Detective Di Renjie's legend of Wu Dynasty

Chapter 560 Corruption
Zeng Tai said: "Good guy, more than two thousand taels! It's ten times the salary of me, the governor of Shangzhou!"

Minister of the Ministry of Water, Feng Keyan, said with a livid face: "No wonder there are frequent boat capsizing incidents in Hangou. It turns out that all the money for protecting the canal has been stolen into my own pocket by you moths!"

Di Renjie said: "Even a small nine-rank water transport envoy can get such a huge amount of stolen money, let alone water transport envoy Yang Jiucheng.

It's a pity that the canal is in the hands of your greedy and evil people. The condition of the canal is bad, and the livelihood of the small households on both sides of the strait is hard to imagine. "

Wang Zhou trembled all over, prostrated himself on the ground and said repeatedly: "The prisoner deserves to die, the prisoner deserves to die!"

Di Renjie suppressed his anger and said, "Okay, let's continue talking. Apart from the Yanglian Bank in your Water Transport Yamen, what else can you do?"

Wang Zhou hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. The external management is called the care fee. It goes up to the chief officials in charge of the governor's office, down to the county magistrates and officials at all levels in the nine counties such as Shanyang County and Xuyi County where the Hangou waters pass. To take care of.

In recent years, there have been frequent shipwreck incidents in Hangou. The imperial court sent officials to investigate, and each river patrol officer will receive a gift money. The officials do not know the exact amount, but they only know that it is the so-called mediation fee. "

Feng Keyan snorted heavily: "I said that every time the river patrol officer sent by the Ministry of Industry returned to the Wenge Department, the content was mediocre, saying that Hangou had been blocked for a long time, and the responsibility was pushed to the farmers on both sides of the strait.

It turns out that I accepted your bribes to cover up for you! "

Wang Zhou nodded again and again: "Yes, yes."

Di Renjie said: "So, what is the real situation of the shipwreck in Hangou?"

Wang Zhou said: "My lord, this is really a strange thing. As long as it is a salt transport ship of the Jianghuai Salt and Iron Transshipment Envoy, the ship must be destroyed when it reaches Hangou, but other ships pass by safely."

Di Renjie raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"

Wang Zhou said: "Not only did people die when the ship capsized, but even the salt on board disappeared strangely.

We have also gone to the accident site with the local government many times to investigate and salvage, but we found nothing.

At that time, Mr. Yang suspected that the thieves were thieves on both sides of the strait, and thousands of people were arrested, but there was no evidence.

Later, I suspected that there were evil spirits in the water of Hangou, so I asked the mage to arrest them, but the capsizing incident still happened, which is really strange. "

Di Renjie said angrily: "In desperation, you shifted the responsibility to the small households on both sides of the strait, withholding the grain guards' wages they depended on for a living, which led to civil uprisings.

However, Erwai didn't think about providing compensation, but instigated the government to send troops to suppress it.

Only then did Fang Jiu and others come to Beijing to complain, and this matter was known to you.

Therefore, you were instructed by Yang Jiuzheng to lead your servants to the capital of God to chase and kill him! "

Wang Zhou replied timidly, "Exactly, exactly."

Di Renjie asked, "Did Li Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, go to Yangzhou to investigate the case, did he also accept bribes? What happened to his death?"

Wang Zhou said: "Master Li only lived in Yangzhou for more than ten days and then went to Shanyang County. It is not known whether he accepted bribes or not, and he has never heard of it.

I just know that he once visited Xianhu's home and was very angry when Mr. Yang Jiucheng found out.

Later, there was another shipwreck in Hangou, and Mr. Li hanged himself at night for unknown reasons. "

Di Renjie nodded slowly, and said to Zeng Tai: "Ask him to sign a confession and draw a bond!"

Zeng Tai ordered the clerk to take the trial records and Fang Jiu's complaint, and Wang Zhou signed the confession.

Di Renjie waved his hand and said, "Strictly guarded, no one is allowed to approach!"

Zhang Huan and others agreed loudly, and led Wang Zhouyi and others to leave the hall quickly.

Di Renjie thought for a long time quietly, then raised his head and said: "It seems that there is another strange thing about the shipwreck in Hangou."

Feng Keyan nodded: "My lord, I didn't expect that today's first trial will find out the conspiracy of the whole government led by Yang Jiucheng, the water transport envoy, to embezzle. It's really rewarding.

Do you want to issue an imperial order to arrest Yang Jiucheng and others to Beijing for questioning? "

Di Renjie shook his head slowly: "What Zeng Tai said just now is correct, the water in Yangzhou is very muddy.

A huge corruption case like this is definitely not something that can be done by a small water transportation yamen family, there must be something else hidden in it. "

Feng Keyan was surprised: "Oh, your lord means..."

Di Renjie said: "Judging from the situation we have obtained so far and my experience in handling cases, the shipwreck in Hangou, the disappearance of salt, the death of Li Han, the killing of Xianhu, the disappearance of Ning's family, and the conspiracy of Yangzhou Water Transport Yamen to embezzle huge sums of money.

There must be a close relationship among these cases, and the strangeness and complexity in them are strange and changeable, and they are by no means as simple as what Wang Zhou described tonight.

Wang Zhou is a humble official, unable to touch the real core of the case, what he said is only the superficial aspects of the case. "

Feng Keyan pondered Di Renjie's words carefully, and nodded slowly.

Zeng Tai said: "Master, I think so too.

If Yang Jiuzheng and others are arrested and interrogated based on Wang Zhou's confession tonight, it will not only scare the snake away, make the culprit behind the scenes escape, but also cause endless consequences. "

Di Renjie nodded and said: "Well said. If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch a tiger's cub!

This time, we went south to Yangzhou according to the sacred order, and we wanted to use this as a guide to investigate the secrets, punish corrupt officials, find out the mastermind behind the scenes, and completely eradicate the malignant tumors lurking on both sides of the canal! "

Di Renjie turned to Feng Keyan and Shen Fuyin, and said, "My lords, tonight's interrogation of Wang Zhou must be kept absolutely secret, and no one is allowed to disclose it."

Several people looked at each other and said in unison: "Please rest assured, Mr. Ge."

Di Renjie continued: "Whether Li Han, the doctor of the Ministry of Water, accepted bribes, and what is the real cause of his death.

These two points have become the crux of the case, so the most urgent task is to find out which bank the two cabinet letters found in Li Han's study came from. "

Feng Keyan said: "Ge Lao, I have sent people to the military envoys and Taoist temples to investigate, and I think there will be results soon."

Di Renjie nodded and said: "Li Han's death is a mystery. Today Jingyang and Yuan Fang followed the carriage that Li Han's wife Ning Shi was riding in. I don't know what's going on..."

……

The three drums of heaven are playing, and the welcome station is quiet: only the lanterns in front of the gate are swaying in the breeze.

Ning's room was empty.

The wind shook the window lattice, making a desolate creaking sound in the quiet night.

A lantern was lit on the table, and Ning sat by the table with two lines of tears on her face.

There was a bang bell outside the window.

Ning sighed long and stretched out her hand to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.She stood up and opened the package on the table, took out the letter written by Li Han to her, opened it and read it quietly.

……

At the same time, Lu Jiying kept walking in his room, looking restless.

Zhang Gu Jihu was sitting at the table, his eyes following Lu Jiying's figure, turning back and forth non-stop.

After a while, Ji Hu shook his head vigorously, and muttered in a low voice: "Why are you walking back and forth, it makes me dizzy..."

Lu Jiying stopped abruptly, turned around and said, "What did you say?"

Ji Hu said: "My lord, since you have already confirmed that she is Mrs. Li's wife Ning Shi, you should immediately go to her room to tell the whole story and get the letter. Isn't this the end?"

(End of this chapter)