"The girl surnamed Zhong didn't know who Zhao Jiaxu had had an affair with, and even she didn't know what happened between Zhao Jiaxu and He Wencai. She only said that Zhao Jiaxu was very happy in the past two months and was often called by the master's family. The master stays here to make a fuss and doesn't know anything else. Zhao Jiaxu usually goes to her place in the afternoon. Because of Zhao Yushi, he dare not stay there overnight. "
"The girl is still, Zhao Jiaxu is very afraid of Zhao Yushi. Zhao Jiaxu lost her parents in the early years, but Zhao Yushi's family still has father and brother. Once he is sorry for Zhao Yushi, Zhao Yushi's father and brother will not forgive her lightly. Because of this, Zhao Jiaxu can only take her back after she gives birth to a child."
Qin Wan arrived at the government office early in the morning, and Zheng Baishi explained in detail what Wei Qizhi had discovered.
Qin Wan frowned and said, "But Zhao Jiaxu earned that much. Although the Wei family gave a lot of money, Zhao Yu knew about it, right? I heard that the girl lived in a private house , such a house, even if it’s not big, is a single-family house, and the rent is ten taels of silver a month, right? I heard that the two of them went to Jinxiufang to buy brocades that day, and the things in Jinxiufang are naturally not cheap. , she is a girl with no source of income, these should all be money from Zhao Jiaxu, but where did Zhao Jiaxu get the money from?"
When Qin Wan asked, Zheng Baishi smiled and said, "We have also thought of what the princess thought of. That Miss Zhong said that Zhao Jiaxu, in addition to earning a lot of money from the family studies in the Wei Mansion, often wrote calligraphy and paintings and took them out. Selling, Zhao Jiaxu is good at calligraphy and painting, he paints four or five sets of paintings or writes four or five sets of calligraphy a month, and each piece can be sold for one tael to five taels of silver. Zhao Jiaxu dotes on Miss Zhong very much, and he feels that Zhao Yushi is no longer able to raise his son, so he pins his hopes on Miss Zhong, and has been taking care of Miss Zhong's body for the past six months."
"We have asked several calligraphy and painting shops that Zhao Jiaxu is acquainted with. Now Zhao Jiaxu still has a few paintings that have not been sold. They also said that Zhao Jiaxu came to the door by himself. The level of his paintings is medium, and there are often People who are not well-off at home buy paintings by scholars and literati. Except for him, every calligraphy and painting shop in the capital has paintings that are consigned or specially accepted. They buy them for four or five taels of silver and resell them You can sell it for twelve taels, and earn the difference.”
"We asked every one of them. There were no people who had been to the west, not even religious believers. In the two days since the case happened, people basically testified against each other, so the suspicion of these people was ruled out."
Qin Wan frowned slightly, "Didn't you find the dossier at Dali Temple?"
Zheng Baishi shook his head, "Not yet, Dudu just lost such a small volume, and I don't know if it was put in other official documents. Dali Temple has to review some urgent cases sent up recently, so I don't know. We may ask everyone to look for this volume of official documents, not to mention that Dali Temple and us are not in the same yamen, so we can't rush."
Dali Temple is in charge of the investigation of the entire Dazhou case, so it is naturally extremely busy. Qin Wan knew this well, so he asked again, "Will your Highness come over today?"
Upon hearing this, Zheng Baishi said, "Your Highness may not be able to come here today."
Seeing that Zheng Baishi's tone was slightly lowered, Qin Wan keenly felt that something was wrong, "What's wrong? What happened to the Ministry of Criminal Justice?"
Zheng Baishi smiled and shook his head, "It's not true, it's just news from Shuoxi that there is something wrong with the military pay sent to Shuoxi this year, and it is currently being investigated by the Ministry of War. I just came back, so let His Highness and the Ministry of War investigate this matter together."
"There is a problem with the military pay?!" Qin Wan was startled. The problem with the military pay is no small matter. The gold heist ten years ago was not because the escorted military pay was robbed, so it led to a tragedy with many casualties.
