Qin Shuhuai sneered, "Master Li, are you guilty?"

Li Fu knew that it was useless to argue strongly at this time, so he closed his eyes in pain and said with tears in his eyes, "Sinner...... Conviction of sin. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

Qin Shuhuai asked again, "You don't have anything to say?"

Li Fu sighed sadly, "The criminal has nothing to say. I only ask Qin Shaobao to replace the guilty minister to the emperor, the criminal minister has been in power for more than seven years, in these seven years, the sea pond has been built, the water conservancy has been greatly developed, there are no disasters in the territory, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. The sinner is willing to die to thank the emperor for his grace. ”

Qin Shuhuai couldn't help but be a little curious when he saw that Li Fu didn't even say that he opened a foreign port without permission to offset Liao and practice two salaries, and asked, "You don't have anything else to say?" Let me ask you, where did all the stolen money go from opening foreign cities and conniving at foreign trade?"

Li Fu's eyes were silent for a while, and he said, "It has been squandered by the criminals." ”

Qin Shuhuai pointed to Li Fu's simple study and said, "Squandered, Lord Li, look at your study, it's worse than the room where my family lives, and look at what you're wearing, this long shirt has two patches and hasn't been thrown away, and you are embarrassed to say that you are a corrupt official? Just like you, it's a shame for a corrupt official." ”

The weather was hot, Li Fu only wore a thin gown, and there were indeed two patches on the gown, and the shabby appearance made Qin Shuhuai a little incredulous.

Li Fu lowered his head, and the sweat on his back was already soaking through his clothes.

But he still insisted on saying, "Sinner...... The sinner gambled and lost all his money. ”

Qin Shuhuai said in his heart, according to reason, if Li Fu said that the purpose of accumulating wealth was to offset the two salaries and reduce the burden of the people, even if he could not be sentenced lightly, he would be able to have six good reputations, which would be beneficial and harmless to him, but why did he not say anything about the death? Could it be that there is something hidden in it?

This Li Fu is really interesting.

Thinking of this, Qin Shuhuai knocked on the table and said angrily and funny, "Master Li, are you a three-year-old child when I am Qin Shuhuai?

"In short, the lower official has committed a capital crime, and it is ...... to ask Lord Qin to truthfully show the emperor."

"Okay, Master Li, you know the case of the hijacking of the Yangzhou Mansion, right? I traced all the way from Yangzhou to Ningbo Mansion, do you really not know anything about me?"

Li Fu's eyes opened suddenly, "Less, less protection, the people who Yangzhou Mansion wants to take ......."

By the way, I also saved Zhao Xinian. ”

Li Fu was taken aback, "Zhao Xinian?"

Qin Shuhuai said in a deep voice, "You are too underestimated by the governor of Zhejiang." Do you think Wang Huazhen didn't know about you smuggling Zhao Xinian out of the city? Tell you, if I hadn't arrived in time, Zhao Xinian would have died a long time ago. ”

Li Fu was stunned, and thousands of anxieties came to his heart for a while.

Qin Shuhuai picked up Li Fu's teapot and took a sip of tea, and said, "Master Li, can you tell me the truth now?"

Li Fu lowered his head in despair, he knew that since Qin Shuhuai had found Zhao Xinian, everything could not be hidden.

He said in despair, "If Qin Shaobao wants to ask anything, just ask." ”

"Okay, then tell me where the stolen money you collected went when you opened a foreign city privately. ”

"Most of the stolen silver has been used by the lower officials to offset the Liao salary and training salary, and some of the lower officials have taken it to repair the sea pond. In recent years, the salaries of Liao and Lian have become more and more onerous, so that the people are not able to make a living, and the lower officials are afraid that there will be a popular uprising in the long run, so they have no choice but to secretly support those merchants to go abroad for business, collect high bribes from them, and then offset the second salary, and conceal that they have collected it from the fields. ”

Qin Shuhuai said, "I actually knew about this for a long time, why didn't you say it just now?"

Li Fu muttered, "Qin Shaobao, it is not something that the lower officials can do alone to offset the stolen money collected by the lower officials into two salaries. The prefectural ordinances, the chief bookkeepers, the tax department of each prefecture, and the tax superintendents in all parts of the prefecture must participate, and I will make false accounts together with the officials. Without their help, Xia Guan would not be able to do it no matter how great his ability is. ”

Speaking of this, Li Fu kowtowed to Qin Shuhuai violently, and said sadly, "Lord Qin, the lower officials know that they are guilty of a deep crime, and the death penalty is inevitable, but all this is forced by the lower officials to do it, and it is only the lower officials who deceive the court, and it has nothing to do with them, so I beg Lord Qin to let them go." These officials are all good officials who care about the people, at least none of them are prey-dwellers. If they all fall, the lower officials are afraid that the hearts of all the scholars in Ningbo Mansion will be chilled!"

"So, in order to protect them, you would rather say that you squandered it?"

Li Fu's eyes were scarlet, and he let out a long sigh.

Qin Shuhuai said in a condensed voice, "In addition to protecting them, you also have a trace of illusion about the governor of Zhejiang and even the Donglin bigwigs in the court, right? A large part of your stolen money is filial piety to them, why don't you say it? Do you think that if you recruit them, not only will they not be punished, but they will also intensify their efforts to put you to death? Are you afraid?"

Li Fu was dripping with cold sweat and kept dripping down.

"Li Fu, you don't want to think about it, you let Zhao Xinian out of the city privately, that Wang Huazhen has already hated you to the bone, and he can still help you? You know so many secrets, he can't wait for you to die now! Do you still expect the Donglin Party to help you?"

"Listen up. If I play this matter to the court, one of the emperors will be furious. Because you have privately resisted Liao and practiced the second salary, isn't this tantamount to saying that the emperor's second salary is unreasonable, and the emperor is looting the people's fat and ointment? Second, the Donglin Party will inevitably be angry. Coupled with the crime of opening a foreign city privately, you will be punished for several crimes, and it is certain that you will be punished for the crime of copying and beheading all the people. Not only you, but none of the officials at all levels below can escape the involvement!"

Qin Shuhuai's words were fierce and scolded Li Fu like a raging storm, making Li Fu feel cold all over, and the two trembled.

After that, Qin Shuhuai paused, took a sip of herbal tea, and then looked out the window.

After a moment of silence, he changed his words and said earnestly, "Master Li, do you know why I came to you quietly at night?"

Li Fu was stunned at first, then raised his head, and a different kind of longing ignited in his eyes.

Xindao: If Qin Shaobao just came to Xingshi to ask for guilt, he could sit generously in the hall of the mansion with a holy decree, take off his black gauze hat, and put himself in prison.

So he .......

"Lord Li, Ben Shaobao...... I want to protect you! I have to protect you. There is no shortage of corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, nor is there a shortage of Donglin people, but there is too much shortage of officials with a surviving conscience. I don't feel distressed by the absence of one Wang Huazhen, but one less Li Fu, I feel distressed. ”

After Li Fu listened, he had mixed feelings for a while, and two lines of hot tears rolled out of his eyes in an instant, and he actually fell to the ground and couldn't stop crying.