Hope for luck

Chapter 34
Zhou Zhengxin was in a dilemma at this moment, and his heart was in a mess. He never thought that he would be forced to this point by Gao Pan!

"Gaozhi County, there may be fakes on this, but the facts speak louder than words. All the things in this warehouse were taken away by the former magistrate Gao Guangyuan!"

At this moment, Zhou Zhengxin had no choice but to bite the bullet and say.

The matter has come to this point, even if he and Gao Pan are torn apart, he can't admit that he has tampered with in this warehouse!

"Hahaha, Zhou Xiancheng, you really don't cry when you see the coffin. It is clearly written in the account book that the county has paid 3000 shi for autumn grain, [-] taels of tax and silver, and [-] shi of silver for the county's self-retained grain." One hundred and fifty taels are used to distribute the salaries of officials, but I don't know where the grain and silver I keep for myself go?"

After Gao Pan chuckled three times, he stared at Zhou Zhengxin and asked.

Zhou Zhengxin was sweating profusely on his forehead at the moment, when he heard Gao Pan said yesterday that he would come to the warehouse to check in person, Zhou Zhengxin thought that he could not let Gao Pan see the truth.

In this way, without doing two rests, he simply transferred all the things in the warehouse!
But he forgot that in the autumn grain tax collected by the imperial court, no one has touched the grain and silver kept by himself.

Even if it is too late to push everything to Gao Guangyuan, because no one of them thought of this before!
Seeing that Zhou Zhengxin stopped talking on the spot, Gao Pan snorted coldly and continued:

"Prime Minister Zhou, do you need me to go to the government office in person? When the time comes, there will be no turning back. Now as long as you tell me where your food and silver are stored, I will let the past go, and everyone can still live in peace." nothing!"

Zhou Zhengxin said, looking at Gao Pan in horror, he didn't expect that Gao Pan knew that he had hidden all the food and silver in the warehouse!
"Kochi County, what are you talking about, I... I... the lower official can't understand!"

Zhou Zhengxin had no choice but to struggle to the death, pretending not to understand Gao Pan's words, but thinking anxiously in his heart, what else could be done to save this situation!
"Prime Minister Zhou, if you want others to be ignorant, you have to do nothing. If you persist in your obsession, not only will you lose your position, but your wife and children will suffer as well, and your family property will also be confiscated. You can think about it!"

At this moment, Gao Pan took his time, looked at Zhou Zhengxin word by word and said.

Especially in the last sentence, Gao Pan was even more cadenced, which made Zhou Zhengxin's heart skip a beat!
He seemed to have seen the scene where he was shackled and his plump wife was sent to the Jiaofang Secretary to be a prostitute!
In an instant, Zhou Zhengxin was so frightened that his whole body broke out in cold sweat. He shook his head hesitantly, and his eyes gradually focused on Gao Pan.

Looking at Gao Pan who is not yet a weak crown at this moment, Zhou Zhengxin feels absurd to see more than 40 veterans in the officialdom!

Afterwards, he shrugged his shoulders and head in a daze. He never expected that he would be defeated by a brat like this!
"What? Zhou Xiancheng still refuses to say yes? Then I have no choice but to ask the magistrate to convict you!"

Gao Pan knew that Zhou Zhengxin had 'broken his defense' at the moment, because in his mind, he saw Zhou Zhengxin's prestige value dropped to eleven in an instant.

And his own prestige has been raised to fifteen. After breaking the murder case of Zheng Sanle and his wife in Shanghe Village last time, Gao Pan's official reputation has also increased to thirty!

This made Gao Pan feel a little happy in his heart. If Zhou Zhengxin was defeated in the county government, in Gao Pan's view, his position as the county magistrate would be considered secure from now on!
Seeing that Gao Pan seemed to be preparing to write a letter to the magistrate of Shangning Prefecture, Zhou Zhengxin came back to his senses instantly, and pointed in a certain direction dejectedly!
Seeing this, Gao Pan's eyes lit up, and he looked at the place he was pointing at, but found nothing there. He turned around and looked at Zhou Zhengxin suspiciously!
"Chen Genwang, open it..."

Zhou Zhengxin knew that he had no possibility of redemption, no matter how much he argued, the final ending was nothing more than the ending he had just imagined in his heart!

Therefore, right now he didn't want to argue about what to hide anymore, and ordered Chen Genwang to open something.

Hearing this, Chen Genwang looked at Zhou Zhengxin, then at Gao Pan again, then bowed and walked to the position Zhou Zhengxin pointed out just now!

Immediately, Gao Pan saw Chen Genwang move out a brick on the wall, then the second brick, and the third brick...

After a while, a small hole appeared in the wall on the west side of the warehouse, and on the other side of the hole in the wall was another rather large room!
Only then did Gao Pan understand how Zhou Zhengxin emptied the entire county government warehouse without knowing it!

Because, on the other side of the warehouse, there is a private house next to the county government, and this private house happens to be less than a few inches away from the county government warehouse!

After Gao Pan was amazed, he hurried in and his expression changed drastically!

Because in this private house, all the things that were originally the county government's warehouse are here, including the autumn grain tax that Gao Guangyuan's' squandered' before!
At this moment, Gao Pan's face was overjoyed, and he came to take the blame for Gao Guangyuan, and he was charged with the crime of "wasting" all the autumn grain and taxes!
Taxation is the most important thing for the imperial court. Not to mention that Gao Guangyuan dared to say that the autumn grain tax was "slavish", even if the collection was insufficient and did not reach the amount stipulated by the imperial court, the emperor would issue a decree!
If it is more serious, it will be demoted, or even demoted to the people!

What's more, the autumn grain tax was paid by Gao Guangyuan. This kind of crime must be a capital crime, without any doubt!

A more violent emperor might order Ling Chi to execute him, and it might harm his family!
After Gao Guangyuan knew that he had caused a catastrophe, he hurried back to the capital overnight and told his own father Gao Qiyuan about it!

As the second-generation head of the Gao family, Gao Qiyuan came up with a way to let Gao Pan take the blame. As for whether the emperor would blame the Gao family, Gao Qiyuan felt that the old man Gao was still Quan Guogong after all, and he did not look at the face of the monk but at the face of the Buddha. I won't do anything to the Gao family either!
But right now, Gao Pan not only suppressed Zhou Zhengxin, but also brought back Gao Guangyuan's "wasteful" autumn grain tax by the way!
In this way, there is no need to worry about the biggest crime of climbing the top!

It's just that when Gao Panchu saw the autumn grain tax, he was still a little confused. Why did Gao Guangyuan say that the autumn grain tax was squandered by him, but it was still stored here intact?
Afterwards, Gao Pan thought about it for a second, and instantly understood. After looking at Zhou Zhengxin who was not far away, he was in a daze, and let out a cold snort in his heart.

Xindao, only an 'ignorant' and 'simple' dude like Gao Guangyuan will be fooled by Zhou Zhengxin and the others!
"Come here, go and invite Yu Zongqi here, and tell him that the official asked him how much food he needs!"

Gao Pan was very happy in his heart. The huge dark cloud covering his head had dissipated at this moment, making Gao Pan look happy as if he had cleared the clouds and saw the fog.

But Zhou Zhengxin, Yin Wei'an, Chen Genwang and the others were either lost, saddened, or horrified beyond measure.

As for Gao Pan's order, someone from the government office responded instantly, and after a promise, he hurried to invite Yu Zongqi!

(End of this chapter)