Shui Ruoyun still lowered his head to polish his nails and said in a cold tone: "Wake up!"
The detective in green clothes quickly took a ladle of water from the bucket next to him and poured it on him, waking the old man up and saying, "You still have time to recruit him now!"
The old man looked a little hesitant. Although it was painful to hold on to death, he might not be able to survive even if he was attacked!
Shui Ruoyun said coldly: "No need to ask, first perform all the 108 tortures in the cell, and if he can still speak at that time, ask again!"
The old man suddenly felt a chill in his heart, and then he remembered Shui Ruoyun's reputation as a cruel official. All those who were interrogated by him, whether they were Jianghu heroes or magic masters, all left a psychological shadow. The reputation was so great that it could stop him. The child cries. Therefore, without waiting for the Qingyi policeman to quickly change the torture tools, he quickly said: "I'm going to do it, I'm going to do it!"
Shui Ruoyun sighed quietly: "Disappointment! Take him to register for a confession. If you find a lie, bring him back immediately!"
When the old man heard this, his heart trembled, and he was immediately glad that he had just made a wise choice.
"Yes, sir!"
After the Qing Yi police officer finished speaking, he took the old man down to register a confession.
A quarter of an hour later, Detective Tsing Yi brought the confession.
Shui Ruoyun took a rough look at it, then took out a second-level healing pill from the mustard bag on his waist, and said: "Take it and give it to the old man, and give him a better room."
"Yes, sir!"
Detective Qing Yi took the elixir, and his heart was extremely complicated. He had been following this legendary cruel official for nearly three years, and he found that this cruel official was completely different from the rumors. No one knew that although this ruthless official was known to be extremely ruthless, he had never killed any criminals through torture. As long as the criminals confessed, their injuries would be cured and they would enjoy extremely high treatment. Also because of Shui Ruoyun's reputation as a cruel official, many criminals were directly recruited without being sentenced.
"What are you still doing? Go quickly!"
"Yes, sir!"
The detective in green clothes hurriedly left.
At this time, Shui Ruoyun frowned. According to the old warehouse official, he knew the actual situation of Changping warehouse in advance and received a salary of one thousand taels. One thousand taels was a huge sum of money for a small official, so no wonder he was willing to take risks.
However, this is also because the other party promised to wait for the price of food to fall before replenishing the food supply.
But it turned out in the end that he had been deceived. The other party had no intention of replacing the million shi of rice, and his superior wanted to transfer 300,000 shi of rice to supply the army. However, the Changping warehouse was almost empty, so there was still Food, so in panic, he decided to surrender. Corruption of a thousand taels of silver is not considered a capital crime, and with meritorious service, there may be a glimmer of hope.
Although he had good intentions, he was reported in advance and became a scapegoat.
There wasn't much useful information in the old man's confession. The only clue was that the previous warehouse official revealed that his backend was the Han family, but it was up to Suiyun to investigate. Immediately, he called a policeman in black to deliver the confession.
After Yu Suiyun received the confession, he immediately deployed people to check the rice store opened by the Han family, and the rice store opened by the Lian, Song and Liu families was not spared.
At this time, Zheng Dongliu also secretly disguised himself to find out the details of the previous warehouse official, and asked Song Tianhao to send people from the Song family to investigate various rice shops.
But after searching in Suiyun, he found that due to the waterlogging disaster the year before last, grain production was reduced. Several rice shops opened by the three major families had records of selling large amounts of grain. Among them, the eighteen rice shops of the Han family sold the most, but only about a dozen. Thousands of stones.
As for Zheng Dongliu, who was appointed as the warehouse official, he searched for a whole day but found nothing. This man seemed to have no interest in either side, so he had to quietly come to Ling Feng.
Obviously the mastermind behind the scenes has long considered the possibility of exposure.
Ling Feng pondered for a long time and said: "Check the account books of other small rice shops to see if they sold a large amount of grain during the waterlogging disaster the year before last. Also check the other Zhengcang, Taicang, and Juncang millions of stone rice may still be there, and maybe use it to fill the gap in other large rice stores." The warehouse is at a loss!"
Zheng Dongliu nodded and left quickly.
In the afternoon of the next day, Zheng Dongliu arrived and said excitedly: "It was found out. One night a month ago, Juncang Ocang once transported a large amount of rice. The carriage transported it all night. It should be the missing hundred rice from Changping Yicang." Wanshi of rice. Moreover, I also checked those small rice shops, and they did sell a large amount of grain the year before last. At that time, they collected it from a mysterious person, and sold it for 1,500 yuan per shi, and sold it for 2,500 yuan per shi. .”
Ling Feng said with a cold expression: "In this way, things are coherent. There was a flood the year before last. In order to make money, they even sold the grain in the military warehouse and made huge profits. In order to avoid suspicion, they resold it in a small rice store. Unfortunately, God Unlucky! There was a lot of drought last year, but the grain output was still not much, and the price did not drop too much. They had no way to replenish the grain in the military warehouse at a low price. These people were reluctant to spend money, so they only made up a small part of the deficit to maintain Operation, and most of it has not been replenished. But the army consumes a lot of food, and the mastermind behind the scenes can't get it. With no other choice, they came up with this method of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall!"
"What your lord said is true!"
Zheng Dongliu nodded and said, he knew better than Ling Feng how many troops there were in Cangzhou. There were sixty-four Zhechong prefectures in Cangzhou, plus the troops belonging to the city and counties, the army was nearly two hundred thousand. Monthly income of about 80,000 shi of food. Even if this amount of food was provided by both the main warehouse and the military warehouse, it would still amount to 40,000 dan a month. The mastermind behind the scenes must be reluctant to keep making up for it, so he took over the problem and made the two warehouse officials of Changping Yicang as scapegoats.
Immediately, Zheng Dongliu said: "Sir, if this is the case, can I inform you to arrest the person?"
Ling Feng shook his head and said: "There is no name of Changping Yicang written on the rice. Since the other party took action, he must have dealt with it very cleanly. Even if Yu Suiyun knew about it, he would be unable to do anything. If there is no evidence, he will be caught. It’s all for nothing!”
"What should we do?"
Zheng Dongliu suddenly felt a basin of cold water being poured on him, calmed down and asked.
"The mountain man has a clever plan!"
Ling Feng raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and immediately spoke in detail about the detailed plan.
Zheng Dongliu kept nodding, but still didn't understand what Ling Feng's plan was.
…
At this time, the Liu family's study room.
A middle-aged man wearing a blue robe, with a square face and short beard, and an elegant face is reading a book.
After a while, a young man in a green shirt knocked on the door and came in, saying: "Dad, someone is already checking the military warehouse!"
The elegant middle-aged man did not raise his head and said in a calm tone: "Sooner or later, we will find out. What are you afraid of? As long as the accounts are even and the amount of food is not bad, what are you afraid of? You are not good at cultivating your Qi. Remember, when something happens, you must Be calm, unless the sky falls, there is a way to solve everything!"
The young man in green shirt smiled bitterly and said: "If they use torture, then the warehouse official may not be able to keep his mouth shut?"
The elegant middle-aged man smiled lightly and said: "His whole family is taken care of by our people, and they won't talk nonsense. They can also interrogate things without evidence." (83)
