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Xuzhou camp.

The truth about the White Duck Slaughter case in Jiangyang County came to light, Xiao Wence and Lu Liangshi were imprisoned, and the capital of Huainan Province lost all face.

Originally, this story didn't spread so quickly or widely, but with the help of the shit-stirring Zheng Chuzhi, it was hard to catch the opportunity and not beat the princelings to death?

Huo Jingtang, who was in Yangzhou, also helped add fire, and An Huaide, who was camping in Xuzhou, soon knew the ins and outs of the development of the matter.

After receiving the imperial envoy and listening to the message, An Huaide sat in the lobby of the camp mansion and drank tea leisurely.

The left staff officer said: "The imperial envoys set up traps in the courtroom at every step. They used an unjust case and a Lu Liangshi to trap Xiao Wence and Sima Jiao, and even made you summoned for interrogation. The city is quite deep and should not be underestimated." watch for."

Staff officer on the right: "The imperial envoy is really interested in Peigong, and he has come to purge Huainan's officialdom with the help of the unjust case. Commander, you are the model of Huainan's officialdom. Officials, big and small, are the only ones to follow. If something happens to you, the entire Huainan officialdom can be easily defeated, Prince The layout in Huainan has been empty for many years."

Staff Officer Zuo: "This game is aimed at the commander-in-chief! Lu Liangshi and Xiao Wence are nothing but young men, but the real purpose is the commander-in-chief. If they come to Jiangyang, they will be taken down first and then played, and the imperial envoy will be detained later. charge."

The staff officer on the right said affirmatively: "This is a Hongmen banquet where all the shackles and shackles go into battle, and it is specially aimed at you, the commander-in-chief."

An Huaide: "But the imperial envoy represents the face of the Holy Majesty, and I am inseparable from this unjust case, so the imperial envoy has to be summoned. If I go, I will be in the urn. If I don't go, I will slap His Majesty's face. What do you think I should do?" manage?"

The left and right staff thought for a moment and said: "If you have it, the disaster relief money has been robbed. Your Excellency, you must stay in Xuzhou to retrieve the disaster relief money and investigate the chaotic party as an excuse to evade the summoning of the imperial envoy and send a cronies to pass the message on your behalf."

An Huaide: "Is it feasible?"

The left and right staff were decisive: "It's just a case of injustice, although there is some personal grievances between you and Song Tixing, but in the end it is Lu Liangshi who presided over the trial, and the person who colluded with Lu Liangshi knowingly broke the law and deliberately framed Deng Wen'an was Xiao Wence, and your lord. It doesn't have much to do with it, at most it's dereliction of duty, but it's nothing compared to recovering the disaster relief money and the tens of thousands of victims in Xuzhou. Even if it's an imperial envoy, once it involves 200 million disaster relief money, Huainan disaster victims and rebellious parties , he also has to weigh it, which of the two is more important, can he not know?"

"Well." An Huaide thought deeply: "It's just that we can't delay dealing with the rebellious party. It has been confirmed that the supervisory censor Zhang Conglu was burned to death by the rebellious party, but the fishermen in Yujiazhai harbored the rebellious party. Whether the case can be settled or not will require three trials. Both Song Tixing and Sima Ducao have been detained in Jiangyang County, and the old man is not allowed to demand someone in person?"

"The lower officials think it is still necessary to delay. Because of the epidemic situation, the imperial envoy mobilized the two battalions of the Huai Army and the Southern Army to guard Jiangyang County. If you go now, you are throwing yourself into a trap. But the lower officials heard that the epidemic is about to be resolved. According to the general situation According to the law, the epidemic situation has improved. Where should the two battalions return? They cannot stay in one place for a long time. As soon as the battalions leave, you will take Xin and Yang to Jiangyang in person. Please go to Song Tixing And Sima Ducao. As long as the imperial envoy has no soldiers, we can take the opportunity to enter, take away people first, and quickly solve the case of the chaotic party in Xuzhou. After the dust has settled, we will decide what to say. The imperial envoy will think again It is also difficult to overturn the case, and by that time, it will be possible to follow him to hold Deng Wen'an's case."

