From the day after he arrived in Tan Binh City, Cao De began interrogating the detained Xu family. The Xu family's food business is outside the customs, and the core figures of the Xu family and some henchmen know about it, and most of the others don't know about it. Of course, this part of the insiders is not stupid, it was useless to resist with conclusive evidence before, this will have a chance, if you don't retract your confession, you will be foolish.

Xu Bu, the chief butler of the Xu family, even shouted in the court: "Lord Qincha, the Xu family has not done any illegal deeds, let alone collaborated with the enemy and treason, these are all Yunqing fabricated evidence to frame him. Lord Chincha, please give our master justice......" After speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.

Cao De patted Jingmutang and said, "You said that Yunqing has a grudge against your Xu family, what kind of enmity is there, you and I came one by one." ”

Xu Bu said: "After Yunqing became the chief general of Yucheng, he asked our master to take out 500,000 taels of silver to honor him. My lord, my lord has always been innocent in business, and all the properties in the family are hard-earned income, Yunqing Lion asked for 500,000 taels of filial piety when he opened his mouth, and our lord was reluctant to give it even if he had so much money in his hand. Besides, if you give it this time, it will definitely be endless in the future. But he didn't expect that Yunqing saw that my lord didn't give filial piety silver, and he was angry and didn't allow my lord to continue to supply grain and grass business. Lord Qincha, the so-called treason with the enemy is completely out of nowhere, but Yunqing covets our Xu family's property. My lord, my lord died violently in prison that night, and he must have been the poisoner of Yunqing. In order to get our Xu family's inheritance, he will do everything he can. ”

Cao De patted Jingmutang again and said, "You said that your master has 500,000 taels of silver?

Xu Bu said: "The money accumulated by the Xu family in business for five generations can be completely taken out of 500,000 taels, but my lord is unwilling to fuel Yunqing's arrogance and fill his greed, so he is unwilling to give it." If I knew that Yunqing was so frustrated, I would definitely persuade my master to give him the 500,000 taels of silver. "Xu Bu, as a confidant and housekeeper, has a rough guess about how much money the Xu family makes every year. It's just that he doesn't know where the Xu family's money is hidden. This time, in order to survive, naturally there is something to say.

500,000 taels can be taken out casually, and the Xu family has a lot of heritage. Cao De was really surprised and delighted, and he was surprised that the Xu family really had a huge amount of money, and if he recovered this money, he would definitely be a great achievement, and the prince would definitely be rewarded when he went back. Cao De asked with a stern face: "Is this true? If you dare to deceive Ben Qincha, do you know the consequences?"

Xu Bu was prostrate on the ground, trembling, and said, "Adult, give the little ones nine guts, and the little ones don't dare to lie!"

Cao De asked Tan Tuo: "Lord Tan, where is the gold and silver you confiscated from the Xu family, and how much is there?" In fact, Cao De knew that the gold and silver confiscated were in the prefect's yamen. Although he didn't know how much it was worth, he knew that the prefect's yamen only had twenty-nine large wooden boxes. I also want to know that these are definitely not all the belongings of the Xu family.

Tan Tuo didn't refute it, it was stupid to confront Cao De at this time, and said: "There are 10,000 taels of gold and 127,000 taels of silver that were confiscated from the Xu family. There are 23 boxes of jewelry, and there are 7,800,000 taels of silver in total! These things are now stored in the prefect's yamen, and if you want to go, you can go to the prefect's yamen to see them. The meaning of Tan Tuo's words is obvious, there is no gold and silver treasure that Xu Bu said.

When Xu Bu heard this, he shouted loudly: "Lord Qincha, the small sentences are true. Not counting the money that my lord hid in the secret room, even the gold, silver and jewelry in the mansion were more than five or six hundred thousand. Lord Qincha, Yunqing framed my lord for collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the purpose is to take away the Xu family's family business and money. Those gold and silver must have been greedy by Yunqing. ”

Tan Tuo stood up and said with a sneer: "Lord Cao, I have already tried this prisoner, this person not only carried twelve lives, but also resold hundreds of thousands of quintals of official grain and sold them outside the customs. His guilt is full of human and material evidence. ”

Xu Bu shouted at Cao De: "Lord Qincha, the little one is wronged, the little one has never done anything that hurts heaven and reason, how can he bear twelve lives." Those official rations are not small. ”

Tan Tuo sneered and said: "The guilt you have committed is too numerous to list, how can you get away with two sophistries of words." After speaking, he turned to look at Cao De and said, "Lord Cao, if you don't believe it, you can reopen the trial to see if Tan Mou tortured him to sign and detain?" Xu Bu said that he was wronged, which is equivalent to saying that he was beaten into a trick.

Cao De paid all his attention to the missing huge amount of money, where was he interested in redressing Xu Bu's grievances with time: "Put aside the matter of Xu Bu's life for the time being, what we have to do now is to recover the huge amount of money that has disappeared." "A million taels of silver is definitely a huge fortune. It's a pity that you can't take it for yourself after passing the clear road.

Tan Tuo was also a little suspicious in his heart, but his face was not obvious, and said: "It's just that this prisoner is talking nonsense and wants to live for two more days." ”

Cao De was convinced of Xu Bu's words, and seeing that Tan Tuo did not cooperate, he simply stopped letting Tan Tuo participate, and he took someone to investigate this matter.

Tan Ming accompanied Tan Tuo back to the mansion, entered the house, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, did Yunqing originally know that the Xu family had such a huge amount of money, and he actually went to this huge amount of money?" If it weren't for the fact that he wanted his family to help deal with the aftermath, maybe he wouldn't even tell Lord Sù if he copied the Xu family. I have to say that Tan Ming is the truth.

