In Jiashan County.
Song Huaigu had a headache, but was also very happy.
The troublesome problem is that now all the families come to him to inquire about the Mi's caravan, so he can only procrastinate.
And the happy thing, the money that the caravan promised him was not missing a penny.
The funds counted on his head were tens of millions, and he took more than half a million taels of silver for the achievement alone. Moreover, the last time, the caravan rejected his proposal of becoming a shareholder.
In other words, everyone lost a lot, except himself.
He extremely hoped that the caravan would come back quickly. He knew that this kind of pressure would not last long.
But how did he know that Su Wenzheng was walking down the street with a group of people from the Supervisory Martial Division, heading straight for the government office!
When they arrived at the government office, Su Wen was unimpressed, Zhao Jin strode forward and kicked open the gate of the county magistrate's office!
"Song Huaigu! Something happened to you!" Zhao Jin yelled.
Seeing Su Wen like this, the guards of the county government were stunned.
This posture is too horizontal.
At this time Song Huaigu also rushed out, shouting: "What are you doing?"
Su Wen pointed at Song Huaigu and shouted: "Song Huaigu, you and others have set up a scam to defraud the people in my territory. Now I will formally arrest you as the commander of the secret shadow guard! If you dare to resist, it will be regarded as treason and you will be arrested on the spot." Kill!"
Su Wen said these words in front of everyone.
The common people were all stunned, you know, the story of the Mi family caravan spread throughout Lizhou, and many common people envied that these old men had a way to make money while lying down.
But now Su Wen is blatantly saying that this is a scam!
Song Huaigu yelled: "You fart, the caravan is coming back a few days late, whoever does business can have a smooth ride, a bump is inevitable!"
"Snapped!"
Zhao Jin is just a mouthful!
This technique is unbelievably skilled.
Zhao Jin said viciously: "Who the hell is farting? If you dare to talk nonsense, your brain will be cut and farted!"
Song Huaigu was not afraid, and shouted at Zhao Jin: "Do you dare to beat the imperial court official?"
Su Wen sneered and said: "Imperial official, you are no longer an imperial official! I have already written a letter to Concubine Mi in Kyoto to verify that the Mi family has no caravan in Lizhou! There has never been any talk of buying shares and dividends! Song Huaigu! Do you still dare to speak hard?!"
As he said that, he took out the small book given by Emperor Zhou, and said: "According to the authority guidelines of the Secret Shadow Guards, the Secret Shadow Guards can directly take down officials who have conclusive evidence and corrupted the law!"
Song Huaigu was dumbfounded.
As soon as Su Wen said this, he knew that it was absolutely impossible to lie to him.
Don't have this caravan? How can it be? Also never pay dividends
Who was it that traded with himself and the families of Lizhou
If you are not a wealthy family, how can you have such financial resources
You know, just for rebates, in Song Huaigu's calculation, the caravan will have millions of silver when it returns.
In fact, he didn't know that in the later stage, he was simply returning with their money, tearing down the east wall to pay the west wall.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Song Huaigu desperately shook his head.
"You're lying, you're absolutely lying!"
Pointing at Su Wen, he said frantically, "You are retaliating! What you said is absolutely impossible!"
Su Wen didn't bother to pay attention to him, now Song Huaigu's spirit was obviously greatly stimulated, and he couldn't accept it for a while.
"Take him away!"
As soon as Su Wen gave an order, the members of the Secret Shadow Guard immediately escorted him away.
Su Wen said in a cold voice: "Now the master will temporarily take charge of the county affairs, waiting for His Majesty to send someone to come."
He looked at the surrounding people and said: "There is no such thing as a pie in this world, so everyone must not believe such rumors. Anyone who has a way to make money will make a fortune by himself, and I will give you a gift for no reason." Those who have money must be liars!"
Su Wen educated the common people on how to prevent fraud, and then took them away.
The people at the scene were all dumbfounded.
"Is what he said true?"
"Aren't these adults miserable?"
"Haha, it seems that these scholars are not smart. Just think about it. Isn't this just free money? Some people believe it!"