An Huaide thought for a while, then laughed: "It is indeed a good plan."

The left and right staff officers asked cautiously: "I don't know the cronies sent to Jiangyang, sir, do you have someone in mind?"

They were all a little worried that the person who was sent was themselves, so they were worried at the moment.

An Huaide saw their thoughts, and laughed to comfort him: "Don't worry, I won't let you go to Jiangyang County to be enslaved by imperial envoys. This is the candidate, let Sun Shen go."

The staff officers on the left and right were so grateful that they got up quickly and said in unison: "You are handsome and wise!"

***

After seeing off the left and right staff officers, Sun Chengyi walked out from the back of the hall.

An Huaide: "Have you heard everything?"

Sun Yingyi nodded.

An Huaide: "I'm sending you to Jiangyang County this time, one is to test the tone of the imperial envoy, and the other is to protect Lu Liangshi."

Sun Chengyi was surprised when he heard the words: "Why protect Lu Liangshi? He is stupid and has no talent. Not only does he implicate you, but he is also the former subordinate of the King of Qin. I don't see any use for it. It is a good thing to die early."

An Huaide drank his tea and calmed down: "Lu Liangshi is a stupid villain, but villains also have their own way of life. Do you know why Sima Jiao went to Jiangyang County to save Lu Liangshi himself?"

Sun Chengyi frowned: "Isn't Sima Jiao going to rescue Xiao Wence?"

An Huaide: "Xiao Wence was recruited not long ago, and it's not a pity to abandon him. Why did Sima Jiao make himself feel so obsessed because of him?"

Sun Yingyi: "Where does Lu Liangshi's value come from to persuade Sima Jiao to protect his life?"

"Embezzlement of public funds." An Huaide smiled: "I only recently discovered that Lu Liangshi has been sending women to other people's backyards in private. Every year when there are some natural or man-made disasters, there will always be a group of prostitute women. Lu Liangshi will send someone to come forward." Buy it. Look good, send it to the official's house, send one here, another one there, even Sima Jiao's backyard has several of his people. A little wind blows on the pillow, how many help Lu Liangshi figured out a way to save his life."

"Sima Jiao stood on the sidelines when dealing with the rebellion, which shows that he has already suspected me."

The crown prince and the fifth prince obviously didn't touch the relief money, and they didn't believe in the actions of the rebellious party. There were only two people in Huainan who were most likely to touch the relief money and direct and act on their own, Sima Jiao and An Huaide.

If Sima Jiao is excluded, An Huaide is naturally left, and Sima Jiao will inevitably become suspicious.

"If I have a problem, Sima Jiao must try to get rid of me and find a confidant to replace me as soon as possible. So he waits and sees and needs me to handle the Xuzhou rebellious party including Zhang Conglu's case. His focus is on Xuzhou. Injustice cases and imperial envoys are still on the table." Not enough to attract him to Jiangyang County in person, unless there is something enough to kill him."

"A ledger of embezzlement of public funds?"

An Huaide nodded.

"Lv Liangshi... still has the ability to save his life?" Sun Chengyi was shocked, and then asked, "Will you be implicated?"

"Sima Jiao was wary of me. If he didn't want to raise soldiers and didn't know how to train soldiers, I wouldn't have known about his embezzlement of public funds every year. Although the embezzled money was sent to me every quarter, he didn't If you dare to expose that the prince is raising private soldiers, even if you are investigated, you will first burn the account book that sent money to me."

An Huaide looked at Sun Chengyi: "Before being exposed, Sima Jiao will try every means to get rid of Lu Liangshi, and your goal is to keep him."

Sun Yingyi nodded: "I would like to obey the commander's order."

***

Jiangyang County Inn.

