In fact, Zhu Ji was only ordered to seize the stolen silver, and did not obtain direct evidence of Gao Hub's corruption.

Among the testimonies obtained by Cao Nai, including Gao Hub's nephews and some officials in Nanjing, these people all admitted that they had given Gao Hub silver and how much money they sent, and the records were clear, but there was no confession from Gao Hub.

In other words, Gao Hub did not plead guilty.

All testimony is circumstantial, which is why they strongly disagree, and they should not act rashly until the matter is clarified.

Otherwise, if it is finally found out that someone is really wronged, or even deliberately framed, then Jinyiwei's approach will undoubtedly force this old minister to a dead end.

Cabinet ministers, how can they be so humiliated?

The impact of this incident will be related to the face of the entire Ming civil officials, and even all scholars.

And at the moment, Jin Yiwei really did not find any favorable evidence, and tossed for most of the day, only finding a mere five hundred taels of silver, as a cabinet assistant, this amount of silver is really not enough.

Cao Nai was very angry, and Zhu Qiyu's face was also ugly, he was hindered by the emperor's affection, and he planned to suppress this matter, but he didn't expect that people didn't accept his feelings at all.

Zhu Ji squeezed the note tightly in his hand, and said with a blank face: "Actually, it's not far, it's just the street behind."

There was such a big commotion in Nanjing, and the officials in the coastal areas of Fuzhou even caught it with their own hands, and he did not believe that these people would come out of nowhere, and they would force the basin on the head of the high hub.

This stolen silver must be hidden somewhere, and it only takes some time to find it.

Even if he didn't find anything now, he was convinced that he must have missed some important information.

And just now, on this note, only one line of words was written, and in the lower right corner of the note, there was a special symbol.

Voicebreaker!

When Zhu Ji saw this symbol, all his worries and anxieties were immediately swept away.

The organization of the Absolute Voice Guard is the most mysterious existence in the Ming Dynasty.

In the early years of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang used the deaf strategist Lu Bufu and the mute general Yang Zhongkai to establish the Jueshengwei, which was both literate and martial, and proficient in lip language, and cultivated a large number of deaf and mute spies.

Since these people are born with disabilities, they will not attract the attention of others, no matter where they are.

In this way, the disability of the body becomes an advantage.

During that period in the early Ming Dynasty, the role of the Absolute Voice Guard should not be underestimated.

No matter what your identity is, no matter how secretive you are, as long as you are targeted, what you have done at home, who you have seen, what you have said, what you eat at night, and who you sleep with, the next day, a small note will appear in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

At that time, many people thought that these things were done by Jinyiwei.

Who knows, although the Jinyi Guard is pervasive, the ability to detect intelligence is far inferior to the Absolute Voiceguard.

Because of this, Zhu Yuanzhang paid more and more attention to the Absolute Voiceguard, and made a rule that except for the emperor himself, no one was allowed to contact the Absolute Guardian in private, as long as it was discovered, it would be punished for rebellion.

Moreover, in order to maintain the mystery of the Absolute Voice, Zhu Yuanzhang once stipulated that if the emperor's order made the Absolute Voice Guard in danger of being exposed, then the Absolute Voice Guard Commander had the right to decide whether to carry it out or not according to the situation at the time.

That's right, the Commander of the Absolute Guard has the power to veto the Emperor's orders.

In other words, people can resist and disobey.

Since then, all emperors have strictly adhered to this ancestral precept, and even Wang Zhen, who was once the most powerful, has never come into contact with the Absolute Voiceguard.

Before Zhu Qizhen's Northern Expedition, he had revealed some information about the Absolute Voice Guard to Zhu Ji, but he did not give him any power, only saying that if the Absolute Sound Guard came to the door, the Jinyi Guard must cooperate unconditionally.

The man's movements were extremely secretive, and Zhu Qiyu and the others were not here, of course they didn't know that Zhu Ji already had a small note in his hand.

With this note, Zhu Ji believes that the truth of the matter will soon be revealed.

At this time, I saw someone hurrying over, it turned out to be Gao Hub's two sons, Gao Zidong and Gao Ziliang.

Gao Zidong served in the Hanlin Academy, and Gao Ziliang served in the Yamen of the Criminal Department, and the two learned that their home had been raided, so they rushed back.

When Gao Chen saw his son come back, he cried even more.

The two Gao Zidong brothers first saluted Zhu Qiyu, and then came to Zhu Ji angrily, with a desperate posture.

