Coming out of Ye'an Pavilion, Han Jian hurriedly walked in the direction of the palace gate to receive the criminal. Yang Xi was a little puzzled: "Brother Han, my sister said that those people involved in the case should be handed over to the third division for trial, why shouldn't you?" ”

Han Jian glanced at Yang Xi, and said in his heart, Could it be that this kid thinks I'm greedy?

Han Jian said in a deep voice: "Now that we have just taken over the case, even we ourselves are not very clear about the process of this case, how to transfer the case to the Third Division?" So I ask Your Majesty to give us another day of grace, let us straighten out the facts of the case first, start the stolen money first, arrest the people who should be arrested first, and then hand them over to the third division, isn't it better? ”

Yang Xi thought about it, nodded with a smile, and seemed to think that Han Jian's method was very appropriate.

Seeing Yang Xi's appearance, Han Jian shook his head helplessly, Yang Xi is too gullible to others, what others say is what they are, and he lacks the ability to think for himself. Of course, Yang Xi can't be blamed for not being enlightened in this matter, but some things are too profound, and with Yang Xi's thinking, he can't understand how this corruption case can be connected with Li Wei's death.

The two of them arrived at the palace gate, and at this time, the palace guards had already taken down the group of people who had just entered the palace under Lu Shaokun's arrangement, and Lu Shaokun was waiting for Han Jian to come and hand over the criminals.

"Your Royal Highness the East King, the old man has been waiting here for a long time, so please ask your people to take these people away." Lu Shaokun saw Han Jian and stepped forward.

"Thank you, Grandpa Lu." Han Jian smiled and thanked him.

"Whereever, every time His Highness is so polite. It is an honor for the old body to be able to help His Highness. Lu Shaokun said with a smile.

Han Jian and Lu Shaokun said a few perfunctory words, and asked Zhang Xing and others to transfer the prisoners at the gate of the palace. When these people fell into Han Jian's hands, Han Jian's smile had a hint of mockery. The people who were still in the Ye'an Pavilion and told the empress that he was not just now all in his hands. These people saw Han Jian's smile. There was also a sense of fear in his heart, no one knew what means Han Jian was going to use to retaliate against them.

"Horse Collar. You'll make it easy for me to find this night. Han Jian didn't go to greet others, but only greeted his superior, Sima Jining, "Ma Buling is the boss, you have to be polite, go back and entertain yourself." ”

Zhang Xing received the order, and the other officials thought that the "entertainment" that Han Jian said was a big punishment, but who knew that the entertainment that Han Jian said was really entertainment. Han Jian was tortured last night because Han Jian did not have any evidence in his hands and needed a confession. Now that other people's evidence and material evidence are in hand, there is no need to use force to defeat others. All he needed to do now was put Levi in the case.

If you want to involve Levi, it is not a good way to start with these leaders, these people will protect the same party, which is also the only way to get rescued by other comrades, at this time their tone will be very tight, even if Levi is already a dead ghost, they will try their best to defend it. Because Li Wei is involved in the case, there will be people from the Criminal Department who will be traced, and the Criminal Department, as one of the three divisions, will soon join the process of arraignment them. As for Li Wei's involvement in the case, other middle- and lower-level officials may not be so clear. Therefore, from the beginning of Li Wei's involvement in the case, Han Jian realized that he had to use the set of false accusations.

Find a few middle- and lower-level officials to prove Li Wei's guilt, and then go to Li Wei's mansion to investigate. By the way, Li Wei's property in the capital was confiscated, as long as it was calculated that Li Wei's property did not match his official income. Then the problem is solved. The last time Li Wei made such a generous move in Yuhualou, he paid three thousand taels at a time to redeem Miss He's family in order to flatter Yang Yu, the third prince. It can be seen that Levi must have a lot of gray income. It is said that the body is not afraid of the shadow slanted, Levi's body is crooked, he has a heart to blame the crooked body, and in the end, Levi's shadow can still be straight?

Han Jian returned to the Tingwei Mansion, at this time, the seizure of stolen money in the city by people from all walks of life had not yet ended, and many officials had many secret storage points in the city. On the one hand, Han Jian asked people to torture officials with conclusive incriminating evidence, and on the other hand, he sent people to the mansions of the officials involved in the case to investigate. In these years, one person committed a crime and the whole family suffered, sometimes in order to ensure the safety of the family, many people will still honestly confess, Han Jian gave them a good condition, as long as they confessed the case and returned the illegal gains, the family could be pardoned. This is undoubtedly a good condition for the officials involved in the case who want to keep the incense.

By noon, Sima Yi summarized the situation to Han Jian, and by this time, the number of officials involved in the case had exceeded 200, all of whom were from the household department and the treasury. In the two yamen, which were concerned with the taxes and revenues of the imperial court, almost no official was exonerated from the crime.

Sima Yi finally said: "It's just the person of Hubu Shangshu, we can't find out that he is related to the case, I'm afraid it's not easy to take it." ”

It stands to reason that the corruption and deficit cases of the Treasury Division were all carried out under the arrangement of Ma Jining, and on the side of the Household Department, a squire was responsible for the whole situation, which was somewhat unreasonable. Hubu Shangshu Tang Sheng is suspected of being seriously involved in the case, but it is difficult to say, because in all the confessions, Tang Sheng is not mentioned at all, even those who bite people indiscriminately for self-protection also say that Tang Sheng has nothing to do with this case.

"Is this Tang Sheng a good person, or does he have a demagogic means? Or is he ruthless and no one dares to offend? Han Jian muttered to himself.

Sima said, "Why don't we arrest people and interrogate them properly?" ”

Han Jian shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate." Now there is no confession to prove this person's guilt, so we will take a book for interrogation, and we will not be able to get along with the official. Even if he is to be tried now, it must be proved that he is related to the case. ”

Sima Yi was a little annoyed and said: "Now the household department is at large with him alone, who believes him if he has nothing to do with the case?" Catch it back and add the threshold to the body, he doesn't recruit it! ”

Han Jian didn't say anything, but Yang Xi on the side seemed to have something else to think about, and his expression was a little dazed.

"Young Master Yang, do you know Tang and this person?" Han Jian asked.

Yang Xi was stunned and said, "This person, I saw it once, it was on the last birthday of the Yanning County Palace. The king of Yanning County celebrated his birthday, and there were not many people invited, Tang Shangshu was among them, so I think he had a good relationship with the king of Yanning County. ”

"Is it the person of the king of Yanning County?" Han Jian was also a little strange. It stands to reason that the king of Yanning County is a famous "idle king" in the imperial court, and he doesn't like to ask about everything, how can he have anything to do with the people in the household department?

But it is understandable that there are a few supporters around an idle king, and the key depends on what purpose these people have by following the king of Yanning County. As the king of Yanning County, it is more than enough to protect a household book. (To be continued......)