The cold wind whistled outside the window, and the cold inside the room was also bone-bone.

Jiang Anyi asked, "What is said in the letter is the truth."

"Most of it is true." Now that the matter is useless, Zhao Zehe admits it dejectedly.

Jiang Anyi slapped the table hatefully and cursed: "I'm confused, Brother Zhao, you understand how people do such a confused thing. I ask you, besides disaster relief silver, there are other corruption matters?"

Zhao Zehe burst into tears and said, "It's gone, it's really gone. An Yi, you know, I've just taken office this year and am determined to rebuild Jingyuan County to do something practical for the people. This disaster relief, I didn't think about corruption. It was County Chief Deng who hinted me that there were old rules over the years that made me not feel cold. My son failed the exam this year and wanted to study hard in Beijing. The firewood and rice in Beijing were expensive and the family was in a difficult situation. I was obsessed with it, so I pretended not to know and acquiesced to them to do things according to the old rules."

"What an old rule. It seems that I have to go through the old accounts of Jingyuan County and see what kind of old rules have dragged you down." Jiang Anyi said boredly.

Zhao Zehe knelt on the ground, with tears and snot on his carefully tiring beard, which was stuck into a ball, with a few silver threads mixed between the black beard, which was particularly eye-catching.

Jiang Anyi was angry and compassionate, bent down and helped Zhao Zehe up and said, "Brother Zhao, get up first. Since I came to see you secretly, I naturally wanted to cover up for you. Tell me in detail about the process and see if there is room for recovery."

Zhao Zehe suddenly seemed much older, and stood up tremblingly, and sat in the chair under Jiang Anyi's help. Jiang Anyi saw that there was a pot of cold tea on the table, so he didn't care about so much, so he poured a cup and handed it to Zhao Zehe.

After drinking a sip of cold tea, Zhao Zehe calmed down and said with a wry smile: "After the road is cleared, the disaster relief money and food distributed by the government office have arrived. According to County Magistrate Deng, in previous years, disaster relief was mostly only given some food, but this time, he actually gave 10,000 taels of silver at once, which is really rare."

Zhao Zehe sighed inwardly, wealth was touching. When he saw the white silver and the yellow copper coins, he was moved. Most of the time, Deng Huaibin around him found out that he would imply to obtain disaster relief silver.

After listening to Zhao Zehe's narration, Jiang Anyi thought for a moment and asked, "Did you take care of the 500 taels of silver you collected personally?"

"No, it was Zhao Tianzhuang, the head of the county, who was handed over to my housekeeper Song Chong, and Zhao Tianzhuang gave it to me again." Zhao Zehe replied.

"How many people know you have taken the money?"

Zhao Zehe thought for a while and said, "On the surface, there are only Deng Huaibin and Song Chong. I don't know if they will promote it secretly."

The sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and it was the maid who brought tea. Jiang Anyi quickly hiding behind the bed curtain. Zhao Zehe ordered: "I will read a book in the study tonight, so don't come and disturb me."

After returning to his seat, Jiang Anyi asked again: "Are you given a silver or a silver note?"

"It's a silver note, the silver is too conspicuous."

"Can your butler trust you?"

Zhao Zehe said: "Zhao Tianzhuang is my clan brother. We love each other like brothers, and we are absolutely trustworthy."

Jiang Anyi nodded and lowered his voice, "If this is the case, you discuss with Zhao Tianzhuang and ask him to blame him. Just say that he secretly asked for this money in your name, but you didn't know."

Zhao Zehe's pain

He said bitterly: "How can I be worthy of my brother in this way?"

"If you ask him to surrender in the lobby, the crime will be much lighter. Just take him to the 20th board and drive him home, and then compensate him afterwards." This trick was a trick that Jiang Anyi learned from Huazheng Department. In order to save Zhao Zehe, he could only learn and sell it.

Zhao Zehe showed a struggle on his face, and he stomped his legs for the last time and said in pain: "At this point, I can only feel wronged."

"This matter should be fast, hurry up before I come to Jingyuan County on the spot." Jiang Anyi ordered: "You should take the opportunity to investigate disaster relief matters and leave yourself alone."

"An Yi, don't worry, I know how to do it. Thanks to you this time, Zhao is grateful. In the future, Zhao will only follow the order of Lord Zhao." Zhao Zehe was much calmer, his eyes regained his spirit, and his words showed the intention of surrender.

Jiang Anyi smiled slightly and said, "That account book is the key. After I come to Jingyuan, I must check the accounts. The accounts cannot leave too many flaws."

Zhao Zehe hesitated and said, "The account book is placed in the account book, and it is Deng Huaibin who is in charge of it, so I can't interfere."

Jiang Anyi smiled deeper on his face and said, "It's better, you don't have to do it yourself."

Zhao Zehe woke up and said with a smile: "An Yi, you are saying that you are alerting the enemy and letting County Chief Deng and others take action. No matter whether it succeeds or fails, it has nothing to do with me."

Zhao Zehe had a little clue and had an idea in an instant, and asked, "An Yi, when will you come to Jingyuan County to show up?"

"In three days, I will go to Yimu County first to see the disaster relief situation there, so that people can't find out that I have been here." Jiang Anyi poured a cup of tea and savored it slowly.