"I remember you said a few days ago that it's a pity that you didn't have a chance to invest in it!"
"You misremembered brother!"
As bystanders, the common people can naturally stand high and gloat watching these guys lose money.
honestly. ．．As civilians, seeing this situation, most people feel secretly refreshed!
There are not many compensations for him!
The news spread, and all of Lizhou was shocked at once.
You know, although these people were anxious before, they still reported hope.
But no one could have imagined that Su Wen had directly arrested Song Huaigu.
On the same day, Su Wen received invitations from various families, all of whom invited Su Wen to a banquet, and they all wanted to inquire about the situation.
After two months in Lizhou, Su Wen, who was not cared about by anyone, became a favorite.
"Master Su, I beg you, my master said that I must invite you today!"
"That's right, Mr. Su, why don't you let me know what's going on?"
"Please, Mr. Su, if you don't go today, I will be smashed to death in front of your door."
All these families sent people to send invitations, and they all wanted to get first-hand information.
These people blocked the entrance of Su Wen's mansion, shouting loudly one by one!
"Shut up!"
Suddenly the door opened, and Zhao Jin pushed it open and came out, saying: "My lord said, if you want to know what's going on, just tonight, on the second floor of the Hongbin Building! The direct descendants of each family can enter, but if you are in charge, you don't have to." Go in, seats are limited, until full."
With the news, everyone dispersed.
That night, at the gate of Hongbin Building, Zhao Jin led people to check their identities one by one at the gate.
After the number plate was issued, they were allowed to enter. After entering, they saw Su Wen sitting behind a table, which was full of wine and vegetables, and Su Wen ate by himself.
In front of Su Wen, there were rows of chairs.
It's like a press conference for posterity.
Obviously, they have nothing to eat.
Su Wen hated these people so much that he naturally wouldn't give them a comfortable environment.
"Everyone sit down, don't walk around, don't talk, anyone who dares to violate the rules, go out immediately!" Chuhe was responsible for maintaining order at the scene.
With a cold face, he assigned seats one by one.
In the whole room, there was only the sound of Su Wen eating happily.
And the people in every family are very anxious, but there is nothing they can do.
Su Wen ate on his own, they could only wait, many of them were sweating on their palms and backs.
"Ding dong, the host made Ma Mingyu feel anxious, and his mood value +20"
"Ding dong, the host made Zhang Sanshun feel anxious, and his mood value +32"
"Ding dong..."
Feeling the increase in emotional value, Su Wen is still very satisfied. In the past two months, he has not recorded any emotional value.
That damned system will send reminders every day at noon, which is really annoying.
Although I borrowed it based on my ability, it is always a bit uncomfortable to repay the loan. It is not a problem that the problem is always owed. Seeing that the emotional value is recorded, Su Wen feels a little better.
Su Wen had almost eaten, burped, drank some water, waved his hand, and someone came to tear off the food and drink, and replaced it with fruit.
Su Wen picked up an orange, and said while picking it up, "Everyone, hello, I'm Su Wen."
"After I took office, I was very satisfied, because none of you invited me to dinner, and none of you gave me gifts. This proves that Lizhou has a good atmosphere, which is really good! I hope you will keep it in the future."
Everyone was a little dazed, and couldn't tell whether what Su Wen said was true or not.
"Do you want money?"
"As expected, like father, like son."
"hehe."
Su Wen continued: "But, you guys disappointed me very much today, how could you invite me to dinner? As an excellent secret shadow guard in Dazhou, don't you want me to make mistakes? So, I refused. "
"But as a secret shadow guard, it is my duty to punish corrupt officials, maintain the integrity of officials, and protect the rights and interests of everyone. It's just that my salary is meager and I can't afford to invite you to eat, so I can only trouble you to watch me eat." .”
Finally, one person couldn't bear it anymore and said: "Master Su, we just want to know what is going on with Master Song in Song Huaigu!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chuhe walked up to him and slapped him across the face!
"Snapped!"
The fight was sharp and vigorous.
After Chuhe beat him up, he threw him down the window on the second floor!
With a miserable howl, everyone in the room sat up straight.
