The squire of the criminal department said respectfully: "That Weichen sent someone to take you to the dungeon, if there is any need, King Chen should speak." ”

With that, he casually pointed to a cell boss to lead the way for King Chen.

King Chen followed the cell boss to the dungeon of the Ministry of Punishment.

The dungeon, which is really underground, turned a few times along the stairs, and the unpleasant smell soon filled the nasal cavity, and the vision became darker and darker. ”

King Chen walked forward without changing his face, but he was complaining frantically in his heart, his curiosity was really unbelievable, he knew that he should have waited on it.

When the prisoners in the cell saw someone coming in, they suddenly made a noise, and the cell head was afraid of startling King Chen, so he took out the whip on his body and pulled it out, and the whip hit the wooden fence with a crisp sound, "Be honest, if you dare to make noise, you will be starved for three days!" ”

The prisoners were immediately silent, not daring to speak.

After shouting, the cell boss also felt that he had done something inappropriate just now, so he carefully pleaded guilty, "It's despicable and reckless, but it's not okay if these prisoners don't fight, it's very noisy!" ”

King Chen said noncommittally "um": "It's okay, lead the way." ”

The cell boss quickly quickened his pace, turned two corners in the dungeon, and met a jailer head-on, he held a food box in his hand, and when he saw a few people coming, he immediately stood aside, lowered his head and saluted, "I've seen the prince." ”

King Chen flicked his sleeves and motioned for him to get up, and then walked past him and walked forward, until the noise faded away, and the cell head stopped.

In the cell, Qu Tingzhen had long lost his dignified appearance when he was in the court, his hands and feet were all shackled, he was wearing prison clothes, his hair was messy, and he was sitting crookedly on the ground, without any spirit at all, but he didn't see that he had been tortured.

King Chen glanced at the side, Ye Hanyu didn't pretend to be dumb this time, and directly ordered the cell leader: "Open the cell door." ”

The cell boss quickly stepped forward and pulled out the key and opened the door.

"You go out first, and I will call you when the king finishes asking."

The cell boss didn't say much, not to mention that Qu Tingzhen was just a civil official, and he had no power to restrain the chicken, even if he was a military general, he couldn't do anything with handcuffs and shackles, so he left directly after getting the order.

After he left, Ye Hanyu said: "The prince is just waiting for his subordinates outside, it's dirty inside, don't smoke the prince." ”

King Chen let out an "um", and Qu Tingzhen finally raised his head until this time.

"King Chen is coming, but what is there to ask? It's a pity that I'm old and have a bad memory, so I don't have anything to say to the prince. ”

King Chen said in his heart, what the sixth said is right, this old thing really won't speak easily, but I don't know if the sixth can really let him speak.

Ye Hanyu suddenly spoke, "It doesn't matter if you can't remember, Master Qu just needs to hand over the account book." ”

Qu Tingzhen looked at the man who suddenly spoke, but unfortunately he had a cloak on his head, and the prison was already dim, so he didn't see anything clearly.

"What books? What are you talking about? ”

[Is it stupid to be Lao Tzu? How could I possibly hand over something as important as the books? It's not like I don't really want to live! 】

"I want to leave a way out for your family with the account books, I can understand, but Master Qu never thought about it, maybe that person promised in person, but he wanted to kill people behind his back? You're all dead, can your family still live? ”

Qu Tingzhen's pupils suddenly constricted: [Impossible, impossible, Madam is the cousin of the noble concubine, no matter how ruthless she is, she will not take the life of my family, King Chen's people must be sowing discord. 】

"Do you still think that for the sake of blood and family, the people behind you will not do anything to you?

Do you remember how much silver they took from you? ”

Qu Tingzhen: [Why can't I remember? When I was the deputy governor, I also made a little less, and every year it was more than 100,000 taels of silver, of which seventy percent was given to the seven princes and concubines, and when I sat in the governor, there were nearly one million taels of income every year, of which eighty percent were given to the seven princes, and more than two million taels of silver were handed over. 】

Ye Hanyu was shocked by this number, and his originally relaxed expression suddenly rose, a head of the Internal Affairs Office had been greedy for nearly three million taels of silver in five years, he was simply damned!

The most infuriating thing is that the seventh brother actually put all his father's silver into his pocket, he is simply unfilial to the extreme!

"Since you were transferred to the Internal Affairs Office, you have embezzled nearly three million taels of silver, and the people behind you have accounted for about eighty percent, and the deficit of more than two million taels of silver, has Lord Qu figured out how to make up for this money?"

King Chen was taken aback by his words, what is nearly three million taels of silver, where did the sixth man get such a number?

The chief manager of the district government dared to be greedy for so much silver, and he also handed over eighty percent of it, he was the seventh man, wouldn't this money be in the hands of the seventh?

Qu Tingzhen was so frightened that he almost jumped up from the ground: [How did he know? How did he know? Obviously, I hid the account books well, how could they know so well, could it be that slut knew that something had happened to him and took the initiative to hand over the account books? 】

"Master Qu, that's more than two million taels of silver, how can you make up for such a big hole?

You have made up your mind that you will not betray him, but will the people behind you believe him?

As long as he doesn't worry about you for a moment in his mind, your life, your family's life can't be saved, don't be too simple, Master Qu! ”

Qu Tingzhen: [...... That's right, the person who wants him to die the most now should be the concubine's mother and son.

They must be afraid that I will tell the truth, because, that's more than two million, who is willing to spit out?

The most important thing is that once this matter spreads, the Seventh Prince will lose his good reputation, which will affect his status in the eyes of the emperor, and only if I die, they can rest assured. 】

Qu Tingzhen gasped: [I naturally can't put such an important thing in the account book at home, how do the people of King Kechen know that there is an account book? Moreover, if King Chen got the account book, why did he ask me for the account book?

It can't be, it can't be that Du Yiqiu used the account book to make any deal with King Chen, King Chen knows that there is an account book, but he can't meet Du Yiqiu's conditions, so he plans to start with me, right? 】

"You're kidding me, aren't you? You don't know anything, or you wouldn't have brought up the books first! ”

Ye Hanyu said in his heart: Of course I deceived you, how can you think if I don't deceive you, how can you think that if you don't want me, how can I know what you did?

"Master Qu, how can this be called a deed? We're just giving you a chance to make a difference. If you are greedy for such a large sum of money, there must be only one way to die, but you have to leave a root for the Qu family.

You put the account book in the hands of a woman, and as long as our prince scares her a little, she will say everything. ”

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