Chapter 362: The Case of Arrival at the Pawnshop (8)
Zhao Bai said that he had a way to make those who bend the law for personal gain automatically fall into the trap.
When he said these words, he looked natural and confident.
When Li Xiaolin saw it, he quickly asked him what method he could use to make those people destroy themselves.
"No matter who he is, corruption and bending the law is already a serious crime. Killing innocent people in order to cover up his crimes is an added crime. I, the Lin'an Prefecture, will never give mercy to such a person. But I beg General Zhao to take it."
If we come up with a good strategy, everyone in Lin'an Prefecture will do their best to bring the criminals to justice."
Zhao Bai did not answer, but his eyes fell sharply on Li Xiaolin's face, and his eyes were full of admiration.
"Old General, if all the officials in the imperial court can be like you, upright and honest, and regard the happiness of the people as their mission, then the Song Dynasty will really have a bright future."
Li Xiaolin's face turned red when Zhao Bai praised him so suddenly, and he quickly clasped his fists to express his wish again.
Zhao Bai's eyes turned cold.
The suddenly cold look in his eyes made Li Xiaolin feel nervous. He quickly took a step forward and said, "General Zhao, is there anything that I need to discuss in the back room?"
Zhao Bai shook his head, but pointed at Qin Shaobai and said.
"This young master should be the current owner of the pawn shop."
Before Li Xiaolin could reply, Qin Shaobai held up his hands and said:
"Back to General Zhao, the new owner of the pawn shop is my eldest brother. Before the murder, my brother went out to do some work. But my brother knew that Boss Qin was killed, so when I thought about the relationship between Miss Rouge and Boss Xiao, I immediately
I contacted Mr. Li, hoping to help the government solve the case as soon as possible."
Qin Shaobai still doesn't understand what kind of identity Zhao Bai wants to exist, but judging from Zhao Bai's question about his identity, Zhao Bai doesn't want him to reveal his identity yet.
Zhao Bai listened, pondered for a moment, and said to Li Xiaolin.
"Master Li, the murderer who killed Boss Xiao thought that Boss Xiao had something to do with them. Now that Boss Zhao has become the new boss of the pawn shop, he is afraid that the murderer will be detrimental to the new boss."
Li Xiaolin immediately became anxious when he heard this:
"Then I'll ask people to find Boss Zhao right away and protect him."
Zhao Bai waved his hand: "That's not necessary. As long as the government issues a notice saying that the pawn shop's account book has fallen into the hands of the government and has nothing to do with the new pawn shop owner, I believe that the gang of thieves will not attack Boss Zhao's family again.
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He paused for a moment, then looked into Li Xiaolin's expectant eyes and said: "Master Li, I have discussed this matter with the emperor carefully. The imperial court is kind and implements a reporting system. As long as someone reports the person on the account book within the specified time limit,
Whether you report others or yourself, you can avoid half of the guilt."
Is this Zhao Bai's strategy to lure you into an urn?
Everyone couldn't help but look at each other.
"Master Li, since General Zhao has this good plan, we might as well give it a try. Anyway, we have the account book in our hands. If no one takes the initiative to admit it by then, we might as well arrest them one by one and bring them to justice."
Song Ci added a sentence in time.
"What Mr. Song said is absolutely true." Zhao Bai smiled slightly, "The emperor originally wanted to arrest the people in this account book immediately, but he felt that everyone should be given a chance, so he gave these people three days' chance. Three
Queen of Heaven, the court will severely punish those who break the law but are unwilling to take the initiative to admit their responsibilities."
"Your Majesty is wise."
Li Xiaolin said that the emperor is wise, but his face looked at a loss.
"Then I'll trouble you, Mr. Li, to prepare a notice. I'll go back to the palace to report back to the emperor."
Zhao Bai said and walked out.
Walking up to Qin Shaobai, he seemed to touch Qin Shaobai accidentally.
Qin Shaobai naturally understood what Zhao Bai meant and said goodbye to Li Xiaolin.
Back in the other courtyard, before Qin Shaobai could sit down in his room, he was called over by Zhao Bai.
"Does General Zhao really think anyone will report it to the court?"
What Qin Shaobai meant was, why didn't Zhao Bai just arrest people according to the list?
"Shaobai, I know what you mean. In fact, I don't think so. I have long wanted to know how many moths are still devouring the already weak national power of our Song Dynasty."
