East Palace.

In the main hall.

Xiao Qi walked in quickly and bowed respectfully.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince, Marquis Jiu'an has arrived and is asking for an audience outside the palace."

Xiao Qi cupped his hands and said slowly.

"Let him in quickly!"

When Zhu Biao heard this, his eyes lit up and he said hurriedly.

Xiao Qi agreed and stepped back quickly.

Soon, Hu Fei slowly walked into the hall, and he could see his serious expression from a distance.

"See you, brother emperor!"

Hu Fei walked closer and bowed respectfully.

“No gifts, no gifts!”

"I heard that you led people to surround the Interrogation Division not long ago. Did Wu Yong find something?!"

Zhu Biao waved his hand, looked at Hu Fei with a solemn expression, and asked impatiently.

"Brother Huang is right as he expected. Wu Yong did find a lot of things. There are many officials from various places involved in Guo Heng's case, and the amount of stolen money and stolen food involved is even more frightening!"

Hu Fei nodded and said solemnly.

"Besides the Chengxuan Envoys of Taiping Mansion, Zhenjiang Mansion, and Beiping City, as well as the Ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, is there anyone else?!"

After Zhu Biao heard Hu Fei's words, his face changed drastically and he asked in surprise.

"Yes, in addition to them, this case involves the chief secretaries of six state governments across the country. In addition to Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, and Beiping City, there are also three places in western Zhejiang!"

"In addition, there are Wang Zhi, the Minister of War, and Mai Zhide, the Minister of Household Affairs. There are people from all six departments involved, without exception!"

"Based on the comprehensive calculations based on the oral confessions, the embezzled silver amounted to almost tens of millions! The refined grain amounted to 24 million shi!"

Hu Fei nodded and said sadly.

"What?!"

"How brave are they!? This is unreasonable!"

After Zhu Biao heard this, his expression suddenly changed and he couldn't help shouting angrily.

He did not expect that Guo Heng's case would be so involved, involving officials and stolen money and food. It was simply unbelievable.

"This is why I stopped Wu Yong from pursuing the case in the first place. Although I never thought that the matter would be so serious at the time, I also expected that it would not be that simple."

"But brother Huang, you can rest assured that I have convinced Wu Yong to stop investigating the case and settle it with the two ministers of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment, without involving the remaining people."

"If once the entire matter is fully investigated and all officials are implicated, it will definitely destabilize the government and the public, and may even trigger riots across the country! If my father insists on recovering the stolen money and stolen grain, it will inevitably arouse public resentment."

"So I took matters into my own hands and told Wu Yong that this was the emperor's wish. I hope that the emperor would forgive me!"

Hu Fei cupped his hands, looked at Zhu Biao seriously and said, his words full of worry.

"You did the right thing!"

"You can't continue the investigation, otherwise the consequences may be more serious than you expect!"

Zhu Biao nodded blankly and said slowly.

He never expected that there were so many uncontrollable things involved behind Guo Heng's case. It was important to find out the truth, but it was even more important to protect the court from turmoil!

"Thank you, Brother Huang, for your understanding. As for the people who committed the crime that Wu Yong will not report to my father, I will leave it to Brother Huang to eliminate them slowly. I have compiled a list of everyone involved in the case.

"

Hu Fei cupped his hands, and as he spoke, he took out a list from his arms and handed it to Zhu Biao.

"Thank you for your hard work, thank you!"

Zhu Biao slowly took it, looked at Hu Fei with satisfaction, and said earnestly.

"Share your father's worries and serve the court. There is no hard work, everything is your duty!"

Hu Fei shook his head and said seriously.

"good very good!"

Zhu Biao looked at Hu Fei, nodded with satisfaction and said.

"Brother Imperial, don't forget what I mentioned to you before. Since this case is about to be concluded, I hope that Brother Imperial will try his best to preserve the lives of the Guo family."

Hu Fei hesitated for a moment and said slowly.

"Don't worry, I will go to my father to intercede for them, but as for the result, I cannot guarantee it."

Zhu Biao nodded and said hesitantly.

"clear."

Hu Fei nodded and answered slowly.

At this point, the Guo family can only resign themselves to fate.

After the two exchanged some pleasantries, Hu Fei claimed that he had something to do, said goodbye to Zhu Biao, and left the East Palace.

Zhu Biao looked at the list in his hand, his brows furrowed, and the surprise in his heart could not calm down for a long time.

...

Early the next morning.

Royal Palace.

The Hall of Nourishing Heart.

"Your Majesty, Wu Yong, the head of the Criminal Trial Department, is outside asking for an audience."

Pang Yuhai slowly walked into the hall and said respectfully to Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Oh? Please!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately urged him.

Soon, Wu Yong followed Pang Yuhai slowly into the hall.

"The humble minister Wu Yong is here to see Your Majesty!"

Wu Yong came closer, bowed respectfully, and said loudly.

"Get down quickly!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand and said hurriedly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Wu Yong agreed and stood up slowly.

"How is it? How is the investigation of Guo Heng's case?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Wu Yong and asked impatiently.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the case of Guo Heng's corruption has been thoroughly investigated to this day."

"In addition to the Taiping Prefecture, Zhenjiang Prefecture, and Beiping City Chengxuan Government Secretary, this case also involves Fan Qian, the Minister of Rites, and Wang Huidi, the Minister of Punishments. Apart from that, there is no one else."

"The stolen silver involved, in addition to the five million taels that Jiu'an Hou found, there were more than two million taels. As for the autumn grain, in addition to the one million shi that Jiu'an Hou found, there were also

Two million stones."

"This is a detailed report of the case. Please take a look at it, Your Majesty."

Wu Yong nodded and said respectfully. At the end of the sentence, he reached out and took out a detailed record of the case and handed it over.

Pang Yuhai immediately stepped forward, took the detailed record of the case, and handed it into Zhu Yuanzhang's hands.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it and looked down, his face became increasingly gloomy, and he could almost clearly feel a strong anger gradually filling the air.

Wu Yong stood there with his head lowered and did not say a word of unnecessary nonsense. Thinking back to what Hu Fei said in the interrogation department yesterday, he could not help but frown slightly.

"Very good, you really did not disappoint me!"

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang put away the detailed records of the case, looked up at Wu Yong, and said with approval.

"Serving His Majesty is the duty of a humble minister, so we must do our best!"

Wu Yong cupped his hands and said hurriedly.

He said this, but in his heart he had mixed feelings, and he felt deeply guilty for concealing it.

"In this case, the case should be closed as soon as possible. Those involved must be severely punished and the stolen money and food must be recovered immediately!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said a little tiredly.

With such a big corruption case happening under his nose, he would not feel good no matter what.

"I obey the order!"
To be continued...