Ming Dynasty 1566

Chapter 52

Gao Hanwen's voice was full of grief and indignation: "Thousands of soldiers in front are fighting tens of thousands of Japanese pirates, but now we can't provide them with military supplies..." Tears flashed in Gao Hanwen's eyes when he said this.

The four Jinyiwei were also a little moved.

Gao Hanwen: "Where did Shen Yishi's account books go? Where did the family wealth go? The Weaving Bureau and the Zhejiang government cannot escape the blame! If you don't pursue it, you will be ashamed of the court, of the soldiers in front, and of the suffering people!"

The four Jinyiwei glanced at each other, and the other Jinyiwei said, "What should we do? Master Gao, tell me."

Gao Hanwen: "Investigate immediately!"

Jin Yiwei: "How to track down?"

Gao Hanwen: "Shen Yishi's account books and property should be known to the Weaving Bureau and the Governor's Yamen! You go to the Weaving Bureau to investigate, and I will go to the Governor's Yamen to investigate!"

Jin Yiwei pondered for a moment: "This is our duty. Just do as Master Gao said."

Gao Hanwen strode out.

The four Jin Yiwei looked at each other again, and walked out slowly.

Account books one by one were thrown into the fire.

It was a matter of family and life, and even though it was June, they couldn't ask the people below to help, so Zheng Michang and He Maocai had to do it themselves, opened one of the four big boxes of account books, threw it into the fire, and opened another. Ben watched and threw it into the fire.One by one was burned like this, and more than an hour passed, and there were still a lot of account books that had not been burned. They were burned in the sun, and they sweated unknowingly. Only two dim eyes were left to see clearly.

Just then, there was a knock on the closed door in the backyard.

"Who!" He Maocai shouted.

A reply came from outside the door: "My lord, Kochifu is here, sitting in the second hall, and said that I must see Lord Zhongcheng."

The eyeballs of Zheng Michang and He Maocai's two dark faces looked at each other.

Zheng Bichang: "Tell him, I'm not here!"

The voice outside the door: "The little one said so, but he just didn't leave, and said he would come to the backyard to see the adults."

He Maocai was in a hurry: "Block it! Let me stop it! Whoever lets him in will be beheaded!"

"Yes!" There was a reply from outside the door.

"Everyone beats people with stones, but our little pavilion boss just throws stones at himself." He Maocai threw an account book into the fire and said resentfully, "If it wasn't for this guy with the surname Gao, how could he?" It will pull out the following things! I am really cornered, and I fucking confess myself and confess everyone!"

Zheng Michang was already old, and the external fire and the internal fire had been attacking each other all the time, so he couldn't bear it anymore.Now that it was reported that Gao Hanwen was being forced outside, He Maocai was so confused again, and suddenly he was spinning. He wanted to ask He Maocai to help him, but he was speechless: "He, He..."

"What am I?" He Maocai picked up another account book, and continued to hate, "It's really clear, we are one life, and they are also one life, at worst, they will be beheaded together!" He said and threw the account book again. After entering the fire, when he turned around to get the account book again, he found that Zheng Michang was already lying on the ground.

He Maocai was startled, squatted down and helped Zheng Michang to sit up, and found that his jaw was closed tightly, like a dead man, he couldn't help becoming anxious, and shouted: "Ancestor! You must not die at this time!" Hold and drag him halfway, and move him to the back hall under the eaves.

After being dragged to a cool place under the eaves of the back hall, He Maocai put Zheng Michang down against the wall, and hurriedly stood up and ran towards the courtyard gate. After walking a few steps, he felt that something was wrong, and he folded back, with a lot of self-hate : "It's bloody bad luck! It's bloody bad luck!" After cursing, he squatted down next to Zheng Michang again, and stretched out a finger to pinch him: "Ancestor, the surname Gao is sitting Outside, we can't go out now, so stand up!"

Away from the fire, the person went to the shade, and was pinched by He Maocai again. Zheng Michang really recovered, and slowly opened his eyes: "Don't worry about me, hurry, burn the bill..."

"I'll burn it. But you have to hold on to your illness." He Maocai was not in a hurry when he saw him wake up, but stared at him, "I won't carry it alone when you are sick at this time!"

Zheng Michang: "I'm sick...can you bear it... go burn it..."

"That's about the same." He Maocai stood up and walked towards the fire again.

Zheng Michang and He Maocai never imagined that there were the same four wooden boxes in Yang Jinshui's house, containing all of Shen Yishi's account books for the past 20 years!

Yang Jinshui and the four Jinyiwei sat in front of the four wooden boxes and were silent.

Jin Yiwei finally spoke: "Eunuch Yang, should you open these accounts for Shen Yishi to have a look. Which ones should be sent up and which ones should be destroyed, you should make up your mind."

