"How can the account books be falsified? There are so many account records, goods and money coming in and out, and every record has an impact on the whole body. Do we, the Qu family, have to change all the account books for this house?"
??The account book records the relationship and pays the court tax. If the record is wrong, it violates the laws of the Han Dynasty. Do we have to build the entire Qu family for this house? Are you looking down on us musicians? "
Qu Wu obviously didn¡¯t face many difficulties from officials because of his status as a member of the Qu family. Not only did the officials make things difficult this time, but they also questioned his last chance to clear himself of suspicion at such a critical moment, which made him furious.
"Are you using the Qu family to threaten me? Don't forget that no matter how strong your Qu family is, it is still under the command of the King of Shu. General Fan is famous for his selflessness, how can he be afraid of your Qu family?"
The officials argued with each other, then turned to Fan Lixiang, "General Fan, I have no other intention of disobeying you. It is a fact that it is difficult to falsify the ledger, but it is not impossible to falsify it.
"Now a family of three died right there, on the construction site of his Qu family. In any case, it is impossible to clear the suspicion with just a few ledgers,"
Fan Lixiang frowned slightly. At this time, she also felt that this official's reaction was a bit unusual. If this official has no problems, then he is a great official who is not afraid of power, and he must be promoted.
At this time, Liu Min had already read the account book records about the construction of this house and said something to Fan Lixiang. Fan Lixiang said: "There is no problem with the account book. The amount of construction materials distributed for this house is sufficient.
"But Mr. Li is right. A few account books cannot clear away the suspicion. Qu Wu, do you have anything else to prove your innocence?" "
"This" Qu Wu was stunned for a moment. Now unless he can find those workers and managers, find out the specific expenditure on construction materials, and the skills of the workers themselves. Otherwise, how can one clear oneself from suspicion?
"General Fan, give me a few more days, and our Qu family will use all our strength to catch those workers who escaped and those stewards. By then, if our Qu family really cuts corners or hires workers with unqualified skills, I will Qu Wu is willing to accept the harshest punishment."
"No need." Fan Lixiang waved her hand: "I would have asked Mr. Jiang Wan to arrest the workers and stewards, but now a family of three died on your construction site, and the house built by your Qu family collapsed.
Just these two points. This general already has the authority to arrest people, bring them in, and take them away. "
"Yes." Two soldiers immediately stepped forward and took Qu Wu.
The people around looked over and pointed at Qu Wu, who blushed. He just lowered his head and couldn't say a word. The expression on his face was complicated and inexplicable. He was confused, anxious and ashamed.
Liu Zhang glanced at him and said nothing. At this time, the official stepped forward and said to Fan Lixiang: "General Fan, Qu Wu has been arrested. There are still many projects in the Qu family that have not been completed. What should we do with these things?"
"I'm just a person in charge of public security. These follow-up matters"
Before Fan Lixiang finished speaking, Liu Zhang said a few words in Fan Lixiang's ear. Fan Lixiang immediately stopped and said to the officials: "These follow-up matters will be handled by you. But these houses will be allocated to our Sichuan Army soldiers. They They have made great achievements in helping the Han Dynasty, so they cannot be treated poorly.
You guys deal with it first. I will come to see anyone who dares to practice favoritism at any time. I, Fan Lixiang, will definitely be punished for harming the soldiers. "
With Liu Zhang behind him, Fan Lixiang was very courageous. It would be a bastard not to fight for his reputation at this time. Sure enough, when the people around him heard Fan Lixiang's statement, they respected him even more.
Liu Zhang noticed that the officials on the side cast resentful glances at him, as if what he said to Fan Lixiang had disturbed his good deeds.
Liu Zhang and Fan Lixiang left the construction site. Before Liu Zhang could speak, Fan Lixiang said: "Master, I understand. There must be something wrong with the official. This matter should not be as simple as I thought before.
¡°After the Lord reminded me just now, I also felt that something was wrong with that official and that he was too enthusiastic. I don¡¯t really believe that he is really such a good official.
I took a look at the surrounding houses. Most of them were newly completed and unoccupied. Many retired soldiers had not been resettled yet. The deceased family was among the first batch to be resettled. Why were the houses occupied?
¡°And those workers and managers left too quickly. It¡¯s normal for managers to leave, but it¡¯s not normal for so many workers to leave.
We in the Shenwei Army are basically born into poor people and know some common sense. Generally, when a major accident occurs, the poor people will not immediately expect that they will be involved.
Only those in charge will realize the responsibility and run away immediately, but workers will not. They often only know that the matter is serious at the end, or they are just at a loss when they know that the matter is serious.
It is impossible to run away immediately when an accident occurs. If all the poor people have this awareness,?You are not a poor person, you should have been an official long ago. "
"Then what are you going to do about it?" Liu Zhang asked with a smile. It seemed that Fan Lixiang had not become stupid. The anger at the beginning was just due to the nature of the Shenwei Army and his own disposition to harm ordinary soldiers. At this time He woke up and saved Liu Zhang a lot of talking.
