There was a chair next to his butt, but this time, he didn't dare to sit down.
He bowed slightly and looked at Xiao Chen respectfully: "I will go back now and take out all the banknotes. Let's go see the factory owner?"
"The factory owner lives in the imperial palace. You bring the banknotes with you. Do you want to drag the factory owner into trouble?" Xiao Chen said angrily.
As a middleman, I have already said that the factory owner treats money like dirt. Besides, I am now in charge of the Dong Factory. If you give me the banknote, will I be able to share it with my brothers?
You still have to give the banknote to the factory owner. Do you think the factory owner will accept your banknote?
Li An, who was on the side, saw the secret.
He coughed lightly and forced a smile on his face: "Commander Xu will leave the money matter to Brother Xiao. After all, Mr. Lin Chang is now ordered to accompany the emperor. It is really inappropriate to bring a large number of silver notes with him.
.If the Emperor knew that it was Commander Xu who sent it, not only would it not be possible, but Mr. Lin Chang might also be implicated."
"Yes, yes." Xu Kaiying nodded quickly, "I didn't think carefully. I will go back and bring the banknote to Brother Xiao."
With that said, he was about to turn around and leave.
"Wait a minute." Xiao Chen stopped him, "Commander Xu should give this banknote to Mr. Factory. It's not convenient to talk in the palace, so I will ask Mr. Factory to come out."
"Brother Xiao, I'll give you the banknote." Xu Kaiying forced a smile.
Xiao Chen was startled, will you react now?
He was still polite: "Commander Xu, aren't you afraid that I will embezzle the banknotes?"
"Brother Xiao is in charge of Dongchang now. You are the most suitable to hold the money. As long as Brother Xiao and the factory owner are happy, it is not my responsibility to worry about how the money is distributed." Xu Kaiying said with a bitter look on her face.
Now, how could Xu Kaiying not understand that the person who really spoke with weight was not Lin Shangli, but Xiao Chen.
As long as he accepts the money, the matter will probably be settled.
Why should I bother to investigate the true whereabouts of the money?
However, it is absolutely cost-effective to exchange your savings for your own life. Otherwise, what is the point of keeping the money but losing your life?
"Commander Xu is really a sensible person." Li An, who was next to him, couldn't help laughing.
Xiao Chen rolled his eyes, glared at Li An, then turned his head and looked at Xu Kaiying "amiably": "Commander Xu, go get the banknote, we will wait for you here. You are here, let's discuss it, what?"
You can talk to the factory owner sometime."
"Hey, hey." Xu Kaiying nodded repeatedly and slowly exited the lobby of the Criminal Department.
Seeing Xu Kaiying disappear, Li An hurriedly looked at Xiao Chen: "Are you really planning to let Xu Kaiying go?"
"Not only do I let him go, I also try my best to keep his position as commander of the Jinyiwei. After our torture, the Jinyiwei he will be in charge of in the future will be ours. If we take him down, the Jinyiwei in the future will be ours."
I don’t know what kind of difficult opponent he will be.”
"Doesn't that mean that Xu Kaiying must be put aside in the process of this conviction?" Li An asked slowly.
"Well, you must keep the written materials of the conviction. When he comes, don't tell him that we are going to protect his job. Let the factory owner talk to him later, and let him voluntarily become the Dongchang with tears of gratitude.
'Subordinate'. I'll go back and make arrangements and ask Du Shaoqin, the warden of the Dongchang prison, to bring a few people with him and the warden Duan to entertain Ma Yunshan well."
"Okay, okay, treat Ma Yunshan well. When I think of his arrogant look, I want to go up and give him a slap in the face." Li An said with a look of joy.
"Don't worry, Dongchang is fine this time, and Ma Yunshan has caught up." Xiao Chen laughed and walked out of the lobby.
Two hours later, Dongchang Prison Warden Du Shaoqin and Thirteenth Prison Warden Duan Tianming, with five or six Dongchang captains behind them, walked into the gate of the Criminal Department chatting and laughing.
"Master Shangshu, the person in charge of torture in Dongchang has arrived." A guard from the Ministry of Punishment hurriedly ran into the lobby and reported to Li An.