Adjutant Cui rushed into the courtyard where Zhao Baiyu lived, took off his hat and suppressed his anger, and said: "An Huaide refused to come, and only arranged for a councilor to come for questioning, but the excuse he used was the loss of Xuzhou's disaster relief money and tracking down. Chaotic party, I really have no choice. Mr. Zhao, what do you think should be done?"

Zhao Baiyu handed him a cup of tea: "Calm down."

Adjutant Cui finished his drink in a big gulp, gasped and said: "Master Zhao, I'm not a smart person like you. You can see ten steps in one step. I belong to the kind of person who can't see the way under my feet after one step. It's like being burned, if you can't lure An Huaide over, won't you be unable to save the fishermen in Xuzhou?"

Zhao Baiyu: "I didn't expect an unjust case to deceive him."

Adjutant Cui was curious: "Is there a way out?"

Zhao Baiyu: "My goal is Sun Yingyi."

"Sun Chengyi..." Adjutant Cui was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized: "Yes! Huang Qingshang is still here, and she can identify Sun Chengyi's participation in the two cases of Jiangnan Huangshang's massacre and the robbery of disaster relief funds, which can prove that the disaster relief funds It is not the work of the rebellious party, and has nothing to do with Yujiazhai."

Zhao Baiyu: "So did you catch someone?"

Adjutant Cui got up quickly: "Sun Chengyi is at the post station, I will take a few people to arrest him now. Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I can't talk about official plots and tricks, or arrest people when talking about martial arts. No thief can escape from my hands." .”

"Wait a minute." Zhao Baiyu called to stop him: "After Sun Chengyi is caught, he will be locked in the cell next to Lu Liangshi."

"Why?" Adjutant Cui was puzzled.

Zhao Baiyu: "I want to get out the account book that Lu Liangshi said. Someone wants to kill Lu Liangshi, and when Sun Chengyi finds out, he will try his best to protect Lu Liangshi."

What do you mean?

do not understand at all.

Adjutant Cui pretended to understand and nodded, turned around and left. In less than an hour, he sent back the news that he had controlled the person and locked him next to Lu Liangshi's cell.

After Zhao Baiyu finished listening, he replied "Got it" and turned his attention back to the book. The incense thread on the desk by the window was burned out, and the last bit of incense ash fell, and Yan Bing's voice came from the door.

"Goro, here's a letter."

Zhao Baiyu raised his head: "Bring it here."

Yan Bing handed the letter to Zhao Baiyu: "It's a letter from the King of the Little County... It's strange, before Hai Dongqing sent the letter, so why is it Feige passing the letter this time?"

Zhao Baiyu opened the letter: "Huo Jingtang is in Yangzhou, it's close to here, so there's no need for birds of prey."

Yan Bing was not interested in the contents of the letters between the two of them, so he turned around and went to the window to change new incense sticks, and by the way, replace the flowers and fruits in the house.Zhao Baiyu read the letter at a glance. Although he had expected it, he was still surprised when the certain moment came.

After being surprised, he thought about countermeasures. How to get out of the mud of Huainan officialdom and catch them all in one go?

Zhao Baiyu came to the desk, picked up the pen but couldn't write a word, at this time Adjutant Cui ran into the room in a hurry and almost collided with Yanbing.

Adjutant Cui: "Sun Chengyi is being interrogated, but his bones are so hard that he can endure any kind of torture, and he just refuses to confess. I asked Huang Qingshang to identify him in front of him, and this guy can still speak stubbornly and argue that Huang Qingshang admitted the wrong person, and vice versa Scold me for murdering the imperial court official... Pooh! He is the only court official? A dog official who murdered for money!"

"By the way, doesn't Lu Liangshi lock up the cell next door? I specially chose a cell where he could see the torture and greet Sun Chengyi in turn. The dog was so frightened that he passed out and peed in fright."

Adjutant Cui laughed loudly, and then said distressedly: "I'm so scared to such a virtue, Lu Liangshi still hasn't let go of the account book."

"As expected." Zhao Baiyu: "The account book is Lu Liangshi's only life-saving straw. If you lose it, you will die. What's more, if we put him together, he may be more careful about us now."

