Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 434
He Liu lost his voice and said, "This is really strange."

Unexpectedly, in front of the sixth master of Jin Yiwei, shopkeeper Wei sneered: "Oh! It's quite strange! People in the whole Jingzhou Prefecture said that my eldest brother is a corrupt official! He is in collusion with the King of Liao! A big corrupt official is busy digging out The relief of disasters with silver is indeed an anecdote through the ages."

He Liudao: "You are outspoken. At the Metropolitan Procuratorate, your elder brother and the king of Liao are colluding, and the people's papers are almost piled up. It is only because of the protection of the king of Liao that the court has not punished your elder brother. "

Shopkeeper Wei complained about his elder brother: "I want to ask my lord, a corrupt official donated all his greedy money to the common people. Is he a good person or a bad person?"

He Liu thought for a moment and replied, "Yu Qing is a good person. Yu Fa is still a bad person."

Shopkeeper Wei sighed: "That's all. There are some things that I don't understand. You should ask my elder brother yourself, sir!"

He Liudao: "Well. Shopkeeper Wei, you can go first. I have to ask Wei Zhifu about this matter."

After the shopkeeper Wei left, He Liu sent someone to call Wei Shangxun, the prefect of Jingzhou.

He Liu asked: "Prefect Wei. Tell me, why did you donate 30 taels of silver to the victims? Don't deny it. Your brother has already admitted that the 30 taels of silver came from your own pocket."

Wei Shangxun sighed: "Since the superior already knows the truth, I know everything I want to say, and I can say everything! The world thinks that I and the King of Liao are in cahoots, working hand in hand. But they don't know, I'm dancing with wolves! Liao The king has annexed half of the land of the people of Jingzhou. He is violent and immoral. If he does not fall, how can the people of Jingzhou have a good life? But he is a vassal king, and there is no hard evidence, how can the court deprive him of his vassal throne?"

He Liudao: "So, Master Wei pretended to be a corrupt official and approached the King of Liao to secretly collect evidence of his rampant crimes?"

Wei Shangxun nodded: "That's right! Originally, I had already sorted out the accounts of King Liao's annexation of common people's land over the years. I just waited for the opportunity and reported it to the imperial court. In the spring of this year, the imperial court sent the head of the household department to Jingzhou. I plan to Submit the account books to Mr. Jin. I never thought that half a month before Mr. Jin arrived in Jingzhou, the account books that I had worked so hard to sort out were stolen in the study! Mr. Jin was killed the very night when Mr. Jin arrived in Jingzhou .My years of painstaking efforts were burnt!"

He Liu ordered his warriors: "Go, let Lord Eleven come to me with the account book I gave him."

Turning his head, He Liu said again: "Prefect Wei, in order to get close to King Liao, you have been pretending to be a corrupt official all these years. Although all the money you got from corruption was given to the people affected by the disaster, you have a clear conscience. But in terms of law, after all, you You have committed corruption and broken the law. Even if you have a clear conscience, you will be severely punished by the law of the Ming Dynasty. Don't you regret it?"

Wei Shangxun said: "I don't regret it! The loyal and straight father Yang Lian was the enemy of the power traitor Yan Song and his son. Didn't he say it in your Jinyiwei prison: sweeping away the treacherous people is the law of heaven! Although Shang Xun is not talented, he always uses loyalty and integrity. Be a role model!"

He Liu said with emotion: "Back then, Yang Lian said to me in the imperial prison: sweeping away traitors is the law of heaven! Later, when Yan Song fell from power, I told this sentence to the historian of the Imperial Academy. The historian recorded it in the history book. Now it is the whole world We all know his generous words!"

Wei Shangxun nodded: "Yes, I'm on a business trip. Alas, although I took out 30 taels of silver to save those victims from starving to death for a while! But King Liao annexed the land in their hands! I, the magistrate, is too Little, I can only watch helplessly as the King of Liao, taking the land that the people live on for himself! I can save them for a while, but I cannot save them forever! As long as the King of Liao continues to rule Jingzhou, the people will not have a good life In order to bring him down, you have to get close to him first, and to get close to him, you have to pretend to be a corrupt official who goes along with him.

At this time, Li Zipian came to the hall with the account book.

He Liu handed the account book to Wei Shangxun: "Prefect Wei, please take a look, is this the account book you lost?"

Wei Shangxun looked at it and said: "Exactly! Every single transaction in this account book is written by me! How did you get the job?"

He Liudao: "Your subordinate official, Mu Sheng, the magistrate of the government, gave it to me. He said that this account book was recorded secretly by him."

Wei Shangxun blurted out: "He farts! The boss can compare the official document I reviewed. If the handwriting on the official document I reviewed is different from that on the account book, I would rather bump my head to death in front of you!"

He Liu ordered his warriors: "Go to the lobby of the government office and get an official document that Wei Zhifu has reviewed!"

Not long after, Lishi brought the official documents.

He Liuben is a master at appreciating antique calligraphy and painting.Comparing handwriting is even easier!He knew at a glance that this account book was indeed written by Wei Shangxun.