Zheng Baishi sighed, and the smile on his face disappeared, "These military salaries were sent out at the end of last year. After walking for two months on the road, Shuoxi, who just arrived two months ago, this time, in addition to the salary, there is also The military rations sent to the Northwest were originally japonica rice and millet newly produced last year in the Northwest Tuntian, but when I opened it at the Shuoxi Army, it turned out to be moldy and inedible millet that had been stored for an unknown amount of time. Prince Rui has been in Shuoxi for many years, and the Shuoxi Army is the most elite army in the Northwest, and the transfer envoys from all walks of life are the most daring to neglect the Shuoxi Army's rations, but now, something like this has happened."
"Let's not talk about those millets. The soldiers who ate them will all have diarrhea and run away. In severe cases, they will be dizzy and nauseated for several days. If the enemy attacks at this time, the soldiers can't even pick up the knife. Wouldn't it be wrong for the country? ?! Army rations were always in short supply, but this time the Shuoxi army ran out of rations. Prince Rui immediately transferred the grain storage in Liangzhou Weicang, but even so, it was only enough for the Shuoxi army for three or four months, and the discount was half a month ago. As soon as it was delivered, the emperor immediately ordered to send the amount to the west, and he didn’t know if it would be too late, so he arranged for the military rations first, and then the emperor sent someone to investigate the matter.”
Zheng Baishi's expression was heavy, "These people dare to set their minds on Shuoxi's army, it's true!"
Qin Guan felt a chill running down his back when he heard this. Last year, the corruption case of several salt transport envoys in the southeast just passed, and this year there was another problem with the military rations. This is the case with the rations of the Shuoxi Army. One can imagine what will happen to other places ! Corruption cases are frequent, which is not a good thing for Da Zhou, and corruption is rampant in the officialdom, it is like a house decaying from the roof first, so the building is about to collapse.
"The courage of these people is really..." Qin Wan hesitated to speak, she is a woman, and in front of Zheng Baishi, it's really not good to talk too much about the government, Qin Wan said, "Then the matter can be verified. Disaster?"
Most of the criminal and prison affairs among the people are investigated by the state government office, but the corruption in the salt transportation is definitely not under the control of the state government office. For such a major official case, the emperor will most likely send his close ministers as imperial envoys. Check, but I don't know how to check the matter of the Ministry of War this time.
Zheng Baishi and Qin Wan are already very familiar with each other, and he also appreciates Qin Wan's unyielding women, so he is willing to say something, and said, "The crime of negligence of the people in charge of this matter cannot be escaped, it is just that they don't know the key point. Where are the transshipment envoys on the Northwest Road? They must be accused of crimes, but the good rice has been replaced by moldy valleys. Where did the bad money go? There is no direction right now. When these things are found out, the source of the crime will be found. , if the subordinates confess, it will be lenient and easy to investigate, but if the subordinates insist on killing them, it will take a lot of work, and I don't know how the emperor will arrange it."
After hearing this, Qin Wan could already feel that the court must have another change because of the military rations, and Yan Chi grew up in the Shuoxi Army, and now someone is targeting the Shuoxi Army. How could he not be angry!
Qin Wan nodded, "At present, I only know that the murderer is hiding very deeply, but other things related to the murderer are difficult to find out. Do you think about going to Guanyin Town once?"
Zheng Baishi hurriedly said, "The princess thinks this is the murderer of the case six years ago?"
Qin Wan nodded, "I think so."
Zheng Baishi pondered for a while, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll arrange for someone to go there, hoping to get something."
Qin Wan nodded, knowing that Zheng Baishi not only wanted to investigate the case, but he didn't dare to disturb him with other business affairs, so he immediately got up and left, leaving the government office, after Qin Wan got into the carriage, a thought came to his mind.
Qin Wan then ordered, "Go to Dali Temple—"
Bai Ying followed Qin Wan and hurriedly asked, "Miss, why are you going to Dali Temple?"
