The distance to the door was not long, Wei Zhen walked extremely heavy and slow, there was no anklet on his feet, but it was as if he had dragged a thousand heavy burdens, when he arrived at the door, Wei Zhen's hand held the handle, and even Ma Ye could hear his heavy breathing.

Liu Han didn't speak, just picked up the file and looked at it, put it away, and the case seemed to be ready to be closed.

"Your Excellency!"

Wei Zhen's voice was a little hoarse, Liu Han looked up at him, Wei Zhen hesitated before asking, "Can the adult really protect my grandson?"

"The court handed over this case to me, how to deal with it, this official has a lot of say, with your experience as an official, I should know that this official did not lie to you. Liu Han said with a straight face, his tone and expression were very solemn.

Wei Zhen's face was numb, and Liu Han said slowly: "However, this official believes in a sentence, confess leniently, resist strictly, with your current attitude, can you get leniency?"

Wei Zhen didn't answer, and his expression changed, indicating that his mind was fighting fiercely.

Half-ringing, he slowly came over, stood still, and took a deep breath: "I'll move!"

Liu Han nodded: "If what you say is true, I promise to protect at least one of your grandsons, as for the others, if you can, you won't be involved." ”

"Thank you, sir. Wei Zhen clenched his fists expressionlessly.

Ma Ye's expression perked, he picked up the pen in his hand, and was about to start recording, Wei Zhen took a sip of water before he began to speak.

Over the span of more than ten years, from the first time I listened to Tian Ning, handed over the silk from the treasury to the Tian family, to the resale of cotton cloth last year, almost every merchant involved remembers it clearly.

The merchants who dare to do this kind of business are not ordinary merchants, and they all have the support of the high-ranking officials and royal families of the gate valve family behind them, and Jiangnan involves the Lu family, the Yu family, the Zhang family and the Huainan Wang Danyang Xiaohou two clans, and to the north, it also involves several gate valve families in Xuzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou, as well as the king of Qi and the king of Hejian County, and the king of Taiyuan who has just achieved a great victory.

Now that Liu Han is beginning to understand Wei Zhen, involving so many gate valve families and royal clans, he doesn't dare to say it if he were himself.

The more Ma Ye remembered, the more panicked he became, only to feel that he was not remembering a confession, but a big thunderbolt that was enough to shake the government and the opposition.

Wei Zhen said for a long time, and it was rare for his memory to be so good, he drank three pots of water in the middle, Liu Han interjected from time to time, and raised doubts, he answered them one by one, some of them were too long, and he couldn't remember the details clearly, but the general situation was still clear.

After the interrogation was over, Wei Zhen was sent back to the cell, and Liu Han picked up the interrogation record and read it carefully.

Ma Ye came in with the food and asked Liu Han to eat first, Liu Han sighed, put down the record, and then asked, "What do you think?"

"This is a hot potato," Ma Ye smiled bitterly: "I don't know what to do, if this case is investigated, the whole world will be shaken." ”

"The world, it's okay," Liu Han shook his head calmly, and put a piece of green vegetables in his mouth, in fact, for him, food is no longer necessary, since he stepped into the ninth grade, he can go without eating for a few days, without the slightest feeling of hunger.

"With this big victory, the political situation will not be chaotic," Liu Han said, "It's just that it's not easy to investigate." ”

Ma Ye thought about it for a moment and nodded and admitted, the people in front are all merchants, and the royal family of the gate valve family is in the back, but as long as these merchants are found, these wealthy families can be found out.

But whether it can be investigated or not is another matter, this case has involved several major gate valves in Jiangnan, and the clan has also been involved, once it is investigated, the world will be shaken.

Liu Han ate some of it casually, then sat down again, read the confession carefully, Ma Ye served him tea, and then asked carefully: "My lord, what should we do now?"

"What do you think?" asked Liu Han casually.

Ma Ye shook his head with a wry smile: "I don't know, I don't know about this, alas..."

With a long sigh, it was obvious that he was in a dilemma, but Liu Han smiled and put down the confession: "What's so embarrassing about this, copy this confession in two copies, and hand it over to me tomorrow, well, this confession is top secret, only you and I know, if it is leaked, I will never spare you." ”

In the last sentence, Liu Han's tone was very harsh, and Ma Ye knew that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly nodded and promised.

Ma Ye sat down to transcribe, Liu Han didn't leave, sat on the side, read the confession carefully again, and stopped frowning and thinking from time to time.

"This Wei Zhen is really cunning," Liu Han muttered, Ma Ye was puzzled, looked up at him, and asked, "What's wrong?"

"You see his confession, it involves a wide range, even Xuzhou and Jizhou Qingzhou, but there is no officialdom, Sheng Huai has been in power in Yangzhou for seven or eight years, has he participated, and officials from all over Yangzhou, have they participated?"

Ma Ye nodded, and Liu Han said again: "According to the accounts we found, in the sixth year of Taiding, the imperial court collected 50,000 pieces of silk and satin, and 70,000 pieces of cotton cloth, these silk and cotton cloth were sold on the spot in Wu County, and the one who bought them was Longmao Silk Village, the owner of this Longmao silk is called Tao Sheng, behind it is General Fengguo and Jiangnan Society, this Fengguo General Yan Shu is a clan, Jiangnan Society is a gang, but Wu County officials are not involved.

Moreover, in the fourth year of Taiding, there was a bumper harvest of grain in the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial court collected 150,000 hus, but only 50,000 hus were transported. The remaining 100,000 Hu were sold in Qingzhou, and the merchant who took over was King Qi behind him.

