One Thousand Six Hundred and Twenty-One Confession
He directly shot and killed the minister of the Ministry of War in front of everyone. Even if Han Du was the Duke of the country, he could not escape the blame.
Qitai fell to the ground, his mouth and hands were covered with blood. But when he was dying, he showed a ferocious smile like a vicious dog. He knew that even though he was dead, Han Du could not escape.
Even the emperor can't protect him!
Han Du's eyes were blood red, and he slowly turned around and glared at all the officials of the Ministry of War.
"Take them all and interrogate them strictly!"
Then Bian signaled the sergeant to close the door of the military department, and Han Du wanted to seize the time to get Qi Tai's evidence of guilt in the shortest possible time.
This time, no one dared to stop him. All the officials of the Ministry of War stood there like nothing.
Han Du lifted Yan Sheng up and said, "Go on, tell me everything you know!"
"Yes." Yan Sheng trembled all over, and the huge fear made him dare not hide anything.
The Duke of Zhen Guo even dared to kill Qi Tai, but he would not hesitate to kill a small seventh-rank official like him.
With Yan Sheng's guidance, the search for Qitai's accomplices went very smoothly. In just one meal, other officials involved in the interception of Lan Yu's grain and grass were found.
Xu Yingtai, the left minister of the Ministry of War, Niuzeng, the right minister, Zhou Yuan, Qin Kui, Xia Zhishan, the middle minister, etc., a total of thirteen people.
"Tell me how you intercepted grain and grass."
Originally, these people were frightened by Han Du's ferocious power and were frightened to death. But now, they slowly came back to their senses.
I saw Xu Yingtai sneer in his heart, with a look of confusion on his face, and replied, "I don't know what the Lord is talking about. All of this is an order from Qi Shangshu. What do you have to do with me and the ministers?"
In a word, Qi Tai is dead now, and everything falls on him. What can Han Du do to them?
Hearing Xu Yingtai's words, Han Du knew what he was planning. If these people insisted that they knew nothing and pushed Qi Tai out to take the blame, then things would be really difficult.
Even so, Han Du did not regret killing Qi Tai at all. Without killing him, it would not be enough to avenge Lan Yu!
Han Du looked at Yan Sheng, "The food and grass you received from the Ministry of Household Affairs, who received it from the Ministry of War?"
"It's Xia Zhishan."
Xia Zhishan's expression suddenly changed, but his Nuonuo lips did not utter a word. He pushed it all away like Xu Yingtai, but his signature was on the grain and grass handover record.
Black and white words on paper, how to evade?
Han Du smiled slightly and looked at Xia Zhishan, "Tell me, since it was you who took over the grain and grass. Then come and tell me why the grain and grass were not sent to Jiayuguan?"
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How dare you allocate food and grass privately without receiving an order from the Ministry of War?" Xia Zhishan knew that he could not handle this matter alone, and he was not willing to sacrifice himself to protect others, so he quickly found an excuse.
"Oh? Then who is in charge of allocating food and grass?"
Everyone looked at Xu Yingtai.
Xu Yingtai hated these subordinates in his heart, and quickly smiled and said, "My lord, although the lower officials are in charge of this matter, the allocation of grain and grass requires the order of Qi Shangshu himself. Without the order of Qi Shangshu, the lower officials cannot allocate grain and grass without authorization."
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In other words, this matter still had nothing to do with him. If Han Du wanted to find someone to settle the score, he went to Qi Tai.
Seeing that Xu Yingtai was as slippery as a loach, Han Du decided to put him aside first and open a breakthrough through others.
When his eyes fell on Xia Zhishan's face, he saw beads of sweat forming on his forehead.
"Since you took over the food and grass, you have nothing to do with it. Think about it, if there is a chance to make a contribution, it would be better to kill you than to kill the nine tribes, don't you think? Think about it carefully."
Xia Zhishan's legs went weak and he knelt on the ground.
Kowtowing is like pounding garlic, "Master, please have mercy, Master, please have mercy."
Han Du shook his head slightly and sighed, "It's not that I'm unkind, it's just that you haven't done anything, and I can't plead for you in front of the emperor."
"My lord, I have something important to report!"
"Oh? Tell me quickly." Han Du leaned forward excitedly with his upper body and got closer to Xia Zhishan. This was what he wanted.
Faced with the threat of annihilating the nine tribes, how many people will not seize this only opportunity? Although there are people in this world who are like "I will not care about the flood after I die", but in the secular world of "the three most serious unfilial piety is not having children"
, such people are almost rare.
On the contrary, as long as one of these people cannot withstand such pressure, it will be the beginning of a complete collapse of these people.
And Yan Sheng is such a person. "The lower official knows where the food and grass are." Yan Sheng risked his life.
Xu Yingtai's expression changed instantly. Not only him, but others also changed their expressions.
"Yan Sheng! Don't talk nonsense!"
But in the face of Xu Yingtai's threat, Yan Sheng broke into a trap.
"My lord, the grain and grass allocated to Jiayuguan have long been divided among them privately."
Han Du was instantly overjoyed. He did not expect that these people would be so greedy. If they had not touched the food and grass, it would be difficult for Han Du to find evidence to deal with them.
