Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 203: The world is big, but luck is the biggest

When Qingshi Lane, Shuiyunjian and Shifeng Mountain fell asleep one after another, the lights in Lin'an "Municipal Shipping" government office were still on.

When the sky in the east began to turn pale, the sound of roosters crowing could be heard in the distance.

The oil lamp in the room was almost burned out, leaving only a tiny flame that was still struggling tenaciously.

Jiang Wanzai, the city's shipping director who had been interrogated all night, was also dying like the oil lamp.

No one tortured him, he was just interrogated continuously all night.

I can hold on even after a sleepless night.

But not only did he stay awake all night, his colleagues in several other rooms were also being tried.

Manager Jiang wasn't sure if anyone would be unable to bear it and confess something.

He had nothing to do with the Judge Li Lintong Jin case, but that didn't mean he didn't have other dirty deeds.

He was worried that those things would be exposed.

It was this worry and fear that made him exhausted.

In just one night, Master Wang's face turned pale and he looked depressed, as if he was about to die.

Yuan Chengju put one foot on the chair, holding the breakfast his men had just bought, a bowl of steaming, fresh and delicious crab wontons.

"You won't confess, right? Our people have gone to the Ministry of Revenue to review the relevant documents. If they find out something, you will be punished even more severely for refusing to confess."

Yuan Chengju ate wontons and sneered at him, "You also know that my dynasty favors scholars and officials.

As long as you can confess, your crime can be reduced. Just think about it, how serious of a crime can it be in the end?"

"But if you don't tell me..."

Yuan Chengju swallowed a wonton in one gulp. It was so hot that he hissed and laughed, "Hiss~ha, I'll make you die of illness here, do you believe it?"

Jiang Wanzai finally couldn't hold it anymore and said dejectedly: "Forget it... I say..."

Yuan Chengju was delighted and immediately gave a wink to the clerk.

The clerk dropped his chopsticks and picked up the brush excitedly.

When the sun was rising from the line between the river and the sky, Liu Shangqiu, wearing his outer robe, walked into the only detention room that was not used as an interrogation room.

Guo Xuzhi, who went to the Ministry of Revenue to retrieve documents overnight, was talking to Yuan Chengju, with an accountant standing next to him.

The accountant was none other than Gu Tianxing, the accountant from the Ministry of Revenue who discovered the problems in the records yesterday.

Liu Shangqiu yawned and asked, "How is the interrogation going? Is there any result?"

Yuan Chengju sighed and said, "I did find some cases, but they have nothing to do with Li Lintong's gold smuggling case."

Liu Shangqiu waved his hands impatiently: "Then transfer it to the Dali Temple. Who has time to care about their nonsense?"

Guo Xuzhi said: "I and Accountant Gu went back to the Ministry of Revenue to check the accounts yesterday night. We have copied down all the relevant figures of the Ministry of Revenue in recent months. There are indeed big problems."

Liu Shangqiu's eyes lit up: "Are you serious? Tell me now."

Guo Xuzhi said: "There is no problem with the accounts of the Municipal Shipping Administration. There is no problem with the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue. There is still no problem with the accounts between the Ministry of Revenue and the Municipal Shipping Administration..."

Liu Shangqiu glared at Guo Xuzhi and asked angrily, "So what's your problem?"

Accountant Gu saw this and quickly apologized and said, "I know more about account data, so I'll explain it to you."

Liu Shangqiu then looked towards Accountant Gu.

Gu Tianxing said: "The amount of taxes, grain and rice that were handed over to the court from Shanyin and transported to the dock, as well as the number of ships and stones, are all the same.

The amounts received and paid by the Municipal Shipping Bureau are completely consistent. There are also no problems with the accounts of the Municipal Shipping Bureau and the Ministry of Revenue. "

Liu Shangqiu took a deep breath. This person was borrowed from his fourth brother-in-law, so he should give him some face.

Uncle Liu resisted the urge to slap him in the face and just stared at him coldly.

