Adhere to the gentleman's principles

Chapter 178 There is no such thing as justice

After the morning court session, Zhou Aoyang quickly caught up with Shen Congwen and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What did your majesty mean by what you said just now? Is it really as I expected that you will be sent to Jingzhou again?" Shen Congwen stopped, turned to look at Zhou Aoyang, but did not answer.

At this time, Li Ziyan also came over. Seeing that he remained silent, Zhou Aoyang spoke again: "Ziyan, why don't you say anything? Are you really going to Jingzhou?"

Li Ziyan remained silent, as if thinking about something. At this moment, Qin Zhuoyuan came from a distance with a faint smile on his face. He walked to Li Ziyan and said softly: "Master Li, it seems that we are likely to go to Jingzhou together to work together this time."

Hearing this, Li Ziyan finally raised his head, with a hint of determination in his eyes. He bowed slightly and said to Qin Zhuoyuan: "It is my honor to work with Master Qin."

Shen Congwen looked at the scene in front of him, and a strange feeling surged in his heart. He felt that Qin Zhuoyuan was becoming more and more strange and elusive. When he turned his eyes to Qin Zhuoyuan, the other party happened to look over.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Qin Zhuoyuan took the lead in breaking the deadlock, smiling and saying: "Congwen, do you still remember the meeting two years ago? I didn't expect that we could work together again in the palace today." Shen Congwen heard this and smiled: "Yes, it is indeed a great honor for me, Shen Congwen, to be able to work with Master Qin."

Zhou Aoyang stared at Shen Congwen and Qin Zhuoyuan, and the scene of his previous life emerged in his mind: Shen Congwen actually died tragically at the hands of Qin Zhuoyuan!

At this moment, Shen Yu, who was in Jingzhou, was reading the records of money expenditures in Jingzhou throughout the ages. "Sir, it's late at night, would you like to take a rest first and continue the investigation tomorrow?" the attendant beside him asked with concern.

However, Shen Yu shook his head and answered firmly: "No, Jingzhou is currently facing internal and external troubles. If this unresolved murder case is not solved, the officials in Jingzhou will become more and more pedantic and incompetent."

Hu Yunshan said softly to his son: "Yu Zhizhou, Shen Yu is really stubborn and is well-known for his integrity. Do you think he can really solve this murder case?"

Yu Si took a sip from the teacup, then sneered, "Integrity? There are still such honest people in Jingzhou? Back then, weren't Gao Changhe and Liu Ming so upright?"

Then, he continued in a mocking tone: "But what can they do now? They are still helpless! Shen Yu has only been here for two years. Facing this land of Jingzhou full of filth, corruption and weird phenomena, the so-called upright officials here are rare."

In Liu's mansion, Gao Changhe said confidently: "Yu Si and Hu Yunshan are in Jingzhou, what can Shen Yu find out by himself?"

However, Liu Ming didn't think so. He stared at Gao Changhe and said slowly: "When you and I first came to Jingzhou, we still had that original intention in our hearts. At that time, we were young and full of vigor. Shen Yu may have come a little later, but from his performance, we can see that he is a stubborn person who will not give up until he achieves his goal. For the entire Yu family where Si is, maybe Shen Yu really has the ability to dig out the corrupt flesh in this pool of mud."

The next morning, the sun shone through the windows of the Jingzhou government office onto the ground, creating patches of light and shadow. The room was filled with a faint scent of ink, and the officials sat together, talking in low voices.

"Why hasn't Lord Yu come yet?" someone couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

Another person curled his lips and said, "You guys are not used to it yet. In the past two years, every time there was a government meeting, he was always the last one to come."

"Yes, anyone with a discerning eye can see that he is deliberately trying to intimidate our Jiedushi Shen Yu, but Shen Yu is not affected at all and still insists on investigating the case."

"That's true, but you said that this case happened more than ten years ago, can he really get to the bottom of it?" Everyone echoed and expressed doubt.

Liu Ming listened quietly to the conversations of the officials around him, and occasionally looked at Gao Changhe beside him, and then cast his eyes on Shen Yu who was sitting in a high position. Shen Yu looked calm, as if he was not disturbed by the outside world, and was concentrating on flipping through the documents and account books in his hands. Occasionally he looked up at the door, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly: "It's almost time. I summoned you here today for no other reason. Last night I carefully checked the accounts of Jingzhou over the years and the amount of silver missing from the treasury, and found many loopholes..."

An official asked with difficulty: "Sir Shen, why don't we wait for Yu Zhizhou to start?" Shen Yu glanced at him expressionlessly and replied calmly: "The time has come. Are you still counting on Yu Si to show me your power?

Let me tell you, I, Shen Yu, will not fall for his tricks! Didn't you all say before that he was trying to make things difficult for me? Why is he not used to it now? According to the usual practice, the time for discussing political affairs is now. Yu Si is late himself, so does he want all of us to wait for him?"

Xing Ke was silent, as if thinking about something. Shen Yu continued, "Next, I hope you can report the expenses of these years truthfully. You know, the once-in-a-decade Yellow River embankment repair project is about to start, and we in Jingzhou have just lost 10 million taels of silver, and the truth of the case has not yet been found out.

This time, building the dam will undoubtedly be another huge expense. Therefore, please make sure to list in detail all the government expenditures before I came to Jingzhou, so that we can reasonably use the funds raised from the palace this time to ensure that they are used to repair and strengthen the dam. "