Huaiyuan City.

Ye Liuyun glanced at Shen Leng and handed him a cup of tea: "Do you feel wronged in your heart?" ”

Shen Leng shrugged his shoulders: "What are you wronged about." ”

Ye Liuyun patted Shen Leng on the shoulder: "You can understand what Your Majesty means on the one hand, and you can do what Your Majesty wants on the other hand, the work of destroying the sun will disappear because you killed two important ministers of the court without authorization, not only that, Your Majesty will also punish you." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "I can probably think of it." ”

Ye Liuyun walked to the window: "This case is too big, so big that if the people of the entire Daning know that Jiangnan Road is up and down, and the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion is rotten, the people will be disappointed in the imperial court, and they will be disappointed in the local government. ”

Shen Leng nodded: "Yes." ”

Ye Liuyun was silent for a while and then continued: "So, Your Majesty hopes that someone will make a sacrifice. ”

Shen Leng nodded again: "I know." ”

Ye Liuyun glanced back at Shen Leng and continued: "The case of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion has been designed by more than 1,000 officials, and it is already the largest case since the founding of Daning, Your Majesty wanted to press it, but the case couldn't be suppressed......."

He paused, as if in a bad mood.

"It's just a problem with one Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, if I tell you that the entire Jiangnan Daozhi Yamen County is governed by Yamen, there are at least thousands of officials involved in it, do you believe it or not?"

Shen Leng said: "Including the deceased Daofu Lord?" ”

Ye Liuyun didn't answer.

He said a little distractedly: "I'm going to finish it in a while, you can come and take a look." ”

Shen Leng knew that it was not difficult to close this case, from beginning to end, if Ye Liuyun really had no clue, then he would not be Ye Liuyun, His Majesty knew that people were good at using it, since he arranged Ye Liuyun to come, it was enough to explain Ye Liuyun's ability.

Provincial lobby.

Ye Liuyun asked Shen Leng to sit in the first place, Shen Leng shook his head and did not agree, he sat down on the chair next to the main seat, Ye Liuyun immediately sat down on the main seat, although Shen Leng Gui is the prince of the country, but Ye Liuyun is the chief official in this case, and he is the Qin cha who holds the sword of the Son of Heaven.

There were at least two hundred officials of all sizes in Huaiyuan City gathered in the lobby, and all of them were very nervous, but in addition to being nervous, there was also a kind of luck in the eyes of these people, mixed with a bit of fear, it was obvious that there was no such fear in their eyes when they looked at Ye Liuyun, but when they saw Shen Leng, who had just arrived, that fear was very clear.

Ye Liuyun seems to have never lost his temper in the nearly ten months since he arrived in Jiangnan Province, and the progress of the case is slow, and his attitude is also one of the reasons why these magistrates have become presumptuous.

"I'm not a big fan of killing."

This is Ye Liuyun's first sentence.

"So I want to persuade you to resign."

This is his second sentence.

"Resign decently."

This is his third sentence.

Here, there are more than 200 major local officials of Jiangnan Daozhi Huaiyuan County, Daozhi Yamen, County Governance Yamen, and various branches of the imperial court, they all look at Ye Liuyun, and some people say that Ye Liuyun is not crazy?

This is not one person or two people, nor ten or twenty people, but more than two hundred.

"My lord, what did I do wrong? Why do adults say such things? ”

Someone stepped forward and bowed, stood up straight and said: "My lord didn't announce anything, didn't explain anything, just gave us a sentence to give me dignity to resign, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public, I am a humble person, but among all the adults, the officials of the third and fourth grades, even if the officials want to be dismissed, it is not a matter of one sentence, the adults mean that more than 200 people will resign?" What to do in Gangnam-do? What about the people? ”

"That is, although the lord is a Qincha, he must also speak according to the evidence."

Ye Liuyun looked at Shen Leng.

Shen Leng knew that this fierce and vicious character had to come by himself.

