The corrupt officials complained in their hearts, what kind of treatment can they enjoy if they are all here?
Su Xiaolou said solemnly: "Having said that, I have some questions for you all, and I hope you can tell the truth."
"What do you want to ask?"
Su Xiaolou asked: "You are all Jinshi, right?"
Everyone nodded and proudly revealed their Jinshi ranking. It was the turn of an old official with a cake face to say weakly: "I don't think so. I'm just a scholar."
"Jiuren?" Su Xiaolou said with a straight face: "You are just trying to pass the exam among the scholars, get out!"
The cake-faced old official shut his mouth. He felt that he had been unfairly treated based on his academic qualifications.
The scholar smiled helplessly and said: "Boss, let's get down to business." Su Xiaolou curled his lips: "Let's continue. You have also seen that through the rectification of our Jinyiwei, the entire dungeon has become safer and more reliable. Since everyone is here, let's Let me make it clear that you need to pay rent to live here."
Cao Ye asked: "I've never heard that you have to pay rent in a dungeon!"
"You heard it today!" Su Xiaolou continued: "The purpose of paying the rent is to return the stolen goods. Currently, only Mr. Wang, Mr. Cao and Mr. Dai pay the rent, and the amount is very high, so the three of them are now in the dungeon. Noble criminal."
The corrupt officials were speechless. Wang Chonghua wanted to find a crack in the ground and crawl in. The status of this noble criminal was so shameless.
"You decide to pay the rent yourself, and there is no specific amount." Su Xiaolou looked at everyone and said, "But the amount you pay is related to the treatment you enjoy in the cell and the time you can leave the cell. All adults, After reading a lot of poetry and books, you can figure out how to make the most of it."
"..."
Su Xiaolou and his team are rushing to Huai'an to track down the corrupt officials who fled with the stolen money. They heard that a large number of Huai'an Salt Administration officials were missing. They guessed that these officials did not want to face punishment or go to jail, so they chose to abscond with the stolen money, but they might have been killed by King Ning.
Rushing to Huai'an, although Su Xiaolou was very tired, his heart was full of excitement because they were here to search for stolen money.
Su Xiaolou and his party arrived at the door of one of the corrupt officials. When they were about to knock on the door, the door opened by itself, and two servants respectfully sent away a group of officials.
The leader was Chief Liu from the Yangzhou Qing Li Department. The head of the police department happily greeted him loudly: "Brother Liu."
Manager Liu was also very happy to see his old friend Bao Bao: "Brother Bao." Then he looked at Su Xiaolou and others: "Mr. Su Qi, why are you here?"
"We're here to ransack the house."
"Searching the house?"
The arrester asked: Brother Liu, are you here to investigate the case? "
Director Liu said: "I'm here to investigate the disappearance of Wei Daoming."
"Missing?" Head Bao asked in confusion: "Wei Daoming is currently picking his feet in the prison of the Governor of Jiangdu River. How could he be missing?"
Manager Liu's eyes widened: "What?"
Chief Bao explained: "Wei Daoming was suspected of selling illegal salt and has surrendered."
Manager Liu asked in confusion: "Then why did Wei Daoming's wife report Wei Daoming's disappearance?"
The head Bao arrested briefly explained the ins and outs of the matter to Chief Liu, but reminded him to pretend that he had not heard it.
Director Liu said helplessly: "During this period, many corrupt officials have been imprisoned in Yangzhou Prefecture, and many officials have disappeared. I have received many reports from people in the past two days."
The official who was currently in jail picking his feet whispered to Chief Liu, and said meaningfully: "The Yanyin case in Yangzhou involves many people. Brother Liu, you'd better avoid getting involved in it."
Director Liu said indifferently: "I am only responsible for investigating the missing officials. I don't know anything else."
Su Xiaolou watched them without speaking. It was understandable for Mr. Liu to do this. It was wise to protect himself. In this day and age, the crime detection rate is not high. If the person cannot be found, it can only be counted as a missing case, and it will naturally be shelved in the end.
In the Yangzhou area, the only one who can completely disappear without a trace is Prince Ning. As the prefect of Yangzhou, Wang Chonghua is like a tall tree. Now it has been uprooted. Those below who are just coveting advantages within his sphere of influence will naturally flee in all directions. If they just run away a little or run slower, they will inevitably be attacked by Ning. Wang's massacre, but in the end Shouning Hou or the Ministry of Punishment took the blame.
Nowadays, Uncle Guo covers the sky with only one hand in the court. Although Prince Ning did not dare to confront him head-on, he was unwilling to swallow his anger, so he relied on the Ministry of Punishment to eliminate dissidents.
Manager Liu knew that the arrester was coming to ransack the house, so he led a group of government servants away.
…
Su Xiaolou and others swaggered into the inner courtyard. Mrs. Wei came out of the inner courtyard and asked, "My lords, why are you here at my Wei residence?"
Su Xiaolou sent a document from the imperial envoy, saying: "Master Wei is suspected of selling illegal salt and has surrendered. We are here to search for hidden silver."
Mrs. Wei froze: "What? How is my master doing now?"
Seeing that Mrs. Wei was so furious that she was about to faint from anger, Su Xiaolou comforted her: "Madam, please don't worry. Mr. Wei is cracking melon seeds and chatting with several adults in the prison. His body is very good. After a meal Can eat three big bowls.”
"I can rest assured that."
At this time, a beautiful woman ran out anxiously with tears in her eyes and asked, "How is the owner of our family doing?"
The housekeeper replied: "Aunt Lin, the master is safe and sound."
Aunt Lin looked at Su Xiaolou and others and asked with some confusion: "Who are they?"
The housekeeper's heart tightened and he quickly replied: "They are agents from the Jinyi Guards and the Criminal Department. They are here to search."
The second lady turned pale with fright: "Search?"
Su Xiaolou stared at Aunt Lin, never expecting that Wei Daoming was hiding such a beauty.
"Looking at you crying so sadly, were you forced to marry by Wei Daoming? If Wei Daoming is found guilty, all property will be seized. Now you still have a chance to leave here."
...
Head Bao reminded Su Xiaolou: "Brother Su, we are going too far, let's talk about business."
Su Xiaolou argued: "Am I not dealing with business? I am trying to save a poor woman in trouble."
"..."
The boss shook his head and led the agents to find the silver. Soon, Mazi came back and reported: "Boss, we found the secret room. There are a lot of gold and silver treasures in it."
Su Xiaolou said excitedly: "My babies, I'm here!"
There is a small door on the wall of the basement. Behind the door is a small secret room filled with gold bars, porcelain, etc...
Head Bao looked at Su Xiaolou, whose eyes were shining with golden light, and rolled his eyes at him: "Didn't you say that you want to put this concubine to death?"
"Let her fend for herself."
"..."
