"Xun Tingwei, here in Ruyin, Shi Gongzi is indispensable to fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and the future will be long. For now, it's important to get down to business. ”

"Oh, extremely, extremely. It's just that the three of us are officials in the same dynasty, and this time we have traveled thousands of miles to share this responsibility, just like brothers, what 'Xun Tingwei' is called something I really dare not do, and it is too foreign, and I will only be called brothers in the future. I don't know if Brother Shangren recognizes it? ”

Few children of the family are willing to call brothers and sisters with people from poor families, and Xun Bao is of course enveloping Shu Yan. Shu Yan also understood, but he didn't want to care about these senseless things.

"I remember that Brother Shang Ren once followed Jia Gong of Yuzhou Dazhong to deal with the matter of Ruyin's removal of the state and the establishment of a county, which was very successful, and he must have some experience, so I would like to ask for advice, what should we do next?"

Shu Yan remembered that time when Jia Gong led the matter of setting up a county in addition to the state, which was full of loopholes, and he actually made a mistake in hiding from the world, and he was speechless. This time there can be no more such a situation.

"This time and the establishment of counties in addition to the state can not be compared, the last time was the supervision and supervision of the process of Ruyin County, but this time is the inspection and inspection of the previous ruling process of Ruyin County, the essence is completely different, to put it bluntly, it is a cat and mouse game. If a cat wants to catch a mouse, it must first be fast, and it will be too late for the mouse to react before taking action. ”

Xun Bao clapped his hands and said, "What Brother Shangren said is right. Without further ado, let's act as soon as possible, we must take Qiu Shoutai by surprise before he hears the news, and control him first, otherwise he will be very passive. ”

The two hit it off, got on their own horses, and went straight to the Ruyin County Office. But seeing that the Shi family pulled the carriage off the boat and put the horse back on, Biyu was helped to sit in unhurriedly.

"Brother Yu, I'm afraid of riding a horse, what kind of car are you still riding!" Xun Bao urged.

Biyu didn't care about that, and said disapprehantly: "'If the enterprise doesn't stand, the crosser can't do it', what are you anxious about?" ”

"Talk about Xuan and divide the occasion, when are you still talking about the Tao Te Ching!"

Shu Yan was not surprised, he passed the Yuanzheng Conference, and had a deep understanding of Biyu's laziness, and immediately slapped the horsewhip and said to Xun Bao: "Except for talking about Xuan, on other occasions, there are not many of him, and there is no less of him." ”

Xun Bao was also helpless, so he had to fight with Shu Yan first.

"Hmph, hmph." Biyu closed his eyes and smiled in the car, "Those two crazy birds, tired for many days, very tired. How about a day of rest, what are you anxious about! ”

When Ah Miao heard this, she couldn't help but persuade: "The three of you led the errand together, and the two of them rode first and grabbed the credit, but you rode in a car and were willing to lag behind." ”

"Backward? Aggressively, they didn't wait for me anyway, so I simply didn't go to the county office and went back to the house to rest. Hehe, that's just right. ”

A few fast horses advanced into Ruyin City, Shu Yan was familiar with the path, and went straight to the county office. There was nothing else to do in the department, Qiu Shoutai was looking through the papers in an official uniform, looking diligent and cautious. Seeing Shu Yan and the others, he seemed surprised, "Ah, isn't this Shu Lang, you are smooth sailing in Luoyang, and you don't forget your hometown fathers and elders, come back to visit?" ”

Shu Yan was suddenly stunned, not knowing what to say. I want to say that I am here to "investigate you", but I did not propose to investigate Qiu Shoutai, let alone my main business, I have been rushing to the front stupidly, which will not only cause Qiu Shoutai's misunderstanding, but also dominate the crowd and occupy the limelight of Xun Bao, what's going on? After thinking about it, he retreated and let Xun Bao go: "I didn't come back to my hometown to visit relatives this time, but to follow this Xun Tingwei to you to investigate." ”

Qiu Shoutai's face froze, and he immediately returned to smiling: "Yo, congratulations." I just don't know ...... this court captain."

