East Factory Governor

Chapter 312 Human and Physical Evidence
Qin Shuhuai picked up the booklet and asked, "This is?"

Zhao Xinian said, "Wang Huazhen wanted to kill my father because of these two books!"

As soon as Qin Shuhuai heard it, he looked it up immediately, and saw that the amount of bribes that the Zhao family had paid to all levels of government over the years was densely written in the account books, from the commanders of the coastal guards, the county magistrates to the governors.It turned out that the merchants doing overseas business had to pay tribute to other relevant officials in addition to sharing with the Ningbo government.These "tributes" accounted for half of their profits.

In addition to the object and amount of the bribe, it also clearly stated whether it was cash or a bank note. For the bank note, it also indicated which bank and which year it was from. It seems that there are ulterior motives.Even in the bribery record given to the governor Wang Huazhen, it is also indicated that it was through the hands of his confidant Sun Qian and so on.

The last few pages of the account book are a love letter written by Mr. Zhao himself.In the love letter, Mr. Zhao first admitted his crime of ignoring the imperial court's prohibition to go abroad (that is, smuggling), and then talked about the benefits of overseas business to the people.In the end, he also stated in detail that the governor Wang Huazhen let his nephew dominate the overseas port, amass money wantonly, and killed several merchants for no reason, and said that if something happened to him, it must be Wang Huazhen.

This account book was not only written by Mr. Zhao himself, but also his handprint and private seal were stamped in the middle of each page to show that it was not faked by others.

Qin Shuhuai was amazed after seeing it.

This account book is almost based on creating a bribery evidence. One can imagine Master Zhao's intentions in making these two account books.He must have wanted to rely on these two account books to save his life, but these two account books became the direct cause of his death.

Zhao Xinian's words also confirmed Qin Shuhuai's thoughts.

"My father knew that Wang Huazhen was cruel and ruthless. In order to spend his old age safely, he told Wang Huazhen's confidant Sun Qian about the two books, and told him that as long as the governor protects the lives of dozens of people in the Zhao family, then the two He took this account book into the coffin. My father only wanted to save his life, but he didn't expect that it was these two account books that caused the Zhao family to be wiped out!"

Having said that, Zhao Xinian couldn't restrain his sadness any longer, and burst into tears.

Qin Shuhuai said, "So, Wang Huazhen sent people to destroy Zhao's family in order to find these two books, so as to avoid future troubles forever?"

Zhao Xinian cried for a while before saying, "That's right! It is said that Wang Huazhen was afraid that these two booklets would fall into the hands of political opponents in the court, so he did everything possible to get them."

Qin Shuhuai said thoughtfully, "In this way, the logic will be straightened out."

Zhao Xinian knelt down again, and said to Qin Shuhuai, "Master Qin, everyone in the world knows that you are a famous person in front of the emperor, and you are also the emperor's emperor! In the whole world, you are the only one who can avenge the Zhao family's vengeance! Now that Xinian is telling the truth, he only asks Qin Gangzhu and Qin Shaobao to give the Zhao family justice, so that the traitors will be punished by heaven!"

Qin Shuhuai said in a deep voice, "Young Master Zhao, get up. Since I have taken over this matter, I have to investigate for justice. However, these two booklets that are critical to your life must be placed with me before it is safe. Are you willing?" ?”

Zhao Xinian said without hesitation, "I'm willing to take out these two books, so I've decided to give them to Chief Qin! These two books are more important than my life, so I can rest assured only if they are placed with Chief Qin."

"Okay!" Qin Shuhuai put the booklet in his arms, and said, "By the way, this place is very unsafe for you. I want to send you to the helm of my Jianghe Gang and arrange for experts to protect it. Are you willing?"

Zhao Xinian didn't want to go to Dongying in the first place, and when he heard that Qin Shuhuai was willing to protect him, he naturally wished for it.

Immediately said, "Yes! Of course I am willing! Thank you, Chief Qin!"

It was already late at night, the two chatted for a long time, and they were hungry, so they ordered some meals and ate them.

