Due to the rapid expansion of the army in Pingyuan County, there are newly established corps, and the guards of the city lord's palace do not know all the corps leaders. However, seeing how confident and aggressive Cheng Jin is when he speaks, as if there is no one around, what he said is probably true, and the guards feel that
I was afraid and didn't dare to step forward easily.
Cheng Jin didn't care so much, grabbed the servant and went straight to Wang Meng's bedroom.
As soon as he arrived at the door, the door opened, and a short, fat middle-aged man walked out of it. This man's eyes were not big, and his bones turned around. When he came out, his face was angry, and he shouted loudly: "What's the matter?"
Such a mess? What happened..." Before he could finish speaking, he looked at Cheng Jin who was walking towards him.
Others didn't know Cheng Jin, but Wang Meng knew him. He had met him in the county capital, but he didn't know his name or his official rank. He only knew that he was someone close to Tang Yin. At this time, he suddenly saw
Cheng Jin and Wang Meng were stunned and said suspiciously: "You..."
As soon as he said the word "you", Cheng Jin strode up to him. Without saying a word, he grabbed his neck and said in a cold voice: "What a bold dog official. He is corrupt and perverts the law. It is not a pity to die.
What else do you have to say now?"
Wang Meng was blinded by Cheng Jin's harsh curses. He opened his eyes blankly and murmured: "You...what do you mean?"
"What do you mean?" Cheng Jin used his palms to push Wang Meng, who had just left, back into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, "Let's not mention the miscellaneous things in your bank account for now. Tell me.
, what happened to the millions of taels of silver in the secret room?"
Huh? After hearing this, Wang Meng's head suddenly buzzed, and he took a deep breath subconsciously. How did he know the secret room of the bank, and how did he know that there was money in the secret room? Except for himself and two close confidants, no one else
People knew this. His face changed drastically, and he stayed where he was, silent for a long time.
"Hmph!" Cheng Jin snorted coldly, dragged Wang Mengyong to the table, picked up the paper and pen on it, handed it to him, and said: "Tell me all about how you corrupted the law and stole money.
Write out 510, write it now!”
Wang Meng came back from the shock. He forced a smile and said in a trembling voice: "This... this general, you... you misunderstood. This money belongs to my friend. He is temporarily depositing it with me.
!" After speaking, his big round head still connected the dots to show that what he said was not false.
Cheng Jin didn't believe his lies and sneered: "It seems that you won't tell the truth without using some tough measures!" As soon as he finished speaking, he punched Wang Meng hard on the lower abdomen.
Wang Meng is a civil servant, does not know martial arts, and is usually very pampered. How could he have ever received such a beating? One punch made him scream in pain, and he was like a deflated rubber ball, and his body slid softly along the legs of the table.
to the ground.
This was not the end, Cheng Jin opened his fist, and the black mist was released from his palm. In the blink of an eye, the black mist condensed and turned into a dark and shiny spiritual armor on his hand. Looking at it coldly, it seemed that his hand
It looked like he was wearing a black iron glove.
Opening his palm, Cheng Jin clasped Wang Meng's left wrist. He didn't see how hard he used it, but he just retracted his fingers. With a crisp sound, Wang Meng's wrist bone shattered hard, but it looked like it was still intact on the surface.
The whole palm has been pulled down unnaturally, swinging back and forth in the air.
This was really painful to the bone. Wang Meng had never been in such pain in his life. He let out a scream like a slaughtering pig, then his eyes rolled up and he fainted from the pain.
At the same time, a scream came from the back of the bedroom. Cheng Jin turned his head and saw that a young woman was sitting on the bed in the room. She was holding a quilt in her hands, covering her chest, and her body was shaking violently.
, obviously frightened and stunned by the scene in front of him.
There was no threat to him, so Cheng Jin ignored the woman and turned his gaze back to the unconscious Wang Meng. He squatted down, pointed his fingernails at Wang Meng's philtrum, and pressed hard suddenly. The latter groaned twice.
The sound made me wake up faintly.
Cheng Jin threw the pen and paper on the ground and shouted: "Write! If you don't want to suffer, just write it out for me. Otherwise," he waved his spiritual armor-covered palm in front of Wang Meng's eyes and said, "Next, I'll pinch it
Shatter your feet, gouge your eyes, button your nose, and finally break your neck!"
"Oops -" Wang Meng groaned in pain, not even daring to look at his shattered wrist bones. His big, white and fat face was now covered with sweat. He said tremblingly: "I...I am
The dignified official of the royal court, the lord of Hengcheng City, you...you are so audacious and willing to surrender, I will never let you go even if I am a ghost..."
You haven't written it yet?! Cheng Jin nodded and said, "Since you want to do ghosts, I will make it happen for you!" As he spoke, he moved his palms down, clasped Wang Meng's ankles, and leaned forward slightly, making a gesture to squeeze it down.
Thinking of the unbearable pain just now, Wang Meng shivered and said repeatedly: "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! General, as long as you let me go, I will give you all the money in the bank. That's
One million taels, think about it, even if you were a general for the rest of your life, you wouldn't make that much money!"
