An assassin? Call me the Master of Raising Prices!

In the magistrate's yamen, the seats are still the same as yesterday. Wang Yantong is sitting at the top, Xu Ren and Wen Yun are sitting on the left, and the documents and records are ready on the right.

On the right side of the lower page, Eunuch He and Eunuch Shen sit with their legs folded on the Grand Master's chair, each holding a tea cup. They don't even wear official hats and put them casually on the small coffee table. Behind them are several young men in green official uniforms standing with their hands hanging. The eunuch looked relaxed.

After waiting for a quarter of an hour, Zhao, who was wearing a green flying fish suit, arrived belatedly.

When I entered the door, I saw a few people who had already taken their seats. I ignored the first few people and greeted the two father-in-laws, He and Shen first.

Eunuch He put down the teacup and looked at Zhao Jue with doubtful eyes. Zhao Jue nodded to indicate that the matter was settled.

Although the three of them did not speak, they looked at each other and smiled, as if they had reached some evil deal.

As Zhao sat down on the chair on the left, Xu Ren couldn't wait to shout, "Chen Fuyi, the criminal leader."

Xu Ren's purpose was very simple. Lin Gui was a tough guy. He had also tried other magistrate officials, but almost all of them were talking about random things. Some people even refused to admit the solid evidence of killing imperial envoys and corruption. It was purely a matter of fact. Pretend to be blind and deaf.

Only Chen Fuyi, who has relatively little qualifications and little foundation, still has something to say. If you don’t judge this, who will you judge?

Two Jinyi guards led Chen Fuyi into the lobby. Chen Fuyi looked much better today, although he still couldn't sit down and could only lie on the ground. But at least there was some color on his face.

"Chen Fuyi, are you aware of your guilt?" Xu Ren took the lead. If it weren't for Lu Wenyu's strong intervention in the past few days, he would have uncovered a lot of things. It's a pity, it's a pity. This interrogation was to take advantage of Lu Wenyu's absence to confirm the confession, so that even Lu Wenyu would have nothing to say.

But contrary to expectations, Chen Fuyi, who was lying on his stomach, was not as panicked as he was a few days ago. Instead, he looked around and saw the familiar face of Zhao Jiu and the two father-in-laws drinking tea leisurely. There is a decision.

"Xuzhi County, isn't the evidence of your corruption already conclusive?"

Xu Ren was stunned by this sentence, but the two old foxes Zhao Ju and Eunuch He looked at each other and smiled, their eyes filled with calmness.

Although Xu Ren was a little surprised, he still asked, "Let me ask you, whose order was it to build the river embankment, and who was involved in it?"

"It's me, I want to build it myself, I built it myself! I can't bear the suffering of the people due to flooding, so the yamen will allocate funds and we will organize the manpower to build it." Chen Fuyi replied decisively after Xu Ren asked.

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Zhao, the two father-in-laws, and even the presiding judge Wang Yantong were holding back laughter.

Why do you, a corrupt official, pretend to care about the people? I still can’t bear it, but there’s nothing I can’t bear when you’re greedy. I’ll give you a righteous explanation for those boxes of silver.

Xu Ren almost lost his temper and found a better excuse to retract his confession! Knowing that I couldn't ask anything about this matter, I could only change the topic, "What about the disaster relief funds? Is it also for the country and the people?"

Xu Ren actually laughed, looking at Xu Ren with the corner of his mouth, as if a ruffian was teasing a young girl, "Master Xu, what are you talking about? Three counties were hit by floods, didn't Chen provide any relief? Rice porridge, Chen It’s hard to live with Da Qi Lu!”

"The court's disaster relief is not about coarse rice and rice bran!" Xu Ren said angrily.

"Can coarse rice and rice bran be used to make porridge?"

Chen Fu asked confidently. He really didn't admit to the disaster relief. It was only a small amount of money, and he had to sacrifice his face to ask for the coarse rice and rice bran. He was greedy for the disaster relief money, but not much, only 10%! When it comes to heaven, he thinks he is a good official!

