Luo Yanjian

Follow the guards to the place where the two ministers and their families are kept.After taking a look, Xiao Chengyan was relieved, and the emperor obviously didn't believe that the two of them were such people, and they were treated better than themselves in prison.

"Chen Qi." Xiao Chengyan shouted into the prison through the iron bars.

Chen Qi stood up quickly upon hearing the sound, and seeing Xiao Chengyan standing outside, ran over happily and shouted, "Boss."

"Chen Qi...I'm sorry about the incident at the private school last time, I didn't mean to yell at you." Xiao Chengyan has always been brooding about that incident, but he has never seen Chen Qi.

"Boss, I know, it's okay, we have nothing to do with each other." Chen Qi laughed.

"Chen Qi, don't worry, I will rescue you out." Xiao Chengyan said firmly.

"Are the two accountants in Shangshu's mansion?" Wen Renman grasped the topic and asked the guards on the side directly.

Two middle-aged men in coarse clothes were brought out from another cell by guards."It's the grass-roots people."

After hearing people's clues for a while, both of them were honest people, wearing coarse clothes, if the government really took bribes, then they must benefit them, so they shouldn't wear coarse clothes, right? "There may be a typo in the account book."

Both of them were taken aback for a moment, with sweat dripping from their foreheads, and then they shook their heads one after another, "Back to the fourth prince, there is absolutely no mistake in the account book."

Xiao Chengyan on the side secretly observed the expressions of the two of them, first panicking, and after a long sigh of relief, he insisted on what he said just now.He glanced deeply at the guard beside him.He quickly said, "It seems that there is nothing wrong. Fourth Prince, let's go."

"Fifth brother-in-law... is leaving like this?" Wen Renman wondered, very puzzled.

Xiao Chengyan winked at him. "Of course there is nothing wrong."

Wen Renman agreed, "Then let's go." He straightened his robe and followed Xiao Chengyan out of the prison.

Wen Renman didn't ask until he walked out of the gate, "Fifth brother-in-law, why are you leaving? I haven't asked anything yet."

"Go to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to get the account book first, and then go to the Hou's Mansion." Xiao Chengyan walked straight.

When I arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment was locked up, so the Ministry of Punishment was managed by the left and right servants, but the right servant was my elder brother, so naturally I couldn't find him, so I went to the left servant.

"My minister sees the fourth prince and fifth son-in-law." Seeing the two coming, Zuo Shilang put down his things and hurriedly saluted.

"My lord, is my elder brother here?" Xiao Chengyan asked quickly.

"Lord Xiao is not in the Ministry of Punishment right now." Zuo Shilang replied quickly.

It's fine if he's not here, he must be fooling around somewhere again, and secretly rolled his eyes.Then he said, "My lord, can you give me the account books of the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites?"

Zuo Shilang hesitated for a while, "The emperor said that the account books can only be handed over to the second prince. A few days ago, Xiao Shilang was also asking."

Brother is also asking?Could it be that this matter is also related to the eldest brother?

"My lord, it's like this, the second brother was assassinated while hunting, and my father ordered me to investigate the matter." Wen Renman who was on the side suddenly said.

Zuo Shilang still hesitated, the account book was related to the life of Lord Shangshu, and Lord Shangshu treated him well.It's a bit difficult now.

At this moment, Eunuch Liu ran over, saluted first, and then said to Zuo Shilang, "Master Zhang, the emperor ordered you to hand over the account book to the fourth prince."

After hearing what Eunuch Liu said, Zuo Shilang was relieved.Enter the door, open the lock of a box and take out the ledger.He held it in both hands and handed it to the two of them.

"Eunuch Liu, you came in such a hurry." Wen Renman said with a smile.

"It was the emperor who told Zuo Shilang that he could only hand over the ledger to the second prince. The fourth prince would definitely not be able to take it away, so he sent our family here," Eunuch Liu quickly explained.

Xiao Chengyan took the account book and said, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang." Turning to Eunuch Liu, he said, "Thank you, Eunuch Liu."

"What's the matter with the fifth son-in-law? I hope that the fourth prince will give you justice, and you will be wronged." Zuo Shilang knelt down after speaking.

Wen Renman quickly helped Zuo Shilang up, "Master Zhang, don't worry, I will investigate this matter and give justice to the two ministers."

Back at the study room in the East Courtyard of the Hou Mansion, Xiao Kuan stood guard outside the door, which was tightly closed.

"Brother-in-law, why didn't the prison let me continue to ask questions just now? The two of them are obviously lying." Wenren asked when they were all in the room.

"Fourth brother, do you remember the expressions of the two of them? Both were taken aback for a moment, and then heaved a long sigh of relief. And the guard behind fourth brother waved his right hand lightly, and the two of them began to bite the bullet." Xiao Chengyan Touching the smooth chin.He said again, "I guess these two accountants must have something in the hands of the person behind the scenes. What's the point of asking further? It's better not to startle the snake, and the guard is the key point, and send someone to watch him."

When Wen Renman heard this, he couldn't help admiring this so-called "dandy" brother-in-law. "What brother-in-law said is true, but how to check this account book?" He said, flipping through the account book on the table.

Xiao Chengyan also checked, the previous income was a stable salary.By this month, it was hundreds of times abnormal.Quietly looking at the records of this month.Suddenly, I leaned close to the ledger and smelled it, and it had a slight garlic smell.He touched the huge number with his hand again, it was a little uneven, and he could feel it carefully.

Xiao Chengyan frowned, "Fourth brother, come here and smell this." He pointed at the huge number.

Wen Renman leaned his head over and sniffed, "What does it smell like?" He turned to the smell of the previous article and smelled only paper.

"You touch it."

Wen Renman stretched out his finger and touched it, "Brother-in-law, there is a problem with this."

Xiao Chengyan nodded, "That's right, the emperor took people to check the houses of the two adults, but found nothing, so where did the money go?" He touched his smooth chin again, "Either it was transferred, or...the account didn't exist at all. .”