After hearing this, Li Yi thought for a while and said: "It's not necessary in Chunxiang Tower. If your young master really wants to see me, he'd better ask me to come to the house to talk."

You must not have the intention to harm others, and you must have the intention to guard against others. Although historical records record that Shi Kefa was an upright person, historical records may be wrong. In addition, yesterday's incident made him scrupulous, so it is better to be careful.

When Xiaofa heard that Li Yi wanted his young master to come to the house in person, he was a little dissatisfied and said: "Sir, my young master is worried about the crowd here, so he made a special arrangement and asked the young master to go with him."

There are many people here, and if Shi Kefa hadn't leaked his traces, how could he have attracted so many people's attention.

Li Yi felt angry when he thought of this, and immediately said: "Don't say more, go and report to your young master yourself. If you want to discuss it, just ask him to come over. If you don't want to, then forget it."

After saying that, he turned around and entered the backyard.

When Xiaofa saw it, he stamped his foot angrily and left bitterly.

As soon as Li Yi entered the house, Zhu Qilong followed closely.

Li Yi saw it and asked: "How is it?"

Zhu Qilong heard this and said: "The entourage has left. I think he must have gone back to report."

Li Yi nodded after hearing this, then suddenly changed his mind and said: "Go and follow the entourage secretly to see if there is anything wrong with Shi Kefa. Remember, don't reveal your traces."

Zhu Qilong nodded in agreement and walked out.

It had been cloudy for many days, and it finally started to rain towards the evening.

Li Yi stood under the eaves and watched the rain dripping, and then it became heavier and heavier, as if it would become a heavy rain.

The rain was beating against the tiles, accompanied by the sound of rushing water. Under the shadow of the entire dark sky, it looked like a flood outside.

Li Yi waited quietly. After a while, Zhu Qilong ran over soaked and said: "Master, Shi Kefa is here."

Hearing that Shi Kefa really came to visit in person, Li Yi's eyes lit up, and then he asked: "Is there anything strange about him?"

Of course Zhu Qilong knew what Li Yi was talking about, and immediately said: "There is nothing strange. The subordinates were watching in the dark, just waiting for the young master. Later, the entourage passed your words to Shi Kefa, who hesitated a little and came in person.

Already."

As he was talking, he saw the concierge walk in and said respectfully: "Master Li, a guest named Shi is here to visit."

Li Yi nodded and said to Zhu Qilong: "Go and invite him."

Zhu Qilong turned and left.

Looking at Zhu Qilong's blurred back in the rain, the haze on Li Yi's face finally diminished.

Since Shi Kefa took the initiative to find him, it meant that he was not as deep in the city as he thought. It seemed that there must be other reasons for the leak of his situation.

With this in mind, Zhu Qilong had already brought Shi Kefa in.

Shi Kefa walked into the eaves, wiped the rainwater from his face and said: "The sudden heavy rain makes me very embarrassed."

Li Yi opened the door and said, "Please come into the room to talk."

Shi Kefa heard the other party's tone was a little strange and asked: "Brother, is there something wrong?"

"We'll talk about it later." Li Yi said calmly and led Shi Kefa into the room.

Hearing Li Yi's indifference, Shi Kefa couldn't help but feel trembling in his heart and walked into the house.

"Brother, what's going on? Has there been any accident in the Taicang case?" Shi Kefa asked.

Li Yi shook his head, poured a cup of hot tea for Shi Kefa, and said: "The case of the theft of official silver is still under investigation, there is no surprise."

Hearing what Li Yi said, Shi Kefa felt relieved immediately.

"Since there is no accident, why is my brother frowning as if he has something on his mind?" Shi Kefa asked directly.

Seeing Shi Kefa's keenness, Li Yi no longer hesitated and asked: "I went down to meet with you a few days ago. After a detailed discussion, I told you your address. Did you tell others after that?"

Shi Kefa frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Not really."

"You remember correctly?"

"Of course I remember it clearly." Shi Kefa said with certainty.

Li Yi nodded and said: "In that case, that's strange."

Shi Kefa immediately asked: "What exactly happened? Your Excellency will tell you straight away why you are so coquettish."

Li Yi stared into Shi Kefa's eyes and said, "Your Excellency, you may not know yet. Yesterday, when I went down to take the college examination, someone pretended to be your follower and defrauded my cousin and all the documents and account books related to the theft of official banknotes."

"What? Is this happening?" Shi Kefa's face changed drastically, and he looked at Li Yi in shock.

Li Yi said quietly: "I came here this time just to take the college examination. It was an accident that I got involved in the official bank theft case. But I just found the master the day before, and someone came to the door the next day. Such things happened.

I can’t help but be filled with doubts.”

After listening to what Li Yi said, Shi Kefa understood why the other party did not go to the appointment today, but insisted on coming in person. I am afraid that he was worried that he was in the same group with those corrupt officials, and had set up a trap and waited.

Thinking of this, Shi Kefa's original dissatisfaction disappeared. Instead, he stood up, bowed and saluted with a face full of shame: "Because of my negligence, your relatives were almost frightened. I am really sorry."

