Gu Qingci raised his sword and put it on Pang Shilong's shoulder, Pang Shilong suddenly trembled, and subconsciously wanted to resist, but suppressed his impulse.

"I know that you are a smart person, and naturally I know that you are useful to me, and I will not kill you, but I am not at ease with you, so you have to give me a letter of nomination!" Gu Qingci said.

"I wonder what your subordinates need to do?" asked Pang Shilong.

Gu Qingci said coldly: "Ma Shilian listens to the order!"

Ma Shilian immediately said respectfully: "The lower official is here!"

"Take Zhang Xu to Pang's house, and invite the Pang County Lieutenant's family to a safe place, this Changling County has not been peaceful recently, so as not to make the Pang County Lieutenant have scruples," he said, Gu Qingci did not have a trace of emotion in his eyes, looked at Pang Shilong, and asked, "Pang County Lieutenant, there should be no opinion, right?"

Pang Shilong was shocked, he didn't expect Gu Qingci to be so vicious, not only threatening him with poison, but also asking his family to be hostages, but he didn't dare to refute, because the sword in Gu Qingci's hand was very sharp, he could only agree: "Zhang Xu, you can go with Master Pang, please leave Mrs. and Young Master with Master Ma." ”

Ma Shilian and Zhang Xu immediately left the room, and Gu Qingci slowly put away the long sword, this result was expected by him, because he knew Pang Shilong's character very well, he no longer had the motivation of his youth, he had enjoyed it for more than ten years, and now Pang Shilong is very afraid of death.

"Get up, you've been kneeling like something, I don't know and think that the county treats its subordinates badly, come and sit and drink tea!" Gu Qingci said.

Although Pang Shilong wanted to kill Gu Qingci in his heart, he didn't dare to disobey, and immediately stood up and sat opposite Gu Qingci.

"Don't worry, this county promises that as long as you are obedient, I will give you the antidote and release your family, but if you dare to betray me, I don't need to say more about the consequences!" Gu Qingci said.

"The subordinates don't dare!" Pang Shilong said helplessly.

"Okay," Gu Qingci said: "Immediately go and order three hundred soldiers, arrest Liu Qian for me, and by the way, tell me all the evidence of his corruption, and the county will be promoted to the court tomorrow to ask for guilt!"

"Yes, my subordinates will go!"

For Liu Qian, the county magistrate of Changling County, Gu Qingci will not be as troublesome as dealing with Pang Shilong, because this Liu Qian, like Ma Shilian, is just a literati, and the reason why he can control the finances of the county government is only because the Cheng family is behind him, and now he has torn his face with the Cheng family, Gu Qingci does not have to worry about the Cheng family, it is still easy to simply take down Liu Qian.

......

Pang Shilong was still moving fast, and less than an hour after Gu Qingci went home, he came to Gu Qingci's mansion with a stack of ledgers and Zhang Xu.

Zhang Xu's role is just to invite the Pang family to come out, and where Ma Shilian will take people after that, Zhang Xu shouldn't know, so now Zhang Xu will appear here.

"Lord Qiyu, Liu Qian has been taken down by his subordinates and locked up in the prison of the county government, and his corruption account books have also been brought by his subordinates. Pang Shilong handed the account book to Gu Qingci.

Gu Qingci waved his hand and said, "Zhang Xu, it is said that you are the military advisor of the county lieutenant of Pang County, and you are a cultural person, tell the county about these corruptions, be concise." ”

"Yes," Zhang Xu immediately said: "Lord Qiyu County, this Liu Qian is really bold, colluding with the Cheng family, peddling official food, and using the convenience of the imperial court to build weapons for the Cheng family, etc., and also taking advantage of his position to accept bribes, and even embezzle public funds, over the years, the embezzlement of silver is not less than 200,000 taels!"

"Damn! 200,000 taels!"

Gu Qingci almost choked on a sip of tea, and even Pang Shilong on the side was shocked.

You must know that Gu Qingci, as a county magistrate, only has 400 taels of silver a year, and this Liu Qian is just a county magistrate, and he actually embezzled no less than 200,000 taels.

"That's right," Zhang Xu said affirmatively: "The subordinates have already checked it, and there is no mistake!"

"This is all people's fat and people's ointment, it really deserves to be killed!" Gu Qingci said coldly: "Have you ever found those silver taels?"

"Most of them have been found, and some are being verified. Zhang Xu said.

Gu Qingci pondered for a while, then suddenly raised his head and stared at Pang Shilong and Zhang Xu, until the two of them were numb, and then said, "Remember, Liu Qian's stolen money is only 100,000 taels of silver, understand?"

