Peerless Pirates

"Caught the big fish! The latest chapter of Iron-Blooded Soldier Soul!" Song Zheng's personal guard Xiao Yao happily ran into the Fuzhou government office and placed two pieces of silver in front of Song Zheng.

This was already the fourth day after Song Zheng and others returned to Linchuan. After learning that Cai Yong and others had completed the layout, Liu Mao invited Lin Han to the Fuzhou government office in the name of discussing official matters. Taking advantage of Lin Han's unpreparedness , Song Zheng revealed his identity and took control of the government office. In the name of the Ministry of Punishments, he sealed the official treasury and official warehouses in Fuzhou.

"Master Lin, can you tell me what's going on?" Song Zheng smiled and held two pieces of silver and shook them at Lin Han, who was trying to calm down.

Lin Han snorted softly, "Master Song, what I want to know is whether the money in the treasury can match the amount?"

Song Zheng looked at Xiao Yao, who shook his head in embarrassment, "I don't know. As soon as I saw that there was only a small amount of official silver inside, and the rest were all privately minted silver ingots, I took it and reported it to the Young Master."

Song Zheng was startled, but his expression remained unchanged, "Master Lin, can you tell me why there is private money in the treasury?"

"What's so difficult about this!" Lin Han snorted, "After the tax revenue comes, the state has not yet had time to cast. This is at best against the rules."

After the taxes and taxes of Daqi were paid, they would be minted into 20 taels of official silver ingots of uniform specifications, and then deposited in the treasury before being transported and escorted. What Lin Han said makes sense.

At this moment, an official from the Ministry of Justice walked in and whispered something into Liu Mao's ear. Liu Mao's face changed drastically.

"What's wrong? Mr. Liu!" Song Zheng asked in a low voice.

"Xiao Lang, we are in big trouble now. There is no shortage of silver in the treasury, it is exactly the same as in the accounts." Liu Mao said anxiously.

Song Zheng's heart skipped a beat. The information he got was that Lin Han had misappropriated money from the treasury, but now it was not bad at all. What on earth was going on?

Song Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Let's wait for the news from Guancang."

Liu Mao nodded helplessly, feeling a little uneasy. If Lin Han didn't find out anything wrong with him, then it would be a serious crime to steal the name of Zhizhou without authorization and seal up the treasury.

Half an hour later, Cai Yong walked into the government office with a gloomy face, and whispered in Song Zheng's ear, "Sir, the situation is not right. There is only a shortage of more than 500 kilograms of corn in the official warehouse."

"Are there Yin and Yang warehouses, internal and external warehouses?" Yin and Yang warehouses and internal and external warehouses are common cheating methods. Yin and Yang warehouses are grain stores that are empty at the top and empty at the bottom. They look full, but in fact only the top has grain and the bottom is empty. The inside and outside warehouses are empty. The warehouse uses the inner wall mezzanine to cheat.

"No, the grain stockpiles all meet the specifications. More than five hundred corns can only be regarded as rat consumption."

At this time, Liu Mao also came over. After hearing Cai Yong's words, he almost sat down on the ground, "Xiao Lang, what should I do?"

Song Zheng had said before that the evidence of Lin Han's case was conclusive, and as long as he took action, he would definitely get something. Now it was good, after such an investigation, Lin Han was not guilty, which made Liu Mao not shocked.

Lin Han obviously understood what was going on. He laughed immediately and said in a weird manner, "Master Song, Master Liu, I have always been an upright official and have a good reputation. You are so unscrupulous in my Fuzhou, do you really think that I am Fuzhou?" Are people easy to bully?”

Liu Mao turned around and said angrily, "Just because of the negligence of the Jianchang County magistrate and the two thousand taels of silver that I bribed, the court can punish you!"

Lin Han curled his lips and said, "An oversight? Haha, that document is in duplicate, both signed by me and Mr. Liu. To tell you the truth, I had already sent someone to fly the document I kept to Jiangning. My father-in-law must have obtained that document by now. What is written in the document is that you and I jointly captured Xiang Liqiang. What's more, now that Xiang Zhixian is dead and there is no evidence of his death, how are you going to interrogate him? As for the two thousand taels of silver, haha , how do you prove that those banknotes were given to you by me?"