Su Wen also finished eating the oranges.
With a calm face, he clapped his hands, knocked off the orange hairs on his hands, and said: "There are so many people, there must be some rules, so, when I don't let you talk, you are not allowed to speak. You say something to me, why not?" Isn’t it going to be a big mess? Don’t you think so?”
Everyone nodded, but no one spoke.
Su Wen said: "Now, let me explain the situation. First of all, the Mi family caravan that Song Huaigu mentioned has been confirmed and is fake. This is the information I got after I contacted the Mi family. So everyone, it should be They were all cheated, and that caravan can’t come back.”
As soon as this remark came out, many people at the scene were all excited, but they couldn't speak, they could only suffocate and blushed.
Su Wen continued: "As for Song Huaigu, I currently suspect that there is some connection between him and the caravan. After all, Song Huaigu made nearly half a million taels of silver in the caravan, and he did not participate in the last fundraising of the caravan. So I The official suspects that he has colluded with the caravan. It can even be said that he knows the plan of the caravan. It is currently assisting in the investigation. Specifically, whether other people are involved in this, we need to wait for the official to find out before we can find out. If you have any questions , you can raise your hand to ask questions!"
As soon as Su Wen finished speaking, everyone present raised their hands.
Su Wen casually clicked on a person and said, "Report the family, name, and question."
The man hurriedly said: "The Gu family in Shou County, Gu Fei, Master Su, can we recover our money?"
This is a problem that everyone cares about. If the money is cheated, the first concern is whether you can get the money back.
Su Wen said with a smile: "I don't know if I can get it back, but I will try my best to check it, but you also have to understand that it is very difficult for me to check it after so many days, let alone, to be honest , Song Huaigu, a mere county magistrate, dares to commit such a heinous crime? Is there an instigator behind it? It is unknown, I am in this Lizhou, I am not familiar with the place, and some people can't move easily!"
It's a grievance.
However, he acted arrogantly.
At this time, someone raised his hand again, and Su Wen nodded him.
The man said: "Lizhou, Ma's family, Ma Mingyu, Master Su, feel free to investigate, if you encounter obstacles, don't say anything else, we people, the first to disagree, we will make trouble in front of the king of Lizhou , you have to seek justice, with us behind you, you can do whatever you want!"
"Okay!" Su Wen stood up and said excitedly: "With Mr. Ma's words, I have confidence in my heart. Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely investigate him and find out! Try to get everyone's money back!"
As he spoke, he looked around the people in the room and said: "Everyone, I am on official business, and Song Huaigu has to be interrogated overnight, so I will leave here, please forgive me!"
After Su Wen finished speaking, he went downstairs and got into the carriage.
Chuhe followed closely behind.
The carriage left slowly, and everyone in the Hongbin building turned pale.
"Damn it! I was cheated!"
"It's so hateful, who came up with this idea? There is no asshole for having a baby!"
"It's over, this time the loss was heavy. I just hope Master Su can investigate and deal with the culprit as soon as possible and recover the money."
"Hehe, our family has 20,000 dans of food! They were all cheated away."
"My family also has a lot..."
The carriage pressed against the road and made a lot of noise. Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Jin asked in a low voice: "My lord, go to the Secret Shadow Guard?"
Su Wen rolled his eyes: "Go home! Are you sick? What time is it? Don't you come off work?"
Zhao Jin laughed and said, "Didn't it mean that Song Huaigu hasn't been tried yet?"
"What's the hurry? These people don't want to kill Song Huaigu now, they are afraid that Song Huaigu will die! What should we do if we die?" Su Wen said lightly: "Work is not done in one day. We must ensure adequate rest and spend every day A day full of energy to meet new challenges, this is the responsible attitude.”
Su Wen thought to himself: "I'm not the donkey of the production team. How much money did the dog emperor just pay? Could it be that he is pointing at me to work overtime?"
Su Wen began to notice again that his emotional value began to grow wildly again!
"Ding dong, congratulations to the host, you have received Ma Mingyu's resentment, your mood value +120"
"Ding Dong, congratulations to the host, you have received Gu Fei's resentment, and your mood value is +144."