However, Gu Tianxing raised a copied account book with a cunning look on his face: "Deputy Commander Liu, please take a look. This is the labor cost expenditure for each loading and unloading and transportation of grain taxes reported to the Ministry of Revenue by the Municipal Shipping Department."

Liu Shangqiu snatched it away. There were a bunch of numbers written on it, which made Liu Guojiu dizzy.

So he stuffed the account book back into Gu Tianxing's arms, waiting for him to solve the mystery.

Liu Shangqiu said, "The porters at Lin'an Wharf need to pay a certain amount of money for each dan of grain they load and unload. Deputy Commander Liu, please take a look here."

Accountant Gu pointed to the unit price and total price recorded in the account book, and then without using an abacus, he directly told the number of stones loaded and unloaded.

Then he compared the number of stones of grain tax received by the Ministry of Revenue that day, and found that there was indeed a difference between the two.

The number of stones loaded and unloaded by the dock workers was dozens less than the number of stones of rice delivered to the Ministry of Revenue.

Accountant Gu casually pointed to the record of another day, scanned the numbers, and calculated the result in his mind. The answer he reported to Liu Shangqiu was still off by dozens of stones.

Although the grain tax was not delivered every day, there was a shortfall of dozens of stones at a time. When accumulated over the years, what a staggering number that would be.
Dock workers are needed to load and unload goods.

You can falsify the accounts of the rice and grain you transport to the Ministry of Revenue, and do it perfectly.

However, the dock worker, who was a hard laborer, knew how much he had unloaded from the ship.

They have to weigh the items every time to know the total amount moved. They have their own account in mind. Do you dare to pay them even a penny less?

And this expenditure, as reflected in the Ministry of Households, is just a unit price and a general total amount.

This total amount is really insignificant compared to the huge figures handled by the Ministry of Revenue every day.

No one has ever paid attention to the amount of dock workers' expense reimbursement, let alone thought of using it to work backwards to compare the amount of cargo loaded and unloaded.

If the inbound and outbound accounts of the port checkpoint are consistent, the inbound and outbound accounts of the municipal shipping department are consistent, and the inbound and outbound accounts of the Ministry of Revenue are consistent, then there will be no problem.

Who would have thought that a very small amount of labor cost expenditure could be such a big loophole?
Gu Tianxing was just a plain-looking accountant in the Ministry of Revenue, who had been dealing with abacus all his life. But at this moment, he was the most handsome guy in the "Municipal Shipping Company", and it was the most glorious moment of his life.

He stood there, confident, high-spirited, and spoke loudly to Liu Guojiu in a rhythmic manner: "There is only one truth!"

there is only one truth!
That is, not all of the things that were transported to Lin'an from the Shanyin Transportation Bureau in the name of grain and taxes were sent to the Ministry of Revenue.

From the Shanyin Transport Company to the Lin'an Shipping Company, there were people playing tricks on both ends.

Some things that actually appeared on the tax collector's ship were not reflected in the accounts at all.

So, those things were transported from Shanyin to Lin'an as if they had never appeared, and then disappeared from the face of the earth.

If it weren't for the extremely small amount of dock workers' handling fees that no one ever cared about, this secret might never have been exposed.

Liu Shangqiu snatched the thin piece of paper again and looked carefully at the strings of numbers on it.

Although he still couldn't understand it, he was very happy to read it. He saw that the words between the lines were full of praises such as "smart, capable, a capable minister of the country, and a capable official of the country."

"Ha, hahahaha..., well, well, accountant Gu, you've done a great job!"

Liu Shangqiu patted Gu Tianxing's shoulder heavily: "Don't worry, I will tell my fourth brother-in-law about this. It's your credit, so no one can take it away!"

Liu Shangqiu suddenly turned to Yuan Chengju and Guo Xuzhi, and said murderously: "Yuan Chengju, you still sit in the Municipal Shipping Bureau and investigate these corrupt officials.

But there is no need to rush, just take your time and secretly keep an eye on the officials in the City Shipping Office who have handled the transfer of tax grain, and don't let them get away."