"You..." Liu Mao's face turned red with anger and he could no longer speak. Looking at it now, he and Song Zheng acquiesced to Xiang Liqiang's suicide, and their so-called actions to confuse Lin Han turned out to be self-inflicted.

Lin Han was even more proud. He looked at Song Zheng and sneered, "Sir Song, hehe, even if your right department can take down Lu Bingxuan, in Fuzhou, without evidence, what can you do to me?"

Song Zheng looked at him coldly, his pupils narrowed, which made Lin Han's heart tremble. After taking a deep breath, Lin Han changed his expression and said to Liu Mao leisurely, "Master Liu, since you and I are officials in the same dynasty, , why bother with me? I know that you were bewitched by Yousi's people, so you were forced to come to Fuzhou. As long as you can jointly submit a letter with me to impeach Yousi for using force and misbehaving, then I will be detained Of course, there is nothing wrong with Mr. Liu."

Lin Han was so quick-thinking that he actually wanted to take the opportunity to join forces with Liu Mao and target Song Zheng.

Song Zheng looked at Liu Mao to see his reaction. After Liu Mao's face changed for a few times, he glanced at Song Zheng guiltily and did not respond. The current situation is: if he really wants to take down Lin Han by force, then in Jianchang The materials he obtained turned out to be evidence of Liu Mao's crimes, and it became a life-or-death situation. The latest chapter of the quest for immortality.

"Ahem! Ahem!" Yan Guangwei, who had been silent for the whole time, said, "Why don't I let you give me a fair word? Mr. Song, Mr. Liu, and Mr. Lin, how about we stop here? The matter of Jianchang, as Mr. Liu and Mr. No one can erase Lord Lin’s contribution. As for Lord Song, just pretend that he has never appeared in Fuzhou. Lord Lin, what do you think?"

"Brother Guangwei, what do you mean?" Lin Han stared and asked, "Can't we just pretend that nothing happened after we have been so humiliated?"

Yan Guangwei waved his hand quickly, "This is just a suggestion from the official. Since it is a misunderstanding, why should it be so stalemate? Besides, in Mr. Song's favor, would you deliberately embarrass Mr. Lin?" As he said that, he winked at Song Zheng repeatedly. .In his opinion, as long as Song Zheng said soft words to Lin Han at this time, maybe the matter would be over. With Song Zheng's reputation as an expert in both civil and military affairs, and being favored by the Holy Emperor, even if he returned without success, , and will not be harshly criticized.

Song Zheng glanced at the audience, Liu Mao remained silent, Lin Han was proud, and Yan Guangwei looked anxious.

"Haha, Mr. Lin, you must have known for a long time that I was coming to Fuzhou? I'm really curious. I wonder when you knew about it and you were already prepared."

Lin Han's expression changed, "I don't know what you are talking about!"

"Don't know? Haha, I'll let you see what I, Song Xiaolang, can do!" Song Zheng sat in the middle of the palace, minding his own business, and loudly ordered, "Cai Yong, Xiao Yao, go and guard the treasury and the lawsuit." The officials of the warehouse escorted him over."

"Yes!" Cai Yong and Xiao Yao turned around and went out.

"You... are bold!" Lin Han said angrily, "How do you have the qualifications to sit in my seat!"

Song Zheng glanced at Lin Han contemptuously, and then started to polish the ink himself. Lin Han was so angry that his beard stood straight up, and he stepped forward and tried to pull Song Zheng away. Song Zheng waved his hand, and with a "pop" sound, he slapped Lin Han. John's face.

At this time, not only Lin Han himself, but also Liu Mao and Yan Guangwei were shocked. With this slap, they had no room for relaxation with Lin Han. Lin Han would never suffer this humiliation.

"Xiao Lang!" Liu Mao lost his voice and rubbed his hands anxiously.

