Yunxi handed a piece of paper filled with words to Lin Jun.
Lin Jun took the paper and looked at it. It turned out that it was written about Lin Jun accepting money and helping people to eliminate disasters!
Lin Jun hurriedly looked at the end. Sure enough, it had his own signature, and it was Lin Li's signature.
Lin Jun couldn't help but put his hands on the paper, as if he wanted to tear it up.
Yunxi said: "Prefect Lin wants to tear up this confession? This is just another copy of it. It is still with me."
"Actually, Prefect Lin, you should be able to spot the difference. Although the copyist tried his best to imitate Lin Li's handwriting, there are still differences."
Lin Jun has completely regained his composure, at least on the surface. He said: "I don't understand what His Highness is talking about. The words above are all slander. My relative Lin Li has never written anything like this."
Regardless of what Lin Jun said, Yunxi said to himself: "On the night of the fourth day of this month, the guards sent to patrol near the Yanzhou government office received this."
"According to them, they were patrolling that day, and suddenly a man walked up to them, knelt down and said, 'Don't come to me to ask for your life, devil. Lin Jun told me to do it. I'm just a small person, a helper, it doesn't matter.
It’s my business, it’s none of my business.’ Then he just said what was written on it.”
"The two guards didn't dare to take matters into their own hands, so they took him to King Lu's Sanwei Yamen. The person in charge didn't dare to wake me up, so they asked someone to write down what he said and ask him to sign it. Then the person in charge was about to
When I temporarily imprisoned Lin Li, I suddenly discovered that Lin Li was missing."
"When Gu got up the next day, the person in charge immediately reported the matter to Gu. Gu did not believe such a strange thing, but an official and Gu said: 'The strange things may not be illusory. Your Highness, why not check it out here?
Check, if the verification is untrue, then that's it; if the verification is true, then...'"
"Gu therefore sent people to investigate, and the results were consistent with the confession. Gu was greatly surprised. I wonder what prefect Lin had to say in defense?"
After hearing this "fantasy story", Lin Jun didn't know how to react; and when he heard Yunxi said that many things had been verified, he suddenly knew that he could no longer hide it, and he immediately slumped in his seat.
Yunxi was just talking to himself and had no intention of asking anyone to answer. Seeing that Lin Jun had slumped on his seat, he waved his hand and asked the guards to tie up Lin Jun. He took Lin Jun to Guo Town for interrogation.
Before, Yunxi asked: "As an official of the imperial court, you are only forty years old and have a bright future. Why do you do such corruption? Your family is not poor."
Although Lin Jun was tied up at this time, he regained some energy. After hearing Yun Xi's question, he said: "A bright future? More than ten years ago, my uncle also had a bright future, but he lost his head in the Kongyin case." Then.
Just stop talking.
Yunxi shouted loudly: "The state has national laws, and the family has family rules. Your uncle deceived the emperor and ignored his superiors and should be executed according to the national laws. However, you used this as an excuse to resent the court and commit such a major crime. It is just an excuse for your own behavior."
"
"If you don't want to be an official after seeing your uncle's fate, you don't need to take part in the imperial examination. Since you took part in the imperial examination of our Ming Dynasty, if you want to be an official, you must abide by the laws of our Ming Dynasty. But you still violate the national law and commit corruption.
The case is just a lie."
Yunxi had long been looking for an opportunity to criticize these corrupt officials who felt good about themselves, but now he had the opportunity.
It would be fine if Lin Jun said that his family has a large population and does not have enough money to spend. After all, the salary standard set by Lao Zhu is enough for a standard family of five, but if there are many people in the family and the family relies on him, it is indeed not enough. He
There is no way for all officials to sever ties with their families.
But he actually cited the example of his uncle who was killed illegally. He was absolutely a hypocrite. Yunxi hated such people the most.
Lin Jun probably didn't expect Yunxi to reprimand him like this, and was stunned for a moment. After Yunxi finished spraying, he was no longer in the mood to talk to him anymore, and waved his hand to let the soldiers drag him down.
Then Yunxi said: "Search the entire Yanzhou Prefecture's backyard and the prefect's courtyard, and don't miss a single corner."
The soldiers excitedly said in unison: "Yes!" and then rushed into the courtyard of the prefect's backyard in Yanzhou Prefecture. Ransomware was the soldiers' favorite thing, although they did not dare to carry a lot of things in their pockets like they did later.
But he hid the small items casually and no one cared about them, so the soldiers who got the job of searching the house were very happy.
Yunxi didn't have time to keep an eye on them as they ransacked the house, so he asked Tong Yong to watch here, and then went back.
Not long after returning, Guo Zhen came to report: "Your Highness, Lin Jun confessed that the official of King Lu's three guards who was complicit with him is Qianhu Cao Yu of the right guard."
Yunxi said: "It's him? Get him immediately." Guo Zhen replied: "Yes." Then he went down.
