Shuang Daqin Comparison, No Comparison, No Harm

If the money was a fake account, if Zhao Ze had found out a long time ago, wouldn’t he be committing suicide if he lied?

Seeing his hesitation, Zhao Ze angrily slapped the dining table beside him, "Do you still need to hesitate about this matter? I asked how much you borrowed?"

The sound shook, frightened a few children nearby, and cried out loudly.

The woman holding the child at the side held the child even tighter in fear.

Liu Minglang was also frightened by this slap, he hesitated and said: "300,000 taels.-"

Zhao Ze continued to ask, "Then how did you get the money? Your monthly salary is 20 taels, but you can afford 300,000 taels. Explain to me, how did the money come out?"

He had already guessed that Zhao Ze would ask, but Liu Minglang could only lie and say, "I left it from my business in the early years."

Zhao Ze sneered, "You're still lying, I've investigated your details a long time ago. You were a poor scholar before, and later you came to Jieshou to become a water management officer through the imperial examination. Where did you get the money to do business?"

Zhao Ze's aggressive questioning made Liu Minglang completely unable to lie, and his body with weak legs half fell to the ground.

Bitterly said, "I got this money from Wang Hai over the years. I just take care of Wang Hai taking me to do things, and I don't know about the rest."

As a water management officer, the imperial court allocates funds for him to repair waterways every year.

The reason is also very simple. Every year when the flood hits Jieshou, the river will be pierced directly, which is already a common occurrence.

It's just that compared with this year's flood, the water in previous years will not rise so high, and the river will not be completely wiped out.

Therefore, the imperial court will allocate funds every year, and the full amount of the funds will be determined according to the situation reported by him.

The money has been credited to the account, so the river must be repaired every year, but the money has to go through the magistrate's account, and in the end only those are left.

Liu Minglang naturally took as much money as he wanted to do.

Of course, every time the imperial court allocates funds, it will inform the water management officer in advance.

So when he got the money, he knew that most of the money had been swallowed by Wang Hai.

In order to keep his mouth shut, Wang Hai naturally gave him money.

The source of the 300,000 taels is here.

After Zhao Ze heard this, he slapped the table angrily, "Have you ever wondered why the river was directly washed away this year? Could it be that you cut corners every year, which is why the construction of the river is poor. 17

Upon hearing this, Liu Minglang quickly kowtowed, "Prince, please forgive me, this matter is not all due to me, Wang Hai even deducted the money, how can I have the money to repair the river?"

"So that's why you embezzled together with him? Just the 300,000 taels you embezzled were able to repair the previous river course. Is it all your responsibility on Wang Hai?"

Zhao Ze's questioning made Liu Minglang speechless, and he was indeed at fault for most of this matter.

At this moment, Liu Minglang was full of despair, knowing that he might not be able to get away with this matter.

After ascertaining Liu Minglang's guilt, Zhao Ze shook his sleeves and stood up. Before leaving, he ordered Qin Jun beside him, "Put him in prison first, and investigate later.

Seeing that Liu Minglang was about to be taken away, Liu Minglang's wife and children rushed forward and pulled Qin Jun to prevent him from leaving.

As soon as Liu Minglang was taken away for investigation, the news spread to the ears of other officers.

Several county magistrates and several management officials panicked. They had colluded with Wang Hai.

As soon as Wang Hai entered, they knew that something would happen, but they didn't expect it to be so soon.

And here, after Zhao Ze took Liu Minglang back, he was pressed into the dungeon.

Zhao Ze did not interrogate him on the spot, but gave him time to think about it.

Liu Minglang has family members at home, and he has to be for his own family even if not for himself, Zhao Ze firmly believed that he would say it, so he planned to pry something out of his mouth.

...asking for flowers...

He planned to go to the interrogation early the next morning, but he did not expect to receive a message from the prison in the middle of the night.

The soldier said to him anxiously: "Liu Minglang was poisoned in the prison. We went in to check just now, and saw that he was foaming at the mouth and shaking."

Upon hearing the news, Zhao Ze stood up directly from the chair, "Go and see Bian Que, and tell her to save me."

When the soldiers went out, Zhao Ze felt an unknown fire in his heart.

Liu Minglang was poisoned as soon as he came in, one can imagine who did it.

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He didn't expect that those county magistrates and officials would dare to reach out to him, it was really bold.

Zhao Ze then rushed to the dungeon, and after entering, he saw Bian Que and gave Liu Minglang the needle.

"How is he doing now?" Zhao Ze asked.

Bian Que shook his head, with a solemn expression, "He has been poisoned for three or four hours, how did you find out that I was dying when I came here, and now I don't know if I can be revived."

Three or four hours, according to the time inferred, Zhao Ze guessed that it should be the second hour when he pushed Liu Minglang into the dungeon.

He sneered for a while, this speed is really fast, he sent someone to deliver the poison to his dungeon in just two hours.

Bian Que is still helping.

Half an hour later, Bian Que exhaled and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Then he stood up and said to Zhao Ze, "I'm fine, but I'm still in a coma. If I wake up, it will be around noon tomorrow."

"Be sure to send someone to guard it during this period, and if there is any situation, call me over immediately."

After Zhao Ze ordered Bian Que to be sent back, he immediately sent someone to seal the dungeon directly. During this period, no one could enter without his order. .