The Red Chamber begins with a bastard

Chapter 194 It’s hard to cut the mess

Faced with Feng Ziying's accusation, Kang Lingcheng snorted coldly and said: "It's ridiculous. I don't know Zhang Xiaobei or Shen Guan at all, and I have no connection with the pirate leader Gu San Mazi. This is clearly slander and slander. I want to face them." See Lin Yushi and clarify the matter face to face. He cannot wrongly accuse a good person just based on the thief's words."

The two most important points for the government to handle cases are witness and physical evidence. Although there are witnesses now, there is still no conviction without physical evidence. Kang Lingcheng just burned all the things that could become physical evidence, so he is very calm. Now The only thing missing was time. As long as he delayed it, he would be confident enough to make a comeback, and even Lin Ruhai couldn't do anything to him.

Feng Ziying sneered and said: "Don't worry, the imperial court respects the king's laws, so how can he be punished without teaching? You will have a chance to see Mr. Lin, so arrest him."

Feng Ziying waved his hand, and the two brothers stepped forward to take control of Kang Lingcheng. The latter did not resist and was kidnapped calmly. He also said calmly: "There are women in the back house. I hope Feng Qianhu will restrain his men and not disturb them." For them, as for money, it’s all external possessions, so you can take whatever you want.”

Hey, this is not only arrogant, but also an insult!

Feng Ziying couldn't help but became furious, but he was good at cultivating his energy. He just sneered and said: "I won't cry until I see the coffin. Don't worry, when you cry, as the saying goes, a thousand people will not believe that you can eat dry food." Wipe it clean."

Kang Wanwan said calmly: "I have always been an honest man, making money by following the rules. As the saying goes, I will never do anything bad in my life, and I won't be surprised if I knock on the door in the middle of the night. You can search Feng Qianhu, and I will cooperate with you fully. I believe Mr. Lin is aware of everything. , I will eventually return my innocence."

Seeing that Kang Lingcheng was so confident, Feng Ziying couldn't help but secretly frowned. Grandma, it turned out that Jiang was still hot. She rushed here non-stop, but after all, she was not prepared enough and let this guy burn important evidence. If he couldn't copy any valuable evidence, If the evidence comes, the next step will be very passive.

"Search, don't let go of any letters, account books and the like!" Feng Ziying waved her hand bravely, and the brothers began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets to search.

Kang Lingcheng watched with determination, sneering in his heart. Feng Ziying glanced at him, suddenly rolled her eyes, pointed at the housekeeper Sun Shou and asked, "Who are you?"

Sun Shou said with a smile: "This servant is the steward of Kang Mansion. What can Feng Qianhu teach me?"

Feng Ziying nodded and said: "Butler, right? That's just right. I'll get all the account books of your business. The thousands of households will be sealed and checked one by one."

Shen Guan said that Kang Lingcheng and Gu Sanmazi cooperated to clean up the illegal business. The illegal business can be cleaned up, but the accounts cannot be deceived, and if the accounts are not correct, there must be something wrong.

Sure enough, when Feng Ziying said this, the expressions of both Kang Lingcheng and Sun Shou changed slightly. The latter said sarcastically: "My servant is just a housekeeper. All business matters are taken care of by our master and uncle, so the account books are not in the hands of my servant."

Feng Ziying sneered and said: "What a fart, I really think this Qianhu is an ignorant lowly. A big family like yours naturally has a special accounting room to do the accounting. Where is the accounting room?"

As Feng Ziying said this, she pulled out her sword and put it on Sun Butler's neck. The latter couldn't help but tremble intelligently.Kang Lingcheng said calmly: "Steward Sun, let him investigate. Kang is doing innocent business, how can you be afraid of him investigating!"

Butler Sun said hurriedly: "Yes, Feng Qianhu, please come with me."

Feng Ziying followed Butler Sun to the accounting room. Although he was mentally prepared, when he saw the neatly arranged and dense account books in the accounting room, he couldn't help but feel numb and blurted out: "So many!"

Steward Sun said with a smile: "There is no rule without rules. Although our Kang family is not a wealthy family, our business is spread all over the Yangtze River. Every transaction, every income and expenditure is recorded, even if it is a few The account books from ten years ago are all here, if Feng Qianhu has time, he will check them slowly."

Feng Ziying said calmly: "This Qianhu is only responsible for searching for evidence. As for checking the accounts and reviewing the case, Yushi Lin will send someone to take care of it. When someone comes, the accounting room will be sealed and no one is allowed to come near."

Due to a serious shortage of manpower, Feng Ziying could only lock the accounting room and put a seal on it to temporarily seal it.

"Master Qianhu, we have too few manpower. The brothers have to seal the door, guard the prisoners, and search for evidence. They are simply too busy. The Kang family is so big, I am afraid that the search will not be completed until tomorrow. Or Hurry up and send more people." A soldier suggested to Feng Ziying.

Feng Ziying nodded and said: "That's reasonable. Immediately send a brother to Yancheng County to report to Lord Zhi Lin and ask him to send people to support."

The soldiers immediately took the order and turned around.

In fact, the Salt Patrol Yamen is located in the west city of Yangzhou City (the old city). Feng Ziying could go to the Salt Patrol Yamen and temporarily transfer people to help. However, Feng Ziying was worried and worried that there might be spies among them, so it was better to use her own people.

At this time, a brother hurried over and whispered a few words into Feng Ziying's ear. The latter's eyes lit up and he quickly followed the brother back to Kanglingcheng's study.It turned out that when this brother was searching the bookshelf just now, he accidentally triggered the mechanism and found a secret compartment, so he hurriedly informed Feng Ziying. As a result, Feng Ziying excitedly searched the secret compartment and found that there were only some ordinary letters and some rare ones. There was nothing like accessories that had any value to the case, so I couldn't help but be disappointed.

