Chapter 36 Chapter Thirty-Six
"Mother, tell me, what kind of illegal activities did my uncle do in order to manage the account room for Dad?"
When Deng Xiuer saw Mrs. Liu, she started to say something. Mrs. Liu was stunned, and said angrily: "You child also listens to outsiders' nonsense? Who can't trust you or your relatives? Your uncle is in charge of your father's account, why not?" How can you do something that is not good for your father if you think about your father wholeheartedly?"
"Did mother say you can't? Daddy was arrested just now, and you still say you can't?"
"What?" Liu E was so startled that she almost fainted, and said in a trembling voice, "What did you say, your father was also arrested? Didn't your father say...not that his relatives were involved in the case, that's why you have to follow the law?" Avoiding, resting in the back house for a few days, why was he arrested, and what crime was it for?"
Deng Xiu'er said angrily: "How does my daughter know what it is? I only know that this matter has a lot to do with the Sizhou government treasury, and my father was arrested because of this matter. Mother, my uncle is the best with you, and there is nothing wrong with it." To tell you the truth, tell your daughter what my uncle has done? If not, not only uncle and the others will not be able to save him, but even father will be implicated and sent to prison. "
Mrs. Liu was so shocked that her face turned pale and her lips turned blue. Although she had read poetry and books for a few days, she was still a country woman. How could she have any knowledge? Her husband had only heard about it for a few years. She has learned to be bossy, but she doesn't have much experience in her heart. When she encounters a catastrophe, she only knows to cry to her husband. Now even her husband, who is the pillar of her heart, has been taken away. Madam Liu is completely panic-stricken. I lost my mind, and was scolded by my daughter, but forgot to get angry.
She muttered to herself: "This... this..., how could Shuchen do anything against your father? The treasury... Shuchen just used the tax and silver in the treasury to release some money with Liu Zhong. Money, I heard that the price of food has risen, and I used it to buy a batch of food, and I want to make a small fortune from it..."
After hearing this, Deng Xiu'er said in disbelief: "That's the tax and silver taels paid by the local government, and it's going to be released to the imperial court. The reserved part is used to deal with floods and droughts and relieve the local people's lives. My uncle... he put the treasury silver Move all the money away?"
Mrs. Liu was annoyed: "You girl knows how to complain. Do you know where did you come from such rich clothes, fine food, food and clothing, luxurious mansion, and servants like clouds? You can only earn from your father's official salary in the past two years." Are you coming?"
"That's not the second uncle..."
"What second uncle, is it easy for your second uncle? Back then, your father and I had nothing to rely on. Thanks to your second uncle's help, now that your father is well-off, it is natural to reciprocate. How can I ask your second uncle to take money every year?" Subsidizing our family, besides, your father is a high-ranking official, and now you have to rely on relatives for help? Don’t you feel ashamed to death?”
Deng Xiu'er said angrily: "So you let my brother-in-law do the money? Especially for food storage. Daddy strictly forbids speculating and raising prices. It is strange to store food. As the big accountant of the government office, my brother-in-law is also the brother of the magistrate's wife." Storing food?"
Madam Liu became annoyed and said, "Like a big profiteer like Uncle Zhou Wang, who hoarded up grain and grass like a mountain, how much profit did he make from it? How much money did your uncle earn from playing a small fight? The benefits are so cheap that he is against your father." The traitor has earned it, and I don’t see what the court can do to win it. Why can’t we even earn a few pennies? It’s true that your uncle embezzled money from the treasury, but it’s not that the money will not be returned.”
Deng Xiu'er was trembling with anger: "Mother, if you embezzle the money from the treasury without authorization, even if you pay it back, it's still a serious crime to be dismissed from office and demoted to a commoner, do you know that?"
