Master Wei panicked. Thinking of Qin Huaidao's recent achievements, it would not be difficult to kill his entire family.
Qin Huaidao saw that the fire had reached 60 degrees and was still close to boiling. He couldn't continue to use words to guide him, so he resorted to means. He spread the wet yellow paper on the other person's face and slowly smoothed it with his hands to cut off the air.
He continued: "Look, I have no way out. Either you provide me with something useful so that I can survive and your whole family will not die, or I will kill you now and kill your whole family later."
"Woooooo!" Mr. Wei shouted, but his voice was cut off by the yellow paper.
Qin Huaidao said coldly: "No need to shout, it's useless. You have only two choices, either die now, or say something that satisfies me. I know you have a lot, so why bother to die for others? You are dead.
, the people behind you will only rest assured and will never protect your whole family, of course, they cannot."
After saying that, another piece of wet paper was put on it.
Mr. Wei suddenly felt it was difficult to breathe. He was struggling hard, but his hands and feet were tied, and he couldn't scream. He screamed strangely.
Qin Huaidao posted another piece of paper and said: "You can still hold on for twenty breaths. You will definitely die after twenty breaths. If you want to live, just blink your eyes and don't shout. It's useless to shout. If you don't want to live, forget it."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other party blinking desperately.
"He's done it, he's going to do it." Cheng Chumo shouted excitedly.
Yuchi Baolin also looked at Qin Huaidao excitedly, but he didn't expect to give up so easily.
Of course Qin Huaidao would not explain that this involves psychology and human nature. Death is not terrible, but no one wants to be suffocated to death. The longer they are suffocated, the higher their desire to survive. What's more, Qin Huaidao's words to guide the other party from the beginning are not directed at him.
He came and told the other party that he had no way out.
Who can truly face death calmly?
Human nature is selfish, why should we die for others?
Why should you die while others are still alive and have to pay for your whole family?
Qin Huaidao thought he could hold on for about ten seconds, but he didn't expect to give in so quickly. He had no literati character at all. He opened the wet paper and said, "Tell me, don't mention anything that is not important."
The other party breathed heavily, like a bellows, and it took him a while to recover, but his eyes were full of fear, and he quickly said: "I don't know if Mr. Cui is rebelling, but I know one thing, he is reselling Beitaicang grain."
Qin Huaidao's expression changed greatly when he heard the news. North Taicang was located in Dongweiqiao. The food in it was mainly used for royal consumption, rewards, officials' salaries, military supplies and relief. It was very large and was managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Selling food from the imperial court is a serious crime and is tantamount to rebellion.
This news made Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin change their expressions, and they all looked at Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao signaled the two of them to calm down and asked coldly: "Master Wei, this is not a joke. It is a serious crime to wrongly accuse Master Cui. Do you have any evidence?"
"How can there be any evidence for such a secret thing? The price of food rose sharply a few days ago. Master Dai asked me if there was any food available for disaster relief and to stabilize food prices. I went to Xiaguan specifically to check. The quantity was obviously wrong, at least it was less.
Three hundred thousand dan. The person in charge of North Taicang is the younger brother of Master Cui's concubine, named Zhou Yi. No one except him has the key."
Qin Huaidao asked: "Where is the transferred grain hidden?" His eyes became cold and stern. He actually resold the imperial grain reserves. He should be killed!
"It's time to invest in the market. Food prices are high recently, so you can make a lot of money."
"Aren't you afraid of being exposed with so much food?" Cheng Chumo asked curiously.
"That's right, this means beheading." Yuchi Baolin also agreed.
"Sell the grain at a high price. After the spring, the price of grain drops. Who knows how much you sell to buy it back and put it in the Beida warehouse? It's still new rice. You don't have to worry about it spoiling after being stored for a long time. This kind of thing was often done in the past. The money sold is Cui
Your Excellency will share the profits with everyone, but the people in the Ministry of Revenue will not tell you, but they will report it?" Master Wei asked in return.
Cheng Chumo was retorted and cursed: "You guys... should all be beheaded!"
Yuchi Baolin was also very angry and looked at Qin Huaidao: "Sir, these bastards are too greedy. They sell high and buy low to make money, and they use the food from the court. No wonder I heard my father say that the civil servants are against relief for the victims. It turns out that the food has been
Sold it, you bastard thief, I'm going to kill him."
"Don't panic!" Qin Huaidao scolded and asked: "Master Wei, there is no way you don't know what's going on with the recent rise in food prices."
"Of course they are the ones who did it. As long as they prevent the imperial court from putting grain into the market, they can join forces not to release grain and create tension to raise the price of grain, and then slowly release it to make a fortune by driving the price up."
Qin Huaidao understood that the skyrocketing food prices were both a natural disaster and a man-made disaster. A little relief would not only keep food prices rising, but also prevent people from causing trouble due to lack of food. This was a good plan.
What’s even worse is that it happens every year!
Manipulating the market, raising food prices, and then reselling the court's food for profit was tantamount to rebellion. Qin Huaidao originally just wanted to frighten him with some accusations, then let him go, and then went to Li Er to sue the Ministry of Household Affairs for not giving him money. He had no money.
This is how I came up with it. Next time, I'll hit fifty boards each at most, and get back the remaining five thousand taels to finish the job.
Not only can he establish his power to the outside world and establish the authority of the Supervisory Office, but he can also get back money and gain the support of the government guards. Killing two birds with one stone, he never expected to blow up a big fish.
Qin Huaidao found paper and pen and quickly wrote down his confession, untied Mr. Wei's rope, signed and stamped it, signaled Liu Da to watch, and hurried back to the main hall with Cheng Chumo and Yuchi Baolin.
Yuchi Baolin said excitedly: "I didn't expect it to be such a big case. Can we consider this a mistake?"
"No, it can only be considered as lifting the lid. Don't forget that this kind of thing happens every year, and it must involve the interests of many people. If we continue to investigate, we will be enemies of the entire household department, and even higher-ups, which will cause huge trouble.
Are you afraid of bringing down the family?" Qin Huaidao asked solemnly.
"You're so scared, you bastards. We soldiers risked our lives to conquer the country, but we let these worms suck their blood. I can't sleep until I kill them. Brother, what do you want to do?" Cheng Chumo said angrily.
"That's right, get them." Yuchi Baolin also said angrily.
"Captain Yuchi, listen to the order." Qin Huaidao shouted, his heart was full of relief, as long as his blood was not cold.
Yuchi Baolin felt like he should respond: "Please give the order, sir."
"Take our troops and rush to Beitaicang quickly, and bring me the corresponding people and account books. Anyone who dares to stop him will be shot to death, so go ahead."
"Follow the order!" Yuchi Baolin went excitedly.
"Sir, what about me?" Cheng Chumo became anxious when he heard that he had nothing to do.
"Take our troops and rush to Zhou Yi's hometown in case the other party is not in Beitaicang and escapes after hearing the news. Bring his whole family back to me. I will search carefully and find the account books or other evidence. If there is resistance, I will kill him without mercy."
"Follow the order!"
Cheng Chumo agreed excitedly, rushed outside and shouted: "Brothers, assemble!"
Soon, the two people rushed out of the Supervisory Mansion with their own troops. The remaining one hundred people looked at each other in confusion, wondering what happened, but no one dared to come up and ask.
Qin Huaidao did not explain. He sat in the main hall and waited, thinking about the last time he caught Cui Shihai and Li Er asked him to stop investigating Cui. Will he stop it this time?