Chapter 41: Key Figures

After Liu Hua's voice fell, Yinxiang thought for a while, and then said in a deep voice: "That person is Bai Xiaoyu, the daughter of Bai Zhiyu, the political envoy of Hebei, and I don't know much about her, so I can only provide you with two pieces of information, one: she is a woman, and two: she is a living person."

More than a month ago, Bai Zhiyu impeached Tian Wenshun, the governor of Hebei, for embezzling huge sums of money, extorting taxes and harsh taxes, and wantonly looting the people's fat and ointment, and asked the imperial court to investigate the matter thoroughly.

When Huang Ama saw the chapter, he was immediately furious and ordered Hu Yingzhong, the governor of Zhili, to strictly investigate the case. After Hu Yingzhong received the order, he immediately sent someone to investigate the matter. But after a few days of investigation, Hu Yingzhong replied to the imperial court, saying that he had not found out the fact that Tian Wenshun was greedy for a huge amount of money.

At the same time, Tian Wenshun also gave a note to the imperial court, saying that when he inspected the treasury, he found that many taxes that should be included in the treasury were not deposited in the treasury, and one-tenth of the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court were left.

The treasury has always been under the jurisdiction of Bai Zhiyu, and Bai Zhiyu could not escape the blame for such a situation, so Tian Wenshun impeached Bai Zhiyu in turn, saying that he took advantage of his position to embezzle huge taxes and silver and embezzle disaster relief funds.

After that, Bai Zhiyu and Tian Wen accused each other of false accusations and maliciously framed their colleagues, and at the same time went to the imperial court, hoping that Huang Ama would send a messenger to Hebei to investigate the case and give him justice.

Huang Ama saw that the two accused each other, and Hu Yingzhong couldn't find out anything, so he sent my seventh brother Chunjun Wang Yinyou to Hebei to investigate the case.

But I didn't expect that after my seventh brother went to Hebei, he just asked the parties on both sides about the situation, checked the account books of the governor's yamen, and then ate and drank all day long, and no longer asked about the matter.

After learning of this situation, Huang Ama Longyan was furious, summoned the seventh brother back to the capital, reprimanded him fiercely in front of the Manchu Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, and then let him go back to the house and think about it behind closed doors.

After reprimanding the seventh brother, Huang Ama ordered to temporarily contact the positions of Bai Zhiyu and Tian Wenshun, and Hu Yingzhong, the governor of Zhili, took charge of the government affairs of Hebei Province, and then handed over the case to my starling Yinxi to be responsible.

But just when Tong Guowei was about to rush to Hebei, Hu Yingzhong actually did something unexpected to everyone, he ordered all the family members of Bai Zhiyu and Tian Wenshun to be placed under house arrest, and then searched the residences of the two.

Later, Hu Yingzhong made a statement, saying that the reason he did this was an investigative method used by both parties before the real embezzlers could not be identified.

But after Hu Yingzhong searched the residence of the two, he immediately sent troops to block Bai Zhiyu's residence, took Bai Zhiyu away and put him in prison, and ordered that all the members of the Bai family were not allowed to enter or leave the house.

Afterwards, Hu Yingzhong continued to write to the imperial court, saying that in Bai Zhiyu's home, a large number of finances from unknown sources were seized, and at the same time, letters suspected of Bai Zhiyu soliciting bribes from others were also found.

But when Tong Guowei arrived in Hebei and interrogated Bai Zhiyu in the prison, Bai Zhiyu shouted injustice from the cell, saying that Hu Yingzhong framed his subordinates.

Bai Zhiyu said that when Hu Yingzhong searched his house, he took away all the evidence in his hands, and then pointed to the deer as a horse and slandered him for being greedy for money. In this regard, Hu Yingzhong said that Bai Zhiyu was a slanderer and slandered indiscriminately.

Just when the situation was becoming more and more unfavorable for Bai Zhiyu, Bai Zhiyu's young daughter Bai Xiaoyu actually escaped from under the noses of those who were in charge of guarding the governor's yamen.

The next day, Tong Guowei received a letter signed by Bai Xiaoyu, Bai Xiaoyu said in the letter that she had a piece of evidence about Tian Wenshun's embezzlement of huge sums of money, but because she saw Hu Yingzhong's actions of framing his subordinates, she couldn't trust anyone.

Bai Xiaoyu claimed that she was going to take that evidence to the capital to sue the emperor, because the evidence she had involved a big person, and no one could convict that person except for the current saint.

Bai Xiaoyu's purpose in writing this letter is to hope that Tong Guowei will protect his father in case Bai Zhiyu is assassinated by Hu Yingzhong, and if something happens to Bai Zhiyu, she will publish that evidence and let the world make a decision.

After Tong Guowei sent Bai Xiaoyu's letter and Bai Zhiyu's confession back to the capital, it immediately caused an uproar in the court.

My second brother, who is now the prince of the East Palace, issued an order to reprimand Hu Yingzhong on the one hand, making him think about his own mistakes, and on the other hand, he sent Tuo Heqi, the commander of the infantry army, to Hebei to find Bai Xiaoyu to see if the evidence she said was true?

Tong Guowei was not idle, and sent a team of men and horses to guard the main intersections in and out of the capital all day long, hoping to find Bai Xiaoyu's traces, and Hu Yingzhong also secretly sent several groups of subordinates, one to find my traces, and the other to find Bai Xiaoyu. ”

Hearing this, Liu Hua couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Hu Yingzhong's purpose in looking for Bai Xiaoyu is understandable, it is to prevent the evidence in her hands from falling into the hands of the saint, but why did he send someone to find your traces?" ”

"Hmph...... The reason why Hu Yingzhong did this was because he was worried that I would find Bai Xiaoyu in advance and then get the evidence in her hand, so he kept looking for my traces and then spying on me.

Tong Guowei was investigating the case in Hebei, except for the few henchmen around him, Hu Yingzhong's eyeliner was all around. If he finds Bai Xiaoyu, Hu Yingzhong will get the information as soon as possible, and the same will be true for me.

As long as one of the two of us finds Bai Xiaoyu, Hu Yingzhong will take action, and in order to protect someone, he may even do something rebellious.

Now that you are my assistant, the pressure on me is much easier, after entering Zhili, you and I acted separately, I deliberately showed up for Hu Yingzhong's spies to find out, and then pretended to be watched by them, while you secretly looked for Bai Xiaoyu. ”

After the words fell, Yinxiang took out a token made of gold from his arms, and then handed the token to Liu Hua in the back: "Here you go, this is my big inner waist card, temporarily borrow it from you."

The token goes, if I come in person, at a critical time, it can help you prove your identity, okay, let's separate, I'll attract the attention of those people, create opportunities for you, and then, every three days, I will go to the "Cuizhu Teahouse" in Zhili to drink tea, and when there is an emergency, you can go there to find me. ”

After speaking, Yinxiang rode to an intersection, and after putting Liu Hua at the intersection, he drove away.

After putting away the waist card, Liu Hua looked around, and saw that there happened to be several carriages driving in the distance, among which the leading carriage seemed to have a flagpole erected, and a big "Shen" word was written on the flagpole.