Chen Xi had the experience of taking the prefect's office in Quanzhou City. The method used for such a gang is not complicated, just find a breakthrough first.

With the help of the Fujian Dushi and Fujian Dushi, the security in the city was taken over. Soon, the yamen of the governor and the residences of the officials were searched and a large amount of dirty silver was collected.

After interrogation by officials like Tao Yan, who have years of experience in placing punishment, there was a breakthrough in the case. Some officials could not resist the torture and chose to confess.

In the Ming Dynasty, tortures were everywhere in the court, and even the first and second-rank officials in the court would be poked, not to mention the officials in these places.

These people had imposed punishments on merchants from Tingzhou, causing Yin Wen to destroy his family. They were not good people, and Chen Xi was not polite to them at all.

Chen Xi was holding several confessions and was studying the case in detail. Jiang Liwei entered the lobby of the inspector and asked for instructions: "Mr. Shen, the case has been solved now, and it is best to stop it if possible. Otherwise, local administration will fall into chaos... Now it is time for summer grain to be put into storage..."

Chen Xi sneered.

Jiang Liwei didn't know how to do anything else, so he had a way of causing trouble for him. Fortunately, Jiang Liwei didn't mess with the local governor's office this time and hurt him, otherwise he would have dealt with Jiang Li's only one.

"Jiang Zhenfu reminded that this official is thinking, except for a few of the chief offenders, no one else will pursue the matter." Chen Xi gave the Censorate and Commander Office a signal that the case will be settled soon, so don't involve too many people along the vines.

It was not only the governor's office that harmed the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce. Chen Xi did not attack the other two companies because the bosses of the other two companies had replaced them.

Chen Xi changed the subject and said, "But if these people were in the same nest with Shang Yingkui snake and rat, and they were biting and refused to prove Shang Yingkui's crime, I will still regard them as a member of the party and bring them to justice. What do Tao Nietai think?"

Tao Yan thought for a while and said, "Just follow Shen Zhongcheng's wishes."

In this matter, although Tao Yan stood on Shen Xi's side, he was experienced and handed over all the right to deal with Chen Xi, so that no responsibility he had in the aftermath would be implicated.

Although Tao Yan is both talented and famous, he still has at least a scheming. He thought that he, a senior official of the third rank, had a salary of 200 taels per year alone. As for eating braised vegetables every day? In these days, maintaining a clean and honest living habit is mainly to have a good reputation.

Chen Xi handed the confession to Tao Yan and said, "The follow-up trial will be handed over to Mr. Tao, and I will go in and rest first."

During the interrogation, Chen Xi found that he was too famous and the people from the General Administration were very afraid of him. He sat in the court, neither the interrogator nor the suspect, and could not let go. In order to confirm Shang Yingkui's charges as soon as possible, Chen Xi had to avoid it first and let Tao Yan continue the interrogation.

In less than an hour, he received six confessions, pointing out that Shang Yingkui and the "local bandit leader" Zi Qian colluded with each other, resulting in the entrenchment of bandits in Fuzhou City, and the daily lives of the people were seriously disturbed, bullying and dominating the market, and burning, killing, looting and looting were common.

Although it was a little exaggerated, Chen Xi did not wrongly accuse the monk Zi Qian Ying Kui. Chen Xi just cleverly classified Zi Qian as the local bandit. In this way, he transferred troops to Fuzhou City and investigated the case of the Administrator.

When it was almost five o'clock, Chen Xi stood up and stretched. After half a night of busyness, the case had basically been decided and he could report it to the court immediately, but he was not in a hurry.

He is going to wait for dawn.

Yu Niang hurried over and asked, "Mr. Shen, how are you going to deal with Shang Fantai? Escort it to Beijing, or detain the imperial court for issuing official documents?"

Chen Xi walked towards the outer hall and said with a smile: "It seems that the leader of Yu is eager to know the result?"

Yu Niang thought to herself, how can I not be in a hurry?

I have reminded Shang Yingkui that there were a bunch of imperial officials and nobles above his head. Most of the bribes he received entered the pockets of these people. Now that you have arrested people, how could you let them go if they have fewer items?

As soon as the two entered the lobby, a prisoner suddenly came in and reported: "Several adults, no, Shang Fantai was in prison... and committed suicide due to crime."

Yu Niang was stunned on the spot, and even Tao Yan, Chang Lan and others did not expect that Shang Yingkui, who had not pleaded guilty before, committed suicide because of the crime?

"How could this be?"

Chen Xi had a little worried face and ordered, "Hurry up, go check with me."

If Chen Xi hadn't had the solemn expression of Chen Xi, Yu Niang would have thought that this was what Chen Xi had asked for.

Chen Xi said before that Shang Yingkui will not only be sentenced to be dismissed from office and confiscated, but will be more serious. In less than two hours, Shang Yingkui will die.

Under the torch, the group arrived in the dungeon of the Censor's Prison.

The dungeon was gloomy and humid, and the air emitted a pungent and fishy smell, but Chen Xi didn't care at all and walked ahead first.

When he arrived in the cell where Shang Yingkui was temporarily detained, he saw that Shang Yingkui's body was placed flat on a straw mat. His clothes did not change, but his tongue spit out from his mouth, and there were red marks on his neck.

Chen Xi asked, "What's going on?"

"Return to the governor, Lord Nietai, we sent people in before, and Shang Fantai kept shouting, but then... suddenly there was no sound, and the little one ignored it. After more than half an hour, the person had... hanged himself." The prison head looked scared and his body was trembling violently. A court official died under his nose. This was a big crime.