This kind of offending people, of course Xun Bao was willing to Shu Yan rush to the front, but who knew that he pushed himself out instead.

Although Qiu Shoutai is a magistrate, his official rank is not lower than Xun Bao's, before he was convicted, Xun Bao of course did not dare to be very lazy, so he had to step forward and arch his hand: "Contemptible Xun Bao, the current court lieutenant." Because someone was suspected of corruption in the impeachment of Qiu Taishou, the imperial court sent me here to investigate. ”

"Why, is it just the two of you?"

Xun Bao wondered, isn't it normal for two people? Why did Qiu Shoutai say this? "Actually, it's three people, and the secretary Cheng Shide."

"Huh? Why don't you see Shi Gongzi? ”

He ...... "Xun Bao is also very angry with Biyu, he asked me to do things, but he dragged him behind. It can't be helped, who let himself do this errand. Complaining is complaining, but he can't wait, so he says, "He walks slowly." However, the imperial edict is in my hands, and it doesn't matter if he arrives late. ”

Then he took out the emperor's edict and read it on the spot. A trace of surprise flashed across Qiu Shoutai's face, but he didn't have too much fear, and said with a sneer: "I, Qiu, am not afraid of crooked shadows, I will check it, but if I can't find anything, hum, I will sue the impeacher for a crime of slander!" ”

"It's nature. If Qiu Taishou really has no stain, I will naturally return your innocence. It's just that during this period, I also asked Qiu Taishou to cooperate a little. ”

"As an official of the imperial court, Qiu is of course obliged to cooperate with the errand. It's just that it's a long way away, and it must be very tiring, so it's better to take a break in the party hall first. Seeing that Xun Bao was unmoved, he smiled again, "Even if you work hard, at least you can't stand, please take a seat." ”

Xun Bao and Shu Yan sat down.

"I don't know what specific charges I am guilty of?" Qiu Shoutai stood below and asked Xun Baodao.

Xun Bao smiled: "I was about to check with you, but you asked first." It just so happens that I will tell you clearly that it is about concealing taxes, arrears of salaries for teaching assistants, etc., I don't know what Qiu Taishou said? ”

"It's just nothing. Who dares to slander me like that? ”

"Qiu Taishou is a little restless. In my opinion, since people are participating in your impeachment, there must be some basis, and you must not chase after the wind. If this is the case, it is better to confess as soon as possible, and I will help you fight for leniency, and it will save us a lot of trouble. ”

"Never! What evidence is there if there is no evidence? Or bring in a witness, and I'll confront him face to face! ”

"Sooner or later, it will be. But now is not the time. Since Qiu is too righteous and strict, it is inconvenient for me to be reluctant, so I will ask you to go to the Houya for a few days. ”

"Okay, okay, let the right be given to you, let you open up the investigation!"

Qiu Shoutai was invited into the back office by Xun Bao, saying that it was "please", but in fact, he was put under house arrest, and the rest of the county officials, the chief bookkeeper and other subordinate officials were also controlled separately, and all the money, grain, treasury and various accounts were blocked.

By the time this was done, there was no trace of Biyu. Xun Bao asked Shu Yan: "Does Biyu know the location of this office?" ”

Shu Yan couldn't help but smile: "On the shore of Ruyin is his family's countryside, and his family's mansion is in Ruyin City, only two streets away from this office, he has lived here for more than ten years, will he not know?" ”

"What's going on? No matter how slow the carriage was, it should have arrived. Xun Bao didn't feel at ease, and wanted to order someone to go back to the original way to find it.

Shu Yan stopped and said: "If you can't find the original way, you don't have to go out of the city, just go to his mansion to find it first." ”

"What, you said he went home?"

"It's not impossible."

