From the second day after arriving in Xinping City, Cao De began interrogating the Xu family in custody. The Xu family’s food business has gone out of business, and the core figures and some of the confidants of the Xu family knew about this. Most of the others did not know it. Of course, this part of the insider is not stupid. The evidence is useless to resist. This will have a chance. If you don't retract the confession, you will be a fool. Xu Bu, the chief steward of the Xu family, even yelled in the court: "The imperial commissioner, the Xu family did not do any illegal activities, let alone collaborating with the enemy and treason. These are all false evidences fabricated by Yun Qing. I beg you to give us the master. A fair..." After finishing speaking, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily.
Cao De patted Jingmutang and said, "You said Yun Qing has an enmity with your Xu family? Any enmity, you and I come one by one."
Xu Bu said: "After Yun Qing became the head of Yucheng, he asked our master to pay 500,000 taels of silver to honor him. My lord, my master has always been innocent in doing business, and all the businesses in the family are hard work. As a result, Yun Qing’s lion’s mouth would cost five hundred thousand taels of filial piety. Our master is reluctant to give it even if he has so much money in his hand. Besides, I gave it this time, and it will definitely be endless in the future. But I didn’t expect Yun Qing Seeing that my master did not give me money, he was irritated to not allow my master to continue to supply grain and grass business. The imperial commissioner, the so-called collaborating with the enemy and treason was completely out of nothing, but Yun Qing coveted our Xu family's property. My lord, my master did it that night. Suddenly killed in prison, it must be Yun Qing's poisonous hand. He did everything in order to obtain the property of our Xu family."
Cao De patted Jingmutang again and said, "You said your master has five hundred thousand taels of silver? Is this true?"
Xu Bu said: "The wealth accumulated by the five generations of the Xu family's business operations can be used up to 500,000 taels. It is just that my master does not want to encourage Yun Qing's arrogance and fill his greed, so he is unwilling to give it. If I knew it, Yun Qing is so frantic and must persuade my master to take his five hundred thousand taels of silver." Xu Bu, as a confidant steward, has a rough guess about how much the Xu family makes every year. It's just that he doesn't know where the Xu family's money is hidden. In order to survive this time, naturally there is something to say.
Five hundred thousand taels can be taken out casually, and the Xu family's background is quite sufficient. Cao De was really surprised and delighted. What was surprised was that the Xu family had a huge amount of money. If he recovered the money, he would have done a great job, and he would definitely reward him again when he returned to the prince. Cao De asked with a serious face, "Is this true? If you dare to deceive Ben's commissioner, do you know the consequences?"
Xu Bu prostrated on the ground, shivering, and said: "My lord, give the little one the courage, and the little one dare not lie!" At this juncture, life-saving is important, and everything else is secondary.
Cao De asked Tan Tuo: "Master Tan, where is the gold and silver you found from the Xu family? How many are there in total?" In fact, Cao De knew that the gold and silver found were in the prefectural office. Although he didn't know how much it was worth, he knew that the prefect's yamen contained only twenty-nine large wooden boxes. I want to know that these are definitely not the property of the Xu family.
Tan Tuo did not refute. It was foolish to confront Cao De at this time, saying: "The gold seized from Xu's family is 12,000 taels, and the silver is 127,000 taels. Twenty-three boxes of jewelry, put it together. There are seven to eight hundred thousand taels of silver! These things are now stored in the prefectural office. If you want to go, you can go to the prefectural office." Tan Tuo's meaning is very obvious. There is no gold and silver treasures that Xu Bu said.
Xu Bu shouted when he heard these words: "The imperial commissioner, the small sentences are true. Excluding the money my master hid in the secret room, the gold and silver jewelry in the mansion is more than five or six hundred thousand. Monsieur Yun Qing The purpose of framing my master to collude with the enemy and traitor to the country is to seize the Xu family's family property and money. Those gold and silver must have been greeted by Yun Qing."
Tan Tuo stood up and said with a sneer: "Master Cao, I have tried this prisoner a long time ago. Not only did this man bear twelve lives, but he also sold hundreds of thousands of official food to outside the customs. The guilt is full of evidence."
Xu Bu complained to Cao De: "Improve the adult, the small is wronged, the small has never done anything that hurts the world, how can he bear twelve lives. The official food is not a small one."
Tan Tuo showed sarcasm and said: "The guilt you committed is too numerous to write. How can you get rid of it by just a few words of sophistry." After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Cao De and said, "Master Cao, if you don't believe it, you can reopen it. Court trial, to see if Tan was tortured to extract a confession from him by signing and detaining?" Xu Bu said that he was wronged, which is equivalent to saying that he was beaten up.
All Cao De’s attention is on the huge amount of missing money. Where is the interest and time to give Xu Buping an injustice: "The matter of Xubu’s life will be put down for the time being. What we have to do now is to recover the missing money. A huge amount of money to fly." A million taels of silver is definitely a huge amount of wealth. It's a pity that you can't claim it for yourself after crossing the open road.
Tan Tuo was also a little surprised, but he didn't show it on his face, and said, "It's just this prisoner who talks nonsense and wants to live two more days."
Cao De believed in Xu Bu's words. Seeing Tan Tuo's uncooperativeness, he simply stopped letting Tan Tuo participate. He took someone to investigate the matter.
Tan Ming accompanied Tan Tuo back to the government office, entered the house, and asked in a low voice: "My lord, did Yun Qing know that the Xu family had such a huge sum of money, but he actually paid for this huge sum of money?" It's not that he wants his adult to help with the aftermath, maybe he won't even tell the adult that Xu Jiayunqing has copied it. I have to say that Tan Ming is the truth.
