He directly shot and killed the Minister of War in full view of the public. Even if Han Du was the Duke of the country, he could not escape the blame.
Qitai fell to the ground, his mouth and hands covered with blood. But when he was dying, he showed a ferocious smile like a vicious dog. He knew that even though he died, Han Du could not escape.
Even the emperor can't protect him!
Han Du's eyes were blood red, and he slowly turned around and glared at all the officials of the Ministry of War.
"Take them all and interrogate them strictly!"
Then Bian signaled the sergeant to close the door of the military department, and Han Du wanted to seize the time to get Qi Tai's evidence of guilt in the shortest possible time.
This time no one dared to stop him. All the officials of the Ministry of War stood on the spot like nothing.
Han Du lifted Yan Sheng up and said, "Go on, tell me everything you know!"
"Yes." Yan Sheng trembled all over, and the huge fear made him dare not hide anything.
The Duke of Zhen Guo even dared to kill Qi Tai, but he would not hesitate to kill a small seventh-rank official like him.
With Yan Sheng's guidance, the search for Qitai's accomplices went very smoothly. In just one meal, the other officials involved in intercepting the blue jade grain and grass were found. ???????????????
Xu Yingtai, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Niuzeng, the right minister, Zhou Yuan, Qin Kui, Xia Zhishan and others among the ministers, a total of thirteen people.
"Tell me how you intercepted grain and grass."
These people were originally frightened by Han Du's menacing power, but they were just frightened into silence. But now, they are slowly coming back to their senses.
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I saw Xu Yingtai sneer in his heart, with a look of confusion on his face, and replied: "I don't know what the Lord is talking about. All of this is an order from Qi Shangshu. What do you have to do with me and the ministers?"
In a word, Qi Tai is dead now, and everything falls on him. What can Han Du do to them?
Hearing Xu Yingtai's words, Han Du knew what he was planning. If these people insist that they know nothing and push Qitai out to take the blame, then things will be really difficult.
Even so, Han Du did not regret killing Qi Tai at all. Not killing him is not enough to avenge Lan Yu!
Han Du looked at Yan Sheng, "The food and grass you received from the Ministry of Household Affairs, who received it from the Ministry of War?"
"It's Xia Zhishan."
Xia Zhishan's expression suddenly changed, but Noonuo's lips did not utter a word. He pushed it all away like Xu Yingtai, but his signature was on the grain and grass handover record.
It’s written in black and white, how can I evade it?
Han Du smiled slightly and looked at Xia Zhishan, "Tell me, since you took over the grain and grass. Then come and tell me why the grain and grass were not sent to Jiayuguan?"
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, your Majesty has not received the order from the Ministry of War. How dare you allocate food and grass privately?" Xia Zhishan knew that he could not handle this matter alone, and he was not willing to sacrifice his own safety. Others quickly found a reason.
"Oh? Then who is in charge of allocating food and grass?"
Everyone looked at Xu Yingtai.
Xu Yingtai hated these subordinates in his heart, and quickly smiled and said: "My lord, although the lower officials are in charge of this matter, the allocation of grain and grass requires the order of Qi Shangshu himself. Without the transfer order of Qi Shangshu, the lower officials cannot make the transfers without authorization. forage."
In other words, this matter still has nothing to do with him. Han Du wanted to find someone to settle the score, so he went to Qi Tai.
Seeing that Xu Yingtai was as slippery as a loach, Han Du decided to put him aside first and open a breakthrough through others.
His eyes fell on Xia Zhishan's face and saw beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Since you took over the food and grass, you have nothing to do with it. Think about it, if there is a chance to make a contribution, it would be better to kill you than to kill the nine tribes, don't you think? Think about it... ..”
Xia Zhishan's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
Kowtowing is like pounding garlic, "Master, have mercy, Master, have mercy..."
Han Du shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's not that I'm unkind, it's just that you haven't done anything, and I can't plead for you in front of the emperor."
"My lord, I have something important to report!"
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Han Du leaned forward excitedly with his upper body and got closer to Xia Zhishan. This was what he wanted.
Faced with the threat of annihilating the nine tribes, how many people will not seize this only opportunity? Although there are people in this world who say, "I won't care about the flood after I die," but in the secular world where "there are three unfilial piety factors and not having children is the worst," such people are almost rare.
On the contrary, as long as one of these people cannot withstand such pressure, it will be the beginning of a complete collapse of these people.
And Yan Sheng is such a person. "The lower official knows where the food and grass are." Yan Sheng risked his life.
Xu Yingtai's expression changed instantly. Not only him, but others also changed their expressions.
"Yan Sheng! Don't talk nonsense!"
However, in the face of Xu Yingtai's threat, Yan Sheng broke into a trap.
"My lord, the grain and grass allocated to Jiayuguan have long been divided among them privately."
Han Du was instantly overjoyed. He didn't expect these people to be so greedy. If they hadn't touched the food and grass, it would be really difficult for Han Du to find evidence to deal with them.
"Oh? Are they sharing all the food and grass?"
Yan Sheng nodded repeatedly, "There is also Qi Shangshu, he has the big head."
