That’s one thousand taels!
Three months' salary of ordinary people is just a meal in prison, and they are all cheated away.
Lin Che had been around for so long, he had always remembered this one thousand taels.
"My Lord, I, we...My Lord, I was wrong." Wei Junjie looked around and found that there was no colleague to help him at all, so he admitted his mistake.
In the past, the Mingjing Guards would not have taken the royal family seriously.
After all, if the sky falls, Fa Zheng will hold it up.
They have always offended people in their work at the Mingjing Division, so they don't care about offending more people.
But it’s different now.
Is Lin Che's status comparable to anyone else?
Not only has he made great contributions to the cause, he is also a military commander of the Shenjiying Camp, a great scholar whose poetry has shocked the world, and now he is the great hero who saved Your Majesty's life.
I can’t afford to offend you! Absolutely can’t afford to offend you!
"My Lord, I will compensate you. I was obsessed with money back then. Here is... 10,000 taels. Please keep it!"
Ten thousand taels, who are you giving this to?
Lin Che didn't hesitate either. She put her arm around Wei Junjie's shoulder and said with a forced smile:
"I remember that you weren't the only one who took the thousand taels, right? Weren't there a few colleagues there as well? Oh, you guys in the Mingjingsi, you talk so nicely about being fair and just, and distinguishing right from wrong. But, secretly, you're actually accepting bribes, embezzling and breaking the law..."
"Oh, Lord Marquis, please don't say such things. You can't do that!" The leader of the team was also panicked.
Putting such a hat on someone would ruin the reputation of the entire Mingjing Division.
If this matter gets out, Qian Fazheng will definitely skin them alive.
He now deeply regretted stopping to greet Lin Che. If he had known this would happen, he would have simply raised his head arrogantly and walked past.
"Humph! You can't do it? Back when I was in prison, you cheated me out of a thousand taels. How could you do it? You cheated me out of a thousand taels just for one person. How many prisoners are there in there? How many people have you, the Mingjing Division, cheated over the years?"
Lin Che looked annoyed and was about to leave when he said in a deep voice, "No. I will report this to Her Majesty and have her issue an order to thoroughly investigate this matter."
"My Lord, my Lord—excuse me for a moment!"
The team leader politely took Lin Che aside and looked around. After seeing no other outsiders, he took out a few banknotes from his pocket.
"My Lord, I am Wei Junhao. It is my brother who has done something dishonest. I apologize to you on his behalf. Please accept this thirty thousand taels. Also, I have a special piece of news for you. It should be helpful to you..."
It turns out they are still brothers.
Lin Che showed little interest: "What news?"
"Seven days ago, the Zhenguo Mansion, which we were supposed to have been monitoring, suddenly had thirteen key members of the Lin family disappear. We broke into the Mansion and searched for a long time, only to discover that there was a secret passage inside the Mansion that no one knew about..."
Lin Che raised his eyebrows. This meant that it wasn't just Lin Pojun who ran away.
And the young masters and young ladies of the Lin family all ran away?
What is the purpose of this Mingjingsi?
"Aren't you guys at the Mingjing Division always reliable? Thirteen people disappeared, and you didn't even notice? There's a secret passage in the Zhenguo Mansion, and you didn't find it either?"
Wei Junhao sighed and said, "Sigh, saying this now seems a bit like shirking responsibility. But since His Majesty left Tiandu, our entire Mingjing Division has been in chaos, rushing here day and night. There have also been some special incidents in Tiandu City, and there are too many places to monitor, so naturally we don't have enough manpower."
"Also, this was also due to our own negligence. Therefore, the task of investigating the Zhenguo Mansion was finally handed over to the veteran officials of the Ministry of War."
"Oh...I see."
Lin Che nodded. No wonder Wei Junhao told him this news. It turned out that Mingjingsi was kicked out.
The old officials in the Ministry of War have always been dissatisfied with Qian Fazheng, and they are equivalent to having a grudge against each other.
Well, it's okay to tell outsiders this news.
Thinking of this, Lin Che immediately understood and said quickly, "I'm afraid this isn't crucial information, is it?"
"Hehe, Lord Marquis is wise. We've actually found quite a few traces along the way. The Lin family members who escaped from the Zhenguo Mansion are about to leave Dagan. According to our speculation, their destination should be the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun..."
"Yanyun Kingdom!"
Lin Che's mind raced. The young masters and young ladies of the Lin family, namely Lin Su, Lin Hai, Lin Yi and the others, would not go to Yuxu Palace.
Why travel all the way to Yanyun Kingdom?
Just simply leaving the range?
If he wanted to avoid the laws of the Dàqān region and escape the crime of treason, why didn't he flee to the more distant countries in the East China Sea?
Could it be...
Could it be that Lin Pojun also ran away to Yanyun Kingdom?
Very likely!
"My Lord, according to our intelligence, some of the fugitives from the Zhenguo Prefecture are carrying valuable treasures... They will leave Dagan through Tianlang Pass in three days. There should be more than 2,000 Zhenyuan troops lurking at Tianlang Pass..."
This news is too crucial.
Lin Che also had a very deep impression of Tianlang Pass.
When he was an ambassador, he wanted to leave from Tianlang Pass, but later he temporarily changed his route to go to a dangerous place to recruit soldiers.
At that time, Lin Pojun must have sent troops to ambush at Tianlang Pass.
All this seems a bit coincidental.
Could it be that Lin Su, Lin Hai and the others have already contacted Lin Pojun, so they left Dagan from Tianlang Pass?
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