Now, the pressure is on Zhu Ji, and the scholars and people at the scene have accused Jinyiwei of persecuting Zhongliang, it seems that Jinyiwei is all heinous and harmful, and he has brought disaster to the country and the people.

Zhu Ji smiled and said, "The two of you came at the right time, do you know whose house it is?"

These two houses are next to each other, but the one where Gao Hub lives is on the south side, and the gate is facing south, and the gate on the north side is in the north, so it is equivalent to a street apart.

Gao Zidong was stunned at first, and then said angrily: "How do I know who it is?"

Immediately after, Gao Ziliang said: "It seems to be a businessman in Nanjing, what are you asking for?"

Zhu Ji said: "If the two of you are interested, let's go and have a look, how about it?"

Gao Zidong said dissatisfiedly: "You raided my house, but you didn't find anything, so you want to leave?"

At this time, Li Linsheng also came over and said, "That is, in front of His Royal Highness King Yu today, if Jinyiwei doesn't give an explanation, no one will want to leave this place!"

In the face of everyone's accusations, Zhu Ji waved his hand and said, "I didn't say to leave, I just went to the house in the back to have a look, how about it?"

"You...... What exactly do you want to do? ”

"Just look at it!"

Zhu Ji couldn't help but say at the moment, and led people to the back street.

Gao Zidong wanted to stop it, but when he saw someone's hand pressed on the handle of the knife, he had to go to Zhu Qiyu for help.

"Your Royal Highness, my father has worked hard for Daming all his life and worked hard, but in the end, he ended up in such a situation, my father is really wronged!"

Zhu Qiyu was also helpless, so he had to say: "If Jinyiwei doesn't find out again, this king will call the shots for you!"

After saying that, he turned around and followed.

Cao Nai and others followed closely, Gao Zidong, Li Linsheng and others also followed, and the people didn't know what to do, so they naturally ran to watch.

Zhu Ji crushed the note in his hand, came to the house in the back street, and ordered someone to knock on the door.

A short time later, a porter opened the door, revealing half of his head.

"Who are you looking for...... Yes! ”

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Ji had already kicked up, kicked the door open, and led people to rush in directly.

At this time, Zhu Qiyu had just come to him, and when he happened to see this scene, he couldn't help frowning.

In broad daylight, this is too arrogant!

However, what he didn't expect was that more arrogance was still to come.

The porter covered his head and got up, shouting, "What are you doing, my lord is ......"

Zhu Ji brushed the ground and pulled out the embroidered spring knife at his waist and put it on the neck of the porter.

"Now if I ask you what you say, you will say anything, and if there is anything to hide......"

The porter's eyes were straight, and he hurriedly said tremblingly, "No...... Don't dare to hide ......"

"Who owns this house?"

"This ......"

The porter was embarrassed and said, "I don't know!"

"What?"

Zhu Ji's face was pale, and he added a little strength to the hand holding the knife.

"Don't ...... Other...... I really don't know who the owner of this mansion is, you can ask Steward Li! ”

"Who's Steward Lee?"

"That's it...... It's ......"

At this time, a Jinyi guard captain came to the front with a person, and the porter's eyes lit up and said, "He is Steward Li!"

The man named Steward Li was also put on his neck with a knife, his face turned pale with fright, and his body kept trembling.

"Father?"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, and Li Linsheng looked at Steward Li with a surprised expression.

Steward Li's current situation, it is not a promise, nor is it a promise not to agree, and the scene is a little embarrassing.

Li Linsheng was puzzled and asked, "Father, why are you here?"

The Gao Zidong brothers also came up and asked, "Steward Li, what's going on?"

Steward Li lowered his head and didn't speak, and Zhu Ji immediately ordered: "Search!"

"Yes!"

After a while, I heard someone shouting, "Found it, found it!"

Everyone followed the prestige, only to see a captain running over, and said excitedly: "Lord Servant, inside!"

Zhu Ji was greatly excited, waved his hand, and ordered: "Go!"

Seeing this, Zhu Qiyu vaguely felt that there was something going on, so he followed.

This is also a two-entry courtyard, the front yard is ordinary, and you can't see anything, but when you get to the backyard, everyone is shocked by the scene in front of them.

It stands to reason that the back house should be the place where the family rolls live, but here, it is densely packed, and it is all a warehouse.

These warehouses, one after another, can be seen that this house is used for living in people, and the inside of the warehouse is ......

There was already a brocade guard who opened the door of the warehouse, Zhu Qiyu came to the door of the nearest warehouse, glanced inside, and felt that his eyes were almost blinded.

