The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 768 Four million taels?
Yin Kun had no choice but to nod his head, and replied: "That's right! The bastard originally only wanted to take the patriarch of the Xia clan, but who would have thought that the patriarch of the Xia clan would not buy it at all, and wanted to kill someone to silence him."

When Yin Kun said this, disdain appeared on his face.

The Xia family is as ruthless as Xia Qing. Isn't Xia Qing just relying on the support of the emperor to have his eyes above the top?

"These people don't even care about sacrificing their clansmen for their own benefit." Yin Kun was very disgusted with Xia Qing and the Xia clan's actions.

"Sacrifice one person to save everyone. The Xia family did this to minimize the loss. But Xia Qing didn't restrain the clansmen and let those clansmen be so rampant, it was Xia Qing's fault. Is it because of Xia Qing's momentum?"

Gu Chengyu shook his head, this Xia Zhou is also a fool.

Shooting the first bird, he is a small county magistrate, but he has such courage, won't he be pulled out to top the tank as soon as something happens?

But after all, he was not stupid enough, and knew to keep two self-defense books.

How can those people give credit?Maybe it will kill them all.

Xia Zhou stayed behind to threaten the Xia family, not only to save the lives of his wife and children, but also to protect them from worrying about food and clothing.

"However, that bastard is quite successful. Knowing that Patriarch Xia ordered him to be killed, he was able to find me here."

Gu Chengyu nodded knowingly, but then he asked nervously: "Then how did you escape, senior brother, those people must be chasing and killing him?"

Yin Kun glanced at Gu Chengyu approvingly, it would be easy to talk to smart people.

"Fortunately, I brought some good hands there. Besides, I am the imperial envoy, and these people dare not go too far. It's just that the account books are a pity. When I got them, there was only one book, which was soaked in water. "

Gu Chengyu was a little strange, "There is only one copy? Then where did the other one go?"

Since I brought all of them, there's no reason why I can't see one more!

"It is said that it was damaged on the road, and many parts of the leftover book are very blurred and can't be seen clearly." Yin Kun said with emotion.

Otherwise, the harvest this time is not small, and those high-ranking officials have nothing to do, but it would be good to pull out their minions.

"Has the concubine read the contents of those two account books?" Gu Chengyu didn't believe that the concubine would not read them, and it was not difficult to write them down.

Unexpectedly, Yin Kun shook his head, "He's dead!"

"Pierced through the heart with an arrow!"

Yin Kun was very regretful when he said this, "How could those people let him go? But they didn't attack me. These people are well-trained, and my people didn't catch up."

"Have you checked the place where the bastard stayed? Have you checked the people who have been in contact with him?"

Gu Chengyu was taken aback for a moment, then raised his eyebrows and asked.

Gu Chengyu was not interested in the process of the bastard's escape.

Yin Kun was shocked when he heard this, but he was negligent.

"I was negligent. He only said that the account book was lost during the escape. I didn't expect that he might lie."

Indeed, Xia Zhou would hide something, and the bastard might also hide something.

Why didn't he expect that the bastard would hide the account books?
Maybe that book is more important than the one handed over by Xia Zhou's concubine, and that book is what they kept to save their lives.

"It's a pity, the book he gave me captured some low-level officials, including the Tongzhi and Zhixian County magistrates of Yishui County, as well as a group of officials in the county government, and three or four officials of the same level in neighboring counties. Yan Tongpan was also implicated in this, his name is on the ledger, but the amount is somewhat vague."

Gu Chengyu pondered for a moment, these are low-level officials, it seems that the most important thing is another account book.

How could a county magistrate be greedy for several 10 taels of silver?These low-level officials alone must not be able to handle it.

As for Yan Huinong, judging by the expression on the elder brother's face, he is naturally fine.

"Have you handled it properly? You won't leave a handle?"

Gu Chengyu also said something more, he is naturally at ease when the elder brother handles affairs.

This big brother may not be too sensitive to officialdom politics, but he excels in handling things prudently.

"Naturally, since other places can be used for flowers, then his name can also be used for flowers, right?"

Yin Kun laughed, admiring Gu Chengyu's sensitivity.

"Did he really intervene?" Gu Chengyu didn't know Yan Huinong, and the teacher rarely mentioned it.

If Yan Huinong really intervened, then he would have to be more careful when dealing with this person in the future.

Without him, too stupid!
It is normal for Gu Chengyu to take advantage of his position to receive some benefits, as long as it is not excessive.

After all, the salaries of officials are too low. If they live on their salaries, they can empty out their families by entertaining their colleagues.

He is not a pedantic person, otherwise he would not have given money to officials before, and he would have also given Yin Kun a share of the restaurant's profits.

But he can't give it away blindly, these are all familiar, he is not greedy, and he is not ostentatious.

If Yan Huinong dared to accept the Xia family's money, it could only explain two points.

Or he is very greedy and can't stand the temptation.

Either he was not sensitive to the current situation of the court, and he thought that Xia Qing was in full swing and could always be prosperous.

Of course, it does not rule out being caught.

No matter what it is, anyway, this person's achievements in the officialdom are unlikely to be great.

"He told me that he was tricked. He never collected the money. This matter has something to do with the prefect of Yingnan Prefecture. He is a judge, and he was supposed to supervise those officials. It is impossible for him to have the same heart with the prefect. The prefect made a plan, The whereabouts of those silver is estimated to be with the magistrate."

Gu Chengyu smiled, the reason for this needs to be verified.

Seeing that Gu Chengyu was noncommittal, Yin Kun said, "Yan Huinong came from a poor family, and the teacher also saw him as a prudent man, and he was quite upright. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been a fifth-rank general judge all these years. .”

Gu Chengyu nodded, but he didn't think so in his heart.

Yin Kun also hasn't seen Yan Huinong for many years, and we don't get together often, who knows if this person's temperament has changed?

Some officials may also have never moved their seats because of their upright temper in the first half of their lives, and they did not know how to exploit camps.

Later, when I saw others soaring upwards, I was naturally not angry.

It is very possible to abandon the previous principles and become the kind of person he despised before.

Of course, Gu Chengyu did not believe that Yan Huinong was such a person.

Maybe people have always been so upright, it's impossible to say.

You still have to see yourself, and get along with each other before you can be confident.

"Then how much silver was found? Is the emperor satisfied?"

Gu Chengyu changed the subject and asked about the amount of money.

He thinks at least 80 taels?After all, the number was agreed before.

This time Yin Kun had a look of satisfaction on his face, "A total of 3 million taels of silver!"

Gu Chengyu raised his head from the tea bowl, "So much?"

Yin Kun felt that Gu Chengyu's surprise was reasonable.

When he found the silver, he was also shocked.

A small county magistrate actually embezzled more than 100 million taels of silver. How much is this?

(End of this chapter)