He Liu smiled and said: "The truth is revealed! The account book was organized by your prefect Wei secretly. It was stolen by Mu Sheng later. Mu Sheng intends to use the account book, in front of me, Jinyiwei North Town Governor, to change to a new official and a nobleman!"

Wei Zhifu said: "I have known for a long time that Mu Sheng, the prefect of the government, is a villain. But he is a villain, why did he hand over the account books to you, the superior, and not to the King of Liao?"

He Liudao: "The reason is very simple! You want to help the court punish King Liao for the sake of the people of Jingzhou Mansion! He helped the court punish King Liao for the sake of increasing his rank! King Liao is violent and licentious. There is another thing, He is still very stupid! Besides, hehe, the King of Liao and the chief minister of the dynasty, Zhang Juzheng, have revenge for killing their ancestors. You have been an official in Jingzhou for several years, you should have heard of this matter, right?"

Wei Zhifu nodded: "I've heard of it."

He Liu said again: "Mu Sheng is a very speculative person! He expected that after Zhang Shoufu came to power, he would definitely not be able to spare King Liao. And that cruel stupid pig of King Liao would not be able to beat Zhang Shoufu either. So, he came to add insult to injury .Give me the account books to help the court punish the Liao king! In exchange for a promotion rank!"

Wei Zhifu nodded: "When the superior officer said this, I was immediately enlightened! However, although Mu Sheng is trying to get promoted and make a fortune, his ultimate goal is to bring down the King of Liao. Others are doing wrong things with good intentions. He is Do good things with bad intentions."

He Liudao: "A good thing? It's hard to say! Now I suspect that Mu Sheng's death is also related to Jin Shousheng's death! Wei Zhifu, we will immediately interrogate Zhao Lu, the postman, and the truth will be revealed soon!"

Several wrestlers brought the postman Zhao Lu to the hall.

He Liudao: "Zhao Lu, you told me a few days ago that King Liao sent Huang Huaishui to look for you and ordered you to kill Jin Shousheng?"

Zhao Lu said: "That's right!"

He Liu chuckled lightly: "Mu Sheng has confessed, but you are still stubborn?"

As soon as Zhao Lu heard the word "Mu Sheng", his expression changed immediately, and he looked very flustered.

He Liuyi patted the gavel: "How did Mu Sheng instigate you to kill Jin Shousheng and blame the King of Liao? Why don't you come here quickly?"

At the moment, Mu Sheng is on business in another county.Where did he recruit any confession?

The reason why He Liu said this was to make "fraudulent confession" a common method used by Jin Yiwei in interrogation.

Zhao Lu didn't say a word.

He Liudao: "That's all! Murdering an official of the imperial court is regarded as treason. According to the law, everyone should be executed. Come, arrest Zhao Lu's family members and send them to the execution ground to be executed."

Zhao Lu hurriedly said: "My lord, a good man should be a good man when he does things. I killed Jin Shousheng, and it has nothing to do with my family! I killed Jin Shousheng, and it was indeed Mu Sheng who instructed me! He asked me to blame the matter on King Liao! "

He Liudao: "Oh? If he tells you to kill, you kill him? If he tells you to frame him, you frame him? You obey him, is it because of the 1 taels of silver note hidden in your pillow?"

Zhao Lu shook his head: "The 1 taels of silver note is just a prop to frame the King of Liao! I didn't intend to take it! What I want to do is to fight against the King of Liao! That bastard of the King of Liao, even if he dies a hundred times! Can't solve the hatred in my heart!"

He Liudao: "So, you have a deep hatred with King Liao?"

Zhao Lu nodded: "I have been married to Han Cui'er from the Han family village on the south bank of Jiangdao since I was a child. This year, the Han family village was hit by a disaster. Huang Huaishui led the servants of the Liao Palace to forcefully buy the villagers' land. Huang Huaishui happened to see Here comes my Tweety! He snatched her into the palace and dedicated her to the King of Liao. The King of Liao gave her to... Afterwards, she felt ashamed to see others, so she threw herself into the well!"

He Liudao: "Oh, it turns out that you and the King of Liao have a hatred for taking his wife!"

Zhao Lu went on to say: "Cui'er is dead, and I can't live anymore. But after I kill the King of Liao, I will go to Huangquan Road to be with Cui'er! But there are many guards in the Liao Palace, and I can't get close to the Liao King. When I was thinking hard about how to kill the King of Liao, Mu Sheng found me. He told me that there is a way to get the court to take action and kill the King of Liao! He asked me to kill him to measure the land of the King of Liao Jin Shousheng, the head of the household department! Then he took the initiative to leave clues for the government to find. In the end, he insisted that I killed Jin Shousheng at the instigation of King Liao."

He Liu nodded: "Okay, take Zhao Lu down."

Wei Shangxun asked He Liu: "Master Liu, I can't figure it out. Why didn't Mu Sheng directly hand over the account books to Jin Shousheng? Instead, he wanted to kill Jin Shousheng, so that this whole chapter would be abolished?"

He Liudao: "This is easy to handle, come on, hurry up and take Mu Sheng down and bring him to the magistrate's yamen! Wei Zhifu, when Mu Sheng enters the magistrate's yamen, we will know at the first trial!"

(End of this chapter)