A thin middle-aged man was thrown in front of Chu Ze like a sack by Jin Yiwei.
Chu Ze quickly raised his eyes, glanced at the man, and said, "Wake him up." Then he continued reading.
He was seeing something wonderful, this man really knows how to pick the right time.
The Jin Yiwei stepped forward and grabbed the scribe's man.
After a moment, the scribe opened his eyes.
The scribe was startled when he saw the unfamiliar environment at first, but when he saw Chu Ze again, his soul almost disappeared.
He is Su Zhen's confidant, so he has naturally met Chu Ze.
Chu Ze had just extorted a large sum of money from his family today, and now he was kidnapped. What did he want to do?
No matter what you want to do, it's not a good thing.
The scribe has been with Su Zhen for so long, so he still has some discernment.
He calmed down, climbed up tremblingly, and kowtowed to Chu Ze: "I have met Mr. Chu. I wonder why Mr. Chu called me here in the middle of the night?"
His voice was trembling, and he was still a little scared.
Chu Ze turned over a page in the book and ignored him.
The scribe's heart, already worried, was even higher.
He knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe.
As time passed slowly, the camp became so quiet that only the occasional sound of turning books could be heard.
The cold sweat on the scribe's forehead couldn't stop pouring out.
Until Chu Ze read the most exciting part and put down the book.
Although the sound was very soft, the scribe was so frightened that he almost wet his pants.
If Chu Ze called him over and asked him directly, he wouldn't be so scared.
But Chu Ze asked him to kneel down, but didn't even look at him.
It's like knowing there is a sword hanging above your head but not knowing when it will fall.
It's really permeating.
The scribe's face turned pale at this time.
Chu Ze raised his eyes, his indifferent gaze fell on the scribe, and the scribe's body stiffened subconsciously.
"Scribe Tang, I just want to ask you a question. As long as you say it, I will let you go." Chu Ze said slowly.
The Tang secretary nodded hurriedly: "Master Chu, please tell me."
"You have been with Su Zhen for so long. You must have done something to him. It should be very clear." After reading the book for a long time, Chu Ze picked up the teacup and drank slowly.
Of course the Tang scribe knew this.
As Su Zhen's closest confidant, he definitely knows much more than others.
But he didn't dare to say this.
He immediately said: "Of course I know that, Mr. Su has always been diligent. The current political achievements in Yinchuan are all due to Mr. Su..."
"Snapped!"
Chu Ze knocked the tea cup heavily on the table and answered quietly: "By diligence, do you mean that he is corrupt? By political achievements, do you mean that under his rule, all the people did not even have enough to eat? Is it because everyone’s house is so impoverished that they don’t even have a grain of rice, and they don’t even want thieves to visit them?”
The sweat on the scribe's forehead became even more intense.
This Mr. Chu clearly came prepared, I'm afraid it's not easy to fool him.
Seeing this, the officials of the Tang Dynasty decided to change their countermeasures.
He smiled timidly at Chu Ze and swore in an extremely sincere tone: "Conscience of heaven and earth, everything I said is true.
"It seems that the Tang secretary will not shed tears until he sees the coffin." Chu Ze looked at him.
Secretary Tang's heart was beating faster. He swallowed hard and said with a dry smile, "Look at what you said. Your hands and eyes are as big as the sky. How dare you deceive your Majesty?"
"Sure enough, you don't know whether to live or die." Chu Ze sat up straight, looked down at Secretary Tang condescendingly, and mocked, "You are so considerate of you adults, but you just don't know. If he knew that you left my office in the middle of the night, he would how to think."
Secretary Tang subconsciously raised his hand to wipe his sweat.
He has been with Su Zhen for so many years and knows him best.
As long as he walks out of here tonight, even if Su Zhen doesn't kill him, he won't trust him anymore.
When Chu Ze left, he would be close to death.
Looking at Secretary Tang with fear flashing in his eyes, Chu Ze continued: "And as far as I know, you seem to have a close relationship with Su Zhen's favorite concubine, right? You said that if I take this matter If you tell Su Zhen what happened, what will he do?"
Tang Shuli's face suddenly turned pale.
That concubine was actually the sweetheart of the Tang scribe.
Later, the Tang secretary helped her get a chance to enter the Su Mansion.
After that, the two of them mostly communicated secretly. In addition to their personal relationship, they also secretly obtained some letters between Su Zhen and officials in Beijing.
This incident made Su Zhen know that the end would be worse than if he walked out of here.
The man who looked like a dead pig just now and was not afraid of being scalded by boiling water suddenly kowtowed to Chu Ze: "Sir, have mercy on me. If you want to know, just ask. I know everything I know, so please be patient."
Chu Ze snorted coldly and said, "I would like to know what Zhen has done in Yinchuan over the years, how much he has been greedy for, and whether there is any evidence."
Secretary Tang rolled his eyes, picked up some information that Chu Ze knew, and explained it in detail.
From what I heard, it was nothing more than enclosing land and privately increasing taxes.
"If your Excellency wants evidence, I have it there, so I can get it for you now." Tang Shuli said.
Chu Ze looked at Secretary Tang carefully.
Secretary Tang was panicking when Chu Ze saw him, but he kept his face as calm as possible.
Chu Ze looked at Secretary Tang for a moment, then suddenly grabbed the tea cup, threw it heavily in front of Secretary Tang, and said angrily: "I think you are impatient, and you dare to hide something in front of me! I am giving you a chance, so I am bringing you here for questioning, so don’t be ignorant of what is good and what is bad!”
"Tell me, what did Su Zhen do! Tell me clearly, I can't save your life, but if you dare to hide anything like this, I will kill you with one shot right now!"
Chu Ze took out his gun and loaded it, and pressed the black and cold barrel against Secretary Tang's temple.
The Tang secretary was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.
Not daring to hide anything anymore, he told everything he knew as if he were pouring beans into his mouth.
"After Su Zhen took over Yinchuan, he was really conscientious at first, but within a few years he began to take bribes. The money for gods and Buddhas is all in decimals, and the food that should have been collected last time. Once we were asked to collect it, Su Zhen would They would collect two dan from the people, and the excess would be sold, or flowed into the market, and then sold to the people at a high price. There were also day laborers who worked for the Su Mansion, and their money was one-third of that of other places. .…”
Chu Ze listened quietly.
According to the officials of the Tang Dynasty, Su Zhen did everything in corruption.
He secretly increased exorbitant taxes and colluded with officials and businessmen. As long as he could get money, he would take action, eager to put all the land into his own pocket.
At the end, even Jin Yiwei, who was listening next to him, couldn't listen anymore.
"Sir, this Su Zhen is too bad!" They have also been searching Su Zhen carefully recently, but the time is too short and not much can be found.
I thought that was already too much, but it turned out to be even worse.
Jin Yiwei said: "Sir, if you just say a word, my subordinates will arrest Su Zhen for you right now. How about that?"
(End of chapter)
