It is said that after retiring from the dynasty that day, half of Wang Shangshu's soul was scattered.

There is no way, on the one hand, the empress of the Qingfeng Empire, and on the other hand, the Qin family, which has great power in the imperial capital and the entire Qingfeng Empire, no matter which side, he can't afford to provoke it, and it is impossible to directly arrest the head of the Qin family for interrogation, which is tantamount to killing himself.

But the empress only had three days left for him...

Thinking of this, Wang Shangshu's old face was wrinkled like a bitter melon.

Now I can only pin my hope on the Qin family to have a little self-knowledge...

All the way to the Qin Mansion, Wang Shangshu respectfully bowed to the name post, explained the intention, and waited in the outer hall for a long time, and finally waited for Qin Wanli, who was long overdue.

"Wang Shangshu, it's been a long time."

Seeing this picture, Wang Shangshu hurriedly got up and saluted, and said, "The head of the Qin family is walking with a tiger, and his demeanor is still the same." ”

"Wang Shangshu laughed, so I don't know what Wang Shangshu is doing when he comes to visit this time?"

Qin Wanli beckoned, and the maid hurriedly brought the best Danxia Lingyun tea, and after soaking it meticulously, she bowed and retreated.

"Wang Shangshu taste, this is the tea that the Emperor Taishang gave to my family back then, since the tea tree was destroyed, looking at the Xuanwu Continent, the fragrance of this tea is incomparable, there is not much left, it can be said to drink a little less."

Wang Shangshu took a sip of it, and after praising it again and again, he finally got to the point.

"Master of the Qin family, during this time, Your Majesty is in a very bad mood."

"Oh? What does this mean? ”

"You also know, I just did not know the merchant Martial Arts, and some time ago I suddenly found out that the Martial Arts has been in a bad debt for so many years, and the logistics materials distributed to the generals seem to have been deducted a lot, Your Majesty was furious because of this matter, and ordered me to catch the main messenger... Does the Qin family master know about this? ”

"The old man has no official body on him now, how can I know about the affairs of the court?"

Wang Shangshu laughed a few times, and Qin Wanli was farting.

You know better than anyone else about the affairs of the court!

Who doesn't know that the current right servant shot Zhao Wenguang was pulled up by you?

"In short, this bad debt involves too much, the amount is too large, I have more than enough heart and not enough strength, so I came to visit the Qin family master, you used to be the Shangshu of the military department, can you know this account... Where did it go? ”

"The old man also wants to help His Majesty solve problems, but unfortunately the matter is too long ago, and the old man can't remember it clearly."

"Don't the Qin family think about it carefully? Your Majesty said, let me act cheaply, if the head of the Qin family can't think of it here, why don't we think about it in another place? ”

He's a thousand-year-old fox, what are you talking to me about?

Wang Shangshu can now guarantee that this bad debt must be inseparable from the Qin family, after all, for so many years, the logistics materials in so many places add up, there are tens of millions of yuan of dan, more than 300,000 stone of grain and grass, can do this kind of thing, only the Qin family, which is also a behemoth.

But Wang Shangshu couldn't figure it out, your Qin family wants money, money, and power, why do you want to do such a taboo thing and embezzle the treasury? With more than 300,000 stone of grain and grass, why do you want to rebel?

Thinking of this, Wang Shangshu's face suddenly changed, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

"Qin family master, have you remembered any details?"

"The old man is old, he really can't remember, Wang Shangshu is not strange."

"It's okay, in the final analysis, this is still my business, I shouldn't come to embarrass the Qin family master, okay, I still have important things to do, so I won't bother."

Let's go!

The more Wang Shangshu thought about it, the more frightened he became, only feeling that this Qin Mansion seemed to be a tiger's den in Longtan, and just now, he actually had the audacity to come and question Qin Wanli?

Leaving the Qin Mansion in a hurry, Wang Shangshu was still a little frightened, and he didn't care about any loss of etiquette, so he trotted all the way back to the palace.

But in the early morning of the next day, something happened that made the court angry.

The dignified martial arts book actually hanged himself at home!

In addition to a corpse that had long been cold, a handwritten letter was also left.

Although there were only a few sentences on the letter, it made Qin Mengxue stunned with a rare gaffe.

"The misappropriation of frontier logistics has led to errors in the accounts, and all the blame is my own.

The criminal minister Wang Wei'an. ”

"What the hell is going on!"

Above the court, Qin Mengxue's face was like frost, and her voice was cold and terrifying.

"Your Majesty, Wang Shangshu hanged himself at home, and he has already checked it, and it is indeed Wang Shangshu who hanged himself, not him."

"That's not what I want to hear! This bad debt has happened as early as the reign of Emperor Taishang, Wang Shangshu has only been in office for three years, who will tell me how he strategized behind his back and privately swallowed tens of millions of yuan of Dan! ”

No one dared to speak out, and the silence in the court was terrible!

"Are you all deaf!"

"Your Majesty... I don't know if I'm waiting! ”

"You don't know? Hehe, I don't know! Where is Dali Temple? ”

The words fell, and from among the ministers, an expressionless middle-aged man walked out, there was no anger in his eyes, if he didn't look carefully, he thought he had already become a corpse.

"I have three days for you to find out the truth! Who is Wang Shangshu's death related to, three days later, if you can't find out the reason, you will come to see me! ”

"Obey the order!"

Wubu Shangshu hanged himself at home, although Qin Mengxue had tried his best to suppress this matter, it was still inevitably leaked, and then quickly spread in the imperial capital.

The dignified martial arts department Shangshu, the official of the second grade, actually died so quietly, whether it is the distortion of human nature behind this, or the degradation of morality, has become the talk of the people of the imperial capital after dinner.

At the same time, Dali Siqing was also busy.

He successively investigated Wang Shangshu's life and found that this person was extremely tactful, even if he was a courtier of different factions, there were few people who had a grudge against him, and the possibility of personal enmity was basically ruled out.

As time passed little by little, Dali Siqing finally got a useful message.

The day before Wang Shangshu hanged himself, he had been to the Qin Mansion, and he was in a hurry when he left, trotting all the way.

This is undoubtedly a crucial clue.

Dali Siqing originally wanted to go directly to the Qin Mansion to take Qin Wanli back to Dali Temple for interrogation, but after hesitating, he still told Qin Mengxue about the matter.

Inside the Frost and Snow Palace.

Looking at the twists and turns presented by Dali Siqing, Qin Mengxue's face became more and more ugly, and she was furious.

"Is this true?"

"The minister has questioned many witnesses, and their confessions are quite consistent, so the minister thinks it is extremely credible."

"Hehe... What a Qin family, what a Qin Wanli! Come! Transferring Qin Wanli, the head of the Qin family, to Dali Temple, and handing him over to Dali Siqing for personal interrogation, I want to see what means the head of the Qin family has to force a loyal minister of the Qin family to hang himself! ”