In the Yamen of Anhe Road, the everlasting lantern of the birthday has not yet been extinguished, and the account books as high as the mountains in the wolf-like tiger warehouse are all packed and sealed and transported on the ship, and they are rushing towards the capital. When I arrived at Tianjin Wei, I changed the barge and entered the Zhangjiawan Wharf in Tongzhou.

It was getting late, the lanterns on the wharf were high, and the household officials commanded the servants to carry the black lacquered boxes into the long-awaited mule carts, and quickly whipped their horses and headed for the imperial city.

In the hall of the yamen of the household department, the lights were bright all night, the fourth elder brother and the fourteenth elder brother were supervised by the holy decree, and the fifty-six pen writers opened the river account books one after another, checking the river silver in and out. The doormen of the masters in the household department, no one rested, and they all stared here, waiting for the accounts to be settled.

"The prince understood the calculation this time, and he didn't come out of his head, and put the news to the third master, let him talk to the emperor, and then pulled the fourth master and the fourteenth master. If he doesn't come out, the emperor will naturally not suspect that these masters can't get along with Zhao Shixian, and the emperor sent out with his predecessors to copy 300,000 taels of silver from Zhao Shixian's other mansion in the capital, and the emperor has to believe it if he doesn't believe it. ”

"The unlucky ones are still those river officials, there is no one clean, this time I checked the accounts, none of them got it, there are many people who go to the fourth master and the fourteenth mansion to plead, but they are all poor officials......"

It was cold and windy in the capital, but Fu Ming was sweating profusely, he rode his horse into the partial hat alley, turned over and dismounted in front of the door of Deqi Mansion, and rushed all the way into the gate.

"Uncle! The minions inquired and understood! Fu ran into the flower hall, gasped and said, "Zhao Shixian was stabbed out by his own people. The emperor sent the imperial guards in front of him to Huai'an to announce the decree, and copied his house from the inside out, and the cash was copied out of four million taels! ”

Qi Qiang said anxiously: "Zhao's crime deserves it, how can my uncle be involved?" ”

The servant inquired, because of the account work, all the tents in the river yamen were turned out and re-aligned, but none of them were clean! The emperor was already furious, and the prince and his brothers were all fanning the flames on the side, and at this time, there was more than one uncle who was arrested. Fu Ming took a breath, "Only the thirteenth master has been taking out his uncle and said, but the emperor is on the fire—" As he spoke, he took out a roll of paper from his arms, "This is copied by the slave, and Yangzhou River is a fake account." ”

Qi grabbed it and flipped through the pages one by one.

Fushina looked at the face from the sidelines. Said carefully: "The minion inquired." Some of the rivers are abandoned river workers. I can't get rid of the crime of dereliction of duty. Some rivers have diverted silver from elsewhere to make up for the shortfall. My uncle is Yangzhou Futai. I'm afraid that this silver was transferred from Yangzhou Cangyin? Uncle. It's not a small sin either. ”

Qi Qiang shook his head slowly. "Uncle's temperament. Warehouse silver will not be used. He stared at the book for a while, then looked up suddenly. Go. After his uncle took office, he copied the Yangzhou River and the Yangzhou Mansion Cangyindi account books. Let the tooth shop send all the accounts over and deliver the letter tightly. Let my aunt and grandmother not enter Beijing immediately! ”

Seeing that the water on the Cao River on the edge of the moon was already shallow. Passenger ships come and go. I don't know when I arrived in the capital. Fu Ming rushed out of Beijing all the way. Finally stopped Qi Su Niang's boat at Linqing Wharf in Shandong.

"Grandma. The uncle asked his aunt and grandmother not to enter Beijing immediately. My uncle hasn't figured out what happened yet, if he really committed a crime. It's better for my aunt and grandmother to stay away at this time.

Besides, the river ahead is about to freeze. ”

Qi Su Niang's face was pale and anxious. "Your uncle, he doesn't have any money to eat! Where is Fu Mingye locked up now? Who is the principal of the audit? Can the Thirteenth Master speak? ”

"They are all locked up in the prison of the Criminal Department, and there are no less than 50 rivers in the river yamen, all of which are rivers in various prefectures and counties. The fourth master and the fourteenth master are in charge of checking the accounts, and the thirteenth master has spoken for his uncle, but the accounts have not yet been clarified...... My uncle is still locked up ......"

