"General, most of the things here are raw silk, medicinal materials, porcelain and a lot of silk and satin!"
After counting the loot, soldiers came to report.
"Except for the part of the confiscated stolen money that was handed over, the remaining brothers can keep it themselves." Qi Jiguang waved his hand and ordered.
"Yes, my subordinates, please proceed immediately!"
"Oh, by the way, send a few brothers to send all the Japanese pirates to the Jinyiwei side! Let the Jinyiwei people interrogate them and save us some trouble." Qi Jiguang stopped his subordinates who were about to leave and warned.
"yes."
…
The power of Jin Yiwei in the capital can be said to be extremely powerful. In the entire city of Beijing, no disturbance can escape their eyes! Most of the civil and military officials also live under the surveillance of Jin Yiwei.
Not only that, Jin Yiwei's intelligence network is also extremely developed. To what extent is it developed?
For example, an official went out to buy groceries. Two-quarters of an hour later, what groceries you bought, how much you spent, who you met, and what you said were all recorded in Jin Yiwei's book.
Therefore, after Zhu Qi and the others used Jin Yiwei's intelligence network, they quickly found all the people who had invited the junior officials to the banquet! While the people behind the scenes were not aware of it, they pried open their mouths with lightning speed, followed the clues all the way, and finally made a long list.
Night, Beijing, Yangxin Hall.
Jiajing looked at the news reported by Jin Yiwei Zhu Qi and others, and couldn't help but said: "Interesting, really interesting, a small official would be killed with poison. If we follow the clues and investigate, it turns out that officials from the Ministry of Rites are also involved."
"Lu Fang, come and take a look."
After Jiajing finished speaking, he handed the list in his hand to Lu Fang for review.
When Lu Fang saw the names on the list, she couldn't help but be shocked, because not only were there many people involved, but also the director of the Ministry of Rites, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites, the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Rites, and even Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, were involved. This was a senior official of the imperial court. member!
"Hmph, in the previous imperial examinations every year, someone from the Ministry of Rites served as the examiner. This year, they just changed the selection, and they gave me such a big surprise."
"Previously, Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, even pretended to complain to the cabinet and asked the cabinet not to let people from the Ministry of Rites serve as examiners this year. This is taking a step back to make progress!"
"After Li Chunfang's charges are confirmed, the position of examiner of the imperial examination will still fall into the hands of the Ministry of Rites. In this way, if any problems occur in the future, the responsibility can be put on Li Chunfang! The suspicion of the Ministry of Rites will be Greatly reduced."
After Jiajing finished speaking, he couldn't help but sigh.
Seeing that the emperor was in a bad mood, Lu Fang quickly consoled him: "Your Majesty, I have previously felt that the examiner of the imperial examination had troubles too frequently. He either accepted bribes from candidates or leaked questions inexplicably! Now, the culprit has finally been found.”
"May I ask how Your Majesty wants to handle this matter?" Lu Fang asked Jiajing respectfully.
"According to what I said before, let's do it! Send the Jin Yiwei to ransack their home and put all the money into the treasury." Jiajing said lightly, stroking the dragon's head on the dragon chair.
"Oh, by the way, let me release that Li Chunfang from prison!" Jiajing stopped Lu Fang who was about to leave and added.
"Yes, Your Majesty! I will take care of it right now." Lu Fang bowed deeply to the ground and said.
…
In the prison, Li Chunfang was bored and counting the scratches on the wall. These scratches had been there for a long time and could not be seen without looking carefully.
"One hundred and two, one hundred and three, one hundred and four!" Li Chunfang counted and saw the mouse standing upright in the corner.
After getting along with each other for so many days, Li Chunfang has even established a pretty good friendship with these mice! Every time the jailer brought him food, Li Chunfang would secretly keep some to feed the rats.
Over time, these rats were no longer afraid of him, and would even sometimes gather in front of Li Chunfang and make strange patterns with their bodies.
At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside the prison, and Li Chunfang knew that someone was coming to question her again.
I saw Zhang Runde, the Minister of Punishment, standing outside. The difference from before was that this time his face was full of smiles.
Then he called to the jailer, opened the cell door, and said with a smile on his face: "Master Li, let's go."
"Who is going to interrogate me today?" Li Chunfang frowned and asked Zhang Runde, the Minister of Punishment.
During the past few days in prison, Li Chunfang has been interrogated countless times. Sometimes it was people sent by Yan Song and others, sometimes by people sent by Xu Jie and others, and sometimes Jinyiwei would also send people to interrogate!
"Master Li, no one is here to interrogate you! Tell you the good news. Your grievances have been cleared."
"Oh, what? So I can leave!"
After listening to Zhang Runde's words, Li Chunfang's face was full of disbelief.
"Of course, I am the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice. Don't you believe what I say, Mr. Li? Mr. Li has a lot to do with you these days, and it is my duty to do this. I have to do this. I hope Mr. Li will bear with me!" After Zhang Runde said this, he called the jailer. Come and give him Li Chunfang's official uniform and so on.
"How dare you, how dare you, if it weren't for Mr. Zhang, I don't know how much suffering I would have suffered!"
Li Chunfang also took over the conversation and began to exchange greetings with Zhang Runde. As the two chatted, they felt quite speculative, and even had the urge to become brothers of the opposite sex.
"Okay, Mr. Li, go in and change your clothes! I won't let you go out wearing prisoner's clothes." After the greetings were completed, Zhang Runde narrowed his eyes and said.
"Well, it's time for you, Sir Zhang." After Li Chunfang said that, she took the official uniform from the jailer on the side, returned to the prison, and began to change.
Looking at Li Chunfang's back, the corner of Zhang Runde's mouth raised an imperceptible arc.
"Fortunately, I am well-informed. I got the news about Eunuch Lu early in the morning. My filial piety for so long is not in vain!"
"This Li Chunfang was personally requested by His Majesty to be released. Coupled with the blessing of the number one scholar, her future prospects are limitless! And if I take the first step to establish a good relationship with this rising political star of the Ming Dynasty, I will definitely take the lead. Machine, the right way is to move quickly, step by step."
After Li Chunfang changed into her official uniform, she took one last look at the environment in the prison and the rat in the corner as if she was nostalgic, and then left without looking back.
"Master Li, let's go out!"
Seeing Li Chunfang change into official uniform, Zhang Runde's eyes lit up and he said with a smile.
"Um."
Li Chunfang nodded, then followed Zhang Runde's footsteps and walked out of the prison in a swaggering manner.
At the same time, Jin Yiwei's house raiding operation was in progress.
In the dark night, countless torches suddenly lit up, and the residence of Yu Xian, the Minister of Rites, was surrounded by layers of royal guards.
"Pass my orders, and anyone who dares to resist will be killed without mercy!"
"yes!"
(End of chapter)
