The Return of the Demon

After understanding, Jiang Hui's reputation is not bad... He has some small evils and greed, but he has never done anything big and evil.

Ning Chen thinks that Jiang Hui is most likely framed!

He is the Minister of Revenue, and he has many ways to be greedy for money, so it is impossible for him to be found out so easily.

There are only a few people who can access the account books, so it should not be difficult to check.

Tens of thousands of taels of silver are not much for Ning Chen... But if he does not investigate and punish severely this time, there will be endless troubles.

The construction of Xuanwu City costs money like water every day. If it is not investigated to eliminate future troubles, I don’t know how many rats will be fattened in the future?

Ning Chen returned to the inn.

Jiang Hui saw Ning Chen and ran over in a panic, "Your Majesty, something bad has happened, something big has happened..."

Ning Chen stopped and looked at him, "What's wrong?"

Jiang Hui said: "Your Majesty, look at these accounts, they are all fake accounts."

Ning Chen took the account book and looked at it, and his face became gloomy little by little.

These accounts, from a few thousand taels at the beginning to tens of thousands of taels now... Xuanwu City has only been built for a few months, which means that someone has embezzled hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in just a few months.

Ning Chen looked at Jiang Hui, "All of these are signed by you."

Jiang Hui nodded, "It is indeed my signature, but I swear that I have never signed it... Please understand, Your Majesty!"

Ning Chen pondered for a while and ordered Pan Yucheng, "Old Pan, take people to arrest all those who can access the account book. In addition, search their rooms carefully."

If Jiang Hui was framed, then it can only be someone who has access to this general ledger.

Pan Yucheng nodded and took the order and left.

About half an hour later, Pan Yucheng brought the people back.

There were four people in total, all of whom were heads of the Ministry of Revenue.

Pan Yucheng came to Ning Chen and whispered a few words.

Ning Chen narrowed his eyes and looked at the four leaders, and said coldly: "You four people framed Lord Jiang, which was not a good thing."

"I have never framed Lord Jiang, please understand, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, we are officials in the same court with Lord Jiang, and we have no grudges against each other. Why did you frame Lord Jiang?"

"I am innocent, please understand, Your Majesty."

The four people cried out that they were innocent.

Jiang Hui was stunned, and didn't understand why Ning Chen said that these four people framed him right away?

Ning Chen stared at the four people coldly, "I haven't said anything yet, and you started shouting injustice."

The expressions of the four people suddenly froze.

Ning Chen picked up the account book, turned to the page with the problem, and held it up and said, "The words on it are indeed the handwriting of Lord Jiang... but someone deliberately copied and imitated it. Because the pen was too heavy, the ink penetrated the back of the paper."

"I just flipped through it, and only the pages with problems in the account had ink seeping through the back of the paper... In other words, someone copied and imitated Lord Jiang's handwriting to make false accounts, and then inserted these false accounts into the account book and rebound them."

Jiang Hui was shocked.

Even he didn't notice the details of ink seeping through the back of the paper.

If it was a copy of his handwriting to make false accounts and rebind them, then everything made sense.

The prince was really meticulous, and Jiang Hui admired him in his heart.

Ning Chen suddenly shouted: "Pang Yuande has confessed, why don't you plead guilty?"

The four people's faces instantly lost color, their legs became weak, and they knelt down.

"Your subordinate... Your subordinate pleads guilty, please show mercy, Your Majesty!"

"We were just temporarily bewildered, please forgive us, Your Majesty, and let us live."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me, please show mercy..."

Seeing this, everyone was dumbfounded.

Jiang Hui pointed at the four people, his fingers trembling with anger, "You... You..."

Jiang Hui was so angry that he lost his voice. He didn't expect that these four people would join forces to frame him.

He took a while, but couldn't help but roared and questioned: "I treat you well, why do you do this?"

In addition to being colleagues with him, these four people also have a good relationship in private...So when His Majesty appointed him to come to Xuanwu City this time, he deliberately brought these four people with him. Although it was far away from the capital, the salary for working in Xuanwu City was twice that of working in the capital.

He took care of them everywhere, but he didn't expect that they would join forces to frame him. It was simply a wolf's heart.

Jiang Hui was so angry that he trembled all over.

"We are sorry to Lord Jiang. Please forgive us."

"Lord Jiang, we were forced to do this. Pang Yuande forced us to do this."

"Yes, yes, we were forced. Please show mercy, Lord Jiang."

"Pang Yuande approached Lord Jiang, but you disagreed... So he approached me and others, threatening us with our careers and families. We were forced to do this."

Jiang Hui was stunned and sighed deeply.

He remembered that Pang Yuande had indeed approached him... Building Xuanwu City, spending money like water every day, so much money, who wouldn't be jealous?

But he rejected Pang Yuande's proposal.

First, because he has been in the Ministry of Revenue for many years, he has seen too much money, and he is not as greedy as Pang Yuande.

Second, this is Ning Chen's Xuanwu City, and any small problem will be infinitely magnified, and he can't be greedy.

Third, the old guy Fu Lu is not a good person, staring at him every day.

He had analyzed the pros and cons with Pang Yuande at the time, but he didn't expect that this bastard was so vicious that he actually teamed up with these four people to frame him.

Thanks to the prince's keen observation, otherwise the crime of corruption would be confiscated and the head would be beheaded... Even so, he can't escape the crime of negligence!

Ning Chen looked at the four people who begged him for mercy with cold eyes, and couldn't help but sneered.

These officials, before they were arrested, were arrogant and extravagant, and full of official power.

Once they were arrested, they began to confess with tears.

They confessed not because they really regretted, but because they were afraid.

If they had to do it again, they would do the same.

So, confession is useless, it's just because of fear.

These corrupt officials, one by one, will be killed... This will have a deterrent effect.

If there is no death penalty for corruption, these officials will not be afraid at all.

"Let them confess and sign!"

Jiang Hui immediately asked people to write the charges and asked the four people to sign and sign one by one.

"Old Pan, go find Pang Yuande and ask him to confess his crime and sign a pledge... Tomorrow, take all five of these bastards to the market and behead them in public!"

The four leaders collapsed to the ground in fear, their eyes dull.

The others were also shocked!

Jiang Hui hesitated for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, Pang Yuande is a senior official of the court. The decision should be made by His Majesty. If he is beheaded in public... those censors will definitely impeach Your Majesty for usurping the throne."

Ning Chen frowned, "How would His Majesty deal with a situation like Pang Yuande?"

Jiang Hui thought for a moment and said, "Pang Yuande is a third-rank official. In his case, his family property would be confiscated, or he would be demoted out of the capital and serve in a remote place."

Ning Chen snorted, "Just because he is a third-rank official, he can survive by embezzling hundreds of thousands of taels... If he survives like this, then wouldn't the Great Xuan Law become a decoration?"

"Tomorrow, take the five of them to the market and behead them in public... This king has made up his mind, and there is no need to discuss this matter anymore... As for those censors who want to impeach this king, let them do it!"