"Didn't the imperial court investigate and punish a lot of corrupt officials?"

"There are more than 40 people who can be ranked alone."

Peddlers and pawns, the three sects and nine streams have always been the most well-informed group of people.

Xu Yi, who realized that there was a lot of hidden feelings, was tempting.

"Huh."

"The biggest credit for those people to be investigated and punished is not the criminal department."

"It's Lord Zhou."

"If it weren't for Lord Zhou's painstaking efforts to track down the whereabouts of those grains, where would so much evidence be found."

"If it weren't for Lord Zhou to provide evidence to the Criminal Department, counting on the Criminal Department to catch corruption, I really don't know how long it would take."

The shopkeeper sneered, and there was a lot of disdain for the high-ranking criminal department in his words.

"Why do I see that most of the credit for that notice goes to the Criminal Department."

Xu Yi didn't know how it was written on the notice, but it was clearly written in black and white on the file.

The reason why so many corrupt officials were caught was due to the efforts of the officials of the Criminal Department day and night.

As for Jingzhao Yin and Zhou Qiping, it was only a passing mention in the dossier.

If what the shopkeeper said is true, there must be an incident of greed and merit.

"It's too late for some people to hate Lord Zhou, so how can they give credit to Lord Zhou."

The shopkeeper sneered and said slowly.

Cutting off people's financial means is like killing their parents, and those officials have been beheaded all over the house, but who can be sure that they are the real masterminds behind the scenes.

"Didn't those corrupt officials steal a lot of gold, silver and grain from their homes?"

"It stands to reason that with these gold, silver and grain, Lord Zhou can greatly alleviate the victims around Chang'an City."

"Why did Lord Zhou end up with a poor disaster relief and was beheaded all over the house?"

Seeing that the shopkeeper was obviously reluctant to elaborate, Xu Yi had no choice but to divert the topic.

"At the beginning, I got the gold, silver and food from the homes of those corrupt officials, and Lord Zhou did use that food to save a lot of victims."

"But for some reason, instead of decreasing, the number of people outside the city increased."

"In the past, there was enough food for the people to eat for ten days, but often it took two or three days to die."

"It stands to reason that even if the number of people in the disaster doubles, it shouldn't be consumed so quickly."

"It's a pity that before Lord Zhou could find out the reason, he was impeached and dismissed for ineffective disaster relief."

"Originally, everyone wanted to write a book of all people to ask for the grievances of Lord Zhou."

"How did I expect that the Book of All People has just been written, and I haven't had time to send it yet."

"Lord Zhou was found to be corrupt, and officials of the Criminal Department found three boxes of gold from the house where Lord Zhou was staying."

The shopkeeper let out a long sigh, and then was silent for a long time.

There is no need for the shop to talk about the rest of the matter, Xu Yi also understands it in his heart.

It was nothing more than a lack of disaster relief, plus three boxes of gold found in the premises.

The Criminal Department somehow got Zhou Qiping's confession.

In the confession, Zhou Qiping clearly stated the origin of the three boxes of gold - obtained from selling grain.

At that time, Emperor Zhengde was furious because of corrupt officials.

Zhou Qiping even hit the muzzle of the gun directly, and was punished for several crimes.

Zhou Qiping was directly sentenced to be beheaded.

is the same as those corrupt officials who were personally sent to the execution table by him.

came directly to a decisive decision, and I didn't even wait for next autumn.

As for whether the confession was obtained by torture, no one has investigated it anymore.

After all, people are dead, so what's the point of delving into those.

"I don't believe those three boxes of gold will belong to Lord Zhou."

"He must have been framed."

The shopkeeper, who had been silent for a long time, raised his head and gritted his teeth.

This time, the silent person was replaced by Xu Yi.

Xu Yi was inclined in his heart that Zhou Qiping was wronged.

However, without evidence, all statements are blank and weak.

Since Zhou Qiping's incident, Xu Yi has deeply felt the water of this disaster relief.

Go far deeper than you think.

In the past, there was enough food for the victims to eat for ten days, but in just two or three days, the bottom was reached.

No matter how many people are outside the city, it is impossible to suddenly double the number of victims.

In this, if it is said that there is no cattiness, Xu Yi will not believe it.

As for Zhou Qiping's sale of grain, this matter is even more nonsense.

Where would anyone be so stupid as to send in more than forty corrupt officials on the front foot.

The hind foot himself followed in the footsteps of those corrupt officials, and he was very greedy?

"Where is the Book of the People?"

Xu Yi set the table, interrupting the shopkeeper's gushing speculation.

The Book of All People may be like a piece of waste paper to others.

But for Xu Yi, it may be an important weapon for him to open up the situation.

"In Wang's house."

"What is this asking for?"

"The Book of the People is now a waste of paper."

The shopkeeper looked at Xu Yi, his face full of puzzlement.

"Who is the king?"

Xu Yi did not answer the question of the shopkeeper, but asked the identity of the old man.

The Great Zhou Dynasty can be called old, but it has never been an ordinary person.

The last time is also a well-known old man in ten miles and eight towns.

"Wang Lao is the old man of our area, and it was Wang Lao who organized us to write the book of ten thousand people."

The shopkeeper knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden from someone who had a heart at all, so he spoke frankly directly.

"Take me to Nawang's hometown, the book of the people is useless, but the book of the people written by tens of thousands of people is really the first time I have heard of it."

Xu Yi said slowly with an interested attitude.

"The guest officer wants to collect the Book of the People?"

The shopkeeper seemed to have seen through everything. In fact, he was just deceived by Xu Yi's appearance.

"Clever."

Xu Yi nodded and chuckled.

"Yes...... But today, the shopkeeper is not there, and the small ones still depend on the store ......."

The shopkeeper exhaled, his face full of embarrassment.

"Don't worry about this, you just need to take the two of us to find a place."

"It won't be long."

Xu Yi chuckled lightly and slowly took out the fourth piece of broken silver from his arms.

Then he slowly pushed four pieces of broken silver to the side of the shopkeeper.

A trace of struggle appeared in the shopkeeper's eyes, and finally the struggle dissipated.

"Okay, I'll lock the door, but I can't afford to delay too long."

The shopkeeper nodded heavily, then got up and walked to the door.

"Aren't you afraid we're bad guys?"

Seeing the second brother of the shop returning, Xu Yi couldn't help but quip.

"No, it won't."

"The little one has lived for more than 20 years, and he has no other skills, and he has only trained a pair of eyes to see people."

The shopkeeper smiled and stretched out his finger to his eyes.

"Since the eyes of the two guest officers, the little one has never seen any evil thoughts."

"On the contrary, when I mentioned Lord Zhou, there was a lot of pity in the eyes of the guest officer."

The shopkeeper looked at Zhao Shou beside Xu Yi with a smile.

The three sects and the nine streams, the peddlers and pawns are accustomed to seeing the world, and sometimes they have to look at people more accurately than those who are pampered.