Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1682, finally involved in being an official

"You are Song Hu, the leader of the Kitchen Knife Gang?"

Inside the Prison Yamen in Dongcheng District, Zhu Houzhao looked at Song Hu with great interest. He looked honest and friendly, just like the old farmers in the field. Who would have thought that he would be the leader of the famous kitchen knife gang in Dongcheng District .

"I'm Song Hu. If you want to kill or scrape, it's up to you. Anyway, this life is worth it."

Song Hu looked at Zhu Houzhao, who was wearing the official mansion in front of him. He was very old and had no hair, so he came to interrogate himself.

"You are worth it, but your wife and children, old and young, will suffer for a lifetime."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Song Hu. According to the laws of Ming Dynasty, he must die.

"If you dare to touch my family, I will not let you go even if I am a ghost."

When Song Hu heard this, he immediately said with a ferocious look.

"Bold!"

Cao Rui next to him roared angrily, he dared to talk to the prince like this, it was to kill the nine clans.

"it's okay no problem!"

"No ghost will let me go."

"It's ridiculous."

"Those killed by your kitchen knife gang should have turned into ghosts and eaten you long ago."

"Tsk tsk, look at how many bad things you have done in the past few years."

"How many people have been separated by your wives, you still have the face to say that."

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand, not caring at all. He had read Song Hu's information in detail, and the things he committed were really too numerous to write down.

"I'm just curious, why did you do so many hurtful things, why didn't the original Shuntian Mansion punish you?"

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Cao Rui's expression changed immediately, and then he stopped talking to Zhu Houzhao.

"You think if you don't tell me, I don't know."

"You and Yin Linpan of Shuntian Prefecture are from the same town. At first, you held a group just to avoid being bullied, so after knowing that Lin Pan was from the same town, you went to give gifts to ask for help."

"Afterwards, you will give Lin Pan gifts and beauties every year, and relying on Lin Pan's protection, you will become more and more daring, and step by step you will become a tyrant in this Dongcheng District."

Zhu Hou looked at Song Hu in front of him, and told about his contacts with Lin Pan.

To be honest, Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin suspected that Lin Pan was not a good thing very early on. Back then, the Sun family in Huairou County had a close relationship with Lin Pan. If it wasn’t for Lin Pan’s protection, the affairs of Huairou County would have already spread to the capital. , there will be no such things as the Sun family.

The same is true in Dongcheng District now.

Cao Rui immediately found out about the relationship between Song Hu and Lin Pan after a random investigation.

Don't look at that Lin Pan seems to be busy all day long. He looks like he is working on the first day of the new year, but he is actually busy. He turns a blind eye to the things that really need him to do. , For example, the kitchen knife gang in Dongcheng District, who were responsible for the disaster, should have been cleaned up long ago.

But he used the excuse of being too busy to do anything to the kitchen knife gang. After all, it was because the kitchen knife gang sent him a large sum of money every year, so he just turned a blind eye.

"I'm right, Mr. Lin."

After Zhu Houzhao finished speaking, he also turned around and asked lightly.

It turned out that Lin Pan had already been invited behind Zhu Houzhao and the others.

"His Royal Highness, Your Royal Highness, the minister was wronged, the minister was wronged."

"I just collected him a little filial piety, a little bit of retouching fee, but I definitely didn't cover up the evil forces like Kitchen Knife to help them."

At this moment, Lin Pan fell to his knees in fright.

Originally, he was already ready to go back to his hometown in Shandong to take care of his old age. Who knows that he has not gone back yet, and he is still in contact with various parties in the capital, catching up with some old friends from the same year and so on. His Highness the Crown Prince invited Come here, and all of a sudden it was involved in the matter of the Kitchen Knife Gang.

"His Royal Highness?"

Hearing this, Song Hu knelt down on the ground when he saw Lin Pan again, and he opened his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that the young man in front of him was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Although I heard that the crown prince became the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, who knew that he would attack him so quickly.

"Are you wronged?"

Zhu Houzhao looked at Lin Pan and immediately smiled.

"When I was the county magistrate in Huairou County, the bully Sun's family in Huairou County was also protected by you, the magistrate. If someone came to Shuntian Prefecture to complain, you must have ordered them to fight back."

"At that time, I wanted to get rid of you."

"It's just that I didn't find any evidence from the Sun family, and you are a third-rank member."