Mrs. Liu only said that it’s no big deal if you borrow something and pay it back. How could you know that there are so many stinky rules in the government and they are so unreasonable? Manipulating the grain market in Sizhou, uniting Sizhou officials and gentry, when it was difficult for your father, your father had no choice but to use the money from the treasury to let your cousin make money and make profits. Only then did your second uncle become Sizhou Liangshen, do you want to check and balance Uncle Zhou Wang's arrogance? How could mother know that he made me so I couldn't..."
At this point, she finally panicked: "Is this really a big crime? Daughter, what should I do now, what should I do now?"
Deng Xiu'er stared at her for a long time, then paused and said, "You foolish mother!"
Madam Liu panicked, "Daughter, where are you going?"
Deng Xiu'er stopped in her tracks, and said coldly: "Mother and my brother-in-law openly revised the accounts and moved the treasury money privately. Daddy trusted my uncle too much and kept him in the dark. If the King of Wei asked about it, Daddy would definitely deny it. Wei Wei The prince already has evidence in his hands, if father denies it, he will definitely anger King Wei even more. My daughter will go now, explain the truth to King Wei and father, and beg King Wei...beg him to show his respect and let father go..."
Deng Xiu'er walked away, and Mrs. Liu stood there for a while, then sat down on the chair, unable to stand up anymore.
Deng Zuyang met Zhao Dezhao, king of Wei, on the boat, and when he asked about the treasury, he naturally refused to admit it.Although the treasury is in the hands of his brother-in-law, who is absolutely reliable, he still checks the treasury accounts regularly according to the rules, and even checks the real objects regularly. It can be said that the treasury accounts never match the real objects At that time, he was shocked and angry when faced with King Wei's accusation, and now even he has doubts in his heart, doubting whether King Wei deliberately framed him, but the real purpose lies in the dispute between kings and princes in the court. Seeing that he was obsessed with obsession, Zhao Dezhao was not in a hurry to interrogate him. He has countless cases in his hands now, and those key people were all suddenly arrested and locked up in the rice warehouse. Unable to communicate with each other, the dragons in Sizhou are leaderless and chaotic. He has countless breakthroughs to pry in, so he would not waste effort on Deng Zuyang. Deng Zuyang was imprisoned in a cabin inexplicably, and he was still at a loss about the whole thing. At this time, the cabin door knocked lightly, and a scribe slowly walked in. Deng Zuyang sat up from the couch, recognized this person as Murong Qiuzui, an aide who was traveling south with the king, and cupped his hands in doubt: "Mr. Murong?" Murong Qiuzui smiled slightly: "Deng Futai, you are welcome." Deng Zuyang asked: "What does the prince have to say?" Murong Qiuzui said: "My lord is very busy, you are staying here for the time being, it is very safe, and there will be no further decision on you for a while, hehe... Anyway, you are still appointed by the imperial court and guarding one side of the imperial court Sir, if the court's decree does not come down for a day, you will still be an official, and the prince will not dare to make things difficult for you." Deng Zuyang smiled slightly: "Deng has a clear conscience, I just wish that the truth will be revealed immediately, and I am not afraid of any embarrassment." Murong Qiuzui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's right. Hmm... the old man accompanied Wei Wang Qiansui to go south, he was appointed by Zhao Xianggong, this matter... Deng Futai doesn't know about it?" "Mr. Zhao?" Deng Zuyang couldn't help being stunned. "That's right, it's Mr. Zhao. Hehe, Mr. Deng's promotion from the county magistrate of the first and third counties to the magistrate of Sizhou was the result of Mr. Zhao's repeated recommendation in front of the officials. Mr. Zhao admired Mr. Deng very much." , Magistrate Deng is young, promising, and capable in doing things. As for personal morality, it is naturally not a problem. Now some Xiao Xiaoxiao is hiding from Deng Futai and doing mischief. Deng Futai insists that he has no knowledge, which is very good..." Deng Zuyang said angrily: "Mr. Murong, what are you talking about? If it's fake, it can't be true, if it's true, it can't be fake. Deng really doesn't know anything about it." Murong Qiuzui showed an intriguing smile on his face, and said with deep meaning: "It's good