"Then General Zhao..."
Zhao Bai sighed softly and took out the account book from his arms.
"Unfortunately, the emperor and I studied the account book for a long time, and also invited several ministers whom the emperor considered reliable to study together, and the result was that there were no flaws."
"General Zhao is saying that there is nothing wrong with this pawn shop?"
"No, there must be something wrong with this pawn shop, but the account book in our hands is not the one we are looking for."
Qin Shaobai was a little confused by what Zhao Bai said. He picked up the account book that Zhao Bai put on the table and looked at it carefully.
However, he had not liked mathematics since he was a child, and he was even more indifferent to these numbers. After looking at them for a long time, he didn't see anything interesting, so he had to put them down in frustration.
"General Zhao is saying that we haven't found the account books that can really convict those corrupt officials?"
Zhao Bai nodded, but his brows were furrowed like a plowed field.
Qin Shaobai didn't pay attention to Zhao Bai's confused expression at this time, and continued to talk to himself.
"Where will the ledger be?"
Zhao Bai stood up from the stool, walked for a while, and then shook his head.
Suddenly he stopped, and there was a hint of joy in his eyes.
"But I found out some unknown secrets, which may be related to the pawn shop's account books."
Qin Shaobai and Lian Le became excited when they heard it was related to the account book.
"Boss Xiao was able to win business from various departments of the imperial court because of Shi Miyuan's recommendation, and the relationship between Boss Xiao and Empress Yang is also very good."
"Is it possible that Boss Xiao will leave the account book with Queen Yang?"
Qin Shaobai's unintentional words made Zhao Baimao suddenly open his eyes.
"Yes, you won't believe it. That girl Rouge was originally a maid in Queen Yang's palace. Rather than saying that she is here to accompany Boss Xiao, it is better to say that she is here to monitor Boss Xiao."
"So, Miss Rouge's death was not to redress Boss Xiao's injustice, but to completely cut off the clues to the ledger?"
When the conversation came to this point, both of them fell silent.
Empress Yang and Shi Miyuan are the most powerful in the world today.
If the account book is really in the hands of Empress Yang, it will become a handle for Empress Yang to blackmail the officials.
All the officials will definitely surrender to Queen Yang under this threat.
This was a bigger blow to Song Ningzong who wanted to take back the imperial power.
Accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger, and doing business in the imperial court is like walking on a tightrope on a cliff.
"This matter is still annoying, let's not think about it for the time being. Let's see if anyone will choose to report it out of fear."
Qin Shaobai could hear that there was a lot of uncertainty in Zhao Bai's words.
To be precise, there are a lot of things that are not optimistic.
"By the way, General Zhao, since you have shown your true colors, can we also move out of this courtyard?"
Lian Le suddenly interjected.
"To be honest, as soon as I walked into this courtyard, I thought of Miss Rouge and felt uncomfortable all over."
"If Leer feels uncomfortable, we should go back to the General's Mansion. To be honest, I am really worried about your teacher Bai Minbai. However, as soon as this notice came out, everyone knew that the pawn shop had replaced it with a new one.
Boss, if they can't find a new boss, it won't work. So, please ask Miss Le'er to hold on for a few more days. After three days, I will definitely ask Miss Le'er to return to the General's Mansion."
Zhao Bai said and turned to Qin Shaobai.
"Is there any news about Teacher Bai these days?"
"I haven't seen him since we left Wangxianglou that day. I'm still regretting that I didn't ask him properly about his current situation."
"Actually, the emperor has already pardoned both of our sins, and all the wanted notices about us in the city have been taken down. We can indeed see people with our original faces."
As Zhao Bai spoke, his expression turned serious.
"Besides, I really want to meet Shi Miyuan for a while."
"General Zhao, the current Shi Miyuan should be a Mongolian. Should we expose him?"
Zhao Bai glanced at Qin Shaobai: "Miss Qingyi is dead, what evidence do we have to prove that this Shi Gong is not that Shi Gong? Unless..."
Unless there was something else, he didn't say anything, but his eyes became frightened and uneasy.
"Okay, everyone has been tired these past few days. Now let's take a good rest and recharge ourselves."
Lian Le quickly said that he would find some great chefs to cook a delicious meal in another courtyard.
"Then we might as well go directly to Wangxiang Tower. There are good wines and good food there, and maybe we can get some unexpected good news."