"What...... What?"

Pang Shilong and Zhang Xu both looked at Gu Qingci in surprise, they were both old fritters, so it was naturally impossible not to hear Gu Qingci's subtext, but they never thought that Gu Qingci's character would actually do such a thing.

According to the rules of the imperial court, all the stolen money must be confiscated, and the subtext of Gu Qingci just now is obvious, which means that only 100,000 taels will be confiscated.

However, according to Pang Shilong and Zhang Xu's understanding of Gu Qingci, this person is a true gentleman who really only reads sage books and has a clean sleeve, and it is impossible for him to do anything to embezzle stolen money, but now Gu Qingci really wants to do this, so the two of them are not surprised.

"Do you have any questions?" Gu Qingci said coldly.

"No, no," Zhang Xu and Pang Shilong hurriedly shook their heads, and Pang Shilong said directly: "We only found 100,000 taels of silver." ”

"Well," Gu Qingci nodded, and said, "The two of you have 10,000 taels each, which should be regarded as a blessing for you." ”

"Ah," Pang Shilong looked at Gu Qingci in surprise, and hurriedly said: "My lord, my subordinates don't mean this, it's all the credit of my lords, and my subordinates ......."

"Don't talk nonsense, you will take it for you in this county. Gu Qingci said coldly.

"Yes, yes, thank you for the reward!"

Pang Shilong and Zhang Xu glanced at each other, and there was a hint of surprise in their eyes, not only did they get 10,000 taels, but most importantly, they understood that Gu Qingci was not the kind of person they thought before, so they would not worry about not being able to get oil and water in the future.

The reason why Gu Qingci did this was because he understood two truths, if the water is clear, there will be no fish, and the other is that if you want the horse to run, you must give the horse grass.

The most important thing is that he is also short of money now, the word poor and rich is not a joke, it is the Huashan Mental Method that he is now fused, if he wants to break through, he needs a lot of silver to buy medicinal materials, and no matter what he does, he needs money.

"My lord," Zhang Xu suddenly said, "Subordinate, I also found something." ”

"What is it?" Gu Qingci asked.

Zhang Xu took out two books from the stack of ledgers and said, "My lord, these two are the ledgers of Liu Qian's transaction with the Flying Eagle Gang, and they are the evidence that Liu Qian is covering up for the Flying Eagle Gang to sell illicit salt. ”

"The Eagles!"

Gu Qingci muttered, flipped through the account book in his hand, suddenly smiled slightly, and said, "I didn't expect this Liu Qian to give such a gift to this county." ”

As soon as he put the account book away, Gu Qing greeted him: "You two come here, there is something in this county that you need to do immediately!"

......

The news of Liu Qian's arrest spread not long after, and the first people to learn about it were the Cheng family and the Flying Eagle Gang, after all, these two forces and Liu Qian had colluded, so they naturally paid more attention to Liu Qian than ordinary people.

There is a hall in the Flying Eagle Gang that is not far from Gu Qingci's mansion, and soon someone came, and it was a hall master of the Flying Eagle Gang, named You Biyu, who looked like Pang Shilong, and they were the kind of people who looked reckless at a glance.

There was also a young man who claimed to be You Biyu's subordinate who came with You Biyu, dressed in black, standing still like a mountain and not speaking.

"Lord County, if you can give me the account book, I promise, my Flying Eagle Gang will remember your favor, if you need any help in the future, just come to the Flying Eagle Gang to find me You Biyu!"

This You Biyu is full of rivers and lakes, and in front of Gu Qingci, an official of the imperial court, he can actually talk like this, and at first glance he is a person who has never read any books.

Gu Qingci smiled slightly, and said, "Then the county can remember the words of the hall master, and the account book will be handed over to you now!"

"Okay," You Biyu took the account book and said, "My lord is bold, I, You Biyu, must remember your favor, but this matter is very important, so I will go back to pay the errand first." ”

"Slow," Gu Qingci stood up suddenly, patted You Biyu on the shoulder, and said: "Hall Master You, this county reminds you that this account book is extraordinary, if it is taken by someone with a heart and handed over to the six gates, your Flying Eagle Gang will be in big trouble." ”

The Six Gates were specially established by the imperial court to restrict the people in the rivers and lakes, although there are major sects that can ignore the Six Gates, but they do not include the Flying Eagle Gang, which is only entrenched in a county.

You Biyu nodded and said, "Thank you for reminding me, I understand." ”

When You Biyu left, Gu Qingci smiled coldly and muttered: "Flying Eagle Gang, Cheng family, hehe, this county is waiting to sit and watch you dogs eat dogs!"