He said quietly, "Master Yunrun, please cooperate with uncle more."
"Don't worry, Your Highness, I will do a good job."
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Emperor Yunwu hugged Yunwu and quickly arrived at the cell in Dali Temple.
In the cell.
Zhao Qi was put in a cell alone.
Zhao Qianshan held the case book in his hand and was sitting in front, interrogating Zhao Qi. Next to him was a junior official who helped record the case.
Emperor Yunwu arrives.
It didn't alarm the people inside.
The jailers in the cell were told by Emperor Yunwu not to speak.
It's all quiet at the moment.
"Zhao Qi, where did you go yesterday?"
Zhao Qi said angrily, "The official went to Zihua Tower yesterday. What's the problem? The imperial court did not prohibit officials from entering and exiting."
"There is no prohibition, and the official didn't say anything. Mr. Zhao, there is no need to worry."
Zhao Qianshan continued to cross-examine without changing his expression.
Zhao Qi's face was ashen.
He felt that Zhao Qianshan was deliberately humiliating him.
"Mr. Zhao, how much money did you spend on staying in Zihua Building all night?"
"Twelve taels." Zhao Qi said coldly.
"That's wrong." Zhao Qianshan frowned, "Mr. Zhao, if you don't cooperate, I will have no choice but to torture you."
"What did you say?" Zhao Qi stared at him in disbelief, as if Zhao Qianshan had said something outrageous.
He never thought that Zhao Qianshan had a plan to torture him.
You must know that he is a third-grade official.
Once he gets out of trouble, staring at Zhao Qianshan to cause trouble will definitely make him shed a layer of skin.
"Master Zhao, please cooperate." Zhao Qianshan stood up.
His face was ugly, and there was an extra ruler on his hand.
[Master Zhao Qianshan is also very talkative. How can any official under investigation be so arrogant? 】
[Father, you are usually too gentle. You know, people who are questioned like this are usually really guilty. 】
[I don’t care if I’m guilty or not, I still think others shouldn’t ask. 】
[Hiss, no wonder so many officials dare to betray Dayan. 】
Emperor Yunwu's eyes were dark.
He also felt that he was too talkative.
History says that he is a tyrant.
As expected, it was Da Chu who was slandering him.
very good.
If he doesn't really act like this tyrant, he will really feel sorry for these traitors.
Eunuch Lin'an followed and mourned for Zhao Qi in his heart.
really.
The next second I heard Yunwu say.
[I heard that people are very afraid of small dark rooms, so they should just lock them up. 】
[Also, they are not allowed to drink water or use the toilet. 】
[Actually, these interrogation methods are quite torturous. 】
[You still have to deal with bad guys, and your father must make good regulations. 】
Emperor Yunwu had an idea in his mind.
He glanced at Eunuch Lin'an.
Eunuch Lin'an turned around, went to find a jailer, and gave him some instructions.
When the jailer heard this, he turned around and went in to talk to Zhao Qianshan.
After Zhao Qianshan heard the jailer's whisper, he subconsciously wanted to look back, but he stopped after moving his head.
"Go down."
"yes."
Zhao Qianshan put away the ruler, sat back, and continued to ask.
"Master Zhao, how much money did you spend in one night?"
"It cost one hundred and ten taels."
Zhao Qi said in a rough voice, "One hundred taels of them were given to little Xinghua by the boy next to me."
"How many times a month do you go to Zihualou?"
"I don't remember." When Zhao Qi was asked about this, alarm bells rang loudly in his head.
If you really count it carefully, he did spend a lot of money.
It’s just that each amount is not too big.
There is no such thing as spending thousands of dollars like those dandy boys.
In the past, no officials from the yamen have ever questioned these matters.
Plus other officials were doing this, so naturally he wasn't afraid.
"Give Mr. Zhao a cup of tea."
"yes."
The assistant officer next to him came forward and poured tea.
Zhao Qi didn't think Zhao Qianshan dared to murder him, so he drank calmly.
"Master Zhao went there several times this month."
"Maybe three or four times."
[Nonsense, it’s clearly thirteen times. 】
Yunwu complained seriously.
Emperor Yunwu's mouth twitched.
His first reaction was actually.
When he becomes emperor, he doesn't even have time to enter the harem.
In the end, Zhao Qi was able to go to Xiaosha thirteen times?
Eunuch Lin'an, "..."
Thirteen times, how much silver will this cost? Dozens of taels at a time. Thirteen times at least will be close to the top two.
Tens of thousands of taels a year.
This is just the money spent in the flower house.
No wonder these officials have the time to trouble the emperor.
If this doesn't cause trouble, wait for the emperor to reform.
The good times for this group of people are over.
"OK."
Zhao Qianshan continued without changing his expression, "Serve Mr. Zhao tea."
Zhao Qi sat arrogantly on the chair opposite.
Drinking tea calmly.
"Master Zhao, what are you trying to interrogate? There is no point in asking these irrelevant things."
Zhao Qianshan glanced at him and said, "You and Ye Chaohua have met several times this month."
"Ye Chaohua? That royal businessman Mr. Ye? I've never met him." Zhao Qi felt relieved.
He thought it was something.
If it's a matter of Ye Chaohua's silver.
He wasn't worried at all.
He and the other party have never met in front of outsiders.
As long as Zhao Qianshan can't find evidence, there will naturally be nothing he can do against him.
"OK."
Zhao Qianshan said, "Please invite Mr. Zhao to tea."
Zhao Qi frowned slightly.
Doesn't seem to understand what he is doing.
But very quickly.
He knew what was going on.
"I need to go to the toilet." Zhao Qi said carelessly.
Zhao Qianshan looked at him with a smile, "Sorry, Mr. Zhao, you are a criminal now and are not qualified to use the toilet."
"What did you say?" Zhao Qi reacted suddenly and said angrily, "You did it on purpose."
"Since Mr. Zhao has nothing to answer me, let's rest."
Zhao Qianshan stood up and walked out.
Zhao Qi rushed over angrily.
He was stopped by the guards standing on both sides.
Watching Zhao Qianshan leave.
The cell door was closed again, and Zhao Qi banged on the cell door angrily.
"Zhao Qianshan, come back to me."
Zhao Qianshan walked out of the cell and stopped in front of Emperor Yunwu.
"The lower official has met the emperor."
He glanced at Yunwu, who was being held by Emperor Yunwu.
"I've met the eighteenth princess."
Emperor Yunwu followed him and walked out side by side.
"What did Zhao Qi do?"
"According to the confession I got from the official, he should have received at least one hundred thousand taels of silver from Ye Chaohua a year."
"Ye Chaohua was able to secure his position as an imperial businessman because Lord Zhao Qi contributed a lot."
[Not only one hundred thousand taels, Ye Chaohua gave me so much cash, not to mention some jewelry, calligraphy and paintings that he usually gave. 】
[Hiss, this Ye Chaohua is really rich. 】
【Net worth exceeds three million taels. 】
[Not counting various shops and gold and silver jewelry. 】
[He is indeed an imperial merchant. 】
Zhao Qianshan, "..."
Although he knew that Ye Chaohua was rich, he never expected to be so rich. It was almost as much as half a year's financial income.
Emperor Yunwu's head was covered with black lines.
The emperor was so poor that he had no money even if he wanted to provide disaster relief.
