Qiu Shoutai sat down in the lobby again, even more ecstatic, arrogant, suddenly saw Shu Yan and the three of them coming, and said rampantly: "It's just right, let's go to Luoyang together, go to meet Your Majesty, just in the court, I will have a good theory with you!" ”

"You are a big rat who is corrupt and perverts the law, what kind of face do you have to go to the court to meet Your Majesty?"

Shu Yan's words made Qiu Shoutai angry: "Shu Yan, you ungrateful thing, you can get out of Ruyin, all thanks to me, what do I do to you?" It's okay for others to slander me, even you do this to me? If you do this to me, then I will not intercede with you, and I will be the first to impeach you! ”

"You're good to me, except you want my life."

"What did you say?" Of course, Qiu Shoutai didn't know what was going on.

"Back then, you let me leave Ruyin alive, but you didn't want me to go to Luoyang alive, and you took the trouble to send two groups of killers on land and water." Shu Yan glared at him with his eyes, looked at everyone again, and said, "When I say this, maybe you don't know why, and think I'm talking nonsense, unless I come up with evidence." Or not, on the evidence. ”

Shu Yan gave an order, and the two heroes of the Ding family were brought up.

"Oops." Qiu Shoutai's face turned pale all of a sudden, but he was worthy of being an old fox, so he calmed down in an instant, and said, "You few ill-intentioned things, in order to slander me for being corrupt and perverting the law before, how many human and physical evidence have you forged, and now you have forged human witnesses to say that I murdered you, so you will do it again!" Do you think I'm still your caged bird? ”

Shu Yan laughed dryly: "I knew that with this alone, you would definitely not admit it." However, I still have the true destiny of you, so I can't help you. Come on, go to the books. ”

With Qiu Shoutai's stunned eyes, the two servants carried a large wooden box in, and Shu Yan lifted the lid, which was full of account books.

"You, this is ...... Where did you find it? ”

"Under the floor of your study."

"Huh?" Qiu Shoutai's eyes widened, "Impossible, apart from me, the only people who know this secret are Zhou Juncheng and Huang Zhushu." Zhou Juncheng is dead, and Master Huang will never say it, how do you know? ”

Before the words fell, I saw a person walk up to the hall: "Hahahaha, Qiu Taishou, you only care about harming others and benefiting yourself, have you forgotten me, an old man?" ”

Qiu Shoutai looked at the person who came in a panic and recognized it, he never expected Tang Hui to come back: "Tang Hui, it turned out to be you, you will be used by them!" ”

"Good and evil will be rewarded in the end. I have long since turned back and made amends for my sins for many years, and you still refuse to give up, obsessed, no wonder there is today! ”

In a moment, Xun Bao experienced a transformation from depression to ecstasy, he pulled Qiu Shoutai down from the upper seat, sat down with Shu Yan and Biyu, and reprimanded loudly: "Everyone has obtained all the stolen goods, and you still don't invite all your crimes truthfully!" ”

"Hmph, what am I recruiting? I am a county keeper, and I am busy with the major affairs of the county on weekdays, and the county and the chief bookkeeper are responsible for such field and accounting affairs, and I have never asked. As long as there is a glimmer of road, Qiu Shoutai is still shirking responsibility.

"You don't cry when you don't see the coffin." Xun Bao took a few cases, "Take the yellow master book to the court." ”

"Master Huang, what do you want to say?" Qiu Shoutai tried to maintain a calm demeanor and said to Master Huang, who was brought up.

"Uh......"

After Tang Hui's persuasion, Huang Zhushu had already agreed to testify against Qiu Shoutai in court, but when he saw him in person, he retreated.

Tang Hui said anxiously: "Master Huang, you have to think clearly, if you don't confess truthfully now, you won't have a chance in the future." If that's the case, I'm a lesson to you, and even worse than me! ”

Huang Zhushu weighed it again and again, and Tang Hui's words really worked, so he no longer hesitated, and truthfully confessed what Qiu Shoutai had done in court. Tang Hui supplemented him again, and shook out the previous labor army, Jianzhenxue and other matters. Only then did everyone understand the ins and outs of Qiu Shoutai's corruption.