Others are greedy for 40%, but he is only greedy for 10%. What kind of corruption is this? At most it’s a loss!

Xu Ren slapped the table and stood up, "The white rice has been replaced by coarse rice, or even rice bran. You dare to be so confident. This really opened Xu's eyes!"

"Oh, I didn't take those coarse rice and bran home, so they were eaten by the victims? I don't admit it!" Chen Fuyi sneered and said sarcastically.

Seeing Xu Ren's silence, Chen Fuyi changed to a comfortable position and lay down, looking like a dead pig who was not afraid of boiling water. He even raised his head and asked Zhao for a cup of tea.

Zhao just held the teacup, thinking in his heart, if such a person could become an official, it seemed that Daqi was really doomed.

Eunuch Shen on the side didn't have so many thoughts. He put the tea he took a sip into Chen Fu's hand and smiled warmly. Chen Fuyi was not polite and drank a sip of tea, as if he was a victorious general about to confront Xu Ren.

"Lin Gui, the one who brought the crime." Xu Ren had no choice but to start with other people. In the past two days, other people were interrogated. Some of them retracted their confessions, and some called them wronged. Only Lin Gui said nothing. Of course the persimmons are easy to pick and pinch.

Lin Gui, on the other hand, was watched by the two Jinyi guards as he walked in. Without saying a word, he sat on the stool and took the teacup from Chen Fuyi's hand. Although the shackles were complete, he looked leisurely and did not look like a criminal.

"Master Lin, whose hands did the public funds for river repair and disaster relief funds pass through? And who directed them?" Xu Ren even named him by name. As long as Lin Gui opens his mouth, there will inevitably be flaws.

But Lin Gui is a veteran in official circles. He naturally knew the trap in Xu Ren's words, so he just said coldly, "No one? Is it wrong for us to build the river embankments ourselves? Didn't we provide disaster relief?"

Lin Gui smiled, with a strange light in his eyes. All he wanted was to save his life. Now that he might be exiled, of course he would not confess in order to have a chance of survival.

He understood the meaning above. He just wanted to make money, but he didn't want others to know that he wanted to make money. exile? Oh, it also depends on where you are exiled. Annan in Hexi is a mess, let alone being exiled here. This place is good if there is no rebellion, Lingnan? Stop talking nonsense, that is a place for overseas trade, not a poor place, where you can live in exile, right? So it can only be Ningzhou. You know, the person in charge of the place of exile in Ningzhou is Lu Wenyu! Exiling to Ningzhou and only arriving in Shengjing are two different concepts!

After figuring out the key, Lin Gui had already realized that he had a way to survive!

After listening to Lin Gui's words, Xu Ren sighed helplessly. Now everything is over. This group of people had unknowingly communicated with the above. They planned to memorize everything directly. No matter how much they tried, they couldn't find anything.

When Eunuch He saw that Xu Ren and the others were silent, he decisively intervened, "My lords, since we have the result, let them sign and pledge it. After sealing it with wax, we will stamp it so that we can present it to the emperor for inspection."

The clerk took the confession and stared at the people above him, helplessly. They didn't say anything. He didn't dare to let Chen pay Yilin Guihua!

"Let's make a deposit. After such a long trial, there must be a result!" Zhao echoed Eunuch He. If he ends this stupid case as soon as possible, he can make money earlier.

There was no other way, Wang Yantong didn't want to offend anyone, so he happily ordered Hua Yao.

The two people in the hall were overjoyed and hurriedly stepped forward to sign the pledge. The case was concluded hastily. Zhao didn't stay long and left the Yamen first. The information from the ghost market had already arrived.

I went to a familiar coffin shop, wrote a letter to Liu Zhi, and returned to the inn with information about several hundred taels of silver.

I called a carriage and set off for Mount Tai tomorrow.