"No sin, haha, your crime is so great... bribing the imperial envoy in person will be even more serious." Chen Xi suddenly looked at Yun Liu who was recording behind the screen, "Has the words of the prefect Zhang recorded?"

Yun Liu stood up and reported respectfully: "Reply to the words of the lord, every word is written, and it will never be missed."

Only then did Zhang Lian realize that he had been fooled by Chen Xi again and roared: "Induce offerings, you are inducing offerings!"

Chen Xi shrugged without saying anything, as if he was saying, "I'll just tempt you to confess, what can you do to me?"

Wang He next to him looked a little unfair. It turned out that the imperial envoy was not sincerely accepting bribes, but just cheating Zhang Lian in order to find evidence of the crime. Then, wouldn’t he just agree that he was also a stolen official who accepted bribes?

Zhang Lian was taken down amid the shouting, and Chen Xi smiled and said, "Commander Wang is quick-minded and can actually detect my intentions, so that the criminals can't help themselves without saying a word."

Wang He smiled bitterly... He was not quick-minded? He was just following Chen Xi's wishes and was ready to make a big fuss!

Zhang Lian can pay 60,000 taels of silver and house deeds and land deeds at one time. What is his real net worth? It seems that "three years of Qing magistrate 100,000 snowflakes" is not a rumor. As the hereditary commander of Quanzhou Guard, Wang He could only look up to him. He usually won the little filial piety and would not be enough to squeeze Zhang Lian's teeth.

Chen Xi was afraid that Wang He would worry, so he asked Yun Liu to show Wang He the recorded contents of the lecture.

It was not until Wang He confirmed that it was only recorded that Zhang Lian was afraid of death and bribed him, and did not mention his previous conversation with Chen Xi, that he felt relieved.

"The criminals have been escorted back. Please tell me the two!

After about an hour, the two-level yamen at Quanzhou prefecture and county levels, including the Tongzhi Wu Gang, the Jinjiang county magistrate Heng Shaoyuan and others, were all escorted to the Quanzhou Guard Office.

Chenxidao: "The commander of the king sent troops into the city to maintain the stability of the city. After the subordinates interrogated Duan Ming's case, they would leave Quanzhou and would not cause trouble to Quanzhou Guards."

Wang He thought about it, nodded with a hint of embarrassment, and then left the official office after giving a few instructions from the opponent.

Officials at the prefecture and county levels were taken down and everyone was in danger. Chen Xi was worried that Zhang Lian's accomplices in the city would cause trouble, and they needed officers and soldiers to maintain it, so that they could not cause changes in the city.

He saw Wang He away, and the magpies in the sunken stream were occupied. He would be the one who decided to be the Quanzhou Guard and even Quanzhou Prefecture. The most important thing at the moment is to use the Quanzhou Guard Office in Luojiang as the court to interrogate the prisoners.

Yu Niang looked worried: "Is it a bit hasty to arrest Zhang Lian and others like this? Even if the dirty silver is captured, Zhang Lian will not recognize it. At that time... it is not easy to explain to the court."

Chen Xi asked: "Does Yu Niang worry about her future or do she think she is incompetent in determining the case?"

Yu Niang heard Chen Xi's words with some alienation and bowed: "I don't have this intention. I just reminded Lord Shen that this case is of great importance. If it cannot be handled as a bad case, it may affect my future."

Chen Xi smiled and said, "Yu Niang doesn't have to choose nice words to comfort me... I said that this Quanzhou Prefecture seems to be a solid iron barrel formation, but as long as one of the links is opened, it will collapse... This is the case, and the criminals involved in the case are the same."

Yu Niang thought about it, but still shook her head to express her understanding.

Chen Xidao: "Don't worry, leave the matter to me to handle. In addition, I also trouble Miss Yunliu and Miss Xier to visit the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. The Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce sent a batch of grain and silver coins, and the grain was distributed to the victims, and the silver coins... were sent to Quanzhou Wei."

"this……"

Yu Niang looked at Chen Xi curiously.

Chen Xi sighed: "We borrowed the Quanzhou Guard's venues and personnel to do business. If there was no sign of it, Commander Wang would probably be surprised."

Yu Niang couldn't help but shake her head and smiled bitterly. Chen Xi just said righteously and refused Zhang Lian's bribes and wanted to pursue Zhang Lian's corruption and bribery. Now he actually took the initiative to "bribe" Quanzhou Wei. Is there any principle?

