Ye Feng did not find any clues about gunpowder at General Zuo Weiwei's mansion, and he had to investigate the remaining eleventh guard forbidden army.

It just so happened that Brother Stroke brought someone to deliver the results of the autopsy, so Ye Feng pushed the investigation of the remaining Eleventh Guards Forbidden Army to Brother Stroke, and fiercely arrested a strong man, which was regarded as a courtesy.

After arranging everything here, Ye Feng didn't say a word and walked directly towards the Criminal Department.

Now that he has Song Gong's jade pendant, his life seems to have ushered in a peak, he is very arrogant and proud, and he is bound to enjoy the power in his hands.

"What are you doing in the Punishment Department?" Lin Xiyao stretched out her hand to stop Ye Feng and asked puzzledly.

The Nine Star Division and the Criminal Department are mortal enemies, and they don't have any good faces with each other. It is only because of the great overlap in the functions and powers of the two departments, especially after the founding of Yangning, because of the existence of the imperial power of the Jiuxing Division, the functions and powers of the Criminal Department have been greatly compressed, and now they can only have law enforcement power for low-level officials and ordinary people, and more often they exist as a review department.

Therefore, the Nine Star Division looks down on the Criminal Department.

Similarly, the Criminal Department also hated the Nine Star Division.

Facing Lin Xiyao's inquiry, Ye Feng said quietly: "I always feel that there is a problem with the account books of the powder magazine. ”

"You suspect that the books of the powder magazine are fraudulent?!" Lin Xiyao asked suspiciously.

Ye Feng nodded, thought for a while, and told Lin Xiyao his opinion: "The artillery made of gunpowder is the weapon of the Yangning Kingdom. The reason why it was able to attack everything and be invincible in the war to unify the Central Plains was because of artillery. Although Yangning has unified the Central Plains and there is no more war in the four seas, the surrounding countries are still in frequent wars, and all forces are in urgent need of various weapons. Otherwise, the former ordnance supervisor would not have secretly resold arrows to other countries to make huge profits. ”

Lin Xiyao nodded, the previous strategy of borrowing a knife to kill the Weapons Supervisor was to use his handle to resell arrows to bring him down.

Ye Feng paused and continued: "Just arrows can be sold for sky-high prices, not to mention artillery with huge power. As the saying goes, the road is one foot high, the magic is one foot high, there are policies at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom. Even though Yangning has a strict control policy on gunpowder, a policy has been issued layer by layer, and it is inevitable that there will be cats and cats. ”

His analysis is indeed very reasonable, Yang Ningguo has strict punishments, and officials are corrupt, if they are seriously investigated, I am afraid that no one will be spared from the civil and military officials. This has also created a situation in which the Nine Star Division is head is a guillotine, and no one is afraid of the Nine Star Division.

Now that gunpowder has appeared in the West Hall of the Purple Cloud Sword Sect, it is a good proof of this. They must have some unknown underground channels to get their hands on the tightly controlled gunpowder.

Lin Xiyao thought for a while and analyzed: "We have already been to the powder magazine, and the officials of the powder magazine are very cooperative, without any concealment, and directly handed over all the account books to us, and now the officials of the Nine Star Division are already checking." ”

Ye Feng naturally knew about this matter, and at the same time, this was also what he was very worried about: "Although the Nine Star Division is in charge of criminal prosecution and is a good hand at solving cases, it may not be proficient in auditing accounts. Even if there is a fraud in the account books, the officials of the Nine Star Division may not be able to find out. ”

"The Nine Stars Division can't find out?" When Lin Xiyao heard Ye Feng's words, she couldn't help but smile: "The officials of the Nine Star Division are all talents from all over the world. One out of a hundred, selected layer by layer. ”

Ye Feng was noncommittal, and said: "Although the officials of the Nine Star Division are talents from all over the world, those who dare to fake gunpowder, and those who can fake gunpowder, are also talents from all over the world. Only one in a hundred, the fraudulent talents selected at all levels, and the fake accounts made can hide many audit processes. ”

Lin Xiyao was a little short of words for a while, but she still didn't agree with the decision that the Nine Star Division couldn't find out: "As long as it's a fake account, it will definitely be able to find out." ”

