Chapter 491 (1/2)

Cao de began to interrogate Xu's family from the day after arriving in Xinping city. Xu's business of buying rice is outside the customs, which is known to the core figures and some confidants of Xu's family. Most other people don't know about it. Of course, this part of the insiders is not stupid. The evidence before is conclusive and useless. There will be a chance. If you don't turn over the confession, it will be a fool.

Xu Bu, the chief steward of Xu's family, even called out: ”Your Majesty, Xu's family didn't do any illegal activities, and they didn't collude with the enemy and betray the country. All these were false accusations made by Yun Qing. My Lord, please give our master justice... ” Finish saying, kneel on the ground to kowtow heavily.

Cao de took a picture of jingmutang and said, ”you say Yunqing has a feud with your Xu family? If there is any enmity, you and I will come one by one. ”

Xu Bu said: ”after Yunqing became the first general of Yucheng, he asked our master to give 500000 liang of silver to him. My Lord, my business has always been clean and white. All the industries in my family are hard-earned. Yunqing lion will be half a million Liang filial piety when he opens his mouth. Even if our Lord has so much money in his hand, he is reluctant to give it. Moreover, this time, I'll give it to you forever. But he didn't expect Yunqing to see that my master didn't give Xiaojing silver. He was angry and didn't allow my master to continue to supply food and grass. Your highness, the so-called treason against the enemy is nothing, but Yunqing covets our Xu family's industry. My Lord, my master was killed in prison that night. It must be Yunqing's poison hand. In order to get the property of Xu's family, he has no choice but to use it. ”

Cao de patted jingmutang again and said, ”you say your master has 500000 Liang silver? Is it true? ”

Xu Bu said: ”the money accumulated by the five generations of Xu's family in business is totally 500 thousand Liang, but my master is not willing to encourage Yunqing's anger and fill his greed, so he is not willing to give it. If I knew that Yunqing was so insane, I would surely persuade my master to give him half a million liang of silver. ” Xu Bu, as a housekeeper, has a guess about how much money Xu family makes every year. But he didn't know where the Xu family's money was. This time, in order to survive, there is naturally something to say.

Half a million Liang can be taken out at will. The Xu family has a lot of information. Cao De is really surprised and happy. It's amazing that the Xu family really has a large amount of money. If the money is recovered, it will be a great achievement. The prince will definitely reward it when he goes back. Cao de asked seriously, ”is this true? If you dare to deceive our imperial envoy, do you know the consequences? ”

Xu Bu was lying on his knees, shivering, and said, ”my Lord, give me nine courage, and I dare not lie!” At this juncture, it's very important to protect your life. Everything else is secondary.

Cao de asked Tan Tuo, ”Mr. Tan, where are the gold and silver you checked from the Xu family? How many are there in all? ” In fact, Cao de knew that the gold and silver were in the magistrate's Yamen. Although he didn't know how much it was worth, he knew that the magistrate's Yamen only had 29 big wooden boxes. I want to know that these must not be all the properties of Xu family.

Tan Tuo didn't retort either. It was stupid to confront Cao de at this time, saying, ”there were 10000 liang of gold and 120000 liang of silver seized from the Xu family. There are 23 cases of jewelry, which together have seven or eight hundred thousand Liang silver! These things are now stored in the magistrate's Yamen. If you want to go, you can go to the magistrate's Yamen to have a look. ” The meaning of Tan Tuo's words is obvious. There are no gold and silver treasures that Xu Bu said.

When Xu Bu heard this, he cried out, ”Your Excellency, I believe that every little sentence is true. Not counting the money my master hid in the secret room, even the gold and silver jewelry in the mansion were not only five or six hundred thousand. My Lord, Yunqing was captured by my master to sell his country to enemies. His purpose was to seize the property and money of Xu family. Those gold and silver must have been greedy by Yunqing. ”

Tan Tuo stood up and said with a sneer, ”Lord Cao, I've tried this prisoner for a long time. He not only carried 12 lives, but also sold hundreds of thousands of official grain vendors outside the pass. He has all these criminal responsibilities, both human and material evidence. ”

Xu Bu called injustice to Cao de: ”Your Majesty, I'm wronged. I've never done anything injurious to nature and justice. How can I bear 12 human lives. Those official grains are not small ones. ”

Tan Tuo sneered and said, ”you have committed so many crimes that you can get rid of them if you quibble.” With that, he turned to look at Cao de and said, ”Lord Cao, if you don't believe it, you can reopen the court to see if Tan forced him to sign and pledge?” When Xu Bu said he was wronged, he meant that he had done what he had done.

Cao De's attention is all on the missing money. He is not interested in giving Xu Buping time: ”let go of the life of Xu bu. Now what we have to do is to recover the missing money.” Millions of liang of silver is definitely a huge fortune. It's a pity that you can't take it for yourself after Minglu.

Tan Tuo also had some doubts in his mind, but half of them did not appear on his face. He said, ”it's just the prisoner's nonsense that he wants to live for two more days.”

Cao de believed Xu Bu's words. Seeing that Tan Tuo didn't cooperate with him, he would not let Tan Tuo participate in it. He took someone to check it.

Tan Ming accompanies Tan Tuo back to the yamen, enters the room, and whispers, ”my Lord, did Yunqing know that Xu Jia had such a large sum of money, which he actually went to?” If you don't want his family to help the aftermath, you can't even copy Xu Yunqing without telling him. I have to say that Tan Ming is the truth.

Tan Tuo, however, was puzzled. ”Xu Bu is the chief housekeeper of the Xu family and the confidant of the leader of the Xu family. It's not surprising to know that Xu family has a lot of money. How does Yunqing know that Xu has a lot of money? ” No one is a fool. Tan Tuo knew that there was a problem in copying. Not to mention the huge money mentioned by xubu, it means the accumulation of Xu family in five generations, which one has more than 20 boxes of gold and silver jewelry. At that time, he knew it was wrong to look at the number, just as if he didn't know it. However, Xu family has millions of silver. Is this true? Did Yunqing take the money? There's no evidence. It's only a confession from a prisoner. It's not credible.