He got up and walked into the lobby, where he walked everyone would bow their heads, no one would be willing to dare to look at a butcher, Shen Leng had led the troops all these years, who had not heard of Shen Rentu's deeds?

As soon as he arrived in Huaiyuan City, he killed more than 100 box soldiers, and before the officials in the entire Huaiyuan City could recover from the shock, Shen Leng did something even more appalling, using a stone-throwing cart to smash to death Li Shengxian, a Taoist from the second grade, and Dai Tong, the general of the box soldiers from the fifth grade, without even interrogating or convicting, he directly ordered to be stoned to death.

"Do you think you need to go through a procedure?"

Shen Leng asked.

No one answered him, who would dare to answer him?

"Behold, men are still afraid of the wicked."

Shen Leng smiled self-deprecatingly, and was also a little proud.

"You don't think there's any evidence?"

Shen Leng asked again, but still no one answered him.

Shen Leng said with some regret: "At first, I thought that the Daofu Lord who was killed was always innocent, but when I saw the evidence verified by the Criminal Department, I felt that I was a little naïve, and if I think about it, I can understand that there is such an arrogant group of people in Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, if no one in the Daofu Yamen is colluded with it, how can they be so frustrated?" ”

"An Guogong."

Someone said in a very soft voice: "Jiangnan Weaving Mansion is an independent yamen, which has nothing to do with the Taoist yamen, and is not subject to the control of the Taoist yamen......"

"You're right, but why do you have the confidence?"

Shen Leng sighed: "It's not because of the superstition law that does not blame the public, Jiangnan Weaving Mansion originally had corrupt people, by no means the majority, it was precisely because they were afraid that their greed for silver would be known and reported, so they would continue to win over people, one to win over two, two to win over four, and in the end the entire Jiangnan Weaving Mansion became their own people, so what are you worried about?" ”

"But their own people don't worry about each other, they have to worry about outsiders, originally the Taoist Yamen here has a lot of complaints about the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion, once the people of the Taoist Yamen verify the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion's greed for ink, of course they don't have a good life, so this means of attracting others to become their own people began to be used on the people of the Taoist Yamen."

Someone cautiously said: "An Guogong, speculation is just speculation after all." ”

Shen Leng was just about to speak, but Ye Liuyun stood up and said, "Next, I'll talk about it." ”

Ye Liuyun beckoned: "Bring someone in." ”

Bai Kill turned around and went out, and no one knew who Lord Ye was going to bring in.

Ye Liuyun said in a very flat tone: "Do you think I haven't found out anything in the past ten months, and I have been scolded five times without any reaction, if there is evidence, those five rolling words have already angered me, I didn't react, you think there is no evidence." ”

"As I just said, today is not a trial, today is a persuasion."

Ye Liuyun glanced outside the door, Bai Kill had already returned with someone.

He continued: "The killing of Lord Daofu seems to have been done very carefully, it seems that no evidence can be found, just found out that his subordinate Guo Xiaoniu has a problem, Guo Xiaoniu is dead, just arrived at the Tingwei Mansion, Lord Yue's body and other evidence were burned, so the clues are all broken." ”

Bai Kill led people into the door, and everyone looked over, and some of them immediately widened their eyes after seeing the people brought in by Bai Kill.

The white kill brought in a total of two people and one corpse.

The one with the shackles on his body is Guo Xiaoniu, Yue Jinglin's corpse, and Ding Moshan, the other person's Tingwei Mansion.

Ye Liuyun said: "At first, I thought that the person involved in the case was an example after all, so I didn't have to worry too much, but after receiving the news of Yue Jinglin's death, I understood that this is not a matter of one person or two people, one person and two people don't have the courage to kill a Daofu adult, at least they don't dare to kill a Daofu adult who is really upright and incorruptible." ”

Guo Xiaoniu knelt there, his face was white and terrifying.

