Chapter 58 Chapter 118

Chen Guan was more than a little bit older than Cheng Yasi, but Cheng Yasi was from Nanya and was not under his jurisdiction. This time, he was forced in by Zhao Guangyi in the name of being seconded to handle the case.So Cheng Yasi was not sullen or angry when he heard that Chen Guan's words were hidden in the knife, but his words were also very sharp, and he didn't let him in the slightest. Chen Jianguan was contradicted by Cheng Yasi mercilessly, and he was so angry that he could do nothing.In the afternoon, he went to the west wing that had been burnt to ashes and inspected it carefully. He asked in detail about the incident and other circumstances, but still found nothing.

Back at his residence, Chen observed carefully for a long time.Once the account books are burned, it will be difficult for him to make a fuss about Liu Zhifu's bribery. If he returns without success this time, Mr. Zhao has high expectations and will be very unhappy. What should we do? Chen Jianhua paced around the room with his hands behind his back, meditated for a while, then studied ink and picked up a pen, and wrote a secret letter to Zhao Pu, reporting everything that happened here, and naturally there was a big complaint inside, exaggerating Cheng Yasi For his restraint, the fire in the government office was also intentionally or unintentionally directed at Cheng Dexuan.With his wonderful pen, he was already familiar with writing this kind of article, but in order to completely excuse himself, he had to think twice before writing this remark.

A letter was written after much deliberation, just sealed and sealed with wax varnish, and was about to send the secret letter back to Kaifeng immediately by a close friend, when someone suddenly reported: Mr. Observer, Lieutenant Zhao County of Linqing asked to see. When he was arguing with Cheng Dexuan in the main hall of the Bazhou Mansion just now, he had seen County Captain Zhao come in, and when County Captain Zhao saw the two were bickering, he slipped away quietly, telling him to see his strength. Bored, when he heard him begging to see him, he said angrily: Tell him to come in! Zhao County Lieutenant entered the room beamingly, saluted him and said: "My officer, Zhao Jie, see Chen Guan."

Chen Guan flicked his sleeves and hummed, "Forget it, what's the matter?" Zhao Xianwei said: "I searched the account books and found a major discovery. I dare not hide it, so I came to report to the adults immediately." Chen Guan stood sideways to support the case, frowned and stared at him: the file and account books have been burnt clean, where did you find it? Could it be that you haven't woken up yet, talking in your sleep? County Captain Zhao saw that he was not in a good mood, and accompanied him carefully and said, "Master Observer must still remember that Zhutou Xieku's account books are very chaotic and difficult to check."The next official suggested that they should recruit veteran accountants from Ding's family to sort their family's account books and transcribe them in order for easy reference?

Chen Guan snorted and said: So what?Um? He leaned forward suddenly, his eyes brightened and said: Could it be that the account books that that person copied were not burned? County Captain Zhao said respectfully: Yes, when the steward of the Ding family finished transcribing the account books, it was the night before the Yulan Festival, and most of the government officials had already left.Therefore, the next official ordered people to deposit the account book in the treasury for inspection after the festival. He paused here, and then said: Now the original account has been destroyed, but although Xu Muchen did not write the account book himself, Xu Muchen signed and stamped it page by page, so it can be taken as evidence.

Chen Guan was elated when he heard that, the account book that Xu Muchen personally signed, of course it can be used as evidence from a legal point of view.He was overjoyed that all the evidence had not been destroyed. From his tone, it seemed that there had been a major discovery. This was even more joyful. Chen Guan immediately asked: County Captain Zhao, you said you found something, what major discovery? Zhao Jie cupped his hands and said: "The lower officials are not good at checking accounts. This account is checked by three old officials of the Bazhou government office. They are outside the door now. Will your lord call them in to explain in detail?"

When Chen Guan heard this, he quickly ordered to the people around him: "Hurry up, please come in those three scribes."Come on, show Mr. Zhao a seat, and serve tea, good tea. The sky is full of stars, the corners of the walls of the government office and the grass in the flower gardens, crickets chirp non-stop, adding a bit of noise to the tranquility.Cheng Dexuan sat in front of the prism-shaped screen window, moved the lamp closer, and slowly took out a letter from his arms. He had only received this letter in the evening, and he had read it hastily at that time. At this time, it was dead of night, and he couldn't help but take it out again.

The letter was written by Cheng Yu, the magistrate of Kaifeng Funan Yamen, and Cheng Yu was also Zhao Guangyi's confidant. Although the words in this letter were not written by Zhao Guangyi himself, they can be understood as his own meaning.The letter stated that His Majesty the Emperor had already sent troops to attack the Northern Han Dynasty, taking advantage of the turmoil in the North and having no time to look south. Mr. Fu Yin has already spoken to the officials, saying that Cheng Dexuan is currently assisting in the investigation of cases in Bazhou. This person is good at managing civil affairs and dispatching logistics supplies.Now the officials have agreed, asking him to settle the case of Liu Zihan in Bazhou as soon as possible, no matter whether he can achieve his goal or not, he must rush to the northwest front line as soon as possible.

