Zheng Xin frowned and said, "Yin Chengliang, you are not small, when did you dare to bargain with me?" ”

Yin Chengliang replied: "How dare you, it's just to ask His Highness to 'open the law'." Fang Cai Yin said, this matter is just a blind eye to His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness may wish to listen, if you can fulfill my last wish, Yin Mou even under the Nine Springs will read His Royal Highness's Yin Virtue. ”

He saw Zheng Xin looking at him heavily, but he didn't deny it, so he continued: "Yin was originally born in poverty, and his parents died before my weak crown. ”

Speaking of this, Yin Chengliang sighed deeply and continued: "My son has not learned since he was a child, and he spends extravagantly, if he is not taken care of by Yin, I am afraid that he will starve to death on the streets in a few months." If Your Highness sees me pitiful, please raise your noble hand and leave a few properties when confiscating my family's property, so that Yin Tai can have a ...... to rely on in the future."

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he realized that Yin Chengliang was trying to make things happen today, and it turned out that in the final analysis, it was Yin Tai, an unsuccessful son.

This Yin Tai, Qiu Yizhi has seen it, when he was in front of the Confucius Temple, Yin Tai also had a dispute with Qiu Yizhi in order to compete for Wu Ruofei. At that time, Qiu Yizhi also secretly decided that one day he would turn around and punish this gentleman well.

However, now he sees that Yin Chengliang does not hesitate to give up his fame, but also to ensure the safety and comfort of this untalented son Yin Tai, which makes Qiu Yizhi, who has lost his father's love since he was a child, unable to help but be touched.

So Qiu Yizhi leaned towards Zheng Xin slightly, and said softly in his ear: "People are about to die, and their words are good." This Yin Tai is just an ordinary gentleman, and he can't make any big waves, so it's better to spare him. ”

Zheng Xin was indispensable for this matter, and when he heard that Qiu Yizhi also came to plead, he pushed the boat down the river and said: "Yin Chengliang, you also heard Lord Qiu's words." The crimes you committed should be connected to your descendants, but God has the virtue of a good life, so I will leave you a bloodline, so that Yin Tai can spend the rest of his life quietly, which can be regarded as his blessing. ”

When Yin Chengliang heard this, a stone in his heart finally fell to the ground, and said: "Your Highness has these words, and Yin is dumbfounded when he dies. I just don't know what else I can do to help His Highness with my crippled body now? ”

Zheng Xin listened, discussed with Qiu Yizhi for a while, and said: "You will make a list of officials suspected of corruption in Jiangnan Province, so that I can have a proof to deal with them." ”

Yin Chengliang smiled: "What's so difficult about this? The conduct and resume of Jiangnan officials are all in my mind, who is greedy and honest, who is stupid and smart, who is dim and clear, I know it all......" He said as he sat down in front of his bookcase again, licked the ink with his pen, pulled a piece of rice paper, and kept writing his name.

After a cup of tea, Yin Chengliang handed an ink-drenched piece of paper to Zheng Xin's hand and said, "Your Highness, all the stolen officials in my Jiangnan Province are on it, and these are all possible to find out the evidence." As for only those who can't be verified for the time being, or who are occasional offenders, I won't write about them. I hope that after this turmoil, they can be a little vigilant and stop in time, and forget it. ”

Zheng Xin took the paper and saw that the names of two or three hundred officials were densely written on it. He glanced at it carefully, and saw that almost all the officials of the third and fourth grades of Jiangnan Province were named by Yin Chengliang, if they were all taken down according to this list, then his mission of sweeping away Jiangnan officialdom would be completed.

So Zheng Xin didn't discuss it with Qiu Yizhi, so he blew the list dry, carefully folded it and hid it in his arms, and said to Yin Chengliang: "Lord Yin is still vigorous and resolute, and if his conduct can be more modest, he can be regarded as a pillar of the imperial court." With that, he turned around and walked out.

But he heard Yin Chengliang say behind him: "Your Highness, please stay, I still want to ask Your Highness for something." ”

Zheng Xin slowly turned around, calmed his face, and said to Yin Chengliang: "I see that there are all kinds of daily living things here, I don't know what else you want?" It's what you want, even though you say yes to the guards outside the door. Even if they refuse to give it to you, with your skills, what can't you bring in? ”

"A pot of wine." Yin Chengliang said lightly, "Such a thing must be helped by His Highness." ”

Zheng Xin was stunned for a moment, as if he doubted whether his ears had really heard Yin Chengliang's words clearly, and asked almost with confirmation: "Wine?" Do you want to kill yourself? ”

Yin Chengliang had an unfathomable smile on his face and said: "Although Yin Mou was born in poverty, but in the past few years, he has cultivated his body and moved his qi, and his body and bones have also become more noble, so he really can't bear the pain. ”

Zheng Xin never expected that after Yin Chengliang knew that his life was short, he would still be so calm, and after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't make up his mind, so he had to say: "How can you call the shots in this matter?" No matter how you die, in short, your days are numbered, and it is better to repent and repent more if you have such leisure...... Copy a few more scriptures to survive, and it will not be in vain for you to walk in the world......"

Saying that, Zheng Xin didn't wait for Yin Chengliang to answer, and almost ran away from the meditation room where Yin Chengliang was.

