After Feng Linggan left, the interrogation continued.

Min Qiuye looked through the file and asked, "Okay, let's talk about the matter of privately regulating 500,000 taels of silver and money in the treasury at the beginning of this month. How do you explain this?

Hu Zongxian said without any haste: Jiangsu and Zhejiang have been suffering from Japanese turmoil for a long time, especially this year. From the beginning of the year to the present, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang army has fought more than 300,000 Japanese pirates, with more than 200,000 people, and spent 160,000 taels of silver per month. However, since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Revenue allocated 400,000 taels of silver, there has been no investment.

Now the war is in critical condition. In March, I asked the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to request military supplies. However, the cabinet sent the eight words "self-reliance and self-sufficiency". Last month, I saw that the military supplies could not meet the needs of the month, so I borrowed money from Feng Linggan, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau. Feng Linggan raised 500,000 taels of silver for me this month, which led to the great victory in Chongming. When he gave me these silver, he said that he had forcibly borrowed it from several major households in Jiangnan in the name of Hu Zongxian.

Min Qiuye flipped through the file and said that according to the information we have, the 500,000 taels of silver was used by dozens of distributors of the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to purchase silk, and was preparing to escort the capital to enrich the internal warehouse this year.

So that's it, I suddenly realized it in my heart.

The inner treasury is the money controlled by the emperor himself. No wonder Zhu Runze sent the Jinyiwei to escort Hu Zongxian overnight. It turned out that it was because Hu Zongxian touched the emperor's private money.

Hu Zongxian said that at that time, the Japanese pirates captured Chongming Island, and the situation was urgent. I collected the money, which was just a temporary solution.

Min Qiuye said: But afterwards, the seven or eight merchants who borrowed you money were punished by you on the charge of communicating with Japanese devils. Is this a matter?

Hu Zongxian said disdainfully that Lord Min looked down on the task too much. At that time, the Japanese pirates were in chaos. Hu got the money and had no time to deal with these matters of settlement in the future.

Min Qiuye continued: Tell Feng Ling’s feelings!

After a moment, Feng Linggan, who had just left, returned to the lobby. Feng Linggan was about to sit down on the side, and Min Qiuye slapped the wood and stood there to reply.

Feng Linggan said that I am a fourth-rank junior supervisor at least, and you clearly look down on our inner court if you do this.

Min Qiuye didn't bother him and asked me if I would like to bring out the Minglu for you to study it? Feng Linggan snorted and said, "You ask."

Min Qiuye said, at the beginning of this month, have you been to Haimen Mansion and met Hu Zongxian?

Feng Linggan said that last month, Hu Zongxian found the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau and said that the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Army was going to start a war. He took the cabinet's court letter and asked the Weaving Bureau to borrow 500,000 taels of silver.

Min Qiuye interrupted, should I borrow or want?

Feng Ling said, "It's borrowing."

Then you agree?

Feng Linggan said that our Weaving Bureau is the emperor's Weaving Bureau. Without the approval of the above, we would not dare to borrow money, but Hu Zongxian ignored this and forcibly intercepted the money used by merchants to buy silk. Afterwards, the rich households were criticized for being connected with the Japanese, which was extremely evil.

Is there any evidence?

Feng Ling said that the man who coordinated with major households that day was named Pang Tiande, who disappeared ten days ago. Someone from his family reported the case, saying that the accountant and the concubine had an affair, which harmed Pang Tiande.

Min Qiuye asked, was the body found?

Not found.

Min Qiuye said, Zhuge Shaobing!

Zhuge Shaobing said, right?

The six doors of Zhuge Shaobing were ordered to find Pang Tiande's whereabouts within three days, and to see people dead and corpses alive!

Zhuge Shaobing whispered, "It's easy to see a corpse alive, but it's just a slaughter. It's a bit difficult to see someone dead." Min Qiuye glared at him, and he quickly said loudly: Obey the order!

Min Qiuye said that the trial of this case will be suspended and will continue in three days.

At this time, Lu Bing of the Jinyiwei said, Lord Min, since you have finished asking, we will talk to Lord Hu about some things. As it involves the matter of the inner palace, please avoid it.

This trial was destined to be a protracted war. After we came out, the Dengwen Yuan and the Jinyiwei began to conduct a secret interrogation of Hu Zongxian again. Although I don’t know the specific details, I can guess that it is related to where the former emperor Zhu Wu could hide.

Hu Zongxian and Wang Heng were fellow townsmen. Wang Heng was once the commander of the imperial guards of the late emperor, and Hu Zongxian was Yan Shangao's disciple. If the late emperor did not die, Jiangnan was indeed the best place to hide.

Su is still there!

Zhuge Shaobing shouted, "You Jianghu Department is following up on the case of Pang Tiande. The specific requirements have been explained by Lord Min, so I don't need to repeat them."

I was a little hesitant.

Zhuge Shaobing asked, are there any difficulties?

I said do my best.

Zhuge Shaobing said, your thoughts are not good.

When I heard this, I kept saying: Ensure that the task is completed!

Zhuge Shaobing nodded and went to work hard.

In the next two days, the entire Jinling City constables, Beggars' Sect and local small gangs were all dispatched to find Pang Tiande's whereabouts, but this person was like evaporating from the world and there was no news.

One night, accompanied by the Jinyiwei, Min Qiuye went to the Forbidden City in Yingtian Prefecture to meet Zhu Runze. It is said that the two talked late at night.

On the second day, refugees outside the city began to retreat in batches. It should be that Min Qiuye met the emperor and had an effect. The court indeed issued a document and agreed to Min Qiuye's disaster relief strategy.

One day before the deadline, Zhang Youqian and I were frowning. There was no way. Zhang Youqian said that he was afraid of what he was. At worst, he could go back to the capital and continue to be my playboy.