Looking at Lin Xiyao's appearance, Ye Feng said with a smile: "The Nine Star Division is powerful, but as long as it is a human, it can't be proficient in everything. Gunpowder is an item under the key jurisdiction of Yangning State, and it is rare and expensive, and the profits that gunpowder can bring are incomparable to any item. Everyone's eyes are on gunpowder, those who want to be greedy are staring, and those who don't want to be greedy are staring. Under the gaze of so many pairs of eyes, the powder magazine handed over the account book to the Nine Stars Division for inspection, and this account book must be seamless and leaky. It's like the upper three realms and the first three realms, one heaven and one underground. ”

What Ye Feng said was not unreasonable, and Lin Xiyao was also persuaded by Ye Feng's thoughts: "It's just that the account books that the Nine Star Division can't find out, who else in the world can find out?" Do you invite the bookkeeper of the six departments? They're the most professional, aren't they? ”

"No, no, no, the bookkeeper of the sixth department will only check the accounts, not falsify." Ye Feng shook his head again and again.

The next remark made Lin Xiyao, who had just understood, stunned again: "Only check the accounts?" Isn't what we want to be audited? ”

"I'm going to find a professional fraudster to check the accounts, give him a way to do the other, and give him back." Ye Feng said with a smile.

At this moment, Lin Xiyao suddenly realized that she finally understood the purpose of Ye Feng's coming to the Criminal Department.

The environment of the prison of the Criminal Department is completely incomparable with the Yangning death row and the dungeon of the Nine Star Division, which is dark and lightless, and the stench of rot is everywhere. Even if a few rays of remnant sun shone through the square window, they were swallowed up by the boundless darkness in an instant.

The prisoners inside were all unkempt, worse than dead, and there were bursts of sick wails and long moans of misanthropy.

Ye Feng and Lin Xiyao walked down the stairs leading to the cell, and an official of the Criminal Department held the roster of prisoners in his hand and checked them one by one.

"This person's name is Le Cailiang, and he is the money and grain master of Hedong Governor Guan Yongyuan, who helped Hedong Governor Guan Yongyuan by falsifying accounts, embezzling 650,000 taels of silver, and shortaging and greedy grain, 880,000 stones." The official of the criminal department stood at the door of the cell, looking at a man inside, holding a roster and reading.

"Six hundred and fifty thousand taels?! No way! Ye Feng's jaw dropped in shock, he was almost forced to sell his ass because of a thousand taels before.

Let's not talk about the conversion of silver taels, just talk about numbers, and I can't earn it in my life before I cross over.

Ye Feng quickly put away his surprised expression, and turned into bursts of appreciation: "This person is simply too good, count him in!" ”

Following the officials of the Criminal Department to continue to advance into the depths of the prison, turning a few corners, bypassing many cells, the official spread out the manual, pointed to a prisoner in the prison and said: "This person's name is Qu Zhiyong, and the false account he created helped Lu Feiyu, the governor of the East China Sea, to lose 2.7 million taels of silver. ”

Ye Feng slurred his lips and said, "It's even better than the previous one, bring him out." ”

Continuing to walk forward, the official took Ye Feng to a cell: "This is Ruan Yiran, who was the adjutant of the Household Minting Bureau, and falsified accounts during his tenure, totaling thirteen million taels. ”

Ye Feng is no longer surprised by these numbers, the larger the number, the greater the person's ability: "Good!" That's what I want! ”

Following the officials to continue to move forward, Ye Feng's mood was actually a little expectant, is there more?

"Yue Hanyin, the chief governor of the two Zhejiang regions in the south of the Yangtze River, was ordered to tour the south and supervise the state and county officials. Along the road, they oppressed the people, embezzled the people's fat and people's cream, and accepted bribes from officials totaling 19.6 million taels. The official said.

Ye Feng looked at the people in prison, he was already numb to these hundreds and thousands of numbers, and said coldly: "This kind of person, it's not too much to shoot, count him in!" ”

After layers of selection, Ye Feng held Song Gongyu's pendant in his hand, and kicked out a total of ten prisoners from the prison of the Criminal Department, they were wearing prison uniforms, locked with heavy shackles on their feet, and under the escort of the officers and soldiers of the Criminal Department and the guards of the Nine Star Division, they went all the way to the powder magazine account.

The room has been tidied up, and Rushan's account books are divided into ten parts, which are placed on ten tables, and on top of the tables are another abacus, and pen, ink, paper, and inkstone.

Ye Feng stood in the middle of the room, holding Song Gongyu's pendant, facing the prisoner, and said loudly: "You people, each of you are guilty of serious crimes, although you have not been sentenced to death, but at least they are sentenced to twenty or thirty years, with your age and the environment of death row, it is unknown whether you can come out alive in this life, I will give you a way out of life now." ”