After finishing speaking, Zhu Jingwen kowtowed three more times.

A gust of wind blew through the hall, and Zhu Jingwen realized at this time that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.

But when Qin Xiao heard it in his ears, he was even more angry, and looked up to the sky and sneered twice:

"You are still bent on the welfare of the people?! ran to the Qinglou to get drunk and dream of death, that is also for the people?! ”

"I'm going to let you have no luck now."

"Yang Da, take out all the evidence, I want to see how he quibbles!"

Yang Da, the commander of the Imperial City Division, immediately took out a booklet.

"Lord Zhu, this is all your expenses in the Qinglou."

"Tasting delicious food and wine every day, the beauty never leaves her arms for a moment, and the money is like flowing water."

"One day last month, you were in a good mood, and you called five women to accompany you on the spot, and you sang every night, and that night, you spent a thousand taels of silver."

"It's only been a few days, and you said that you were in a bad mood and wanted to find a woman to accompany you to relieve your boredom, and this time, you spent 2,000 taels to set up three tables of banquets, and called prostitutes, a total of seven singers. It was another night. ”

"There are still a lot of deeds and expenses, see for yourself, whether you have been wronged?"

As he spoke, Yang Da threw the pamphlet at Zhu Jingwen's feet.

Sonorous.

The Imperial City Divisions pulled out half of their waist knives and stared at Zhu Jingwen's every move, as long as he dared to make a move, he would kill mercilessly.

The emperor is here, and there is no room for a little slip-up.

There are too many such things to take risks after being cornered.

Zhu Jingwen looked at the above records, and gradually despaired in his heart.

Qin Xiao hated corrupt officials the most in his life, and the tens of thousands of taels of silver spent alone were enough for him to die several times.

Even if there was a reason for the incident, Qin Xiao also concluded that he, Zhu Jingwen, was a corrupt official.

The evidence is conclusive and cannot be denied by Zhu Jingwen.

Zhu Jingwen didn't want to deny it.

His only thought now is not to implicate his family.

Zhu Jingwen only kowtowed: "The criminal deserves to die, please deal with it Your Majesty." ”

"I just beg Your Majesty, the minister has served the Great Zhou for so many years, spare the minister's family!"

Zhu Jingwen is willing to die.

As long as he does this, he can let Qin Xiao dissipate his anger and not harm his family.

Seeing this, Qin Xiao couldn't help sneering: "It's easy to say if you want to die!" ”

"But you have to explain how you got to this point."

"If I don't tell you anything, I can consider giving you a whole corpse."

Qin Xiao's voice was indignant.

The killing intent has not decreased by half a point, and the reason why he came in person is precisely to find out completely!

Qin Xiao wanted to know how Zhu Jingwen slowly degenerated from a clean official to a corrupt official.

What means did Xu Mo use?!

Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver!

The Great Zhou is waiting for a lot of waste, waiting for money everywhere.

Water conservancy was built, border defenses were prepared, disaster victims were treated, and bandits were eliminated everywhere......

Everything costs money.

But he, Zhu Jingwen, took the lead in spending more than 100,000 taels and wasting it on the Qinglou woman.

Hearing Qin Xiao's words, Zhu Jingwen raised his head, looked at Qin Xiao and shouted:

"Your Majesty, the minister spent more than 100,000 taels, but, but the minister is not greedy for money!"

"I have been an official for decades, and I have never been greedy for money."

"There was no dynasty before, and now it is deeply respected by His Majesty, and he will not do such an act."

"If the minister wants to be greedy, he can be greedy in the capital. Why bother to come to poor Fengzhou, only to start greedy for money. ”

In fact, this is also an incomprehensible pimple in Qin Xiao's heart.

In the last years of the previous dynasty, people were panicked, and when the war was in chaos, it was easiest to be greedy for money, but at that time, Zhu Jingwen was not greedy, so he made Qin Xiao believe that he was a clean official.

The most challenging level has passed, how can you be greedy when you enter the peaceful years?

But.

The silver was indeed spent in the Qinglou, and this will not be fake!

After all, people's hearts are unpredictable, and the facts are in front of you.

Come to think of it.

Qin Xiao swooped up, walked in front of Zhu Jingwen in two steps, kicked him down fiercely, and said angrily at him.

"You're still lying to me?"

"The physical evidence is all in front of you, the silver is spent in the Qinglou, and you still have the face to say that you are not greedy?"

"Tell me, where did the 100,000 taels of silver come from?"

"If you dare to deny it in every way, believe it or not, I will behead your entire family, and even the three clans!"

Qin Xiao said that he was puzzled, and kicked Zhu Jingwen's body again.

But Zhu Jingwen knew that he was going to die, but he laid down a heart, he lay on the ground and let Qin Xiao kick it, only then did he endure the pain of drilling his heart, got up and knelt down again.

bowed his head to the ground, and said in a resolute tone:

"Please Your Majesty be aware that the minister went to Qinglou and spent 100,000 taels of silver."

"But all this money, the money is all the money that Lord Xu gave to the officials of Fengzhou. The money came from the expenses of the Toyoshu Prefecture. ”

"The minister has never drunk some wine in Qinglou and handled silver, but he has never been greedy!"

Zhu Jingwen finished speaking in one breath, and the whole person suddenly relaxed.

After figuring out the reason for Qin Xiao's anger, Zhu Jingwen suddenly had hope of survival.

It turned out that Qin Xiao thought that the huge amount of silver from Fengzhou officials entering and leaving the Qinglou was all embezzlement.

But in fact, these are all allocated by the Fengzhou government, and they have to be reimbursed to Xu Mo.

It has nothing to do with corruption.

You can talk about my Zhu Jingwen's personal style problems, misconduct, and so on.

However, I must not be said to be corrupt.

It's just that the emperor is in front of him, and Zhu Jingwen doesn't dare to refute it face-to-face, so he can only tell the truth and let Qin Xiao decide.

If you collide with the emperor, you will die if you don't die.

Not to mention the possibility of connecting three clans!

Not a joke.

Hearing Zhu Jingwen's loud argument, Qin Xiao, as well as Yang Da and a group of Imperial City Divisions, all fell into confusion.

What did he say?

How much does the government spend? Is it the silver that reimburses the bookkeepers?

Zhu Jingwen is not greedy at all?

Qin Xiao only felt a faint pain in his head, when did this world become so strange?

In all dynasties and dynasties, there has never been a blatant reimbursement of any official after visiting the Qinglou!

It's just incomprehensible.

Qin Xiao rubbed his forehead and asked, "You mean, the expenses you spent on visiting the Qinglou were all paid by the government and reimbursed to you?" ”

"Isn't that corruption?! The money of the government was spent by you in the Qinglou, and you are justified in being greedy?! ”

Zhu Jingwen explained:

"This is specially approved by Lord Xu, and he said that it is called public relations fee, which is used for the entertainment of officials."

"Master Xu told us that as long as it is a reasonable public relations expense, we can report it."

"The cost of the two thousand taels just mentioned, there was also the presence of Liu Yuanwai from other places at that time, just to talk to him about cooperation, Liu Yuanwai also agreed on the spot, he will open a money bank in Fengzhou."

The more Zhu Jingwen spoke, the more fluent he became, and the more he felt that it was possible to save this little life.