Li Cai listened silently and kept nodding, but he didn't think so in his heart. Humph, you guys are really good at calculating. Even if it's like what you said, the Qu family won't come to fight to the death. The one who takes the lead is himself. Of course you can hide behind the scenes.
Without Fan Lixiang, he would have been used as a gunman. With Fan Lixiang, he had escaped the disaster, which was of great benefit to him. Although he was an official, but he had offended the Qu family, what benefit would it have had to him?
Li Cai understood what the two of them said, but felt that he had made the right choice in finding Fan Lixiang.
The man continued to say to Li Cai: "Now that you have involved Fan Lixiang, this matter has become serious. Originally, we would resolve it privately, and you would resolve it, so nothing would go wrong.
It's all right now. Fan Lixiang has stepped in. It's not certain what the changes will be. If the adults behind are involved, can you afford it?"
"You can't blame Xiaguan. Xiaguan didn't invite Fan Lixiang. She found it during her own inspection, and hadn't the workers and stewards already done everything? Even if Fan Lixiang wanted to meddle, she wouldn't.
Evidence." Li Cai said.
"I hope so. If not, do you think you can still talk here now?" The man said with lingering anger.
At this moment, a servant came in and announced: "Liu Min, under General Fan Lixiang, said that on Fan Lixiang's order, he came to learn about the case from Mr. Li."
"Look, it's here now." The man immediately said angrily.
Li Cai immediately said: "Don't worry, you two, I will handle it easily. I will just send Fan Lixiang's people away."
The two people retreated behind the screen, and Li Cai was left alone in the room. Li Cai asked Liu Min to be brought in. One of them said to the other: "Why don't we also do this Li Cai? Now he is the only one who knows."
The person we planned.”
"Do you think I don't want to do it? Now that Fan Lixiang has intervened, if Li Cai is done at this time, everyone will know that there is something evil inside.
Now that the matter has not been revealed, we can just deal with it and it will be over. There is no way it can end until it makes such a big fuss."
The other person nodded.
At this time, Liu Min came in and offered a hand to Li Cailuo: "I have met Mr. Li. I wonder what progress Mr. Li has made in his investigation of the house collapse. Please tell me in detail so that I can go back and report to General Fan.
"
"General, please take a seat."
After Liu Min sat down, Li Cai said: "General, the truth has been revealed. Is there any progress? The fact is that the house cut corners and collapsed, killing a family of three.
Although the workers and supervisors have not been caught yet, it cannot be proven that the Qu family is necessarily connected with this matter. However, in order to be responsible for the soldiers, there are serious problems with the supervision of the Qu family.
We have decided to distribute all Qujia’s projects in Peiping, attract investment fairly, and we must find a conscientious merchant.”
What the two people said just now was still in his ears. Li Cai didn't want to make things worse now, so he didn't blame Qu Wu directly. He just said that he wanted to deprive the Qu family of their project. This was also the purpose. As long as this purpose was achieved, there was no need.
How about the composer?
"Yes." Liu Min nodded: "That's very good."
"Well. Thank you General Liu for the compliment. I also ask General Liu to go back and report in detail to General Fan."
"kindness."
…
After a long time, it was logical that Liu Min should stand up and say goodbye. However, Li Cai saw that Liu Min had no intention of getting up and was sitting still. The tea had gone cold, so the servant hurriedly changed it to another cup.
Once the tea cooled down, Liu Min was still sitting, but Li Cai finally couldn't sit still anymore: "General Liu, why don't you have a meal here before leaving?"
"No, I'm not hungry at all."
Li Cai looked at Liu Min speechlessly, and suddenly slapped his forehead. How could he be so stupid and not understand such simple official rules?
Liu Min clearly wanted a bribe.
He was paralyzed by Liu Min's identity before. Liu Min was born in the Shenwei Army. The Shenwei Army is a famously honest and clean army. It wholeheartedly serves the people. Li Cai did not expect that Liu Min would accept the gift.
At this time, he quickly stood up and opened a rule next to him. After hesitating for a moment, he took out a jade seat from it. It was about the size of a thumb, and it was completely transparent and crystal clear. It looked like high-quality goods and was worth a lot of money.
Li Cai sat down again and pushed the jade seat quietly to Liu Min's hand with a slight pain. Immediately, Liu Min quietly hooked the jade seat into the palm of his hand. Li Cai cursed in his heart.
That jade seat was my favorite thing, but I didn't expect that it would be blackmailed by Liu Min like this. Any magical army that protects the people is bullshit.
But it's not bad to send Fan Lixiang away with a jade seat. When the project is handed over to the people above, he will have enough money to buy many such jade seats.
However, Liu Min hadn't left yet. Li Cai really couldn't sit still at this time and said to Liu Min: "General Liu, you also know that our Qingshui Yamen really has nothing to entertain. Otherwise, I will take it."
How about giving out a piece of gold and treating it as military supplies for the Shenwei Army who cares about the people?"
Seeing that Liu Min was so greedy, Li Cai simply said it himself. This was the maximum amount he could give, and it also exceeded the general rule limit. If he was still not satisfied, then Li Cai would be embarrassed if he couldn't say anything.
