Chapter 29: Body Search
"What the hell is going on? Tell me slowly!" Sun Qi was so disgusted that he shook his legs and shook off Diao Gui, who had a handful of snot and tears, and said sharply.
Before Zhou Hao could speak, Diao Gui took the lead and said: "Lord Sima, this little bastard came to exchange for a reward for silver, and Xia Guan obviously gave him seven silver tickets of one hundred taels, a full seven hundred taels of silver! But this little bastard bit to death and said that Xia Guan only gave him five and swallowed him two hundred taels of silver! My lord, you know Xia Guan, how dare I do this dirty deed of swallowing the silver bounty? This little bastard is clearly trying to blackmail me! If he fails to blackmail me, he will seize Xia Guan and beat him to death! If Lord Sima is one step too late, Xia Guan will probably be beaten to death by him! Woo woo, my lord, you must be the master of the lower officials, the lower officials and my brother-in-law Zhang Luzheng, we will be grateful for the kindness of the adults in the future!"
This Diao Gui not only sued the wicked first, but also moved out his brother-in-law Zhang Ba, and even deceived and frightened, lest Sun Qi's brain was hot and wanted to find out the truth.
"Oh, is that really the case?" Sun Qi looked up at Zhou Hao, who was standing on the side, and suddenly understood a little in his heart.
If even the guards that the general said he had just received yesterday would use such a means to blackmail people's money, then who can trust this battalion full of soldiers?
Sun Qi looked at Zhou Hao, his face was relieved, and he asked in a gentle tone, "Are you Zhou Hao?"
Zhou Hao hugged his fists and said: "Back to my lord, the kid is Zhou Hao!"
Diao Gui heard the question and answer between the two, and his heart suddenly cooled! I didn't expect Sun Qi to be an old acquaintance with this little bastard, this is troublesome!
I only heard Sun Qi continue to ask: "Zhou Hao, you can also tell me, what is going on?"
Zhou Haoyu was still angry, raised his eyebrows, and said coldly: "The matter is very simple, Diao Gui only gave me five silver tickets, and swallowed me up two hundred taels of silver! I was angry, and gave Diao Gui a punch, and then you came! This is the case, if the adults don't believe it, the five silver tickets are still on the table, and the adults will be clear with a little click!"
When Diao Gui heard this, he immediately became anxious, and hurriedly shouted: "Wronged, my lord! I saw with my own eyes that this little bastard hid two silver tickets on his body!"
"Hmph, Master, I don't hide the silver ticket, I will find out when I search my body! If I hide the silver ticket, I am willing to give my head!" Zhou Hao stared at Diao Gui and said coldly.
"No, this little bastard still has accomplices! Among these soldiers, there are also accomplices of this little bastard! The silver ticket must have been transferred to them! Search, these soldiers will all have to be searched!" Diao Gui was also a little anxious, and shouted loudly in a thin voice that was so nervous that he changed his tone.
Diao Gui's voice can be regarded as offending all the hundreds of soldiers and generals present to death! These soldiers and generals have just exchanged for silver rewards, and many of them really have silver tickets with a denomination of 100 taels in their pockets! If it is really as Diao Gui said, then will not all these silver tickets become stolen goods? Haven't these soldiers and generals all become accomplices?
"Diao Gui, you are so shameless! Obviously, you swallowed up the bounty, how can you accuse us of being an accomplice?"
"Diao Gui, your grandmother is too deceitful! Be careful of going out in the middle of the night and being beaten!"
"Diao Gui, you are fucking despicable and shameless!
All the soldiers and generals clamored, seeing that the situation was about to get out of control again.
"Enough! Shut up the official!" Sun Qi's face sank, and he hurriedly shouted, suppressing everyone's voices.
Although the official of this other department is not big, his power is quite large. All the military exploits, the distribution of salaries and rewards, the distribution of grain, grass and ordnance in the pro-military camp were all in the hands of Sun Qi. All the generals present really didn't dare to offend this God of Wealth. Hearing Sun Qi's reprimand, everyone closed their mouths in a daze.
