After the two of them finished that matter, Zhang Shouyue hugged Pan Xiaoyun and lay on the kang. Pan Xiaoyun said: "There is something, do you know?"
Zhang Shouyue asked: "What's the matter?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "There is a notebook hidden in the cushion in Lao Yu's study."
Zhang Shouyue said: "Book? What book?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "I am illiterate and don't know what is written on it. Once, I went to Lao Yu's study, and Lao Yu took the notebook and stuffed it into the cushion. I saw him. He was very angry and blamed me for not
He knocked on the door and came in. I thought there were banknotes in the notebook. When he was not at home, I secretly went to his study and took out the notebook to read, but there was nothing in it."
Zhang Shouyue said: "What kind of book can that be?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Are you literate?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "I know you."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Go and see what is written in that book? I want to know."
Zhang Shouyue also wanted to know what was written in the book, so he said "hmm" and agreed.
The next day, the two returned to the capital and stayed at an inn. Zhang Shou returned to Yu's house that night. At midnight, he sneaked into Yu Jing's study and saw that the cushion was still on the Taishi chair. He picked up the cushion and untied it.
I opened the button at the bottom, reached in and touched it, and found that there was indeed a notebook inside. I took it out, put it in my arms, fastened the button again, put the cushion back in its original position, left the study, returned to my room, and held the palm of my hand
Deng, took out the book and looked at it, and saw on the first page: "On the evening of the sixth day of May in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, I collected one thousand taels of silver from Zhao Dagui at home. On the evening of the seventh day of May in the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, at the village
From the Lian Mansion, give Zhuang Lian seven hundred taels of silver."
It turns out that this is a ledger of Yu Jing's bribery and bribery.
Zhang Shouyue thought to himself: "Most of the money Mr. Yu collected was taken by Zhuang Lian. It turns out that this old guy Zhuang Lian is a corrupt official."
The next day, Zhang Shouyue took the account book and went to the inn to find Pan Xiaoyun. He walked into the guest room. Pan Xiaoyun saw him coming back and asked, "Have you found that book?"
Zhang Shouyue said "hmm".
Pan Xiaoyun said: "What kind of notebook is that?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Is it a ledger?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Ledger? What kind of ledger?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Master Yu's account book of accepting bribes and paying bribes to Zhuang Lian."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "It's such an account book." She pondered for a moment and then said: "How much money did Lao Yu receive from others in total?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "I haven't counted it, but it's quite a lot anyway."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Do the math and see how much money he received in total?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "What's the point of this?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "I want to know if the amount on this is enough to convict Lao Yu. If it is enough, I want to use this account book to give the Yu family a lot of money. With this money, we can live together in the future."
Have a happy life."
Zhang Shouyue said: "No, this is absolutely not possible. Mr. Yu is good to me, how can I harm him. Xiaoyun, Mr. Yu has never treated you badly, how can you do this? This is so inappropriate."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "I'm not targeting Lao Yu, I just want to take revenge on that stinky bitch. She asked me to cleanse myself and leave the house. She was unkind, so don't blame me for being unjust."
Zhang Shouyue said: "Although what Madam did is a bit excessive, for Master Yu's sake, we must not do that."
Pan Xiaoyun pondered for a moment and said, "How about we give Zhuang Lian some credit?"
Zhang Shouyue thought for a moment and said, "That's okay, but once we do this, Jin Yiwei will definitely not let us go."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "After we get the money, we will fly far away. Where can the Jin Yiwei find us?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Fly far away? Where are you flying to?"
Pan Xiaoyun said: "How about we go to Gaoli?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "That's not right. Goryeo also has the eyes and ears of Jinyiwei. We can't hide it."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Then go to Japan."
Zhang Shouyue said: "Jinyiwei also has eyes and ears in Japan. Do you think they can't find us if we hide in Japan? They can still find us."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "How come Japan also has the eyes and ears of Jin Yiwei?" After thinking for a moment, he added: "Does Nanyang have the eyes and ears of Jin Yiwei?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "There doesn't seem to be one there."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Then let's hide in Nanyang."
Zhang Shouyue thought to himself: "Wealth is something you risk. If you can get a large sum of money, you will have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life. It's worth a try." He said, "Okay, then let's give Zhuang Lian a small sum and get it."
After earning money, go to Nanyang to live a happy life."
Pan Xiaoyun asked: "How much should we beat him?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "I don't know how much money he received from Mr. Yu in total. Let's calculate the total and then decide how much money he will give him."
Pan Xiaoyun thinks this idea is a good one.
Zhang Shou left the guest room about an appointment, went to ask the shopkeeper for a few pages of paper, and borrowed a pen and ink and an abacus. He returned to the room, took out the account book from his pocket, put it on the table, and collected every bribe Yu Jing had received.
Yin, and Yu Jing recorded every sum of money that Yu Jing sent to Zhuang Lian one by one, and used an abacus to calculate the total. It was found that Yu Jing had received a total of 1,583,000 taels of bribe silver, 70% of which was given to Zhuang Lian.
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Pan Xiaoyun saw that Zhang Shouyu had finished the calculation and asked, "How much money did Zhuang Lian receive from Lao Yu in total?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "One hundred, one hundred and eight thousand taels."
Pan Xiaoyun was surprised and said: "There are so many people saying that Zhuang Lian is an upright official. He is so clean. This old guy turns out to be a corrupt official. How much money should we give him?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "I don't want silver, I want gold. I'm going to give him three thousand taels of gold."
