Qin Shuhuai picked up the booklet and asked, "This is?"

Zhao Xinian said, "Wang Huazhen wants to kill his father, but these are actually these two account books!"

When Qin Shuhuai heard this, he immediately flipped through it, and saw that the account books were densely written with the amount of bribes that the Zhao family had paid to officials at all levels over the years, from the commanders of the coastal guard posts, to the county orders from various counties to the governors. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 It turned out that in addition to sharing with the Ningbo government, the merchants who went abroad had to pay tribute to other relevant officials. These "tributes" in turn accounted for half of their profits.

In addition to the object and amount of bribes, it is also clearly stated whether it is cash silver or silver tickets, and the silver tickets also indicate which silver number and which year it is, which is an ulterior motive at first glance. Even in the bribe record to the governor Wang Huazhen, it was also noted that it was through the hands of his confidant Sun Qian, etc.

The last few pages of the account book are handwritten by Mr. Zhao. In the love letter, Mr. Zhao first admitted that he had ignored the imperial court's ban on going abroad (that is, smuggling), and then talked about the benefits that foreign business brought to the people. Finally, he also gave a detailed account of the governor Wang Huazhen's letting his nephew dominate the foreign port, wantonly amassing wealth, and killing several merchants for no reason, and said that if he encountered an accident, it must be Wang Huazhen's victim.

This account book is not only written by Mr. Zhao himself, but also has his handprint and his private seal in the middle of each page, to show that it is not impersonated by others.

Qin Shuhuai was amazed after reading it.

This account book is almost made according to the creation of a bribery evidence, and Master Zhao's intentions when making these two account books can be imagined. He must have wanted to rely on these two account books to save his life, but he didn't want these two account books to become the direct cause of his death.

Zhao Xinian's words also confirmed Qin Shuhuai's thoughts.

"My father knew that Wang Huazhen was ruthless, and in order to spend his old age safely, he told Wang Huazhen's henchman Sun Qian about these two account books, and told him that as long as the governor protected dozens of lives of the Zhao family, then he would bring these two account books into the coffin. My father just wanted to save his life, but he didn't want it to be these two account books that caused the Zhao family to be wiped out!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Xinian couldn't hold back his sadness anymore and cried loudly.

Qin Shuhuai said, "So, Wang Huazhen sent people to destroy the Zhao Mansion Manmen, is it to find these two booklets and never suffer in the future?"

Zhao Xinian cried for a while before he said, "That's right! It is said that Wang Huazhen was afraid that these two booklets would fall into the hands of political enemies in the court, so he tried every possible way to get them. ”

Qin Shuhuai said thoughtfully, "In this way, this logic will be straightened out." ”

Zhao Xinian knelt down again and said to Qin Shuhuai, "Qin Gang Leader, everyone in the world knows that you are a big celebrity in front of the emperor, and you are the Taibao of the current dynasty! In this world, you are the only one who can avenge the Zhao family!

Qin Shuhuai said in a deep voice, "Zhao Gongzi, get up." Since I have taken over this matter, I want to find justice. It's just that these two booklets, which are at stake for your life, need to be placed with me first, are you willing?"

Zhao Xinian said without hesitation, "After taking out these two booklets, I naturally thought about giving them to Gang Master Qin! These two books are more important than my life, and I can only rest assured if I put them in Gang Master Qin." ”

"Okay!" Qin Shuhuai put the booklet in his arms, and then said, "By the way, it's very unsafe for you here, I'm going to send you to my Jianghe Gang helm and arrange for a master to protect you, are you willing?"

Zhao Xinian didn't want to go to Dongying, but when he heard that Qin Shuhuai was willing to protect him, he naturally couldn't ask for it.

He immediately said, "Yes! I am naturally willing! Thank you Gang Master Qin!"

At this time, it was late at night, and the two chatted for a long time, and they were hungry, so they ordered some food to eat simply.