When the scene was completely quiet, Sun Qi turned his head to Diao Gui and said with a pleasant face: "Diao Gui, this official also believes that you are innocent." But there are too many generals here, and it is too troublesome to search. And in order to show your innocence and give you justice, why don't you start with you first?"
When Diao Gui heard this, his face instantly turned pale, fine cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his legs trembled involuntarily, and even his voice trembled suddenly: "Lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate!
Diao Gui strengthened the tone of the four words "brother-in-law Zhang Ba". This is his last straw, I hope that for the sake of Zhang Ba's face, Sun Qi can let him go.
Sun Qi didn't hear it, but said with a smile on his face: "It's okay! The seven silver tickets you took out from the silver treasury, the silver treasury must have recorded the ticket number, and you will never make a mistake by comparing the two! Don't worry, this official will definitely give you justice!"
After speaking, Sun Qi's face turned cold, and with a wave of his hand, several officials who followed him stepped forward, pressed Diao Gui to the ground without saying anything, and reached out to touch Diao Gui's arms for a while.
Everyone looked nervous, staring at the movements of those officials, and didn't dare to let go of every move.
After a while, several people searched Diao Gui's whole body, except for a few silver tickets of ten taels, and a few taels of broken silver, but they did not find any trace of the two silver tickets of one hundred taels.
Seeing this, Sun Qi frowned, thinking to himself if he was really mistaken, and he was wrong to blame Diao Gui?
After Sun Qi's several officials searched his body, he let go of Diao Gui and replied, "My lord, no stolen goods were found on Diao Gui!"
Diao Gui's arrogance suddenly became arrogant, jumped up, pointed at Sun Qi's nose and scolded: "Sun Qi, you ungrateful dog! My brother-in-law promoted you to be Sima of other departments, but you fucking want to harm Lao Tzu! Fortunately, Lao Tzu is not afraid of crooked shadows, and from now on, Lao Tzu will not rest with you!"
Since Diao Gui knew that Zhang Ba was released to the hussar camp, he had planned to follow his brother-in-law to the hussar camp to mix, so he didn't have to have the slightest scruples about Sun Qi. I wanted to leave after today, but I didn't expect to meet Zhou Hao, a stunned big-headed soldier, who would have to exchange a full seven hundred taels of silver. Diao Gui suddenly had crooked eyes, and wanted to get a vote before leaving, which is why so many incidents occurred.
Diao Gui finished scolding Sun Qi, and then pointed at Zhou Hao, scolding with spit all over: "And you, a little bastard, actually dare to blackmail Lao Tzu's silver! If you can't blackmail, you dare to beat your own official! Lao Tzu will definitely send you to the punishment hall, and you must let your little bastard's head move!"
"Hmph!" Zhou Hao's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he snorted coldly, grabbed Diao Gui's finger that was about to poke his face, and said goodbye with his backhand, dislocating Diao Gui's finger immediately.
Diao Gui's guy suddenly screamed in pain like a pig.
Zhou Hao didn't hear Diao Gui's screams, stepped forward with both feet, stepped on the top of Diao Gui's shoes, grabbed Diao Gui's collar again, and lifted him up, leaving only one pair of Diao Gui's shoes on the ground.
Zhou Hao held Diao Gui in one hand, followed by a kick to kick Diao Gui's stinky shoes in front of Sun Qi and said, "Master Sima, there is still a place that has not been found!"
Sun Qi looked at the stinky shoes in front of him, and immediately blushed slightly on his white skin, then turned his head and glared angrily at the officials behind him, and said angrily: "How did you do it? Why haven't you searched such an important position? Do you still need this official to teach?"
In fact, this is not to blame for this official service, after all, their yamen is in charge of money, food, and military merit, not a professional detective. Those who do this professionally are still in the punishment hall opposite!