"Ding dong..."
Um? Why are you still the same guy
Didn't this group of people worry so much just now? Why did you suddenly start to resent
How did he know that this group of guys resented those who cheated them of their money, and that money is now in Su Wen's hands.
In the final analysis, Su Wen was the guy who lied to them!
This emotional value was naturally added to Su Wen.
After thinking about it for a while, Su Wen understood, and couldn't help smiling.
Resent, hate, and be beaten by a society that transcends time and space.
What about these people, Su Wen didn't know, anyway, his mood value rose very well.
Seeing the negative debt disappear little by little, Su Wen suddenly felt that if he really made up his mind to deceive the common people, the system's debt would be paid off soon.
such a pity! People, still have to have a bottom line. ．．
Early the next morning, Su Wen found that his system debts had decreased by tens of thousands of points!
Obviously, last night, countless people stayed up and cursed at him.
These wealthy people probably hated the person who cheated them of money.
After washing up and having breakfast, Su Wen came to the secret shadow guard prison without haste.
"My lord, that Song Huaigu didn't sleep all night."
At this time, Song Huaigu was sitting in the prison, staring blankly at the wall.
He muttered in his mouth: "Impossible, absolutely impossible, must not be a liar, must be nonsense..."
Until now, he was unwilling to believe that the people in the caravan were liars.
He thought about it all night.
At this moment, Su Wen walked in, Song Huaigu jumped up suddenly, and shouted loudly: "Master Su, I am wronged, I am wronged! You must believe me, those people are really not liars! I have nothing to do with me, how could I dare to do such a thing that offends everyone, Master Su, please let me go, I am really wronged."
Obviously, although he murmured that he didn't want to believe it, his sanity had recovered a lot.
Su Wen tried his eyes and said, "Take it to the interrogation room!"
In the interrogation room, the lights were dim.
This kind of dark place can strengthen the criminal's psychological pressure.
So the interrogation room is rarely that bright and bright.
Airtight and closed.
Song Huaigu was brought in.
"Kneel down!"
With a stern shout, Song Huaigu didn't dare to resist, and obediently knelt down in front of Su Wen!
"My lord, I am wronged, I am really wronged..."
Song Huaigu said: "I really don't know those people! I was just a matchmaker. My lord, I was wronged!"
Su Wen said with a smile: "According to your private account, you received half a million taels of silver just for the benefits, and everyone was cheated. Why didn't you continue to follow up on the investment last time?"
"I don't know! I really don't know!" Song Huaigu wanted to cry, but he didn't know how to explain it, so he could only tell the truth: "It was the caravan steward Luo who refused my last investment, and I didn't. Know why!"
Su Wen looked at Song Huaigu and smiled, "Do you think I believe it?"
Do you believe it? Of course Su Wen believed it!
Because that's what he ordered!
But Su Wen wanted to use this kind of pressure to crush Song Huaigu!
Can't tell because no one would believe it.
Song Huaigu has been the county magistrate for many years, so he naturally knew that if he met such a person, he would not believe it.
"Come on, prepare to be tortured!"
Song Huaigu only had one sentence: "My lord, Mr. Su, I am so wronged!"
At this time, Su Wen yelled: "You are wronged, you are wronged and your family seized more than 700,000 taels of silver in total, even if you get rid of the 500,000 taels, where did the rest come from?"
Song Huaigu said with a bitter face: "Part of it is the savings from being an official for many years, and the other part is the income from the previous disaster!"
Su Wen smiled and said, "Disaster situation? What's going on? Let's hear it!"
Seeing that Su Wen was not tortured, Song Huaigu heaved a sigh of relief.
As for the disaster, in his opinion, Emperor Zhou had pardoned him, so there was no need to hide it.
He said slowly: "The disaster was the catastrophe last year. At that time, people were starving and dying. When I was eating with many family stewards... I discussed using this as an opportunity to earn money. Although there is enough food in the city, I can barely relieve the disaster. The city was sealed off, the people outside the city were forbidden to enter, and only the people in the city were allowed. Later, the major families annexed the land one after another, recruited the strong men, and then gave me a lot of benefits."