Ye Liuyun glanced at him: "Say it." ”

Guo Xiaoniu lowered his head: "After the case of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion was exposed, everyone in the entire Daofu Yamen was in danger, especially Li Shengxian and Lord Li, many things in the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion were assisted in the transportation of material reserves in the name of transporting material reserves, once involved, Lord Li would definitely die, and General Dai would also die, and at this time, Lord Daofu persuaded Lord Li that someone had to stand up and take it to protect others, but Lord Li was naturally unwilling to bear this crime, and no one was willing. Although I am a subordinate, but because I am a close attendant of the Daofu Lord, I also get a lot of benefits from it, about 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver, at that time, the people of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion first bought me, and then lent me to contact the Daofu Lord. ”

He raised his head and glanced at Ye Liuyun, it was already at this time, he seemed to have given up struggling, and simply continued to speak.

"Lord Daofu has not been greedy for silver for so many years, people are very honest, the people of Jiangnan Weaving Mansion have thought about it for a long time and haven't figured out how to win it over, and then I gave them an idea...... Daofu and Mrs. have a very good relationship, after the death of Mrs., the adult mood has been bad, Jiangnan Weaving House people according to my way, in Dingtang County Yunxiu Mountain to build a huge cemetery, covering an area of hundreds of acres, carefully arranged, excellent feng shui, on the surface no one knows that it is a cemetery, when the Taoist Lord heard that someone tampered with the lady's tomb after being furious, I took the adult to Dingtang County, when the adult saw the cemetery was stunned. ”

"It is a cemetery specially built for the lady, there are fifty-six stone sculptures in the cemetery built according to the appearance of the lady, from the age of one to the fifty-six years old when the lady died, although it is not so similar, but the adult can't help but cry very sad after seeing these statues, even if he is honest, how can he be ruthless to smash these statues?"

Guo Xiaoniu passed there, and his voice became calmer and calmer.

"After the cemetery was repaired, the adults lived in the cemetery for seven or eight days before leaving, and finally accepted the cemetery...... A while ago, Lord Ziye invited all of you to come to the Daofu compound together, and told you that I was going to interrogate me, but I died at the time, which was fake, and Lord Bai secretly placed me in place, and then exchanged me for a death row prisoner. ”

When he said this, Ding Moshan, the branch of the Tingwei Mansion, took it and said: "Lord Ye arrived at the Tingwei Mansion, but the house where the body and evidence were stored in the Tingwei Mansion burned down, how could there be such a coincidence, it was ordered by me to be burned, but Lord Yue's body and evidence have been transferred in advance, and there is ...... In fact, on the chair that Lord Yue hanged himself on, the footprints were not so complete and clear, I wiped off the footprints on the stool and reprinted a pair of complete ones with Lord Yue's shoes, I originally wanted to lead Lord Ye to check carefully, but I didn't expect Lord Ye to be more detailed, and it was clear from a teapot that Lord Yue could not have committed suicide. ”

He looked at Guo Xiaoniu: "Tell me, how did you kill Yue Jinglin." ”

Guo Xiaoniu lowered his head and said: "Soon after the adults left that day, Daocheng Li Shengxian came back, he and Lord Yue discussed for a long time and did not discuss a way to achieve both, there is a cellar in the Yunxiu Mountain Cemetery in Dingtang County, every month, there will be a batch of silver sent to the cemetery, that is the promise of Jiangnan Weaving Mansion Lou Yu to the Taoist Lord, no matter how much Lou Yu takes, it will be divided into forty percent to the Taoist Lord, and the number of forty percent is naturally not traceable, but as far as I know, the silver sent every month is not less than 50,000 taels, There are more than sixty or seventy thousand taels. ”

Guo Xiaoniu continued: "That night, Lord Daofu and Li Shengxian talked for a long time, Lord Daofu wanted Li Shengxian to take the blame, but of course Li Shengxian did not agree, and then the two of them thought of one person at the same time, that is, Dai Tong, the general of the box soldiers, if the matter of the box soldiers assisting the corrupt officials of the Jiangnan Weaving Mansion to transport dirty silver and dirty things was pushed to Dai Tong, it should be convincing. ”

Li Shengxian ostensibly agreed to the proposal of the Daofu, but soon after he returned, he told Dai Tong, and Dai Tong was furious when he found out...... He came to find me that night, and he should have discussed it with Li Shengxian beforehand. ”

Guo Xiaoniu paused, and a trace of remorse flashed in his eyes.