Zhao Zehe read the letter of escort carefully again and said in surprise: "I don't know who wrote this letter of escort. This person is definitely an insider. Only two people know that I have received 500 taels of silver. Deng Huaibin cannot report it. Could it be Song Chong? He also took 200 taels of silver. It is said that it is impossible for him to report it? Who is it?"

Jiang Anyi stood up, took the letter of information back into his arms, and said, "You must be careful, don't have any handles in the hands of others, and I can't save you at that time. I'm leaving, so take care of yourself."

Seeing Jiang Anyi disappearing into the shadows, Zhao Zehe returned to the house and thought for a moment, and asked someone to call Zhao Tianzhuang. The two of them discussed secretly in the study until the third update before they left.

The next day, the city gate opened, and Jiang Anyi took two personal guards out of the city to Yimu County. The location of Yimu County is between Bigu County and Jingyuan County. Xu An slowly returned to Jingyuan County from Bigu County and passed Yimu County. He heard that the governor of Jiang was inspecting Yimu County and made a special trip to watch the fun with the people. He also saw Jiang Anyi who was inspecting in the orphanage of Saint Youfu.

In Jingyuan County, Zhao Tianzhuang surrendered himself, claiming that he had privately asked Song Dutou for 500 taels of silver in the name of the county magistrate. He was moved by the master's family and could not bear to hide it. He voluntarily surrendered himself to return the stolen silver. Zhao Zehe was furious and denounced Zhao Tianzhuang for letting down his trust, and then confessed to the wrong of being strict in discipline, frankly admitting that he would report it to the government office and wait for the government office to be executed.

After Zhao Tianzhuang was taken into prison, Zhao Zehe asked where Song Chong Yin came from. Song Chong was speechless when asked, thinking, "Sir, what are you going crazy?" The storm came too suddenly, and the whole county government was confused. Zhao Zehe did not wait for them to report it, and ordered County Magistrate Deng to be responsible for pursuing the matter on the excuse of avoiding suspicion, and pointed out that the accounts should be verified and checked.

Is this money corrupt from disaster relief banks?

Looking at Zhao Zehe's serious and self-blame after the case, Deng Huaibin and others knew in their hearts that 80% of the corruption case was about to be discovered, and County Magistrate Zhao was in a hurry to pick himself out. Thinking of these increasingly tense winds, everyone's heart was heavy.

Zhao Zehe shook his sleeves and left the hall. Deng Huaibin called Song Chong to the official hall, and the two got together to discuss secretly. Song Chong was in a panic. He originally planned to make contributions by secret reports, but the news leaked. If everyone knew it was his own secret, it would end up being unfamiliar inside and outside.

Deng Huaibin found that Song Chong was talking nonsense and said nothing, and became suspicious in his heart. He secretly tempted a few words. Seeing that he looked panicked, he became more suspicious. He gently reminded him to return the embezzled money as soon as possible, so he asked Song Chong to leave. After Song Chong left, Deng Huaibin thought for a long time and called a confidant, asking him to follow Song Chong secretly to see who he went to see.

After carefully studying the words and deeds of the Magistrate Zhao, Deng Huaibin concluded that the corruption of disaster relief money was definitely a violation, but seeing that the Magistrate Zhao had no intention of exploring it, he was actually to take the opportunity to settle the account. Deng Huaibin called the household lord and asked him to do the account book again, and sent someone to notify everyone to return the corruption money first. Now, everyone cares about each other, spit out the money he had eaten, and first evade the disaster in front of him.

Song Chong was restless in the fast-track room. He finally got into the inn where Xu Minghua stayed. After seeing Xu Minghua, he told him what happened today. Xu Minghua was stunned. His first reaction was that Jiang Anyi informed Zhao Zehe.

The "Da Zheng Law" stipulates that the crime of informing prisoners is reduced to the second level based on the crime committed by the prisoners, and if it is an official, the crime is increased to the first level. In other words, if Jiang Anyi informs Zhao Zehe, then Jiang Anyi's crime is only lower than Zhao Zehe. Xu Minghua was ecstatic. He did not expect that Jiang Anyi would have made such a mistake and trap himself in order to save his fellow disciples.

Song Chong failed to understand Xu Minghua's surprise and asked worriedly: "Mr. Xu, County Magistrate Deng asked everyone to return the money to the treasury. What should I do now?"

"Don't panic, what am I afraid of?" Xu Minghua first comforted Song Chong for a few words, and then asked, "Do you know who has secretly met the magistrate of Zhao County?"

Song Chong shook his head, saying he didn't know.

Xu Minghua said excitedly: "I will protect you from the disaster relief bank. It's okay. The most important thing at the moment is to send two trustworthy people to guard the Houya to see if anyone has secretly contacted Zhao County Magistrate. If so, tell me what the person looks and residence, and see who is informing you. This time I will catch a big fish."

After coming out of the inn, Song Chong was full of thoughts. He didn't know whether to go home first or go to the yamen to arrange for someone to watch Houya. He was hesitating on the street, two yamen runners behind him chased him and said with a smile: "Tao Song, where have you been? Mr. Deng asked you to go there."

As the head of the capital, Song Chong immediately realized that he had come to see Xu Minghua and was staring at him. Now he couldn't escape the matter, so he simply opened the lid and said clearly.

The yamen runner took Song Chong to a small courtyard. Song Chong naturally knew that this was a shameful place for the yamen. When he entered the house, Deng Huaibin looked at him with a gloomy face, and there were many people standing in the dark.
Chapter completed!