I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

"what?!"

Each bottle...

Then why didn’t you explain it clearly just now!

Chen Qingyun was dumbfounded. When had the empress ever been fooled like this? No one had ever forced her to buy what she wanted.

"Girl, the rules here have always been like this." Someone else explained.

"What's wrong, Miss Chen? Don't you have enough money? No problem, we can auction it again."

Jiang Zuo said deliberately.

"Enough, who said it's not enough." Chen Qingyun bit his thin lips lightly.

"Miss Chen is very generous." Jiang Zuo smiled and was secretly happy.

Today, I finally found an opportunity and made a lot of money from Miss Chen.

"Excuse me, Miss Chen, do you want to pay with silver bills or silver? Other gold, silver and jewelry of equivalent value are also acceptable. Our government can send someone to collect the payment right now."

"Miss..." Qiuyue was stunned.

"Give it to him." Chen Qingyun frowned slightly, and a frightening look appeared in his eyes.

Qiuyue didn't know what to say, and carefully took out the banknotes from her bosom.

Jiang Zuo couldn't wait and hurriedly stepped forward to take the large banknote handed over by Qiuyue. After checking it, he immediately hid the banknote and then moved the box of perfume in front of Chen Qingyun.

"Here, Boss Chen, this is your product. Do you need someone to deliver it to your door?"

"No need."

Chen Qingyun said coldly.

Okay, okay, just reach out and take my money, right?

Chen Qingyun cursed in his heart: "You damn Jiang Zuo, how dare you cheat me of my money like this? If you can't pay the one million taels of tax silver, I will definitely kill you!"

Qiuyue reached out to take the box of goods, then turned around awkwardly and observed Chen Qingyun's expression.

"This girl is really rich. I wonder who she belongs to."

"She's beautiful and rich. Marrying a woman like her is worth losing ten years of life."

Others couldn't help but whisper and were curious about Chen Qingyun's identity.

"Okay, let me see... The next item to be auctioned is 10,000 dan of grain." Jiang Zuo said, "It's not top-grade grain, it seems to be disaster relief grain allocated by the court. Let's sell it all today at a lower price, so that it won't be piled up in the warehouse and go bad..."

"Relief grain from the imperial court?"

Chen Qingyun wanted to turn around and leave, but when he heard Jiang Zuo's words, a surge of anger surged in his heart.

Selling the imperial court’s disaster relief grain?

If Chen Qingyun remembered correctly, a few days ago, she personally reviewed the memorial and sent 10,000 shi of disaster relief grain to the area near Anding County.

Could this be the ten thousand shi of grain?

That's right.

The time and quantity are exactly the same.

I didn't expect that this corrupt official Jiang Zuo has no bottom line!

Others plucked the feathers of the passing geese, but he was so good that he just left the geese behind!

The imperial court provided 10,000 dan of grain for disaster relief, but he greedily took all 10,000 of it, leaving nothing for the victims.

They would rather sell it than give it to the poor people.

Blatant corruption, right?

Chen Qingyun was furious and turned around and left this so-called auction.

"Immediately send a thousand cavalry officers to capture Jiang Zuo, the magistrate of Anding County!"

Chen Qingyun doesn't care how Jiang Zuo cheats the rich out of their money, but oppressing the people, taking bribes and breaking the law are touching the empress's reverse scale. This is the most basic principle and must not be tolerated.

I wonder how many disaster victims could have been saved with the food he embezzled.

This Jiang Zuo is simply not a human being!

The empress's patience has been exhausted. At this moment, the only way to calm the empress's anger is to throw Jiang Zuo, the magistrate of Anding County, into prison and execute him on the same day.

These parasites are the scum of our Great Yan State.

……

The auction in front of the government office is still going on in full swing.

Suddenly, the sound of hurried horse hooves was heard.

Boom boom boom…

"What's so noisy?"

When everyone was puzzled, they suddenly heard a deep and loud voice, shouting loudly: "The Qianqi Division is investigating the case, everyone stop where you are and do not leave!"

Qianqisi?!

Everyone around was in a panic and in chaos.

In an instant, dozens of strong and fast horses came galloping over, and the officers and soldiers of the Thousand Cavalry Division sitting on the horses were all tall and strong, and looked very majestic.

This momentum alone makes people feel oppressive.

Soon, the officers and soldiers of the Qianqi Division surrounded everyone at the auction.

"What's wrong? Why is Qianqisi here?"

"It's over. Can buying something alarm the Thousand Cavalry Division?"

"I'm only twenty years old, I don't want to die!"

Everyone was completely unable to remain calm and was unable to move forward or backward.

Master Guo on the stage was so frightened that his legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

He understood very well what Qianqisi's arrival meant.

"Oh no, has the news leaked out?"

Jiang Zuo couldn't help but feel panicked.

"Didn't they say I'd be given ten days? Only two days have passed and the queen can't help herself. This is terrible. My plan has been completely disrupted."

Originally, today's auction was the last money Jiang Zuo was going to make, and he was going to run away after making the money. Unexpectedly, something big happened at the last minute.

After a while, Jiang Zuo calmed down and stepped forward to ask, "My Lords, what crime have we committed?"

"Who is Jiang Zuo?"

"I am the Magistrate of Anding County, Jiangzuo."

Jiang Zuo was calm and composed, and slowly came in front of the Thousand Cavalry Division.

"Capture him!" Qianqisi ordered.

"Wait, I wonder what crime I have committed?" Jiang Zuo asked calmly.

"You don't need to worry about it. The imperial decree is here." The leading Thousand Cavalry Division officer had a ferocious look on his face, and his eyes were as sharp as an eagle, without a trace of emotion.

"Another imperial decree?" Jiang Zuo was shocked. "So it's the Empress's intention again!"

When they heard the imperial edict coming, those who knew what was best for them knelt down to listen to it.

"The magistrate of Anding County, Jiangzuo, has been partial to his own interests, perverted the law, committed corruption, formed a clique for personal gain, disregarded the law, and oppressed the people... He will be thrown into prison today and executed in the autumn!"

Behead???

After hearing the contents of the imperial edict, Jiang Zuo had a thousand questions in his mind.

Jiang Zuo couldn't help asking himself: "I was partial to my own interests and perverted the law? When did it happen?"

Although he was ruthless in making money, he never treated the people unfairly!

Jiang Zuo can't just die unjustly like this...

Because of this, many people present took the initiative to plead, "My Lords, our Lord Jiang has never been corrupt or abused his power to oppress the people. The people of Anding County can all testify to this!"

"Yes, Lord Jiang has never done these things."

Everyone present, whether they were rich young men or ordinary people, spoke up for Jiang Zuo.

"Capture him! Anyone who tries to stop us will be punished more severely!" The soldiers of the Qianqi Division ignored them and roared. Others were too frightened to say anything, so the Qianqi Division had to step forward and tie up Jiang Zuo.

Chen Qingyun was sitting in the distance, watching all this quietly.

The people actually pleaded for Jiang Zuo?

Chen Qingyun didn't understand.

They must be Jiang Zuo's accomplices...

Jiang Zuo was arrested because he was corrupt, committed abuses of power, and stole and sold disaster relief grain. His crimes were extremely heinous and he deserved death.

It’s definitely not because of the 25,600 taels of silver!

Absolutely not!