Xun Bao was suspicious and ordered someone to find him. Then he discussed with Shu Yan: "Where do we start to find out?" ”

Shu Yan sneered and said, "Investigating the case is your Tingwei's full-time job, why do you ask me?" ”

"Uh......" Xun Bao was stunned, "Our court captain tried the case, the first thing is to interrogate the prisoner, and if the prisoner confesses, everyone will be happy." If he does not confess, he must be forced to confess by possessing human and material evidence, and at the same time supplemented by torture instruments. But when you interrogated Qiu Shoutai just now, you also saw it, and you must have blindly resisted. Moreover, it is not easy to punish an official of the court like him. ”

"Death is absolutely impossible. Not only for officials, but also for ordinary people, it is not easy to be punished. ”

If you don't punish anyone, do you think it's that easy to try a case? Although Xun Bao disagreed with what Shu Yan said, he still had to rely on him at the moment, and he couldn't compare this truth. He rolled his eyes and smiled at Shu Yan: "Although I am the leader of this errand, I think Brother Shang Ren's original intention is also to bring the corrupt to justice and return you Ruyin people to a blue sky." Otherwise, if you don't live up to the intentions of Pavilion Chief Xia and Han Ruoxin, you won't be at ease with your own conscience! So we have to work together. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"I don't mean anything else, I can't count on it, Brother Shangren is resourceful, I only ask Brother Shangren to plan more with me."

Shu Yan frowned: "There is no need to order this." I, Shu Yan, will never be perfunctory in doing anything, let alone the corruption that the people hate the most. I will do my best to assist you in getting to the bottom of this case, one is one, two is two, and I will not impose charges on anyone, nor will I tolerate anyone, and give everyone a clear explanation. ”

These words reassured Xun Bao: "Brother Shangren ignores his past suspicions, has the overall situation in mind, and is indeed a gentleman's demeanor." ”

Shu Yan didn't want to hear him wear a top hat, so he talked about the matter: "Of course, to investigate the case, you must have human and material evidence." Needless to say, for the time being, it is necessary to have some physical evidence. ”

"What physical evidence do you have?"

"The main thing is to check the accounts."

"Where to start and how to check?"

"With such a big corruption case, it is impossible for Qiu Shoutai to do it alone. There must have been a lot of people who worked for the tiger to help him hide from the world. But Skynet is magnificent, and no matter how tightly the book is made, there will always be omissions. We first check whether the treasury of money and grain is consistent with its books; Check the account books and records again for clues. At the same time, the subordinate officials were to be interrogated. ”

Xun Bao listened carefully to Shu Yan's words, and looked at the sky again, "If you say this, I'm afraid you won't be able to get down in a few hours." It's too late today, and besides, we've been traveling for days and we're tired, so it's better to be tomorrow. ”

Speaking of which, a sturdy person like Shu Yan does feel a little sleepy, let alone a delicate body like Xun Bao. Shu Yan thought for a while: "Okay, anyway, all the account books and treasury are under control." There will be no mistakes, but people are alive, and those subordinate officers must be interrogated immediately. ”

Xun Bao agreed, and immediately interrogated the subordinate officials one by one. First of all, Juncheng. Although he encountered such a big thing, Na Juncheng was nervous, but he was more tired, and even a little confused, and even asked a few questions, but he didn't ask anything famous.

After that comes the master book. Unlike the confused county man, this master seems to be timid, kneeling on the ground and trembling, and judging from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, he is also in a state of poor spirits. Shu Yan felt strange in his heart, so he heard Xun Bao ask: "Who is your surname, and what position do you have?" ”

"Xiaguan's surname is Huang, and he is the head of the county."

"Oh? The main book is terrible, although the position is not high, the authority is not small. Just like the military advisor Tsukazai. Qiu Shoutai has done so many illegal things, there must be you to help, and you will recruit from the truth, so as not to offend and add a level! ”

Hearing Xun Bao's intimidation, Master Huang trembled even more: "Back to Shangguan, all the income and expenditure in the county are in and out, and the lower officials are truthfully auditing and recording, and they never dare to be negligent." As for saying that Qiu Taishou had any illegal things, the lower officials really didn't know anything. ”

Another one doesn't know! Xun Bao was angry, he didn't dare to show some mercy to Qiu Shoutai, but for these little subordinates, it was a different matter. He was to be punished immediately.

Some people died, but not completely......