"It's very simple. Find someone to check if there are any problems with other houses in the Qu family. If there are problems with a large number of houses, then no matter what, there is a problem with the Qu family and must be dealt with strictly.
But if only a very small number of houses have problems, or only that one house has problems, then something is fishy, ??and someone must be framing the Qu family.
¡°If we can find those workers in charge now, the truth will definitely come out. I have a hundred ways to get them to tell what they know. "
"The involvement is so big. If we really want to benefit from framing the Qu family, it is like pulling out a tooth from a tiger's mouth. I don't think those workers and those managers will survive. Maybe they are dead now."
Liu Zhang said that if it was true that the Qu family was framed as speculated, a worker-in-charge like this who took the lead for a small amount of money would definitely be silenced. Although Fan Lixiang had ordered a hunt, in fact Liu Zhang had no hope at all. .
"I think so." Fan Lixiang frowned and thought for a moment: "If these workers and managers were killed and silenced, then there would be no evidence, but." Fan Lixiang smiled sinisterly and said: "Evil people still need to be tortured by evil people. Well."
Liu Zhang is not in a hurry to return home. After all, the matter involves the Qu family. Whether he is being framed or the Qu family really has problems, Liu Zhang must see the result, otherwise he will not feel at ease.
Liu Zhang arrived at Fan Lixiang's military camp, and it didn't take long for news to come back. First, the workers and stewards were not found. They had been searched in the city and suburbs, and there was no news. They either ran away or were dead.
In addition, there is no problem with the other houses of the Qu family at all. It is true that only that house has problems.
"It's obvious that the Qu family has been framed." Liu Zhang said, as the Qu family is a big businessman, even if Qu Wu had never seen the world again, he would not have thought of building a house. Coupled with the official's positive behavior, It's really obvious.
"But no matter how obvious it is, if the workers and stewards died, and if the soldiers and their family of three died on the Qu family's construction site, the Qu family would have been framed, even if the king personally tried it.
What¡¯s more, it¡¯s still impossible to find out who wants to frame the Qu family. Unless there is a grudge, the official will not go against the Qu family. I just want to know, your evil person still needs to be punished by evil people, what are you going to do? "
Liu Zhang has his own way of doing things. If Fan Lixiang is not here, then arrest the official. There are many ways to make a person speak, and it seems that the official does not look like a tough guy. He can catch all the fish in the net.
But this is a bit troublesome. Liu Zhang knew that Fan Lixiang used more tricks to punish people than he did, so of course he wanted to hear what she planned to do.
Fan Lixiang said: "The only thing we can do now is that official. In the afternoon, I sent people to keep an eye on it to prevent that guy from being killed too. But fortunately, that guy is still alive and well.
As long as that guy is here, it will not be difficult to investigate clearly. "
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At dusk, Liu Min took a few people to the official government office. This official was named Li Cai, who was responsible for supervising the construction of houses in this area, so after the accident during the day, he rushed to the scene.
Fan Lixiang said that she wanted to ask about this matter, and Liu Min was sent by Fan Lixiang to ask about it.
The yamen servant reported to the mansion. At this time, Li Cai was talking to two people in Li Cai's mansion.
"Brothers, is my move a good move? Wasn't it originally worried that things would be troublesome if Qu Xi and Qu Lingchen tried to protect it? Now Fan Lixiang has intervened.
Fan Lixiang is a silly woman who only likes to fight injustices for the lower class. Now that three members of the retired soldier's family are dead, it would be strange for her not to fight against the Qu family.
Fan Lixiang leads the Shenwei Army and has great prestige among the people. She is a little inferior to the Qu family, but she still has the ability to challenge people. Besides, I heard that she has an ambiguous relationship with the King of Shu. She can save us a lot by going against the Qu family. It's over. "
After the official finished speaking, he laughed proudly, but he did not expect that the two people opposite him did not buy it at all. They listened to him with suppressed breath. One person immediately stood up and said angrily to Li Cai: "Master Li, you are really smart."
When the man was angry, Li Cai was immediately stunned and asked doubtfully: "What's wrong? Someone is standing in for the Qu family. We just want to take advantage of it. She, Fan Lixiang, a general, can't take away those contracted projects, can she? What harm will it do to us?" .¡±
"Humph, shortsightedness." One person said: "If you bring Fan Li Xiang Ginseng in, we just don't have to face the Qu family directly.
But with Qu Xi¡¯s character, will he fight with us for this project? Without Fan Lixiang, as long as you, Li Cai, tell Qu Xi, someone will die on your construction site, and they will be retired Sichuan Army soldiers.
With Qu Xi¡¯s cowardly character, he never wants to get too entangled with the government. Even if these projects can bring great benefits to the Qu family, but compared to the Qu family¡¯s business foundation in the entire Han Dynasty, this is nothing.
Will Qu Xi use the power of the Qu family to go against you? Let alone asking Mrs. Qu, that is completely impossible.
In other words, moving Fan Lixiang out is purely unnecessary. "To be continued)