Since the establishment of the Great Jin Dynasty, Ruyin has always been a fief of the imperial family, but the lords are not fixed. First an uncle of Sima Yan, and later Sima Yan's youngest son Sima Mo. Sima Mo was only three years old when he was crowned king of Ruyin, and after he died at the age of eleven, because he had no heirs, Ruyin was removed from the country and set up a county by the imperial court. In the past eight years, he, the king of Ruyin, was completely in name, and all the rights were of course in the hands of Minister Qiu Shoutai. Counties as fiefs have a certain degree of administrative autonomy in themselves compared to other ordinary counties. Qiu Shoutai took advantage of this particularity to cover the sky in Ruyin. Since he covered the sky with one hand, of course, it was impossible not to seek benefits for himself: first, he sold the goods of the labor army; Later, he embezzled funds for the establishment of the school; In general, in terms of household adjustment and taxation, the court overreported the non-paying households and half-paying households, and underreported the fully paid households, grabbing the difference; In the small aspect, the salary of the assistant teacher of the school is in arrears, and so on.

But why did Shu Yan spend so much effort but couldn't find enough evidence in terms of concealing taxes and arrears of salaries for teaching assistants? It turned out that since Sima Mo's death, especially when the country was set up as a county, there was a big loophole in Shujiazhuang's household adjustment system and was discovered by Shu Yan, Qiu Shoutai realized that it was necessary to stop it. The small aspects can be covered up, but it is a big crime to do tricks and feet in the household survey and taxation, so he used a few years to gradually do the household survey situation that Ruyin secretly concealed, and all the Tian Fu Chengding reported to the imperial court are all close to the reality, and so far this year, all of them have been whitewashed. By the time Shu Yan and them checked the accounts, of course, there was no error at all. As for the matter of the teaching assistant of Zhenxue, why are so many teaching assistants on Qiu Shoutai's side? In fact, those people were all obtained by Qiu Shoutai by coercion and bribery in order to fight against Ruoxin and other assistant teachers, forcing them to perjury against their conscience. Not only does it have a set of unified and false rhetoric, but it also has an advantage in numbers in order to overwhelm Shu Yan's side.

"I still don't know something, I want to ask you." Xun Bao looked at Qiu Shoutai, who was weak and weak, and said, "As far as I know, except for the account books of the household survey, the other account books were all hastily made on the eve of our arrival. This must be a courtier in the capital who leaked the news that the court wants to inspect you, tell us who that person is? ”

"Uh......"

"Don't tell us it's just a coincidence or that you're prescient or anything like that fools a child."

"Whatever you want!"

"It's Jia Gong, isn't it?"

On such occasions, it is taboo to directly say the suspicious minister without sufficient evidence. No one expected Biyu to be so straightforward.

Qiu Shoutai was even more stunned for a while, did not refute, and did not admit it. He stared at Biyu directly, and said angrily: "In the years that I, Qiu, have been in charge of Ruyin, whether it is Ruyin Country or Ruyin County, it is true that there are many people in Ruyin, but I have always been respectful of your Shi family. We don't let the water of the well interfere with the water of the river, why did your father frame me like this? ”

"Now that you know that the person who impeached you is my father, you can't admit that someone in the court has reported to you."

Biyu's innocuous words made Qiu Shoutai even more angry: "Do you think your father is a good thing-I, Qiu Shoutai, am in this hall, in front of the court officials of the imperial court, I reported Shi Hui, and there were witnesses on the scene: his Shi family stole a large amount of fertile land on both sides of the Ru River, including the fields of Shu Yan's family and Han Ruoxin's family; The construction of the water mill, doing tricks and feet on the measuring device, in order to collect more money from the people, Shu Yan was present at the time, and Tang Hui also saw it with his own eyes; In the process of disposing of the goods of the labor army, he was in the same boat as me, and all the goods of the labor army that the county office was greedy for were finally sold to the Shi family at a discount, and Huang Zhushu and Tang Cangcao handled it at that time......"