Qi Su Niang heard that Chen Yan was still in prison, bit her lip, turned her head and shouted: "Bi'er, let them sail quickly, if it is frozen in front of us, we will take an ice raft into Beijing!" ”

Fu Ming was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "Auntie, don't worry, aunt and grandmother, when the slave left Beijing, the uncle had already found a way to go in to see his uncle, and his aunt and grandmother were still here waiting for news." ”

In the prison of the Criminal Department, the filthy stone walls were lit with bean-sized oil lamps, dim and dim. Ansheng handed over the warrant and stuffed it with enough money, and the jailer opened the door.

"Brother Qi Qiang, you tell Su Niang not to worry, wait at home. The Thirteenth Master has already sent someone to inform me, and the emperor will personally interrogate me. Our family's silver is not greedy for ink, it is clean silver in the tooth shop, and I will be fine. Chen Yan took the cotton clothes and bedding handed by Qi Qiang, and sighed again, "I originally thought that after Yangzhou River did the three-year exam, it would be fine to take a draw, but I didn't expect Zhao Shixian to fall so fast, those fake accounts ......."

Qi Qiang listened to the words "silver in the tooth shop", glanced at Chen Yan, and when the question came to his mouth, he retracted and muttered, "Did my sister say that it was the silver in the tooth shop......

Qi Qiang thought about it while slowly sitting down, he opened the food box, put out the hot wine and food, and looked at Chen Yan, "She has already rushed to the capital, I can't stop her." ”

Chen Yan was stunned for a moment, and said with a wry smile: "It's so cold, it's very cold on the river, she has traveled thousands of miles to ......."

"Zhou Xiangtian followed her, and it will be smooth on the way if I want to come." Qi Qiang handed over the bamboo chopsticks and poured Chen Yan a glass of wine.

Chen Yan looked at Qi Qiang's expression, only to feel very dignified, and couldn't help but be confused, and he didn't drink the wine.

Qi Qiang was silent for a while, looked at Chen Yan, and said slowly: "Acting official, my sister-in-law beat her children and was lonely, and when she arrived at our house, she had a place to live.......

Chen Yan smiled, "Brother Qi Qiang, why did you mention this again."

……”

Qi Qiang said to himself, "Su Niang, she has no biological parents, she only learned some words with your mother, although I am her brother, I haven't taught her anything, she is a little jealous, she can't tolerate people, just because she can't bear to ...... you"

Chen Yan looked back at Qi Qiang, "Brother Qi Qiang, I understand." ”

Qi Qiang poured himself a glass of wine and drank it dry, "Although she has no children now, she has been pregnant-"

Chen Yan cut it off, "Brother Qi Qiang, if you have something to say, just say it." ”

Qi Qiang sighed and said: "I understand your temperament, she relied on your power when she was in Gaoyou and Qinghe, and she did some things, and she also offended Song Qing in the capital, if she has such a thing in the future, how much will you bring——"

Chen Yanyuan was worried that something would be difficult, but now he laughed when he heard him talk about this, "Brother Qi Qiang, I'm not a nerd. Although the sage said that the world is public, as the saying goes, the husband is powerful and the wife is powerful.

Su Niang married me, she should follow me to enjoy happiness, the things she did were not big things, most of them were for me...... Not to mention how much she has suffered for me......" After a pause, he said categorically: "I don't believe she will do anything." ”

Qi Qiang's footsteps gradually moved away, the sound of the iron lock on the cell door echoed, and Chen Yan sat in the prison, silently pondering.

The guest rushed to the boat on the Zhangjiawan wharf in Tongzhou before the ice, Qi Su Niang saw Qi Qiang waiting on the shore and got off the boat with his skirt down, and was about to speak, but was pulled by Qi Qiang and got on the jade-topped sandalwood carriage waiting on the side.