Adjutant Cui nodded, and then asked: "What did Sun Yingyi say? How about releasing the news that Huang's orphan girl is still alive, and that Sun Yingyi is the only witness who killed people and robbed disaster relief money, and scare An Huaide into a panic?" ?”

"If An Huaide is so easily frightened, he won't be able to be the commander-in-chief of a province."

"Then what's the matter? Sun Yingyi was detained in Jiangyang County, An Huaide will know sooner or later, and the Huai Army and Southern Army that were originally stationed in Jiangyang will have to withdraw to their camps tomorrow morning. What if An Huaide led the army to kill us and caught us off guard? ?”

"We still have one big move left."

Yan Bing came to join in the fun: "What's the big move? Goro, come and listen to me."

Zhao Bai didn't raise his eyes: "Have you memorized Chapter 32 of the Doctrine of the Mean? Do you understand the meaning?"

Yan Bing immediately silenced the drums and silently returned to the corner to recite the Four Books silently.

Adjutant Cui followed Yan Bing's words and asked about the big move, and Zhao Baiyu said it was 200 million taels of disaster relief money.

"But we don't know where the relief money is."

"You little county king knows."

"The king of the small county... the general knows? The general came to Huainan to investigate the case of the robbery of the relief money? Did you find the whereabouts of the money? Where is it? When will you go to get it back?"

Huo Jingtang's whereabouts were hidden from others, and Adjutant Cui did not work with him, so naturally he was also kept from it.

"The silver is in Yangzhou."

"It's not far from here, Mr. Zhao, you immediately dispatch your troops to get it back—"

"That sum of money is now a hot potato, and it won't work if it falls into our hands."

"How to say?"

Zhao Baiyu shook his head: "You can't say it."

Adjutant Cui: "..." Mr. Zhao is becoming more and more like a general who likes to play tricks, so he feels very uncomfortable. "By the way, the general told you about Yin Zi?"

"I guessed it. I wrote to ask, and he said so."

How could Mr. Zhao guess that the general knew the whereabouts of Yin Zi?Is this the tacit understanding between lovers?

Adjutant Cui unconsciously expressed his doubts, and Zhao Baiyu gave a strange look: "You have a big brain. Huo Jingtang said that he was in Yangzhou when he corresponded with me. I wondered why he was in Yangzhou when he was free. If it was for me Why didn't you come to Jiangyang County? If you came here because of the epidemic or Zhang Conglu's case, the former has been resolved, and the latter is enough for me to be an imperial envoy. If all reasons are ruled out, then the last possibility remains. "

"Xuzhou disaster relief bank was robbed."

Zhao Baiyu thought of what he wanted to say, and immediately wrote it down: "Since the money was robbed in Xuzhou, why did Huo Jingtang stay in Yangzhou? Unless he knew where the money was."

Adjutant Cui subconsciously asked why he didn't snatch the money back since he knew it was in Yangzhou. After speaking, he realized that he was back to the question of "why the money is hot", but Zhao Baiyu wrote the letter by himself, as if he didn't hear it.

Knowing that it was not the reason he could know, Adjutant Cui wisely shut up.

Zhao Baiyu was also sighing in his heart at this time, whoever got the money would be in control of the initiative, who knew that the person who grabbed the disaster relief money could have something to do with King Jing, who was known as the virtuous king in the previous dynasty?

Huo Jingtang wrote in the letter: [The Hua family once worked with the ancestors to overthrow the previous rule and divide the world equally.The holy ancestor arrived in Kyoto in one step and proclaimed himself emperor. Huashi had to retire as a minister. To appease Huashi, the holy ancestor gave Huashi a Danshu iron certificate, stating that no matter what law the descendants of Huashi committed in the future, they would not be convicted.With the gold medal for avoiding death in hand, Fahrenheit was willing to give in, but the three generations of Fahrenheit's descendants faded away and quickly declined. Until Hua's daughter was born, there were no other heirs in the family.The orphan girl of the Hua clan entered the East Palace as Liangdi, a virtuous and virtuous concubine, and was later named Concubine Shu, gave birth to a son, and was given the title of Prince Jing when she became an adult. 】

Orphan Fahrenheit is Huo Jingtang's grandmother.