Pan Xiaoyun thought for a while and said: "Three thousand taels of gold can be converted into more than 45,000 taels of silver. He has been greedy for more than one million taels, so we only hit him with this little. Isn't it too little?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "It won't be easy to carry any more. These three thousand taels of gold are enough for us to have enough food and clothing for the rest of our lives."
Pan Xiaoyun said: "Okay, I'll listen to you. When are we going to knock on that old guy?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Don't worry, let me think carefully about how to do it safely."
He paced back and forth in the room, thinking for more than half an hour, and finally came up with an idea.
The two left the capital and came to Thirty Mile Fort in the south of the city, where they stayed at an inn. Zhang Shouyue left Pan Xiaoyun at the inn and returned to the capital alone. They came to the Cabinet Office and asked to see Zhuang Lian. The guards went in to inform Zhuang Lian.
Lian said: "Let him come over."
After a while, Zhang Shouyue walked into Zhuang Lian's office and gave Zhuang Lian a gift. Zhuang Lian said, "Shou Yue, do you have anything to do with me?"
Zhang Shouyue took out three pages of paper from his pocket, put them on the table, and said, "I would like to ask you to take a look at this."
Zhuang Lian picked up the three pages without looking at them. He was shocked when he saw them. He recognized Yu Jing's handwriting and said, "Where did you get these pages?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Master Yu has an account book. I remember these things. These are the first three pages of the account book."
Zhuang Lian secretly cursed Yu Jing and asked nervously: "Where is the account book?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "It's in my hands."
Zhuang Lian said: "As long as it's in your hands, have you brought it? Give it to me quickly. I will never treat you badly."
Zhang Shouyue said: "I didn't bring it with me."
Zhuang Lian asked: "Where did you put it? Go get it quickly and give it to me."
Zhang Shouyue said with a smile on his face: "Now that Mr. Yu is gone, I will lose my job, my life will not be settled, and food will be a problem. I dare to borrow some money from you. If you are willing, I will
, If you are willing to lend money to the younger one, the younger one will hand over the account book."
Zhuang Lian thought to himself: "This guy is trying to blackmail me." He was angry, but he didn't dare to show up. He smiled and said: "Easy to say, easy to say, keep the promise. How much money do you plan to borrow from me?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "The young one doesn't want silver, he wants gold."
Zhuang Lian said: "Gold is fine too, how much do you want?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Three thousand taels."
Zhuang Lian was startled and thought to himself: "This guy has a really big appetite." He said: "Keep your promise, are you kidding me? How could I get such a large sum of gold? Isn't it difficult for you?
I am?"
Zhang Shouyue said with a smile: "Sir, please don't cry about poverty with me. It is recorded in the account book that the chief assistant received more than 1.1 million taels of silver from Master Yu. This mere 3,000 taels of gold does not count.
What is it, how come you can’t get it out? If you are not interested enough and don’t want to borrow it, then I’ll go talk to Yan Changgong, he will definitely be interested in this account book.”
When Zhuang Lian heard that Zhang Shou promised to hand over the account book to Yan Shoufeng, he was frightened and said: "You must not go to Yan Shoufeng. Although I can't get the gold, I can borrow it for you. In short, I will meet your request.
.Where do you live now? Are you still living in the Yu family? I will send you gold tonight."
Zhuang Lian wanted to stabilize Zhang Shouyue first, and then ask Luo Sigong to deal with him.
Zhang Shouyue said with a smile: "The little one is impatient and has no patience to wait until night. The little one now wants the adults to take him to get the gold."
Zhuang Lian pondered for a moment and said: "Okay, I will help you borrow it. If I give you the gold, you will give me the account book."
Zhang Shouyue said: "That's natural."
Zhuang Lian said: "Go and get the account book. We will hand over the gold in one hand and the account book in the other."
Zhang Shouyue said: "That's not possible. If your Excellency calls for the Jin Yiwei, it will be a disaster for me. Don't worry, Sir. As soon as I get the gold, I will send you the account book. If you don't trust me, I will give you the account book."
I have no choice but to talk to Mr. Yan Chang."
Zhuang Lian thought for a while and said, "You have to keep your word."
Zhang Shouyue said: "Don't worry, sir. I always keep my word."
Zhuang Lian said: "Okay, you come with me."
The two of them left the Cabinet Office and came to the Dalai Bank. Zhuang Lian's family could take out three thousand taels of gold, but the gold was hidden in a secret room. He didn't want Zhang Shouyue to know the location of the secret room. He wanted to get the money from the bank.
Borrow three thousand taels of gold.
The shopkeeper's name was Qu Dalai, a friend of Zhuang Lian's. When Zhuang Lian saw Qu Dalai, he proposed to borrow three thousand taels of gold on the grounds that the Ministry of Industry wanted to purchase raw materials and the money from the court had not yet been allocated.
It was too late to curry favor with Zhuang Lian, so how could he refuse? He readily agreed and ordered the shopkeeper to fetch three thousand taels of gold, all in gold ingots of fifty taels each.
Zhang Shouyue took out a cloth bag from his arms, filled it with gold ingots, and carried it on his shoulder.
Zhuang Lian thanked Qu Dalai, made an appointment with Zhang Shou, and whispered: "Shou, you have already got the gold, when will you hand over the account book to me?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "For the sake of caution, I hid the account book in another place. I will go and get it now. It takes about five days to go there. After five days, I will send the account book to you."
Zhuang Lian said: "It takes five days?"
Zhang Shouyue said: "Five days have passed by in a flash. Don't be impatient, sir. After five days, I will definitely hand over the account book to you."
Zhuang Lian said: "Okay then, I will wait for you for five days."