not to know, it's good not to know, Deng Futai had better bite this sentence and don't let go, and don't talk too much about the others. , there are too many people with ulterior motives these days. Once something slips up, it will make a big fuss if it falls into the ears of those who care about it. If Zhao Xianggong is also in an embarrassing situation at that time, how can Deng Zhifu be worthy of his Bole ? As long as you handle it carefully, Mr. Zhao will naturally take care of you." Deng Zuyang suddenly realized, he endured it for a long while, and then let out a breath, and replied in a deep voice: "Deng understands!" "Just understand." Murong Qiu Zui Gong cupped his hands and said, "I shouldn't stay here for too long, so I'm leaving." Hearing the reports coming up one after another, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao couldn't help letting out a long sigh. He was worried all the time, fearing that Yang Hao had used such stormy methods, but still couldn't get any evidence. Not only was Yang Hao unlucky at that time He, the king of Wei who has just been promoted, is afraid that he will be deposed to appease the resentment of officials and gentry. Fortunately, the seemingly impenetrable defense is actually connected by illegal gains. Once the leader is arrested , The network is paralyzed, people who turn against the water and surrender are everywhere, and a lot of evidence has been collected. It is not possible for those officials to sort out the existing evidence in a short time. Now every time he sorts out a part, he flies a horse to report to the capital. After this trip, he, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao, who is astute and capable, can't escape the evaluation, even his teacher Zong Jiezhou is so honest and prudent. Everyone is smiling, what else is he unhappy about?But for some reason, he just couldn't be happy. A hazy figure was always lingering in his heart, but the sound of the piano was still flowing in his heart like a spring. A bookish woman with a flowing fragrance? Yang Hao was reporting something to him: "Qiantui, according to Liu Shuchen's confession, I have led people to go with Guo Guan to check the treasury carefully. Among the boxes of official silver in the treasury, there is only one on the top. The bottom layer is the real one. Some of the lower ones are lead ingots at all. What's more, going deeper and higher, there are many sealed boxes that don't even have any silver in them. Bricks and tiles..." Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao couldn't help clapping the book case, and said angrily: "It's really audacious. Deng Zuyang also said that he didn't know. If he really didn't know, such a foolish official should read his book again, otherwise Sizhou The place is under his rule. I really don’t know how corrupt it is. How about the official warehouse, there are many extremely important witnesses being detained there, and our manpower is limited. Relying on the local guards, how many of them have colluded with those profiteers is still unknown, if there is a mistake, they will be passive." "Yes, don't worry, my lord. I also know that there must be some of them among the servants, but they need to employ people everywhere, such as arresting people, investigating cases, obtaining evidence, and interrogating people. These local government servants and subordinate officials cannot be used. That's why they were imprisoned in the official warehouse, one by one, and the guards stood outside at five steps and one post, so that they could monitor each other, even if some of them were their accomplices, they couldn't be manipulated to let them go. After a while, the subordinates will go to the official storehouse, transfer criminals based on the existing evidence, focus on one person at a time, and break through one by one, so that they can no longer attack and defend the alliance." "Well, what Yang Yuanshi did seems to be reckless, but in fact it makes a lot of sense. This king is very relieved, with you..." As soon as he said this, a faint singing sound came from: "Feng Xi Feng Xi returns to his hometown, travels around the world to seek his phoenix. I have never met before, and I have no way to go. How can I be promoted to this hall now! There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir, indoors People are poisoning my intestines..." This singing sound is faint, very subtle, if ordinary people hear it, they will never care. Zhao Dezhao heard it, but he jumped up like an electric shock, and said in a voiceless voice: "Feng Qiuhuang?" "Huh?" Yang Hao is like a duck listening to thunder. He