In the Jinyiwei Zhao Prison, Li Jie sat there with a gloomy face. Huang Hua next to him was holding a thick confession. Most of the confessions were all the officials involved in the case, including their names, official positions, etc., all of which were told by Meng He and Liu Kang in person.

In addition, based on the confession of Meng He and Wu Bo, the case between Xu Zhou and Wu Bo was finally solved. Xu Zhou was ordered by Liu Kang to kill Xu Qing, and then pretended to be the illusion of suicide. As for Wu Bo, he was assassinated by Meng He.

As for the reason for killing Xu Zhou and the others, it is actually very simple, that is, Xu Zhou and Wu Bo have both noticed the food theft in Taicang. Xu Zhou was discovered shortly after he was transferred to the Ministry of Revenue. He has been secretly investigating this matter in recent years, and has finally obtained some evidence recently.

On the surface, Wu Bo seems to have no connection with Xu Zhou, but in fact, the two have already begun to investigate Taicang's theft together in private. Wu Bo wrote to the court before because he and Xu Zhou had some evidence, but unfortunately they failed to attract the attention of the court.

What's worse is that Wu Bo's letter also aroused the vigilance of Meng He and others. So in order to cover up their crimes, they first tried to kill Xu Zhou and pretended to commit suicide. They originally wanted to kill Wu Bo with the same method, but Wu Bo was already vigilant, which made them unable to find a chance for a while.

In addition, Meng He and the others did not expect that the court would move so quickly that they sent Li Jie to Nanjing to investigate the case. So in this case, they did not care about anything else and could only kill Wu Bo by assassination to achieve the goal of silence.

"Mr. The Ministry of Revenue has issued a closure order, and the closure has not been lifted, so in a short period of time, the news should not be revealed, but Meng He confessed so many officials at once, which is really a headache!" Huang Hua finally said to Li Jie with a puzzled look on his face.

"Hmph, the reason why Meng He was fearless was to seize this point. He thought that there were too many officials involved in this case, so the court would definitely not dare to do it in big way!" Li Jie sneered.

Li Jie and Zhu Yunyu had already expected this situation before. After all, there must be many people involved in such a big case, but the participation of hundreds of officials was beyond Li Jie's imagination.

"In fact, through the interrogation of Meng He, we can find that Taicang lacks so much grain. There are problems in the links from the collection to the transportation of grain. In the end, the grain was not transported to Taicang at all. This has formed a chain of interests. Everyone has gained a lot of benefits from top to bottom, so so many officials are involved." Huang Hua also said again at this time.

As the commander of the Jinyiwei, Huang Hua has also handled many cases, and there are not many similar cases, but none of them involves as big or wide as this case. Meng He and the others have told hundreds of officials. If they continue to investigate, they may involve more people.

Thinking of the above, Huang Hua also looked at Li Jie again. This case was handled by Li Jie with full authority, so it depends on Li Jie's attitude now. If Li Jie considers that the involvement is too big and dare not investigate, he may only be able to deal with a few people such as Meng He in the end. If Li Jie desperately wants to investigate, then the entire Jiangnan officialdom will be cleaned up.

Li Jie is also very confused now. Although he said before that the case must be investigated no matter what, the case is so involved beyond his imagination. If it is really investigated, the entire Jiangnan officialdom will be over. At that time, it may cause shocks in the Jiangnan region and even cause some problems.

"Mr. Prince Consort, Your Majesty has just stabilized the country and is striving for stability in all aspects, so do you see..." Huang Hua saw Li Jie silent, and finally spoke with courage.

Originally, Huang Huan became the Jinyiwei, which was a knife in the hands of the emperor. He didn't need to consider the above, nor should he say these words. However, Huang Hua was not a fool. He was really afraid that Li Jie would act voluntarily, which would cause Jiangnan to fall into chaos.

Li Jie thought for a long time, and finally breathed a sigh of relief. Then he opened the confession in his hand, took a brush and drew several names on it. Finally, he ordered Huang Hua: "Send someone to arrest all the people who were hooked up for interrogation, and then let someone get news, saying that the Taicang grain theft case has been solved, and that Meng He has nothing to do with the other people!"

"Your son-in-law, you finally figured it out. I'll do it now!" Huang Hua immediately said happily when he heard Li Jie's order. Although Li Jie didn't say it clearly, he only asked himself to arrest a few people selected. This was actually telling him that he would only capture a few main people in this matter, and as for other officials, he could only let him go.

After Huang Hua said that, he turned around and left excitedly, only arresting a few major prisoners, so they could return to Beijing to submit a business without causing turmoil in the Jiangnan officialdom. This is the best way to have both worlds.

However, Li Jie smiled calmly as Huang Hua left his back. He didn't say that he would only arrest a few of the main prisoners. This case was only temporarily understood, and he did not plan to leave Nanjing now. He had more important things to do next.

Thinking of this, Li Jie took the paper and pen on the table, was silent for a moment before he started writing a letter to Zhu Yunxiu. He had been thinking for so long just now, not just in a daze, but was considering the gains and losses of this case. Although the case had a great impact, as the saying goes, good fortune and misfortune depend on each other. As long as it is done properly, bad things can sometimes turn into good things.

Huang Hua's movements were very fast. After receiving Li Jie's order, he immediately sent the Jinyiwei. At this time, Nanjing City was also staring at the Jinyiwei's actions. After all, Meng He and Liu Kang were arrested, which touched the hearts of many officials, especially those officials with unclean hands and feet, who were even more frightened, fearing that the Jinyiwei would visit the door the next moment.

So as soon as the Jinyiwei was moved, the entire Nanjing city became nervous immediately, especially when the first Jinyiwei rushed into the Minister of Personnel Sun Hui and the second Jinyiwei rushed into the home of Li You, the doctor of the Ministry of Justice, which scared many officials, and felt that they were probably doomed this time, and some people were even ready to fight to the death.

However, it was soon discovered that there were not many people dispatched by the Jinyiwei this time. After just arresting six or seven officials in the city, they retreated and did not attack other officials.

Then news came out that the Taicang grain theft case had been solved, and the mastermind was the arrested officials. This finally made many people feel relieved. At the same time, it was also fortunate that Li Jie still had some concerns and did not intend to make the case too much.
Chapter completed!