Over the years, Mr. Fu Yin has worked hard to manage Kaifeng Mansion, and his tentacles of influence have spread throughout Kaifeng Mansion and the seventeen counties under its jurisdiction. Now Mr. Fu Yin continues to spread his influence, making friends with court officials and generals of the imperial army, and at the same time facing the whole world spread.However, it would be extremely difficult to directly exert influence on other places with the power of the prefect of Kaifeng. Now is an opportunity, and Zhao Guangyi certainly values ​​it more. Cheng Dexuan thought carefully about the cause and effect, and couldn't help being surprised at the long-term vision of the Lord Fu Yin. He suspected that what the Lord Fu Yin said might not be a temporary idea. I am afraid that when he was ordered to come to Bazhou to investigate the case, it was a line that the Lord Fu Yin had foreshadowed. His real purpose is to allow himself to intervene in the civil affairs of the Northwest region.As for using Liu Zihan's case to make things difficult for Zhao Pu, the political opponent, it's nothing more than beating a rabbit and taking advantage of the trend. As for success or failure, it has nothing to do with the overall situation.

Cheng Dexuan let out a long breath, and thought to himself: The imperial court's decree will come soon, the government office will be flooded, and the account books will be burned. Chen Guan will not be able to play any tricks.I should collect some information on Northwest geography, civil affairs, and local officials, and make preparations early so as to live up to the high hopes of the governor. He took off the lampshade, brought the secret letter close to the candle, ignited the secret letter, and watched it burn until only one corner of it fell to the ground, and the secret letter curled up into a ball and burned to ashes.

As soon as the red fire was extinguished, the room was dimmed. Cheng Dexuan waved his hand and extinguished the candle, and the moonlight poured in like water from outside the window, reflecting his shining eyes, which had a wolf-like look. General bloodthirsty edge. He sat quietly for a while, then got up and took off the sword on the wall, opened the door and went out, and danced the sword accompanied by the chirping of insects in the grass under the stars and moonlight in the sky. The sword light is lingering, and the moon is reflected in the cold It has been a long time since the drums of the Bazhou government office have sounded. After Liu Zhifu was arrested and returned to Beijing, Zhao Pu used thunderous tactics, and the officials in Bazhou Prefecture were almost wiped out. All the officials transferred from other places were to assist in handling the corruption case of Liu Zihan and local officials. Who would go to ordinary civil or criminal cases? Tube?Therefore, the dossiers piled up like a mountain, leaving a bad debt for future successors. Today, the Shengtang drum finally sounded again.As soon as the drumsticks came down, a cloud of dust bounced off the surface of the drum. The two yamen servants who played the drum saw that the official uniforms and hats and belts were neat. Cheng Dexuan got up early in the morning and practiced sword in the courtyard with only short clothes on. He went back to his room, washed his face, and sat down at the table. He was 80% full with porridge and side dishes when he heard the sound of the drum.Cheng Dexuan was not surprised, he quickly put down his rice bowl, listened to him for a while, then went out of the room and ordered: "Go and see, whoever is beating the drum to ascend the hall." Before the boy in the corridor ran out, a yamen servant came quickly, bowed to him, and said with a grin: "Cheng Yasi, Chen Guanqian invites you to sit on the jury." Cheng Dexuan asked calmly: "Which case will be judged?" The yamen servant laughed and said: "Of course it's the bribery case of Zhutou Jieku." oh?Cheng Dexuan was startled, and his eyebrows slowly raised: The case of the pig's head unlocking the warehouse? Today is a public trial, and many people who heard the news came outside the Ermen Fence. Although the officials who maintained order kept shouting, the noise was still endless.When Cheng Dexuan arrived in a hurry, he saw that Chen Guan was neatly dressed and had sat down solemnly behind the case. It was impossible to inquire about it under such circumstances. He stopped, looked around, and saw some seats lined up on both sides. Some officials of different ranks and subordinates had already sat down, so he walked to his seat, sat down, and looked carefully at Chen Guan. He didn't know what he was going to play today. What a trick. Chen Guan closed his eyes slightly and remained motionless until all the officials from all divisions and subordinates had arrived. Suddenly, he opened his eyes, slapped the gavel, and shouted: "Success!" mighty Three squads of yamen servants filed in, shouted "Tang Wei", stood in a row on the left and right, those with sabers and sticks were full of murderous looks, and the surroundings immediately fell silent. Chen Jian stood up, and recounted the reason for the interrogation of Zhutou's treasury and bribery case. He had carefully considered these words last night. What he said was that during Liu Zihan's tenure as the prefect of Bazhou, he colluded with officials from top to bottom, took bribes, Various crimes of favoritism and bending the law in fish and meat places.The prefect Liu has already been arrested and returned to Beijing, who cares whether he is guilty or not, what the common people hope to see is that the richest man in Bazhou will not fall, and the yamen will be noisy again. Chen observed that he didn't stop it, but just speeded up the reading.When the ins and outs of the case were clearly introduced, Chen Jianguan slapped the gavel and shouted in a deep voice: After I was ordered to come to Bazhou, I was careful and checked in many ways. Today, the public trial of Zhutou Jieku's bribery case will start.Come on, bring the suspect Xu Muchen to court!