doesn't understand, doesn't understand. Zhao Dezhao walked quickly to the side of the cabin, opened the window and looked towards the shore. On the long embankment, there were green willows and grasses, and the curling singing became much clearer: "Why are we soaring together as mandarin ducks? The phoenix and the phoenix come from me, and they are entrusted to breed their tails and become concubines forever. Friendship, understanding and harmony, who is the one who knows in the middle of the night? Both wings are up and flying high, and I feel sad when I feel nothing..." Zhao Dezhao clenched his fists, his face flushed red: "It's her, it's her... She wants to see me?" Zhao Dezhao turned around and was about to fly to the cabin door. Yang Hao coughed, bowed and said, "My lord, your status is precious. At this very moment, in case someone jumps over the wall, it's safer to stay on this official ship. Please help me The imperial court and the common people are the most important, don't let the lower officials panic and worry about it." Zhao Dezhao turned his head and glared at him, Yang Hao stood still with a calm expression, Zhao Dezhao was finally discouraged, lowered his head and said: "Forget it, please let Envoy Yang go for a while, and take the singer on board for this king...for this king. " "I obey orders." Yang Hao responded and walked out.The pier under the official ship was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to enter except for the officials on board. Yang Hao went down the gangway to the shore, and walked towards the green grass following the singing. Deng Xiu'er couldn't get on the boat, so she wanted to lure King Wei down with her singing. She and King Wei had a secret love affair, although they didn't express it clearly, but there was a tacit understanding in their hearts. She believed that King Wei would meet her, but it was the one who didn't want to come. Yang Hao, who was bitten by anyone in Sizhou, Deng Xiuer didn't know that he came here at the order of King Wei, and she didn't want to see him, so she played hide-and-seek with him in the grass, sang a few words in another place, and then changed quickly. She just wanted to call Wei Wang down, and when she thought about it, wouldn't it be Wei Wang's words to save her father? Yang Hao couldn't catch up, he couldn't help being angry and funny, he suddenly shortened his body, quickly disappeared his figure, and sneaked in one direction, Deng Xiu'er sang and never left the official boat, but it was just these few places, when he arrived there In the grass, I saw Deng Xiuer sneaking in, and when she saw no one around, she stood still and watched the official ship open its mouth to sing the song "Feng Xi Feng Xi" again. As soon as the word "phoenix" was uttered, a strange Yang Hao version of "Flying in the Dream" behind her suddenly sang: "Who is singing, it warms the loneliness. The white clouds are long and the blue sky is still, and the tears are drifting. In that vast One of them was hiding, and saw the noble prince on the boat in the distance, Yo, Yo, Yo, Come, OH, Yeah! Miss Deng?"
Deng Zuyang met Zhao Dezhao, king of Wei, on the boat, and when he asked about the treasury, he naturally refused to admit it.Although the treasury is in the hands of his brother-in-law, who is absolutely reliable, he still checks the treasury accounts regularly according to the rules, and even checks the real objects regularly. It can be said that the treasury accounts never match the real objects At that time, he was shocked and angry when faced with King Wei's accusation, and now even he has doubts in his heart, doubting whether King Wei deliberately framed him, but the real purpose lies in the dispute between kings and princes in the court. Seeing that he was obsessed with obsession, Zhao Dezhao was not in a hurry to interrogate him. He has countless cases in his hands now, and those key people were all suddenly arrested and locked up in the rice warehouse. Unable to communicate with each other, the dragons in Sizhou are leaderless and chaotic. He has countless breakthroughs to pry in, so he would not waste effort on Deng Zuyang. Deng Zuyang was imprisoned in a cabin inexplicably, and he was still at a loss about the whole thing. At this time, the cabin door knocked lightly, and a scribe slowly walked in. Deng Zuyang sat up from the couch, recognized this person as Murong Qiuzui, an aide who was traveling south with the king, and cupped his hands in doubt: "Mr. Murong?" Murong Qiuzui smiled slightly: "Deng Futai, you are welcome." Deng Zuyang asked: "What does the prince have to say?" Murong Qiuzui said: "My lord is very busy, you are staying here for the time being, it is very safe, and there will be no further decision on you for a while, hehe... Anyway, you are still appointed by the imperial court and guarding one side of the imperial court Sir, if the court's decree does not come down for a day, you will still be an official, and the prince will not dare to make things difficult for you." Deng Zuyang smiled slightly: "Deng has a clear conscience, I just wish that the truth will be revealed immediately, and I am not afraid of any embarrassment." Murong Qiuzui's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "That's right. Hmm... the old man accompanied Wei Wang Qiansui to go south, he was appointed by Zhao Xianggong, this matter... Deng Futai doesn't know about it?" "Mr. Zhao?" Deng Zuyang couldn't help being stunned. "That's right, it's Mr. Zhao. Hehe, Mr. Deng's promotion from the county magistrate of the first and third counties to the magistrate of Sizhou was the result of Mr. Zhao's repeated recommendation in front of the officials. Mr. Zhao admired Mr. Deng very much." , Magistrate Deng is young, promising, and capable in doing things. As for personal morality, it is naturally not a problem. Now some Xiao Xiaoxiao is hiding from Deng Futai and doing mischief. Deng Futai insists that he has no knowledge, which is very good..." Deng Zuyang said angrily: "Mr. Murong, what are you talking about? If it's fake, it can't be true, if it's true, it can't be fake. Deng really doesn't know anything about it." Murong Qiuzui showed an intriguing smile on his face, and said with deep meaning: "It's good not to know, it's good not to know, Deng Futai had better bite this sentence and don't let go, and don't talk too much about the others. , there are too many people with ulterior motives these days. Once something slips up, it will make a big fuss if it falls into the ears of those who care about it. If Zhao Xianggong is also in an embarrassing situation at that time, how can Deng Zhifu be worthy of his Bole ? As long as you handle it carefully, Mr. Zhao will naturally take care of you." Deng Zuyang suddenly realized, he endured it for a long while, and then let out a breath, and replied in a deep voice: "Deng understands!" "Just understand." Murong Qiu Zui Gong cupped his hands and said, "I shouldn't stay here for too long, so I'm leaving." Hearing the reports coming up one after another, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao couldn't help letting out a long sigh. He was worried all the time, fearing that Yang Hao had used such stormy methods, but still couldn't get any evidence. Not only was Yang Hao unlucky at that time He, the king of Wei who has just been promoted, is afraid that he will be deposed to appease the resentment of officials and gentry. Fortunately, the seemingly impenetrable defense is actually connected by illegal gains. Once the leader is arrested , The network is paralyzed, people who turn against the water and surrender are everywhere, and a lot of evidence has been collected. It is not possible for those officials to sort out the existing evidence in a short time. Now every time he sorts out a part, he flies a horse to report to the capital. After this trip, he, Wei Wang Zhao Dezhao, who is astute and capable, can't escape the evaluation, even his teacher Zong Jiezhou is so honest and prudent. Everyone is smiling, what else is he unhappy about?But for some reason, he just couldn't be happy. A hazy figure was always lingering in his heart, but the sound of the piano was still flowing in his heart like a spring. A bookish woman with a flowing fragrance? Yang Hao was reporting something to him: "Qiantui, according to Liu Shuchen's confession, I have led people to go with Guo Guan to check the treasury carefully. Among the boxes of official silver in the treasury, there is only one on the top. The bottom layer is the real one. Some of the lower ones are lead ingots at all. What's more, going deeper and higher, there are many sealed boxes that don't even have any silver in them. Bricks and tiles..." Hearing this, Zhao Dezhao couldn't help clapping the book case, and said angrily: "It's really audacious. Deng Zuyang also said that he didn't know. If he really didn't know, such a foolish official should read his book again, otherwise Sizhou The place is under his rule. I really don’t know how corrupt it is. How about the official warehouse, there are many extremely important witnesses being detained there, and our manpower is limited. Relying on the local guards, how many of them have colluded with those profiteers is still unknown, if there