Yuan Chengju was stunned: "Watching from the dark? Aren't we going to arrest him right away?"

Liu Shangqiu glared at him and scolded him, "Do you have a pig brain? We know there's something wrong with the tax grain they transported, but where did they get that thing that disappeared out of thin air? Have you found out now?"

Guo Xuzhi looked at Yuan Chengju proudly, gave him a thumbs up, and said to Liu Shangqiu: "Deputy Commander Liu is wise and powerful!"

Liu Shangqiu said: "Besides, Yang Yuan is fishing right now. As long as the fish takes the bait, we can catch the goldfish waiting for them in the East China Sea."

Guo Xuzhi raised his thumb again and said, "Deputy Commander Liu is a man of great talent and vision!"

Liu Shangqiu said: "If we do it now, it will probably alarm the fish. If it doesn't dare to bite the hook, what good will it do us to just catch some borers inside?"

Guo Xuzhi raised his two thumbs up and praised: "Deputy Commander Liu has thought things through."

Liu Shangqiu curled his lips and said to Guo Xuzhi: "Be a little more subtle next time."

Guo Xuzhi laughed dryly and said, "Yes, I will definitely work hard."

Liu Shangqiu said, "Don't try too hard yet. Take your men to Shanyin right now and secretly keep an eye on the officials of the Jiangnan East Road Transportation Department. Wait for my order and arrest people at all the places at the same time!"

……

After Song’s Snack Shop became Song’s Flavor Restaurant, fewer customers dine in the store in the morning.

Yang Yuan and Lu Xi had breakfast in a private room. It was just the two of them, and the atmosphere was peaceful and tranquil.

The breath of love flows gently in the space.

Luxi buried his head in eating the food in his bowl. Occasionally he looked up, and when he saw his second brother's mischievous eyes, he became overwhelmed with shame.

So she glared at him with a red face, but she became even more unbearable by Yang Yuan's gaze.

Angry and humiliated, Lu Xi grabbed a fried dough stick and stuffed it into Yang Yuan's mouth.

"What are you doing? Why aren't you eating properly? Instead, you're looking at me with those sneaky eyes. Are you feeling proud of yourself now?" the little girl said angrily.

Yang Yuan smiled and said, "I am proud, of course I am proud. It just feels a little bit toothy, but I believe it will get better and better."

Lu Xi rolled her eyes at him and said, "Of course I have a sense of shame. I am so ashamed."

Hmm? It seems like we are not talking about the same question.

Yang Yuan couldn't help laughing.

He really enjoys this feeling now.

The feeling of being in love is completely different from the feeling of being married. People’s feelings may not change, but their state of mind will change.

You can't expect someone who has only been married for three days to still have the same feeling towards you as they did when they were in love for three years.

Those are two different styles.

Next Mid-Autumn Festival, he will marry Xiao Luxi.

He will cherish this moment, which will allow them to savor the youthful sweetness for the rest of their lives.

Also, create more sweet moments with her.

Yang Yuan was having breakfast while teasing Xiao Luxi.
At this time, a kind-looking young man walked silently into Fengweilou.

Old Man Song was sitting in the front hall, eating breakfast and chatting at the same table with the hotel's cooks and waiters.

When seeing this kind-looking young man, Old Man Song frowned slightly, feeling a sense of inexplicable uneasiness in his heart.

But that feeling was fleeting.

When Old Man Song wanted to sense it more carefully, the kind-looking young man had already asked the waiter about Yang Yuan's whereabouts and walked to the back.

The man also spoke slowly and softly, in a polite manner.

His pace is the same as his voice, soft and cat-like.

Old Man Song saw clearly the official uniform he was wearing, and the sharp-eyed Old Man Song even saw the bronze badge hanging around his waist.

It turns out that he is from the Privy Council's Speed ​​Room.

Old Man Song felt relieved, so he withdrew his gaze, picked up a salted egg, and knocked it on the table.

(End of this chapter)