Daxianguan

Chapter 490
Zhou Qiangren's words attracted everyone's attention.

Jiang Yuan was an old fox. At this moment, there was a strange smile on his face, which seemed pity and pathetic.Xia Bozhong on the side looked angry. At this time, Jiang Yuan reached out and patted Xia Bozhong on the shoulder. The latter understood and nodded without saying a word.

Chu Xian said at this time: "What's the matter, let's talk about it in the county later."

Obviously, Chu Xian didn't want to talk about this matter in front of many people, because whether Xia Bozhong really took bribes or Zhou Qiangren framed his colleagues, it is not a glorious thing. For the reputation of the entire Holy Dynasty officialdom, Chu Xian would certainly Choose low-key handling.

Zhou Qiangren is not a person without winks, of course he can see that the governor is not willing to deal with things on this occasion, but Zhou Qiangren has his own plans, or he has no choice but to do so.

Because he was trying to frame Xia Bozhong. Originally, in the county, he covered the sky with one hand. On the side of Zhenxi City Mansion, there was also the chief secretary of the city mansion as his backer. Therefore, if he planned to frame Xia Bozhong, the possibility of success was very high.

But now that Lord Inspector actually came to ask about this matter in person, Zhou Qiangren was of course afraid.

He is afraid of exposure.

Although he thought the arrangement was perfect, he still had no idea when facing the Inspector, especially since the Inspector was recognized as the number one detective of the Holy Dynasty, how could Zhou Qiangren not be afraid?
But no matter how frightened he was, before things were brought to light, it was all luck.

Zhou Qiangren is no exception.

He just wants to reveal Bozhong Xia's 'crimes' in front of everyone, and come up with a mountain of iron and steel evidence. Let me ask, even if the governor wants to favor Bozhong Xia, it is impossible to be 'selfish' under such circumstances.

Zhou Qiangren felt that he was extremely smart. Even if he offended Lord Inspector afterwards, there was nothing he could do about it. As long as his backer remained strong, it would be fine even if he was suppressed for a few years. Lord Inspector is a newcomer in the officialdom, and he will definitely be transferred away in the future Yes, when Chu Xian resigned as governor and left Liangzhou, he still had a chance to rise.

This is Zhou Qiangren's plan.

So at this time, Zhou Qiangren still said: "Lord Inspector, this matter is of great importance. The original head of the county, Xia Bozhong, was corrupt and accepted bribes. He even took the initiative to bribe lower officials. He was caught by the lower officials. Now the evidence is conclusive. The lower officials have brought all the files of this case, thinking that since Lord Inspector has come, they will report to Lord Inspector, and Lord Inspector will make a decision."

This is to hand the ball to Chu Xian.

If it were any other official, it would be difficult to show favoritism in this situation, but obviously, Zhou Qiangren didn't know that this time, he had completely miscalculated.

Firstly, what Chu Xian hates the most is others threatening him, besides, Chu Xian hates officials doing anything wrong even more.

Zhou Qiangren now has it all.

Chu Xian smiled at this moment, and took a look at Zhou Qiangren, and just this one look made Zhou Qiangren feel cold all over his body.

"If that's the case, well, submit the file and I'll have a look." Chu Xian gave an order, and someone delivered it immediately, opened it and scanned it, and Chu Xian had a panoramic view of the content.

It has to be said that Zhou Qiangren still has two skills in making the dossier. At least on the surface, the dossier is perfect. It can be said that all the conditions prove that Xia Bozhong was corrupt and accepted bribes.

But who is Chu Xian?
Chu Xian is best at finding loopholes, not to mention that Zhou Qiangren is framing Xia Bozhong, even if Xia Bozhong has problems, Chu Xian can find loopholes from this file.

Originally, Chu Xian planned to give this Zhou Qiangren a chance to see what the other party said, but the other party's actions just now made Chu Xian sentence this person to death in his heart.

Therefore, if Chu Xian didn't speak, then Zhou Qiangren would have no chance to speak again.

Seeing Chu Xian open the file, he said, "It's just nonsense."

In a word, Zhou Qiangren became more and more uneasy.

"It's written in the file that Xia Bozhong bribed you, and the stolen goods are a painting worth several thousand taels. The official asks you, where is the painting?" Chu Xian asked with a dark face.

Since Chu Xian wanted to do something to Zhou Qiangren here, he would naturally have no scruples, so he didn't suppress his voice. After asking this question, all the people around became quiet and watched the sudden situation here.

Some people didn't know why. After questioning and talking secretly, all the people soon knew what happened.

Xia Bozhong, the chief registrar, actually offered bribes, accepting thousands of taels of silver.

Hearing this, some people actually burst out laughing.

"It's just nonsense. Mr. Xia is such a good person. He is so simple in his daily life. How could he accept bribes? Isn't this nonsense?" an old man said coldly.

Soon someone echoed: "That's right, Mr. Xia is a good man. Everyone has been treated well by him these years. Mr. Xia and I are neighbors. We have known each other for decades, and we are old friends with Mr. Xia Song. I can guarantee that, It is impossible for Master Xia to accept bribes."

