Fengqi crabapple

Chapter 108

Amidst all the anticipation, it finally got dark.

Things were going on as usual in the Cheng Mansion. Cheng Hanbai ordered a meal to be served at Haitang House today.After a while, Guizhi and Taoye were carried in. An Qi asked anxiously: "Miss, they were really poisoned by Cheng Li and thrown into the small ancestral hall. I have already given them the antidote pills you gave them." You’ve been fed, why haven’t you woken up yet?”

Haitang went over to take a pulse, then rolled her eyelids and mouth to check.

She turned back to Ji'er and said, "Make two bowls of loose saliva and let them spit it out."

Soon, Shuang'er and Ji'er gave each of them a large bowl of water mixed with alum and saponin.The two of them woke up coughing and vomiting until the bile almost came out.The two of them opened their eyes and looked at the people in the room. They said "Wow" and started crying while hugging each other.

At this time, Cheng Shuang came over to inform that Pan Xiuying and Cheng Li had called a carriage and hurried out of the city.Butler Cheng's calculation was good. At this time, it was just the point to close the city gate.Looking back, even if someone comes to chase them, they will not think that they have just left the city. They will only search in the city, which will give them an extra night to escape.

Cheng Hanbai was not in a hurry. Yu Lang had already sent two unfamiliar guards to wait on the boat.

This Yu Lang does have some talent in leading troops. The new soldiers he recruited have been trained well in just a few months.The two boys sent out today are his two team captains, Du Kai and Ruan Ping.

As the night boat was about to depart, a carriage hurriedly arrived. The man and woman who got off the boat and boarded the boat were none other than Cheng Li and Pan Xiuying.Cheng Li asked loudly: "Shipman, is this a boat going to Suzhou?"

"Exactly, exactly! Just wait for you two to arrive, and we will sail!" Ruan Ping, standing on the bow of the ship, replied.

When they got on the boat, Du Kai went over to collect the cable, pulled the pedal, and shouted happily: "Let's set sail~~"

Cheng Hanbai, Chu Yi and Fifteen, with seven or eight guards, arrived outside the city gate early and stood on their horses waiting for news.After a while, a letter from Fei Ge arrived, with four words written on the note: Jiangnan Wujiang.A place that has nothing to do with their hometown.This boat was bound for Suzhou, but they disembarked at Wujiang.If they were allowed to escape, it would really take a lot of trouble to investigate.

"Let's go!" Cheng Hanbai clamped his legs, his mount Yuan Bao under his crotch, he cheered up, neighed, and took the lead to rush out.

The one who took action at night was King Duan.

King Duan took several people into the Shuntian Mansion Prison overnight.Cai Fuyin followed behind with a sad face: "His Royal Highness Duan Wang, this is against the rules..."

Ming Yuanhui, who was walking behind King Duan, turned around and said, "I have doubts about the case and reexamine the criminal's confession. Is this against the rules?!"

Pan Jingcheng was dozing in the corner of the cell when he suddenly heard footsteps. A group of people had arrived at the door of the cell, blocking the torches on the opposite wall and casting a shadow.

When Pan Jingcheng saw several tall and dignified men opening the cell door and surrounding him, and someone also brought a chair in for the man in the middle to sit down, he was so scared that he collapsed on the ground.But when he thought of what Cheng Xiangjin said to him, he wanted to struggle again and shouted again and again: "It's none of my business, it's none of my business. It was Major General Cheng who ordered me to secretly melt the gold!"

"Major General Cheng? When, where and how did I instruct you? Tell me carefully, if there are any lies, I will definitely kill you!" Ming Yuanhui shouted sternly.

Pan Jingcheng fluently recited the words that Xiang Jin had taught him and recited them again. He said, "That's it. I remember it clearly."

"Oh? Really? Then let me ask you, you said that on the afternoon of the 54th, you went to the Cheng Mansion to get something from the Major General. Why did someone see you gambling in the gambling house for a whole afternoon on the [-]th and not leaving until You? That afternoon, You lost a total of [-] taels of silver. Is this happening?" Ming Yuanhui said coldly.

Pan Jingcheng broke out in sweat and didn't know how to respond.