But she knew that in the officialdom, some things had to be more sleek. If Chen Xi did not allow the Chamber of Commerce to pay money, why should Quanzhou Wei help you contribute?

If Wang He is privately bribed and fights against him, Chen Xi is weak and has no ability to resist. As long as Chen Xi and her die, the case will become a unsolved case and the person involved will be safe.

Yu Niang nodded and arranged for Yunliu and Xier to go to the branch of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce to send money to the Quanzhou Guard Office as Chen Xi told him.

Chen Xi could quietly come to Quanzhou from Tingzhou Prefecture, but in fact, it also circled a big circle by water and land through the chamber of commerce.

Zhang Lian never expected that after Chen Xi went west to Ganjiang, he immediately mixed in the freight team of the Chamber of Commerce, boarded the boat from the upper reaches of the Tingjiang River, passed through Tingzhou Prefecture City, went down the river, got ashore at the Shanghang Ferry, and then rushed to Anxi, upstream of Jinjiang River by land, and arrived at the Qitong Port in Quanzhou again by boat. Then, he and the Chamber of Commerce delivery fleet arrived at Luojiang Town, where the Quanzhou Guard Office were located.

Yu Niang knows martial arts and it is not difficult to escape Zhang Lian's surveillance, but Chen Xi is just an ordinary literati and the top scholar in front of everyone. It is not easy to go to Quanzhou without anyone noticing.

Chen Xi sighed: "It is not advisable to go further, the interrogation must be carried out immediately."

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...

Yu Niang is very grateful for Chen Xi's help.

But Yu Niang doesn't quite agree with Chen Xi's reckless approach of killing first and then making a report.

After Chen Xi got Ma Wensheng's command to transfer troops from her, he went to Quanzhou Guard to find the commander Wang He and ordered Zhang Lian to be arrested. This was easily bitten by Zhang Lian and his followers without any evidence.

Perhaps many people will wonder that natural disasters and civil unrest are ready-made, so why is there no evidence?

But the problem now is that both the prefecture and county yamen at Quanzhou and the county level call the people involved in "resisting grain" the people. Can the people who are in trouble as evidence for the presentation? Natural disasters are facts, but the treasury is also facts. This shows that our Quanzhou Prefecture has good governance and the disaster situation has not affected the harvest. It should be commended! As for those landlords and merchants who deposited grain into the treasury, who dared to come out to testify before the prefect Zhang Lian fell? You obviously don't want to live anymore!

This is the fundamental reason why Yu Niang went to Quanzhou for a long time but was at a loss. She could not find strong personal and physical evidence!

But Chen Xi was surprisingly confident, which seemed difficult to understand in Yu Niang.

"I hope there is no accident and it will be smooth and smooth." Yu Niang had already thought about it. After Chen Xi finished interrogating the prefecture, the officials from the county-level yamen immediately wrote a letter to send it to the capital, asking Liu Daxia to make proper arrangements. Yu Niang was afraid that Chen Xi would ruin his bright future because of helping him, and was even dismissed from office and demoted.

Chen Xi sat in the lobby of Quanzhou Guard Office and shouted: "Come here, the criminal is accused of the case!"

"Take a prisoner!"

Although the Quanzhou Guard Office has a lobby, it has not been held for decades. In theory, this official office is a military command organization. The one who occasionally opens the court for interrogation is only a military household under its jurisdiction. However, even if the Quanzhou Guard occasionally commits military households, it has not reached the point of being held for justice in recent years, and everything has been solved privately.

But today, Chen Xi regards the Lobby of Quanzhou Guard Office as the prefectural government office hall, and interrogates the officials of the prefecture and county levels, and some officials are still above Shen Xi.

According to Chen Xi's instructions, the first two were escorted in at one time. One was Wu Gang, the co-magistrate of Quanzhou Prefecture, and the other was Heng Shaoyuan, the magistrate of Jinjiang. Both of them had participated in the reception of Chen Xi. When they saw Chen Xi sitting at the desk, they did not kneel down and their faces were full of questions.

As soon as the prefect Zhang was called to Quanzhou Guard, a group of soldiers surrounded the prefectures and counties. They beat and kicked them after a few arguments. They were so gentle that they could only surrender. In the end, the person who escorted us to meet us was not the commander of Quanzhou Guard Wang He?

Wu Gang asked in surprise: "What wind blows the imperial envoy back?"

Chen Xi thought about it for a moment: "Let's wind be northwest."

Wu Gang was stunned for a moment, and Chen Xi actually discussed the wind direction with him seriously.

