Chapter 1094           

After one-night interrogation, the grain trader was used as a breakthrough point, and things quickly became clear.

Seeing that the year of the disaster and drought in several counties affected Xingyang, Ji Kui had a plan and reported to the court, lied about the disaster, corrupted huge sums of money, colluded with profiteers, and assigned official grain to sell the severely affected areas. However, all the secrets were leaked, and the sacks of the grain were exposed.

the next day.

Looking at the confession of the grain merchant in hand, Liu Changqing frowned slightly and said, "Have you been tortured?"

"This." Yang Zhao hesitated for a moment and returned truthfully: "If you don't need to be tortured, I'm afraid that the grain merchant will be stubborn. Only in this way can he break through quickly."

He said, "Based on the people's situation investigation and the confessions of grain merchants, Beizhi believes that Ji Kui can be interrogated publicly."

Liu Changqing shook his head: "Things are a little troublesome."

After pausing, he immediately said: "It's time for this, so I can only take a different approach. In this way, we must separate Ji Kui and Xingyang officials from all the officials to avoid interoperability and interrogation alone."

"Yes, I'll do it now." Yang Zhao held his fists and took the order.

The inspector came here and brought Wang Jian with him, and he had administrative power. Not only did the Qingyiwei accompany him to protect him, but all the officers and soldiers of the local Wuwei Mansion had to obey the orders.

Therefore, the single interrogation matter was quickly arranged.

The first person to be interrogated was naturally Ji Kui, the governor of Xingyang County.

After being sent to the hall, he was dressed in official uniforms and was not panicked at all. He bowed to Liu Changqing and said, "I don't know what orders are you asking for by summoning me."

"Ji Kui, as the governor of Xingyang County, lied about the disaster and deceived the emperor, embezzled relief silver and stole official grain to make profits. You can tell the crime!" Liu Changqing was straight to the point.

Hearing this, Ji Kui was stunned and then said with a blank look on his face: "The official really doesn't understand what the lord is saying."

"Then let you understand more!" After saying that, Liu Changqing also shouted: "Come here, bring your child's hair!"

Following his order, the grain merchant was taken up by the officers and soldiers and knelt in the center of the hall.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty and torn, and there were a few blood marks on it. After kneeling down, he couldn't help looking at Ji Kui and shouted with a grievance: "Mr. Ji..."

Hearing his name, Ji Kui's face changed, and he knew in his heart that it was impossible to pretend not to recognize him, so he said first: "Isn't this the boss of the Tong in the city? Lord Liu is..."

He looked puzzled, pretending to be so similar.

Liu Changqing raised his eyebrows and said, "What? Do you admit that you know this person?"

"Of course." Ji Kui calmed down: "This man, a famous merchant in Xingyang, is a county magistrate. Sometimes, he has to deal with them. It is certain that he knows him, but he doesn't know what crime he committed."

Liu Changqing couldn't help but look at Yang Zhao who was standing on the bottom, then stared at Ji Kui, and said coldly: "Ji Kui! This Tong Fa was ordered by you to secretly convert the official grain allocated by the imperial court to provide disaster relief and steal and sell it to other counties! Now, he has already explained it according to the truth! You are not here to the truth!"

"Sir! You can't wrongly accuse the nobles!" Ji Kui widened his eyes on the spot and said seriously: "Although the nobles know him, they are only limited to official business. They have dealt with him before. You can't just slander me based on the slander of a businessman."

"False accusation?" Liu Changqing sneered: "It's just a grain merchant. If the evidence is not conclusive, what reason does he have to frame you?"

"This, this one-sided word is not trustworthy! The officials are not convinced!" Ji Kui first panicked, and then calmed down strongly.

"Then let the lord come up and conclude this matter!" Seeing that he refused to admit it, Liu Changqing attacked directly.

But Ji Kui was not willing to be outdone: "The emperor agreed. Lord Liu can report to the emperor. The emperor will also write a letter to the king. You torture the grain merchants and force them to confess their confessions. It is obvious that you are just a slander and deliberately want to frame me!"

"What reason do I have to frame you?" Liu Changqing asked sternly.

"That is the false political achievements that Lord Liu wants to investigate, so as to seek his career as a stepping stone! He wants the following officials to be the stepping stone! This memorial will definitely report to the king!" After this matter has come to this, Ji Kui will certainly not sit still and wait for death, and he has obviously made his promise.

Yang Zhao couldn't help it, and pointed at Ji Kui and shouted angrily: "You fart! If the grain merchants have not colluded with you, how can they get the official grain? You stolen official, now in the national crisis, and you still want to fill your own pockets, you deserve to die!"

"Master Yang." Ji Kui's face darkened. After all, he was also a county chief, so he naturally had his own confidence. "This shopkeeper Tong had obviously been tortured. He was just a mere businessman. How could he bear it? Under your intentional pressure, how dare you not obey?"

"You!" Yang Zhao was furious when he said this.

Seeing this, the grain merchant turned his eyes and cried repeatedly: "Yes, yes, they were beating and insisted on asking me to testify that Lord Ji, the villain really couldn't bear the torture, so he had no choice..."

"The county magistrate has to make the decision for the villain..."

Ji Kui took a deep breath, ignored the grain merchant, but looked at Liu Changqing and said, "Mr. Liu, the official understands that you are eager to investigate the case, but maliciously false accusation is a bit too much. If everyone had not been slandered in the same court, the official would never give up in this matter."

Yang Zhao was stunned.

Liu Changqing shook his head secretly. He had thought of this result for a long time, otherwise he would not have said it was a little trouble before.

The scene became quiet for a moment.

After pausing for a while, Liu Changqing laughed and was angry: "In this way, this is my official wronged Lord Ji."

"Of course, Lord Liu is the inspector, and the subordinates dare not violate the superiors, but they will not be allowed to falsely accuse and bully!" Ji Kui shook his sleeves and parted with her, and she already understood the meaning.

Liu Changqing shook his head again, and did not say anything else, but waved his hand and said, "Take Tong Fa down first."

"No!" The guards took the order, pulled the grain merchant away from the left and right.

Ji Kui faced Liu Changqing again and said, "Is there any other thing to do with Lord Liu? If not, there are still some official duties to be handled by the lower officials."

"Mr. Ji is at will." Liu Changqing stretched out his hand.

"Goodbye." Ji Kui bowed and left in anger with displeasure.

After he left, Yang Zhao became anxious and couldn't help but lean forward and said, "Sir!"

Knowing what he wanted to say, Liu Changqing raised his hand and stopped him, and said Youyou: "No matter what Ji Kui is, he is the highest commander of a county, a third-rank rank in the court. Without ironclad evidence, he cannot be dealt with."

"Just as he said, the grain merchant was tortured and scolded, and he was the only witness. I wrote a memorial and Ji Kui also wrote a memorial. Even if the king was Shengming, he could not confirm his crime in this case."

"This Ji Kui is so cunning! She is a completely old fry! What should I do now?" Yang Zhao asked anxiously.

"Don't worry, I said, you should take a different approach." Liu Changqing was happy instead: "What Ji Kui wants to do most now is undoubtedly the aftermath and the tail of dealing with the official grain."
Chapter completed!