"I hope you can tell me what Zou Chang has done here. Ren Tianxiang looked at Xue He and Qiu Wenle, with a hint of sincerity in his eyes, "If I am satisfied, maybe I will record the name of your surrender, so that the Ministry of Justice may consider your charges when convicting you." ”

Hearing the possibility of commuting his sentence after honestly answering Ren Tianxiang's question, Xue He and Qiu Wenle immediately came to their senses, as if they couldn't wait to tell Ren Tianxiang the whole thing.

"Sit down. Ren Tianxiang stretched out his hand and pointed to the sofa in front of him and gestured.

He felt that what Zou Chang did would be a very lengthy story, and if Xue He and Qiu Wenle had been standing, he would have to keep looking up at them. So he simply sat them down, and he could listen to the story in a comfortable position.

With Ren Tianxiang's consent, Xue He and Qiu Wenle immediately sat down, and then after the two of them discussed for a while, Xue He spoke first:

"Actually, it started about 20 years ago.

"At that time, when Yu Chengfu, the previous city lord of Linshi City, was in office, Zou Chang, as the deputy city lord, often assisted Yu Chengfu in his work, and we were just two small officials in the audit office.

In fact, after the big earthquake occurred and the canyon in the Xifeng Mountains was opened, Zou Chang had already begun to plan for this. At that time, he first deliberately lured Yu Chengfu to meddle in the case of Dali Division with his own authority, and received a lot of benefits, and recorded it as a handle to threaten Yu Chengfu.

"The canyon of the Xifeng Mountain Range can pass through people, this is something that Zou Chang and Yu Chengfu can see, and Zou Chang used the handle of Yu Chengfu in his hand to forcibly stop Yu Chengfu from presiding over the idea of building a mountain road, and keep this huge and meritorious project to himself.

Because he had the handle in Zou Chang's hands, Yu Chengfu naturally did not dare to disobey Zou Chang's request, and Zou Chang also threatened him with the lives of Yu Chengfu's family, so that he did not dare to report Zou Chang to the procuratorate.

Later, Yu Chengfu stepped down, and according to Zou Chang's request, he was no longer an official, and was ready to take his family to live in Wangbei City in Nanhai Province. However, Zou Chang couldn't believe Yu Chengfu, and was afraid that he would report himself to the procuratorate immediately after leaving him, so he used his connection with a killer organization to assassinate Yu Chengfu halfway, and left no clues.

And after that, Zou Chang also started his plan.

"He first used his power in Linshicheng to influence the re-election of the Linshicheng Audit Office, and arranged me and Qiu Wenle in the positions of director and deputy director of the audit department, and later set up an engineering team by himself......

"That's right, my lord, the engineering team that built the winding mountain road at that time was all Zou Chang's people, and after the project was completed, except for those who were absolutely loyal to Zou Chang who were secretly sent to the Longquan Empire by him, all the others were assassinated by him.

"Actually, this means that no one in the Star Emperor Kingdom except for me and Qiu Wenle knows about the building materials of the Panshan Road back then. And the two of us were able to survive because we stayed under his nose all the time.

"As the Lord said before, the imperial court allocated 200,000 gold coins for the construction of Panshan Road, and Zou Chang borrowed 100,000 gold coins through Jincheng Gold Shop, raising a total of 300,000 gold coins to build Panshan Road, which is no problem. But back then, among the funds he had, Zou Chang got enough 110,000 gold coins. ”

"At the beginning of the construction of Panshan Road, the flow of freight was still very small, but because Zou Changlin was the city lord of Shicheng here, the loan repayment date of Jincheng Jinpu was 20 years. In the fifth year after the construction of Panshan Road, all the 100,000 gold coins were repaid by relying on the toll collected. ”

110,000 gold coins, which is one-third of the funds for the construction of Panshan Road that year, basically it can be said that all the loans from Zou Chang from Jincheng Gold Shop went into Zou Chang's pocket.

Because of Zou Chang's identity as the city lord, and because Jincheng Gold Shop urgently needed a lot of business to expand its audience and influence, the 100,000 gold coins Jincheng Gold Shop was loaned out in the form of pure credit and no collateral.

In other words, Zou Chang relied on the credibility of the Imperial Court of the Star Emperor Kingdom to get a full 100,000 gold coins from the Jincheng Gold Shop, and then filled all of them into his own pocket, and then let the project that should belong to the imperial court repay the loan.

It is unimaginable that such an official would assassinate court officials, manipulate the selection of heads of court agencies, and embezzle project funds...... Such an official can still be loved by the people of Linshi City.

"And then?" Ren Tianxiang said this sentence almost through gritted teeth, and his hand on the armrest of the sofa was also tightly fisted, as if he was going to strike out to beat Zou Chang with his own hands in the next moment.

And then ...... Ah, and then it's Zou Chang who got the 110,000 gold coins. Xue He thought for a moment, and under the reminder of Qiu Wenle on the side, he continued, "I don't know if you have investigated my lord, Zou Chang's wife has a cousin who is doing business in Jincheng?"