After eating, Qin Shuhuai called Meng Wei and asked him to personally protect Zhao Xinian from now on.At the same time, they called Li Shounian and asked him to study the route to take Zhao Xinian to Hangzhou to board the ship tomorrow.Li Shounian has been running between Ningbo and Hangzhou for many years, and he quickly studied the route, and said that he will send the best members of the gang to go on the road together to protect Zhao Xinian.

Qin Shuhuai thought about it, but he was still worried, because Zhao Xinian was too important, and he was the most important witness.The person who wanted to kill him was the governor of Zhejiang. Not only did he have a very good relationship with the local Jinyiwei, but the mansion probably also raised many masters.In addition, the Dark Cloud Sect may attack again, so it is not necessarily safe to rely on Meng Wei and the brothers of the Haisha Gang.

But it would be too time-consuming to escort them personally, and it would take several days to come and go.

Why don't you let the White Lotus Sect also send some people there?

Not enough either.The White Lotus Sect is good at intelligence, but they are not so good at martial arts.Let's just say that the great elder before them couldn't survive a few tricks with him, let alone the Ningbo division, there must be no decent masters.

Then let Zhao go to You?He would be relieved if he went, but would someone with such a big wrist listen to him?He followed him because he was curious about himself.Ask him to protect a personal certificate and go to Tongzhou?It would be strange if he didn't roll his eyes when he said it.

After thinking about it, suddenly his eyes lit up.

By the way, look for Nan Gai!This is Nan Gai's territory. With his friendship with Wang Datong, how could Nan Gai not help?
So he immediately found Li Shounian and asked, "Vice Chief Li, do you have any acquaintances in the Nangai area of ​​Ningbo Mansion?"

Li Shounian laughed and said, "We are both in the rivers and lakes with Nangai, how could we not recognize a few people we know? But Nangai is a big gang, although we can't talk about putting on airs, they don't have much friendship with us. Even our gang leader I only recognize one of the sub-rudder masters of Nangai's Ningbo sub-helm, as for their helm masters, they have always seen the head but never the tail."

Qin Shuhuai chuckled and said, "Let's go, then we'll go meet that dragon."

Li Shounian wondered, "Oh? Could it be that the leader of the Qin clan knows the sub-ruler? That's good, I just took advantage of the leader of the Qin clan to seek friendship."

After saying this, Li Shounian felt a little regretful.Who is Chief Qin?If you want to meet the rudder master of the Nangai Ningbo sub-rudder, do you still need to know each other before you can go?What are you asking yourself!

However, Qin Shuhuai just smiled lightly and didn't say anything, he just motioned for him to go out together.

The two rode on fast horses, taking advantage of the moonlight to run all the way to Nangai Ningbo sub-helm.Li Shounian is a local, so he naturally knows where he is.

After running for about an hour, they came to an ordinary-looking house, which Li Shounian said was Nangai Ningbo Fenrudder.

Qin Shuhuai was not surprised at all.Most of the sub-rudders of the Beggar Gang are relatively low-key. It would be nice if the Ningbo sub-rudder didn’t find a Poshan Temple as a sub-rudder.

Although it is an ordinary house, there are still guards at the door—two beggars in ragged clothes are sitting on the steps.

Seeing Qin Shuhuai and Li Shounian approaching, one of the beggars tapped the ground with a beggar and said, "Stop, do you know where this is?"

Qin Shuhuai clasped his fists and said, "I know, Nangai Ningbo is at the helm. I will discuss with your rudder master, please let me know."

The beggar said disdainfully, "Who are you? Do you know what time it is? You came to find our helmsman at night, you are too powerful, right?"

Another beggar also sneered and said, "That's right, you think our helmsman will see you whenever you want? What do you think of our gang of beggars? Go for a walk, go back and learn the rules."

Qin Shuhuai smiled softly, "Wang Datong, the leader of your club, didn't tell me that there are so many rules."

"Yo? You still know us Zhang Bang Longtou? Who is it? I also said that I know the leader of the Jianghe Gang Qin!" The beggar holding the stick laughed.

(End of this chapter)