Chapter 127: Stealing Hidden Accounts
At night, Jiangzhou's back office was still brightly lit.
Zhuang Menglong invited many bookkeepers, who were in full swing to check the accounts.
He wandered back and forth between the tables, constantly urging progress. It can be seen that his heart is very anxious, after all, this matter is related to his high-ranking officials, and even his life.
Yu Zhong was yawning on the roof at this time, he just needed to wait for Zhuang Menglong and others to complete the reconciliation, and after registering and making a book, the new general ledger would be taken into account.
It's just that this waiting is too boring, people have some snacks and tea in the house, he can only drink the northwest wind on the roof, and after a while, he only feels sleepy, and he actually lies on the roof and falls asleep.
I don't know how long it took, suddenly a movement in the house woke up Yu Chong, he looked in from the roof, only to see that the bookkeepers handed over the booklet to Huang Yibai one after another, he read them one by one, and nodded incessantly.
"Fortunately, I didn't miss anything...... Yu Zhong said secretly, looking around, the east has gradually revealed the whiteness of the fish belly, and he actually slept for most of the night.
Zhuang Menglong was no longer in the house at this time, only Huang Yibai was still left to supervise the reconciliation work, it should be near the end at this time, Yu Zhong hurriedly rubbed his eyes and cheered up.
"Master Huang, all the account books have been reconciled. The last bookkeeper handed the booklet in his hand to Huang Yibai.
"Well, you have worked hard, you can go to the account office to receive a hundred taels of silver per person, remember, no one can say anything about today, otherwise you will bear the consequences. Huang Yibai said viciously.
These bookkeepers are just some scholars, and when they take the money, they will naturally keep their mouths shut, and they all say yes again and again, after all, the people don't fight with the officials, not to mention that a hundred taels of silver is already a huge amount of money for them.
I saw Huang Yibai stacking all the collected booklets together and putting them into an antique small wooden box, and then gathered the secret accounts of each county and put them into a large wooden box.
"You're watching here, I'm going to ask your lordship. After Huang Yibai finished speaking to the two yachas, he walked out of the house.
Yu Zhong watched from the rooftop, and a new idea suddenly popped into his heart......
He gently picked up a tile and threw it towards the far side of the courtyard, only to hear a crisp sound of the tile breaking.
"What sound?" The yacha in the room was alarmed, and two people walked out and looked around.
"It seems to have come from over there. A chaplain said.
"Let's go, go over and have a look. The two messengers walked in the direction from which the voice came.
Yu Zhong took the opportunity to turn over and enter the house with lightning speed, opened the big box, and there were ten county secret accounts neatly placed inside.
He immediately pulled out all the books on the bookshelves in the room, replaced the ledgers in the boxes, and put all the ledgers on the shelves, and the whole process was completed in the blink of an eye.
The rest of this matter is also temporary, these ledgers are evidence of a group of corrupt officials, it would be a pity if they were destroyed, since they couldn't be taken away, they were simply put under his nose, as for the follow-up, he didn't think too much.
After doing this, he glanced at the small wooden box on the table, which contained the registered Jiangzhou General Ledger, which was his most important purpose today.
Yu Zhong pulled a few books from the bookshelf and swapped the account books in the wooden box. At this time, the voices of the two yacha were from far and near, and they were almost at the door of the room.
He hurriedly climbed out of the window, jumped onto the roof, and jumped onto the roof.
"It doesn't seem to be anything, but I think I heard it wrong. The two officials went back to the house and looked around, but they didn't find anything unusual.
After a while, Huang Yibai also returned.
"Well, nothing out of the ordinary, right?" he asked.
"Master Huang, everything is as usual, the two of us are watching here, you are still not at ease. A messenger replied.
"Well, my lord has an order, carry the contents of this big box into the courtyard and burn them on the spot. Huang Yibai ordered.
The two officials hurriedly carried the box to the courtyard, poured kerosene, and lit a fire with the box, and the whirring flames jumped into the air.
Yu Zhong secretly watched from the rooftop, and couldn't help laughing in his heart: "You guys are really confused, and you burned it directly without looking at what was inside, God helped me." ”
Huang Yibai walked to a wall in the room, lifted a painting on the wall, a dark grid appeared behind him, and put the wooden box in again, his expression was relieved, and he exhaled a long breath.
"Hehe, you can't even think of it, all the ledgers have been dropped by this hero. Yu Chong's heart blossomed.
The mission has been completed, there is no need to stay here for a long time, seeing that the sky is about to dawn, and if you don't leave, you may be discovered.
Yu Zhong took advantage of the crackling sound of the fire as a cover, jumped up a few times, flew out of the state office, and landed steadily on his horse. At this time, the city gate was opened, and he went straight out of the city and went straight to Yixian.
"Dust, dust, I'm back. Yu Yu shouted and rushed into the county office of Yixian County, he hurried all the way, and rushed from Jiangzhou to Yixian County in two hours.
Xie Huchen shook the folding fan, tasted the fragrant tea, and sat leisurely in the inner hall, looking confident, obviously waiting for a long time.