Qin Wan thought for a while and said, "Master Li Wuxia went to look for the dossier, I want to try it, can you help me find it."
Bai Ying didn't say much, and the carriage headed towards Dali Temple along the street in front of Fuya.
It was still early when we arrived at Dali Temple. The last time Qin Wan came with Zheng Baishi and others, this time, she came alone. Ordinary women can't even step into the gate of Dali Temple, but her identity is here. The little official of Dali Temple still welcomed her in, "Is your Master Li here?"
The little official laughed and said, "Your Excellency has entered the palace and hasn't come back yet."
As Li Muyun is the Minister of Dali Temple, it is common for Li Muyun to enter the palace to face the saint. Qin Wan said, "I haven't come back yet. It seems that I came by accident. By the way, you can find the file that you are looking for." gone?"
In the past few days, the entire Dali Temple knew that a very important file had been lost in the warehouse, and this little official knew it too. Hearing this, the little official smiled wryly, "Princess please forgive me, I haven't found it yet."
Qin Wan was dissatisfied, "Are you really looking for these few days?"
Although Qin Wan is not from a serious royal family, everyone knows that she is now in the royal family, and she is the heart of the empress dowager. I searched all over, but couldn't find it. Now, Mr. Li is asking us to open those sealed files and search one by one, but this is also extremely difficult to find. Recently, the yamen has been very busy. There are more than ten boxes, and many of them have not been moved."
Qin Wan sighed, "It is indeed very difficult to find, but the Yamen is also waiting for that file to be used urgently..."
The little official hurriedly said, "Princess, don't worry, the officials don't dare to be careless. It's just that there are a lot of things recently. You haven't been to our warehouse. The files are piled up like a mountain. It's really hard to find..."
Qin Wan looked at the little official, "In that case, take me to have a look."
The little official was taken aback, the storehouse of Dali Temple was managed by a special person, not everyone could go there, but the little official thought again, this lady who is the princess who is in charge of the Ministry of Punishment is not unusual people.
Seeing Qin Wan staring at him, the little official was a little flustered, gritted his teeth and said, "Then...then please come over to the princess."
Qin Wan followed the little official and walked towards the warehouse of Dali Temple.
Qin Wan also came here before.
The warehouse of Dali Temple is a very important place. Only the minister of Dali Temple and another principal have the keys, and there are usually people on duty in the warehouse every day. When Qin Wan walked outside the warehouse, he saw two people guarding the door. At the door, when the two saw Qin Wan approaching, their eyes widened. They never thought that a woman would come to the back house.
"Who are you?!"
Seeing that the man's tone was not friendly, the little official hurried forward, "This is Princess Yongci. Princess Yongci came from the prefect's yamen to ask about the dossier. I said we haven't found it yet. Princess Yongci Said to come and see."
Having said that, the two guards quickly saluted, and Qin Wan said, "I said I haven't found it, but I always feel that there are so many things in the warehouse of Dali Temple. If you can't find it, why don't I come and find it myself. "
The two felt a little helpless when they heard this, "You want to find it yourself?"
Qin Wan nodded, "Didn't you find it? I'll look for it. If I find it, I'll have to ask Mr. Li..."
Although Qin Wan's tone was gentle, the meaning of the words was a bit unfriendly. The two were dissatisfied in their hearts, but they dared not show it on the surface. They should not have allowed outsiders to enter the warehouse, but Qin Wan's identity was here, and they spoke like this. Let her go in and see for yourself how many things are piled up in this warehouse!
Thinking this way, the two of them looked at each other without stopping them.
As soon as Qin Wan entered the warehouse, he felt that the light had dimmed a little. All he could see were tall bookshelves, so high that they almost touched the roof. If he wanted to get the top one, he had to build a ladder. Every grid on the shelf was filled with files, some in stacks, and some in piles. Just looking at these, Qin Wan felt his scalp tingling.
The three people who followed followed Qin Wan silently, and glanced at Qin Wan, as if to say, see, this matter is not as simple as you think.
