Chapter 5: Eight Thousand Taels

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The wailing at the entrance of the yamen quickly spread into the palace, making Hu Jin'an, who was appointed as an official, even more irritable.

The new prefect took office and wanted to check the accounts of the previous government, and the five thousand taels of silver he embezzled privately have not yet been settled.

In the past, it wouldn't be a big deal.

Say hello to the prefect, everyone turns a blind eye, and the matter is over.

The trouble now lies in the fact that this inventory of the accounts was ordered by the prince to be used for the next encirclement and suppression of the Japanese invaders.

After learning the news, the magistrates of the prefectures and counties, and even the clan priests and yamen, are now trying to make up for the shortfall.

And he, Hu Jin'an, can't make up 5,000 taels of silver in the short term, so he is worried now.

With a "snap", Hu Jin'an slapped the table, startling the scribe outside.

"Go out and see, whoever is making a noise, immediately order someone to fight out!" Hu Jinan said angrily.

"Yes, let's go!"

The scribe turned and went out, not wanting to stay indoors and suffer the fury.

In fact, it is not uncommon for wails to come from outside the palace, after all, fights often cause trouble to the yamen, so the clerks in the office are in order, and only the head of the torture room is questioning outside at the moment.

"That's the thing, do you remember? Our son-in-law can say that if you don't judge impartially, you will definitely be investigated in the future! ”

It was Lu Yuxin who spoke, and he also wanted to return to the palace as soon as possible, and now he was doing the final handover.

The head of the torture room couldn't figure out his identity, and after listening to it, he said: "The government will judge impartially, but I don't know who your master's son is?" ”

If the other party is not small, the principal will naturally report to the boss and finally make an "appropriate" judgment.

Ringing Zhu Jinghong's explanation, Lu Yuxin could only reply: "My master is the son of Zhenjiangwei who commands the affairs!" ”

Hearing this, the head of the torture room looked at Zhang Bantou outside the door, who nodded slightly.

"Then please tell your son, the government will find out the cause of the matter, and it will definitely make a fair judgment!"

"Farewell!"

After saying the last two words, Lu Yuxin and the other three left, and the four of them were very anxious at the moment.

"Yuxin, the Thirteenth Master is using your name, I'm afraid that I won't be able to suppress Ying Tianfu!"

"The Xue family tree has deep roots, you have to make plans early, don't let your father get into trouble!"

The other three guards, whose family backgrounds are similar to Lu Yuxin, are very aware of the seriousness of the matter, so they will remind them.

"If you really get into trouble, presumably the Thirteenth Master won't care!" Lu Yuxin said helplessly.

The crowd nodded, but said nothing more.

As they hurried away, Ying Tianfu Yake on the other side exploded.

Knowing that there had been a murder and the injured Uncle Xue, Hu Jinan actually went to the door of the mansion in person.

"Brother Xue, what's the matter with you? Who laid the black hand on you? Hu Jin'an looked worried.

There is no way, this Xue family is the God of Wealth, and it can just solve his troubles.

Lu Yuxin and his party were there just now, Xue Pan could only swallow his anger, and now he was looking forward to a savior.

"Catch, catch...... Those people, they ...... Kill the people in my house, and don't let them escape! ”

Xue Pan spoke intermittently, but Hu Jinan heard it very clearly, so his gaze immediately swept to Zhang Bantou.

"Deaf? Why don't you hurry up and get someone? ”

"Yes, yes, sir, you are angry, the little one will go!"

Zhang Bantou ran away in a puff of smoke, and Hu Jin'an commanded the others in the yamen to help Xue Pan in.

As for Feng Yuan, who was also a victim, he was directly thrown into prison, just because Xue Pan accused him of robbing the people's daughter.

Fortunately, Zhu Jinghong stopped him before, and Feng Yuan was not beaten by Xue Pan in the future, although the injury was serious at the moment, it was not fatal.

"Master Hu, you have to avenge me, those people committed murder on the street, killing people without blinking......"