Tan Tuo was puzzled and said: "Xu Bu is the chief housekeeper of the Xu family, and he is the confidant of the head of the Xu family, so it is not strange to know that the Xu family has a huge amount of money." How did Yunqing know that the Xu family had a huge amount of money?" No one is a fool, Tan Tuo already knew that there was a problem when raiding the house. Not to mention the huge amount of money mentioned by Xu Bu, let's talk about the accumulation of five generations of the Xu family, which more than 20 boxes of gold and silver jewelry. He knew it was wrong when he looked at the number, but he just didn't know it. However, the Xu family has millions of silver, is this true? Did Yunqing take the money? There is no evidence, and it is only based on the confession of a prisoner, how can it be trusted.

Tan Ming said: "My lord thinks Xu Bu framed Yunqing?"

Tan Tuo shook his head and said, "No, Yunqing is very suspicious. When Yunqing raided the house, we were not allowed to interfere, only our people were allowed to wait outside, and they also packed and transported the Xu family's things, and they were transported away in the middle of the night. "These are enough to prove that Yunqing is suspicious.

Tan Tuo really thought that Yunqing was diligent and thrifty, otherwise how could he even ask for furniture, but he didn't expect that this was all Yunqing's attempt to hide people's eyes. However, even if there is a real suspicion, there is no evidence, and it is impossible to convict a second-rank general casually.

Tan Ming continued: "It is said that military generals are all reckless and brave people, but this General Yun is brave and strategic. At that time, he thought that Yunqing was really good at being in charge, and he didn't even let go of small things like mosquito nets. But I didn't expect that there was a secret hidden in the house!

Tan Tuo chuckled: "It's not better to be brave and strategic, the more capable Yunqing is, the more trouble will be in Yucheng." "Yucheng is fine, and he, the prefect, can rest easy.

Tan Ming said: "Yunqing is brave and strategic, but I think he is too bold. He dared to swallow so much money alone, such a person still has to be careful. ”

Tan Tuo said: "With so much money, he won't and won't dare to swallow it." "Hundreds of thousands of taels of silver Yunqing wants to swallow it alone, it is still possible, millions of huge sums, if Yunqing dares to swallow it, he will definitely die.

Tan Ming's eyes widened, and he said, "Could it be that Yunqing and his subordinates are all divided?" No wonder Tan Ming would think so, it's really too much of this situation.

Tan Tuo was silent for a moment and said: "It may not be divided, maybe it is used for the defense of Yucheng." Tan Tuo felt that Yunqing was not the kind of person who was greedy for money, and Yuxi had done so many good things, Tan Tuo still thought on the bright side. However, whether it is used for the soldiers and defense of Yucheng will take time to prove.

A day later, Cao De made one thing clear, the huge amount of property that Xu Bu said had been transported to Yucheng by Yunqing. Yucheng is Yunqing's territory, and it is not ordinarily difficult to recover this huge amount of money.

Tan Tuo heard rumors outside that Yun Qing was greedy for millions of silver from the Xu family, so he immediately found Cao De and said: "Lord Cao, Yun Qing is not an ordinary official, if he makes a mistake and shakes the morale of the army, and the Northern Capture Army takes advantage of the chaos to attack the city, can you afford this responsibility at that time?"

Cao De was not moved at all, and said: "The prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, and he is just a general. ”

Tan Tuo sneered after hearing this: "Breaking the law, dare to ask Lord Cao, you said that General Yun broke the law, where is the evidence?" Yun Qing is suspicious, but the problem is that Cao De has no evidence.

Cao De said: "I don't have to worry about this. Looking at Tan Tuo's appearance, Cao De suspected that Tan Tuo was colluding with Yunqing. Otherwise, why would Tan Tuo help Yunqing sweep the tail.

Tan Tuo didn't say anything anymore when he saw this, he knew very well in his heart that Cao De must have some evidence before he dared to release this. It's just that Cao De is too self-righteous, Yunqing is not an ordinary official, he is a general in a border city, and he is a general who has won the hearts of the army, so he wants to cure Yunqing's crimes with the specious evidence in Tan Tuo's hands, and he is delusional.

Cao De visited for three days, and now that he had enough evidence in his hand, he was ready to go to Yucheng. Jiang Bin, a scholar at the Hanlin Academy, said: "My lord, since the evidence is conclusive, let someone summon Yunqing over for questioning." "Jiangbin Hanlin was born to look down on military generals the most, even if this general's official position is much higher than his, he still looks down on him. This will be his status as a minister, so he naturally has to put the shelf to the fullest.

Xu Chen, the Langzhong of the Criminal Department, didn't want to go to Yucheng either, and said: "Lord Cao, I still sent someone to invite Yunqing over, and let him come here to explain this matter clearly!" Seeing that Cao De insisted on going to Yucheng, Xu Chen lowered his voice and said: "My lord, let's let Yunqing come to Yucheng to explain this matter clearly! Yucheng is Yunqing's territory, if he kills us in anger, we won't even have a place to ask for help." "Yunqing is famous for his murder, if he jumps over the wall and kills them, he will die too unjustly.

Xu Chen didn't want to think about it, Xinping City was only two days away from Yucheng, Yunqing really wanted to kill them, there was no difference between Xinping City and Yucheng.

Cao De didn't know what his psychology was, and finally obeyed the advice of Jiang Bin and the two did not go to Yucheng, but sent someone to Yucheng to invite Yunqing to Xinping City. R1148