The little official said again, "This shelf is all from the past two years, and the previous ones have been sealed and packed. If the princess wants to see it, you can go forward..."
Qin Wan walked forward along the narrow path, but saw that the treasury seemed to have no end. After walking several tens of feet, he saw a partitioned moon cave door. On the other side of the moon cave gate, bookshelves and large boxes were placed together, and the previous files were naturally placed up.
Qin Wan stood at the gate of the Moon Cave, "Are you sure that the file was left there? Could it be... that it was lost when it was put away?"
One of the guards was suddenly dissatisfied, "Of course not! If you enter the Dali Temple, you won't throw it away! Our previous adults were extremely cautious and meticulous! Especially our predecessor Shen—"
As soon as the word "Shen" came out, the faces of the three of them were one sided, and the person who spoke seemed to realize that he had said something wrong, so he immediately stopped talking, and said, "Anyway, I will never lose it, it's just these official files It is very complicated, and it is true that there is a possibility of confusion, which cannot be completely avoided."
Qin Wan's expression was indifferent, as if he didn't quite believe what this person said, so he said, "Okay, then go and do your work, I will look for it myself, I don't believe that I can't find what I haven't lost."
The clerk and the guard were a little unconvinced, but they couldn't say much. The three of them felt that looking for things was hard work. Princess Yongci didn't believe in evil, so let her try the difficulty of finding things. .
The three of them responded, and the little official asked a few more questions if he needed tea before retreating.
As soon as the three of them left, Qin Wan entered the Moon Cave Gate. However, after taking a look at the boxes and shelves inside, Qin Wan did not search for them immediately. She just waited for the three of them to walk out of the main entrance, and instead turned around and walked outside to the large warehouse. .
The shelves in this large warehouse are all the latest files.
Bai Ying looked at Qin Wan so surprised, "Miss..."
"Hush." Qin Wan made a silent gesture, "Go and watch outside to see where they went."
Bai Ying nodded, and walked out very lightly. She walked to the outermost shelf, and at a glance, there was only one guard sitting on the horse harness outside the door. Bai Ying turned around and spoke softly to Qin Wan. Having said that, Qin Wan nodded and immediately looked at each shelf one by one. Yan Chi said that the Ministry of Criminal Justice did not have a file on the King Jin case. That shows a big problem!
The black hands behind the scenes may destroy a lot of evidence, but they won't even refuse to keep the files. That will make everyone in the Dali Temple of the Ministry of Punishment think it's inappropriate, and instead create problems.
Searching from shelf to shelf, Qin Wan found the dossiers from July and August last year after a lot of effort. Looking at the lowest brochure, he saw that it had nothing to do with the King Jin case, but the other dossiers were piled high on the shelves. , she must have a ladder, and there was a ladder not far away, Qin Wan immediately dragged the ladder over.
Bai Ying didn't know what Qin Wan was looking for, "Miss, what are you looking for, tell this servant, and this servant will help you find it."
Qin Wan shook her head, of course it's not easy to tell Bai Ying about this!
Seeing this, Bai Ying could only help move the ladder and help the ladder. Seeing Qin Wan climbing up precariously, she was very worried. Qin Wan climbed up the ladder, and sure enough, she saw more files from July and August last year, the King Jin case It happened at the beginning of June last year. In this June, both the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Dali Temple were investigating the matter. But in July, my father’s mood changed when he talked about the case. It was also at that time that his father began to speak for King Jin. The case of the prince of a country has been investigated for more than half a year. If no results are found, it can become an unsolved case. But at the end of July, something happened to his family. It only took more than a month from the case to the accident. Time, it would be strange if there was no trick in it!
Qin Guan's brows became more and more wrinkled as she thought about it. Just as she was flipping through one book after another with great speed, suddenly, a voice came from outside the warehouse door.
"I heard that the princess came to the warehouse?"
Qin Wan paused his hand while turning the pages of the book, and frowned.
Li Muyun is back!