Zhao Xianqiu was still lying on the ground convulsing and moaning, Yang Huairen said, "Zhao Geling has pleaded guilty?" ”

Only then did Zhao Xianqiu force his mouth and said, "How did Cao Jun become a bandit?" I'm afraid Lord He is mistaken. ”

He Cunbao glanced at Zhao Xianqiu with a gloomy face, thinking that you would excuse yourself, the matter was ordered by you Zhao Xianqiu, why don't you admit it now?

Yang Huairen said with a smile, "Is there a bandit or a Cao army in the courtyard, since the two of you can't say it clearly, let's find someone who can say it clearly." ”

After saying that, he waved his hand, and several forbidden soldiers escorted in a few people, and when Zhao Xianqiu squinted and saw the person who was tied up like a dead pig, he knew that his dirty things had been exposed.

Zhao Bin was tied up and pulled in by several forbidden soldiers, and there were also a few Caoyun soldiers, who were also tied up strongly.

Li Heiniu said, "Take them to the courtyard to recognize people, and see who those dead people in the courtyard are!" ”

The soldiers of the forbidden army got the order, pulled Zhao Bin and a few of them into the small courtyard, pulled away the soldiers of the box army who were injured or killed, and let Zhao Bin recognize people.

Zhao Bin was imprisoned for a few days, and he was already so decadent that he was almost out of character, the whole person looked in a trance, and his expression was also disheartened, and when he saw those people in the courtyard who were stiff and dead, he replied directly, "These are the Cao soldiers under me." ”

When Zhao Xianqiu heard the answer, he closed his eyes in annoyance. Only then did I know that Zhao Bin had long been controlled by Yang Huairen, and when I saw Zhao Bin's bear appearance, I could guess that Yang Huairen tortured Zhao Bin, and maybe he had already gotten a lot of secrets from him.

The people in the courtyard that He Cunbao led the people to kill just now were pretended by Yang Huairen with those Cao soldiers under Zhao Bin, using points or some means to prevent them from moving and talking, and then secretly placed them in the courtyard.

So when He Cunbao's people rushed in, the swords in the hands of those people flashed in the dark night, where did they have time to react that they would not move?

After a period of slashing, there were these things in the back. Thinking about it this way, this is that Yang Huairen has been eyeing him for a long time.

Whether it was secretly arresting Zhao Bin to collect evidence of the Huangtou Boshui bandits, or later ordering the generals of the forbidden army to come to him to ask for benefits, and then co-opting Xiaoshengzi to become his internal response, everything, the spearhead has long been aimed at him.

He knew that the current situation was very unfavorable to him, but it was not completely hopeless, and he pushed everything on He Cunbao and Zhao Bin for a while, believing that Yang Huairen had no substantive evidence to point the culprit at him.

Moreover, the matter of his secret vault is also very crucial, as long as they can't find a large amount of money and account books, he can say that these charges have nothing to do with him.

Yang Huairen said with a smile, "Actually, what Lord He Cunbao He said is good, these Cao army soldiers are indeed bandits, he is the bandit who hid in the Huangtou Bo and robbed the passing merchant ships on the Grand Canal!" ”

He turned to Zhao Xianqiu, "Zhao Geling, what is wrong with what this king said?" ”

Zhao Xianqiu still closed his eyes and didn't dare to speak.

The others were still a little puzzled, Yang Huairen pointed at Zhao Bin, "Zhao Yuhou, what is wrong with what this king said?" ”

When Zhao Bin saw Yang Huairen and Hu Tieqian beside him, his legs immediately weakened, he knelt down with his legs between his legs, and replied tremblingly, "What the prince said is right, these people are Cao Jun, and they are also water bandits in Huangtoubo." ”

Zhao Xianqiu suddenly exclaimed, "The prince is clear, our family doesn't know about this matter, it was Zhao Bin, who killed a thousand knives, and privately led soldiers to pretend to be a water bandit and robbed the passing merchant ships on the Grand Canal!"

As the eunuch of the head of the Caoyun Yamen, our family naturally has the fault of not being strict with his subordinates, but such evil things have nothing to do with our family! ”

"Oh?"

Yang Huairen smiled, then turned to Zhao Bin and said angrily, "Okay, you Zhao Bin, you are so bold, you dare to lead troops out of the camp in private, and pretend to be a bandit to rob merchant ships, do you know that this is a capital crime?!" ”

When Zhao Bin heard Zhao Xianqiu's words, he realized how unreliable the godfather he once trusted was, and he sold them as soon as something happened, and he didn't intend to help them exonerate at all.

He was suddenly very sad, and knelt down and argued, "The villain knows that he is guilty of a great sin, and he cannot escape death...... But there is one thing that the villain must make clear in front of the prince and everyone!

What the villain pretended to be a water bandit did in Huangtoubo, any of them was instructed by Zhao Xianqiu, the old bastard!

The old bastard said that the merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, but anyone who wants to use the canal to transport goods, and those who want to use Cao Yun to do business, in addition to the commercial tax and Cao tax to be collected by the imperial court, must go to him to pay an extra 'commercial tax', if they don't pay, let us pretend to be water bandits to loot them.

Sometimes, the villain is specially instructed to lead troops to kill one or two shipwrights or merchants or stewards who escort goods with the ship, saying that this is called killing chickens and monkeys.

The money and goods we robbed were all disguised as the stolen goods that were seized, and they were all sent to the Caoyun Yamen!

Zhao Xianqiu accepted these things, and then informed the robbed businessmen that the Cao army had chased some thieves and asked them to come to Caoyun Yamen to claim them.

But it is not free to claim, in fact, it is he who uses these goods and sells them at a discount to the merchants who lost the goods, and the merchants can reduce some losses, so it is naturally easy to fall for his tricks, and he has earned a lot of ill-gotten gains! ”

Zhao Xianqiu suddenly jumped up, pointed at Zhao Bin's nose and scolded, "Let go of your shit!" ”

He turned back to Yang Huairen and said, "Don't believe this Zhao Bin, the prince is all talking!" This guy often oppresses the good in the city, so it's not surprising that he would do such evil things.

Now that the matter is revealed, he deducts basins from our family, how can our family ever accept a penny from him and a box of goods? ”

Yang Huairen knew that Zhao Xianqiu felt that he had no substantive evidence to connect the evil things that Zhao Bin had done in Huangtoubo with him, so he dared to stand up and confront Zhao Bin.

Yang Huairen is not afraid of him like this, he said in his heart that you want to play, right, Lao Tzu has time, and it doesn't hurt to play with you.

He took out the basic ledger from a leather bag under the saddle and threw it directly on Zhao Xianqiu's face, "Zhao Geling, why don't you take a look at this basic ledger, and then let's discuss whether Zhao Bin deducted on your head." ”

Zhao Xianqiu didn't even need to look at it, he knew that these account books were secretly handed over to Yang Huairen by Xiaoshengzi, in addition to the records of him recovering the money and goods he had robbed from Zhao Bin, there were also records of him accepting bribes and bribing local officials in Jiangnan.

Zhao Xianqiu has also seen a lot of the world, and at this moment, he still refuses to admit his guilt, and still defends, "Lord Wang, what can the basic ledger say?"

Isn't it easy for some people with intentions to impose charges on the leaders of this cabinet? Isn't it simple to draw a few ledgers at random? ”