After eating, Qin Shuhuai called Meng Wei and asked him to protect Zhao Xinian from now on. At the same time, he called Li Shounian and asked him to study the route of sending Zhao Xinian to Hangzhou tomorrow to board the ship. Li Shounian has been running between Ningbo Mansion and Hangzhou Mansion for many years, and soon studied the route, and said that he would send the good men in the gang to go on the road together to protect Zhao Xinian.

Qin Shuhuai thought about it, but he was still not at ease, because Zhao Xinian was too important, and he was the most important witness. The person who wanted to kill him was the governor of Zhejiang, who not only had an excellent relationship with the local Jinyi Guard, but also probably had a lot of masters in the house. In addition, the Dark Cloud Sect may also strike again, so with Meng Wei and the brothers of the Haisha Gang, it may not be safe.

But if you escort it yourself, it will take too much time, and it will take several days to come and go.

Why don't you let the White Lotus Sect send some people over as well?

It's not enough. The White Lotus Sect is known for its intelligence, and they are not very good at martial arts. Let's just say that the great elder before them can't beat a few tricks with themselves at all, let alone the Ningbo Branch, there must be no decent masters.

If he goes, he will be relieved, but people with such a big wrist will listen to him? He followed him, just because he was curious about himself. Let him protect a person to go to Tongzhou? It's strange if he doesn't look down on him when he says it.

Thinking about it, my eyes suddenly lit up.

By the way, looking for Nan Beggar! This is Nan Beggar's territory, with his friendship with Wang Datong, how could Nan Beggars not help?

So he immediately found Li Shounian and asked, "Deputy Gang Leader Li, do you have any acquaintances from the southern beggars in the Ningbo Mansion?"

Li Shounian said with a smile, "We are all in the rivers and lakes with the beggars, how can we not know a few acquaintances? But the beggars are a big gang, although they can't talk about the top of the rack, they don't have a good relationship with us." Even our gang leader only recognizes a deputy helmsman of the Ningbo branch of Nan Beggar, and as for their helmsman, it has always been the dragon who sees the head but does not see the end. ”

Qin Shuhuai smiled and said, "Let's go, then let's go meet the divine dragon." ”

Li Shounian said curiously, "Oh, could it be that the Qin Gang Master knows the helmsman? That's good, I just borrowed the light of the Qin Gang Master to climb the friendship." ”

After saying this, Li Shounian regretted it a little. Who is the Qin gang leader? If you want to meet the helmsman of the Ningbo branch of the Southern Beggar, do you still need to know each other before you can go? What is the name of what you are asking!

However, Qin Shuhuai just smiled faintly and didn't say anything, just motioned for him to go out together.

The two rode fast horses and took advantage of the moonlight to run all the way to Ningbo in the south. Li Shounian is a local, so he naturally knows where it is.

After running for about an hour, he arrived at an ordinary-looking house, and Li Shounian said that this was the Ningbo rudder of Nanbeg.

Qin Shuhuai was not surprised at all. Most of the rudders of the beggars are still relatively low-key, and it is good that the Ningbo rudder did not find a broken mountain temple as the rudder.

Although it was an ordinary house, there was a guard at the door—two beggars in tattered clothes sat on the steps.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai and Li Shounian coming, one of the beggars took a rice stick and lit the ground, and said, "Stop, do you know what kind of place this is?"

Qin Shuhuai hugged his fists and said, "I know, Nan Beggar's Ningbo rudder." I have something to discuss with your helmsman, so please report to my brother. ”

The beggar said disdainfully, "Who are you? Do you know what time it is?

The other beggar also sneered, "That is, you think that our helmsman will see us when he wants, what do you think of us beggars? ”

Qin Shuhuai chuckled, "You guys didn't tell me that there are so many rules." ”

"Yo, do you still know us who is the leader of the club, who is Meng? I also said that I know the leader of the Jianghe Gang Qin!" the beggar with the stick sneered.