Chapter 203: A Dilemma
Hearing the announcement, Wu Junyi couldn't help but be stunned, and secretly wondered in his heart what Shen Rufeng had to do when he came here at this time, so he got up and walked down the hall to the door to greet him. Seeing Shen Rufeng coming in a hurry with a group of people, Wu Junyi bowed his head and saluted: "Xiaguan Wu Junyi, welcome Lord Daotai~"
Shen Rufeng walked straight in front of Wu Junyi, and didn't even glance at him, which made Wu Junyi secretly ponder his intentions, and he sighed, inexplicably panicked, obviously the person who came was not good! However, he immediately put his mind at ease again, and secretly rejoiced that he had sent someone to follow Xiao Yao the day before yesterday, and learned that he had put his account book in Shen Rufeng's hands, and he had already made a plan. If not, it may be planted in his hands today.
Shen Rufeng turned around and sat down, and the entourage guards stood on both sides to protect him left and right. Shen Rufeng raised the startling wood in his hand, slapped it suddenly, and shouted: "Where is Wu Junyi, the guard of Qinglong County!" ”
"Wu Junyi, the county guard of Qinglong County, knock to see your lord!" Wu Junyi walked into the public hall from the door, knelt beside Xiao Yao, and waited for the fate.
"Are you guilty?!"
"The subordinate doesn't know what crime he has committed, please make it clear!" The so-called too many words must be lost, they are all old fritters who have been in the officialdom for many years, and even some teenage children know things, how can he not know, how can he not confess.
"Hmph, if you don't see the coffin, you won't shed tears, and if you don't see the Yellow River, you won't die! Present. Shen Rufeng sneered, and called one of his entourages to present an account book and put it on the table.
Shen Rufeng raised the account book, stared coldly at Wu Junyi in the hall, and asked, "You don't know this account book, right?" Do you have anything to say now? ”
"The account book is the stolen thing of the lower official, and I don't know why it fell into the hands of the adult, but the lower official still doesn't know what crime he has committed, and I hope the adult will make it clear." Wu Junyi sneered in his heart, but there was a mighty and unyielding expression on his face, and he stood up straight without humility or arrogance.
At this time, Xiao Yao, who was standing on the side, watched Wu Junyi's performance, the corners of his mouth hooked upward, and his heart said, Mount Tai pressed the top and his face did not change, he was not afraid, panicked, or chaotic in the face of danger, and faced it calmly.
Shen Rufeng shouted three times in a row, and said: "In this account book, it is recorded in detail that during your tenure as the county guard of Qinglong County, you not only accepted bribes, but also secretly colluded with the local gentry, businessmen, and evil forces, doing evil and profiteering, do evil, and make huge profits, do you dare to quibble?!" ”
"My lord, the lower officials have been wronged. What is recorded in the account books is true, but there is another hidden truth in it, I hope you will see it! Wu Junyi had already repeatedly scrutinized the previously planned countermeasures in his heart, and at this time, he was just slowly developing according to his own expectations.
Without waiting for Shen Rufeng to answer, Wu Junyi continued: "It is indeed recorded in the account book that Xia Guan accepted bribes from local officials, and everything is clear, but Xia Guan put the silver he received into the treasury and did not touch a penny!" In order to reassure the hearts of local officials, they can distinguish between good and evil. My lord, wait a moment, and the truth will be revealed. "Words, call his subordinates, whisper a few words.
After a short time, several officials carried several large boxes from outside the hall and placed them in turn, with seals on the tops of the boxes. Wu Junyi stepped forward to tear off the seal, opened the lid of the box, and it was filled with gold and silver, pearls, agate, jade, and jade.
Wu Junyi turned around and replied, "Please also take a look." With that, he stepped aside.
The time of a stick of incense passed in a blink of an eye, and several of Shen Rufeng's subordinates finished counting according to the account books, and reported to Shen Rufeng: "My lord, there are five boxes of gold, silver and jewelry in the hall, including 53,000 taels of silver, 18,000 taels of gold, 100,000 taels of silver tickets, and a total of 365 pieces of other jewelry. "After reporting and stepping aside.
When his subordinates reported the numbers, Shen Rufeng dragged the account books in his hand to compare them one by one, but these figures were far more than the bribes of local officials, and he couldn't help asking: "In addition to the two bribes paid by local officials, where do the rest come from?" And so much? ”
Wu Junyi bowed his head and said: "Those are the local royal family and the evil force of the Blood Demon Gang, the Blood Demon Gang has done all kinds of evil in the local area, lost their conscience, abducted and trafficked people to earn huge profits, and the lower officials did not catch them all, so they had to risk their lives, pretending to be in the same stream with them, secretly collecting important information such as their criminal evidence, and after collecting evidence from many parties, not long ago, the Blood Demon Gang was finally wiped out in one fell swoop." Please be enlightened! ”
For Wu Junyi's kung fu of reversing right and wrong, Xiao Yao, who was standing on the side, really admired the five-body throw to the ground and was full of praise. As he said, not only did he blame himself for his crimes, but in the end, he said that he was a meritorious man, not only innocent, but meritorious.
Knowing that there was no basis for what he said, he brought up all the evidence of the crime to prove his innocence, and it was really an old fritter! It does take a lot of courage to take it up, put it down, and take out these gold, silver and jewelry in front of you without hesitation. There is a saying that people die for money, birds die for food, Xiao Yao is used to seeing how many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, until the moment before he died, he still has money like life, and he doesn't know how to choose. Wu Junyi can do this, and he can really understand it. As long as you don't lose your life and keep your official position, you don't have as many of these things as you want!
When Shen Rufeng heard this, he ordered Mr. Bookkeeper to settle and check, and the result was that, as Wu Junyi said, the total amount of bribes and blood sacrifices by local officials was exactly the same as the previous statistics.
"The last item in the ledger records that you have donated a huge amount of silver taels to superior officials many times in the past few years and bribed superior officials, how do you explain it?" At this point, Shen Rufeng himself was already a little shaken, if he grasped this matter, he was afraid that some gains would outweigh the losses, even if he could be taken down, he was very likely to open up some officials in the list in the account book.
"In this regard, the lower officials have nothing to say, let the adults fall." Wu Junyi knelt on the ground again, burying his head, but said in his heart, even if the official admitted this, what does it matter? As long as you dare to investigate, not to mention how the official will end, whether you can keep your own black yarn will be discussed again, and it depends on how you advance and retreat!
Shen Rufeng closed the account book, stared at Wu Junyi under the hall, and made calculations in his heart. Although the two are officials in the same dynasty, they belong to two factions, they belong to the Qingliu faction, and they know that Wu Junyi belongs to the Ling faction, although the official rank is greater than him, but it is not something that can be moved if he wants to, and the relationship is complicated, and if he is not careful, he is afraid that he will not be able to protect himself.
In the list, many officials are prominent first-class and second-class officials in the capital, and the most unexpected thing is that person's name! As far as he knew, that person had always been alone, and he didn't participate in any fight between the two factions of Qingling, so how could he accept a bribe from a small county guard from him? Although I have doubts in my heart, I have no way to verify it, and I dare not check it!
For the confrontation at that level, being involved in it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and I am afraid that I don't know how to die.
Above the public court, everyone held their breath, all waiting for a sentence from Shen Rufeng, who was sitting under the "Mirror Hanging" plaque. But Shen Rufeng is in a dilemma, things have developed to this point, and if you investigate, you will lose both sides, and if you don't, you will lose face and lose your majesty.
At this critical moment, a person hurriedly ran into the hall, holding a letter and presenting it to Shen Rufeng, with the words "Shen Rufeng personally enlightened" on the envelope.