is a mistake, they will be passive." "Yes, don't worry, my lord. I also know that there must be some of them among the servants, but they need to employ people everywhere, such as arresting people, investigating cases, obtaining evidence, and interrogating people. These local government servants and subordinate officials cannot be used. That's why they were imprisoned in the official warehouse, one by one, and the guards stood outside at five steps and one post, so that they could monitor each other, even if some of them were their accomplices, they couldn't be manipulated to let them go. After a while, the subordinates will go to the official storehouse, transfer criminals based on the existing evidence, focus on one person at a time, and break through one by one, so that they can no longer attack and defend the alliance." "Well, what Yang Yuanshi did seems to be reckless, but in fact it makes a lot of sense. This king is very relieved, with you..." As soon as he said this, a faint singing sound came from: "Feng Xi Feng Xi returns to his hometown, travels around the world to seek his phoenix. I have never met before, and I have no way to go. How can I be promoted to this hall now! There is a beautiful lady in the boudoir, indoors People are poisoning my intestines..." This singing sound is faint, very subtle, if ordinary people hear it, they will never care. Zhao Dezhao heard it, but he jumped up like an electric shock, and said in a voiceless voice: "Feng Qiuhuang?" "Huh?" Yang Hao is like a duck listening to thunder. He doesn't understand, doesn't understand. Zhao Dezhao walked quickly to the side of the cabin, opened the window and looked towards the shore. On the long embankment, there were green willows and grasses, and the curling singing became much clearer: "Why are we soaring together as mandarin ducks? The phoenix and the phoenix come from me, and they are entrusted to breed their tails and become concubines forever. Friendship, understanding and harmony, who is the one who knows in the middle of the night? Both wings are up and flying high, and I feel sad when I feel nothing..." Zhao Dezhao clenched his fists, his face flushed red: "It's her, it's her... She wants to see me?" Zhao Dezhao turned around and was about to fly to the cabin door. Yang Hao coughed, bowed and said, "My lord, your status is precious. At this very moment, in case someone jumps over the wall, it's safer to stay on this official ship. Please help me The imperial court and the common people are the most important, don't let the lower officials panic and worry about it." Zhao Dezhao turned his head and glared at him, Yang Hao stood still with a calm expression, Zhao Dezhao was finally discouraged, lowered his head and said: "Forget it, please let Envoy Yang go for a while, and take the singer on board for this king...for this king. " "I obey orders." Yang Hao responded and walked out.The pier under the official ship was heavily guarded, and no one was allowed to enter except for the officials on board. Yang Hao went down the gangway to the shore, and walked towards the green grass following the singing. Deng Xiu'er couldn't get on the boat, so she wanted to lure King Wei down with her singing. She and King Wei had a secret love affair, although they didn't express it clearly, but there was a tacit understanding in their hearts. She believed that King Wei would meet her, but it was the one who didn't want to come. Yang Hao, who was bitten by anyone in Sizhou, Deng Xiuer didn't know that he came here at the order of King Wei, and she didn't want to see him, so she played hide-and-seek with him in the grass, sang a few words in another place, and then changed quickly. She just wanted to call Wei Wang down, and when she thought about it, wouldn't it be Wei Wang's words to save her father? Yang Hao couldn't catch up, he couldn't help being angry and funny, he suddenly shortened his body, quickly disappeared his figure, and sneaked in one direction, Deng Xiu'er sang and never left the official boat, but it was just these few places, when he arrived there In the grass, I saw Deng Xiuer sneaking in, and when she saw no one around, she stood still and watched the official ship open its mouth to sing the song "Feng Xi Feng Xi" again. As soon as the word "phoenix" was uttered, a strange Yang Hao version of "Flying in the Dream" behind her suddenly sang: "Who is singing, it warms the loneliness. The white clouds are long and the blue sky is still, and the tears are drifting. In that vast One of them was hiding, and saw the noble prince on the boat in the distance, Yo, Yo, Yo, Come, OH, Yeah! Miss Deng?"