a while, and was placed under house arrest here, and his heart was not without loss and sentimentality.

Deng Zuyang hurriedly got up and greeted him and said, "Inspector Li is here, hurry up, please take a seat, Xiu'er, make a pot of tea for Lord Li." ”

"Lord Deng, you're welcome." Li Zhijue smiled modestly and waved at him slightly.

"Inspector Li, please take a seat, Lord Inspector has just returned to Sizhou?"

"Uh...... The old man rushed back last night. Li Zhijue stroked his white beard, glanced at a pair of old eyes, and saw that Deng Xiu'er had already flashed down to make tea for him personally, so he leaned forward slightly and said, "Old man...... I rushed back to Sizhou last night, and I went to see King Wei Chitose. ”

"Oh?" Deng Zu raised his eyebrows, deliberately made a calm demeanor, but his breathing became heavy: "The prince has arrested all the people around the mansion, and there must be some basis for it." Deng Zuyang smiled bitterly: "This mansion wants to avoid suspicion, this is also the prince's care, and the mansion is also very grateful in my heart." It's just that...... I wonder what the case is now? Oh, if it's inconvenient to say, Inspector Li doesn't have to be embarrassed, this government knows the rules. ”

Li Zhijue nodded, and arched his hand: "Thank you for your tolerance, Li Zhijue has been up and down in the sea for forty years, and he is confident that this pair of old eyes can still see right and wrong clearly, the clear ones are self-purifying, the turbid ones are turbid, and the old man believes that the adults are innocent." Merely...... Now there are a few things that really involve adults......"

Deng Zuyang was stunned for a moment and said, "Involved in this mansion?" Deng Mou's public body is the country, diligent and loves the people, this heart can show the sun and the moon! ”

"This ...... The old man naturally understood. Li Zhijue smiled bitterly, left the table and bowed to him, leaned over and said: "But the matter involves adults, and the adults have to be interrogated...... Please go with the old man, so as not to make everyone's face ugly. ”

"Smack!" With a bang, the tea tray fell to the ground, Deng Xiu'er stood at the door with a pale face, she suddenly rushed into the room, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord Li, yes...... Did the king order my father to take it? ”

Li Zhijue hurriedly said: "Uh...... Miss Xiu'er, there are just a few cases that need to be interrogated by Lord Lingzun, and there are no major problems, so you don't have to worry. ”

Deng Xiu'er shook her head, and two lines of tears flowed down her cheeks: "Adults don't have to hide it from me, I have heard it all, I have heard it all, what crime did my father commit?" Although Deng Xiuer didn't dare to say that his father was better than the sages and sages of the dynasty, but the officials under the rule of the Great Song Dynasty, the officials who were honest and self-controlled, and loved the people like sons, were confident that they could not find a few who were better than their fathers. My father did his best for the court and the place, what sin would he commit? ”

Li Zhijue was embarrassed, and didn't know how to answer for a while, Deng Zuyang stood up and said, "Xiu'er! Don't be rude to Lord Li, since the prince has called him, I will go. Deng is innocent, and he is confident that there is no place to be sorry for the court and the people, and the truth will eventually be revealed. ”

He said to Deng Xiu'er: "Xiu'er, you are taking care of your mother at home, and your father is going to see King Wei to discuss things, and there is nothing wrong with it, how to speak in front of your mother, you have to think carefully." ”

After speaking, he dusted off the sleeves of his robe, calmly walked forward, and said to Li Zhijue: "Lord Inspector, please, this mansion will go to meet King Wei!" ”

Deng Zuyang walked out first, went straight to the front hall without looking back, and commanded in a loud voice: "Come on, prepare a sedan chair, this mansion wants to go out." ”

Li Zhijue was relieved, and was just about to move to follow, Deng Xiuer grabbed his sleeve and pleaded: "Uncle Li, what did my father do?" ”

Li Zhijue was embarrassed and said: "Miss Xiu'er......"

Deng Xiu'er knelt down and sobbed: "I beg my uncle to tell me, my father ...... Is my father really wrongdoing? ”

Li Zhijue was grabbed by her, listening to her soft words and pleading, she said pitiful, she really couldn't pull the sleeves of her robe and leave, and after a little hesitation, she had to hurriedly say: "Sizhou Mansion Treasury, the local wealth is heavy, it is the foundation of the prefect's shepherding of the place and the foundation of the tribute to the imperial court, this treasury is in the hands of the Lord of Futai, if something goes wrong...... Alas, how can he say that he is incorruptible, and how can he get out of it? ”

Deng Xiu'er exclaimed: "Isn't the case of King Wei Chitose investigating the case of rice and grain, what is wrong with the Sizhou Treasury?" ”

Li Zhijue pulled out his robe and hurriedly said: "Well, only Lord Ling Zun or your maternal uncle Liu Shuchen knows, the old man said goodbye!" Then he turned and hurried away.