After saying that, Shi Kefa told the story of how the minister and the groom managed to win over him today.

Li Yi was also surprised when he heard this.

Shi Kefa said ashamedly: "I didn't expect that just by checking some documents, I would attract the attention of the groom. They must have seen me checking documents about Taicang, and then they realized something, and then they followed the clues from me and found the clue.

Your presence."

Li Yi could only sigh after hearing this. It seems like this should be the case now.

"Now that they are aware of my existence, you don't have to hide it anymore, just call me by my name." Li Yi said.

Shi Kefa nodded when he heard this. Although he did not mention Li Yi's identity, he did not know it. In fact, he had investigated Li Yi's identity after Li Yi found him.

"Brother Li, you are a sixth-grade Cheng Fenglang, so don't call me your lord," Shi Kefa also said.

Li Yi nodded when he heard this.

It is now clear that the other party became wary because Shi Kefa was looking for evidence, and then discovered his existence.

Although Zhuang Rou was kidnapped because of Shi Kefa's injury, fortunately Zhuang Rou was not injured, and it is much easier to forgive the unintentional mistake.

Rain splashed on the eaves and splashed everywhere. Li Yi stood up and closed the window, and the room suddenly became quieter.

He turned around and waved his wide sleeves and sat down, looking at Shi Kefa with a calm expression.

Shi Kefa pondered slightly, and then said: "I have been checking the books and account books of the Household Department for the past two days, and found many problems. This is why they will attack you on the one hand, and win over me on the other."

Li Yi heard this and said: "Now that Nan Juyi has shown up, it seems that the evidence in your hand has even panicked him."

Shi Kefa glanced at Li Yi in surprise when he heard this, but he didn't expect that he hit the nail on the head.

He nodded and said: "According to the documents, there are big problems in the allocation of money and grain between Taicang and the Ministry of Household Affairs. The most serious problem is that after the tax records are compiled, the numbers cannot be matched when the expenditures are made.

This is why the cabinet takes care of tax revenue every year when formulating plans, but there is still a huge deficit every year. On the other hand, there are huge loopholes in the salary advance. With the urgent allocation every year, the ledger has become a mess, but according to me

After calculation, there was a deficit of tens of thousands of taels of silver."

Li Yi listened quietly. It was obvious that Shi Kefa had lost some sense of proportion, otherwise he would not have told him these things.

Such a big mistake in the accounts of Taicang and the Ministry of Accounts can be said to be a shocking case. What Shi Kefa now holds is the key to this major case. As long as he lists the accounts he found and corroborated each other, half of the households

Everyone will be involved in this major case.

This is also the reason why Shi Kefa lost his sense of proportion. When a child gets an artifact, he is not only excited, but also scared.

What Shi Kefa now has is evidence that can lead to a large number of jails. If he reveals this, it will be difficult for everyone from the minister of household affairs to the petty officials to escape.

Li Yi was not too alarmed when the crimes of the Ming Dynasty's financial department were told from Shi Kefa's mouth one by one, including falsifying accounts and using bad debts to line his own pockets.

In later generations, various means of enriching one's own pockets have emerged in endlessly, and there are many that are hundreds of times higher than these.

Moreover, after seeing the moral integrity of local officials, Li Yi did not have much expectations for the scholar-bureaucrats who had inherited the tradition for thousands of years, otherwise the Ming Dynasty would not have fallen like a drama.

"Brother Shi, what are you going to do next?" Li Yi took a deep breath and asked in a low voice.

"Of course, I want to report it to the emperor, so that these people can't hide, and let everyone in the world know about these treacherous villains." Shi Kefa said loudly.

"Do you really want to do this?" Li Yi asked again.

You must know that once this evidence is made public, it will cause an uproar, and I don't know how many people will be killed by then.

Shi Kefa didn't speak anymore. He lowered his head and his face changed. He didn't know what to think about.

Suddenly, he raised his head and asked: "Brother Li, do you want to save the person who was framed by Taicang?"

Li Yi nodded.

Hearing this, Shi Kefa showed a cold smile on his face and said: "In this case, I can help you as a brother, but in the same way, you should also help me."

Li Yi looked at the excited Shi Kefa, with a bad feeling in his heart, and asked: "What do you want to do?"

Shi Kefa said with a stern expression: "The decline of the Ming Dynasty's national power is all due to the moths eating away at the country's foundation and harming the public and enriching ourselves. Since God has given this opportunity to me this time, I will clear up these moths for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor.

Give the Ming Dynasty a bright future."

Hearing what Shi Kefa said, Li Yi's eyes suddenly opened wide and he hurriedly said: "Do you know the consequences of doing this?"

"Consequences?" Shi Kefa turned to look at Li Yi and sneered: "It's just one death, but for the country and the people, even if I die, I will die well."

Li Yi looked at Shi Kefa's expression and knew that he could not persuade him. He was now a pure scholar, or a scholar who believed that he was to make a living for the people. He used this mission theory to suppress his fear, but he wanted to create more

Big fear.
To be continued...