Thousands of Mountains

Of course, those ten boxes of gold and silver would not be all of them. Ye Mingzhi definitely didn't have the guts to take it all by himself since the amount was so huge in the past ten years. Some headaches, what's worse, he always felt that there was a pair of invisible eyes staring at him behind him, every step he took, those eyes could see him, this feeling was really uncomfortable.

The tea research workshop that was burned down still needs people to take care of it. This is a private industry under the supervision of the government. Yin Cen can't directly appoint it, so Tun decided to call for public bidding.

The bidding conditions were drawn up, announced at the gates of each city in Zhaoyang Prefecture, and the people in the government office were asked to distribute bidding leaflets to various businesses.

The accumulation of more than ten years of tea research, tea production and official tea trade in Yunnan, this stall is indeed a bit big, and there is really no suitable candidate to take over for a while.

Yin Cen and Qin Nianqin worked hard for more than ten days before they selected three firms to take over together, and each of them asked the dark guard to do a background check to ensure their innocence.

In this way, it is barely possible to drive out the required amount of official tea before the tea-horse exchange.

For the rest of the time, Yin Cen asked Qin Nianqin and Luo Qingshan to keep an eye on the resumption of work in Yanchafang. He and Chen Ji only had three things left to do: interrogate the same friends, find out the loot distribution books, and wait for the mutual market.

At the beginning, Ye Mingzhi said that the exchange market could not do without him, but Yin Cen didn't believe in this evil. If he is not enough as a censor, he must have sincerity to bet on the prince Chen Ji.

According to the usual practice, the tea-horse market is held every year on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and there are still two months left. Thinking of this, Yin Cen looked at Chen Ji who was competing with Wu Ye'er in the courtyard. I don't know if this brother thought of it , they will spend this New Year's Eve here.

It has been more than a month since I came out, and I don't know what the current situation is in Beijing and the palace. What he and Chen Ji did in Zhaoyang Mansion, and what they have gained so far, have already written a memorial, and picked a secret guard to hurry It was handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and it was expected that his immediate superior, Zou Hengkong, would submit it to the cabinet when he saw it, and the gold and silver seized would follow behind and be escorted to Beijing by soldiers sent by the Zhaoyang government.

Although only corruption has been found so far, and the list of bribes has not yet been submitted, Yin Cen guesses how many changes this memorial will arouse in the court and the palace?He really wanted to see it with his own eyes, even though the other account book hadn't been obtained yet, it was not impossible to infer from the reactions of the people in the court.

It's just that without the clairvoyance, Yin Cen felt a little regretful, should he have left Wu Ye'er in the capital that day to help inquire about the delivery of news, who would have thought of bringing it here, and this person actually picked up a brave and scheming daughter-in-law, Life is smooth with honey.

Now Yin Cen looked at Wu Ye'er in the courtyard again, and rolled his eyes several times indignantly.

Half a month later, the secret guard who delivered the news rushed back and brought back the memorial that was approved by the emperor and sealed by the supervisor of ceremonies, and also brought back a box.

Yin Cen and Chen Ji opened the memorial, only to see the note on it: Aiqing lives up to her trust, when the tea tax case is settled, it can be publicized to the world, so as to imitate others. If you obey, you can ask to beheaded immediately, and you will be rewarded a little to comfort the hard work at the border.

After reading it, Yin Cen and Chen Ji looked at each other, and there was something strange in each other's hearts... weird.

They all noticed that Chen Ji's whereabouts were not mentioned in this instruction. The case was obviously investigated together, and the memorial also stated the specific details, but Chen Ze chose to ignore it.

The second is to clearly want Ren Tonghuan to die, and the sooner the better, although this person is indeed worthy of death, but it should be more useful to keep him. Why don't you check Ye Mingzhi's sentence again.

Chen Ji was a little depressed. Ever since he could remember, his father had deliberately left him in the cold. When he was ten years old, he was expelled from the palace by the queen for reasons. Chen Ze followed her along the way. The only thing that comforted Chen Ji was that Chen Ze always kept He received his title of crown prince, and later received some praise for recommending Lin Moyan's reinstatement. This time he came to Yunnan for training, and he thought he had made a success. At the origin, no matter what you do, you can’t see or hear, and there is no response.

Yin Cen knew what he was thinking, and sat beside him quietly, thinking that being born into an emperor's family was not a good birth, Chen Ze only had two sons, the other was basically useless, and the only remaining prince, who was also Suspicious and indifferent to this point, thinking that the people in front of him felt the greatest care from childhood to adulthood all came from him, Yin Cen's heart ached even deeper.

After that, really, he can only follow him in whatever he wants to do.

