After hearing this, Xiang Yichun bowed and raised his hands, and took the initiative to ask for instructions: "Supervisor, would you like to come over and take a look?"
"Yeah" Xiao Chen nodded and leaned back lazily on the chair, "Go on, hurry up and come back soon."
"Yes!" Xiang Yichun responded and went to do it immediately.
On the side, Wei Zhongxian very understandingly placed a mat that had been prepared for Xiao Chen in his hands, and said softly: "Supervisor, please rest for a while. When Yichun comes back, my subordinates will call you."
"Yes." Xiao Chen briefly glanced at everyone in the Wang family, then lay lazily on the large Taishi chair, contentedly.
Looking at this honorable and noble young governor, everyone in the Wang family was even more proud and did not dare to express their pride. They felt like a flying crane from the sky had descended on their Jiangdong Road, leaving only a silent sleep and full of fear. .
After about an hour, Xiang Yichun rushed back with an old account book stained with dirt, dusted it off, and then respectfully handed it to Xiao Chen with both hands, "Supervisor, I really dug this thing under that big tree. , Apart from that, my subordinates dug another two feet into the ground and didn’t see anything else.”
Xiao Chen took the account book and looked through it briefly, only to see that every receipt and distribution of disaster relief money and food was recorded in detail.
How many kilograms of white rice can be exchanged for how many kilograms of chaff, how much silver can be saved to line the private pockets; how many red bricks can be exchanged for how many thin bricks, how much profit can be left, and the disaster relief work can be done in every detail.
Of course, there are also records of how they collect cash and how they divide accounts. It is so thick that it is as heavy as a scripture.
Xiao Chen only took a cursory look at it first, and then it took half a stick of incense.
After closing the account book, a cold and stern majesty escaped from Xiao Chen's originally lazy and dignified eyes. Silently, as if carrying thousands of words of rebuke, it fell heavily on Wang Wancai.
Wang Wancai was so frightened that he trembled all over, his face was as pale as silk paper, and he hurriedly kowtowed and confessed, regretting endlessly, "Master, spare your life, it's all Li Bingzhu who forced this villain to do it!"
"He is the superior officer of the villain, and the villain dare not disobey his orders!"
"I beg the Governor to have mercy. I am willing to cooperate with the Governor to conduct a thorough investigation!"
He kowtowed so hard that the rest of the Wang family did not dare to sit down and do nothing. Suddenly, they all kowtowed together with Wang Wancai.
The sound of kowtows from nearly twenty people filled the small dungeon, and the sounds touched people's hearts, but nothing could wipe away the blood and tears of those innocent victims who died in vain.
Xiao Chen remained calm and cold as usual, with a pair of deep eyes hiding a bottomless emotion. No one could guess what the young governor was thinking at this time.
Xiang Yichun, who was on the side, had angry eyes, looking at everyone in the Wang family, gritting his teeth secretly, lowering his head and saying coldly, "Lord Governor, when my subordinates went to arrest people just now, they encountered that group of unknown identities. People? If the other party happens to be Li Bingzhu's people, wouldn't this matter have already alerted the enemy? "
"Anyway, we have already obtained the ledger, why not..."
With a fierce look in his loyal eyes, Xiang Yichun looked aside and glanced at Wang Wancai, meaning that it would be better to kill someone and silence him to avoid future troubles.
Although he spoke in a low voice, there was naturally no private words that could be hidden in this small cell. Wang Wancai's monkey spirit's eyes moved and he immediately understood what Xiang Yichun meant.
A trace of fear of death filled Wang Wancai's face. He crawled up to Xiao Chen, his eyes wide open in fear, and said with almost all his strength: "Supervisor! I know something important, little one." thing!"
At this point, he had no other choice but to do everything he could to serve Xiao Chen, hoping that Xiao Chen would be happy and proud for a while.
Xiao Chen slowly raised his stern eyes, focusing on the flattering monkey face, and asked coldly: "Oh? What's the matter?"
Wang Wancai kowtowed several times, with a look of fear on his face. He struggled to squeeze out a complete sentence from his mouth, "I know that Li Bingzhu is not the one who has the most ink, nor is he the biggest official. Above him, There is someone else!"
After the words fell, he felt very weighty and raised his head as if to take credit.
But he saw that Xiao Chen still had cold eyes, and there was no trace of surprise in his deep eyes.
"Governor, Governor..." Wang Wancai was so frightened that he put all his strength into this fight. The fear of death caused his whole body to be covered with a layer of blue-gray color of extreme fear, "Governor, you Look, the villain only accounts for 10% of the accounts, but Li Bingzhu accounts for a full 90%!"
"Ninety percent! How could he possibly swallow such a huge amount of money? And he doesn't have the status to swallow it all!"
Xiao Chen raised his eyebrows slightly, with a trace of amusement in his eyes.
In fact, even if Wang Wancai didn't say anything, he would have guessed that there was someone else behind Li Bingzhu. What he wants is not the speculation of someone behind the scenes, but definite evidence.
"So, who is this person? Do you know?"
"Is there any evidence to prove it?"
Xiao Chen spoke coldly, but his eyes were still as calm as ever.
"This..." Wang Wancai was in trouble, where could he get any evidence? He is just a soldier who follows orders, and Li Bingzhu will not let him have more contact with him.
"The villain guesses that it must be Jiangdong Daotai!" Wang Wancai gritted his teeth and could only express his own opinion, "Although the villain has no evidence, but you think, Lord Governor, Li Bingzhu can amass such a large amount of money without his immediate superior. With Master Daotai’s permission and protection, hasn’t he been investigated long ago?”
"Furthermore, in addition to the Taoist platform, I would venture to guess that there may be... something bigger than the Taoist platform! Maybe... maybe... a Beijing official!"
After Wang Wancai finished speaking, he was so nervous that his whole body became stiff. He knelt on the ground and did not dare to move. He did not dare to say another word.
Xiao Chen stared at it for a moment, casually flipping through the account book in his hand. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly smiled and looked at Xiang Yichun and Wei Zhongxian, "Look, even such a little guy can understand things. I thought that this trickster in Jiangdong Road could hide it from my eyes."
Xiang Yichun said angrily in a deep voice: "They are just a mantis trying to use a chariot. As long as the governor is here, everything will come to light!"
Wei Zhongxian also nodded repeatedly and opened his mouth to say a bunch of flattery.
Xiao Chen raised his hand and stopped Wei Zhongxian's words with a smile, "Okay, there's no need to shoot, the governor knows what he's saying."
Now that there is evidence of Li Bingzhu, the first arrow can be fully drawn and released.
While thinking about it, Xiao Chen's eyes fell on Wang Wancai. This person was just a little guy who could be killed or not. But if you don’t kill,
With this person's monkey spirit, he will never run away in a hurry before Li Bingzhu gets clear evidence, so he will go back to the government office tomorrow to deal with the aftermath, and he can take advantage of this moment to let go of the fog and draw out the Take the time to take a closer look at this ledger.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chen was happy to keep his word and spare the lives of this family of bastards. He raised his hand and ordered: "Brother Xiang, send them back to Tongyuan Mansion."