"Yes, I don't deny what you said, my father did it all, and even I feel ashamed, but so what? My family occupies a large amount of fertile land on the bank of the Ru River, but every acre is traded, and there is no open robbery; You said that my family did something on the water mill measuring device, but why didn't you punish my family's water mill operation at that time, whether it was the county or the county? It was proved that there was no problem without punishment, and there was no evidence left at the time, so what is the use of mentioning this now? As for saying that you sold so many things from the labor army to my family at a discount—I have to ask you, apart from my Shi family, how many families in the whole Ruyin can have this digestive ability? You opened your mouth, my father wants to give you a face, and you didn't say that it was the labor of the people. Which of the above has broken the law? If not, you might as well save some effort! ”

Xun Bao squinted his eyes at Biyu, remembering the large area of enviable fertile land he saw when he went ashore at the Shujiazhuang ferry, and thought in his heart: The Shi family's cunning and robbery must exist, but which wealthy family does not use this kind of cunning and robbery with power? And this is not surprising! Then he said slowly: "These old things are not directly related to this case, and this official has no time to take care of them, so I have to mention them again." ”

Qiu Shoutai knew that he had become a lost dog, so he had no weight in speaking at this time, so he had to keep silent. Xun Bao, Shu Yan and others spent a few more days digging out some accomplices, mastering the family property of these people, and completing the trial of the entire case. According to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, a group of accomplices were directly sentenced in court, and the house should be raided, and the sentence should be sentenced. Qiu Shoutai needs to be taken to Luoyang for disposal.

The Ruyin corruption case was successfully cracked, and Qiu Shoutai, a big rat, was eliminated, and the people of Ruyin, including Xia Chun and Ruoxin, were all jubilant. has solved the big knot over the years, and Shu Yan is really happy. He said goodbye to Xia Chun, Ruoxin, Tang Hui, Shu Jin and others one by one, and escorted Qiu Shoutai back to Luoyang with Xun Bao and Biyu.

Board at Shujiazhuang Ferry and head north. It was the middle of winter, the north wind was cold, Shu Yan sat in the cabin, although the official ship was tightly sheltered and on fire, he still felt the slightest cold. Not knowing where he was now, he stepped out of the cabin and stood on the bow of the ship to watch. The howling north wind blew his robe in his face, and the sides of the river were frozen near the shore, leaving only a narrow channel in the middle, which became more and more so the further north it went. In front of him was the ferry where he met Xiao Mo, he recalled the scene at that time, but suddenly sneezed.

"If you can't sleep, if you want to talk, you will sneeze." When they are separated from others, they cherish each other, and every time the two of them part, they use this poem instead. Although this poem is more suitable for lovers, Xiao Mo is a big grin and informal person, and Shu Yan doesn't care very much.

"Is this Xiao Mo thinking about me?" Shu Yan shuddered suddenly: In addition to Xiao Mo, there is another person who talks to me about this poem, that is, Zhixin, compared with the two, Zhixin is much more subtle, only said it once or twice. However......

He sneezed again and looked at the water in front of him, "Although I don't know exactly where she capsized and fell into the water, she can't escape from this river, such a cold weather, such a cold river...... When I came back this time, I paid tribute to all the ancestors and the deceased, how could I forget my Zhixin alone! ”33

Turning around and walking into the cabin, Biyu arched his hand and said, "Brother Biyu, please do something, I think you will definitely be able to do it." Was there a spare skirt for the woman? ”

Biyu was very surprised, and smiled in surprise: "Brother Shangren, you are a big man, what do you want a woman's skirt to do?" ”

"Uh...... I'm useful. Shu Yan also felt that it was difficult to answer.

"It's not difficult, my two maids have a lot of clothes with them, you can borrow them from them. You'll have to tell me what you're for, though. ”

It happened that Ah Yan came out of the inner cabin, and Shu Yan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Forgive me for taking the liberty of daring to ask my sister if she can have an extra skirt around her?" ”

"My skirt? What do you want when a big man wants my skirt? Ah Yan felt a little embarrassed and asked.

Also, it is rude for a big man to ask for a skirt worn by a woman. "I don't dare to blasphemy my sister, and I don't have to wear it myself, it's best if it's not touched, but I'm afraid that there isn't."

"Why not? It's just that you don't say it first. Ah Yan relaxed.

"Huh? Is it? That's great. Shu Yan was surprised and delighted, "Please give it to me, I am grateful." ”

Ah Yan walked inside and took out the new skirt, "This dress was specially made before coming to Ruyin, because I have prepared many sets, this set has not yet had time to get wet, so you can take it." ”

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