Yin Cen squeezed Chen Ji's hand, and after a while, the idiot raised his head and made a smile that was uglier than crying.

The small reward box was ignored for a long time, and when Wu Ye'er ran to open it, Qin Nianqin kicked her, "It's not for you, you are so anxious."

Wu Ye'er covered her legs, "His Royal Highness and Brother Pingshan are not outsiders, they are not interested, but," he said with a playful smile to Qin Nianqin's ear, "If there is anything valuable and beautiful, I can take it for you. "

Qin Nianqin rolled his eyes to the sky, and hurriedly said to Yin Cen and Chen Ji, "Your Highness and Your Excellency, don't take it to heart, he just... deserves a beating."

Yin Cen laughed, and Chen Ji was also amused. He waved his hand and said, "It's all because of Lord Qin. Of course, Lord Qin also has a share of the credit. Since the father rewarded Brother Pingshan, I will replace Pingshan." My brother will pass it on to you again."

As soon as the words fell, before Qin Nianqin had time to refuse, Wu Ye'er said, "Okay!" Huanhuanxi turned left and entered her room with the box in her arms.

Master Liu Qin was stunned in embarrassment.

Later that day, Wu Ye'er took a moment and said solemnly to Yin Cen, "Brother Pingshan, there is something in that box, I thought it was for you alone, so I secretly brought it out."

Yin Cen was puzzled, "What?"

As soon as Wu Ye'er took out the object, Yin Cen was stunned. Only Wu Ye'er and Yin Cen could recognize this object.

It belonged to Shen Cang.

A jade pendant of poor quality and inconspicuous, but there is a mystery inside. The jade pendant has been altered in some way, and the inside is hollowed out so that it can be used for Tibetan letter paper.

This jade pendant was given to Shen Cang to make him leave Chaha Town in the Funanying Secret Military Report, and it has been by his side ever since, seen by Yin Cen and Wu Ye'er, and now it appears in the reward box Yin Cen didn't even know what kind of trick Shen Cang used to steal the sky and change the sun, even the emperor's reward was changed.

Yin Cen took the jade pendant, only to find that the word "cloud" was faintly engraved on it. Could it be that this jade pendant belonged to his father Yun Jianqing?

Find the extremely delicate mechanism, gently shake it, and a very small letter paper appears in the hollow of the jade pendant.

Unfolding, it was really written by Shen Cang, and it briefly described the situation in the court after he left. Yin Cen thought about it carefully, and it was roughly: Although the emperor is dissatisfied with Qi Yan because of the tea tax case, he still needs to use him to govern the country Recently, the relationship has eased, Qi Yanzhi took the opportunity to let Zhao Lun into the cabinet, and Zhao Lun's relationship with Yunye has been further improved in order to please the queen; There was a sense of exhaustion that could not match what one wanted, and several ministers jointly risked their lives to ask the emperor to stop taking Nianxiang powder, but they were dragged out and sentenced to dozens of court sticks, so no one dared to say anything.

At the end of the letter, Yin Cen was told that General Yun will return to Beijing to report on his duties after the year, and prepare for the marriage between Yunye and Princess Zhegui. Shen Cang hopes that Yin Cen can return to the capital by then.

After reading it, Yin Cen burned the letter paper, and held the jade pendant tightly in his hand.

His father is going back to Beijing, and he doesn't know how he feels.

In Yin Cen's heart, this father has no status, no upbringing, and even the iron-clad blood is meaningless to him. Shen Cang didn't say anything about Yun Jianqing's return to Beijing and Yin Cen. Said, "Your father is not a bad person", Yin Cen thought maybe he was, and he was definitely not a traitor to resisting the Japanese and repelling the enemy. Based on this point, he should have respect in his heart, but these are "reasons", but on the basis of And how can father and son have so many reasons? In his eyes, Yun Jianqing is like any minister in the court who serves the country and the people, not to mention more.

Before dealing with Yun Jianqing's father-son relationship with blood but no emotion, he still had more important things to do. He had to find out whether his sister Yin Qi, who had no blood but had feelings, was still alive.

After reading the emperor's instructions, Yin Cen ordered all the eunuchs of the Tea and Salt Division to be detained.In the interrogation of Ren Tonghuan, Yin Cen personally presided over the trial, and Chen Ji and Qin Nianqian were on the jury, as recorded by Luo Qingshan.

Ren Tonghuan knew that he had encountered a problem this time. He thought that Ye Mingzhi was dead, and there was no evidence for everything, except for an account book recording fraudulent tea production. It's just a hat that is justified, and this attitude of not doing nothing makes Ren Tonghuan very puzzled. Is this censor entering the officialdom for the first time?I don't understand the principle of guarding each other between officials and officials, and I don't even know how deep the water is?

