Suspect in Jinling

(In the previous chapter, the Kang drama replaced the important plot, and the author has something to say about the directions)

Sha Xiangyue didn't sleep well that night.

Kuang Jian spread out on his bed and was so drunk, his whole body flickered when he shouted, and he pushed away the dead body with all his strength, and almost picked up the pillow to smother him to death. Sha Xiangyue was still pissed off, panting for breath while running outside to change clothes, a group of sleepless night owls in the yard watched how he rubbed obscene clothes with one hand, the more he rubbed the more angry, the more he rubbed the more angry, He was so angry that he vomited a lot of blood into the basin, now that it was all over, he didn't need to rub his obscene clothes, he went back to the bedroom and kicked Kuang Jian hard.

Sha Xiangyue didn't know how long he had been tossing around, but he only remembered that the sky was beginning to get dark, and he curled up on Kuang Jian's bed with his cold limbs, and fell asleep in a daze.

He slept very badly, his body ached, burned and cold, he woke up with a shock in the mist, his feet sank, causing the sound of rattling, he woke up, it turned out that the sky was already bright, and he had put the shackles on his ankles again .

He got up and leaned on the bed partition to look out. Kuang Jian was wiping his body in front of the full-length mirror with his back facing him. The copper mirror reflected, and he could just see Kuang Jian's naked chest. The sweat was swept away with a wet cloth. It seemed that he had finished his morning exercise.Realizing that Sha Xiangyue had woken up, Kuang Jian was slightly taken aback in the mirror, then removed the cuffs of the corset with a normal expression, and fastened the clothes meticulously.

"Sorry, I drank too much last night and slept in the wrong bed."

Catcher Kuang said so.

Sha Xiangyue sat on the couch and looked at him calmly in the mirror. The weather in April had already started to be scorching hot. Catcher Kuang had a stern face and looked at him solemnly through the bronze mirror, as if he was no different from usual.

Sha Xiangyue grinned playfully, "You don't remember what you did last night?"

Kuang Jian straightened her clothes in front of the mirror, and said casually, "What did I do?"

As he said that, his hands paused unnaturally, looking at Sha Xiangyue behind him in the mirror as if thinking of something, his brows were tightly frowned, his expression was serious, as if he really couldn't remember what happened after he was drunk, and he was worried that what he said was wrong What should be said reveals information that should not be revealed.

Sha Xiangyue stared at him, carefully interpreting all the expressions on Kuang Jian's face at this time, thinking that he had never done such a funny thing in his life, he was so angry that he jumped back and forth in the middle of the night because of a name, and the speaker didn't remember it at all. A bunch of things.

He wanted to laugh, but he really did. He nodded at Kuang Jian with a sneer, and threw three words: "Okay, it's good."

As he spoke, he dragged his long anklets and stood up with his back facing himself, blocking his view in the mirror.

The two of them didn't talk any more throughout the morning. Sha Xiangyue couldn't say whether she was happy or not. It was time to go out and eat. Kuang Jian didn't find the key. The copper key hit Kuang Jian's calf, but Kuang Jian didn't speak, and bent down to pick it up.Because of this silence, the distance between them was very far on the way to the Yamen, and Kuang Jiansu was usually taciturn, which was not abnormal, but Sha Xiangyue didn't say a word on the way, and he didn't even ask.

When he arrived at Yingtian Mansion, Kuang Jian walked through the auditorium and saw Zhang Hua who was on duty, so he called him to the corridor and handed him the key to the old bookstore: "I'm busy these days, help me look after Master Killer for a few days. .” Sha Xiangyue looked over coldly.Kuang Jian was serious, instructing Zhang Hua one by one on how to guard him, when to release him, how to accompany him for lunch, restrict his contact with outsiders, behave in a proper manner, and do business.

After all, Kuang Jian looked at Sha Xiangyue calmly, Sha Xiangyue squinted her eyes, turned her head away, and sneered.

Kuang Jian had a headache.

Seeing that Zhang Hua took Sha Xiangyue away, he walked towards his valued house, halfway, Qian Jin stopped him, saying that things had progressed last night, and wanted to report to him, Kuang Jian nodded and walked Before his case, let him speak quickly.Qian Jin found that Kuangtou's complexion was not good today, so he didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Kuangtou, I went to Dali Temple to transfer that Ganwan early this morning. As you expected, he and the water thief in Xin'anjiang are indeed rich For goods transactions, this year's fraudulent funds totaled 780 pieces of raw silk, equivalent to 17 pieces of silver taels..."

While Qian Jin was chattering, Kuang Jian suddenly raised his head: "How much did you say?"

Kuang Jian's aura was too gloomy today, Qian Jin let out an "uh" and hiccupped accidentally, stroked his chest quickly, and said cautiously: "My subordinates are based on the market value of folded silk three years ago. , the quota remains unchanged, a bolt of raw silk is 20 taels, equivalent to 17 taels of silver, this number may fluctuate slightly, but the fluctuation will not be too large..."