"Well, I have something to do here soon, so I won't greet them. You take them directly to the prison and tell the cell leader that they will be solely responsible for the prisoner." Li An said, holding the banknote handed over by Xu Kaiying in his hand.
"Yes." The guard responded, turned and left.
"Commander Xu, didn't you say one hundred thousand taels of silver notes? How can this be one hundred and eleven thousand taels?" Li An put the banknotes in his hand in front of Xu Kaiying who was opposite.
"Master Li doesn't know. My savings are indeed only one hundred thousand taels. However, as the largest imperial army in the capital, merchants and other merchants will also pay tribute from time to time. After reading Master Li's account book, I have no doubts about your account.
I was deeply impressed by the incorruptibility. So I rummaged around at home, collected all the banknotes, and collected 10,000 taels, which is regarded as a reward for your hard work." With a smile on her face, Xu Kaiying looked flattering.
"This, how embarrassing is this?" Li An suddenly beamed, "In all these years of being an official, I have never collected money from others. How about you give it all to Brother Xiao when he comes back?"
"Sir, you're welcome." Xu Kaiying stood up, took out ten thousand taels from the banknote, and stuffed it into Li An's hand, "This is for you, just take it. Brother Xiao's, I'll prepare it later."
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Li An was stunned: "Commander Xu has already spent so much money, how can he still prepare it?"
"To be honest with you, the Jinyi Guards are the No. 1 Forbidden Army in the capital. They have a wide defense area and involve many street merchants. Thousands of households below have money in their hands. In order to survive for them, I must collect some money to honor Brother Xiao.
, it should be easy." Xu Kaiying said with a smile.
"It turns out that Jin Yiwei doesn't rely on his salary to make a living?" Li An showed envy in his eyes, "If that's the case, then I won't be polite."
He raised his right hand and quickly stuffed the ten thousand taels of silver notes in his hand into his arms.
Du Shaoqin, the warden of the Criminal Department Prison and Dongchang Prison, arranged for several captains behind him to go to other cells, and together with Duan Tianming, opened the door of the cell in front of him.
The structure of the prison of the Ministry of Punishment is the same as that of Jinyiwei. For safety, deep pits were dug underground and built, which can also be called a dungeon.
In addition to being poorly ventilated and having an unpleasant smell, the light also relies on an oil lamp on the wall.
With the faint light of the oil lamp, Du Shaoqin took a closer look and found Ma Yunshan sitting in the corner wearing prison uniform and shackled.
"Ma Tongzhi, we are here to serve you on the orders of Brother Xiao." Du Shaoqin stepped forward and kicked Ma Yunshan.
"Oops." Ma Yunshan screamed in pain, holding his hands on the wall, and slowly stood up. The shackles on his body made a "squeaking" sound with his movements.
Duan Tianming, who was in the back, frowned and glanced at the dim oil lamp on the wall: "The Ministry of Punishment is so frugal, isn't the oil lamp in the cell a bit too small?"
"That's right. Ma Tongzhi will be tortured later. The lighting is not good, which will make it more difficult. You stay here and I'll go find someone from the Punishment Department to get some torches." With that said, Du Shaoqin turned around and left the cell again.
Ma Yunshan stood quietly and said nothing.
He knew that the two people in front of him should be Xiao Chen's effective "executioners".
He was already facing the death penalty, and dying bravely was the only way he could save his dignity in the end.
"Ah...ah..." A series of screams came in from the open door, occasionally mixed with the sound of a few loud whips.
Ma Yunshan frowned and his thighs couldn't help but tremble a few times.
That was Zhang Jin's voice.
Obviously, it was not just the two people who came from Dongchang. They should have taken over the entire case and tortured them.
Listening to Zhang Jin's screams, Ma Yunshan couldn't help but grit his teeth and secretly warned himself: "Hold on, you must hold on. Outside the cell, we lost to Dongchang. Inside the cell, we must not be subdued by them again."
"Here comes the torch." Following Du Shaoqin's shout, a beam of firelight shone in from the door.
Holding a torch in each hand, Du Shaoqin walked into the cell. After groping on the wall for a long time, he finally inserted the torch.
The blazing flames suddenly made the cell look like daylight.
Ma Yunshan, who had become accustomed to dim light, covered his eyes with his hands and couldn't help but shrink to the corner.