However, Liu Min shook his head: "Master Li, I will not covet your gold. I just want to know who will take over the project after the Qu family loses it?"
"How did I know this? Haven't we not attracted investment yet?" Li Cai chuckled.
"No, you know." Liu Min said firmly.
Li Cai looked at Liu Min and was stunned. He immediately realized that Liu Min was no ordinary person. He could see at a glance who he should ask for bribes from.
What's the use of just donating it yourself? After knowing the merchant who got the project, the bribe given by the merchant would be much larger. No wonder Liu Min has been hot and cold all the time. It turned out that he didn't look at his jade seat at all.
You need to go to the merchants to get the bulk of the money.
"A cunning fox, despicable, cunning, and a mighty army who loves and protects the people. Damn it. He is more ruthless in corruption and extortion of bribes than the rest of us, and his eyes are even more vicious. Damn you."
Li Cai cursed in his heart, but did not dare to say it out loud on his face, and tentatively said: "General Liu, I am just a supervisory official with limited powers. The businessmen who come to Beijing to contract work now either have backgrounds or are wealthy. Where can I go?"
Dare to take their ideas.
Your Majesty, I really don’t know who can take over the project, so please forgive me, General Liu."
"If Mr. Li doesn't know, why did he give me this jade throne and gold?" Liu Min glanced at Li Cai slyly, and Li Cai trembled.
Yes, if you don't have greater benefits, will you give out jade seats and gold to bribe people? This case doesn't involve you, so what are you afraid of?
Aren't you just kicking yourself in the foot now? It's clear that there is something wrong here, Liu Min certainly dares to blackmail him with confidence. Li Cai thinks of his humiliating behavior just now and wants to slap himself in the face.
Li Cai didn't know that this was what Fan Lixiang had told Liu Min a long time ago. He first accepted bribes in a way that Li Cai could accept, then he grabbed the handle and slowly pulled out others.
Seeing Li Cai's face turning blue and white, Liu Min sighed and said, "It doesn't matter, Mr. Li is fair and strict, so I will leave, but..."
Li Caigang was overjoyed, but his nerves immediately aroused again, Liu Min said: "General, I see that there are serious doubts about the case, and out of responsibility for the soldiers and the people, we must not take the matter lightly.
I am going to report to General Fan and investigate this case strictly to the end, well, that’s it.”
After Liu Min finished speaking, he walked out. Li Cai quickly stopped him and cursed three generations of Liu Min's ancestors in his heart. This request for bribes was too blatant.
Li Cai knew that if Liu Min couldn't get a bribe if he wanted it, even if he had no leverage, he could still create leverage for himself and force him to hand over the bribe.
This is an effective method of extorting bribes in the officialdom. People at the top cannot benefit from the people below, and there are many ways to punish the people at the bottom.
But now things are going wrong. If Liu Min really goes to Fan Lixiang for a thorough investigation, if a problem is found, everything will be over.
Li Cai now really regrets letting Fan Lixiang wade in this muddy water. Now the muddy water has touched his body and he still can't wash it off.
However, Fan Lixiang came here on her own inspection and finally took over the case, but Li Cai just followed suit and couldn't complain.
Li Cai didn't dare to ask Liu Min, a "bribery maniac", to run to Fan Lixiang for a thorough investigation. He immediately grabbed Liu Min and said: "General Liu, sit down first, sit down first... To be honest, General Liu didn't need to know what he was going to get from me." Which businessman is responsible for the project? Won’t he naturally know when the time comes?"
"I think it's better if Mr. Li said it himself." Liu Min sat in his seat and said solemnly.
Li Cai couldn't wait to step forward and strangle Liu Min to death. Of course, telling the merchant himself was different from Liu Min finding out. If he said it now, it would prove that he had colluded with the merchant and the crime would be confirmed.
While Liu Min was asking for bribes, he also dragged himself into a quagmire. He was really a good hand at asking for bribes. You could tell at a glance that he was used to doing this, and he was familiar with it.
Li Cai could only bite the bullet and said: "According to the official's speculation, if the Qu family withdraws, it is more likely that the Huang family will. After all, the Huang family is very powerful and may be the only one that can be compared with the Qu family. The Qu family is If I were to contract such a large project for the first time, I would give it up all at once.
It is simply difficult for other merchants to take over, so the official made this assumption."
"Huang family." Liu Min frowned and said, "Which Huang family? Please tell me clearly."
The two people behind the screen couldn't help but feel angry. Although they knew that Li Cai's speaking out about the Huang family was not unacceptable under such circumstances, after all, Liu Min, a bribe-taking maniac, couldn't persuade Fan Lixiang to investigate thoroughly, pull out the carrots and bring out the mud. That would be difficult to end.
But when they heard Li Cai speak directly about the Huang family, the two of them were still dissatisfied, seriously dissatisfied. The matter had become like this. Li Cai directly spoke out about the Huang family, not to make it clear that the Huang family had an affair with Li Cai.
In this way, can the death case of the soldier's family of three be divorced from the Huang family? To be continued)