Help! The villain Meiqiang is blackwashed by me!

Chapter 83 The Ghost in the Imperial City

Imperial City.

The wind already has the smell of autumn, and the sun is no longer as scorching as it was in midsummer, but it still makes people feel a little hot when it shines on them.

The clouds in the sky are high and far away, and a white ball looks like someone's cotton has run up. On the streets and alleys, people are coming and going, doing whatever they want.

The Imperial City of Jin Dynasty looks peaceful on the surface.

When Shen Jinyu's letter reached Lu Tao, Lu Tao had just returned from the court. Song Yao handed the letter to him, but Lu Tao only glanced at it and his face turned pale in an instant.

Song Yao's heart skipped a beat and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, what did Jin Yu's letter say?"

Lu Tao's chest rose and fell violently, and he breathed rapidly. He said word by word: "The swords of all the 10,000 soldiers he brought to Suizhou City in Shuobei were useless. After they went to the battlefield, the swords broke with just one cut. They were completely useless." Enemy Dongta!"

"What?" Song Yao was shocked.

Lu Tao handed the letter to Song Yao. Song Yao took it over and looked at it. After reading it, his face was only worse than Lu Tao's, "How is it possible? How could it be that these swords are all useless? These swords came from the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of War. They have all been inspected, how could it be a useless knife?"

Lu Tao's face was gloomy, "Go and secretly summon Mr. Qin into the Yangxin Hall. Don't let anyone know."

"Yes, Mr. Su has a really good memory," Chen Nan said with a fake smile.

Chen Nan twitched the corner of his mouth stiffly, and Su Wen'an continued: "You are responsible for making all the torture instruments in this Dajin cell. I have met you many times when I came to the manufacturing department."

"What are you talking about? Are you unable to remember or what? Do you need my help to stimulate you?" Su Wenan asked impatiently.

He took two steps and walked up to the person with the smallest official position inside. "Starting from you, if you say one wrong word, I will put this iron on your face. Do you hear me clearly?"

Su asked An: "Are you sure?"

Chen Nan was stunned for a moment and stammered: "Yes, yes, my wife is ill and the two children are still very young. I am the only one who can make money."

Soon, everyone in the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of War was imprisoned in the sky prison. The sky prison is different from ordinary prisons. This is a place specially used to detain special prisoners. There are various punishments inside. No one who enters the sky prison can fully It must go out completely.

"Sure, this is just a small errand,"

"Barely enough."

"Director 100?" Su Wen'an glanced lightly at the middle-aged man on the far right. The man's Adam's apple rolled and he kept blinking.

"Okay," Su Wen'an walked away and came to the next person, "it's your turn."

"That batch of weapons was all distributed by us, and I was in charge of counting them in the Manufacturing Department. After the emperor gave the order, we counted them according to the number of the emperor's batch, and then, that's it. , I haven’t done anything else, and I don’t know.”

After Lu Tao listened, he pondered for a moment and then nodded, "Do as Master Qin said, immediately!"

The man looked at the scarlet iron and sweated like rain.

In the sky prison, Dali Temple Shaoqing Su Wen'an stood in front of everyone in the Manufacturing Department, holding up an iron block that was burnt scarlet red and smoking, and asked expressionlessly: "All the weapons in the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of War have passed through your hands. Now, There is something wrong with the sword sent to Shuobei. I think no one knows what the problem is better than you. One by one, tell us how you ordered the weapons for the reinforcements at that time."

Everyone from the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of War, ranging from chiefs to hundred eunuchs, were imprisoned overnight. Song Yao and Qin Huaiming led their men to count the swords and arrows overnight, pack them, and send them secretly out of the imperial city.

Su Wen'an's eyes moved, and then he looked back.

"Also, arrest everyone who handled Mr. Shen's batch of swords and arrows without missing a moment, without delaying for a moment!"

Song Yao accepted the order and did not dare to delay for a moment. He immediately left the palace through the palace road and went to Qin Huaiming's mansion and brought him into the palace.

Su Wen'an asked everyone in the Manufacturing Department. When he came to Chen Nan, the Chief of the Manufacturing Department, Su Wen'an smiled slightly, as if there was a knife in his smile, "Chen Nan, the Chief of the Manufacturing Department, I

I recognize you."

"Listen, hear me clearly."

"Director Chen, I remember that you seem to be the only one making money in your family."

While they were talking, a palace man ran in from outside, holding a stack of account books in his hand. Su Wen'an took it and looked at it, and said "Huh".

"Me," the man in front of him swallowed nervously, his eyes wandering, looking to the far right from time to time. Based on Su Wen'an's many years of experience in interrogating prisoners, this man was probably up to something.

"I, I am responsible for transporting the weapons out of the Manufacturing Department. After the weapons are loaded, I will transport them to various departments, and then confirm the whereabouts of the weapons with the director, and that's it, that's it."

Su Wen'an's knife-like eyes passed over them one by one. Some looked frightened, some were at a loss, and some had erratic eyes.

After reading Shen Jinyu's letter, Qin Huaiming's beard was shaking in shock. He held the letter in his hand and said, "Your Majesty, the top priority is to prepare swords and arrows and send them to Shuobei as soon as possible. Send them secretly and not let anyone else know. At this moment, the soldiers of Shuobei are powerless.

Resistance is the best opportunity for the Dongtao people to attack. The situation is critical and Master Shen and the others cannot hold on for long. This time, the swords and arrows will be inspected by me and Master Song in person and shall not pass through the hands of others."

Su asked An: "Does Director Chen have enough money with his monthly salary?"

"It's barely enough. Director Chen's family is from an ordinary family. They have been farmers for generations. It was your father who wanted to make a living in the imperial city, so he took you and your mother from the mountains to the imperial city, and made a living by forging iron in the blacksmith shop.

The income was meager, but later you were still able to live up to your expectations. You joined the Manufacturing Department of the Ministry of War and worked hard for so many years to get the position of director. Although life at home has improved, it is just enough to live on, because your wife needs to see you every month.

I had to go to the doctor and get medicine, so my life was tight. I was right."

Chen Nan's heart was beating fast and chaotically. He lowered his head and did not dare to look at Su Wen'an. These things are not secrets. Anyone can check them out. Chen Nan vaguely guessed something, and his body began to tremble.

"No, no, that's wrong."

"If you're right, how come Director Chen suddenly became rich overnight in the past three months? On June 10th, Hualou spent a lot of money to buy an oiran for ten days. On June 20th, he bought a new house in the east of the city.

On July 29th, I sent a box of gold and silver jewelry to your sweetheart in Hualou. On August 13th, Zuixianglou invited guests to visit your distant relatives. At the beginning of this month, Chengnan Cloth Shop ordered five of the best horses.

The materials used to make clothes," Su Wen'an held up the account book about Chen Nan's expenses in front of him for him to see.

"Director Chen, where did you get the money?"

Chen Nan panicked. He didn't expect that he would be investigated so cleanly so quickly. He looked at Su Wen'an and opened his mouth, but not a single word came out.

(End of chapter)