Be a master through ancient times

"Evidence? I asked the housekeeper to send the bank note this time, and put it in a tea box. Even the housekeeper didn't know what was in it. The tea box did have the mark of my house, but now, Lin How could your lord still leave the evidence in the house?" Zhao Kuan said.

"Then don't you leave any secret accounts or the like as a means of self-protection?" Chu Ci asked. He used to see it well, and there were such things involved in this kind of corruption cases. .

Zhao Kuan looked at Chu Ci in surprise: "I didn't expect Mr. Chu to know everything about the shopping malls as soon as he was appointed as an academic officer. But, is the secret account I recorded useful? Just now the lord said that my confession will be discounted. Isn’t that secret account also useless?”

Chu Ci regained his energy in an instant: "This means that you do have such a secret account in your hand, right?"

Zhao Kuan nodded. He has been in the shopping malls for many years, so he is not a soft-legged shrimp who can be slaughtered, but everything he sends out will be marked in detail, including the bank notes, all of which will be recorded in the register.

With this thing in hand, those officials will not act unscrupulously. This is the secret of his being able to sit firmly as the richest man in Southern Fujian Province.

"Where is this secret account now? As long as there is this thing, then Lin Futong will not be able to escape." Mu Yuanxiu said through gritted teeth. Now, in his eyes, the person surnamed Lin is the number one moth in the imperial court. Punish it.Even if Lin Futong hid the banknotes he gave this time, it is not so easy to erase the items he gave before. As long as it can be proven that he is corrupt and accepting bribes, he is not afraid that nothing will be found out of his mouth.

"I am the only one who knows the location of the hidden book, and the place where it is hidden is very hidden, so they probably won't be able to find it." Zhao Kuan said, if there were only those rooms in his house, they would have been patronized by little thieves long ago. up.

"That would be even better!" Chu Ci was very happy. In order to search for evidence, people went to his house every day to search. Wave after wave of people, even the ant nest was turned upside down, but Zhao Kuan Since it is so certain, it means that this thing must be in a place that no one would expect.

"That thing is in my bedroom, inside the third board on the bed." Zhao Kuan told the two of them the location. He hoped that Lin Futong would be arrested and brought to justice as soon as possible, so that his family could leave this place as soon as possible. sadly.

Chu Ci sighed, indeed the most dangerous place is the safest place, who would have thought that Zhao Kuan would put such an important thing in the bedroom?

When the two of them left the admiral's office, one of Mu Yuanxiu's subordinates immediately stepped forward and reported: "My lord is very predictable. Not long after you entered the admiral's office, a group of people wanted to break into the western suburbs salt field and take away the Zhao family. When I was prepared, fortunately, I did not disgrace my life and captured all those people."

Mu Yuanxiu called out, and then said: "It's not me who knows things like a god, but the one next to me. You take good care of those people, and don't allow anyone to die. When the time comes, bring them out as witnesses." .”

His subordinates immediately said yes, and then said: "As soon as I caught them, I took off their jaws, and found poison sacs in their mouths."

Chu Ci was shocked. It turned out to be a dead man. So far, he has not heard of an example of an official raising a dead man. It seems that Lin Futong's background is more complicated than he imagined.

Mu Yuanxiu obviously thought more than him, and he told his subordinates: "This matter is not allowed to be disclosed, do you understand?"

"Yes, my lord."

"Strictly monitor those people, and send the Zhao family to a safe place to hide."

"Yes, my lord!"

After giving them instructions, Mu Yuanxiu's Chu Ci got into the carriage and came to Zhao Kuan's mansion.At this time, the originally magnificent Zhao Mansion had been deserted, and the red lanterns under the eaves had been washed by the rain, and the bamboo frames inside had been exposed, which looked dilapidated.There was a big seal on the door, and within a month or two, weeds had grown on the steps of the door.Things are different and people are different, so that everyone passing by can't help sighing, how lively and prosperous the Zhao Mansion used to be!

Soldiers of the navy stood at the door. After carefully examining Fan Ju's hand letter in Chu Ci's hand, he opened a small door on one side to let them in.

If the old scene can be preserved at the gate, then the inside is completely changed.The environment has a great influence on a person's mood. Along the way, Chu Ci felt heavy in his heart. Even if he knew that this was the residence of a spy, it was difficult to feel a sense of comfort in his heart.

"My lords, here we are. This is the bedroom of the spy Zhao Kuan." The soldier leading the way pointed to the room with half of the door down on one side.

Chu Ci and the others walked in and went directly to the bed.The bed was in a mess, and they lifted the top quilt and sheets, revealing a few planks lying underneath.These boards are about seven or eight feet long, and about as thick as four or five books stacked together.If it is hollowed out here, it will be more than enough to put a few ledgers.

Chu Ci moved the wooden planks off the bed, and then he found that the first two pieces of wood were obviously heavier, and the third piece was obviously lighter.

"It seems that Zhao Kuan didn't lie. There should indeed be a hollow part of the third piece." Chu Ci said, bending two fingers, and began to strike from the top of the wooden board until it hit a certain place and issued a sound. He didn't stop until after the "tom tom" sound was different from the previous one.

"It should be here." It's just that this thing seems to be one piece, and they can't open it at all.But because of this, no one took the things away.

Chu Ci and Mu Yuanxiu studied this board for a long time, and finally found that there seemed to be a place protruding from the end of it, which must be the key.

After Chu Ci pressed it expectantly, there was only a "click", and one end of the wooden board was separated from the lower part. Now he only needs to uncover the wooden board to get the ledger below.

"Impossible!" Chu Ci, who had always been calm, couldn't help but screamed out, because the wooden board that took them a lot of effort to open was actually empty!

"We were fooled!" Mu Yuanxiu's face was as dark as water, but Zhao Kuan was a cunning villain despite his cooperative appearance.

"But why did he go to such lengths to lure us here? There must be something hidden here. Let's go to the prison again immediately to find out about this matter." Chu Ci said, he would be so sure, but in fact it was Because he had observed Zhao Kuan's expression before when he was speaking, his eyes and movements showed that he absolutely did not lie to deceive them.

"Didn't he say that only he knew about it? Now that the thing is gone and the other person is in prison, can it still disappear inexplicably?" Mu Yuanxiu was skeptical, and he even more agreed that Zhao Kuan lied to deceive everyone.

"Or, he misremembered the location? In fact, this thing is in another board?" He guessed again.

Chu Ci swept over all the wooden boards, tapped carefully for a long time, then shook his head at Mu Yuanxiu.

"Not in the other boards."

Mu Yuanxiu was furious: "Let's go! I want to see what tricks he is playing!"

But after returning to the prison, when they told the story, Zhao Kuan was even more surprised than them.

He stood up from the ground with a bang: "You said you disappeared, how is this possible!" He tried his best to recall the environment when he hid the secret account every time. Except for the housekeeper who was guarding the door, no one could find it.

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