Chen Xi glanced at Tao Yan sideways and said, "Tao Nietai, isn't the time for the criminal Shang Yingkui to die?"

As the boss of the Fujian Censorate Office, Tao Yan was sweating coldly on his head. The prisoner committed suicide in prison for fear of crime. If he was an ordinary prisoner, he would be taken out and buried. But now he died as the second-rank right governor, who committed suicide as soon as he was convicted. He died too coincidentally and he would also have to bear the responsibility.

Chen Xi looked around at the people present, and one of them looked down. Obviously, everyone was afraid of being involved in big trouble at this moment.

"Well!"

Chen Xi said with a gloomy face, "Since a man is dead and his crime has been decided, then everything will be reported according to the facts. First, he will make a crime public and then commit suicide fearing the crime. Is that true?"

This time, not only Tao Yan nodded, but there was no objection to Chang Lan, Ma Ying, Jiang Liwei and others.

Chen Xi waved his hand and said, "This matter ends here. The bandit leader Zi Qian and others will be executed immediately after dawn! The people involved in the case of the governor and the governor, etc., who report that the meritorious person will be dismissed from office and remain in charge and made meritorious service. Everything will be decided after the court is submitted!"

After saying that, Chen Xi left the dungeon with anger.

At this point, no one dared to have any objection. After all, it was an order issued by the governor himself, and the case was handled by Chen Xi. Now Shang Yingkui committed suicide due to crimes. Zi Qian would be executed after dawn. The governor who was guilty of Shang Yingkui would stay in the place after confiscating his property, waiting for further instructions from the court...

Chen Xi has minimized the impact of the incident, and even an old minister like Tao Yan thinks Chen Xi handled it very appropriately.

Yu Niang was full of suspicion about this. She went into the cell and saw Shang Yingkui's body. She was indeed hanging and died. There was only a trace on her neck. Moreover, Shang Yingkui was hanging on her belt, without a second trace. There were no obvious signs of fighting in the cell. There were some scratches on the wall under the skylight, which should have been caused by the hanger's struggle before his death.

All the signs are consistent with the characteristics of hanging death that Yu Niang knew before.

Jiang Liwei walked into the cell from behind and asked, "Do you suspect that Shen Zhongcheng found someone to kill Shang Fantai?"

Yu Niang did think so, but she would not admit her suspicion in front of Jiang Liwei. She immediately shook her head: "The cause of death is clear. How dare I question the minister of the imperial governor? Could it be that Lord Jiang has inexplicable speculation?"

"Shang Fantai refused to admit his crime, and there were support from the officials and nobles in the court, so he would never be sentenced to death. Why did he rush to commit suicide?" Jiang Liwei said sternly.

"Mr. Jiang asked the wrong person. Maybe you should ask the dead Shang Fantai. Or maybe Shang Fantai wanted to maintain the reputation of the officials and nobles behind him, or was he afraid of being severely questioned and ruining his reputation?" Yu Niang proposed a hypothesis.

Civil officials are most afraid of being jailed and questioned. Some people know that they have committed crimes, but in order to die better, they will choose to commit suicide. At the same time, doing so can avoid giving up the master behind the scenes after being severely tortured. Another thing is that if they die earlier, the court may not pursue his crimes and can protect his family.

Jiang Liwei was about to say something, but Yu Niang ignored it and walked outside.

After everyone was exposed, Jiang Liwei glanced at Shang Yingkui's body and clenched his fists tightly: "Framed and framed, set fire to others, kill and silence them, what a cruel method. I won't let you continue to get away with the law!"

At this time, Chen Xi was yawning to the carriage outside the Censor's Office. Under the escort of soldiers, he returned to the official post in the north of the city to rest. However, before the rest, he had to meet a few more people, which were Song Xiaocheng and others who were sent to Fuzhou in advance to do work.

Song Xiaocheng set out earlier than Chen Xi and arrived in Fuzhou City about half a month in advance. Song Xiaocheng was acting secretly in the specific situation in the city, the current situation of each yamen, the arrangement of the two routes of Fuzhou City Water and Drought, the purchase of people around Zi Qian, and the installation of spies in the Censorate Office.

What makes Chen Xi feel more at ease than Ma Jiu is that Song Xiaocheng is smart and sleek, and although it is not cruel enough, it is more intelligent and scheming. This is the fundamental reason why Chen Xi sent Song Xiaocheng to come instead of Ma Jiu.

"...Sir, the young man has already set a fire in the Jiaofangsi last night to make things public. Then he found someone to take down the hall and the shop under Zi Qian's name. What should belong to us will eventually return to us!"

The government took the people, and the other side Song Xiaocheng took his brothers to take over Zi Qian's team and territory. The people under Zi Qian may not know others, but they are familiar with the chariot and horse gangs. They were the biggest competitors before. If they were not supported by the government, they would not have won the final victory. But after the chariot and horse gangs and the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce collapsed, Fuzhou City entered the Great Depression and their lives plummeted.

Now the carriage and horse gang are following the new governor Chen Xi to return to Fujian. These people are headless and are easily incorporated by Song Xiaocheng.

Most of Zi Qian's business also belongs to Song Xiaocheng, many of which are the industries of the Tingzhou Chamber of Commerce that were previously seized by the government.

Chen Xi had to give some explanation to the government and the court, but the explanation was given to the explanation, and business was done. The court sent him to suppress bandits, but did not give him money or food. If he didn't even have a business to make money, then he was a commander-in-law and could only find a way for himself.

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