【Fahrenheit's Danshu iron certificate was left to King Jing, it can save his life at any time. 】

[A few years before His Majesty ascended the throne, the government was in chaos, and he was stymied by Prince Jing's Clan in everything, and he was almost forced into the palace.The things my father did in the early years are enough to kill him several times, but unfortunately, with the iron coupons of the Dan Shu in hand, His Majesty has nothing to do. 】

This is the fundamental reason why silver is hot.

The disaster relief money is hidden in the Jichang Villa under the name of King Jing, and it is clear at a glance who robbed the official money.

This encounter is a good explanation for why An Huaide, who is a member of the prince's family, wanted to rob and kill the relief bank, because he is actually a member of the Prince Jing's party.

On the surface it was raising troops for the crown prince, but in reality it was raising the Northwest Army in King Jing's hands. It has never given up its plan to usurp the throne for more than [-] years, and it is also persistent enough.

King Jing has a gold medal in his hand, and he cannot be killed if he is exposed for robbing disaster relief money or killing the court officials. At least there is a reason to take away the military power in his hand.

The problem is that there are a large number of forbidden soldiers in Jichang Villa, which means that the soldiers raised by King Jing are in Yangzhou Prefecture.

Seeking to usurp the throne is a crime against the Nine Clans, and it cannot be applied to King Jing. After all, Emperor Yuanshou is also in the Nine Clans, but under such a serious crime, he must be able to kill King Jing, right?

Well, you can't.

Can the iron coupon of the alchemy book bestowed by the founder of the country be ignored?

Certainly not, especially after the founding of the country, the decline of the three generations of Fahrenheit made people feel anxious. Everyone didn't say anything publicly, but privately guessed whether the royal family was afraid that Fahrenheit would not be reconciled, and one day suddenly jumped out to usurp the throne, so they quietly murdered the family's heirs.

Not to mention, the rumors are well-founded, and Zhao Baiyu believed them a little before.

If the iron certificate of the Danshu is abolished, wouldn't it be based on folk rumors that Fahrenheit's descendants would be killed?

What's more, it is the golden mouth of the holy ancestor, who dares to move?

Going back to the original question, the irrevocable Danshu Iron Coupon and Dajing law conflict with each other, how to solve it?

Whoever exposes it, whoever solves it, and whoever is the first to take the credit, is the one who stands out.

No one can solve it. Once it is pierced, it will directly tear the face of Emperor Yuanshou. Back then, the first emperor almost abolished the crown prince and replaced him with King Jing.

After ascending to the throne, he was embarrassed by the King Jing's Clan everywhere, and it took a lot of hard work to get rid of the King Jing's Clan, but after more than 1 years, he still couldn't deal with King Jing, let alone the Northwest soldiers in King Jing's hands. It was the heart disease that Emperor Yuan Shou hated to get rid of.

The four princes of this dynasty were once favored by the emperor, and when they were young and ignorant, they said a good word for King Jing, but they were immediately rejected by Emperor Yuanshou, and they moved out of the palace quietly as adults. It was only when the queen arrived that the prince made the decision to allocate a mansion to live in.

This shows how much Emperor Yuan Shou hated King Jing.

Right now, exposing Prince Jing, but due to Dan Shu's iron coupons, he can't kill him, is tantamount to slapping Emperor Yuanshou in the face again, and hitting him harder than ever before. There is no place to vent his anger on Dan Shu's iron coupons, and those who take the initiative to expose this difficult problem to Emperor Yuanshou will bear the brunt of it.

So it's hot.

Zhao Baiyu also found out that the money raised by Prince Jing's private soldiers to usurp the throne came from the Prince's Gate Party, from the people's fat and people's ointment seized by the Sima Clan, and from the Yuanshou Emperor's treasury and internal treasury. A barrel of scalding hot oil poured over a roaring fire.