"You're comfortable, I've been out drinking the northwest wind all night. As soon as Yu Zhong entered the room, he picked up the cold water bottle on the table and poured it directly into his throat.
"Brother Yu is out of the horse, how can it be a gift. Xie Huchen said with a smile.
Yu Zhong drank a large pot of cold water with a grunt, and then relieved himself: "I'm tired this night, I'm really hungry and thirsty, but I finally live up to my mission." ”
He took out the account book from his arms and put it in front of Xie Huchen.
Xie Huchen hurriedly picked it up and looked through it, and said excitedly: "Great, I seem to have seen Zhuang Menglong's anxious appearance like an ant on a hot pot when he found out that the account book was missing." ”
"What do we do next. Yu Zhong asked.
"Give the books back. Xie Huchen replied.
Yu Zhong was so shocked that he almost spit out the water he had just drunk.
"Did I hear me right, you asked me to return the account book that I finally stole in my hand?" asked Yu Zhong.
"You heard me right, I will immediately arrange for someone to copy the account books, and then I have to trouble you to send the account books back to their original places, so as not to find out that we can't break his clue yet, we have wasted so much energy, we can't just catch a few small fish and shrimps." Xie Huchen said.
"Okay, what you say makes sense......" Yu Zhong spread his hands helplessly.
"This matter is extremely confidential, and I have to bother Brother Yu to help you copy the account books together. Xie Huchen smiled evilly.
"Gotta get it, I know it's okay to look at your expression. Yu Zhong had no choice but to admit that he was unlucky.
Xie Huchen called Wang Zhiyuan, Wang Da and Wang Xiaoer, and the five of them began to copy the account books together.
An hour later, everyone completed the transcription, Yu Zhong took the original account book, changed to a fast horse, and hurriedly rushed to Jiangzhou.
He traveled all the way, non-stop, and when he arrived at Jiangzhou City, it was already noon, he didn't dare to stop for a moment, and immediately rushed to the state office.
"I don't know if I've been found. Yu Zhong muttered in his heart, and tiptoed to the roof of the study. He lifted the tiles and looked into the house, but no one was there.
Taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, Yu Zhong turned over and entered the house, quickly put the ledger back in the original dark grid, and put the book inside back in its original place.
"It doesn't look like it's been found, it's okay. Yu Zhong said secretly in his heart.
At this time, I suddenly heard the voice of someone talking, and I was coming in the direction of the study.
Yu Zhong hurriedly turned over and went out of the house, returned to the roof, only to hear this voice into the house, he looked at it, and sure enough, it was Zhuang Menglong.
I saw him go straight to the dark grid, took out the account book in the wooden box, looked through it, and nodded proudly while looking at it, as if he was very satisfied with the account book.
"Hehe, it's good that you didn't find out that Uncle Ben had already walked back and forth with your account book. Yu Zhong couldn't help but smile secretly in his heart.
What he is worried about now is that the ledger hidden on the bookshelf will not be discovered, so he can only pray that Zhuang Menglong will not read the book in the short term, and he has deliberately placed the ledger in the back position.
Afraid of something, Yu Chonggang was still thinking about it, and saw Zhuang Menglong reviewing the account book for a while, so he put it back, turned around and walked towards the bookshelf again, as if he really wanted to read the book.
"Don't!" Yu Zhong saw this, and immediately panicked, this panic didn't matter, his feet slipped, and he stepped on a loose tile and made a sound.
"Who?" Zhuang Menglong shouted alertly, and immediately looked up, allowing him to see a hole in the roof that was transparent.
Yu Zhong hurriedly dodged away, but fortunately he didn't see his face, and hurriedly smeared oil on the soles of his feet, and walked on the thirty-six plan.
However, he was shocked, Zhuang Menglong was in no mood to read anymore, he beckoned a group of officials to search the entire internal office, and even set up a ladder to search the room.
Just in case, he hurriedly went into the house and took out the wooden box containing the account book, and hid it back in his bedroom.
"You're still laughing? I was almost discovered. Yu Zhong told Xie Huchen about the matter, but he couldn't stop laughing.
"I didn't expect that Yu Shaoxia, who was famous all over the world, would almost capsize in the gutter. Xie Huchen said with a smile.
"Won't this alarm him? Yu Zhong is worried about this problem.
"It's okay, I think he will deal with the dark account system quickly, once he is in a hurry, there will inevitably be missing places that we will catch, which is beneficial to us. Xie Huchen said.
"Then it seems that I am still crooked, and I am much more relieved when you say that. Yu Zhong said with a deep breath.
"We won't be so lucky forever, we still have to be more careful in the future, Chen Jing behind this matter will be more difficult to deal with than Cao Xiangui, if we want to bring them down, we must be cautious. Xie Huchen suddenly said with a straight face.
Xie Huchen also has his truth in what he said, Cao Xiangui is a military general after all, and if you want to talk about conspiracy and power, I am afraid it is still inferior to Chen Jing.