"Ginseng is used as firewood, oh my god! oh my god!"
Li Mu said.
In later generations, the price of ginseng ranged from 200 yuan to 4,000 yuan per catty. There were still artificially bred ginseng, so the price has dropped; but now, all ginseng is wild, and the price is very expensive.
"It can't be fake, it can't be framed by some people!" Li Mu said.
"I hope this is false, this is a frame-up!" Li Gong said: "I thought I was a noble, but when I arrived at the Zheng Mansion, I realized what low-key luxury is. It turns out that I am not a noble, I am just a bumpkin!"
"Let's go, let's go now!"
Li Mu said.
"It's getting dark, let's go tomorrow!" Li Gong said.
"Let's go now, I can't wait any longer!" Li Mu said.
"Okay!" Li Gong said.
The two acted vigorously and resolutely, leaving as quickly as they could, and soon arrived at the Zheng family's residence.
The Zheng family's residence is located in the west of the city. It has a huge courtyard. From the outside, it looks ancient and elegant. Compared with the status of the prefect of Jinling, this courtyard can only be considered low-key and extremely ordinary.
At this moment, there are already soldiers guarding the Zheng Mansion, including family members and women, mainly in the backyard.
Entering the Zheng Mansion, there are only three entrances and three exits, about a dozen rooms, a back garden, etc. It looks extremely ordinary.
Walking around the courtyard, the furniture, furnishings, etc. all give people a simple and simple feeling, giving people a sense of plainness and cleanliness.
People's evaluation of Zheng Yong is that he is an upright official, and he is worthy of his name.
"Don't be anxious, go to the backyard and take a look!" Li Gong said.
With that said, he walked to the kitchen.
Arriving in the kitchen, Li Gong stepped forward and opened a firewood basket. He saw a pile of dry firewood inside, but when he looked more closely, it was a pile of ginseng.
"Ginseng is very precious to ordinary people, but to us, it is nothing. We just eat ginseng every meal, and it doesn't cost much. But Zheng Yong is too rich. He doesn't use ginseng to eat it, but just uses it as firewood.
"Fire." Li Gong said: "I was surprised and asked the chef why he did it like this?"
"It turned out that the chef said that the cabbage grown by the people is rustic and not conducive to health. You can use ginseng as firewood to cook the cabbage without being rustic. After trying it a few times, the result is that it is not rustic anymore and tastes pretty good.
.It is said that two thousand kilograms of ginseng is only enough for one month’s firewood.”
"This is what rich people enjoy. It turns out that I am not a young prince, but a country bumpkin!"
Li Gong laughed at himself.
A trace of anger flashed in Li Mu's eyes, he called the servant and asked.
Turns out, the answer is infuriating.
"It might be a lie!" Li Mu said.
"Fake, it's impossible!" Li Gong said.
"Everything is possible!" Li Mu said: "For example, just throw a basket of ginseng over, and bribe a few slaves. In the end, there is no evidence, but evidence is created!"
As he spoke, Li Mu squatted down, shoveled out a pile of ashes directly from the stove, and threw it aside.
Then he took a ginseng stick and burned it directly. It was quickly reduced to ashes.
Comparing the two piles of ashes, the results were extremely similar.
The ashes in the pot and stove are all ginseng ashes.
This also shows that the baskets of ginseng were not temporarily moved to frame the case, but were used for a long, long time.
Li Mu said: "The world is not peaceful. Food and clothing have not yet been solved in many areas. Disasters occur every year, and many people starve to death...Zheng Yong did this, and his death was not unjust!"
"How much money was confiscated from the house?" Li Mu asked.
"Not much, not much, the money is really not much!" Li Gong said: "The silver is less than 200,000 taels. Two thousand kilograms of ginseng is burned in a month. One kilogram of ginseng costs ten taels of silver. At least 20,000 taels of silver are consumed in a month. These
It’s hard to say how much money is consumed every year!”
Li Mu fell silent.
Poverty limited his imagination.