It wasn't a matter of folding rate at all, Kuang Jian's face darkened, and he pointed at his messy desk: "Bring the file, and go to my valet room and talk about it."

The fourth master was not there, and there was only Kuang Jian in the value room. Qian Jin was holding a large set of files, and Kuang Jian helped him get two files. As soon as he entered the room, he began to talk about his investigation.He first introduced Ganwan. Geng Yichun said that he was the fortune teller of Huizhou government, but in fact his status was lower than what Kuang Jian thought. Ganwan was not the fortune teller of Huizhou government, but Huizhou. There are four to five people in the households of Shexian County, Guofu County under the jurisdiction of the government. Generally, there are four to five people in the households at the first level of the county. They are in charge of different taxes, money and food. Nanzhili, that is, the household department of the accompanying capital where Jinling is located, paid the spring tax.

Gan Wan injured someone in a royal chariot in Jinling. It is reasonable to stay in prison for a month. Official affairs can be entrusted to his colleagues to help him, but he took the risk and would rather kidnap the son of the Shaoqing of Dali Temple and get out of prison by himself. Qian Jin He thought this was unreasonable, so he started from it, and first checked the subjects of spring tax paid by Chashe County and other counties in Huizhou Prefecture. , Then he compared She County with the county at the same level in Huizhou Prefecture, and soon discovered a strange thing.

"There is a miscellaneous tax named 'Ren Ding Sijuan' in the spring tax of She County. No other county has it, but it alone has it. But as far as my subordinates know, She County does not produce silk. This should not be a local tax. The special tax in kind, the people pay it every year, they have to exchange the spring wheat for silver, and then convert the silver into raw silk, and then hand it over to the government. The subordinates were afraid that they had made a mistake in their calculations, so they checked the land taxes of the counties in Huizhou again. , small grain, tax in kind, after comparing the items one by one, and then comparing the calculated total ratio, it is found that there is indeed a problem with this tax item.”

As he spoke, Qian Jin uttered figures, while opening the files of the meeting code, government annals, taxes and servitude found last night one by one, saying, one volume of supporting evidence, more than 20 volumes were placed on Kuang Jian's desk in stacks .

To be honest, these government account books, tax and sub-tax, many categories, addition and subtraction conversion, complex twists and turns, if there is no explanation by Qian Jin, just put these things in front of Kuang Jian, Kuang catcher can't see any problems .Fortunately, before entering Yingtian Mansion, Qian Jin worked in the government office of Xi County. He was very familiar with these books and counting money and food, and he could see the doorway and key points in them at a glance. He himself read the case files very quickly. Ying Tianfu's rich files can be used by him at any time to assist in checking. He plunged into it last night, and let him dig out the key overnight.

"After the subordinates probably confirmed the issue, they took the letter left by Geng Shaoqing and interrogated Ganwan in the early morning, and lied to him that the government had already obtained the evidence. When he heard about 'Ren Ding Si Juan', he dropped everything. He is indeed in charge of this tax purpose, and this year alone, 780 horses have been paid, and the common people paid the money without knowing that their hard-earned money went into the hands of the gangsters in Xin'anjiang!"

As he spoke, Qian Jin was agitated. He came up from the bottom. Although he knew that there were thousands of ways for these small public servants to make money, he didn't know that there were people like Ganwan who found a different way and directly borrowed from the court. In the name of the fabricated tax items!

Qian Jin's eyes were red, he hadn't slept all night and he was really angry.

Kuang Jian had a headache and couldn't be as excited as him. After thinking for a while, she asked, "How did the name of this tax department come about in the first place?"

Qian Jinfei said quickly: "According to Ganwan, the Jinling Household Department requested the collection of 'summer tax raw silk' a few years ago. Somehow, it turned into 'people's silk' in Huizhou Prefecture. There was originally a sum in Shexian County. At the beginning of the country, the subjects owed to wheat were replaced by others." Then Qian Jin went through the case files again, and did a mental calculation, and finally said: "This tax is three times the normal tax items. How can anyone be greedy? That's it! This treacherous official must be punished, and his subordinates can make oral testimony and evidence, so we must not let him go!"

Kuang Jian didn't make a sound, just pinched her temples and frowned seriously.

Qian Jin is purely Wanguan and above, so he doesn't know what Qian can do. He thinks it's Ganwan and those Xin'anjiang gangsters who are greedy for ink and cheating, and if they take him down, they will be done.But Kuang Jian knew that such a large amount of money was more than enough to pay the salaries of all the officials of the five government departments and six ministries in Beijing. Such a large amount of money, even an unknown person in Ganwan, would not be able to swallow it to death.