He still doesn't know that the emperor has issued an order to execute him immediately, let alone that this order was instigated by his godfather Gao Ren himself.

Yin Cen was determined to ask something, and he said to Ren Tonghuan, "Eunuch Ren knows that I am originally from Chaha Town, Qingyuan Prefecture, Kansai. I was captured in the Kansai massacre and imprisoned in the tent of the Shule National Army."

Ren Tonghuan nodded, "The servant has heard that Lord Yushi has gone through hardships at a young age."

Yin Cen asked again, "Then do you know that I once wrestled for life and death in the arena in the Shule military camp?"

Ren Tonghuan was startled, raised his head and said, "I don't know."

At this point, Qin Nianqin was taken aback. It turned out that the frail and pure Lord Yu Shi actually had such a flesh and blood|flying past.

Yin Cen smiled slightly, and asked again, "Do you know that fighting with people is not the scariest thing, but fighting with hungry wolves is the scariest thing?"

Ren Tonghuan was terrified, this is... what to do?He replied tremblingly, "Slaves...have never experienced it."

Yin Cen asked, "Eunuch Ren, would you like to experience it? The yellow sand outside the Great Wall, the butcher's knife and hungry wolves, is really a beautiful scenery in life."

Ren Tonghuan had already burst into tears, knelt down and kowtowed, "My lord... please spare this slave..."

Yin Cen continued, "After the next year, there will be a tea-horse exchange market. This year's official tea may not be enough due to your ineffective supervision. If I don't, I will send you to the people of Shule Kingdom for punishment, and let them dispose of it. How do you calm down their anger?"

Ren Tonghuan felt that his soul was gone, and he said incoherently, "My lord...please forgive me, this servant is willing to...tell everything."

Yin Cen was not in a hurry, and ordered someone to make a pot of tea for him and the three jurors, and serve some snacks, and then let Ren Tonghuan come along.

"The matter of using the official tea as rough tea is indeed an order from the servant to Ye Mingzhi, but, my lord, the servant did not say that he would use such a large amount of tea as rough tea... This is all Ye Mingzhi's own decision!"

Yin Cen frowned, and was thinking about how to get back this unrepentant slave, when Qin Nianqin said leisurely, "You don't tell Ye Mingzhi how much tea you want, but you tell Ye Mingzhi how much money you want, the money is dead. Ye Mingzhi must have drastically cut down the amount of official tea, his death is imminent, and Eunuch Ren still doesn't forget to play tricks."

Yin Cen looked at Qin Nianqin, and the two of them smiled knowingly. In fact, Qin Nianqin was just deceiving him, but at this moment when Ren Tonghuan saw the truth being told, he closed his eyes, feeling that the situation was over.

Yin Cen continued to interrogate, "The so much money that has been released every year and is not stored in the treasury, who is it given to, and what is it used for?"

Only then did Ren Tonghuan echo back a long list of names in a low voice. After finishing speaking, his whole body fell apart, and he immediately collapsed on the ground.

The three people in the field looked at each other with gloomy faces. The string of names in Ren Tonghuan's mouth connected the entire western officialdom, from Yunnan and Guizhou to the entire Kansai, and everything related to the tea trade and the mutual market, from the chief envoy to the According to the inspectors and commanders, almost none of them slipped through the net when they went down to the magistrate.

Faced with the fact of Ren Tonghuan's confession, Yin Cen only felt chills all over his body.

A moment after Ren Tonghuan stopped, Yin Cen finally asked, "General Lin Moyan, the commander of the Northern Camp of Guanxi Town, is he in this list?"

"Never." Ren Tonghuan replied decisively this time, "General Lin's barracks have never participated in local government affairs, and have nothing to do with this matter."

Yin Cen looked at Chen Ji, and both of them understood what this negative answer meant.

After the interrogation of Ren Tonghuan, Yin Cen knew what this confession represented. He discussed with Chen Ji not to kill Ren Tonghuan for the time being, nor to submit the confession and memorial to Beijing. Everything will be presented to the emperor after returning to Beijing after the tea-horse exchange is over.

He wants to keep Ren Tonghuan as a witness, the great country has been corrupted to this point, and it affects the whole body. He doesn't know if Chen Zeruo will be furious or heartbroken to death when he sees this confession.

Yin Cen has no reverence for the imperial power. He wants to present himself because he wants to know if Chen Ze still has a sliver of responsibility for the country, but he has never thought about such a situation. As an emperor, he can't stay out of it. Will there be a hint of condemnation?