"Oh? All the food and grass were divided among them?"
Yan Sheng nodded repeatedly, "There is also Qi Shangshu, he has the big head."
Perfect!
In this way, none of these people ran away!
"Yan Sheng! Don't stop spitting!" Niu Zeng said angrily, looking at Yan Sheng with a look that made him want to eat him.
"My lord, I am not talking nonsense. After Zhou Yuan and Qin Kui quietly sold the grain, they exchanged it for gold bars and gave them to Qi Tai, who then secretly distributed them to Xu Yingtai, Niu Zeng and others." .??.
"What? You don't have a share?" Han Du asked with a smile.
Yan Sheng immediately shook his head, "The position of a lower official is humble, and I can't get into the eyes of Lord Shangshu, so naturally I don't have the status of a lower official."
"Then how do you know about this?" Han Du was a little strange. Since such a secret matter was not shared with Yan Sheng, Qitai would not let Yan Sheng know about it no matter what.
Yan Sheng looked at Xu Yingtai and others and said angrily, "That's their fate. The grain merchant they were looking for was a fellow villager of Xiaguan. I heard it from him one time when I was drunk."
Then, Yan Sheng told the news exactly what he heard, including the time, place, quantity of each transaction, gold bars traded, etc., everything was told.
Xu Yingtai and others actually sold military rations privately only three times, and they happened to correspond to April, May and June respectively.
Han Du suddenly had no more doubts in his mind. After getting the information from Yan Sheng about where the grain merchant was.
"Someone, go find the grain dealer and confront him!"
"Also, immediately check the grain depot of the Ministry of War. If the food allocated by the Ministry of Revenue disappears without a trace when it arrives at the Ministry of War, you must give me an explanation, right?"
Xu Yingtai looked at Han Du's exposed teeth as he smiled, and felt the coldness all over him. He couldn't help but tremble all over. Soon, the grain merchant was arrested.
The fat merchant didn't know what was going on, but he was roughly dragged to the Ministry of War by the sergeant.
After he was thrown in front of Han Du, he quickly knelt down and said, "Caomin Lintong, pay your respects to the Duke of Zhenguo!"
"Oh? Do you know me?" Han Du glanced at Lin Tong quite unexpectedly.
Lin Tong was still on his knees and replied, "I am lucky enough to have seen my father-in-law from a distance."
Han Du raised his hand and pointed at several people, "Look up and see who sold you the food?"
Lin Tong raised his head tremblingly and saw a row of senior officials who he had never begged for before, all looking at him with cold eyes.
Following Han Du's instructions, Lin Tong looked at everyone carefully and shook his head.
"Go back to my father-in-law, these people don't even know each other."
Yan Sheng became anxious immediately. He quickly grabbed Lin Tong's lapel and asked sternly, "Didn't you mean the grain sold to you by the Ministry of War? Why don't you admit it now?"
Han Du glanced at Lin Tong, who lowered his head as much as possible, and knew that he had guessed that he could not wade through this muddy water, and of course he was unwilling to tell the truth.
"Yan Sheng, don't think that you can just find a grain merchant and frame us!"
Yan Sheng became anxious instantly. He did not expect that Lin Tong would hide it at a critical moment.
Han Du smiled faintly and waved his hand to calm Yan Sheng's anxiety. He looked at Lin Tong and said softly, "I understand that you have concerns, but it doesn't matter even without your testimony. As long as this batch of grain and grass cannot be found in the War Department warehouse, you
There is no escape!"
The expressions of Xu Yingtai and others couldn't help but change, and the peace of mind they had just felt was gone in an instant.
The food was sold by them privately, so how could the Ministry of War have food?
In just half a day, Han Du was able to get to the bottom of the matter. Faced with irrefutable evidence, Xu Yingtai and others had no choice but to confess!
Although Handu blocked the news immediately, it was impossible to block it forever.
The matter of killing the Minister of War in public was so important that it soon reached Zhu Biao's ears.
"What did you say?" Zhu Biao simply couldn't believe his ears.
Han Du has always acted carefully, so how could he do such a reckless thing?
Wang Yue also looked at a loss. He didn't know what Han Du was thinking about doing such an earth-shattering thing.
"I sent someone to verify it. It's absolutely true."
"Where is Han Du now?" Zhu Biao's first thought was to protect Han Du first.
They were even mentally prepared to send Han Du out to sea immediately. As long as Han Du was not in the capital, even if all the officials started making trouble, they would have nothing to do if they couldn't find Han Du.
All we have to do is delay for a few more years, wait until things calm down, and then slowly look for opportunities to bring Han Du back.
"The Duke of Zhen is still investigating the interception of grain in Jiayuguan by the Ministry of War."
"What kind of investigation is there at this time? Summon him immediately and I will arrange for him to leave Beijing!"
Compared with Han Du's killing of Qi Tai, things like tracking down the interception of grain are simply not worth mentioning.
"According to the decree."
Wang Yue personally brought an ordinary carriage directly to the Ministry of War.
When he saw Han Du, he couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "My lord, what are you doing? Qi Tai is guilty. It's okay to use my lord's ability to find evidence and make him plead guilty and punished. Why do you have to sigh?"