Su Wen said in a cold voice: "Hehe, Mr. Song, you will also take such kind-hearted money? Aren't you afraid of dying and going to hell?"
Song Huaigu shook his head and said: "What can I do, these rich families are all local big families, do I dare not agree?"
Su Wen got up, just kicked in the past!
"boom"
Song Huaigu was thrown out and landed on the ground, spitting blood. Su Wen sternly said: "How can there be so many excuses? You dare not agree? You don't know how to write notes for the court? You don't dare not agree, so what kind of official are you?" ? That's how many lives, do you know?"
Suddenly, Su Wen was stunned.
In fact, to some extent, he and Song Huaigu are the same kind of people.
In the secret realm, he also killed many people for profit.
And he also paid the price, that is, he experienced the life of every ant.
Experienced countless times to be killed! He is more aware of that despair, that anger!
Those who were sacrificed by Song Huaigu are so insignificant.
But it is real.
Su Wen remembered the words in the secret realm.
Life is like an ant, not to be underestimated.
Heaven and earth have their own ways, and those who become powerful can destroy countries, clans, and species with a single turn of their hands.
But the way of heaven and earth has its own rules, and you can't follow your heart arbitrarily.
Today's calamity has passed, hope to have a little kindness, and act cautiously!
He suddenly discovered that perhaps the biggest gain from the trip to the secret realm was not the improvement of cultivation, the Great Sun Supreme Art, or Suzaku's blood, but these words.
"Life is like an ant, don't be contemptuous, and have a little kindness in your heart."
Perhaps only in this way can I never lose my essence as a person!
Otherwise, what use will be made of great power? How many families can be ruined by a mere county magistrate
But is such a person still a human being
Song Huaigu got up from the ground, looked at Su Wen, and said in a miserable voice: "Master Su...no matter how angry you are, His Majesty has pardoned our sins, but this time, I was really wronged!"
Su Wen glanced at Song Huaigu and took a deep breath. He knew that this guy couldn't die yet.
Su Wen sneered and said: "You are wronged, don't be sloppy with me, then let me ask you, how many benefits have those wealthy families given you, and your property is all given by the wealthy families? Why don't I believe it? How dare you say that you have not been corrupt before?" Unlawful?"
"Absolutely not!" Song Huaigu said loudly.
Su Wen looked at him, and said softly: "Believe it or not, as long as I ask those wealthy families now, I will know exactly how much money they gave you during the disaster! How dare you speak hard!"
Su Wen is very clear about this kind of person, if he can push, he will definitely push, and everything is given by the wealthy family!
Su Wen didn't believe it! He just wanted to take the opportunity to legalize some shameful money before, so he said that on purpose!
Sure enough, after Su Wen said this, Song Huaigu was silent.
Su Wen went to him and knelt down, and said in a low voice: "Magistrate Song, you have to know that someone has to take the blame if things happen, right? If those people run away, how can they be caught? You can't resist Who can vent their anger in this cauldron? Whether it's the deceived person or the common people, don't they all have to ask for an explanation?"
Looking at Song Huaigu who was full of fear, Su Wen said temptingly: "This way... I will give you a chance to make amends. As long as you bite out an official and give me enough evidence, I will help you get rid of this matter." Get out! Be greedy for some money, it’s not a big deal... walk around, you can still save your life, I can even let my father help you get away with it!"
Song Huaigu looked at Su Wen and asked suspiciously, "Why are you like this?"
Su Wen smiled and said: "I am the Secret Shadow Guard. If you want to climb up, you have to knock down a few officials. Otherwise, where will your political achievements come from? Believe me, as long as my father intercedes for you, you will die." No! My father is the prime minister!"
Having said that, he stood up and said in a condescending voice: "Master Song, think about it carefully, you only have this way! Because you can't explain clearly, the matter of cheating money is on you, not to mention beheading , It’s not surprising that you have killed your nine clans! I have achieved political achievements, and you survived, it’s good, isn’t it?”