Chapter 39 Fighting Poison with Poison
After passing through many levels, under the leadership of the warden of the Silky Prison, Darui and the others came to a cell with a better environment. There was not only hay in the cell here, but also a desk and a chair, and the prisoners inside seemed to be quiet, and they looked like intellectuals.
"Captain Darui, please see, this guy used to be the tax collector of Tianliang City, responsible for the city's taxes and appropriations. During his three years in office, he embezzled a total of 500,000 gold coins, and it was completely invisible on the books, and in the end, he was caught only after he was reported to be unfairly distributed with his subordinates. ”
Dari took a closer look at the people inside and found that this guy was in his forties, maybe it was too much trouble to make fake accounts, and the top of his head was a little bald.
"It's not easy to be greedy for 500,000 yuan in three years, okay, take him with you. ”
Two fiery knights burst through the cell door and dragged the balding former tax collector out, handcuffed and shackled. The warden of Tusi went to open the door in person, without the slightest intention of stopping it.
He took the prisoner and continued inside, and came to a similar cell.
"Captain Darui, this guy is the secretary of the city lord of Wufu City, and he has only been in office for two years, but he accepted a bribe of 1.1 million behind the back of the city lord, and he still did not leave a single flaw on the books, so that in the end, he was not legally punished, and he could only be sentenced to fifty years in prison, which is considered impossible to get out of this life. ”
"It's amazing, I made more than one million dollars in two years, it's not easy, count him alone. Keep walking!"
I walked through four or five more cells, and the prisoners inside were all greedy and greedy, and they were all masters of making false accounts. The arrests were all reports from his subordinates, and if you just look at the accounts, you can't find out anything wrong with them.
Darry looked at them as if he had seen a rare treasure, and he was so excited that he took them out and handcuffed them together.
When they reached the last cell, the warden pointed inside.
"Head Darui, this person is the most powerful, he is the former chief steward of the Imperial Capital Money and Grain Academy, he was imprisoned here ten years ago, it is said that in the five or six years he has been in office, he has embezzled tens of millions of gold coins, this is still a rough estimate, if you calculate carefully, it will definitely exceed 20 million! It is the first huge corruption in the history of our Holy Heaven Empire!"
Listening to Tusi's words, even Dari was shocked this time.
"Twenty million, this girl is too good at making money, what does he want so much money for. With so much money, he is just knurling, and he can't spend it in eight lifetimes. ”
"That is, this kind of person has a problem with his brain, and his corruption has become a disease, and if he is not greedy, he will feel uncomfortable. ”
Darui looked inside, and suddenly laughed, "The former head of the Qianliang Academy, great, I need the help of this kind of person." Open the door, and I'll see for myself what our empire's number one greed looks like. Open the door!"
"This ...... Captain Darui, it's not that it's small and can't be opened, but I don't have the key to this door, this prisoner is a repeat offender of the Empire, and the Prime Minister personally sent someone to lock it, saying that no one is allowed to approach here without his permission. You see......"
"Oh, the prime minister actually ordered like this, and there is a lot of article in it. Don't worry, if the prime minister asks about it, you will say that I will take people away. As for this lock, huh!"
Drawing his sword, he slashed it open, and Darry kicked open the cell door and walked in. Langlier also wanted to see the empire's number one greed, so he followed.
It was still a hay patch, with a desk and a chair inside. However, the first greedy of the empire did not sit on the chair, but half-lay on the hay, staring blankly at the top of the cell.
Darry and Langlier walked over and looked at the guy. This is an old man over sixty years old, his hair is all white, even his eyebrows and beard are gray, which shows how hard this guy's life is, and people in their sixties look like they are eighty years old.
His face was full of wrinkles like old tree bark, and there was no trace of sparkle in his cloudy eyes, like a dead man.
Darui looked at him, and suddenly stretched out his foot and kicked him, "Hey, I heard that you are the former head of the Qianliang Academy? ”
The guy shook his body, sat up slowly, and looked at Darry and Langlil.
"Who are you, and who are you to interrogate me? Did that guy Dritter send you?"
"What qualifications? It's a joke, you're all locked up here, and you dare to talk to me about your qualifications, I really don't know what to do. Let me tell you, Prime Minister Dritter has no control over me, and I was not sent by him. Now tell me your name, and if it works well, I might be able to set you free. ”
"Freedom? freedom...... Hahahaha, you said let me be free, do you know who I am? What qualifications do you have to set me free, it's ridiculous for you!"
With a look of anger on his face, the warden of Tusi rushed over and kicked the guy, "Mark Jason, you show me some respect, this is the new garrison commander Dary Gaia, the hero of the empire's defeat of the orc army this time, if you dare to talk like this again, be careful that I kill you!"
Mark Jason was kicked and rolled a few times, and a trace of horror flashed on his bark-like old face, saying that Xiucai met a soldier, and he couldn't explain the reason. On the other hand, if you want to shock a person with culture and status, the most effective way is to use your fists and kicks to pass by, no matter how sour and pedantic the old pedant is, he will lose his temper.
Dary patted Tusi on the shoulder, told him to step back, and then said to Mark Jason: "I heard that you are the person who is personally taken care of by the prime minister, and the chains are all single, it seems that the prime minister attaches great importance to you." ”
"Attention? haha, that's right, he values me, how can he not pay attention to me, I helped him do all the corrupt things in the past, if he doesn't take care of me, I will shake everything out!"
"Oh, that's how you guys, but you feel a little better about yourself. Do you think that with some of the prime minister's tricks, you can blackmail him? It's ridiculous!"
Mark Jason glared at Darry, "What do you know? I have a lot of his secrets, as long as I tell them......"