"Kneel down!" the officers and soldiers beside them shouted.

Heng Shaoyuan's official rank is not as high as Shenxi, so he will not say anything when he kneels down.

But Wu Gang was a little unhappy. It was necessary to respect the imperial envoy, but if you were not in his position, you would not do your own affairs. You were responsible for the imperial envoys who welcomed the envoys, but you did not let you get involved in local government affairs. In addition, you are not the censor and the sixth department clerk of the Censorate. Why did you make me kneel down?

Even if I have to be examined, I should find someone who is older than me or who is in his position.

When the officers and soldiers next to them saw that Wu Gang did not kneel, they were about to move forward, but Chen Xi reached out to stop him.

Chen Xidao: "Wu Tongzhi is a fifth-rank official and does not kneel down in the sense of reason, so let's stand to investigate the case. This imperial envoy did not want to bend around the bush, and directly explained that after verified by this official, the criminal Zhang Lian, while serving as the prefect of Quanzhou, not only for his affair with foreign countries, colluded with bandits, and embezzled military achievements, concealed the disaster situation when governing the local area, and paid levies and taxes in the year of the disaster, which made the people resentful. When the food resistance case occurred, he even made a fuss to arrest and injured the people, causing civil rebellion."

Wu Gang protested loudly: "The imperial envoy has no evidence, so can't he indiscriminately accusing good people?"

"Good man, haha, are you?" Chen Xidao, "All government offices at both levels of prefectures and counties are involved in the case. How much salary do you have and how much wealth you have? Everyone knows in their hearts that some things cannot stand the investigation..."

Wu Gang didn't say anything, but Heng Shaoyuan quickly explained: "Go back to the master, I will do business at home..."

I didn’t talk about the main topic, just talking about business at home, it’s not necessary to say that Heng Shaoyuan is already afraid... The origin of the huge property is unknown, so this is not easy to explain, so I can only find another way!

Although the reputation of doing business is a bit unpleasant, it can at least be cleared of the charges. The situation is critical and there is no need to worry about the reputation.

No matter which dynasty, the stolen officials often dare not spend money randomly after embezzlement, and could only hide the money and wait for several generations before taking it out for use. Even in the era of paper money, the stolen officials' habit of stolen officials hiding money has not changed.

Compared with ordinary people, money cannot be revealed after becoming an official!

Chen Xidao: "I have no time to care about whether anyone in your family is doing business. I just want to remind you that if Zhang Lian is reported, he may be able to make meritorious service and be exempted from punishment, otherwise..."

Wu Gang's attitude was firm: "The imperial envoy needs no more words, and I will never frame Shangguan."

Chen Xi clapped his hands and said, "Okay, I am the imperial envoy who admires Wu Tongzhi's spirit of self-sacrificing himself. You are unwilling to testify. There are so many people at the two levels of Quanzhou Prefecture and County, and there will always be testifying... Wu Tongzhi, do you believe it or not?"

Wu Gang sneered: "There are many people in the world who are greedy for life and fear of death, and the subordinates will not argue with the imperial envoy. Justice is in the hearts of the people."

Chen Xi smiled and said nothing. Instead of asking the soldiers to take the two out of the lobby, he blocked the two and asked them to go to the back hall for trial. Through the curtain, he took a good look at the faces of the people at the prefecture and county levels and the county yamen.

It was originally a group of corrupt villains. After Zhang Lian fell, he hoped that they would keep their mouths tight, which was a fool.

"Take a prisoner!"

Chen Xi brought two criminals in at a time, which is more particular than pulling one person to the court at a time.

If you come to court alone, no one around you will be uneasy, but you don’t know the attitude of others and don’t dare to be the one who comes out of the forest, because when you are in court, you will easily reveal your identity as "Erwuzi", which will harm your family, so no one dares to “rrection” easily.

The two of them came to the court, and in order not to reveal the news, they would not admit their crimes, nor would they dare to testify against their superiors, because they were afraid that the other party would leak their secrets. But once they left the court and were uneasy, the two of them would discuss countermeasures. After a while, they would think that anyway, some people would be worried about it with them, and they would not be so scared.

But if there are more than three people, they will have a herd mentality. If others don’t explain it, I won’t explain it either. The law will not blame the public!

"Super the emperor, please spare me!"

The second group of people came in. Because their official positions were not high, before Chen Xi could speak, the two of them had already knelt on the ground and kowtowed nonetheless.

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