After Qi Hongxin finished speaking, he said directly to the master: "You stay here!"
He just rolled up his sleeves and strode away. Judging from his angry aura, it looked like he was going to kill someone.
When Su Ziji saw Qi Hongxin leaving in a hurry without even saying hello, he expected that something big must have happened to make Magistrate Qi lose his temper.
"You don't need to investigate to know that this book must contain evidence of officials who colluded with the three gangs."
"Zeng Nianzhen gave me a copy."
"This is a major case, involving everyone in the county. Not to mention you, Qi Hongxin, even the governor cannot kill you with military law. If this really happens, the imperial envoy to suo Na will be dispatched immediately."
"How do you deal with it?"
Su Ziji took out a pen holder from his pen holder, filled it with ink, and commented on the accounts that were constantly being sent to him. The master couldn't help but secretly admire him: "I didn't expect this young man to know how to handle official documents."
After Su Ziji finished writing a paragraph, he smiled and said, "Look, are there any mistakes? Please give me some advice!"
"I don't dare to give you any advice, but your Excellency handled it very properly. There are no big mistakes. It's just this note. According to the rules of official documents, it should be written like this. It seems more appropriate..."
Hearing that he didn't dare, Su Ziji was a little disappointed, but it didn't matter. Accompanied by his master, he put all the confiscated loot into the treasury. The account books were made in triplicate and he kept one copy here. Collect one portion and keep the remaining portion for storage.
At this time, officials continued to enter the flower hall, looking uneasy.
"There is one county magistrate, two county magistrates, one county captain, and the rest are also high-ranking people. It seems that there are eleven or two of them. When they came out, although their expressions were solemn, they also felt a little uneasy."
Su Ziji was thoughtful, and when he finished his work, he saw these high-ranking officials coming out, looking at each other, and suddenly the county magistrate with the highest status gave an order: "Come here, catch all these scoundrels. "
Immediately, a Yamen officer came forward to help his colleagues. They tied each of them into rice dumplings and pushed them to the ground while the soldiers scolded them rudely.
"County Magistrate Han, what is going on? What crime have they committed?" Someone was shocked when they saw that their brother-in-law was among them, and hurriedly asked Magistrate Han who looked cold.
County Magistrate Han laughed ferociously: "Read the charges of these people!"
The clerk, who had been standing silently on one side just now, immediately stepped forward, opened a book and started reading.
"Anping County official Fanglin accepted the value. In June of the eleventh year of Chengshou, he received 900 taels in cash and promised to bless the Xinyi Gang and make its waterways smooth..."
"He Bi, the deputy inspector of Hongping County, received one thousand taels of silver in January of the thirteenth year of Chengshou's life and promised to give the Longhu Gang protection..."
These more than 20 people, before the first three gangs completely controlled the territory, were bribed by the forces behind them because of taking bribes, or like the previous prefect, they finally colluded to make the three forces, which were just local gangs, develop to the point where they dare to challenge the county. Degree.
This is simply unimaginable elsewhere.
The small county town where Su Ziji lived back then also had local gangs, but they were hesitant to even touch the children. Once they set their sights on becoming a scholar, it would be like having a talisman, so they would not dare to touch it again.
This is a normal situation. It doesn't matter if gangs and gangs usually have small fights. Once they come into contact with someone they shouldn't, these local gangs will immediately disappear.
Unlike Shun'an Prefecture, the three gangs have become local emperors. This has a lot to do with the support of the former prefect and the use of money to get through.
Even after collecting money, I never expected that in just ten years, the three gangs would grow to a point where they would have to worry about it. This is the so-called raising a tiger to create trouble.
After all the contents of the booklet were read out in public, those who originally wanted to question and plead silently retreated.
The little officials who were being pinned down and kneeling on the ground were pale, trembling and sweating profusely. They obviously knew that once their crimes were exposed, they would end badly.
"Your charges are confirmed, what else can you say to defend yourself?" the county magistrate asked coldly.
Most of the petty officials had nothing to say to plead guilty, but there were always stubborn ones. Although Deputy Inspector He Bi was not a petty official, he was still an official. He suddenly struggled hard and shouted: "I don't accept it. If you don’t accept it, I took one thousand taels, and you, Han Yunxi, took three thousand taels, but I was still there.”
"I am guilty, and you are even more guilty." He Bi screamed loudly. Everyone was shocked and looked at Magistrate Han and Qi Hongxin behind him.
He Bi screamed loudly, and the officials fell silent, with sneers on their faces. You could hear a pin on the ground. He Bi shouted, his voice getting lower and lower, until he finally became mute.
Qi Hongxin said coldly: "Are you done shouting?"
"You colluded with thieves and accepted bribes, which is a violation of the law. I was thinking that the locusts were coming. It was the time to employ people, so I wanted to leave a chance. I didn't want you to be unwilling to repent and bite the thieves again. To slander an official of the imperial court is truly insane."
"Come here, Deputy Inspector He Bi of Hongping County colluded with gangsters and misappropriated gold mines. The crime is like treason. The evidence is conclusive. I am kind-hearted, so I will not send you to the capital to be cut into pieces. Where is the swordsman?" ?!”
"The villain is here!" Someone responded immediately.
"This crime is extremely heinous and must be executed immediately!"
"yes!"
"You old man, you are bullying the weak..." Seeing that he was about to be killed, He Bi immediately started shouting and scolding, and was gagged and dragged off.
Qi Hongxin looked cold and unmoved at all, watching this man being suppressed by three people.
"Ah!" Even though it was stuffed with a towel, there was still a scream, and a bloody human head rolled to the ground. The scene was bloody. Some officials who had never seen such a "scene" covered their heads directly. He closed his mouth and almost vomited directly.
Even if he wants to vomit, Qi Hongxin is still standing there, who dares to move?
This is different from when more than a thousand people were incited to make trouble. At that time, fifty-three people were killed. Except for the leader Juren, the others were ordinary people. Even Juren was neither an official nor a colleague. .
But the person who had just been chopped up like a melon was a former colleague who had just spoken to each other the day before. Even though they might not be harmonious, the feeling of sadness over the death of a rabbit and a fox is unavoidable.
I saw Qi Hongxin saying to the official who called in: "Although this is a false accusation, you usually have faults of poor supervision. Now that the locust plague is coming, you must be careful."
"I understand!" This time, led by the county magistrate Han Yunxi, all the officials present kowtowed to the superior and responded solemnly, but everyone was united.
"Observe Qi Hong's new governance, +1500, [Government Method] Level 5, 95/5000"
"Intelligence +1, Intelligence 18 → 19 (10)"
Su Ziji watched this scene calmly, and it had to be said that he was actually surprised again by Qi Hongxin's crisp and skillful operation.
"The three major gangs are involved in a wide range of affairs, involving more than twenty imperial officials and three to four hundred officials. If all were disclosed, it would be a major case that would cause a stir in both the government and the public."
"Qi Hongxin dared to disclose that he was originally in a bad situation. It was God's favor that he was dismissed and returned to his hometown."
"Moreover, because of the big case, no one is interested in official matters. What will happen when the locust plague comes?"
"Now that Cao Cao burned the evidence of the affair among his officials and blatantly killed He Bi to show his determination, the lives of these officials are now in Qi Hong's hands.
"From this moment on, the locust control team has united together and enforced orders and prohibitions."
"The operation is as fierce as a tiger!"
At this moment, Su Ziji and Liu Zhan, who were also in Shun'an Mansion, expressed the same emotion: "However, after watching so many scenes, it's time for me to appear."
