Yin Kun could only nod his head and replied: "That's right! That bastard originally only wanted to kidnap the Xia clan's clan leader, but who would have thought that the Xia clan clan clan leader didn't buy it at all and wanted to kill him to silence him."
Yin Kun said this with disdain on his face.
The Xia family is as ruthless as Xia Qing. Isn't it because Xia Qing has the emperor's backing that he has the upper hand?
"These people don't even care about sacrificing their own clan members for their own interests." Yin Kun couldn't stand the behavior of Xia Qing and the Xia clan members.
"Sacrifice one person to save everyone. By doing this, the Xia family also minimized the losses. However, Xia Qing did not restrain the clansmen and allowed them to be so rampant. That is Xia Qing's fault. It was he who allowed those clansmen to act recklessly. Those people did not
Are you just relying on Xia Qing’s power?”
Gu Chengyu shook his head, this Xia Zhou was also a fool.
He was the first to be shot. He, a small county magistrate, had such courage. Didn't he pull him out as soon as something happened?
But he was not that stupid after all, and he knew to keep two books for self-defense.
How could those people trust them? They might be exterminated.
Xia Zhou kept a back-up force in order to threaten the Xia family, not only to save the lives of his wife and children, but also to ensure that they had no worries about food and clothing.
"But that bastard is quite successful. Knowing that Chief Xia ordered his death, he was able to find me."
Gu Chengyu nodded clearly, but then he asked nervously: "Senior brother, how did you escape from danger? Those people must be chasing him, right?"
Yin Kun glanced at Gu Chengyu approvingly, it was easier to talk to smart people.
"Fortunately, I brought some good hands with me. Besides, I am an imperial envoy, so these people don't dare to go too far. It's just a pity that the account books were there. When I got them, only one of them had been soaked in water.
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Gu Chengyu was a little surprised, "There's only one copy? Where did the other one go?"
Since I have brought one copy, there is no reason why I can’t see another one!
"It was said that it was damaged on the road. Many parts of the book left behind are very blurry and cannot be seen clearly." Yin Kun said with emotion.
Otherwise, the high-ranking officials will not be able to do anything about the gains this time, but it would be good to pull out their claws.
"Has the concubine read the contents of those two account books?" Gu Chengyu didn't believe that the concubine would not read them. It is not difficult to write them down.
Who would have thought that Yin Kun shook his head, "He's dead!"
"Pricked through the heart by an arrow!"
Yin Kun said this with great regret, "How could those people let him go? But they didn't attack me. These people were well-trained and my people didn't catch up."
"Have the places where the concubine stayed been checked? Have the people who have come in contact with him been checked as well?"
Gu Chengyu was stunned for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and asked.
Gu Chengyu was not interested in the concubine's escape process.
Yin Kun was shocked when he heard this. It was his negligence.
"I was negligent. He only said that the account book fell during his escape. I didn't expect that he might lie."
It is true that Xia Zhou was hiding something, so the concubine might also be hiding something.
Why didn't he think that the bastard would hide the account books?
Perhaps that book was more important than the one handed over by Xia Zhou's concubine, and that one was what they kept to save their lives.
"What a pity. The book he gave me actually captured some low-level officials, including the tongzhi and magistrate of Yishui County, a group of officials from the county government, and three or four officials of the same rank from neighboring counties.
This also involves Yan Tongpan, whose name is on the account books, but the amount is a bit vague."
Gu Chengyu thought for a moment. These were low-level officials. It seemed that the most important thing was another account book.
How could a county magistrate get hundreds of thousands of taels of silver? These low-level officials would definitely not be able to afford it.
As for Yan Huinong, judging from the look on his senior brother's face, he is naturally fine.
"Has it been handled properly? There won't be any clues, right?"
Gu Chengyu also said a few words, so he would naturally feel at ease when his senior brother was doing things.
This elder brother may not be very sensitive to officialdom politics, but he is more prudent in his work.
"Of course, since it can be spent elsewhere, then his name can also be spent, right?"
Yin Kun laughed and admired Gu Chengyu's sensitivity.
"Did he really interfere?" Gu Chengyu didn't know Yan Huinong, and the teacher rarely mentioned it.
If Yan Huinong really intervened, he would have to be careful about dealing with this person in the future.
Without him, it would be too stupid!
Gu Chengyu thought it was normal to take advantage of his position to receive some benefits, as long as it was not excessive.
After all, officials' salaries are too low. If they live on their salaries, entertaining their colleagues will drain their wealth.
He is not a pedantic person, otherwise he would not have given money to officials before and also given Yin Kun a share of the restaurant's profits.
But he couldn't give them away blindly. They were all familiar to each other, and he was neither greedy nor flamboyant.
If Yan Huinong dares to accept Xia's money, it can only mean two things.
Or he is very greedy and can't stand it.
Or maybe he was not sensitive to the current situation in the court and thought that Xia Qing was at the height of his power and would always be in glory.
Of course, it is not ruled out that someone might get caught.
No matter what it is, this person's achievements in the officialdom are unlikely to be great anyway.
"He told me that he was tricked. He had never confiscated any money. This matter was related to the prefect of Yingnan Prefecture. He was the general magistrate, and he was originally responsible for supervising those officials. He and the prefect could not be of the same mind. The prefect made a plan,
The whereabouts of the money is probably with the prefect."
Gu Chengyu smiled, the reason for this needs to be verified.
When Yin Kun saw that Gu Chengyu was noncommittal, he said: "Yan Huinong comes from a poor family. The teacher also thought that he was steady and quite upright. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been a fifth-grade general judge all these years.
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Gu Chengyu nodded, but he didn't agree in his heart.
Yin Kun has not seen Yan Huinong for many years and has not been together often. Who knows if this person's character has changed?
Some officials may have never moved their positions in the first half of their lives because they were upright and did not know how to work.
Later, when I saw that others were soaring, I naturally felt dissatisfied.
It is very possible to abandon the previous principles and become the kind of person he despised before.
Of course, Gu Chengyu did not believe that Yan Huinong was such a person.
Maybe he has always been so upright, but that's impossible to say.
You still need to meet the person in person and get along with him before you can feel confident.
"Then how much silver was found? Is the Emperor satisfied?"
Gu Chengyu changed the topic and asked about the amount of money.
He thinks it should be at least one hundred thousand taels, right? After all, the amount has been agreed upon before.
This time Yin Kun had a look of satisfaction on his face, "A total of 1.03 million taels of silver!"
Gu Chengyu raised his head from the tea bowl, "So many?"
Yin Kun felt that Gu Chengyu's surprise was reasonable.
When he found the silver coins, he was also shocked.
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