Perfect!
In this way, none of these people ran away!
"Yan Sheng! Don't spit on me!" Niu Zeng said angrily, looking at Yan Sheng with a look that made him want to eat him.
"My lord, I'm not talking nonsense. After Zhou Yuan and Qin Kui quietly sold the grain, they exchanged it for gold bars and gave them to Qi Tai. Qi Tai then gave them to Xu Yingtai, Niu Zeng and others privately."
"What? You don't have a share?" Han Du asked with a smile.
Yan Sheng immediately shook his head, "The position of a lower official is humble, and I can't get into the eyes of Lord Shangshu, so naturally I don't have the status of a lower official."
"Then how do you know about this?" Han Du was a little surprised. Since such a secret matter was not shared with Yan Sheng, Qitai would not let Yan Sheng know about it anyway.
Yan Sheng looked at Xu Yingtai and others and said angrily: "That's their fate. The grain merchant they were looking for was a fellow villager of Xiaguan. I heard it from him after I got drunk."
Then, Yan Sheng told the news exactly what he heard. Including the time and place, the quantity of each transaction, the gold bars traded, etc., everything was stated.
Xu Yingtai and others actually sold military rations privately only three times, and they happened to correspond to April, May and June respectively.
Han Du suddenly had no more doubts in his mind. After getting the information from Yan Sheng about where the grain merchant was.
"Someone, go bring the grain merchant to confront him!"
"Also, immediately check the grain depot of the Ministry of War. If the food allocated by the Ministry of Revenue disappears without a trace when it arrives at the Ministry of War, you must give me an explanation, right?"
Xu Yingtai looked at Han Du's exposed teeth when he smiled, and felt the coldness pressing down on him, and couldn't help but tremble all over. Soon, the grain merchant was arrested.
Before the fat merchant knew what was going on, he was roughly dragged to the Ministry of War by the sergeant.
After he was thrown in front of Han Du, he quickly prostrated and said: "Lin Tong, a common man, pays your respects to the Duke of Zhen!"
"Oh? Do you know me?" Han Du glanced at Lin Tong quite unexpectedly.
Lin Tong, still lying on his knees, replied: "The common people are lucky enough to have seen your father-in-law from a distance."
Han Du raised his hand and pointed at a few people, "Look up and see who sold you the food?"
Lin Tong raised his head tremblingly and saw a row of senior officials who he had never begged for before, looking at him with cold eyes.
Following Han Du's instructions, Lin Tong looked at everyone carefully and then shook his head.
"Go back to my father-in-law, these people don't even know each other."
Yan Sheng became anxious immediately and quickly grabbed Lin Tong's lapel and asked sharply: "Didn't you mean the grain sold to you by the Ministry of War? Why don't you admit it now?"
Han Du glanced at Lin Tong, who lowered his head as much as possible, and knew that he had guessed that he could not wade through this muddy water, and of course he was unwilling to tell the truth.
"Yan Sheng, don't think that if you just find a grain merchant, you can frame me and others!"
Yan Sheng became anxious instantly. He did not expect that Lin Tong would conceal it at a critical moment.
Han Du smiled faintly and waved his hand to calm Yan Sheng's anxiety. He looked at Lin Tong and said softly: "I understand that you have concerns, but it doesn't matter even without your testimony. As long as this batch of food and grass cannot be found in the Ministry of War warehouse, you will still be in doom!"
The expressions of Xu Yingtai and others couldn't help but change, and the peace of mind they just felt was gone in an instant.
The food was sold by them privately, so how could the Ministry of War have food?
In just half a day, Han Du found out the matter. Xu Yingtai and others were faced with overwhelming evidence, and they had to confess!
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Although Han Du blocked the news immediately, it was impossible to block it forever.
The matter of killing the Minister of War in public was so important that it soon reached Zhu Biao's ears.
"What did you say?" Zhu Biao simply couldn't believe his ears.
Han Du has always been careful in his actions, how could he do such a reckless thing?
Wang Yue also looked at a loss. He didn't know what Han Du was thinking about doing such an earth-shattering thing.
"I sent someone to verify it. It's absolutely true."
"Where is Han Du now?" Zhu Biao's first thought was to protect Han Du first.
He was even mentally prepared to send Han Du out to sea immediately. As long as Han Du was not in the capital, even if all the officials made a fuss and they couldn't find Han Du, there would be nothing they could do.
Just delay it for a few more years, wait until things calm down, and then slowly look for opportunities to bring Han Du back.
"The Duke of Zhen is still investigating the interception of grain in Jiayuguan by the Ministry of War."
"What kind of investigation is there at this time? Summon him immediately and I will arrange for him to leave the capital!"
Compared with Han Du's killing of Qi Tai, things like tracking down the interception of grain are simply not worth mentioning.
"According to the order."
Wang Yue personally brought an ordinary carriage directly to the Ministry of War.
When he saw Han Du, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "My lord... what are you doing? Qitai is guilty. It's okay to use my lord's ability to find evidence and make him plead guilty and punished. Why do you want to do this?" ......well......"
