Half a month passed in a blink of an eye, and it was November.

Time can dilute everything, but someone obviously instigated Xu Chengjian's affairs. Half a month has not been suppressed, but Xu Chengjian committed suicide in prison for fear of crime. Before his death, he wrote a blood letter on the wall to prove that every confession is true. The Ministry of Revenue thoroughly investigated the past case files and found that 7,000 taels of silver were not known where to go.

A small matter was like a fuse, which triggered the long-established dissatisfaction of everyone in the court and the people. No one in the Bianjing, from the court officials to the people, had a good impression of Cao Taisui, and was afraid and afraid. Now Xu Chengjian proved his words were true by his death, and Cao Taisui could not provide a reason for letting Xu Chengjian go that day, so there is no need to guess the truth of this matter.

What Xu Chengjian said is the truth.

Many people who have been resentful to Cao Hua for a long time know that Cao Hua is corrupt and favoritism, but they can watch him cover up the truth with just one word, so how can they ignore it?

For a time, many court officials wrote to the emperor and asked for a thorough investigation of the matter.

They were greedy for some money and could not bring down Cao Hua at all. What they wanted was Cao Hua to admit his mistake and be punished, rather than saying "Unintentional dereliction of duty" to turn off all the responsibilities.

However, everyone knew that Cao Hua could not admit his mistake and accept bribes.

After the emperor learned about the situation of the case, he did not believe that Cao Hua would be favored for personal gain for a mere 7,000 taels of silver. It was a trivial matter and handed it over to the Criminal Court for verification.

As a result, nothing was found. Xu Chengjian died and became a headless case.

The literati and officials in Kyoto were all talking about this, but they were suffering from the lack of evidence.

Cao Hua turned a deaf ear to these things and still served in Diankui Shi every day, minimizing going out.

There were several light snowstorms in succession, and the Diankuisi was covered with silver.

After processing the piles of case files, Cao Hua sat behind the desk and rubbed his forehead. Looking sideways, Hei Yuwei was practicing in the school ground, and there were constant exclamations of noise.

The Black Feather Guard used to only practice morning exercises, but now after the development of firearms reaches a certain level, someone must know how to use them, so he arranged tasks for the Guard and took his brothers to practice shooting skills every evening.

After more than half a year of experiments, the musket has basically matured, but it is just a smoothbore gun. The rifle is too high. Cao Hua can make it out by polishing it slowly by hand, but it is meaningless to make things that cannot form assembly lines and mass-produced things, so it can only be used.

Cao Hua is not an expert in placing troops, but as a late-stage patient with insufficient firepower, he is a very capable logistics management. Each Black Feather Guard has two hand guns on his legs and another long one on his back. When he really fights, he throws it as a consumable that does not occupy the organization after using it. The court's military pay plus his own private money can withstand it. The elites who armed a team of 100 people can withstand it.

The 100 people selected are all good at bows, arrows and flying knives among the Black Feather Guards. They all pass through the sun for hundreds of steps, and they are naturally not bad at playing with muskets. At this time, they are playing wine jars on the school ground, and the crackling sounds of gunfire are like the New Year.

"Young Master!"

While frowning and thinking, Han'er ran into the room in a winter skirt, with a hint of anger on her face.

Cao Hua turned around and looked at him for a few seconds. Seeing Han'er frowning and having a bad expression, he asked, "What, something happened again?" He got up and packed the table and prepared to get off work.

Han'er walked up to the front to tidy up the desk, then said softly: "Young Master, I punished several minor officials from other places to go back to Kyoto to visit relatives, and was caught by the constable from the Department's Office, and then..."

"Same as Xu Chengjian?"

"The young master is indeed as expected."

Han'er nodded, but there was no shocking expression on her face: "Young Master spared their lives, but he turned his grudge against his revenge and bit the young master, saying that the young master had collected the money and only opened the net. It's really... it's so damn." The little hand slapped the table, feeling very aggrieved.

Cao Hua didn't take it seriously and smiled: "I'm just giving a lighter punishment, and the case is all there, so they can't make any waves, so I don't have to pay attention to it."

"But... the reputation of the young master..." Han'er obviously couldn't stand him being slandered.

When Cao Hua heard this, he raised his head and was quite funny: "What is my reputation?"

"But..."

Han'er naturally knew the reputation of the young master's "killing people like mahjong", but those were real things, but this time it was naked slander. Seeing that the young master didn't care about it, she didn't ask and accompanied him out of the room...

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The words are divided into two ends.

It is rumored all over the city that when Kyoto Tai Sui accepted bribes, a small thing happened quietly.

The people sent by Wanjia to Jiangnan to inquire about the news returned to Tokyo.

In the mansion outside the city, Wan Yin sat in the living room, listening to his dusty subordinates, reporting on the situation inquiring about Jiangnan:

"In the investigation of the Jiaofangsi, who was staying in Su Xiangning before, learned that the local chief had collected 1,000 taels of silver from the Minglou madam and wrote on the case file that the 'sick soldier' ​​was removed. Later, Su Xiangning came to Tokyo and impersonated a person, and still entitled it under the name of the Shen family."

Jiaofangsi is an official prostitute, and the women in it are all for crimes. If the court does not forgive me, they will be untouchable for generations and cannot leave their places. Su Xiangning was attracted by Minglou because of her sexual intercourse. She first removed the name of "death of illness" in the name of "dead of illness", and then settled in Kyoto for a change of appearance, otherwise she would not have appeared openly.

Wan Yin frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly realized: "No wonder he didn't hear the news before. It turned out that he was 'dead'." He waved his hand and asked his subordinates to retreat.

The eldest son Wan Qin, who was sitting next to him, thought for a little while, his face was a little solemn: "Ruo Minglou is helping the Su family behind him, which is a bit troublesome. Minglou's Tokyo power is quite powerful..."

"snort..."

Wan Yin narrowed his eyes slightly: "Since I have redeemed myself from Minglou, it has nothing to do with Minglou. Su Shi is rich and powerful, and it is easy to use some means to remove the crimes of the brothel woman."

"What my father meant was to reveal this matter and rely on Su Shi? However, this was not a big deal and had little impact on Su Shi..."

Wan Yin shook his head: "As a good person for the rest of his life, he will be criticized by thousands of people. As a bad person for the rest of his life, he will be merciful to countless people."

"What my father means..." Wan Qin obviously didn't understand.

Wan Yin shook his head, feeling a little disappointed: "Su Shi's reputation has been at its peak recently and has been praised as a contemporary sage. After this incident was revealed, if he did not help Su Xiangning, he would be a person who seeks fame and has no feelings. If he relies on fame to interfere in the court's case handling, he will gain a good reputation, and his career will be stained in the future."

To put it bluntly, it is just disgusting Su Shi.

Wan Qin suddenly realized, with a little admiration in his eyes, and nodded slightly: "Father is really thoughtful, so who will leave this matter to?"
Chapter completed!