"Master Zhang, this time I searched carefully, and I really only had these dozens of taels of silver."

"It is absolutely impossible for the lower officials to protect their personal pockets here, if the lower officials do anything here, it will definitely be a thunderstorm and a good death."

Lord Liu swore an oath there.

He also now experienced the feeling he had when he doubted the officers and soldiers under him just now, and I am afraid that those officers and soldiers just now also looked so panicked as he was, for fear of causing a misunderstanding by his immediate superiors.

"Lord Zhang, when I went to search this time, I also specially brought a few people around you, if you don't believe it, you can ask them."

In order to prove his innocence, Lord Liu hurriedly looked at several people behind him.

This time, when he went to Zhou Yang, Master Zhang was not at ease, and he was afraid that this fat man Liu would do something, so he sent his own people to follow.

Hearing Lord Liu say this, Lord Zhang also set his eyes on those people.

These confidants of Lord Zhang also nodded again and again.

"My lord, what Lord Liu said is right!"

"By the time we got there, the guards under Boss Zhou had already run away, and all the silver taels and valuable things he had there had disappeared."

In the eyes of these people, Zhou Yang must have had a lot of silver in his hands before, but he hid it.

Hearing that his henchmen all said this, Lord Zhang also believed it a little.

"Sending so much silver to those ordinary people every day, not to mention that he also has a family property of more than 100,000 taels, how can he only get these dozens of taels of silver?"

Master Zhang was also full of incredulity, and this result really surprised him.

Originally, he was still full of expectations, waiting here for Lord Liu to bring back a large sum of silver, but he didn't expect to wait for a lot.

"Where did all the money go?"

Master Zhang stood in place and went back and forth without thinking, he couldn't figure out how much silver would disappear without a trace.

"Ask, you must find a way to ask the official about the whereabouts of the silver."

Lord Zhang turned around violently, looked at Lord Liu in front of him, and almost gritted his teeth and said.

So much silver will definitely not disappear for no reason, and in his opinion, someone must have hidden it.

"Don't worry, my lord, I've already arrested that guy surnamed Zhou in prison, and I will definitely be able to pry his mouth out next."

"You are waiting here for my good news!"

Saying that, Lord Liu said goodbye and went directly to the prison.

Now that Zhou Yang has just been arrested, he naturally wants to strike while the iron is hot, and take the opportunity to make a surprise interrogation while Zhou Yang has not yet adapted to the situation in the prison.

Maybe under this sudden change in the situation, Zhou Yang will directly recruit the place where the silver is hidden.

Thinking of this, Lord Liu felt more sure.

In his opinion, as long as he can hold Zhou Yang in his hands, the silver will come out sooner or later.

Inside the prison.

Zhou Yang was tied up and put into a prison cell.

When I entered this dim cell, a strange smell of dampness came directly to my face.

There are a lot of people in this cell.

As soon as they heard the movement outside, these prisoners shouted loudly that they had been wronged, and they all looked heartbroken.

"This official, our family really doesn't have any silver, if there is silver, we will definitely pay the taxes we owe!"

"My lord, please, let me out, I have an eighty-year-old mother and a child waiting to be fed, I will definitely be able to earn money to pay your taxes when I go out."

“……”

Zhou Yang was pressed by those officers and soldiers to walk into the cell, and there were people in the cell next to him who kept crying loudly and begging for mercy.

It's as if as long as one person comes in, they have to try to see if they can catch the last chance.

However, Zhou Yang heard it clearly, these people did not come in because they committed other things, but because they failed to pay the taxes stipulated by the government.

Feeling that the officers and soldiers behind him looked indifferent, he knew that these people must be familiar with this kind of scene.

Some officers and soldiers were a little impatient by the shouts of these people begging for mercy, and even directly pulled out the horsewhip on their waists and unceremoniously whipped towards these people.

For a moment, there was a heart-rending wail from inside the cell.

After beating the prisoners severely, the officer and soldier pointed at them viciously.

"You mud legs are all parked for me!"

"Don't think that the adults will be kind enough to let you go, there is only one way to get out of here, and that is to obediently ask your family to send you the silver."

"If you don't have any money, then sell your sons and daughters for it, or you'll have to stay here."

Hearing the words of these officers and soldiers, the people all fell silent.

There was a look of despair in their eyes, as if they knew such a result, but they were a little unwilling.

Finally arrived at the cell where Zhou Yang was to be held, a person who looked like a cell boss hurriedly opened the cell door and directly pushed Zhou Yang in.

"Take good care of him, this is an important person, if something goes wrong, the adults above will definitely not spare you."

Officers and soldiers rushed to the cell head, very unceremonious warnings.

The cell boss also nodded again and again, and carefully locked the cell door tightly with iron chains.

may be because he is an important person, so he is the only one in the cell where Zhou Yang is locked in.

Compared with the dozen or twenty people next to him who were crammed into a small cell and had no place to lie down, Zhou Yang's treatment was already very good.

After threatening the prisoners in these cells again, the officers and soldiers left the prison.

Seeing the officers and soldiers gone, silence returned to the brain.

A dim light came through the narrow window above the cell, and when I looked up at the glimmer of light, dust was floating in the air.

The damp smell, combined with the dim environment, makes people feel very uncomfortable.

Zhou Yang sat in the cell in a daze, there was nothing in it, some were just straw all over the ground, looking at this, sleeping at night was also rolling in this straw.

However, compared to the cell next to it, there is already a lot of straw here, at least Zhou Yang can still sleep on the straw.

The cells next to them are already the ground, and there is not a single hair.