"General Dai Tong said, if he comes to bear this case, it is impossible for anyone to be convinced, after all, he is just a five-rank general, if this crime is carried by the Daofu Lord, then it can make people feel reasonable, but of course it is impossible for a living Daofu Lord to agree, he forced me to join forces to kill the Daofu Lord, the Daofu will not die, I will also be implicated, I have a family ......"

Guo Xiaoniu was silent for a while and then continued: "It happened that at that time, Lord Daofu called me over, he chatted with me for a few words, and he said to me...... He said that he would confess to His Majesty, but he would not admit that he knew about the treasury in the cemetery, and that I had done it from him, saying that I had done it from him, so that he would not die, and that he would save my family as long as he lived. ”

"When I got back to the house, Dai Tong asked me what was wrong, and I told Dai Tong the truth, and Dai Tong persuaded me to kill Lord Daofu, and I was ...... At that time, I didn't know why there were so many evil thoughts, so when I went to bring water to Lord Daofu, I strangled Lord Daofu with Dai Tong, and made the illusion that Lord Daofu committed suicide in fear of sin. ”

Guo Xiaoniu swallowed a mouthful of spit, raised his head and looked at Ye Liuyun: "That's it." ”

Ye Liuyun asked: "How much silver is there in the silver vault of Yunxiu Mountain Cemetery in Dingtang County?" ”

Guo Xiaoniu lowered his head again: "Haven't the adults checked it all?" ”

"I'll let you say it."

"Altogether...... A total of more than 800,000 taels. ”

Ye Liuyun snorted: "How much silver taels did it cost to build the cemetery?" ”

"Nearly 100,000 taels."

Ye Liuyun looked at those officials, and his tone was a little helpless and a little sad: "Now do you still think that I don't have any evidence in my hand?" You should be happy, because there are so many of you that the law of the land cannot be just, and Your Majesty has to cover it so that the people will not see how dirty you are. ”

He returned to the chair and sat down: "I will go to the imperial court, and I will say that the main culprits are Daofu Yue Jinglin, Daocheng Li Shengxian and General Dai Tong, and most of you are innocent, but because you feel guilty, you will jointly write a letter to resign, and Your Majesty will agree to your request." ”

He glanced at everyone: "Now those who are willing to resign go to the left, and those who are not willing to resign go to the right, let me see how many people have not seen the status quo clearly." ”

The crowd was eerily quiet, and everyone kept their heads down.

Shen Leng coughed: "I don't have so much time to wait for you to hesitate, I'm in a hurry to go back to Chang'an, so I count to five, and those who haven't gone to the left after counting to five, I won't wait." ”

He raised his hand: "Five." ”

As soon as the words fell, people first froze, and then immediately someone ran to the left, bowing their heads and looking extremely embarrassed, the first person moved, and the next person moved more, not long after, more than four-fifths of the people all ran to the left, how ugly and ugly they ran over, no one dared to look up, no one wanted to look at each other, they knew how embarrassed and ridiculous they were now, but they could only bow their heads, resign and still live, and they could only die if they resisted.

Shen Leng looked at the rest of the people, and Ye Liuyun was also looking at the rest of the people.

There are only thirty or so people left here, and they are also looking at Ye Liuyun and Shen Leng.

Ye Liuyun slowly walked in front of those people and glanced around.

Then clenched his fists: "Your Excellency can still protect yourself in such a filthy situation, and you can still uphold your original intention, I know how difficult it is, how hard it is, in the past two years, you have cooperated with the Tingwei Mansion Qianban Ding Moshan to secretly collect evidence and investigate, I will meet you secretly after I arrive, you also know everything, I represent the Criminal Department, and also represent the imperial court, thank you." ”

He bowed.

More than thirty officials bowed down at the same time.