Under the Xu family's manipulation, the news that Zhang Dingyi had embezzled more than thirty million mid-grade spirit stones in the past ten years quickly spread throughout the Blood Shadow headquarters.
He had been the finance elder for more than two hundred years. In these two hundred years, he had probably embezzled a few hundred million mid-grade spirit stones.
These spirit stones should have been distributed to the lower and middle class disciples, but now they were all in Zhang Dingyi's pocket.
The Xu family had also grasped the situation very well.
Punishment Hall released a big piece of news every day. For example, they had found a certain account book and embezzled tens of millions of spirit stones.
Or they had found a certain accountant and confessed that Zhang Dingyi had forced them to do the accounts.
Half a month later, the entire Blood Shadow headquarters was in an uproar.
Even the various branches had begun to send letters, demanding that Zhang Dingyi be severely punished.
After all, the various branches' contribution points and resources had to be exchanged through the finance hall.
With Zhang Dingyi's character of "passing an egg lightly," if he dared to embezzle the salaries of the headquarters disciples, there was no need to talk about the branch halls.
Now, they had found a few accountants as witnesses and dug out quite a few account books.
After investigating Zhang Dingyi's assets, the amount was shocking.
According to the news released by Punishment Hall, Zhang Dingyi's assets were worth more than two hundred million mid-grade spirit stones.
Although they hadn't found the accounts of Zhang Dingyi's personal assets, the evidence and witnesses pointed to him.
In the meeting hall, Zhou Luan sat high up on the main seat and asked, "Punishment Elder, how is the investigation of Zhang Dingyi's matter?"
Xu Qingquan took out a dozen or so beast-skin books. "Reporting to Shadow Lord, these are the results of the investigation and the testimonies of the various accountants in the finance hall.
All of the accountants said that Zhang Dingyi was the one who ordered them to do this.
Moreover, most of the assets under Zhang Dingyi's name were acquired within the past two hundred years. "
Zhou Luan roughly looked through the beast-skin books and asked, "Elders, what do you think?"
An elder of the Xu family said, "The evidence is conclusive, and we can already convict him.
There aren't many people in the Blood Shadow headquarters who can bypass the finance hall's chief steward and embezzle disciples' salaries.
Only Zhang Dingyi, the first, second, and third elders can do it.
The earliest account book was from two hundred years ago. At that time, the Second Elder was still the head of the Xu Family. In recent decades, it was Elder Zhang.
The Third Elder had been changed twice in the middle, and during this process, the deduction of his salary did not stop.
Only Zhang Dingyi and the First Elder can bypass Zhang Mengguang. "
Hearing this, Zhang Dingming's face turned red with anger.
The mastermind behind this is either Zhang Dingyi or you, Zhang Dingming. You can choose who is the unlucky one.
Zhou Luan added, "Don't spout nonsense. The Great Elder has been in charge of Blood Shadow for hundreds of years. Why would he do such a thing?"
The Xu family elder immediately said, "This subordinate misspoke, please don't take offense, Great Elder."
At this moment, Elder Han, who had always been known for his impartiality, also opened his mouth and said, "As the finance elder, Zhang Dingyi's salary was docked by several hundred million spirit stones.
Regardless of whether he did it or not, he would be sentenced to death.
In addition, all the witnesses and evidence point to him. We can already convict him. "
Zhang Dingyi had coveted such a large amount of spirit stones, it was impossible for him to be the only one benefiting.
The other elders of the Zhang family faction could more or less get a share.
If Zhang Dingyi was convicted, it would be troublesome if a few more people came forward.
An elder of the Zhang family faction said, "Shadow Master, although there is a lot of evidence now, there is no solid evidence to prove the specific source of Zhang Dingyi's wealth.
As everyone knows, Zhang Dingyi has been extremely favored in the Zhang family since he was young.
When the previous patriarch of the Zhang family was still alive, he could say that he could have anything he wanted.
It is normal for him to have some wealth in his hands.
With the wealth of the Zhang family for tens of thousands of years, it is not difficult for them to take out several hundred million spirit stones, right? "
These words were a bit shameless. Who knew where Zhang Dingyi's account book went?
If the Zhang family wanted to hide the account book, it was a simple matter.
Elder Han was about to refute when Xu Qinghe hurriedly said, "This elder's words are reasonable. We can't rush to convict him.