Cheng Jin seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. He couldn't help but laugh and said slowly: "If it's just for money, I won't join the army. With my cultivation, I only need to be a bandit for a few years."
I have a lot of wealth, but that's not what I want. You are evil-minded and want to fight to the death when disaster strikes, but how can I be your passerby?" Before he finished speaking, Cheng Jin grabbed Wang Meng's ankle by the wrist.
It has begun to slowly tighten.
This time, he did not crush his ankle bone all at once, but slowly and evenly applied force. Of course, he also made Wang Meng's pain deeper and heavier.
"Ah -" Wang Meng screamed again, and he could even hear the sound of his own bones cracking and about to break.
"Stop pinching, I'll write, I'll write..." He was tortured to the point of collapse by the stubborn Cheng Jin, howling like crazy, and at the same time, his nose and tears flowed out, and then mixed with his cheeks
He was sweating so much that his whole face was blurred into a ball.
"Very good!" After listening to what he said, Cheng Jin nodded with satisfaction, then let go of Wang Meng's ankle and pushed the pen and paper in front of him.
Forced to have no choice, Wang Meng wrote down one by one how he corruptly and illegally collected taxes from vendors in the city. In fact, in just a few years, he was able to make as much as one million taels in the impoverished Hengcheng, and everything he did was
The reason was definitely not just that, but Cheng Jin didn't care about it. This alone was enough to cure Wang Meng's crime. This was exactly what he wanted.
After Wang Meng finished writing, he picked up the paper and read it. After confirming, he cut Wang Meng's finger with a steel knife and marked the confession with his own blood.
After doing this, Cheng Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was risky for him to force Wang Meng to confess. If the latter was hard-core enough and refused to admit life or death, it would be difficult for him to explain to Tang Yin. In any case, Wang Meng was also a dignified city lord.
Using lynching by oneself is not justified in legal terms. Fortunately, Wang Meng was so soft-hearted that he confessed after being beaten and frightened.
At this time, there was a sudden chaos outside the city lord's palace. Then, the door of the palace was knocked open from the outside, and a large group of officers and soldiers rushed closer.
The guards in the city lord's palace were frightened to death when they saw this. They all backed away, and no one even came forward to talk to them.
As a large number of officers and soldiers rushed in, Tang Yin also strode closer from outside. Beside him were Ao Qing who reported the news and Shangguan Yuanji who came after hearing the news.
Under Ao Qing's guidance, Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji first went to the bank vault of the City Lord's Mansion, where they saw the property that Wang Meng had hoarded.
Putting aside the silver, the antiques and brocades outside the secret room alone were worth a lot of money. When they entered the secret room and saw the mountains of silver ingots inside, both Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji were a little stunned and couldn't recover.
Tang Yin had never seen so much money in his life. It was shocking that a mere city lord could amass such wealth.
While Shangguan Yuanji was surprised, his face turned red. He was in charge of internal affairs. If such a corrupt official appeared within the scope of his responsibility, he would certainly not be able to escape the blame.
In fact, Shangguan Yuanji has replaced a number of officials since he took office, but those are all officials directly under the county. He does not have more energy to focus on the cities and towns in the county for the time being. Having said that, it is also thanks to him that he does not have more officials.
Focus on each town and replace the officials in each town. Otherwise, it is not sure whether Wang Meng, a corrupt official, can be found!
Even so, Shangguan Yuanji still felt a fever on his face. After exiting the secret room with Tang Yin, he bowed deeply and said apologetically: "Sir, this is my subordinate's fault and my negligence!"
At this time, Tang Yin was very open-minded and did not blame Shangguan Yuanji. Instead, he comforted him: "Yuanji, this is not your fault. The person who is corrupt and perverts the law is Wang Meng, not you. Besides, you handle government affairs and many trivial matters. How can you do everything comprehensively?"
You are not a god!"
After hearing what he said, Shangguan Yuanji felt not only not relaxed, but even more ashamed.
He shook his head and smiled bitterly. Tang Yin's profound understanding would only make him work harder and the burden on his shoulders would become heavier.
Tang Yin asked Jiaxi, who was guarding the bank, "Where is Cheng Jin?"
"Sir, the captain is looking for Wang Meng!"
"Oh!" Tang Yin responded, and then found a guard from the city lord's palace, and guided him to Wang Meng's bedroom.
When Tang Yin and others arrived at Wang Meng's bedroom, the latter was already dying and unconscious after being tortured by Cheng Jin. His eyes were looking at Tang Yin, but his eyes were no longer focused.
Cheng Jin on the side hurriedly stepped forward to salute and whispered: "Sir!" As he spoke, he handed over the confession written by Wang Meng respectfully.
Tang Yinyang lowered his head and signaled to Cheng Jin that there was no need to be polite. Then he took the confession and read it carefully. After reading it roughly, he threw the confession on the ground, stared at Wang Meng, and said in a cold voice: "In order to make Pingyuan County prosperous quickly,
In order for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the county has specially formulated a policy to reduce or reduce commercial taxes, but as the city lord, you have gone against the rules and enriched your own pockets. This is an unforgivable crime!"