"What about speaking out? Do you think His Majesty doesn't know anything about his handle? Do you think you can bring him down by saying it? Besides, you don't have a chance to speak. ”
"This ......"
"The so-called handles and evidence will only work when you have the strength to bring down others. When there is no strength, these things are waste, and there is no practical significance at all. You've been a big official for so many years, don't you even understand this truth?"
"I ......" Mark Jason was pale and speechless.
Dary walked up to Mark and looked at him with disdain, "It turns out that the so-called No. 1 giant greed in the empire is just a scapegoat thrown by the prime minister, what a poor guy." ”
"What are you talking about? I'm poor, ha, you don't know where I am when I'm in the limelight. When I was on the Jinshui Bridge in the imperial capital, I asked people to pull tens of thousands of gold leaves, and I threw them all into the water in front of thousands of people.
"Also, on the first night of the first courtesan in the imperial capital, I bought it for 500,000 gold coins, have you enjoyed that taste......?
Mark Jason talks about his "glorious" past, his face full of excitement, as if he is so proud, how proud. Darry looked at him coldly and shook his head slightly.
"What are you shaking your head for? Aren't I glamorous about these things? You can't do what I do in your life, never!hahahaha......
"Scenery? Is this scenery? Yes, these things are very beautiful in the eyes of some people, but you are now a prisoner, even if you used to be beautiful, so what? You are not going to live here for the rest of your life. ”
The smile on Mark Jason's face froze, and Darry knocked him back to his prototype with a single word, looking at the gloomy cell, with only a table and chair and not even a bed. This is too far from his previous gorgeous residence, it is too far away.
"How's it going? It feels good to be back to reality, hehe, you're no longer the steward of that scenery, you're just a prisoner now, a felon, and you don't even have freedom, what dignity do you have. ”
"You...... Did you come here to humiliate me?"
"No, no, no, I don't have the time or time to humiliate you. I have a chance to give it to you now, I have to check the accounts of the money and grain house recently, and I urgently need someone like you, how about you? Will you help me?"
Mark Jason was stunned, then a treacherous expression appeared on his face.
"I see, you asked me. Hehe, if I help you, what good will it be, you can also see it, I don't even have freedom now, what can you give me?"
Dary didn't speak, and turned to look at Warden Silk.
"How many years has this guy been sentenced?"
"This ...... His case is peculiar, there is no time limit at all, and it is a life sentence. ”
"Oh, it's really like the prime minister's style, so let's do it, if you help me, find out a fake account, a bad debt, and I'll give you a big meal, one by one, which is sure to be better than the food in the prison cell." ”
"Are you one of those foodies? Feasts? I'm not rare at all. ”
Dari's face turned cold, and he lifted Mark's collar, "You are not uncommon, do you still regard yourself as the general manager of the Money and Grain Academy?" Let me tell you, I have found a lot of people like you, and you have little impact on my account checking, so don't think about how important you are." In my eyes, you might as well understand a bed bug, right?"
Throwing him onto the iron bars of his cell, Darry turned and walked out, talking cool words as he went.
"Oh, what a pity, I thought you would seize this opportunity to take revenge on the Prime Minister's gang. I didn't expect you to be a scapegoat and become addicted, it's really hopeless. Forget it, you should continue to be your scapegoat and spend the rest of your life here. ”
Mark Jason listened to Darry's words, his whole body shook, and his heart set off a huge wave.
Darry and Langlier walked out of the cell door and reached out to close the door, when Mark Jason ran over and grabbed Darry's hand.
"You...... Do you really want to check the accounts of the Qianliang Yuan, aren't you afraid that they will retaliate against you?"
"Revenge? They want to get revenge on me all the time, but I'm still alive and well, you know?"
Mark Jason gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'll help you, it doesn't matter what kind of meal it is, I just hope you can find out." Kill all those guys, kill them!"
"No problem, I promise you......"
With these big experts who made fake accounts, Darui returned to the garrison regiment with confidence, and at this time Mark had already sorted out the regiment commander's room, with all the tables, chairs, paper and pens. Just waiting for these talents.
Dari led the men into the captain's room, assigned a table for each of them, and then stood on the main seat and swept them with his eyes.
"Listen to me, you already know the purpose for which I have called you. I will now give you what you have gained, and as for whether you sell hard or not, and do your best, you will weigh it yourself. ”
Pulled out the Zhanwu sword and inserted it on the table, "This sword is the Zhanwu sword given to me by His Majesty, and it has the power to kill any official, and I won't talk about other powers." I have brought it out to tell you that I have the power to decide whether you live or die, and whether you can regain your freedom!"
"Really? Can you really set us free?"
"That's great, sir, you didn't lie to us. ”
Seeing the excitement of these guys, Dari laughed.
"Listen carefully, there are the account books of the Qianliang Academy, and you must check them all out in five days. For every false or bad account that is found, I will reduce your sentence by one day, and if I find out 365 articles, I will reduce your sentence by one year. If you can't find any of them, then go back and be your prisoner. ”
"Also, this time Your Majesty sent me to check the accounts, if the final result satisfies Your Majesty, maybe Your Majesty will really forgive you from your sins and release you directly. ”
"Wow, that's great, let's get started, get the book!"
"One day, it's too much, dodge, this table is mine!"
"Don't squeeze, this is my pen!"
“......”
Seeing the high energy of these guys, Darry immediately asked people to help them transport the ledgers, and at the same time instructed Mark to give them good food and drink to meet their material requirements during the five days.
Turning around and walking out of the regiment commander's room, Darui raised his head to the sky and said to himself: "Prime Minister, aren't you confident in the ability of the Qian Liang Yuan to make fake accounts?