"You can't read it, and you can't destroy it." Yang Jinshui said, "I can't hide it from the sky, I can't hide it from the emperor, I can't hide it from my ancestors! These four boxes of account books record that Shen Yishi made offerings to the palace for the Weaving Bureau for 20 years. The account of silk also records the account of Shen Yishi's bribery to successive Zhejiang officials, including Zheng Michang and He Maocai. It must be sent to the palace, handed over to the ancestors, and let the emperor know."

Jin Yiwei: "In this case, let's arrest Zheng Michang and He Maocai now!"

Yang Jinshui: "Not yet."

Jin Yiwei: "Why?"

Yang Jinshui: "They are both old Yange and Xiaoge. If the court is in this state, will the two Yans fall? The emperor and the ancestors have not yet revealed their cards. Now they will fight if they are involved. It messed up the strategy of the emperor and the old ancestors. After submitting these account books, the emperor has his own sanction. Whoever is said to be arrested at that time, we will arrest whoever."

Jin Yiwei: "Understood. But this time the house was raided with such a result, what about the military salary in front? I have to give the court an explanation."

Yang Jinshui: "This is also one of the reasons why Zheng Michang and He Maocai were not arrested first. In recent years, Zheng Michang, He Maocai, and those from the Zhejiang government have not been less corrupt. To survive, they have to cut their own flesh with knives and get some military pay from their families. As for how to give an explanation to the superiors, there is only one way—to arrest Gao Hanwen and take the blame first!"

Jin Yiwei: "Arrest him? What crime?"

Yang Jinshui: "Ineffective handling of the case led to the destruction of the criminal's suicide account, and the whereabouts of a large amount of stolen money is unknown."

"Zheng Michang and He Maocai just let them go like this?" Jin Yiwei was obviously a little bit aggrieved.

Yang Jinshui: "Let them go? If they can even be let go, the Ming Dynasty will have no reason. If we don't arrest them now, we will force them to spit out some of the money they usually spend on money."

Jin Yiwei: "Understood. When will Gao Hanwen be arrested?"

Yang Jinshui: "We can't arrest it now. Go and tell him right away, let him send the confiscated property of Shen Yishi to Hu Butang's camp immediately. Taking advantage of this time, we will take advantage of the matter here today. Hurry up and go to the palace. The decree will come down soon. Once the decree arrives, we will arrest people again."

The vast and boundless mountains, dense grass and trees, surrounded on three sides by a wide beach with a radius of several miles, and dozens of warships of Japanese pirates were docked on the sea of ​​the bay.

On the board of the largest Japanese ship, the people of Ming Dynasty who were taken captive were tied up.Both men and women were stripped of their shirts and exposed to the sun in broad daylight!The young and strong men were all chained, and the women were tied with a long rope around each person's left arm and strung together in a row. At this time, they were being driven by Japanese pirates to kneel and wipe the boards of the boat.

A leader of Japanese pirates sat on the bow of the boat, his eyes were ferocious and obscenely looking at the chests of the topless women.Suddenly, he stood up and walked to the row of women who were kneeling and wiping the boat boards.

The women crouched down in fright.

The pirate leader grabbed a woman's long hair and lifted it up!
The woman's body was straightened, and she quickly covered her breasts with her uncovered right hand!
The leader of the pirates grinned grimly, and the two pirates came over and untied the noose on the woman's left arm.The pirate leader grabbed the woman by her long hair and dragged her to the cabin.The woman let out a long cry!
The other women were lying on the planks and trembling.

The men in chains all closed their eyes.

The pirate leader dragged the woman's long hair and approached the cabin. At this moment, a man who was chained suddenly jumped up and bumped his head at the pirate leader, but his head was still a foot away from the pirate leader. Far away, his body was tightly pulled by the iron chain.

The pirate leader stopped and looked at the man.

Anger shot out of the man's eyes, and he stared at the leader of the pirates.

The Japanese pirate leader let go of the woman's long hair, pulled out two Japanese swords from his waist, and chopped them off at the same time!
A Japanese sword chopped off the man's head and flew to the sea, and a Japanese sword cut off the iron chain on the man's body!
The blood spurted from the body cavity splashed on the ship's plank, and also splashed on the pirate leader!

The leader of the Japanese pirates was covered in blood on his face, but he turned to the two Japanese pirates beside him (in Japanese): "Feed the fish!"

The two Japanese pirates lifted the headless corpse and threw it into the sea!

The sky above the mountain and the sky above the sea hang high at this moment, the sky is as blue as the sea, and flocks of birds fly over from the mountains from time to time, hovering over the sea in search of fish food in the sea.They were attracted by the spray from the dead body thrown into the sea, and a flock of birds swooped down immediately.

(End of this chapter)