Kuang Jian pulled a piece of paper, intending to send a letter to Geng Yichun, to get Gan Wan under control as soon as possible, and not to let anyone get in touch with him, while writing, he asked Qian Jin: "Except for Huizhou Mansion, have there been similar cases in the past?" the same example of

In fact, Kuang Jian just asked casually. He instinctively felt that the wool would not be plucked only on one sheep, but it is very likely that those wools are not known to anyone. Unexpectedly, Qian Jin would simply answer: "Yes."

Kuang Jian stopped writing.

Qian Jin's desk work was really perfect, and a case file was handed to Kuang Jian, "A folded report was found in the editions of the two courts, and it was about this matter, but it was not Huizhou Prefecture, but Huai'an government."

"Huai'an Mansion." Kuang Jian frowned and took the file.

Qian Jin: "Wang Pan, the county school teacher of Huai'an prefecture in the third year of Zhengtong, found that there was a problem with the county's tax items. He once reported to the Jinling patrol office. The chief of the patrol court at that time was Fang Hongjing. The following is the one found in the archived editions."

Kuang Jian unfolded the document. The old official document was very detailed. The first was Wang Pan’s statement, followed by the approval of the two courts, followed by the Huai’an county government’s appeal...

Kuang Jian read it quickly, and asked, "What about the follow-up? Who were the governors of Huai'an at that time, and they didn't care about it?"

Qian Jin: "Never mind. At that time, the governor of Huai'an Prefecture was called Wu Guan. This, this is his postscript to Fang Hongjing, but after checking the file, it was gone. After [-] days, Fang Hongjing was transferred. The informant Wang Pan passed away not long after that, and this Wu Guan was also convicted for other things, and then..." Qian Jin stopped abruptly, his righteous indignation turned into horror, and he looked at Kuang Jian helplessly.

Kuang Jian nodded, gave him a heavy look, and said, "You have dug into the iron plate."

As he said that, he lowered his head and added a sentence to Geng Yichun's note: life is at stake, be careful not to speak.Immediately afterwards, he took out the envelope, sealed it with white linen, and handed it to Qian Jin solemnly: "Run for me, and hand it over to Geng Shaoqing, be sure to let him open it on the spot and burn it on the spot, and then you can relax, go home and sleep first Sleep."

Qian Jin was still a little dazed, and said unwillingly, "Then...then this case..."

Kuang Jian asked back, "Do you still want to take care of it?"

Qian Jin hesitated but nodded firmly.

Kuang Jian looked at her subordinate, and took a deep breath: "Then you need to make solid evidence. Is there someone you can trust in the house? If I don't have one for you, the data must be calculated clearly without any mistakes. If you are not in a hurry, let go of the other cases at hand, and hand them over to others if you are in a hurry."

He looked at Qian Jin seriously, and said word by word: "This time is no small matter, you must be careful."

As soon as the door of the duty room opened and closed, the room returned to silence.

Kuang Jian first sat blankly on the seat for a while, then got up and took a jar of incense powder from the top shelf of the pavilion, scooped a spoonful and poured it into the incense burner: There are too many things, and there are many clues, and he will let him know all of them. No hope in sight.He stared at the soaring smoke for a while, just when he calmed down for a while and could start his official duties, the door behind him opened again.

Kuang Jian wondered who it was, turned around and looked, unexpectedly, the fourth master who hadn't come to the Yamen for several days came back, Kuang Catcher felt relieved, and suddenly felt that the burden on his body was much lighter, and he didn't want the fourth master to just say, " There is news from Yu Sinian at Huai'an Mansion that he has confirmed the identity of Sha Xiangyue."

For a moment, Kuang Jian's face turned cold visibly, and the comfort was gone.

The fourth master was puzzled, and shook the paper in his hand, "What's the matter? It took so much effort to get it, and he found someone to deliver it to my house, and I brought it without delay."

Fourth Master's voice was frivolous, but he kept muttering in his heart, what's wrong?Kuang Jian has been so gloomy since I haven't seen him for a few days?He thought that Kuang Jian must be very happy with such a big progress, but he said nothing, with a cold face, he just said four words: "Well, let's talk about it."

The fourth master also admired this ancestor. I don't know who provoked him again, but he is an adult and cannot be as knowledgeable as a brat. He flipped through the pages, picked up the key points and said to him: "Is the inspector in Yusinian okay?" The problem is that it is basically certain that Sha Xiangyue is a pseudonym. Sha Xiangyue's surname is Wu, a native of Huai'an Mansion, and his father's name is Wu Guan, who is..."

"You said... who?"

Unexpectedly, Kuang Jian became interested in the name "Wu Guan": "The one who used to be the Governor of Huai'an Mansion?"

Fourth Master was startled: "Yes, why do you..."

Kuang Jian frowned: "Did he die on October 21 at the end of autumn in the third year of Zhengtong?"

Fourth Master nodded, surprised by Kuang Jian's precision: "Yes."

In an instant, Kuang Jian pinched his temples irritably, and overwhelmed to connect all the previous things together. After a long time, he said: "Fourth Master, I know why Sha Xiangyue moved those people from the household department."