Li Yan's voice froze, thinking of Qin Huaiyuan's life, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, if he hadn't seen Qin Huaiyuan's true face, he would only think that Qin Huaiyuan was a rare honest and good official.

Qin Huaiyuan's behavior is too well disguised, I am afraid that it is not only him, Gu Xiaohou, but the entire officialdom is afraid that everyone thinks so.

The people who never sat in a carriage for decades in the previous dynasty wore washed and worn official clothes all the year round, drank coarse tea and ate edamame all day long in the tea house on the street, and were so poor that they did not look like a third-grade master.

Such a person is greedy for 1.3 million taels of dredging official silver.

"You listen to him." Seeing Gu Yun's fierce face, Yu Qi said loudly.

He had just observed that Li Yan did not unconsciously purse his lips when he spoke, blinking faster, and turning his eyes to the upper right, these small movements showed that he was telling the truth.

Li Yan licked his dry lips and laughed at himself, "Don't blame Gu Xiaohou for not believing it, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have thought that Qin Huaiyuan would be greedy for official silver." ”

"The 1.3 million taels of official silver all fell into Qin Huaiyuan's pocket, and Gu Xiaohou asked me if I was greedy for the official silver from the Jiaofang Division for Su Zhen, but in fact it was not." Li Yan continued, "I sold my family's house, and borrowed money from a friend, and the money for Su Zhen's redemption was actually enough, but the people in the Ministry of Rites have been shirking and refusing to give Su Zhen a naturalization. ”

"I didn't agree, but they secretly used methods, if I didn't want to, they would force Su Hao to pick up guests......" Li Yan's face crossed the look of pain, which showed his inner struggle at the beginning.

Gu Yun had already woken up from the initial shock after hearing Li Yan say so much, although he still didn't quite believe Li Yan's words, he asked, "According to what you say, it was Qin Huaiyuan who instructed you to frame Xu Youzhi?" ”

Li Yan nodded, "It's him, and it's he who threatens me to ask Su Zhen to pick up guests if I don't agree." ”

"What's going on with Zhou Fang's death?" Yu Qiyu asked out loud at the right time.

Li Yan said, "Zhou Fang should have been killed by Qin Huaiyuan, and I don't know the inside story, but Zhou Fang's death was not innocent, and he was indeed involved in the matter of greedy ink." ”

"What's the matter with the letter you asked Lu Jin to kill Zhou Fang?" Yu Qiyu said.

"The letter was indeed written by me, but that Mr. Lu Qian didn't know, they wanted to frame him, and I don't know why I chose Mr. Lu Qian, it should be because someone didn't like him and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of him." Li Yan guessed.

"Although you have said so much, but you have no evidence, you don't have the handle to leave Qin Huaiyuan in your hands?" Gu Yun's eyebrows were full of troubles, if what Li Yan said was true, thinking about it carefully, it really sent chills down people's spines.

Li Yan hesitated, "Yes, Qin Huaiyuan is careful, but I have a letter written by him privately. ”

He was afraid that Qin Huaiyuan would rebel, and after he was imprisoned as a pawn, he refused to let Su Hao leave the capital, so he quietly hid a letter to threaten Qin Huaiyuan to let Su Hao leave Beijing after his accident.

"Where is the faith?" Before Gu Yun finished speaking, there was a chaotic sound of footsteps and human voices outside the prison, and then the cell door was opened.

Wei Minzhong, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Yang Xu, the young secretary of Dali Temple, hurriedly walked in, and he was followed by the official who had detained Xu You's family and returned from his family.

Li Yan hurriedly whispered, "At Zhen'er's place." ”

Gu Yun was about to ask carefully, when Wei Minzhong's voice came from behind him, "Master Gu, why are you here?" Li Yan is a key criminal in the corruption case, Gu Xiaohou Ye contacted him at this time, so what happened? ”

Wei Minzhong had already listened to the complaint of Sizheng and the prison man outside, and while ordering someone to put Xu Youzhi in the cell, he walked quickly towards Gu Yun.

Gu Yun was about to open his mouth to say what Li Yan had confessed, when Yu Qiyu noticed that he raised his hand and grabbed Gu Yun's wrist and shook his head at him.

Gu Yun stopped blurting out the words, raised his eyebrows and said impatiently, "The Jiangbei dredging case is what I want to investigate thoroughly, although it is your Dali Temple presiding judge, it is not an exaggeration for me to come and see the progress of this case, right?" ”

Gu Yun didn't wait for Wei Minzhong to speak, and said, "I heard that Li Yan confessed to Xu Youzhi, do you have evidence in your hands, so you arrested the official of the Sanpin Imperial Court in such a grand manner?" ”

Wei Minzhong said solemnly, "The lower official has asked the Holy Lord, and only when there is a holy oracle did he order to arrest people, as for the evidence, ......"

He paused and continued, "Early this morning, the shopkeeper of Buzhuang came to Dali Temple with the official silver of the Yongle Minting Bureau to report, and it was confirmed that the official silver flowed out of the hands of the third lady from the Xu family, and I took someone to search out a bag of Yongle official silver from Xu Youzhi's home, as well as the secret letters between Xu Youzhi and Li Yan, the evidence is conclusive, the case can be closed, so the little marquis can also rest assured." ”

The official silver allocated from the treasury by the dredging of the Northland this time is the official silver newly made by the Yongle Minting Bureau, which has not yet been circulated in the market.

Gu Yun's expression was complicated, a big corruption case, the evidence was so easy and conclusive, the person behind it was really well prepared, fortunately he came to see Li Yan tonight.