As for the grain lines in Zhongmu and Xiangfu counties......

Hearing Gu Yanzhang's mention, Chen Ducai's heart became more and more uneasy.

Half of the grain and grain in Thailand were borrowed, and the deed paper was signed on the same day, and it was urged for so long, I thought that it would be delayed for ten days at most, and the people who came to inspect the criminal department should be sent over, who expected that today, not only could not send people away, but they were also implicated, and the grain was not able to be returned.

The family was escorted into Beijing, and the family counted and counted, but they couldn't find a leader, and I don't know if anyone would come forward to appease the grain merchants. Although he had the foresight that day and ordered someone to find Li Chengwei earlier, it is not clear how the other party will react.

If the surnamed Li can bear this matter and pay the hundreds of thousands of grains in advance first, then it should be okay to say, but if he shrinks his head and pretends to be stupid, one will lead ten, ten will lead hundred......

Chen Ducai thought about all the details over and over again for most of the month, and always felt that there should be nothing missing, and he was not in a hurry, but at this time, as soon as Gu Yanzhang came in, he did not talk about the accounts that were often closed, nor did he ask about the rest of the matters, and only took the grain merchants in Zhongmu and Xiangfu counties, and Weng Yue in Yongqiu County to speak, but told Chen Ducai to sit on pins and needles.

In the end, he has many years of experience in officialdom, and he will never be easily confessed until the last moment, and replied: "Deputy Envoy Gu doesn't have to go around and say the rest of the words, if there is evidence, use that evidence to punish the guilt of the official...... Left and right are already like this, and I can't escape anymore...... As for that Weng Yue...... Since I found out that there was something unclean in his hands and reprimanded him once, he has held a grudge against me, and no matter what he says, it is not surprising...... That person has served in Yongqiu County for many years, and it is not difficult to frame me, I just hope that Deputy Envoy Gu will not be misled......"

Gently and skillfully, he pushed the responsibility out.

Gu Yanzhang didn't talk nonsense to him, but said: "I just entered the Criminal Division, and this is also the first case to take over, if you are not sure, how can you dare to take it?" I won't say much here, just ask, among the Yongqiu County Ya, there is a small official called Zhang Cheng...... Does the county remember? ”

Chen Ducai's pupils shrank, and he stared at Gu Yanzhang directly.

"The magistrate is busy with various affairs in the county on weekdays, and I may not know that I served in the security army when I was not an official, and I have also been in battle, and later went to Guangnan, and I also led a group of soldiers, but not on the side, if you want to catch one or two people, it may not be so difficult."

Chen Ducai didn't dare to speak, he even lightened his breathing, and only looked at Gu Yanzhang.

Gu Yanzhang said again: "That Zhang Cheng that day...... What is in charge of the matter, Chen Zhixian will not know it? There is another ...... It is said that he was originally a staff member of Zhixian County, called Fanqiu, and Chen Zhixian's front foot was merged into Beijing with the Criminal Division, and he left Yongqiu on his back foot, and the waterway he traveled by Bianhe River to Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, hired a small boat, but before he got out of the land of Gyeonggi, he was stopped halfway. ”

He paused, glanced back at Chen Ducai, as if he was sincerely emotional, and said: "That Fan Qiu Yijie cloth, only followed Chen Zhixian for more than ten years, this time he fled, and his wealth was 100,000 yuan, and he didn't know where he got it, and he didn't know if it was involved in the Zhixian family, but the relatives of the officials were too careful, obviously the family was stolen and left, but he was not in a hurry to report to the official, and he blindly helped hide it......"

Gu Yanzhang said as he took out a cloth bag that was not big or small from his sleeve and gently placed it on the table.

He said: "I heard that there are not many close relatives and clansmen in Chen Zhixian's family, who would have expected that there would be no few left, all of them were female dependents, and people went to ask, none of them said they didn't know, and the family was in charge of the county's own affairs, so I had to bring it over, please come and identify it to see if it was something in the county's family." ”

He said as he pushed the cloth bag in front of Chen Ducai.

Chen Ducai's fingers trembled, endured for a moment, and then couldn't help it, and reached out to open the cloth bag.

There are pearls, tortoiseshells, jade, corals, etc., and the indoor light is very bright, reflecting all the dazzling and colorful things, as long as you have a little knowledge, you can recognize the cost of this bag of things.

Gu Yanzhang saw that Chen Ducai didn't reply, and asked again: "Chen Zhixian, I don't know if this is your family's own?" ”

Chen Ducai grabbed the cloth bag, and for a while, he didn't know how to reply.

- How do you answer this?

Gu Yanzhang suddenly slowed down his tone, and did not chase after this matter to ask, but said: "Chen Zhixian all-night law, when he knows that the damage to the warehouse is a stolen thing, but how to judge the crime, it is not immutable......

"Speaking of which, I went back to find Qin Guanren, and when I talked about Chen Zhixian's past, I talked a lot, turned out my past resume, and then talked about what you did in the past, and then looked at you now, it's really sad." He said slowly, looking directly into Chen Ducai's eyes, and there was a little regret in his tone, "Chen Zhixian used to be in Xinzhou, Jianzhou, Kuizhou, Fengxian several places, since the promotion of officials, almost everywhere has meritorious service, check the previous examination book, compared with the same job and place people, how far ahead of the ground, you have been in Xinzhou for three years, more than 700 cases, when the criminal department reviewed, but not a single wrong case was found, the people have a lot of gratitude. ”

"You are a staff officer in Jianzhou, in charge of the Hu Cao Division for only two years, then the state government in the head of the file all reorganized, under the jurisdiction of more than ten counties and towns, all the land re-checked and measured, everything is done properly, then Zhizhou is also in the capital, I went to look for him yesterday, just said your name, he was full of praise, sighing to this day, you are also the most down-to-earth, the most capable one he has ever seen, I heard that you entered the Criminal Division to be questioned, he also pleaded with you, saying that you will never do this mess......"

"Do you remember his name?"

"Yes...... Qi Zhizhou ......," Chen Ducai muttered.

Gu Yanzhang said again: "You are in charge of agriculture and mulberry in Kuizhou, and every time you come to the farm, you take the state officials to urge the farmers, and help urge the state to help dig ditches and build water conservancy...... When you go to Fengxian, the people of Kuizhou will be grateful for what you have done in office, and now, the person who took over will talk about you and be very gambling, saying that because you have done so well, he will have to work several times more to get a little praise, and he will be taken out from time to time to compare with you......"

He counted Chen Ducai's exploits one by one, one by one, all of them were praised, and every sentence was praised to the point.

Chen Ducai grabbed a few Nanzhu in his hand, but he couldn't help it anymore, tilted his head to the side, and panicked in his heart.

- He was born in poverty, and when he first became an official, why didn't he want to do serious things? Why don't you want to walk in the right way? Why don't you want to really help a group of people?

But......

"In the past, it was not easy to do things like this, only to transfer officials from Kuizhou, according to your merits, you should have been in the middle, if it should have gone well, at this time, you can't say, you have been sentenced in other states...... However, he only gave a middle and lower ...... that year. It's your fault that this time is inappropriate, there is something wrong with the meritorious service secretary acting like this, and it shouldn't be like this, no matter when it is brought to the table, it is unreasonable...... If I were you, I would generally be dissatisfied in my heart, and I would be dissatisfied, and I would be angry if I couldn't say it, but today, the most important reason is not from your own heart, you are just forced by love......"

Chen Ducai raised his head slightly, not looking at Gu Yanzhang, but he choked in his throat, and tears oozed from the corners of his eyes.