Chapter 116

Due to the rapid military expansion in Pingyuan County and the establishment of new corps, the guards at the city lord's palace did not know all the corps leaders. However, seeing how confident and aggressive Cheng Jin was when he spoke, as if there was no one around, he probably said what he said was true. The guards felt that I was afraid and didn't dare to step forward easily.

Cheng Jin didn't care so much, grabbed the servant and went straight to Wang Meng's bedroom.

As soon as he arrived at the door, the door opened, and a middle-aged man with short stature and fat body walked out of it. This man had small eyes and his bones turned around. When he came out, his face was still angry, and he shouted loudly: "Why?" Such a mess? What happened..." Before he finished speaking, he looked at Cheng Jin who was walking towards him.

Others didn't know Cheng Jin, but Wang Meng knew him. He met him in the county capital, but he didn't know his name or his official rank. He only knew that he was someone close to Tang Yin. Seeing Cheng Jin suddenly at this time, Wang Meng was startled and said suspiciously: "You..."

As soon as he said the word you, Cheng Jin strode up to him. Without saying a word, he grabbed his neck and said in a cold voice: "What a bold dog official. He took bribes and violated the law. He will die without mercy." What else do you have to say now?"

Wang Meng was blinded by Cheng Jin's harsh curses. He opened his eyes blankly and murmured: "You...what do you mean?"

"What do you mean?" Cheng Jin used his palms to push Wang Meng, who had just left, back into the bedroom. Then he closed the door and said, "Let's not mention the miscellaneous things in your bank account for now. Tell me. , what happened to the millions of taels of silver in the secret room?"

ah? Hearing this, Wang Meng's head suddenly buzzed, and he took a deep breath subconsciously. How did he know the secret room of the bank, and how did he know that there was money in the secret room? No one knew about this except myself and two close confidants. His expression changed drastically, and he stayed where he was, silent for a long time.

"Hmph!" Cheng Jin snorted coldly, dragged Wang Mengyong to the table, picked up the paper and pen on it, handed it to him, and said: "Tell me all about how you corrupted the law and took away money. Write out 510, write it now!”

Wang Meng came back from the shock. He forced a smile and said in a trembling voice: "This... this general, you... you misunderstood. This money belongs to my friend. He is temporarily depositing it with me. !" After speaking, his big round head still connected the dots, indicating that what he said was not false.

Cheng Jin didn't believe his lies and sneered: "It seems that you won't tell the truth without using some tough measures!" As soon as he finished speaking, he punched Wang Meng hard on the lower abdomen.

Wang Meng is a civil servant, does not know martial arts, and is usually very pampered. How could he have ever received such a beating? One punch made him scream in pain, and he was like a deflated rubber ball, and his body slid softly along the legs of the table. to the ground.

This was not the end, Cheng Jin opened his fist, and the black mist was released from his palm. In the blink of an eye, the black mist condensed and turned into a dark and shiny spiritual armor on his hand. Looking at it coldly, it seemed that his hand It looked like he was wearing a black iron glove.

Opening his palms, Cheng Jin clasped Wang Meng's left wrist. He didn't see how hard he used it, but he just retracted his fingers. With a crisp sound, Wang Meng's wrist bone shattered, but it looked like it was still intact on the surface. The whole palm has been pulled down unnaturally, swinging back and forth in the air.

This really hurts to the bone. Wang Meng had never been in such pain in his life. He let out a scream like a slaughtering pig, then his eyes rolled up and he fainted from the pain.

At the same time, a scream came from the back of the bedroom. Cheng Jin turned around and saw that a young woman was sitting on the bed in the room. She was holding a quilt in her hands and covering her chest. Her body was shaking violently. She was obviously frightened and stunned by the scene in front of her.

Since she was not a threat to herself, Cheng Jin ignored the woman and returned her gaze to the unconscious Wang Meng. He squatted down, pointed his fingernails at Wang Meng's philtrum, and pressed down hard. The latter grunted twice and faintly woke up.

Cheng Jin threw the pen and paper on the ground and shouted: "Write! If you don't want to suffer, just write it out for me. Otherwise," he waved his spiritual armor-covered palm in front of Wang Meng's eyes and said, "Next, I'll pinch it Shatter your feet, gouge your eyes, button your nose, and finally break your neck!"

"Oops -" Wang Meng groaned in pain, not even daring to look at his shattered wrist bones. His big, white and fat face was now covered with sweat. He said tremblingly: "I...I am The dignified official of the royal court, the lord of Hengcheng City, you...you are so audacious that you have been beaten into submission, and even if I were a ghost, I would never let you go..."

Not writing yet? ! Cheng Jin nodded and said, "Since you want to do ghosts, I'll make it happen for you!" As he spoke, he moved his palms down and clasped Wang Meng's ankles, leaning forward slightly as if to squeeze them.

Thinking of the unbearable pain just now, Wang Meng shivered and said repeatedly: "Wait a minute! Wait a minute! General, as long as you let me go, I will give you all the money in the bank. That's One million taels, think about it, even if you were a general for the rest of your life, you wouldn’t be able to earn that much money!”

