Everyone took a closer look and saw that what the secret guard was holding was actually a book!
Zhao Jun immediately remembered what Jiang He said just now, quickly reached out and took the book over, and opened it to read.
Swish, swish, swish~
Amidst the sound of paper turning, Zhao Jun scanned the contents at a glance, and quickly read the general contents of the booklet.
That's right, this is indeed the roster of Li Yi that Jiang He mentioned.
Almost most of the Yunzhou County officials, large and small, and wealthy businessmen are on it. It even has everyone's autograph on it, recording one or more additional "incomes."
I don’t know how Li Yi got them to sign this “evidence of guilt”.
Now it’s more convenient for Zhao Jun!
Zhao Jun immediately closed the book, slammed it on the table and said coldly: "Everything is ready and all we need is the east wind. Now that the evidence is conclusive, there is no need to be polite to them!
Wang Banban! "
"The slave is here!"
"Immediately go to the military camp outside the city and send my king's Yunhui troops into the city. Let them take over the entire city defense of Yunzhou City for me before dawn.
As soon as day breaks, immediately give me the list of names I have provided, and search every house and seize people!
Anyone who dares to resist will be killed! "
"yes!"
Wang Huaien responded and walked out quickly.
Zhao Jun turned to look at Jiang He and ordered: "Jiang He, copy this roster again. Remember, this copy only records the main participating officials of each department.
As for those on the next level, there is no need to copy them. "
Jiang He was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhao Jun in confusion, but Zhao Jun did not answer him and walked straight into the depths of the dungeon. After a while, his entire figure disappeared into the darkness of the dungeon.
Although Jiang He was puzzled, that was what the prince had told him to do.
When the secret guard brought a pen and paper, he flipped through the roster page by page and selected those who met the prince's requirements.
…
Tick tock! Tick tock! Tick tock!
The dark and deep dungeon is quiet most of the time, except for the guards who come to deliver meals on weekdays.
Only the water droplets falling from the top hit the ground and caused waves of echoes.
There are only two people in the deepest cell now.
One is the former highest official of Yunzhou County, Yunzhou County Sheriff—Li Yi!
The other one is also County Lieutenant Zhu Tuo.
But now they all have one identity in common, that is, they are criminals.
The two people were obviously colleagues, but even in this cell, they were sitting on opposite sides of each other, without even a word of communication for a while.
Maybe it was too quiet, and Li Yi finally couldn't help but speak out first: "Lao Zhu, why do you think Jiang He was brought up for interrogation for so long?
It’s been almost an hour, right?
Why haven't you come back yet? "
Zhu Tuo originally huddled in the corner alone and didn't want to pay attention to him, but after thinking about it he still said: "Maybe what you are thinking now is what they want to see?
Separate promotions allow prisoners to question each other, making it easier to interrogate the true situation. "
Li Yi suddenly realized!
Yes, it's very possible.
This is a common interrogation method that deliberately puts people in the same camp on guard against each other.
Only in this way can they better find the information they want to find in the conflicts between the two parties.
"Yes, I am paranoid. Jiang He is a member of the imperial court. Although she has taken refuge with King Yun now, but now that the matter is exposed, she can only have a chance to save her life with the help of her imperial status."
Even for his own sake, he would not confess easily.
Thinking of this, Li Yi relaxed.
Zhu Tuo on the side showed a big smile in the corner that Li Yi didn't see.
When you are unlucky, only when you see someone who is more unlucky than you will you feel happy and comfortable.
All people have similar psychology.
Zhu Tuo is definitely there now.
And just as the two people in the cell were playing tricks on themselves, a sound of slowly approaching footsteps came closer from far to near.
Zhu Tuo and Li Yi looked in the direction of the sound at the same time. They originally thought that Jiang He, who was being interrogated, was back.
However, what appeared in front of them next was a person they never expected to see them at this time.
"Your Majesty!" x2
Zhao Jun's sullen face slowly emerged from the darkness, and the coldness in his eyes made Li Yi and Zhu Tuo extremely familiar. This was an expression that only appeared when this man was the most angry.
Last time, he issued an order to massacre the Tatars indiscriminately.
Under this order, nearly a million Shendu people died under the butcher's knife of the former guards. All because the former Governor of Nanli issued a bounty to the Yunzhou Army, and those greedy Shendu civilians wanted gold and silver. Desperately attacking the soldiers of Yunzhou Army.
As soon as Zhao Jun walked out of the darkness, he looked at the two people sitting in a corner, one on the left and the other on the right, and immediately sneered:
"What? You can join in corruption and accept bribes, but you can't sit together?"
While Zhao Jun was talking, two secret guards quickly carried a chair to the cell and carefully put it down behind Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun sat up with a golden sword.
Looking at the two silent people, he raised his eyebrows and sneered:
"What? Is this question of my king difficult to answer?"
Zhu Tuo continued to be silent, but Li Yi obviously didn't think so.
He suddenly raised his head and met Zhao Jun's gaze, and said in a confident voice: "Your Majesty, this is just a small matter, why does it have to get to this point?"
"Little things?"
Zhao Jun almost laughed out of anger.
"In your eyes, corruption is just a trivial matter? You, Commander Li, have such great official power!
What about the people who have suffered losses due to your corruption?
You took money that you shouldn't have, allowing people who shouldn't get benefits to get benefits that they shouldn't get, and causing people who should get benefits to lose these benefits.
Is this just a small thing? "
Li Yi said calmly: "The only ones who have suffered losses so far are those fellow merchants. Your Majesty, you are so superior. You don't understand. These merchants are pursuing profit. They can sell goods for one penny at a high price of ten pence."
What you earn is a high return.
But the same high returns also mean high risks. One of them will fall in the battle, and we just let the other side fall.
It has no impact on the public.
In contrast, we officials can still get part of the money from those unjust businessmen to subsidize our families. Isn't this great?
Your Majesty, you have been studying hard for ten years, just for promotion and wealth, right?
Why should you be persistent?
Things like this have been going on in the Song Dynasty for nearly a hundred years. If it were different, nothing would happen? "
"Haha, Governor Li is such a clever talker! He speaks of himself so righteously, so naturally!
Then I ask you, today you can violate the rules and give them projects that should not be given to them just because they send you money.
Then tomorrow when they kill people, rob people of their wives and daughters, force good people into prostitution, oppress good people, and seize land!
As long as I give you another sum of money, you can turn the victim into a perpetrator with a stroke of a pen! Turn perpetrators into victims!
At that time, will you think that it is natural to confuse right and wrong?
Sheriff Li? ! "
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(End of chapter)