"It's no wonder that Huo Jingtang guarded Yangzhou for so long, and he didn't move. But even if he didn't have the iron certificate of the alchemy book, he couldn't do it himself."

Although it is righteousness to kill relatives, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will say that he killed his father to steal merit. After all, the ancients valued filial piety, and if they deliberately slandered a person, they could find a bunch of sages and interpret them at will, and use this to attack political opponents. I have to admit that the effect is very good.

Fortunately, the hotness of this matter overwhelms the trivial filial piety, Huo Jingtang and Zhao Baiyu are smarter than the other, and they don't plan to pick up this hot potato in person.

Zhao Baiyu drew a pen and asked: [It is about the stability of the government and the justice of the people. This matter cannot be avoided, and we still have to find a way to solve it, but will it hurt you? 】

Regardless of Huo Jingtang's private secrets, at least on the surface he and Prince Jing are still father and son.

Then he wrote down his plan and found out that Sima's embezzlement of public funds, trying to use An Huaide's military training, but was used as a money basket, and clearly explained to him.

After finishing writing the letter and sending it out, Huo Jingtang immediately received a reply the next evening: [An Huaide sent people to pretend to be robbers and kill the whole family of the Huang family, the imperial merchant in the south of the Yangtze River, in order to rob the ten thousand year blood amber. 】

Zhao Baiyu suddenly became enlightened, and he couldn't figure out why An Huaide went to the south of the Yangtze River to destroy other people's families without any injustice or enmity.

Thinking about the timing, Huo Jingtang could be said to be the trump card in Emperor Yuanshou's hands. If he didn't have the poison in his body, if he was given another ten years, he would definitely be able to subdue the Northwest Army.

King Jing was deeply threatened, and wished Huo Jingtang would die quickly, so he killed Huang's family one step ahead of time, and wanted to snatch Wannian Xuepo, but he didn't expect Xuepo to be hidden in the brothel woman's boudoir.

"Even fathers and sons who don't have feelings would be a bit hesitant when plotting their lives. They would directly kill people without worrying about karmic obstacles. It feels like it's not just purely based on profit considerations, but maybe there's also some... hate?" Zhao Baiyu said to himself. .

Perhaps Prince Jing also suspected the relationship between Huo Jingtang and Emperor Yuanshou?

The love and hatred of the previous generation is somewhat complicated.

***

late at night.

More than a dozen men in black sneaked into the prison in Jiangyang County without a sound. When they found the target cell, they cut off the chains and rushed in, mercilessly cutting down on the figure in the haystack.

After several dozens of cuts, there was no blood splattered, and he hurriedly opened the haystack to find that there was still a haystack underneath, and there was no one there!

Oops, fell into the trap!

The man in black immediately turned around and wanted to run, but the fire was bright, and the cell was surrounded by officers and soldiers, the leader was Adjutant Cui.

Adjutant Cui: "It doesn't matter if you live or die, take them down!"

Officers and black-clothed assassins fought each other. Adjutant Cui rushed in with a knife in his hand. The knife was ruthless and fast, and the situation was overwhelmed instantly. Outside the crowd, Yan Bing greeted a few officials: "Hurry up! Beat the gongs, beat the drums, shout!" 'Somebody's robbed', louder—louder!"

The screams outside woke up all the prisoners in the prison. Lu Liangshi in the innermost prison was frightened and rushed to the door to ask the jailer what was going on.

Jailer: "You are dying, and you still care about whether others will rob the prison? You have a big heart."

Another jailer: "What kind of prison robbery? I think it's murder to silence! How can there be a prison robber who rushes into the cell and hacks and kills?"

The jailer had something serious going on: "Hey! I think it's probably because he has done all kinds of evil things, and he couldn't vent his anger when he was locked up in prison, so he came here to assassinate... But it seems that he found the wrong person?"

