Mao hour has passed and the morning has dispersed.
When the jailer counted the number of prisoners, he finally discovered something unusual.
Within three moments, everyone in Jinling was on alert. All the checkpoints in the city were strictly checked (passports), and the streets were full of officers and soldiers looking for people. There was a sudden crisis.
Xiao Yuehuai and others took shelter in Qianchun Tower ahead of the government, taking in a panoramic view of the street. After they covered up their traces and truly stabilized, Qin E had the time to ask questions about the doubts in her heart.
"Ah Huai..."
"What evidence are you talking about that can prove my grandfather's innocence? How do you ensure that the real culprit behind the scenes will fall into the trap?"
Xiao Yuehuai leaned against the red railing, staring out the window at the patrolmen looking around, and said to herself: "Grandpa's private property has a really good view."
"Ah Huai?"
Qin E leaned over and patted her shoulder: "What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"
Xiao Yuehuai turned to look at her, closed the window, sat down on the futon placed next to her, and comforted her in a low voice: "Don't worry, wait until Alu comes back. I will tell you everything."
She raised her hand to pour a cup of tea for Qin E, and handed it over with a smile.
Qin E didn't know what she was hiding. She took the tea cup and was about to take a sip. At the right moment, the carved door of the wing creaked and was gently pushed open from the outside.
Alu lifted the gauze curtain covering the outside of the Nuan Pavilion and stepped into the inner room quickly.
"How about it?"
"According to your instructions, those vegetable and fruit farmers who are familiar with the Kang family have brought in copies of several pages of accounts."
Qin E was listening to their conversation and said confusedly: "What on earth are you talking about? Kang's mansion? Is it the mansion of Kang Rongqi, the minister of household affairs? What do you want Alu to do there?"
"Of course we want to see if the real corrupt person behind this case can still sit still?"
Xiao Yuehuai leaned forward, took out the wooden box in his sleeve, placed it in front of Qin E and said: "Inside, there is the confession of the accountant who accused your grandfather. What the confession said is truly acceptable. The person who bribed officials from all over the country was Kang Rongqi. There was also a secret ledger attached."
"However... the accountant has hanged himself, so this confession and account books have lost half of their credibility. Even if they are handed over to the government, they cannot immediately prove your grandfather's innocence. Therefore -"
Qin E opened the lid of the wooden box and listened to her explanation while looking at the account books and confessions in her hands. Her mood became increasingly difficult to calm down: "So you want Kang Rongqi to expose his crimes and clear up the grievances of our government?"
"yes."
Xiao Yuehuai said frankly: "Although I don't know why the palace delayed until now to discover that you were missing, the news of your escape has spread. The person who went to assassinate you last night failed. Kang Rongqi must be frightened when he learned about this."
"It's just that... things are at a critical juncture, and he may not be disrupted by this. So I asked Alu to find some way to pass some news to Kang Rongqi through the servants of Kang Mansion."
Qin E suddenly woke up and realized what A Lu had pulled Yan Siniang to do: "Did you reveal the theft of the secret account to the Kang family?"
Xiao Yuehuai: "Exactly. I only got this evidence last night, and I'm afraid his men haven't had time to inform the matter. The combination of you escaping from prison and the loss of the secret account is enough to make Kang Rongqi sit on pins and needles and expose his flaws."
Qin E thought about it for a while, shook her head and said: "But all the stolen money he received from various places was hidden in my grandfather's study for no reason. On the day the Ministry of Punishments seized it, the money had already been taken away by the officials. .”
"On the surface, it is indeed inseparable from my grandfather. Kang Rongqi can get away with it without selling the stolen goods. As you said, this secret account and confession alone cannot move the Kang family, and you will let this news out. ...what's the function?"
Xiao Yuehuai smiled softly and said: "Niao Niao, the key to the problem is not the stolen money, but the person who hid the money in your grandfather's study."
Qin E was stunned and didn't understand what she meant.
Xiao Yuehuai continued: "I originally thought that the accountant who accused your grandfather must have cooperated with others and hid the stolen money in the Qin Mansion. But after thinking about it carefully, the Ministry of Punishments seized no less than twenty boxes of silver. With such a terrifying amount, he How can we completely hide it from everyone in the Qin Mansion and transport the stolen money into a study with many guards?"
"If Mr. Qin Ge is not aware of it and can let the Ministry of Punishment find out the stolen money, there is only one way."
When she paused for a while, Qin E immediately reacted: "Do you think... there is something wrong with the Ministry of Punishment?"
Xiao Yuehuai nodded slightly and stretched out her hand to hold Qin'e's cold palm: "The person from the Ministry of Justice who came to search the Qin Mansion happened to be Min Wuduu, who had a rift with your third uncle. On the night when the lights were turned off in the Qin Mansion, Min Wutuu ordered people to come from the westernmost corner of the mansion. The search started, and the executioners were deliberately made to stay up all night, and only at dawn did they search Mr. Qin Ge's study. During this period, if he wanted to do something, it would be easy. "
"Min Wutu..."
Qin E read this person's name, her eyes calm and forbearing.
Her third uncle, Qin Shengxuan, was the Minister of the Ministry of Justice before he was dismissed. He did have political disagreements with Min Wutuan, who was the right minister. He was also extremely sinister. It was really possible that he was seeking personal revenge.
Qin E: "So, he arranged for a team of searching officials to transport twenty boxes containing stolen silver into my grandfather's study late at night?"
Soon she denied it again: "But my third uncle has always looked down on him. Most of the affairs of the Criminal Department are left to Qi Yue, the left minister, and Min Wuduan doesn't have many subordinates who take orders from him. What's more, he framed someone like this If you are not careful, the petty officials will take advantage of it, how dare he use the people registered in the government office?"
Xiao Yuehhuai: "Niao Niao, if you think about it again, Kang Rongqi, as the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, is in charge of such a deep-water job as salt affairs. Naturally, he has a group of gangsters without a roster. It is not easy to mobilize some people for Min to drive for no reason. What?"
Qin E suddenly said: "So... once Kang Rongqi knew that the secret account was stolen and that I escaped from prison, he would naturally think that the copied account pages brought in by the vegetable farmers and fruit farmers were mine. It was done in secret.”
"He is afraid of the evidence in my hand and thinks that I don't have any more help, so he takes such a desperate risk to threaten him. Therefore, in order to prevent me from really finding clues on these bank gangsters, I will let them leave. A period of time in Jinling?"
Xiao Yuehhuai: "That's right. This evening, Kang Rongqi will definitely inform the bandit leader under him that the ship will not be able to leave the port until tomorrow at the earliest. If my cousin sets an ambush at the dock, he will surely capture these people. Then he will If they take him away quietly and interrogate him day and night, they will be able to find some evidence, and by then Mr. Qin Ge's case will no longer be considered a piece of iron."
Qin E frowned: "It's just that it's really hard to wait from today to tomorrow night."
"Niao Niao," Xiao Yuehuai pulled her and said with a solemn expression, "I will just keep an eye on the Kang family. There is another matter that you need to solve in person."
Qin E raised her eyes and looked at her, and in the next second she understood her eyes: "Do you want to talk about Qingzhou Disaster Relief Bank?"
