The account books of the Ministry of Accounts record the taxes paid by various places and the revenue and expenditure of the national treasury.
Zhao Jin knocked on the table with his fingers and said solemnly: "I'm afraid they started making salt illicitly from this time."
What Zhao Jin said was exactly what the Minister of Punishment thought.
He took a deep breath and said, "Yes, we still have no way of knowing where all these private friends have gone in the past three years."
What the Minister of Punishment did not say is, who would need to use so much private salt?
Ordinary people, even merchants who trade in salt, cannot consume this amount.
"There are quite a lot of loopholes in the Ministry of Revenue." Zhao Jin said with a hint of ridicule, "There are so many illicit secrets, but no one has discovered them in three years."
Zhao Jin slammed the file and threw it on the table, the emotion in his starry eyes was cold.
He didn't believe that those old foxes wouldn't even notice the slightest clue.
It can only be that someone accepted a bribe and secretly helped cover it up.
The face of the Minister of Punishment was not very good, "I have already caught a few bugs in the Ministry of Husband."
His voice paused, "But what clues did the Duke of Guo see just now?"
"Who is Ai Liang?" Zhao Jin squinted at the Minister of Justice.
He had never heard of this name, and as for the surname "Ai", he had never heard of it in Bianzhou.
Hearing this, the Minister of Punishment laughed and suddenly remembered that Duke Xuanping's time in Bianzhou was very short, so he probably didn't know about the Ai family.
"The Duke of Guo has always been so powerful that my subordinates almost forgot that the Duke of Guo came to Bianzhou not long ago."
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and said, "It's not too short."
After all, I spent a year here and solved more than one case.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jin was inevitably a little depressed.
After coming to Bianzhou, all the achievements he made seemed to be due to solving crimes.
The Minister of Punishment couldn't help laughing and explained: "This Ai Liang is actually the legitimate son of the Ai family."
"When Ai Liang was on duty at night, he accidentally knocked over the candlestick in the household department without realizing it, which caused a catastrophe, although it did not involve the entire Ai family."
The Minister of Punishment sighed: "However, the Ai family has gradually declined since then."
"What does the Ai family have to do with this case?" Zhao Jin asked directly.
"The Ai family is the natal family of the seventh prince's mother and concubine."
Zhao Jin was slightly startled. He had heard almost no news about the prince's mother's family in Bianzhou. It was in decline and probably had fallen into silence.
"How could a fire..." Zhao Jin frowned.
The Minister of Punishment's eyes were a little distant, "It's not just the fire. The Ai family loves this child very much. Some of them are trying to rob the prison..."
The star's eyes widened a bit, and Zhao Jin was a little unbelievable.
Prison robbery?
"A robbery at the emperor's feet, or such a major case, have the Ai family gone crazy?"
The Minister of Justice sighed softly, "Who knows what they were thinking, and in the end they almost got the whole family involved."
"Afterwards, the Ai family completely lost the Sacred Heart. It was only through the intercession of the seventh prince's mother and concubine that the Ai family was barely saved."
"But, the seventh prince's mother-in-law has also completely lost her Sacred Heart."
Zhao Jin rested his elbows on the desk and moved slightly closer to the Minister of Punishment, "Does the Minister suspect that the Ai family is also involved in this matter?"
"In a silent family, no one's eyes will fall on them. Even if they make small moves, it will certainly be difficult for them to be noticed."
The Minister of Punishment looked up at Zhao Jin, his voice was low, and he confirmed what Zhao Jin had just said.
"Indeed." Zhao Jin nodded slightly, put down his hand, patted the table and stood up, "Then let's start with Ai Jia and Qu Xiaoren."
However, Zhao Jin and the Minister of Punishment did not expect that before they could investigate Ai Jia and Qu Xiaoren, the entire case would take a huge turn.
That night.
There was a turmoil in the court due to the case of privately manufacturing salt, and many officials tensed up.
How many people can be clean in this court?
They were afraid that Zhao Qian would use this incident to settle matters with them directly.
Qi Jiahan didn't pay too much attention to it. This case had nothing to do with military generals, and the Qi family had always acted openly and above board, so they were not afraid of His Majesty's investigation.
Only Qi Yunche.
"Huh! Brat!" Qi Jiahan snorted dissatisfiedly after reading the letter sent by Qi Yunche.
Originally, he was sent to Yunzhou County to practice and polish his temperament.
This is good, I don’t want to come back!
Qi Jiahan folded the letter, then approached the candlestick nearby and burned the letter.
There is something special about the existence of Yunzhou County. If someone is interested in discovering this letter, they may not know what it will be like.
"That's okay." Qi Jiahan sighed heavily, "He's not young anymore, he can make his own decisions."
General Qi decided to just let it go. Yunzhou County was considered a good place to go.
The letters had just been burned, suddenly!
A figure flashed into the house from the window.
"Who are you?"
Qi Jiahan immediately put his hand on the handle of the long knife hanging next to him and stared at the person who came.
The other person seemed to be about the same age as him, with a cold face and a bit of cruelty, and was dressed in black.
For some reason, Qi Jiahan's right eyelid has been beating since the man appeared, and his heart has become panicked, as if a huge stone is hanging on his heart.
The other party did not speak and had no intention of attacking.
On the contrary...
Qi Jiahan stood up suddenly, looked at the man in black kneeling in front of him, and said in shock: "You..."
As soon as he uttered a word, the man in front of him interrupted him directly, "I see you, Master!"
master?
Qi Jiahan's brain seemed to be stuck with something, and he couldn't react at all.
Who is this person, and how do you properly call him master?
Qi Jiahan was about to ask something when the approaching movement outside attracted his attention, "Who!"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone broke into the door!
Lin Yu raised his foot and kicked open the door. His sharp eyes shot directly at Qi Jiahan and the man kneeling on the ground.
"Death warrior? Master?"
Lin Yu said sharply: "It turns out that the dead man in the private salt manufacturing case was actually raised by General Qi!"
Qi Jiahan suddenly realized that the man in black's voice had been too loud.
He fell into the trap!
"Commander Lin!"
Qi Jiahan bit the tip of his tongue, pain came through, and his mind became clearer, "You are talking nonsense!"
"Empty words?" Lin Yu laughed angrily, "General Qi, I just heard you softly and clearly. He directly called you his master!"
"Why is Commander Lin here now?"
Qi Jiahan narrowed his eyes slightly, "At midnight, Commander Lin unexpectedly heard these words outside my general's room door by such a coincidence."
"and……"
Qi Jiahan's voice rose a little, "I happened to hear what the man in black said."
"When I was returning to my mansion, I happened to see someone sneaking into Qi's mansion."
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