Seeing this, Qiu Yizhi also hurriedly chased after him, dragged out Zheng Xin, who was still walking quickly, and said, "Big brother, do you want to give this wine to Yin Chengliang?" ”

When Zheng Xin heard this, he suddenly stomped his feet and said hatefully: "This Yin Chengliang, when he died, he gave me such a problem. According to my opinion, in accordance with the provisions of the Han Dynasty, we will be tried and convicted according to the crime of corruption, and then the canonical punishment will be settled. ”

Qiu Yizhi frowned and said, "Since Yin Chengliang has such an idea, the eldest brother might as well fulfill him." When the younger brother saw his words like this today, he was obviously disillusioned and had no worries. In case he suddenly retracts his confession when he ascends to the court and overturns all the words he said today, it will become a joke for His Highness. ”

"Brother Yixian's idea, is it to poison Yin Chengliang to death?" Zheng Xin stared at Qiu Yizhi with a pair of eyes without blinking and asked.

Qiu Yizhi also had no stage fright, nodded vigorously, and said, "Yes." I also ask His Royal Highness to find a scrivener to record what Yin Chengliang just said into a transcript, and let him sign and draw it overnight - so that he has a certificate. When the time comes, giving him a pot of wine will not hinder the overall situation. ”

Zheng Xin nodded while listening, but asked again: "I'm afraid that if he dies like this, the foolish brother won't be able to explain the past to his father......"

Qiu Yizhi was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect that this powerful highness Zheng Xin actually had such a small heart, so he secretly shook his head in his heart and said: "Why do you have to bear the responsibility of the eldest brother, if the emperor wants to ask, he will say that the younger brother did it." Anyway, the younger brother has a lot of things to do on his own, and he doesn't care about this one more. ”

Zheng Xin is not a stupid person, and when he heard the last half of Qiu Yizhi's sentence, he was quite dissatisfied, and hurriedly said: "Brother Xian is thinking about it, with the eldest brother here, how can Brother Xian be held responsible?" Since the virtuous brother intends to keep Yin Chengliang's whole corpse, the eldest brother can't refute the face of the virtuous brother. ”

When Qiu Yizhi heard this, he suddenly felt that he was now dropping a person's life and death so lightly, and it was no different from those bandits and cool officials who disregarded people's lives, and he couldn't help but feel sick for a while.

So he hurriedly bowed his hand to Zheng Xin and said, "Big brother, I didn't expect this case to be handled so easily. Today, I only waited for Yin Chengliang to sign and draw the pledge, and there was nothing else to discuss. In the past few days, the little brother has been dizzy with heat and uncomfortable, so let's leave! ”

Zheng Xin thought about it, and there was really nothing to say about Qiu Yizhi, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "In this case, the virtuous brother will go back first." If things change, it's not too late for the foolish brother to come back and ask for help. ”

When Qiu Yizhi said this, he saluted again and withdrew from this Qixia Temple.

In the next few days, Qiu Yizhi really became a prophecy, suffering from the heat and fever.

Although Qiu Yizhi's illness was not serious, it made him dizzy and coughing from time to time, but Zheng Xin asked him to come over to try the case three times and twice, Qiu Yizhi couldn't refuse, so he had to force his sick body to go to the Jiangnan Provincial Government Yamen in Jinling City to hear the trial.

The main culprit Yin Chengliang committed suicide by taking poison three days after talking with Zheng Xin and Qiu Yizhi, and the other two key figures, Cai Min and Li Shenshi, were also convicted early.

Yin Chengliang really knew everything about Jiangnan officialdom before his death, and all the officials whose names he named did not need to be carefully questioned, and he shook out a butt of corruption cases. And these cases are not committed by a single person, and these reported officials, in order to protect themselves, without exception, have confessed to the conspirators.

In this way, the progress of the case trial is unexpectedly fast, and when it is smooth, one case can be handled in one day.

Qiu Yizhi saw that Zheng Xin was becoming more and more handy in handling the case, but she was becoming more and more interested in the case, so she sued her family and concentrated on recuperating in Lin Shuhan's manor.

Zheng Xin's side did not completely ignore Qiu Yizhi, seeing that he could not go to the lobby every day to be promoted to the court for trial, he sent people from time to time to send the files of important and important case files for him to see.

Qiu Yizhi saw that these case files had been reviewed and approved by Zheng Xin, so naturally he would not give any more opinions, and after reading them hastily, he retreated.

However, Lin Shuhan also took this opportunity to learn some details of the case.

This "Mr. Bansong" Lin Shuhan is a proud person, but he is open-mouthed, after reading a few files, he said to Qiu Yizhi: "Lord Qiu, this eldest brother of yours, is very porcelain in his heart!" ”

Qiu Yizhi was holding an idle book in his hand, reading it intentionally or unintentionally, hearing what Lin Shuhan said, he didn't put down the book, and asked without raising his eyes: "What does Mr. Lin mean by this?" ”

Lin Shuhan shook the folding fan in his hand and said, "Don't you think, my lord, that it is a bit inappropriate for His Highness to drop these prisoners?" ”

Qiu Yizhi still didn't have the book in his hand, and replied, "What's the big deal?" My eldest brother has tried cases in the past few days, not one hundred, but seventy or eighty, how can he do everything seamlessly? If it were up to me, I might have fainted when I saw such a mountain of case files. Mr. Lin doesn't want to pick bones in eggs. ”

Lin Shuhan is also an unforgiving person, hearing that Qiu Yizhi seems to be saying that he has nothing to do, he immediately puffed up the folding fan and said, for example: "Lord Qiu, can you remember a person named Wang Jingqing?" ”

Qiu Yizhi also has a good memory, and he did see this person's case in the case file, so he said: "Remember." What's wrong? ”