At this time, the sky began to get dark, and the entire Kang Mansion had only been searched for less than a third and a half. However, the brothers experienced a battle in the morning and traveled hundreds of miles to Yangzhou. Even an iron man couldn't bear it.

So Feng Ziying ordered the search to be temporarily suspended and let all the brothers take turns to rest and eat. However, all the doors of Kang Mansion were still blocked, preventing anyone from entering or exiting.

While Feng Ziying was sitting at the foot of the steps eating dry food, a soldier hurried over to report: "Master Qianhu, the prefect of Yangzhou, and the commander of the Yangzhou Guards have led a group of local officials to come and ask to see Master Qianhu." you."

Feng Ziying frowned and said, "You didn't let them in, did you?"

The soldier shook his head and said: "Master Qianhu ordered that no one be allowed in or out, so my subordinates did not dare to let them in."

Feng Ziying nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's right. At this time, I can't let him in even if he is the king of heaven. I'm optimistic about Kang Wanwan. I'll go meet them for a while."

Feng Ziying stood up, patted her butt, and walked towards the door of the mansion.

The prefect of Yangzhou is a fourth-grade civil servant, and the commander of the Yangzhou Guard is a third-grade military attache. They have a good background. Feng Ziying, the deputy Qianhu, is only a fifth-grade official. In terms of official position, he is far behind others. However, Feng Ziying is not afraid. After all, he is a military officer. It is common for a nobleman to have an official higher than this. Moreover, he is now performing official duties, has the power in hand, and is confident.

When Feng Ziying arrived at the gate of Kang Mansion, Li Yuan heard someone yelling angrily: "Go away, you little soldiers dare to stop me."

Feng Ziying couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and walked out quickly. She saw a civil servant wearing a crimson official robe and a black veil angrily scolding two brothers who were guarding the door. There was also a group of people wearing various official uniforms beside him, including One person was wearing the robe of a third-grade military attache. It was Dai Li, the commander of the Yangzhou Guard. Because he was from the same system, Feng Ziying recognized him.

The crimson-robed civil servant who was cursing was Hong Wenxuan, the magistrate of Yangzhou. This person was the top administrative leader in Yangzhou. Although he was only a fourth-rank official, due to the rule that civil servants were superior to military officials, his status was still higher than that of the third-rank Yangzhou Guard Commander Dai Li.

"We, Mr. Qianhu, are here. If you have anything to say, please tell us, Mr. Qianhu."

The two brothers responsible for guarding the door were facing a group of government officials and were under great pressure. When they saw Feng Ziying coming, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After saluting, they stepped aside voluntarily.

Feng Ziying raised her hands in salute and said with a smile: "Feng Ziying, the deputy of the Qianhu Office at Yunti Pass, has met all of you."

Hong Wenxuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, was blocked by two soldiers for a long time. He was angry and snorted: "If Deputy Feng Qianhu is not stationed at Yunti Pass, what is he doing to break into our Yangzhou city? Why blockade and disturb people's houses?"

Feng Ziying said, neither humble nor arrogant: "Your Excellency, I don't know something. This official is here to arrest Kang Lingcheng on the orders of the Yangzhou Salt Patrol Censor."

Hong Wenxuan frowned and said, "What did Kang Yuanwai commit? Why did Lin Yushi want to arrest him? What's more, even if he were to be arrested, it wouldn't be the turn of Qianhu, under the jurisdiction of Huai'an Prefecture, right?"

Yancheng County does not belong to Yangzhou Prefecture, but to Huai'an Prefecture next door, and Yunti Pass Qianhu Station is under the jurisdiction of Dahewei of Huai'an Prefecture.

Feng Ziying said calmly: "Master Haojiaofu learned that Lin Yushi was attacked by pirates while inspecting the salt field in Yancheng County yesterday afternoon and almost died. It was Ben Qianhu who arrived in time to defeat the thieves and captured the two leading thieves. According to the thieves' leader's own confession, this attack was carried out by Kang Lingcheng. Moreover, Kang Lingcheng had long been colluding with the pirate leader Gu San Mazi, secretly laundering private salt for profit through the shops under his name. In addition, Kang Lingcheng once tried to poison Kang Lingcheng. Lin Yushi. So Lin Yushi ordered Ben Qianhu to come to Yangzhou to capture Kangling City, and he also asked all of you to cooperate and not to obstruct Ben Qianhu from enforcing the law."

As soon as these words came out, the expressions of all the officials present changed. They colluded with pirates to sell illegal salt and attack and kill court officials. This is a capital crime of beheading and confiscating their homes. If it is true, then Kangling City will be doomed this time, and there is nothing I can do to help!

Hong Wenxuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, had a changeable expression and felt uneasy, as did other officials. Kanglingcheng was the largest salt merchant and socialite in Yangzhou. Most of these local officials had contacts with Kanglingcheng, and had more or less benefited from Kanglingcheng. So Baba came to support the scene, and it was precisely because of this.

But for what Kang Lingcheng is committing now, I am afraid that no one here can stand up for it. Hong Wenxuan, the prefect of Yangzhou, cannot stand up, and neither can Dai Li, the commander of the Yangzhou Guards.

Since they couldn't afford it, they had no choice but to avoid it, so a group of local officials dispersed one after another. Even Hong Wenxuan and Dai Li only said a few words and left, not daring to intervene again.

(End of this chapter)