I thought to myself that you will not have any worries, but I can’t explain it to Ximen Chulan.

At this time, Jiangnan and Liu Sanjin rushed in and said there was news.

I'm happy, have you found someone?

Liu Sanjin said that in the past two days, refugees in Songjiang Prefecture retreated. When officers and soldiers and local guards made registrations to distribute money and grain, a refugee had a conflict with local villagers. Later, although a reconciliation was reached, we recognized the person who was Pang Tiande.

I said that I was really at the end of my life and there was no way out. I could find it without searching for it. When a blind cat hits a dead mouse, abalone is not as good as stinky tofu.

Liu Sanjin clapped his hands and said, "Good poems, good poems!"

I patted his head, stopped flattering, and quickly led the way.

As soon as the four of them left Jinling City, a beggar came to contact Liu Sanjin. As the young owner of the Jinling branch of the Beggars' Gang and a temporary worker in the Liusanmen Jianghu Department, Liu Sanjin has a little background in the Jinling area.

The beggar said that Pang Tiande was very suspicious. In order to prevent him from discovering, we sent a few brothers to take turns to stare at him. Liu Sanjin said that he had done a good job and went back to ask for rewards from my father.

When I came to the shack where Pang Tiande was hiding, I saw him lying on the straw, singing a small song, humming.

Pang Tiande is broad-minded and fat, and he must be more than 200 kilograms.

I knocked on the wooden pillar at the door and said to Boss Pang.

Pang Tiande rushed up and bumped into the shack like a monkey. The shack tower fell and trapped us for a while. Pang Tiande had already run away more than ten feet.

I sneered in my heart, and I actually compared the light skills with the descendants of the Thieves' Sect. I left them aside, used the true energy of the Star Constellation, and used the mysterious steps, and chased after him slowly.

While running away, Pang Tiande turned around and watched, I always kept a distance of five or six feet from him.

This guy looked like a fat man with a weight of more than 200 pounds, and his feet were longer than a donkey. He ran for more than ten miles in one breath. He could not get rid of me. Finally, he stopped tired and gasped.

I said the weather is good today, why don’t you run away?

Pang Tiande was so angry that he said, why are you chasing me?

I said why did you run away?

Pang Tiande said, if you don’t chase me, how could I run away?

I said if you don’t run away, how can I chase you? Boss Pang!

Pang Tiande said, you have recognized the wrong person, I am not Pang Tiande at all.

I sneered, and I didn't say I wanted to find Pang Tiande. I have to say that Boss Pang's IQ is really touching. But don't worry, I am the constable of Liusanmen, and I'm looking for you to verify some things with you.

Pang Tiande finally got discouraged and sat down on the ground depressedly, saying, As long as you don’t kill me, you will answer you whatever you ask me.

I said last month, did you raise 500,000 taels of silver to the Governor of Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hu Zongxian?

Pang Tiande's eyes were circling, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Seeing this, I directly pointed his acupoint and said that if you were playing tricks or had a lie, I would throw you into the prison in Jinling for a vacation-style treatment.

Pang Tiande said, I am just a distributor under the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau, and I have no such great ability to raise 500,000 taels of silver. I am just an intermediary in this transaction.

I doubt, transaction?

Pang Tiande gradually calmed down and said that there were some things that you still didn’t know. I would like to advise you, the more you know, the more chance you will have to survive.

It seems that you won't live long.

Pang Tiande sighed, if it weren't for my cleverness, I'd probably have died many times. The 500,000 taels of silver were actually not lent to Hu Zongxian, but the ransom paid to Hu Zongxian.

I became more and more confused. Ransom? What kind of ransom?

Pang Tiande said slowly, this matter has been a long story. Let me ask you, who is the strongest in the world?

I thought for a moment. If I didn’t consider hidden sects such as Longhu Mountain, Langya Pavilion, and Dakong Temple, there would naturally be two major alliances, four major families, and eight major sects in the martial arts world. If I were in Jinling City, it would be a martial arts conference, the Wang family and the Xie family.

Pang Tiandedao, all you see is appearance.

There is also an extremely secret organization in the world. This organization is powerful and controls more than half of the sects in the world. The Wang family, Xie family, and the Wulin League, although they usually fight openly and secretly, they all accept the leadership of this organization.

I wonder, there is such an organization? Why haven’t I heard of it?

Pang Tiande smiled bitterly, I told you, but it also hurt you. There are very few people in this organization, either with high martial arts skills or powerful power. For example, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau is an imperial merchant, and nearly 300,000 pieces of silk produced by the annual 800,000 pieces of silk fell into the channels they controlled, not to mention other control products such as salt, iron and tea.

I suddenly remembered the deal with the Creampie and the one who planned to kidnap Xie Junyan. I always thought he was from the Xie family in Jinling. After he reminded me, it was very likely that he said he was from the organization.

I asked, is this organization also very close to Japanese pirates?

Pang Tiande shook his head, I don’t know this. The reason why Hu Zongxian fell this time was because he was too conceited. He got the list of this organization from nowhere. The battle situation was in danger at that time, and Hu Zongxian had insufficient military needs, so he used this list to extort 500,000 taels of silver.

However, he overestimated his ability and underestimated the organization's methods too much. Therefore, when Feng Linggan handed the money to Hu Zongxian, a memorial worthy was also handed over to the Longshu case.

I was shocked. It turned out that this matter was much more complicated than I thought. I asked, Xie Donglai, do you know him? Are you a person in this organization?

Pang Tiande smiled and said that his identity was the same as mine, just a docking person on the periphery. The leader of this organization never showed up, and all the orders were issued through his military advisor. Even this military advisor, others dared not neglect at all.

I asked, what is the name of this organization?
Chapter completed!