"Girl! You and your brother, where did your family's more than 140,000 taels of silver come from every year? Qi Qiang's face was full of anxiety, "I carefully checked the account books, and the official did not adjust the position to make up for the shortfall, but this fake account was done smoothly, and the warehouse silver in the state mansion was also in and out of the state, where did you tell your brother where did the silver come from?" Did you accept bribes behind the actor's back? ”

Qi Su Niang was taken aback, and hurriedly shook her head, "I didn't-" Qi Qiang grabbed her shoulders, stared at her and said, "The emperor is still questioning Zhao Shixian, and he can't spare time to judge the official." I secretly went to the prison to see the actor, and he comforted me by saying that it was clean, and the silver in the tooth shop. Sister, with the shrewdness of the acting officer, no one can blind him except you. I built the tooth shop, I always have a foundation, it can't be the silver in the tooth shop. Tell your brother where did you get your money? ”

Qi Su Niang heard that the emperor was going to interrogate Chen Yan personally, her heart fluttered, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, it was the silver I earned from transporting goods and smuggling salt-I was afraid that Brother Chen would be affected, so I never told him, and I didn't let him touch these things-"

Qi Qiang exclaimed: "Transporting smuggled goods and salt? Who did it for you? Could it be Li Si? More than 140,000 taels a year, how did he hide it from Lian Zhenyun? ”

Qi Su Niang shook her head again and again, and said hurriedly: "It's not the second master, it's - it's the big boss-"

Qi Qiang's face changed drastically, and he glared at Qi Su Niang, "Lian Zhenyun earns money for you?" His panting voice echoed in the carriage, "Sister...... Girl, you...... Didn't do it...... Didn't you do anything to be sorry for the actor, did you? ”

"No, it's not!" Qi Su Niang was shocked by Qi Qiang's face, and shook her head desperately, "No, I helped him when I was in Qinghe, and when I asked for silver in the future, he would help me transport smuggled goods-I have no personal relationship with him-"

"What did you help him? Is it worth his return for the money? Qinghe - When is that the old yellow calendar? Why does he want to repay you after six or seven years? Qi Qiang said in a dumb voice: "Do you know, Lian Zhenyun he-he-he treats you-"

"I helped him make the engineering drawings, and I helped him make the five deputy dam engineering sketches!" Qi Su Niang grabbed Qi Qiang's hand and cried: "Brother, you have to believe me, that picture is really made by me!" I don't have any personal relationship with him! ”

Qi Qiang was dumbfounded, "You made those engineering drawings?" Let him get the official, and the engineering drawings that robbed him of the benefits were made by you? ”

Qi Su Niang nodded desperately, "It's me, it's really me, brother, you have to believe me." ”

Qi Qiang's throat rolled desperately, he breathed hard three or four times, and said in a barely smooth voice: "Okay, my brother didn't believe you." The question is, what now? If it is said that it is the silver of the tooth shop, the ninth master must ask the root, you and Lian Zhenyun know about this matter, and they don't know what it will become. If you tell the truth to the emperor, it is the silver of private goods and salt, although everyone knows about these things, they can't be put on the table——"

Qi Su Niang gritted her teeth, "I have planned it a long time ago, if this matter is released, I will tell the emperor that it is the silver that I transported the smuggled goods, Brother Chen doesn't know at all, and I won't say who transported it for me.+-Follow the emperor to what the emperor does to me-"

"What a stupid thing to say! Can my brother let you do this?! Qi Qiang scolded angrily: "If the actor commits a crime, the emperor may still open the net, if you do, the emperor will not be delayed!" ”

Qi Su Niang grabbed Qi Qiang's hand and said with tears in her eyes: "What did the Thirteenth Master say——"

Qi Qiang shook his head, "Since the Thirteenth Master has been in the circle, the Holy Family is not as good as before, but he can speak in front of the Fourth Master. Sister, you have to beg the fourteenth master for this matter, he is now in charge of this account check, as long as he takes off the actor like the fourth master, the emperor will not need to interrogate in person, and this matter will not be done. Qi Qiang held Qi Su Niang, "Don't think about this first, in the end, the emperor has to wait a few days before judging the officials, first think about how to explain to those masters in the Ninth Master's Mansion." I can find out, and the fourteenth master has also found out, they all know that the actor's money is in your hands, so they are waiting to ask how you got rich! (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please log in, more chapters, support!) )