For more than 10 years, the local officials did not know anything about Tian Ning and Wei Zhen's generation, and the local officials did not know anything about it, but for more than 10 years, the local officials did not know anything about it, and this is unreasonable. ”

Ma Ye suddenly realized, couldn't help nodding, Liu Han got up and dressed up in his robe: "It seems that I have to be interrogated once, and after copying, I will send it to me together with the original, and this confession will be in my own hands." ”

Since Wei Zhen has already spoken, he is still hiding something, but it doesn't matter, since he has spoken, it is impossible to close it.

As soon as he went out, he received a secret report, and Sheng Huai came to pay a visit.

"Here it is again," Liu Han smiled faintly: "I knew today, why bother in the first place." ”

Sheng Huai seemed to be a little panicked, so he kept going up to inquire about the news, and it was estimated that he had thought of this assassination history.

Liu Han was hesitating whether to go to Ju Xian to find out the tone, Wei Bao came over, whispered in his ear, Sheng Huai sent someone to invite him to the banquet.

"When?"

"Tonight, right now. Wei Bao said, it was getting late now, and the invitation was sent in the afternoon, but at that time, Liu Han was interrogating Wei Zhen, and Liu Han had ordered that no one should disturb during the trial, so Wei Bao did not go in to report.

"Now, damn, can he invite Lao Tzu if he wants?" Liu Leng smiled and thought about it for a while: "You send someone to tell them that I have something to do tonight, I am not free, and I will be another day." ”

"Yes!" Wei Bao smiled slightly, called Li Qiao, and asked him to deliver the letter.

Liu Han hesitated a little and then ordered Wei Bao to go out with him, and instructed Zhou Sheng and Wu Qu to take people to protect Ma Ye and protect the confession, and Zhang Kui to take people to protect Wei Zhen.

"It is necessary to prevent people and dogs from jumping off the wall and taking risks. Liu Han said lightly: "There must be many people in Yangzhou who can't sleep now." ”

Wei Bao and the others smiled, after being by Liu Han's side for a long time, they were also used to his humor and knew when to laugh.

Zhou Sheng and the others took the order to leave, Liu Han took Wei Bao out of the line, he did not go to the main gate, but when he was inspecting, he jumped out of the courtyard wall next to him, and then ran towards the dock.

Along the way, they avoided the avenue and chose the alleys that were rarely crowded, and the speed of the two of them was very fast, Wei Bao didn't ask that, just followed.

Halfway through, there were occasional people, all of whom were discovered and avoided by Liu Han in advance, and the two of them quietly arrived near the dock all the way.

"You stay outside, I'll go in. Liu Han commanded, Wei Bao nodded, his body spread, and hid in the branches on the side.

Liu Han naturally didn't knock on the door, he still found the courtyard wall, stood outside the courtyard wall, released his divine sense, and after some investigation, he jumped into the courtyard.

Standing in the courtyard, Liu Han walked straight to the main room, which was lit up and there was a figure in front of the window.

To his great surprise, this courtyard was unguarded, not to mention the secret whistle, not even the open whistle, it was completely open.

When he arrived at the door, he immediately concluded that there was only one person inside, and this aura was more familiar to him, it was Fang Mei's family.

"Duh, duh, duh. ”

"Who?" Fang Mei's slightly puzzled voice came from inside, Liu Han stole the door, and replied, "It's me." ”

Fang Meishi quickly came over, opened the door, and was a little surprised to see Liu Han outside the door, but didn't ask, but let Liu Han in, and then quickly closed the door.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Fang Meishi closed the door and asked in confusion.

Liu Han looked at the room, the room was very elegantly furnished, there were a few plum blossoms in the window, licking a few wisps of fragrance for the room, and there was no other furnishings.

"You're pretty quiet here, why don't you even have a guard?" asked Liu Han.

Fang Mei replied calmly: "The concubine is no more than the Fang family's surviving people, so she needs to be guarded, this teahouse is just a gift from the deceased husband, it is neither the hall of the Cao Gang, nor the secret of the gang, so it needs to be guarded." ”

"Aren't you afraid that there will be a small person breaking in?" Liu Han seemed to be deliberately raising the bar with her.

Fang Meishi shook his head slightly: "Everyone in Yangzhou City knows whose teahouse it is, whether it is a small person or a bold person, before breaking into this teahouse, you have to think about it, besides, I am not completely defenseless." ”

"Oh!" Liu Han was a little surprised, this Fang Mei clan did not cultivate, he glanced at the room, and did not find any sharp weapons.

Fang Meishi smiled slightly: "Adults don't need to look for it, self-defense weapons, naturally carry them with you, keep them secret, of course, it's useless to adults." ”

Speaking of this, she said with a straight face: "Fang Mei, a widow, please let me know the intention of coming." ”

Liu Han smiled, turned around and sat down: "This is the exorcism, I am still your boss." "It's natural for adults to come, and little women and adults have no private matters to discuss. ”

Fang Mei's tone was very hard, leaving no room at all, Liu Han smiled and nodded slightly, obviously satisfied with her performance.

Although this Fang Mei is beautiful, it is a thorny rose, this woman is not something that can be easily provoked, and he hopes that she can stay in her current position.

"Two things, one is, did you find any new clues about Fang Zhen's death?" Liu Han didn't try again, and said: "Second, I want to help Cao Gang in the past ten years, and the amount of goods shipped every year." ”

(End of chapter)