Lu Chengyan held the evidence given by Yuan Lang in his hand, and then directly took the token given by the emperor and started to investigate, but after running for a day, he still found nothing.

In the evening, when Lu Chengyan returned to the Lu Mansion, Rong Qing saw his unhappy face, and knew that it was a trip for nothing today, so he asked softly: "Don't you have a clue?" ”

Lu Chengyan nodded and said, "I thought I could find out something, but it still didn't work, so it's better to put the evidence true or false according to what you said." Anyway, Cao Yu, Your Majesty will definitely do it. ”

Rong gently asked for the evidence, found the list of accounts, and asked, "This is the details of the embezzled money?" Did General Yuan find out all this? ”

Lu Chengyan said: "Part of it was investigated by General Yuan, and part of it was found by Li'an. ”

Rong gently held the list of accounts, frowning and very puzzled.

I remember this stroke so clearly, and I can't even convict them? Could it be that the amount has not reached that point?

Thinking about it, Rong gently took the bill to the side and calculated, and found that the total amount of embezzlement and bribery was 580,000 taels of silver.

This number is not low, but the point is that this is the sum of thirty-two officials!

In other words, these thirty-two people risked killing their heads, and a total of only 580,000 taels were embezzled? And although these people are locked up in prison, they will never be beheaded, and some people hold important positions, so the emperor will easily not move, and he will be fined for a few years at most.

It means that these people are just going through the prison and suffering a little.

"No, this account is definitely not right!" Rong frowned slightly.

Lu Chengyan said: "After it was handed over to His Majesty, it was re-checked, and there was nothing wrong with this amount." ”

Rong Qing didn't know how to describe this feeling, but she felt that the bill was just wrong, but the account was perfect.

"Since you and I can't see through this kind of thing, then we'll go to my mother." Rong said softly.

She knows who is suitable for what kind of things, and Qin Yuwan, who used to manage a huge Lu Mansion, is the most suitable person to check the accounts, how many accounts have passed from her at that time, but there is no bad debt, and all aspects remember it clearly.

So it's best to leave this kind of thing to her mother-in-law.

Rong gently took the list of accounts and went to Qin Yuwan, and after explaining the situation, Qin Yuwan asked her to put down the accounts, and after reading them herself, she would give them to them tomorrow.

Following.

Qin Yuwan took the list of accounts and went directly to Rong Qingqing and Lu Chengyan.

Rong Qing saw that Qin Yuwan's eyes were dark and blue, and she knew that her mother-in-law didn't rest well because of this account, maybe she checked it overnight last night.

"Mother, don't worry about this, your body is the most important." Rong said lightly.

Qin Yuwan waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's not easy to come across something where I can show my skills, how can I not let you see my ability." While laughing, Qin Yuwan took out the account, handed it to Lu Chengyan, and continued: "There are problems with the places I sketched with a red pen. ”

Lu Chengyan was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly took it, only to find that basically every stroke was ticked by the Zhu pen.

Rong gently helped Qin Yuwan to sit down, poured her a cup of tea, and said, "Mother, you are staying up all night to watch." ”

Qin Yuwan said a little helplessly: "It's really the first time I've seen such a list of accounts, and the more I look at it, the more angry I become, and I can't help but want to find out all the problems." This is just a fake account, but it is done well, and no one can see the flaws. ”

Rong looked at the list of accounts in amazement, and then looked at Lu Chengyan's face, who hadn't reacted for a long time, and asked curiously, "Mother, how do you see it?" ”

Qin Yuwan didn't give Rong a gentle explanation for the time being, but looked at Lu Chengyan and asked, "Did the Minister of Finance re-investigate and find that there is indeed no problem with the amount?" ”

Lu Chengyan nodded stunned.

"I'll tell you how I saw it, it's actually quite simple. They replaced the rice that should have been given to the border soldiers with a backlog of heavy rice, and the price of the heavy rice was so low that people who could not afford to eat would choose to buy it, but when they paid the bills, they used the price of new rice to make huge profits. And this profit is adjustable, for example, Shen Mi is ten cents, Xinmi is one hundred cents, I earn ninety cents, but in case I am investigated, I say that I actually only earn ten more cents. And take out the accounts that have been prepared for a long time, which have been done, and there are no problems at all. Qin Yuwan said.

Rong Qing immediately said: "In fact, those eighty wen were traded in other ways, and they were not on the account at all, which means that the moment they embezzled, they made two account books." On the surface, General Yuan and Li'an easily found out...... The one in the shadows, but I can't find it at all. ”

Therefore, since they knew that General Yuan risked his life to investigate this, they had already made two preparations, in case General Yuan broke through the obstacle and faced the saint, then the list of false accounts found out by General Yuan himself became the most favorable evidence for their exoneration.

So in the end, General Yuan and Wen Yuan almost died on the way, but they were put together.

Rong thought about it lightly, and Lu Chengyan naturally thought of it too, when the face was slightly pale, and the hand holding the account was pinched, and the green tendons burst out.

"Mother, if you can't really check the accounts, does that mean we can't do anything?" Rong looked at Qin Yuwan lightly and asked.

Lu Chengyan directly took the account and said angrily: "I'll go directly to Your Majesty, I'll make this one by one clear, Your Majesty really wants to investigate, are you afraid that you won't be able to find it?" ”

"I can't find it." Qin Yuwan said seriously, "And you can't check it, otherwise it will shake the foundation of the imperial court, once the imperial court collapses, there will inevitably be people who will not do anything, and it will be the people who will suffer at that time." ”

"Mother, then we can't do anything?" Lu Chengyan's eyes were cracked, he didn't expect that this would be the result in the end.

Rong shook his head lightly and said, "No, we have a chance." ”

Lu Chengyan was stunned for a moment and asked, "What chance?" ”

Qin Yuwan smiled and said: "It's very simple, they make fake accounts, and we also make fake accounts, and even if the one above knows, they won't be held accountable." ”

"And even if the old fox knew that we had done a fake, he wouldn't dare to say anything, because if he wanted to prove it, he would have to take out the real ledger, and he wouldn't dare. Besides, since it is the emperor's secret decree, there must not be many people who know it, and no one will think that we have done a fake. Rong said softly.

This is to govern others in their own way.

Qin Yuwan picked up the teacup and looked at Lu Chengyan and said with a slight smile: "Give my mother a good massage, and my mother will help you make fake accounts to ensure that you can't find out any mistakes." ”

Rong lightly covered his mouth and chuckled: "The husband should do his filial piety." ”

Lu Chengyan immediately lost the list of accounts in his hand, and hurriedly walked over to pinch Qin Yuwan's shoulder, fortunately he listened to the gentle advice, otherwise it would really be a big loss.