Perhaps Zhang Dingyi was also instructed by someone and is now being thrown out as a scapegoat.
For such a big case, it is better to have solid evidence. "
Xu Qinghe's words were hinting at the First Elder.
How could brothers who were extremely close not have some financial dealings with each other?
As long as they could find a little bit of evidence, they could drag the First Elder down as well.
The best choice for the Zhang family now was to draw a clear line with Zhang Dingyi.
Give up on Zhang Dingyi and protect the Zhang family.
Since the Zhang family was not clear, they would draw the fire onto the Zhang family.
Hearing Xu Qinghe's words, Zhang Dingming also reacted and knew that this matter was directed at him.
However, he could not say anything now. If he pleaded for his brother, he would not be able to distinguish between public and private matters.
If he asked for his brother to be severely punished, he would be throwing away the rook to save the king.
At this time, avoiding suspicion and staying silent was the best choice.
Zhou Luan nodded. "In that case, continue the investigation."
Punishment Elder Xu Qingquan cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate obeys."
Soon, there was the sound of wind outside again.
The Shadow Master and the other elders wanted to convict Zhang Dingyi, but the Zhang family protected Zhang Dingyi.
Once the news spread, the fire burned onto the Zhang family.
As the head of the Zhang family, Zhang Dingming naturally could not stay out of it.
North of Blood Shadow City, in a large forest.
More than twenty Foundation Establishment cultivators were chopping third-grade spiritual trees.
These spiritual trees were extremely hard. Even with magic tools that specialized in chopping spiritual trees, these cultivators could not hold on for too long.
After chopping for an hour, they had to rest for a while.
During rest, it was inevitable that they would chat.
A skinny cultivator was gasping for breath.
A sturdy cultivator next to him laughed and said, "Brother Zheng, your body is not good.
It's only been an hour, and you're already panting like this.
You and sister-in-law should control yourselves. Don't ruin your bodies. "
As soon as this was said, the other cultivators who were resting also laughed.
The thin cultivator's face was red. "Don't talk nonsense. Who has the mood to do that now?
I don't have any skills, and I'm not good at fighting.
After working hard for a month, I only get a salary of 200 low-grade spirit stones.
More than half of it is deducted, so I only get 70 to 80 spirit stones.
My wife is pregnant and needs spiritual items to nourish her body. Only then will she have a higher chance of giving birth to a child with spiritual roots.
My eldest son is already ten years old and tested to have three spiritual roots. His main spiritual root is more than seven inches long, much stronger than mine.
In the future, he has hope to enter the Blood Wolf Sect and get a steward position. He can even be sent to a branch and become a hall master.
With this talent, he naturally needs to nourish his body with spiritual items from a young age.
All my salary is used to buy spiritual items for my wife and son. I can't even bear to eat spiritual grains. "
The sturdy man advised, "Brother Zheng, you can't be like this.
Doing this kind of work consumes a lot of qi and blood.
If we don't have spiritual items to replenish our qi, our bodies will quickly collapse. "
The thin cultivator sighed. "I also want to eat something good, but do I have so many spirit stones?
I don't have any hope in this life. As long as my children and grandchildren can live good lives, I don't mind working a little hard.
Zhang Dingyi, that damned bastard, deducted more than half of our salary.
If I can get 200 spirit stones, I can also eat some spiritual items. "
The sturdy cultivator also sighed. "This matter is already an ironclad case. If we deal with Zhang Dingyi, we'll have more money on hand.
But I didn't expect that the Zhang family would insist on protecting Zhang Dingyi, saying that there is no evidence.
The Zhang family is powerful, and Zhang Dingming is the First Elder. Shadow Master doesn't dare to disrespect him.
He can only continue to look for evidence, so this matter is delayed.
I originally thought that the First Elder was quite fair, but now it seems that he's not a good person. "
"Zhang Dingyi is the First Elder's younger brother. He embezzled hundreds of millions of mid-grade spirit stones. How can the Zhang family, including the First Elder, not benefit?
The Zhang family has already benefited, and now Zhang Dingyi is already in a situation where he will undoubtedly die.
If they dare not save him, Zhang Dingyi will expose them, and the entire Zhang family won't be able to escape.
The Zhang family has a foundation of tens of thousands of years, but I don't know if Lord Shadow Master can touch them. "
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