The person who spoke was an old lady who was indeed a neighbor of the Xia family and was very familiar with her, so the credibility of this statement was quite high.

Some officials in the county government over there are not happy.

Dian Shi said: "What do you know? We found thousands of taels of silver from Xia Bozhong's father's house. Let me ask, how long would it take to accumulate so much silver with the salary of a chief registrar? Could it be that he has spent seven or eight years, not Do you want to eat or drink? I know that in the millennium, Xia Bozhong bought a house for his father, which also cost hundreds of taels of silver."

It was the same aunt just now, at this moment she poked her waist and said angrily: "You man, don't talk nonsense here, if you want to talk about earning money, although the salary of an official is quite a lot, it may not be higher than some merchants and craftsmen who do business. Let’s just talk about Mr. Xia Song, who is a well-known master craftsman. Many people come here to make weapons and armor. Although Mr. Xia Song’s fee is not high, the thousands of taels of silver he has accumulated over the years are nothing at all. "

Dian Shi over there immediately sneered and said: "Anyone can say that, how do you prove that this money was not embezzled by Xia Bozhong?"

"Well said." Chu Xian suddenly said at this time: "Zhou Qiangren, it is written in your file that those silver taels came from Xia Bozhong accepting bribes, but you have checked it? How can you prove it?"

This time, Dian Shi didn't dare to say anything, because he couldn't answer.

Zhou Qiangren was also pale.

In fact, it is true that there must be a statement about the unknown silver found in the official's home, which can be doubted, but if there is no evidence, no conclusion can be drawn.

At the beginning, Zhou Qiangren decided to save trouble, so he directly designated it as dirty money. He thought that it was written in the file, which was the truth. He never thought that the governor would directly ask this flaw.

Zhou Qiangren was speechless for a moment, and Chu Xian said again: "Also, just now the official asked you to draw, where is the picture? As stolen goods, it is impossible to lose it?"

"No, the painting is here, the painting is still there." Zhou Qiangren wiped the sweat from his forehead. He did keep that painting. Although he knew that the painting was not worth much, he felt that he was smart because he was smart. For things like paintings, if you say they are valuable, they are valuable, and if you say they are not, they are not.

Sometimes, as long as you brag about a painting of one tael of silver, some people will believe it when it is said to be worth thousands of taels.

For this kind of thing, people who like it have one price, and those who don't like it have another price. Sometimes, there is a big gap between the two prices.

Zhou Qiangren immediately ordered someone to fetch the painting.

"Lord Inspector, please take a look. This painting is what Xia Bozhong bribed this official. Xia Bozhong, you can identify it. Is this painting you want to give to this official?" Zhou Qiangren asked Xia Bozhong over there to be more convincing. Brother came to identify.

Xia Bozhong came over to take a look, then nodded: "That's right, the one painting I bought for three taels of silver when I went to Shacheng that day is this one."

Zhou Qiangren immediately said: "What three taels? Are you lying to a child? I have had an appraisal from a master of calligraphy and painting in the county. This painting has a rigorous composition and extraordinary painting skills, especially the unique artistic conception. At least it costs 2000 taels." The money is up, if you meet someone you like, it is possible to pay 6000 taels. Mr. Governor, the words of the master of calligraphy and painting who appraised this painting are all attached to the file. This cannot be the case. False, Xia Bozhong is indeed using this valuable painting to bribe the official."

"You talk nonsense..." Xia Bozhong's face flushed with anger, but after thinking about it, he didn't make any further excuses. Now that Chu Xian was present, he believed that Lord Chu Xian would clear him up.

Chu Xian asked at this time: "Where is the master of painting and calligraphy?"

"Maybe it's in the county..." Zhou Qiangren had just finished speaking when someone in the crowd shouted, "Master Chu, this old man is here."

Turning their heads, everyone looked, and an old man walked out from the crowd.

This old man is very elegant, although he looks very fierce, but at the moment he is smiling.

The old man Chu Xian recognized that when Chu Xian was the county magistrate in Dinghai County, he had visited the painting shop opened by the old man and discussed the paintings together. I saw that the old man was pretentious, so I discussed a few words, and later I was convinced by what the old man said. After all, Chu Xian's calligraphy and painting skills are also at a very high level.

After seeing the old man at this moment, Chu Xian recognized him.

"It turned out to be you." Chu Xian said, and the old man immediately said: "Master Chu, I have never forgotten your great kindness to Dinghai County back then. Once, when my family was invaded by the demon clan, I was trapped in one place. If it weren't for My lord, strengthen the defense of the county. My family has long been dead. A few days ago, the new county magistrate asked me to write a speech on painting appreciation, but the magistrate did not tell me what the old man was doing. At that time, he just said We should try our best to write this worthless painting and make it as valuable as possible. Hey, I didn't know at the time. If I knew it was to frame Master Xia, I would give it gold and silver. I wouldn't do this Unethical thing."

In the last sentence, the old man scolded angrily, glaring at Zhou Qiangren over there.

"Master Zhou, you gave this old man 100 taels of silver, and this old man will return double it in a short while."

In fact, when the old man came out, Zhou Qiangren was so frightened that his hands and feet were cold.

(End of this chapter)