The Regent's Tender Darling

Xuemei nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, I have to go back and report to the queen." After saying that, she wanted to leave quickly. She couldn't breathe smoothly for some reason and her heart was beating fast. When she turned around, she suddenly thought of something and turned back to Xiao Niuqiu and said, "Tianba's gang has been verified. Scar will be beheaded at Anyuan Gate in three days, and the rest will be exiled to Mobei with tattoos." This news was passed from Jingzhao Prefecture to the Regent's Mansion today. The prefect was able to correct his mistakes and handled the matter neatly, without giving Tianba's gang an advantage for nothing. "Really?" Xiao Niuqiu was obviously excited. Although he wished that Tianba's gang would die, this arrangement was still good. At least they were dealt with, instead of the government paying the money and then leaving them alone. Xuemei said, "Of course it's true. How could my news be false?"

After saying that, she saw several people looking in their direction. Xuemei's face flushed immediately. She felt a little uneasy and said quickly, "I'm leaving."

The newly established Ministry of Justice was extremely efficient. After leaving the Dali Temple, the Minister of Justice Han Changgao worked day and night on the case. He first learned about the case from the Internal Guards and the Dali Temple, and then interrogated the remaining Ministry of Works.

After the confessions of many people in the Ministry of Works, Feng Yuan, the Minister of Works, and Lin Can, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, were the main culprits.

Feng Yuan, the Minister of Works, was corrupt. When building Jia's granary, he saw a large amount of silver that could be embezzled. During the construction, he intended to replace the century-old golden nanmu stipulated by the court with the aged poplar wood bought from the Luo family!

The amount of silver involved was huge, and the officials involved in the case in the Ministry of Works had already deserved to die!

Han Changgao sorted out the confessions recorded by the Ministry of Works and reported the incident in full to the court.

A month and a half ago, Zhang Dahu, the foreman responsible for the load-bearing wall of the No. 12 warehouse of Jiagcang, was leading workers in the construction process. Because the adult poplar wood was too fragile, the beams collapsed during the construction, resulting in the death of fifteen workers on the spot.

The officials of the Zhen'an Division who handled the accident of the Ministry of Works dealt with the dead workers on the one hand, and used Zhang Dahu to take the blame on the other hand.

Zhang Dahu, who originally agreed to take the blame, was unwilling to cooperate later.

The reason was that the Ministry of Works asked Zhang Dahu to take the blame at a price of 500 taels of silver, but Zhang Dahu was greedy and wanted more money, which eventually led to the Ministry of Works deciding to shut him up and designing the illusion that Zhang Dahu committed suicide out of fear of crime in the Lin'an government office.

But Zhang Dahu had already told his wife Zhang Wu about all this before. After learning that Zhang Dahu committed suicide out of fear of crime in prison, Zhang Wu immediately knew that he was silenced.

After complaining to the Lin'an government office to no avail, he went to Beijing overnight to prepare to sue the Ministry of Works and others.

Unexpectedly, after entering Jingzhao Prefecture, the Ministry of Works first reported Zhang Wu, saying that Zhang Wu and her husband Zhang Dahu embezzled the pensions of more than a dozen workers under Zhang Dahu.

Without any evidence, Zhang Wu was thrown into the Dali Temple prison! Later, for unknown reasons, Zhang Wu appeared near the Regent's Palace and was met by the Regent's wife. In the end, Zhang Wu was killed on the spot by the Dali Temple officials!

Then, several people who participated in the pursuit of Zhang Wu all died in a fire that night!

Seeing that the matter began to be exposed, the Ministry of Works now sent people to the Lin'an Prefecture to destroy the bodies! Even the Lin'an Prefecture was massacred!

In order to prevent the Jia Granary from exposing the replacement of the beam, the Ministry of Works dismantled the golden nanmu from the Hangzhou Palace overnight and transported it to the Jia Granary, using the night time to replace the already built warehouse with golden nanmu!

Although the case was basically cleared, all the silver involved was missing!