With the change of history and the acceleration of social processes, the characters who were originally strategic, but were not reused, began to step onto the stage of the times to stir up the situation and help Li Tai.

Maybe it's a mysterious unborn person, or a child of a hundred families who has never been left behind, or a distant relative of the Li family who has never had a chance to become a treasure.

It is not impossible to break out in a time of crisis, and plan all the secret hands for Li Tai.

Or, Li Tai is just the banner that the other party pulls, and everything is just the other party borrowing Li Tai's name to accumulate capital for himself to be the king.

Everything can only be known when the truth is found.

And the 400,000 taels of silver that disappeared is the only clue.

"It seems that this Lantian County Commander has hidden some important clues, Luo Wu, leave this person to me, and I will personally interrogate it." Qin Huaidao proposed.

Luo Wu immediately agreed, Lantian County ordered Zhang Huaishan to recruit everything under his interrogation, if it weren't for the 400,000 taels of silver found out by Cheng Chu, I'm afraid he would still be kept in the dark.

You must know that the income of the entire Datang Dynasty in a year is only at the level of 10 million taels of silver, and his small Lantian County has swallowed 400,000 taels, and the interests are terrible, which makes Qin Huaidao a little worried just thinking about it.

However, this is not a wealth that can be swallowed in a short period of time, it should also be accumulated in a few years.

After Luo Wu brought the person up, Qin Huaidao saw that his face was haggard, it seemed that he had used all kinds of punishments that he taught Luo Wu, since he had not completely confessed, it showed that this person was a tough guy.

Qin Huaidao didn't ask a question directly, but made a detour: "Zhang Xianling's family is in the county seat, right?" ”

Luo Wu nodded: "When we were arrested, they were sleeping peacefully in the mansion, plus the old people and children, a total of eleven people, all of whom were on standby. ”

Zhang Huaishan was a little nervous when he heard about his family and children.

What is the other party's mind when he catches his own children and women?

Do you want to force yourself to conform through women and children?

Just as he was thinking wildly, Qin Huaidao instructed Luo Wu: "Since you are still in the backyard, let's put the family rolls, the matter is already clear, there is no need to hold on to other people's rolls." ”

Luo Wu reminded: "Your Majesty, according to the law, rebellion will punish the nine clans. ”

Qin Huaidao said suddenly: "Luo Wu, this is your mistake, everyone in the world is equal, but the concept that has only been implemented recently, if you don't understand, then you have to take a good look at Chang'an Daily." ”

"Everyone is equal, we are talking about equal rights, since it is equal rights, then why do individuals need to bear the sins committed by the group? Zhang County's order is a crime for one person, and he will bear it alone, if the family members get benefits because of Zhang County's order, let them spit out the benefits back, why kill them all? ”

"Besides, if Zhang County's order is to punish the nine clans, since the nine clans have no hope of survival, they will arouse the same hatred and hatred, and they will not find any clues, and only when they have a chance to live, they will expose and report and get more clues."

As soon as these words came out, Luo Wumao was stunned.

It's no wonder that this man does everything, but he has always maintained a firm will to go to the silver and never spoke.

You must know that what the Lantian County Commander did in the county seat was at most an abuse of power to manage people's lives, not a rebellion, so at most, he died alone, and the whole family could still be saved.

If it is a confession, it is a big crime to punish the nine clans, in other words, of course, it is to confess relatively lightly, and then protect the family.

Seeing that Zhang Huaishan listened to all the words, Qin Huaidao glanced at a few people: "Let's go, he won't speak, let's go talk to his family." ”

After that, he took a few people to the backyard, and after seeing Zhang Huaishan's family, Qin Huaidao neither asked about the silver, nor did he say how to deal with a few people, but just comforted them, saying that no matter what, as long as they were not involved in this matter, they would not be involved.

About two hours passed.

Zhang Huaishan knelt alone in the county government and was tired and hungry, coupled with the increasingly hot weather, his physical strength was a little exhausted, and after waiting for a long time, he found that Qin Huaidao and a few people had re-entered the government office.

The first sentence of entering the door almost made Zhang Huaishan lose seven souls and six spirits.

"Take him away, now he's useless, just keep it and behead him." Qin Huaidao intentionally or unintentionally amplified his voice and said to Luo Wu to listen.

Luo Wu arched his hand and said, "No." ”

What do you mean? Zhang Huaishan couldn't help but panic, obviously he was still investigating the whereabouts of 400,000 taels of silver just now, why did he stop investigating it after only two hours, and said that he was useless?

Combined with the fact that a few people were talking about his wife's family just now, Zhang Huaishan's face changed greatly.

Although she has never told her wife about these things she has done, the two have lived for so many years, how can she not know who she has met and what she has done?

Combined with what His Majesty just said no longer strained, could it be that he used this as a bargaining chip to recruit all his wives?

Thinking of this, Zhang Huaishan broke out in a cold sweat.

Originally, he was evil in the county, as long as he was sincere, he would find some colleagues to operate, and after His Majesty no longer paid attention to this matter, he could still play some tricks to protect himself, and if his wife recruited him, he would be completely finished.

He knelt down and begged for mercy: "Wait, I'm still useful." ”

"Oh?" Qin Huaidao looked at him coldly: "I only give you time to say a word, and if you can't say what I want, you will be executed directly." ”

Zhang Huaishan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the guilty minister said everything, and asked Your Majesty to forgive the guilty minister." ”

So far, are you still talking about conditions? Qin Huaidao shook his head and motioned to Luo Wu: "This person is talking nonsense, drag it out and cut it!" ”

Just say a word and want to behead yourself? Where did Zhang Huaishan dare to talk nonsense again: "Your Majesty, all the 400,000 taels of silver were transported to Jiangnan Province, and the guilty ministers are true in every word, and there is no lie." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone present was greatly shaken.

Even Qin Huaidao has been guessing that the 400,000 taels of silver are likely to become the salary of Li Da, Ha Jin, and Lu Qi's rebels, but he never thought that he would go to Jiangnan Dao!

Qin Huaidao remained silent and continued to bomb him: "What kind of news is this?" Your wife has already told us that if you don't have more useful information, you'd better wait to die. ”

Zhang Huaishan was so frightened that he dared to hide his secrets, and directly revealed it all.

"Your Majesty, every time the criminal hides the silver taels in the car transporting the jade, someone from Jiangnan Province transports the jade away, and the other party still walks on the post road every time, and there are official documents all the way, and the person responsible for transporting the silver money seems to be called Jiang Heng."

Jiang Heng?

Gangnam-do Jiangjia?

For a while, Qin Huaidao linked this matter with the main figures who made trouble in the imperial examination, so it seems that the Jiang family was indeed involved.