Chapter 35

Inside were stacks of paper manuscripts, recording the dates and times of the illicit transactions between Chen Anbang and various officials. A criminal diary? Zhao Wujiang had suspected that Chen Anbang might have left behind some form of evidence, but he hadn't expected it to be in the form of a diary. He scanned through the pages quickly, noticing that the entries spanned from five years ago up until just a few days prior. In other words, Chen Anbang had been engaging in corruption and lining his own pockets for at least five years. Zhao Wujiang folded the manuscripts. Many of the officials recorded therein were no longer in office; some had been demoted, some had retired to their hometowns, and others were already in their graves. However, a significant number of them were still active in the imperial court.