"Mr. Liu, stay safe!" Song Zheng started writing on the paper without raising his head.

Lin Han sat on the ground, stroking his face, and howled, "Killing! Killing! Song Zheng killed!"

Yan Guangwei quickly went to help him and shouted in a panic, "Master Lin, stop shouting! Master Lin..."

How could Lin Han listen to him and just shout.

Song Zheng frowned, raised his hand and threw the gavel out, hitting Lin Han's forehead. Lin Han ouched again and fell to the ground. When he sat up and wanted to shout, he saw Song Zheng holding it in one hand. The paperweight shook and he immediately shut up. He glared at Song Zheng resentfully, his eyes burning with fire, but he dared not scream anymore. The gavel hit his forehead, which only broke the skin and caused some blood. If it were made of stone, If you throw the paperweight over, it will be fatal.

Soon, Song Zheng finished writing, put down his pen, picked up the big seal in the hall, and stamped it on it. When Lin Han saw that Song Zheng dared to touch his Zhizhou seal, he immediately got up and said, "Song, you How dare you issue a notice under the guise of my government, I...I will definitely intervene with you!"

Song Zheng ignored him and waved to Liu Mao, "Brother Liu, please find someone to post this to the door of the government office!"

Liu Mao hurriedly stepped forward, took the notice, read it up and down, and was immediately overjoyed. He called to the official of the Ministry of Justice who had been stunned for a long time, "Quickly, put this up."

The official didn't dare to neglect and hurried away with the notice.

Liu Mao patted his chest, picked up the tea cup from the table next to him, and drank it in one gulp. When he turned to Song Zheng, his eyes were filled with admiration.

Half an hour later, Cai Yong and Xiao Yao brought up the treasurers of the official treasury and the granary. The two treasurers looked at Lin Han with a bloody head and were so frightened that they were scared to death. They quickly confessed that the treasurers of the official treasury The silver and the grain in the granary had just arrived ten days ago. At that time, Song Zheng and others had just arrived in Linchuan City.

Lin Han shouted at the side, "Song Xiaolang, so what? Now that there is no deviation between the two libraries, how can you catch me? Haha, what can you do to me!" Although he spoke arrogantly, his body was tense. , there was also trembling in the voice.

Song Zheng shook his head, "Mr. Lin, it seems that you won't shed tears even if you don't see the coffin. Do you know what I wrote on the notice?"

"Humph, that notice was not approved by my office! I don't care what you write!"

"Then let me tell you!" Song Zheng said leisurely, "The notice says that anyone who borrows silver from the state this month should take it back, otherwise it will be confiscated and put into the treasury!"

"Ah?" Lin Han was immediately stunned. After being stunned for a moment, he spat out a mouthful of blood with a "plop" sound. Then he flipped over his two silver coins and passed out.

It turned out that both the official treasury and the official warehouse were indeed stolen and misappropriated by Lin Han. After getting the news that Yousi and the Ministry of Punishment were coming to Fuzhou, Lin Han quickly deployed his manpower and borrowed silver and grain from large and wealthy households. The official treasury was replenished and the amount in the accounts was collected. Due to time constraints, the silver coins had no time to be melted and minted again.

Song Zheng was originally most worried that Lin Han might use his own money to fill the lawsuit warehouse and official treasury. However, after seeing the banknotes Lin Han used to bribe Liu Mao, Song Zheng felt relieved. Lin Han could not save money at home. With so much cash, the only feasible way is to borrow money from banks and various wealthy households. The same is true for the granary. To collect the grain in the granary, the only way is to borrow it.

The notice quickly took effect. Before night, more than a dozen wealthy households and local bank bosses came to the government office and presented IOUs signed by Lin Han himself. Song Zheng immediately ordered people to pay the money and grain according to the IOUs.

Finally, a check of the treasury revealed that the treasury was short of more than 40,000 taels of silver, which was more than half of the amount originally found by Yousi. As for the granary, after all the IOUs were paid, only 78 jins of corn remained.