In the back hall, Hu Jin'an had already found a doctor and was treating Xue Pan's wounds.

And Hu Jin'an was sitting on the side, blowing hot air with a teacup.

Listening to Xue Pan's crying, Hu Jin'an put down the teacup: "Brother Xue, I know that you have been wronged, but this matter is not so simple!" ”

"The other party is a person in the army, and there is quite some power in the family, but I am afraid that it is not easy to provoke!"

"What's more, now, the new government has arrived, and there are rules for doing things, and things are not easy to do!"

After saying this, Hu Jinan sighed and secretly observed Xue Pan's reaction.

"Uncle Xue's beating, is it in vain?"

"What kind of soldier, my uncle is the current chief military officer of the Beijing camp, are you still afraid of a little commander?"

Seeing that the other party's face was becoming more and more ugly, Hu Jin'an suddenly spoke again: "Brother Xue, General Wang is ordered to guard in the north, and he is busy with military affairs...... Don't bother him about this! ”

Hu Jin'an knew everything about the situation of the Xue family, but he was worried that he would say too much and let the cooked duck fly.

So his voice changed: "It's not that this matter can't be done in our house, it's just that there are many people and things involved, and you have to ......deal with it up and down."

When he heard the word "dot", Xue Pan asked directly: "How much silver do you want?" ”

As long as it can be solved with money, it doesn't matter to him Xue Dashao, after all, the most important thing for the Xue family is silver.

Seeing Xue Dashao's generous tone, Hu Jin'an made a ruthless offer and said: "At least seven or eight thousand taels, I'm afraid it will be ......."

As soon as the words came out, Hu Jinan actually regretted it, regretting that he shouldn't have opened his mouth, and asked for 5,000 taels of silver to make up for the shortfall.

Seven or eight thousand taels of silver is not a small amount, if Xue Dashao is distressed about the money and goes to other ways, then he Hu Jin'an will not be able to get anything.

"It's eight thousand, I'll send someone to send it to you in a while, if it's not enough, come to my house to get it!"

Xue Pan slapped the table, but it caused severe pain in his body, and he snorted and collapsed back into the chair.

Seeing that he was so arrogant, Hu Jinan felt remorse again, and secretly scolded himself for being too small, why didn't he just open his mouth for 10,000 taels.

"This matter is on me, and I will definitely give Brother Xue justice!"

The silver is coming, Hu Jin'an even changed his title, and Xue Pan, the "old brother", suddenly became Brother Xue.

"I don't care about the side, I have to let him squat in prison, if he can die, he will die, if he can't die, find a place where birds don't and exile, so that he will be worse than dead for the rest of his life!"

Hu Jinan nodded: "I have a sense of proportion in this matter, Brother Xue should go home, and I will come to see you another day!" ”

Immediately after Hu Jin'an beckoned, the servants of the Xue family entered the room and limped out with Xue Pan in his arms.

Seeing Xue Pan leave, Hu Jin'an smiled and sat in the room drinking tea.

After another quarter of an hour or so, the head of the torture chamber appeared in front of him and presented the transcript of the previous interrogation.

Hu Jin'an only took a cursory look at it, then threw the transcript to the ground, looked at his subordinates and said: "It was Zhenjiangwei's son who commanded the affairs, and he teamed up with Feng Yuan to rob the people's daughters on the street, and finally set the slaves to kill them!" ”

"Re-interrogation!"

The head of the torture room was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "My lord, that person is not white after all, if he is really charged with killing someone, I am afraid that this matter will not be good!" ”

The head of the torture room is Hu Jin's peace of mind, so he reminded him at this moment.

Although the torture room also knew that Hu Jinan was not afraid of Zhenjiangwei commanding things, he didn't think there was any need to do things too much.

"No matter who it is, if you kill someone, you have to ask for the crime, my Ming Dynasty has a strict law, and this official is in charge of the punishment of a government, shouldn't he enforce the law impartially?"

Hearing this, the head of the torture room knew that Hu Jinan had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything.