Brocade legend

Chapter 160
Seeing that the matter has come to this point, Hong Lian will be inconvenient to talk about business. Hong Lian picked up the jug, poured a glass of wine for Lu Bing, then raised her own wine glass, and said: "Our sister and brother have not seen each other for a long time. Today, I borrow flowers to present Buddha. A cup for my brother."

Looking at Honglian's gentle smile, Lu Bing was in a daze, as if he had returned to Xingwang's mansion. Every day when he was tired from practicing martial arts, Honglian would bring him a bowl of warm water, and the smile remained the same.

Lu Bing picked up the wine glass hurriedly, the three of them stopped talking about business, just gossiped about the old days, and after three rounds, they went back to each other.

On the second day, Lu Bing, the envoy of Fusi Town in Beizhen, began to investigate the Mashi case thoroughly by order!

Because Lu Bing already had enough evidence in his hands, it was like a storm when he made a move.

Following the vines in the Northland, I quickly touched many melons, big and small.

In just one day's work, the prison is overcrowded.

Originally, some people wanted to take some action, but immediately found that there was nothing to do.

The emperor strongly supports a thorough investigation of the horse market case. It will not work from the emperor's side, and maybe he will make a fuss. The emperor has never been soft on his hands.

If you want to use the usual method of fighting against imperial power, start with scholars and use public opinion to fight against it.What they have done is really not on the table, and if it is really publicized, they may even be condemned as traitors by word of mouth and pen.

Wanting to attack Jin Yiwei, Luo An, the former commander, has resigned, and someone asked to come to the door, but Luo An just shirked the resignation and was unable to intervene.

And Jin Yiwei's new commander, Wang Zuo, is also from Beizhen Fusi, and he is much tougher than Luo An. If anyone finds him, he will either say that it is the emperor's order, or that Beizhen Fusi is directly responsible to the emperor. No right to ask.

And Lu Bing, the chief officer of Beizhen Fusi, is a notorious person, and after yesterday's incident, even the East Factory Superintendent can't do anything about him. The people they put in Beizhen Fusi dare not act rashly at all.

And early this morning, the first person Lu Bing summoned was Chen Hong, the factory supervisor of the East Factory.

This caused all the factions in Beijing to die down, waiting helplessly for the slaughter.

There are tens of thousands of Jinyiwei in Fusi of Beizhen, and under the unified attitude of several chief officials of Jinyiwei, it is rare for them to be united and make a strong attack!

According to the clues in Lu Bing's hands, it took only one day to check all the people who had participated in the horse market in the capital!

After Lu Bing personally interrogated Chen Hong, he unexpectedly kept Chen Hong in the prison. Although he lived in a first-class cell, his freedom was restricted.

This made all the people flustered, especially the officials attached to Chen Hong. At this time, the tree fell and the monkeys scattered.

But after Lu Bing interrogated Chen Hong, he didn't stop there, but immediately summoned Fang Xianfu, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the second rank official!
Lu Bing's resolute and unscrupulous way of doing things has stirred up waves in the seemingly stagnant capital city!

When everyone was guessing whether Chen Hong was about to fall into Lu Bing's hands, the next morning, the wind seemed to be slowly turning...

Early the next morning, among the confessions submitted by Lu Bing to Emperor Jiajing, the most important ones were of course Chen Hong's and Fang Xianfu's.

Neither Chen Hong nor Fang Xianfu denied their relationship with Mashi.

Chen Hong confessed that he himself hoped to use the name of trade to drive the spies from the East Factory into the grassland. He didn't know why such a large-scale smuggling developed in the later period.

And the evidence Lu Bing found in Mashi, among them about Dongchang, did not mention that Chen Hong, the governor, was the leader.And Lu Bingshun found out several Dongchang personnel who participated in the horse market, and they all confessed that they were not the envoys of Chen Hong, but because of greed and coercion, they finally got deeper and deeper.

And Fang Xianfu's confession is that he himself did not take this matter very seriously, it was just a small business, an ordinary trafficking activity, by the doorman of the family, and he never expected such a large-scale smuggling.He has already sent the participating disciples to the Beizhen Fuju Judicial Office.However, Fang Xianfu mentioned that the reason why he was careless was because of his colleagues and some participants, so he followed the crowd so easily.Those colleagues, like him, just thought it was normal business, they didn't expect to break the law.

Emperor Jiajing read these two confessions, although he was very angry, he expressed his understanding of his courtiers.

Emperor Jiajing magnanimously did not continue to pursue Chen Hong and Fang Xianfu's crimes, but each fined them with one year's salary and demanded to turn over the illegally obtained accounts.

Both Chen Hong and Fang Xianfu accepted their punishment honestly.

Another night, the wind direction completely changed!

No one who can occupy a high position in the capital is a fool, and their political sense is very keen. They immediately sensed that something was going on behind this.

The next day, before Lu Bing sent someone to arrest him, a large number of officials offered to plead guilty, using the same reasons as Fang Xianfu's.

Some even voluntarily handed over a large amount of money, and then went to Beizhen Fusi to plead guilty.

The emperor also immediately stated that the matter of the horse market involved a lot, but most of them were involved in it, and they were also deceived. Anyone who voluntarily confessed and handed over the stolen money will only be fined for half a year, and there will be no exception under strict warnings.

However, the emperor also strictly ordered Lu Bing to find out who is behind the scenes and punish him severely!Those who fail to hand over the stolen money in full will be punished for several crimes.

All the officials complained secretly, they didn't know how much profit they had made according to the evidence Lu Bing had, so they had to hand over one or two layers of the amount they got.

On the third day, Lu Bing announced the release of Chen Hong and Fang Xianfu.

On that night, Lu Bing sat down together under the guise of intimidating Chen Hong and Fang Xianfu.

In the past three days, the turmoil in Beijing has changed rapidly, but today, the direction gradually became clear, and the three of them finally had the opportunity to sit together and discuss how to end it.

Fang Xianfu raised his glass first, and said with a smile to Lu Bing: "Lord Lu's good skills, Mr. Fang admires him!"

"Lord Fang, you're being polite." Lu Bing also smiled, holding up his glass, and said, "If it wasn't for Master Fang's tacit cooperation, the lower officials would not have been able to advance the plan to such an extent within three days."

Fang Xianfu turned to Chen Hong again and smiled, "Master Chen, shall we have a drink together?"

Chen Hong sneered, and said, "Master Fang, you're welcome. I'm just for myself. After today's discussion, let's go our separate ways!"

Fang Xianfu was not angry when he heard what Chen Hong said, but he also felt that there was no need to be too polite with a eunuch, so he just smiled, and the three of them raised their glasses together and drank it all in one gulp.

Yes, all the turmoil in the past three days was caused by the tacit cooperation of the three of them.

Last time, after Lu Bing and Fang Xianfu finished chatting, he had some calculations in his heart, and Fang Xianfu also had his own little plan at the same time.

(End of this chapter)