Yunxi turned his head and asked Qin Song: "Tell me, does He Yu have any problems?"
Qin Song said: "I dare not say for sure, but now all the yamen in Yanzhou City have been in turmoil because of this major corruption case. Your Highness is best to trust them temporarily without evidence."
Yunxi thought about it for a while and felt that what Qin Song said made sense, so he gave up the idea of arresting people again.
At noon, in a secret residence of Cao Yu in Yanzhou City, Cao Yu pushed the door in, and someone came up to close the door, but he didn't care. He said to the person in front of him: "What's the matter? The prefect of Yanzhou has been arrested, I have to escape quickly
.Didn’t the Marquis train in the navy in Jiaozhou Bay? Immediately arrange for me to go to sea to Fusang."
But the man in front of him said: "Master Cao, there is no need to run away."
Cao Yu was about to ask why when he suddenly felt a pain in his body. When he lowered his head, he seemed to see something coming out of his chest, and then he lost consciousness.
A man stood behind Cao Yu and pulled the knife out of his body. His body lost its support and immediately fell to the ground.
However, although the murderer had already killed the person, he still asked: "Why did you kill him?"
The man in front of Cao Yu originally said: "If you don't kill him, let him be captured by the emperor's grandson and used to testify against the marquis? This place is nearly a thousand miles away from the sea. How can we escape!"
The man still asked: "But it's not like you don't know that Cao Yu belongs to the Marquis."
"What I did was the order of the Marquis. The Marquis is a man who has experienced great storms and knows how a strong man cuts off his wrist. Don't ask, just clean up this place quickly and don't leave anything behind. We have to leave quickly."
At Shen Shi in the afternoon, Guo Zhen came to Lu Wang Sanwei Yamen.
At this time, Yunxi was saying to Qi Tai: "Go down and add today's events to the book, and hand it to me tomorrow morning." Qi Tai agreed and saw that Yunxi had nothing to do with him, and Guo Zhen should
I told Yunxi that I had something to do, bowed and then went down.
Guo Zhen said to Yunxi: "Your Highness, Cao Yu has run away. I have asked the four gates, and no one who looks like Cao Yu has been seen leaving the city. I have arranged a large search throughout the city to catch him."
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Yunxi said: "We must catch him and find out the person behind him. You must personally ask who is behind him. In addition, you arrange for someone to investigate He Yu privately and try not to be discovered by He Yu; even if you are
Even if you discover it, don’t leave any evidence.”
Guo Zhen said: "I will go to investigate He Yu immediately. But Your Highness, today is already the tenth day of August, and you have been in Yanzhou Mansion for eleven days. If you insist on staying here to investigate the case, how can you continue the northern patrol? Your Highness is here
I have to go back before the Chinese New Year."
Yunxi also came to his senses: he had been in Yanzhou for a long time, and most of the local borers had been dug out, so it was time to continue his northern tour.
Yunxi said: "What you are saying is that Gu was not sent to Shandong to investigate the case. When the newly appointed officials of Lu Wang Sanwei, Ziyang County Magistrate and others arrive tomorrow, Gu will hand over the matter to them; investigate the mastermind behind the scenes.
Let them take care of everything."
"You go down and prepare, and hand over everything tomorrow. But we still need to investigate He Yu." Guo Zhen agreed and went down.
Unexpectedly, Yunxi had just arranged for someone to check on him, so He Yu came to his door himself.
These days, those who just follow the crowd and collect money have been returned to their homes, so Yunxi and the others are the only ones in Lu Wang Sanwei's Yamen. He Yu walked to the gate of Lu Wang Sanwei's Yamen and said that he wanted to apologize to Yunxi, and the disciple immediately went in to send a message.
Yunxi was not surprised when he heard He Yu came and immediately let him in.
After He Yu left Yunxi's office, he immediately knelt down on the ground and said, "Your Highness, I don't know my recommendation, so I came here to apologize to Your Highness."
Although Yunxi still suspected that He Yu was involved, he had decided not to reveal anything until there was no evidence, so he said to He Yu at this time: "He Qing, please come up. This case was committed by Cao Yu himself, what does it have to do with you?"
And immediately asked the young eunuch to help He Yu up.
He Yu apologized several times and then stood up. Yun He comforted him again and said: "The new generals of the three guards of King Lu sent by your Majesty this time still need a command officer. It is better to wait until they arrive tomorrow and let Gu Rang go."
You are temporarily acting as the commander of the Qianshi. As long as there are no problems within three months, you will be officially promoted to the commander of the Qianshi."
Yunxi considered that even if He Yu was involved, it could always be found out within three months; if he was still found to be fine within three months, then there was no problem and he could use it with confidence.
However, Yunxi's approach moved He Yu, who had the ancient custom of "a scholar will die for his confidant". After leaving the Lu Wang Sanwei Yamen, he secretly made up his mind: If His Highness the Emperor Taisun wants to use him in the future, even if it means a mountain of swords and a sea of fire.