Duan Wang said lightly: "Use the torture device." "Don't use the torture device, my lord! I say, I say everything!" Pan Jingcheng is a soft bone. In the past few days in the prison, he heard the tortured people crying and howling. I killed myself, but I was still so scared that I peed my pants twice.

So Pan Jingcheng told how Cheng Li took him to the warehouse, how he asked him to transport things away, and how he divided the money later.

King Duan asked again: "Who else knows about this matter?"

"Only Butler Cheng and my sister know!" Pan Jingcheng saw Prince Duan's face sullen and staring at him, and hesitantly said: "...One time I drank too much, and I told my niece casually...Cheng Xiangjin .”

"I've finished asking. Ming Si Zheng, you continue." After saying that, King Duan stood up, shook his cloak, and strode out of the Shuntian Mansion prison.

Cheng Haitang didn't rest either.

As soon as the next day dawned, Zhou Changshi and two accountants waited in the main hall of Cheng's mansion.Haitang came over with Sumei, who was beside her grandmother, and asked Cheng Mansion's accountant to bring out all the account books.

Ji'er and Shuang'er were in two rooms, writing confessions to Guizhi and Taoye respectively.The two of them hated serving Aunt Pan, and in the end she was so cruel that she wanted to kill them, so they all told the story of how Aunt Pan and Butler Cheng had been cheating on each other, colluding with each other, and embezzling family property over the years.

The Cheng Mansion's accounts are not complicated. Except for the independent settlement of the eldest daughter's property, the Cheng Mansion only has two Zhuangzi under the old lady's name, so there are two Zhuangzi under the name of the Madam and one under Cheng Hanbai's name.

The money that Cheng Li transferred out on weekdays all went to the account of the old lady Zhuangzi. He transferred more than 3 taels of silver and more than 5000 taels of gold. He recently sold two of the old lady's Zhuangzi and got cash. Not accounted for.

Cheng Haitang couldn't laugh or cry at the account book.

Nuo is a big family in the Cheng family, and his father and brother have been working hard at the border for many years. Now there are only two Zhuangzi who are married to their mother!The Zhuangzi that Cheng Hanbai got was the reward given to him by the emperor after he returned to the capital to take up a post.

Cheng Xiangjin received 8000 taels of private money. Except for 3000 taels that went to the public account, the other [-] taels were also transferred to her privately by Aunt Pan.

After Cheng Hanbai rushed to Wujiang, he found the Wujiang County Magistrate and informed him that the slave had escaped with the money, and asked him to help recover the stolen goods.

The county magistrate personally accompanied General Cheng, the third-rank commander of the Beijing Guard, to seal up the accounts of Pan Xiuying and Cheng Li in the bank, and also sealed the land and house under Cheng Li's name. The county magistrate was careful and asked the house to come and write a confession. The process of buying and selling with Cheng Li was also explained clearly.

When the river boat docked, Pan Xiuying and Cheng Li were happily preparing to go ashore. Du Kai and Ruan Ping came up to them, snatched their luggage and put their hands behind their backs. Du Kai said with a smile: "Aunt Pan, Cheng Li" Butler, the Major General is waiting for you at the county office!"

Cheng Li had always been favored by Du Guan on the ship. He thought he had met a good person and rewarded him with two pieces of silver. Only then did he realize that they were all people sent by Cheng Hanbai to monitor him.

In the Shuntian Mansion Prison, Ming Yuanhui recorded a new confession and sent the case back to Shuntian Mansion for retrial. Cai Fuyin did not dare to neglect and re-opened the case based on Pan Jingcheng's new confession. The other two accomplices will be escorted back from Wujiang in the near future. The capital was brought to justice.At the same time, Cheng Hanbai was also removed from the case.

Green fragrance upstairs. "This is something caused by King Xian. Cheng Xiangjin once met Pan Jingcheng secretly." Xie Ruitang snorted from his nose: "Ji Baiyu, don't you have a lot of scandalous things about King Xian? Just put two of them aside. Get out and don't let him sit idle and think about causing trouble for me!"

Yan Shiyi smiled and said:

"Don't worry, his trouble is already on the way!"

(End of this chapter)