Great Ye Empress

Chapter 257 The Book of Songs
In addition, Xie Yunchu was still looking at the confessions from the officials involved in the case from the Ministry of Household over the past few days.

Although he knew who Xue Zhi was above and where the money went, he still needed evidence to convict him.

So in addition to waiting for Xue Zhi's back-hand to deliver to the door, Xie Yunchu thought that he had to use the stupidest method to continue the investigation, just in case.

As soon as Xue Zhi died, these household officials changed their tone temporarily and put all the blame on Xue Zhi. How much they were greedy for ink, they knew that they would have to raid their homes later, and they explained it clearly.

And what was sent to the top was all pushed on Xue Zhi's head, not to mention Xue Zhi... Even with Xue Zhi's own brother, he would not be able to copy such a huge amount of silver taels.

As long as the Censor's desk clarifies the accounts of the Xue Mansion, including Xue Mansion's antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and rare and strange treasures, they will still not be able to find the money...

Then where the money went, you always have to check it out.

It's not that the emperor said, forget it and stop chasing, the censor can agree.

"I don't know how many days it will take for His Royal Highness King Yan and Li Shaoqing to arrive in Beijing." Wang Shilang from the Ministry of Punishment sighed, "The other imperial servants went to the granaries in various places, and they didn't send any news back!"

In fact, it is not too slow for the imperial censors to go to the granaries of various prefectures.

After all, this disaster relief and corruption case is such a huge case that it cannot be investigated within a few months.

When you go to each prefecture, you have to deal with local officials on the basis of others, and you have to take care of your own safety, and you have to investigate the case. It's tough.

It's just that Xie Yunchu's handling of the granary in Taiyuan was too fast, and he had even been back for a few days. As a result, Wang Shilang was slow to see the reports sent by the other servants, so he felt slow.

Xie Yunchu and the officials from the Censor's Desk looked at the account book and saw it at night, and seeing that everyone couldn't hold it any longer, he said: "I'll be here today, let's all go back to rest for a while, and refresh our spirits. I'll check again tomorrow, thank you for your hard work. !"

Hearing what Xie Yunchu said, the exhausted Cushitai official got up and said goodbye to Xie Yunchu.

Yuan Bao saw that some officials came out of the Censor Tai Yamen one after another, came forward with their cloaks in their arms, and kept looking into the Yamen.

As soon as he saw Xie Yunchu, Yuanbao hurriedly stepped forward to shake off the cloak and put it on her: "Rokuro has come out, it's going to rain in the middle of the night, let's go back quickly!"

Xie Yunchu nodded and supported Yuanbao's hand on the carriage.

When the carriage swayed to the door of Xie's house, Yechen suddenly drew his sword and attacked in the direction of Gu Huai, who was hugged by the three people in the alley.

Seeing this, Yuanbao immediately protected Xie Yunchu behind him, and said loudly: "Rokuro, go back to the house!"

"Sir, show mercy!" The person hiding behind Gu Huai thumped and knelt on the ground, shouting loudly, "I'm here to ask you to thank your lord for calling the shots!"

When Xie Yunchu heard the words, the hand hidden behind his back suddenly clenched: "Yechen, bring someone here!"

Hearing this, Yechen pressed his sword against the man's neck and motioned for the man to come out from behind the tree.

The man came out from behind the tree tremblingly, and saw Xiao Lang, who was standing under the lamp of Xie's house, who was as white as jade. He knelt on the ground and said hurriedly: "Thank you, I am..."

"Go into the mansion and talk!" Xie Yunchu interrupted the man's voice by raising his voice, turned around and walked towards Xie mansion first, and whispered with Yuanbao, "vacate the main hall, and don't let idle people wait near."

"Yes!" Yuanbao responded.

Yechen saw that man's steps were messy and his legs were trembling. He knew that this man was not skilled in martial arts, so he grabbed the man's shoulders and carried him into Xie's residence.

Xie Yunchu took off his cloak and sat on the main chair in the main hall, looking at the middle-aged man kneeling in the hall who dared not look up.

"Who are you from Xue Zhi?" Xie Yunchu asked.

"Master Xie, Master Xue is the benefactor of Caomin..." After the man in the rough cloth finished speaking, he was about to take something from his chest when Ye Chen's sharp blade with a cold light touched the man's throat again. , The man was so frightened that he shivered and looked at Xie Yunchu with red eyes, "Master... Master Xue gave the same thing to the villain, the villain... the villain wants to give it to you."

Ye Chen heard the words with a sullen face, took out the account book from the man's arms and glanced at it, took the sword and handed it to Xie Yunchu.

When Xie Yunchu saw the book with the words "Book of Songs" written on the cover, he reached out and took it: "You said that Xue Zhi gave it to you?"

"Yes, it was the day before Lord Xue died..." The man's eyes turned red, "Master Xue suddenly found the villain at night, entrusted this book to the villain, and gave the villain 200 taels of silver, saying... …I said that I would die because I was afraid of being trapped by a traitor, but this book is related to the life and death of Mrs. Xue, Mr. Xue and Mrs. Xue, so the villain must keep it safe."

Sure enough, this was similar to Xie Yunchu's original speculation.

"Master Xue told the villain that his relatives would not have an accident. After the situation calms down, let the villain find Xiaolangjun of the Xue family and give this book to Xiaolangjun, but if something happens to the Xue family members , let the villain hand over this ledger to the Censor Desk!"

The man raised his head and looked at Xie Yunchu: "The villain... The villain heard that the little man of the Xue family was dead, and Mrs. Xue and Miss Xue were also dead, so he felt that the ledger should be handed over, but the villain was worried that it would be delivered. In the hands of those who framed Master Xue, the villain later heard that Master Xie of Sanyuanjidi was serving at the Censor Desk, and remembered that Master Xie was upright... He once exposed the case of disaster relief and corruption when he was in the hall of Jinluan, and he was a master for the people good officer!"

"So, the villain asked many times and heard that Lord Xie moved here, so he brought the account book here and waited for the Lord..." The man kowtowed to Xie Yunchu, "I beg Lord to be the master of Lord Xue! Lord Xue is a good person!"

Xie Yunchu looked down at the ledger under the lamp and asked the person kneeling in the hall, "Have you read this book?"

"The villain is illiterate, so I have been careful to hide that I haven't seen it, and my mother-in-law doesn't know either..."

Xue Zhi's ledger records are very detailed. From the time he started working for the eldest prince, the amount of each payment to the eldest prince was clear, and which year, month, and diary were clear.

Xie Yunchu turned to the middle, with a piece of paper in it...

Xie Yunchu unfolded the paper, Xue Zhi wrote in which year he began to follow the first prince, and every time the money was handled by Wang Zongsheng, the steward of the first prince's residence, he also explained that the location of each reconciliation was at Wang Zongsheng's wife and brother. house.

Xue Zhi also wrote very clearly how much money he had embezzled since he entered the First Prince's Mansion, and how much he received from bribes is also in this ledger.

He even explained that he committed all the crimes and committed suicide because his son Xue Shilang was kidnapped by the first prince.

(End of this chapter)