Cheng Jin seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world. He couldn't help but laugh and said slowly: "If it was just for money, I would not join the army. With my cultivation, I only need to be a bandit for a few years." I have a lot of wealth, but that's not what I want. You are evil-minded and want to fight to the death when disaster strikes, but how can I be your passerby?" Before he could finish speaking, Cheng Jin grabbed Wang Meng's ankle by the wrist. It has begun to slowly tighten.

This time, he did not crush his ankle bone all at once, but slowly and evenly applied force. Of course, he also made Wang Meng's pain deeper and heavier.

"Ah -" Wang Meng screamed again, and he could even hear the sound of his own bones cracking and about to break.

"Stop pinching, I'll write, I'll write..." He was tortured to the point of collapse by the stubborn Cheng Jin, howling like crazy. At the same time, snot and tears flowed out together, and then mixed with his cheeks. The sweat was so intense that his entire face was blurred into a ball.

"Very good!" After listening to what he said, Cheng Jin nodded with satisfaction, then let go of Wang Meng's ankle and pushed the pen and paper in front of him.

Forced to have no choice, Wang Meng wrote down one by one how he had embezzled money, violated the law, and forcibly collected commercial taxes from vendors in the city. In fact, in just a few years, he was able to make as much as a million taels in the impoverished Hengcheng. What he did was by no means just that. However, Cheng Jin ignored so much. This alone was enough to control Wang Meng. It's a sin, and this is exactly what he wants.

After Wang Meng finished writing, he picked up the paper and read it. After confirming, he cut Wang Meng's finger with a steel knife and marked the confession with his own blood.

After doing this, Cheng Jin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It was risky for him to force Wang Meng to confess. If the latter was hard-core enough and refused to admit life or death, it would be difficult for him to explain to Tang Yin. In any case, Wang Meng was also a dignified city lord. It is not legal to justify using lynching on his own. Fortunately, Wang Meng was so soft-hearted that he confessed after being beaten and frightened.

At this time, there was a sudden chaos outside the city lord's palace. Then, the door of the palace was knocked open from the outside, and a large group of officers and soldiers rushed closer.

The guards in the city lord's palace were frightened to death when they saw this. They all backed away, and no one even came forward to talk.

As a large number of officers and soldiers rushed in, Tang Yin also strode closer from outside. Beside him were Ao Qing who reported the news and Shangguan Yuanji who came after hearing the news.

Under Ao Qing's guidance, Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji first went to the bank vault of the City Lord's Mansion, where they saw Wang Meng's hoard of property.

Putting aside the silver, the antiques and brocades outside the secret room alone were worth a lot of money. When they entered the secret room and saw the mountains of silver ingots inside, both Tang Yin and Shangguan Yuanji were a little stunned and couldn't recover.

Tang Yin had never seen so much money in his life. It was shocking that a mere city lord could amass such wealth.

While Shangguan Yuanji was surprised, his face turned red. He was in charge of internal affairs. If such a corrupt official appeared in his area of ​​responsibility, he would certainly not be able to escape the blame.

In fact, Shangguan Yuanji has replaced a number of officials since he took office, but those are all officials directly under the county. He has not yet put more energy into the cities and towns in the county. Having said that, it is also thanks to him that he does not have more officials. Focus on each town and replace the officials in each town. Otherwise, it is not sure whether Wang Meng, a corrupt official, can be found!

Even so, Shangguan Yuanji still felt a fever on his face. After exiting the secret room with Tang Yin, he bowed deeply and said apologetically: "Sir, this is my subordinate's fault and my negligence!"

At this time, Tang Yin was very open-minded and did not blame Shangguan Yuanji. Instead, he comforted: "Yuanji, this is not your fault. The person who is corrupt and perverts the law is Wang Meng, not you. Besides, you handle government affairs and many trivial matters. How can you do everything comprehensively?" You are not a god!"

After hearing what he said, Shangguan Yuanji felt not only not relaxed, but even more ashamed.

He shook his head and smiled bitterly. Tang Yin's profound understanding would only make him work harder and the burden on his shoulders would become heavier.

Tang Yin asked Jiaxi, who was guarding the bank, "Where is Cheng Jin?"

"Sir, the captain is looking for Wang Meng!"

"Oh!" Tang Yin responded, and then found a guard from the City Lord's Mansion, and guided him to Wang Meng's bedroom.

When Tang Yin and others arrived at Wang Meng's bedroom, the latter was already dying and unconscious after being tortured by Cheng Jin. His eyes were looking at Tang Yin, but his eyes were no longer focused.

Cheng Jin on the side hurriedly stepped forward to salute and whispered: "Sir!" As he spoke, he handed over the confession written by Wang Meng respectfully.

Tang Yin Yang lowered his head and signaled to Cheng Jin that there was no need to be polite. Then he took the confession and read it carefully. After reading it roughly, he threw the confession on the ground, stared at Wang Meng, and said coldly: "In order to make Pingyuan County prosperous quickly, In order for the people to live and work in peace and contentment, the county has specially formulated a policy to reduce or reduce commercial taxes, but as the city lord, you have gone against the grain and enriched your own pockets. This is an unforgivable crime!"