“以建文十一年为例。”夏简兮翻开一本帐册，指尖划过一行行记录，“这年北境战事最紧，军械消耗极大。但武库司记录显示，全年新制弓弩三万张，甲冑两万套，刀枪五万柄。数目对得上，问题出在哪儿”
周明凑近细看，迟疑道：“採购价……似乎偏高”
“不止。”夏简兮翻到后面几页，“你看验收记录——『永昌號供弓弩五千张，合格四千三百张，余七百张弦槽不匀，退回重造』。但同年兵部拨付『永昌號』的款项，是按五千张全额支付的。”
“这……或许是笔误”
“笔误会连续发生五次”夏简兮又翻出几处类似记录，“『利通铁铺供甲冑三千套，合格两千五百套』；『顺发號供腰刀八千柄，合格七千柄』……所有被『退回重造』的军械，供应商都是孙党关联商户。而所谓『不合格』的部分，最后去了哪里”
周明额头冒汗：“下官……下官不知。”
“不是不知，是不敢说。”夏简兮合上帐册，“周主事，我最后给你一次机会。把你知道的都说出来，我保你从轻发落。若再隱瞒……”她看了眼门外，“吴有德还在厢房关著。”
周明扑通跪下，声音发颤：“下官说！下官全说！那些『不合格』的军械……其实根本没退回重造。供应商会做两套帐，一套给武库司，一套私下留存。实际交付的数目，就是验收『合格』的那部分。而兵部拨付的全额款项，他们与司內经手官员……按比例分成。”
“分成比例是多少”
“通常是三七开。供应商拿七成，司內官员分三成。但若是孙兆丰亲信的商户……会倒过来，孙党拿七成。”
夏简兮手指收紧，帐册边缘被捏出褶皱。这就是父亲当年想捅破的黑幕——一个系统性的贪腐网络，从供应商到武库司，再到兵部高层，层层分肥。而因此流入北狄的劣质军械，不知害死了多少边关將士。
“涉案官员名单，你有吗”
“有……有私下记的一本小帐。”周明从怀中掏出一个油布包，层层打开，里面是本巴掌大的册子，“下官这些年……虽然不敢举报，但也怕日后被灭口，就偷偷记下了这些。”
夏简兮接过册子，快速翻看。上面密密麻麻记录著时间、事项、经手人、分赃数额，甚至还有几个签名和手印。涉及武库司员外郎三人、主事两人、书吏五人，兵部职方可郎中一人、员外郎两人，甚至还有户部、工部的官员。
“这些人，现在何处”
“吴有德已拿下。员外郎刘洪告病在家，实则去了城郊別院；主事王康今日当值，就在东厢房整理文书；书吏中，张四、李贵在衙內，其余三人……下官不知。”
夏简兮起身：“周主事，你带人去东厢房，请王主事过来『商议公务』。记住，要客气些，別打草惊蛇。”
“是！”
周明匆匆离去。夏简兮走到门口，对守在外面的两名兵卒低声道：“去请陆九陆大人，带二十名好手，暗中包围武库司衙门。再派人去这几处地址……”她递过一张纸条，“秘密监视，若有异动，即刻拿下。”
“遵命！”
安排妥当，她回到公案前，继续翻看那本小帐。越看越心惊——这十年间，经这个网络贪墨的军械款项，折合白银超过八十万两！足以装备五万精锐！
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