Ah Jiu quickly obtained the items Prefect He handed to He Mingya. Mingya claimed she knew nothing and wasn't lying, because those items included not only the accounts of bribery and embezzlement involving Yu City's officials over the years but also detailed how they courted favor with their superiors.
Additionally, there was a blood letter, which detailed in blood the pervasive corruption among officials in the Northern Region and their lust for the disaster relief funds allocated by the imperial court. Even before the funds were in hand, they had already been divided up and were attempting to coerce Prefect He to join them under the guise of sharing the spoils and promising promotions.
Prefect He refused, so they isolated and threatened him, even using his family's lives as leverage. Forced into a corner, he feigned compliance while secretly collecting evidence of their crimes, preparing to hide the disaster silver as soon as it arrived...
