Li Jie sat behind the desk in Nanjing, with several large piles of thick materials piled up in front of him, almost blocking all his people. There were even a lot of open materials on the ground, and he would take them from time to time and take them over and take them a few glances.

At this moment, Huang Hua walked in with a thick stack of information. When he saw the busy Li Jie, he couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. Concubine, why do you want these information from the yamen?"

"You don't have to worry about this. Just try to collect the information from these yamen. The more detailed the better!" Li Jie replied without raising his head.

"Yes!" Huang Hua had no choice but to put down the information in his hand, and then turned around and was about to leave.

But at this moment, Li Jie suddenly called Huang Hua again and said, "Have the information from the Ministry of Revenue sent?"

"Not yet, the people from the Ministry of Revenue said that you want too much information and they also need time to sort it out, so they will not be delivered tomorrow as soon as possible." Huang Hua replied immediately. During this period, Li Jie not only asked him for information about the Jinyiwei's various yamen, but also asked for various information from the Ministry of Revenue and the Censorate. He didn't know what he was going to investigate?

"You send someone to urge me to make the Ministry of Revenue faster. I need their information urgently." Li Jie took this opportunity to drink a sip of water and said again.

"I understand!" Huang Hua agreed, and when he saw that Li Jie had no other instructions, he retreated. During this period, Li Jie was busy collecting information from various yamen. He usually spent most of his time in the pile of information, and sometimes he even forgot to eat food.

Li Jie ignored Huang Hua's departure. He now focused on these information. These were personnel information from various yamen, including officials and minor officials. This time the information came from both the Jinyiwei and the Censorate. It can be said that it was very comprehensive. However, Li Jie still felt that it was not enough. After all, the Ministry of Revenue has not sent it to you yet.

The reason why Li Jie checked the personnel information of these yamen was naturally because of his own plans. He wrote a letter to Zhu Yunyu before, and it was also for this consideration. Although Zhu Yunyu had not replied to him, he believed that the other party would agree, so he also began to prepare in advance.

But just after Li Jie looked at it for a while, he suddenly heard a familiar footsteps, which made him frown. He immediately raised his head and asked unhappily when he saw Huang Hua, who was walking in quickly, said, "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

"Mr. Prince Consort, we have interrogated some new situations. Among them, Sun Hui, the Minister of Personnel, said that he knew who the mastermind was in the theft case of Taicang, but he refused to say it, but he had to see the prince consort himself before he could speak." Huang Hua reported with an excited look on his face.

Previously, Meng He confessed to hundreds of officials related to the Taicang theft case, but Li Jie did not arrest them all, but only arrested a few important figures, including Sun Hui, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, involved them because many of the officials in the Taicang theft case were arranged through Sun Hui.

"Oh?" Li Jie finally put down the brush in his hand when he heard this. Although he let Huang Hua out the news that the Taicang theft case had been settled and only arrested a few important people. It seemed that he really didn't plan to investigate it anymore, but in fact these were just appearances. Li Jie never gave up on pursuing this case.

"Let's go, take me to meet this Minister Sun!" Li Jie immediately stood up and said, "He wanted to see what this Mr. Sun could offer.

In fact, according to the confessions of Meng He and Liu Kang, the envoy behind them should be Cui Lingyun, the left censor of the Censorate. However, in order to avoid alarming the enemy, Li Jie did not send anyone to arrest Cui Lingyun.

In addition, Li Jie always feels that if Cui Lingyun is the mastermind, it seems a bit unreasonable. Although the Censorate has great power, the Nanjing Censorate has long since disappeared from its former prestige. Cui Lingyun has never served in the Ministry of Revenue. How could he reach his hands into the Ministry of Revenue?

It was precisely because of the above consideration that Li Jie did not touch Cui Lingyun. However, now Sun Hui actually said that he knew the mastermind behind the scenes, which aroused Li Jie's interest. Sun Hui's position is very good, and maybe he will really know some inside information that others don't know.

Li Jie followed Huang Hua to Zhao Prison again, and then met Sun Hui, the Minister of Personnel in a separate cell. Although he was arrested, he was a high-ranking official in the court after all, so he was not abused. It was just that he was almost impossible to go out alive when he entered Zhao Prison, so Sun Hui also seemed to be listless.

However, when Sun Hui saw Li Jie coming in, he immediately stood up and a strong desire to survive burst out in his eyes, because in his eyes, Li Jie was his last life-saving straw.

"What do you know about Mr. Sun?" Li Jie also saw through Sun Hui's thoughts at first sight, but he also smiled and asked, "It's easier to deal with people like Sun Hui."

"I report to the prince-consort, the villain does not ask for anything else, but only wants to save his life. For this reason, the villain is willing to explain to the mastermind behind the case. I also know many secrets that others don't know, such as in addition to the theft in Taicang, they also buy and sell official positions, fill their own bags, etc." Sun Hui said anxiously.

"Oh, from what you mean, there is a bigger case behind the Taicang theft case?" Li Jie's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he immediately asked with interest.

"That's natural. A Taicang grain theft case alone involves hundreds of officials. So many people cannot feed them with the little food in Taicang, so they have committed more cases behind them. I know all of these, I just hope that the prince consort can put it in the next life!" Sun Hui said anxiously again.

Sun Hui is not a brave man. Since he was arrested in the imperial prison, he was even more scared to death by seeing the Jinyiwei interrogating other prisoners. So he now doesn't ask for anything, just to survive, and is willing to explain everything he knows.

Li Jie did not agree to the other party, but smiled again and said, "Then let me talk about who is the mastermind behind this case?"

"This..." Sun Hui hesitated for a moment, and finally said worriedly, "I want to ask the prince consort to agree to my conditions first."

"Haha, if the mastermind behind the scenes you are going to say is Cui Lingyun, then there is no need to say it!" Li Jie smiled again.

"No! It's not Cui Lingyun. Cui Lingyun was just the one who was pushed to the front of the stage by the mastermind. The real mastermind has always been hidden behind the scenes!" In order to show his value, Sun Hui immediately rushed to answer again.

Li Jie finally showed an interesting expression when he heard this. If what Sun Hui said was true, then his previous suspicion was confirmed. This case was indeed not as simple as it seemed.
Chapter completed!