Tan Tuo was puzzled, and said: "Xu Bu is the chief butler of the Xu family and the confidant of the head of the Xu family. It is not surprising to know that the Xu family has a huge sum of money. How does Yun Qing know that the Xu family has a large sum of money?" Not a fool, Tan Tuo knew that there was a problem with the house. Not to mention the huge sums of money mentioned by Xu Bu, but the accumulation of the five generations of the Xu family, which are more than twenty boxes of gold and silver jewelry. He knew at the time that the number was wrong, but he didn't know it. However, the Xu family has millions of silver, is this true? Did Yun Qing take the money? There is no evidence, only the confession of a prisoner, how credible.
Tan Ming said: "My lord thinks Xu Bu framed Yunqing?"
Tan Tuo shook his head and said, "No, Yun Qing is very suspicious. Yun Qing did not allow us to intervene when ransacking the house, but only allowed our people to wait outside. He packed the things from Xu's family and shipped them away in the middle of the night. "These alone are enough to prove that Yun Qing is suspicious.
Before Tan Tuo really thought Yun Qing was diligent and thrifty, or else he would even need furniture, but he didn't expect that this was Yun Qing's purpose to cover people's eyes. But even if there is a suspicion, there is no evidence, and it is impossible to convict a second-rank general.
Tan Ming continued: "It is said that generals are brave and brave people, this General Yun is courageous and conspiracy." At that time, he also felt that Yun Qing was really good at home, and he didn't even have small things like mosquito nets. Let it go. But I didn't expect that there was a mystery hidden in others!
Tan Tuo smiled lightly: "It is better to have courage and plan. The more capable Yun Qing is, there will be nothing wrong with Yucheng." Yucheng is okay, and his prefect can sit back and relax.
Tan Ming said: "Yun Qing is brave and strategic, but I think he is a little too courageous. He dares to swallow so much money by himself. Such a person still has to be careful."
Tan Tuo said, "He wouldn't and dare not swallow so much money." Yun Qing thinks it is possible to swallow hundreds of thousands taels of money by himself. If Yun Qing dares to swallow a huge sum of millions of dollars. , It will definitely die.
Tan Ming's eyes widened, and said, "Could Yun Qing and his subordinates be divided?" No wonder Tan Ming thought so. It is true that he has seen too many things like this.
Tan Tuo was silent for a while and said, "It may not be divided, maybe it was used for Yucheng's defense." Tan Tuo felt that Yun Qing was not the kind of person who was greedy for money. Moreover, Yuxi did so many good deeds, Tan Tuo still Think on the bright side. However, whether it is used for soldiers and defense in Yucheng, this will be proved by time.
One day later, Cao De made it clear that the huge amount of property Xu Bu said had been transported to Yucheng by Yun Qing. Yucheng is Yunqing's site, and it is not that difficult to recover this huge sum of money.
Tan Tuo heard the rumors that Yun Qing was greedy for millions of dollars from the Xu family. He immediately found Cao De and said, "Master Cao, Yun Qing is not an ordinary official. If he has a mistake, it will shake the military's mind. , The Northern Captives took advantage of the chaos to attack the city, will you bear this responsibility?"
Cao De was not moved at all, and said: "The prince has committed the same crime with the common people. He is just a general."
Tan Tuo sneered after hearing this: "Breaching the law? Dare to ask Master Cao, you said General Yun broke the law, where is the evidence?" Yun Qing is suspected, but the problem is that Cao De has no evidence.
Cao De said, "I don't have to worry about Master Tan." Looking at Tan Tuo's appearance, Cao De suspected Tan Tuo and Yun Qing were colluding. Otherwise, why would Tan Tuo help Yun Qing do the finishing touches.
Tan Tuo didn't say anything any more when he saw it. He knew very well that Cao De must have some evidence before he dared to let it go. It's just that Cao De is too self-righteous. Yun Qing is not an ordinary official. He is a general in the border city and a general who has won the hearts of the military. He wanted to cure Yun Qing's crimes by relying on the specious evidence in Tan Tuo's hand, wishful thinking.
Cao De visited and investigated for three days, and already had sufficient evidence in his hand, and he was about to go to Yucheng. Jiang Bin, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, said: "My lord, since the evidence is solid, let Yun Qing be summoned for questioning." Jiang Bin Hanlin's background is the most despised military commander, even if the military commander's official position is much higher than him. , Still look down upon. Now that he is the status of the minister of imperial envoys, he naturally wants to put a lot of air on him.
Xu Chen, the Xingbu doctorate, didn’t want to go to Yucheng either, and said, “Master Cao, I’d better send someone to invite Yun Qing over, let him come here to clarify this matter!” Seeing Cao De insisting on going to Yucheng, Xu Chen depressed. The voice said: "My lord, let Yun Qing come to Yucheng to clarify this matter! Yucheng is Yun Qing's territory. If he kills us in anger, we won't even have a place to ask for help. "Yun Qing's fierce name is aside. If he gets angry and jumps over the wall and kills them, he will die too unjustly."
Xu Chen didn't want to think that Xinping City was only two days away from Yucheng, and Yun Qing really wanted to kill them. There is no difference between Xinping City and Yucheng.
Cao De didn't know what his psychology was. In the end, he followed Jiang Bin's advice and did not go to Yucheng. Instead, he sent someone to Yucheng to invite Yun Qing to Xinping City.
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