"We've found this. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and did not hide this matter from Xue He and Qiu Wenle, "According to our investigation, the Chamber of Commerce is now making a lot of money because of the construction of the winding mountain road. ”

"That Chamber of Commerce is indeed like that now. A wry smile appeared on Qiu Wenle's face, and he said in place of Xue He, "But my lord, you must not know that more than ten years ago, this chamber of commerce lost money for two consecutive years, and it was almost about to collapse. ”

"That Chamber of Commerce was going to collapse back then?" Ren Tianxiang frowned, in his impression, it seemed that Hu Yaoyu had not mentioned this matter in their report.

"That's right, that chamber of commerce almost collapsed. Qiu Wenle nodded firmly and said, "But at that time, Zou Chang took 110,000 gold coins from the project money on Panshan Road, and after all aspects of the big points, all the 90,000 gold coins were invested in that chamber of commerce, which brought this chamber of commerce back to life." And because of the construction of the winding mountain road, they now have a place in many chambers of commerce in Jincheng. ”

"But...... Suddenly, there were 90,000 gold coins over, did the procuratorial department in Jincheng eat dry food? They didn't find out?" Ren Tianxiang obviously had no way to accept such a result for the time being.

"At that time, they hid their financial situation...... Speaking of this, Xue He and Qiu Wenle seemed to be much more proficient, after all, they did similar things to this matter, "The ones handed over to the Jincheng Procuratorate are all whitewashed statements, and they are big taxpayers in Jincheng, so the Prosecutor's side will naturally not seriously investigate." ”

"I see. Ren Tianxiang squinted his eyes, saying that he had memorized the prosecutor's office in Jincheng, thinking about when to find a time to knock them.

However, Ren Tianxiang can still understand the behavior of the Jincheng Procuratorate. Xifeng Province itself is not a big business province, there are very few chambers of commerce in the province, and each chamber of commerce can provide a lot of taxes for Xifeng Province, so that Xifeng Province can make decisions and make Xifeng Province better.

In such a situation, in fact, as long as these chambers of commerce are not losing too much, and there is still a chance to redevelop, even if the Jincheng Procuratorate knows their financial situation, I am afraid that they will only turn a blind eye, after all, the commercial development of Xifeng Province still depends on these large and small chambers of commerce.

However, being able to understand does not mean that Ren Tianxiang approves of these behaviors of the procuratorate, knowing that they have such behaviors, Ren Tianxiang will still notify the relevant departments to knock them - Zou Chang's case is a very good reason.

Go on. ”

And the 90,000 gold coins that Zou Chang gave to that chamber of commerce not only completely covered their losses, but also left a lot of wealth that allowed them to form a caravan that passed through the winding mountain road, and also established a branch in Linshi City—what you should know as an adult is the Huanyu Chamber of Commerce, the largest chamber of commerce in Linshi City. This chamber of commerce is backed by Zou Chang, and in just a few years, it has become the largest chamber of commerce in Linshi City!"

"It turned out to be the Universal Chamber of Commerce, thank you very much for the information you provided, and then I will notify my subordinates to investigate them. Ren Tianxiang nodded, and then said, "Then this matter is very simple." Zou Chang took the money for the construction of Panshan Road and gave it to a chamber of commerce that was about to go out of business, not only helping them to come back to life, but also opening up more trade, and making a lot of money from it. So other than that, is there any other behavior that Zou Chang doesn't know about?"

"Yes, of course!" As if to invite merit, Qiu Wenle hurriedly said, "Over the years, the Linshi City Lord's Mansion has gradually become rich because of the prosperity of the winding mountain road. And Zou often relied on the key to the treasury of the finance department, and secretly took out the gold coins to give other people's mortgages, and made profits from it.

"He didn't carry us behind these things, but because we were in the same league with him back then, and later accepted his benefits, there was no way to report these things, so we ......"

"Okay, I don't need to explain my words. Ren Tianxiang interrupted Qiu Wenle's words to excuse himself, then slowly got up and said, "I already understand the process of the matter. Next, I will have someone escort you to the headquarters of the Xingcheng Prosecutor's Department, where I hope you will be able to point out his problems in front of Zou Chang. ”

Ren Tianxiang didn't have the temperament to ask any more, anyway, the matter about Zou Chang had basically been asked, and as for the two monks with dream attribute abilities that Luo Si had found before, he was ready to let Wang Hongyu arrest them together.

"Of course, of course, don't worry, my lord, we will fully cooperate with you to convict Zou Chang. ”

"Okay, you don't need to tell me anything to show your loyalty, just keep it for the people in the prosecutor's department. Ren Tianxiang waved his hand casually at the two of them, and then said to Wang Hongyu, "Hongyu, please take the two of them to Star City, and you also bring the two monks with dream attribute abilities in the audit office...... You can stay with Yat-sen later. ”

"Yes, my lord, I see. ”

"Okay, then let's go and see the protagonist of this good show - Yixian should have arrested Zou Chang back at this time. ”

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