Chapter 550: Fishing

Zhao Zhiliang never expected that among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the first person to know what was written in the pigeon whistle brought by An Guogong from the north was him. Because after King Xin entered the palace in front of the emperor, he did not delay at all, and when he came out, he directly took someone to Zhao Zhiliang's mansion and took him to the criminal department.

However, considering the situation of the court, Zheng Ying still saved three points of face for Zheng Jin and Li Xiang, and his reason for detaining Zhao Zhiliang was relatively modest, saying that it was about the robbery of military funds, and some things needed to be "verified", so he asked Zhao Shilang of the Ministry of War to cooperate and explain the situation in detail.

Therefore, when Zhao Zhiliang was arrested, although Zheng Ying brought a lot of people, he did not use the detention process, no escort, no chains, and he even allowed Zhao Zhiliang to change into official clothes, sit in a sedan chair by himself, follow him in the back of his carriage, and go to the criminal department together.

Of course, these superficial articles are certainly not for Zheng Jin and Li Xiang to see, just to give them face. As soon as this person entered the Criminal Department, of course there was no need to do superficial work, and Zhao Zhiliang was quickly stripped of his official uniform, put on shackles, and knelt in front of the court for trial.

Zhao Zhiliang was a little confused, he didn't know why King Xin's face changed so quickly, but this person's reaction was fast, since he was stripped of his official uniform, he has been shouting grievances with his neck straight, and he didn't say a word on the side, and his mouth was as strict as a clam shell.

Zheng Ying was not in a hurry, Zhao Zhiliang didn't say it, he didn't ask, he just handed over the news brought by An Guogong from the north to Zhao Zhiliang and asked him to read it carefully, and then directly escorted the person to the prison, saying that he wanted Zhao Shilang to think about it and whether he really had nothing to say.

Of course, the news sent by An Guogong is very important, but these news are all visible, so Zhao Zhiliang was even more stunned after seeing it, and he was very puzzled why King Xin directly arrested him after receiving the news. It stands to reason that the sixth prince of the Mu family and General Wen were killed, and the fifth prince of Mu was missing, so it should be difficult to connect such news with him, a small soldier squire.

As for Jin Lingwei's surviving armor soldiers have been protected, Zhao Zhiliang feels that he is not weak-hearted, these people are all ready-made witnesses, and they can prove that the matter was done by the "Rongdi people", could it be that there is something wrong with this? Exposed?

But even if he is exposed, this person is not instructed by him Zhao Zhiliang, no matter how you calculate it, it can't be counted on his head!

Zhao Zhiliang felt quite confident when he thought about the above two news, and the only thing that made him drum in his heart was that the ordnance of the military department was actually lost along with the grain and grass of the household department. But even so, Zhao Zhiliang felt that it had little to do with him, because these weapons were all handled by Jiang Wenbin, and even if he wanted to be held accountable, he couldn't ask him.

But...... King Xin just put him up, which made Zhao Zhiliang puzzled. And King Xin didn't ask a word, he just showed him the news brought by An Guogong, why is this?!

This night, Zhao Zhiliang stared, looking at the wooden fence of the prison of the Criminal Department, carefully pondering the news he had read before, he thought about it, thought about it, and actually began to feel a little weak and panicked. Could it be ...... Who did he carry the black pot for??

The ordnance of the military department was also lost! It doesn't make sense! This batch of ordnance was personally watched by Jiang Wenbin and loaded into the truck, and Zhao Zhiliang and Jiang Wenbin have not been working together for a day or two, so they naturally know Jiang Shilang's style of doing things very well.

Zhao Zhiliang knew that Jiang Wenbin didn't like him, but Zhao Zhiliang didn't care. In Zhao Zhiliang's view, such people are generally the life of making wedding dresses for others, with a limited future and no friendship value.

However, it is precisely because Zhao Zhiliang has an understanding of Jiang Wenbin's serious and careful style of doing things, so he is also very convinced that there can be no problems with the batch of ordnance handled by Jiang Wenbin. Why are 200 truckloads of ordnance missing? At present, the entire Great Zhou is strictly investigating the ordnance of private criminals, and although these weapons with official imprints are very valuable, they are like hot potatoes that cannot be disposed of, and there is no way to take them out and use them, let alone buy and sell them.

For ordinary people, these expensive weapons are actually scrap metal, and once ordinary people are caught using official-made ordnance, it is not as simple as killing their heads.

So why did the ordnance disappear along with the fake grain and grass? The more Zhao Zhiliang thought about it, the more confused he felt.

It stands to reason that those people hired by He Wenmao were specially used to deal with fake grain and grass to cover up the fact that the household was in deficit, and they should not have robbed the ordnance by the way. Isn't it asking for trouble to transport two hundred truckloads of ordnance together, which is time-consuming and laborious and unable to deal with the aftermath?!

Not by the way...... That...... Could it be intentional?

If He Wenmao deliberately ordered people to rob the ordnance together, this would be intriguing......

Why did he do such a thankless job? Could it be ...... He had already thought about it, in case something happened, he would push the matter to the head of the military department?

But that's not right...... Even if He Wenmao plans to let the military department carry the black pot, it will not be his turn Zhao Zhiliang! Sun Shangshu and Jiang Wenbin, who personally handled it, are the best candidates, aren't they? But why was he escorted?

Could it be that Sun Shangshu and Jiang Shilang also came in, but King Xin detained them alone in order to prevent them from exchanging news??

Zhao Zhiliang was scared and confused, but finally decided to wait and see for a while.

I have to say that Zheng Ying is really very smart, he knows very well that an old fritter like Zhao Zhiliang is actually very difficult to judge, cunning and sophisticated, and going around in circles with him can only be in vain, so Zheng Ying adopted another strategy, he hung Zhao Zhiliang and let him think crankily without being disturbed. There is a saying that suspicion gives birth to dark ghosts, and Zheng Ying waited for Zhao Zhiliang, who had a ghost, to scare herself.

Zhao Zhiliang stared at the prison of the Criminal Department for a night, and finally made up his mind, and when he passed the trial on the second day, he carefully observed his words and feelings, and went around in circles with King Xin, but he didn't expect that he was mentally prepared in vain, but he didn't see King Xin interrogate him.

He squatted in the prison, but his life was good, he had three meals a day and was delivered by the cell boss, and he was not harsh on his diet. Zhao Zhiliang looked at the cell boss and was angry, so he tried his best to find the cell boss and almost talk, wanting to ask the cell boss for help and ask his wife to come and send him something.

Zhao Zhiliang didn't expect that the cell boss was actually very talkative, but after he proposed to pass the word, he asked Mrs. Zhao to pay him ten taels of silver for running errands. Zhao Zhiliang was more relieved that the cell boss had such a request, he immediately nodded, borrowed a pen and wrote a short message to his wife, handed it to the cell boss, and asked the cell boss to take it to Zhao's mansion.

The cell boss agreed with a smile, and as soon as he turned around and left the prison of the Criminal Department, he handed the letter to Zheng Ying.