"I knew that I should have got rid of you a few years ago, and I wouldn't have seen such evil forces as the Kitchen Knife Gang appear in Dongcheng District."

When Zhu Hou took care of Lin Pan, he seemed extremely regretful.

After many investigations, they finally found the head of the official. Sure enough, the good and bad of the common people are inseparable from the official.

Ordinary people can live well because of the achievements of the officials. The common people's life is not good, and some people make troubles. This is also because of the backing behind them.

"Your Highness, the minister was wronged, the minister was wronged."

When Lin Pan heard this, he became even more frightened immediately. He, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, has absolutely nothing to do with this matter.

At the time of the Sun family, he had been worried for a long time, and finally found that there was nothing wrong, so he was relieved. Who knew that the prince had already become suspicious at that time, and the suspicion was on his own head.

When he was in the Dongcheng Kitchen Knife Gang this time, he didn't guess how soon he would be involved.

"Wrong or not, you know in your heart that I already have enough evidence."

"Hehe~"

"You have been the Governor of Shuntian Mansion all these years, but you have made a lot of money."

"The capital is full of gold, and money is everywhere, especially the planning of the Dongcheng District. The reason why there is no order and no planning, it must have something to do with you."

"You have hundreds of properties in various places in the capital, big and small. You have hundreds of thousands of taels of silver in stocks in Daming First Bank and Tianjin Stock Exchange."

"Will you be wronged?"

Zhu Houzhao said with a sneer.

"Your Highness, what am I? Compared with Liu Jin and Liu Ge, I am far behind. He is the God of Wealth. He doesn't know how many properties he has under his command. Why do he have to stare at a small official like me, while Liu People like Jin, the whole world knows about it but ignores it.”

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Lin Pan immediately understood that he had been investigated clearly, so he said extremely unconvinced.

"Compared with Liu Jin, of course you are far behind."

"His money came from his own business and investment, and your money came from taking bribes and breaking the law."

Zhu Houzhao laughed immediately, there are still people who want to compare with Liu Jin.

It is estimated that Liu Jin will be pissed off after hearing this.

"Aren't they all the same? He can have billions of dollars, but why can't I just do a little?"

Lin Pan argued.

"If you have the ability to rely on your own wisdom to make money, I will obey you, but you have gained wealth by protecting the evil forces, and you have harmed countless people. How can I let you go."

"Come here, lock up Mr. Lin, and then go and lock up Mr. Lin's family."

Zhu Houzhao gave him a cold look. Liu Jin is someone Zhu Houzhao admires very much. He still wants to compare with Liu Jin, and he doesn't care how much he is.

Hearing Zhu Houzhao's words, Lin Pan was immediately discouraged. If it was other officials, he could still quibble, argue, and even ask his fellow countrymen and friends to speak for him.

But the person in front of him is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince of Ming Dynasty, and he committed this kind of thing again, no one would speak for him at all, this time he is doomed to die.

Thinking of this, I suddenly became sad.

Now that I am old, I have already retired and want to go back to my hometown to take care of my life, but it is still planted.

Even if he does not die now, he will probably be exiled thousands of miles away. As for his family members, it is estimated that most of them will not be able to escape exile.

"If I knew today, why did I have to do it at the beginning!"

Lin Pan sighed.

In the past, when I was an official, my salary was very low, and everyone got used to accepting some filial piety, pen fees, etc. Even Liu Jian couldn't avoid it, so everyone formed such habits and rules.

Up to now, everyone's salary and treatment have been raised.

He, a member of the third rank of Yinfu in Shuntian Mansion, has a salary of more than a thousand taels of silver for one year plus various other things. This income is definitely a proper high income, and it can completely support a family. small.

But who would be satisfied with a little salary, not to mention being used to receiving filial piety and brush fees all the time, so naturally he couldn't hold back.

Now it's all right, even my own family has been implicated, and I don't know where I will be exiled in the future.

As for Song Hu on the side, at this moment, he completely lost his confidence, and also lost the manliness he had just now. Even Lin Pan was arrested, so he must be doomed.

"Notify immediately that a public trial meeting will be held tomorrow to conduct a public trial of the Chopper Gang and the Damage Repair Gang."

"In addition, hand over Lin Pan to the Criminal Ministry for interrogation, and write a memorial."

(End of this chapter)