Poor people can never imagine what kind of life rich people live.
People die and money is not spent, which is very tragic.
As a result, many people died and money was spent.
After all, just like in the TV series, eating noodles with soybean paste, the family would spend tens of millions without moving a penny, which is too little.
"The matter has come to an end here and can be handed over to Your Majesty! Li Gong said: "The three of us will work together to make a secret and submit it to Your Majesty... As for how to handle it, it is up to Your Majesty!"
"finished!"
Li Mu said: "The matter is not over yet! The matter is not over yet! For example, two thousand kilograms of ginseng per month is too large. Where did Zheng Yong buy it? There is also Zheng Yong's unknown source of property...the source of the large amount of ginseng, and
Unidentified property, etc., all need to be investigated!”
"Do you really want to investigate? Pull up the carrots and bring up the mud!" Li Gong hesitated.
"There is no way out!" Li Mu said: "Young Master, you can retreat. Now retreat, return to the imperial capital, inherit your father's title, and become a Liaoyuan Marquis!"
"Retreat?" Li Gong's eyes flashed with determination, "It is impossible to retreat!"
Just kidding, the title of Marquis cannot be inherited.
He didn't want the world to say that that man was the son of Marquis Liaoyuan, but that he was the father of Marquis Shenqiang.
"Then let's bring the matter to trial. Soldiers are very quick!"
Li Mu said.
"Okay!" Li Gong nodded.
Arrest the steward directly.
"Tell me! Where did the stolen money come from? Where did you buy such a large amount of ginseng?" Leaning on the table, Li Mu was the first to ask in the simple courtroom from a high position.
"Sir, I don't know!"
The official said.
"I don't know!" Li Gong snorted coldly: "I'll be punished!"
Execution is simple and crude, and may result in unjust, false or wrongful convictions, and may lead to wrongful convictions, but it is the best way to quickly solve the case and find evidence.
Immediately several government officials from the six gates came forward and began to torture him.
The torturous skills such as splitting the muscles and bones, splitting the hands, eighteen punishments in the prison, etc. were performed one after another, and suddenly there were bursts of screams. It didn't last long, but the housekeeper's pants were wet and he had already peed.
Li Gong said: "Explain it, the fault is Zheng Yong's, why should you take the blame for Zheng Yong!"
The official's arms trembled and he cried: "It's not me, it's not me. I've only been here for a month. I don't know many things. These former housekeepers and wives know!"
"You are only here for a month, the old housekeeper knows!" Li Gong glanced at Li Mu.
Li Mu nodded.
Li Gong continued: "Old housekeeper, where have you been?"
"The old housekeeper's mother is ill and has returned to her hometown recently! I'm just taking my place temporarily!" The official said, "These old ladies know!"
"Damn it, why didn't you tell me earlier? I wasted so much time!"
A flash of anger flashed in Li Gong's heart, and he waved his hand to drag the official down.
"We can only interrogate Mrs. Zheng directly." Li Gong frowned.
"Isn't this bad?"
Li Mu said: "Mrs. Zheng has a royal decree, so it's hard to do anything!"
"It's hard to do it, but we have to do it!" Li Gong said: "We can't do this kind of dirty work, so we have to ask Hua Wuying to do it. Xuanjing Division specializes in doing this!"
"I am coming!"
At this time, there was a sound on the door and Hua Wuying appeared.
After something like this happened, Hua Wuying couldn't sleep, and almost couldn't sleep.
Then, Mrs. Zheng, dressed in mourning clothes, came to the front hall.
"Tell me, where did so much stolen money come from? Where did you buy so much ginseng?" Hua Wuying, wearing the official uniform of the Xuanjing Division, asked with murderous intent.
"Sir, these are all done by my husband, I don't know about it!"
Mrs. Zheng said.
"Really?" Hua Wuying said: "Do you think it is an imperial edict, so you can ignore the king's law? Tomorrow, I will report to the emperor to cancel your imperial edict. There is not much time left for you, so think more about it!