The Mighty Prestige Escort Agency.
Big Saber Pockmarked Wang signed the confession and pressed his thumbprint onto it.
Jia Huan nodded and gave him a warning:
"You should know the rules. Not a word of this to anyone!"
"I understand." Wang Mazi looked dejected.
He feared offending the Left Chief Censor, but he feared offending a Deputy Thousand-Household Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard even more.
Between two cups of poison, he could only choose the less lethal one.
Jia Huan turned and left.
Back at the Government Office, he stood by the window, deep in thought.
First, why was Left Censor-in-Chief Liu Heng so close to a Hanlin Academy Compiler that he would spend a fortune buying medicine for him?
Second, as the second-highest official in the Censorial Authority, Liu Heng occupied an extremely sensitive position. Yet he was wealthy. Where had his money come from?
"Investigate!"
"I won't wrong an innocent man, but I will never let a corrupt official escape!"
"Only the bones of a third-rank minister can dye my official robes red!"
His mind made up, Jia Huan summoned Scholar and Twin Whips.
"Scholar, investigate Left Censor-in-Chief Liu Heng's family finances."
"Twin Whips, go to the Tongzhengsi and summon Left Councilor Jia Yucun."
"Yes, sir!" The two acted with the speed of thunder and the force of wind, setting to work at once.
Half an hour later.
An official with a broad waist, thick back, wide face, and square mouth entered the office. It was Jia Yucun.
"Huan." Jia Yucun sounded affectionate, but his heart was pounding like a drum.
Hadn't we agreed to wipe the slate clean? Why was he coming after me again?
Because he had impeached Jia Wangshi over her Imperial Mandate, both he and the Rites Section Supervising Secretary had earned