It was all bright silver, and a treasury was piled up.

According to preliminary estimates, there are no less than 100,000 taels!

A school captain came to Zhu Ji and reported: "Report to your lord, there are 17 warehouses here, 12 are filled with silver, three are full of gold, one is antique, calligraphy and painting, and one is jewelry and jade."

Hearing this, everyone's eyes widened, their mouths opened wide, and their faces were incredible.

Things have come to this point, and it's become amazing.

Zhu Ji came to Steward Li and said, "Let me ask you, who is the owner of this mansion?"

Steward Li's face was pale, and he refused to answer.

Zhu Ji didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so he said coldly: "Chop off one of his hands!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, someone stepped forward and pressed Steward Li's arm, and the other raised the knife in his hand.

"Father, what are you doing......

Li Linsheng rushed forward desperately, pounced on him, and protected his father with his body.

Zhu Ji sneered: "It seems that your son doesn't know?"

Steward Li smiled bitterly: "He doesn't know anything, please ...... Let him go. ”

"Oh? Finally spoken? ”

Zhu Ji slowly stepped forward and asked, "Are you talking to me about the conditions?"

Steward Li looked extremely frightened, and the beads of sweat on his forehead kept dripping, and after a while, he said: "I said everything, it's okay to let my son go, he really doesn't know anything!"

Li Linsheng's expression changed drastically, and he asked, "Father, what did you say?"

"You...... You don't care, anyway, this matter has nothing to do with you......"

Zhu Ji suddenly said: "It doesn't matter, it's not up to you to have the final say, come on, take it!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, two people stepped forward and held Li Linsheng down.

Steward Li's face was like ashes, and he spread his butt on the ground, and pleaded: "I say, I say, I beg you...... Don't hurt my son......"

Zhu Ji squatted in front of him and said expressionlessly: "You are not qualified to talk about the conditions now, if you admit your guilt with a good attitude, or provide any useful information, maybe your family still has a chance to live, say it!"

Steward Li glanced at Li Linsheng, then at Brother Gao Zidong, and then said, "This mansion is...... The old ......"

Airplanes!

As soon as these words came out, the scene suddenly exploded.

The two brothers Gao Zidong squeezed forward desperately, but were stopped by Jinyiwei, and the two of them shouted: "Steward Li, don't talk nonsense, what does this have to do with my family?"

Gao Ziliang came to Zhu Qiyu and said in a panic: "Your Highness Mingjian, this is obviously another family's mansion, and it has nothing to do with the ministers!"

Zhu Qiyu is relatively benevolent compared to Zhu Qizhen, but benevolence does not mean stupidity.

At this point, he knew in his heart that even if this house was not high, it would have nothing to do with the Gao family.

I only heard him say slowly: "What the Gao Qing family means is that there is a person who happens to hide so much gold and silver next door to your house, but why is the steward of your family here?"

Gao Ziliang hurriedly defended: "It must be Li who is in charge of him...... He wronged his ministers, and his ministers wronged...... Wronged......"

"Why did he wronged your family?"

He ...... He...... This may ...... It was Jinyiwei who framed him, and I beg His Highness to investigate! ”

As soon as these words came out, it could be regarded as a complete collision with Jinyiwei.

Who knows if the silver in this mansion was secretly hidden by the brocade guard?

After all, my dad was notoriously incorruptible.

But in the eyes of many people, Jinyiwei's reputation is not very good.

When Zhu Ji heard this, he stepped forward with a black face, saluted Zhu Qiyu, and then kicked Gao Ziliang out with a kick.

"Now that people have obtained stolen goods, and they still want to bite back, I will let you die today!"

He turned around and said to Zhu Qiyu: "Your Highness, it is not difficult to prove the owner of this mansion."

Zhu Qiyu asked, "How to prove it?"

Zhu Ji replied: "When the officials searched the Gao family's mansion, they found a problem."

As he spoke, he pointed to the courtyard wall behind him.

Zhu Qiyu looked at the courtyard wall and asked, "What does this courtyard wall say?"

Zhu Ji said: "Your Highness, please see, this wall is shared by two mansions, but it is not high."

Hearing this, Zhu Qiyu stared at the courtyard wall for a long time, but still didn't understand.

In the capital, because of the cramped place, it happens from time to time that several mansions share a wall, which does not mean anything.

Could it be that this wall has some mechanism?

He stepped forward and walked along the courtyard wall, but did not find a secret passage.