Another jailer: "It's a mistake. It's so miserable. The waist was cut off, leaving a layer of skin attached, and the intestines fell all over the ground. I crawled on the ground and grabbed the trouser legs of the imperial guard and shouted, 'Help...help me'." ...'."

"Stop talking, bad luck."

The two jailers gradually walked away, and Lu Liangshi was left paralyzed on the ground. He was so frightened that he was stunned. When he came back to his senses, he suddenly found that there was a dead silence around him. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. The iron chain asked the person inside: "Are you Lu Liangshi?"

Lu Liangshi shuddered all over and peed in fright.

The voice next door said weakly: "I am not. If you are looking for Lu Liangshi, the former magistrate of Jiangyang County, he is in the cell next door."

What!Lu Liangshi was startled, he caught a glimpse of a black shadow coming from the corner of his eye, and immediately slammed the cell door and shouted: "Come here! Come here—there is an assassin! Help—help me, I said...I will tell you where the ledger is— -belch!"

The man in black held up the machete, and the moment he was about to chop it off, his neck was twisted, and the body fell down, revealing Sun Yingyi, whose body was full of torture marks.

Sun Chengyi looked fiercely and said: "Lu Liangshi, if you want to save this life, you'd better climb another big tree. Whether it's the imperial envoy or Zheng Guogong's mansion, no one can protect you, except Shuai An!"

Handsome envoy?Lu Liangshi quickly crawled over: "I am willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and beg Sun Shenshi to save my life."

Sun Chengyi: "Tell me, where is the account book? I swear with this life that I will save you, otherwise I will die a terrible death, and after death, I will enter the nineteenth purgatory and be tortured for hundreds of generations!"

The oath was poisonous and ruthless, but at this moment, Lu Liangshi, who had no master in his mind, was like a needle in his heart, telling him the hiding place of the ledger without reservation.

Adjutant Cui, who secretly let go of a man in black and followed him, hid in the dark, saw the whole process and heard their conversation.

After knowing the answer, Adjutant Cui deliberately made noise and asked the other criminals, "Did you see an assassin running here?"

Surprised, Sun Chengyi sent Lu Liangshi back to the cell, and told him that he must never trust the imperial envoy and Zheng Guogong's mansion, then grabbed the assassin's knife and cut himself, fell to the ground and looked extremely weak.

Adjutant Cui came in, checked the body first, confirmed the death, and then checked Sun Chengyi: "With such a serious injury, he can still kill the assassin. His life is hard, and his skill is not bad. It's a pity that Mingzhu didn't go the right way."

Sun Chengyi grabbed Adjutant Cui's wrist and threatened: "I am the counselor of the Huainan appeasement envoy, an upright official of the imperial court. You don't have enough evidence to kill me! Find a doctor...help me!"

Adjutant Cui: "Don't worry, your life is still useful."

Only then did Sun Chengyi pass out in peace.

***

Inn.

Adjutant Cui told Zhao Baiyu the hiding place of the ledger, "I have sent someone to look for the ledger, and I should be able to get it at dawn."

Zhao Baiyu: "Have you seen Sun Negyi with the doctor?"

Adjutant Cui: "Not yet."

Zhao Baiyu: "I guess he will use this to find a way to spread the news of the account book's hiding place. You don't need to stop it deliberately, just let him send the news to An Huaide. In addition, call the whole county to be accountants immediately."

Adjutant Cui was puzzled: "What are you doing?"

"I need them to help me make a fake account overnight." Zhao Baiyu said with a smile: "You put the fake account in the place of the real account, and when it reaches An Huaide, try to let Sima Jiao know. They I'm sorry to tear my face apart, so I'll do a little favor and give them a push."

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The author has something to say:

In fact, the case is not difficult, but you have to make good use of the official rules, be careful not to be caught by others and refer to the book, and you have to figure out the meaning of the above, especially the emperor's mind.

The system is troublesome. Now if you make a mistake, you will lose your job. In the past, if you make a mistake, you may lose your head and your whole family.