Emperor Taizong's Growth Plan

Chapter 246 The truth finally came to light
Yunguo Imperial Palace, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Looking at the three secret reports in front of him, Xiao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

One came from Changning County, and it was sent by Feng Bao secretly sent someone to clean it up, and the Dongchang fans who had regained their loyalty.It was a few days ago that someone in the county transported a large amount of supplies out of the city from the treasury.

One came from the southwest of Xia Kingdom, and was sent back by Fanzi Kuaima from Shangyu's spare office dispatched by Jumeng. The report contained information about King Qi's sudden acquisition of a large amount of supplies from Changning County.

These two pieces of information obviously mean the same thing.

There is another copy, from Jianchang Mansion, sent by Cheng Bushi, regarding the supervisory censor Hai Rui, now he has offended Jianchang Mansion officials who are from the frontier army, the situation is quite difficult.

Xiao Cheng tapped on the case with his fingers, his face revealed a contemplative look, and suddenly said:
"What about you, what did you find?"

Hearing this, Feng Bao on the side quickly bowed and said:

"Returning to Your Majesty, Shang Shuling Qu Cheng's family is now under the surveillance of the servants. But until now, nothing has been found. Qu Jing, the son of the Qu family, is now a small official in Li Cao, and he is mostly socializing on weekdays. Colleagues..."

Having said that, Feng Bao suddenly paused, hesitated for a moment, and then said:
"Besides, it's this young master of the Qu family who has raised a concubine."

When Xiao Cheng heard this, his brows became tighter, and he said in a deep voice:
"Outside room?"

"It's said to be an outside room, but according to what the servants have found out now, that woman is actually a set-up to do 'for nothing'. Mr. Qu family, this is a trap. Since she has recently, secretly instructed her to kiss her It is more reliable to sell all kinds of things to raise money."

Hearing this, Xiao Cheng was taken aback for a moment, frowned and said:
"What is throwing in vain?"

Feng Bao heard the words and quickly explained:
"The so-called 'white throwing' is to use women as a game to seduce men into the trap, so as to extort money."

After saying this, Xiao Cheng immediately understood.

The so-called white throwing is the fairy dance!

Immediately, Xiao Cheng frowned, and said in a deep voice:
"The son of the majestic Shangshu Ling, he was actually set up by someone. He is really confused! Have you ever found out who was behind the set up? This is so courageous!"

Because Xiao Cheng set up a new cabinet and appointed officials to act as the cabinet to handle state affairs, he assigned most of the powers of Shang Shuling.

However, as the head of the hundred officials on the bright side, the temperate leader led the Cao Shangshu, the Qu family's reputation is not low.Not to mention that because of marrying a daughter of the Yang family, she has in-laws with Xiao Cheng and Ma Tao's family, and her influence is even greater.

With such a family background, those few people who play Immortal Dance dare to do it, and they are really courageous!
Hearing this, Feng Bao hurriedly said:
"Your Majesty doesn't know something. It is precisely because of the prestige of the Qu family that they need more face. There is also the sister of Qu Jing's wife, Yang Zhaoyi who is quite favored by His Majesty. Qu Jing is even more afraid of being exposed, so she is targeted by those people. ..."

It has to be said that this kind of person whose family background is clean and prominent, and whose wife's natal family is not simple, is the best target for Immortal Dance.

As long as you are brave enough and firmly grasp the handle, you can indeed get a very generous reward once.

Having said that, Feng Bao hastily continued:

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the slaves have already gone to investigate. It's just that those who set up this kind of situation have always been mixed up and difficult to identify, so it will take a while."

At this time, Xiao Cheng frowned even deeper.

He raised the secret report on the sticky pole above the imperial case, and said in a deep voice:
"If that's the case, did Qu Jing use the influence of the Qu family to collude with Jin Tangfeng to do this because she was tricked and needed money?"

"I'm afraid that's it!"

Obviously Qu Cheng didn't know about this matter.

Otherwise, with Qu Cheng's method, no matter what method he used, it would be effortless to send away a few people who were playing Immortal Dance without making a sound.

But Xiao Cheng still frowned, and said in a low voice:
"That's not right! However, the appetites of a few swindlers who play tricks on the sidelines can't be so big! As the son of Shang Shuling, Qu Jing can fill this hole by thinking of any way."

Immortal dance is doomed not to be on the stage.It is blackmail, and it is only tens of thousands of taels of silver.

As the only son of Shang Shuling, Qu Jing relied on her status to beat up the dandies of the honored families in Zhongqing City. Wouldn't it be easy to make some money?

As for giving up a great future for such a little money, cheating the whole family?
Xiao Cheng lowered his head slightly, looked at the three secret reports in front of him, pondered for a long time, suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and suddenly remembered a person.

His voice sank, and he said to Feng Bao:
"Go to the Qu family, that housekeeper named Xiang Shan!"

Feng Bao was a little dazed, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he quickly lowered his head.

"Also, what happened to Shen Wansan?" Xiao Cheng asked again.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, Shen Wansan's side is almost ready. Even if Jintang Peak is taken down, the manpower it secretly placed is enough to ensure the continuous transportation of grain and grass materials!" Feng Bao said hastily.

With a cold face, Xiao Cheng said in a deep voice:

"If this matter is done well, I will never blame the past!"

"Yes, the servant will definitely bring the words!"

Xiao Cheng waved his hand, Feng Bao hurriedly bowed, saluted and left.

Looking at the last secret report about Hai Rui in his hand, Xiao Cheng rubbed his eyebrows with some headache, shook his head and said:
"As expected of Hai Rui, he can really cause trouble..."

Having said this, Xiao Cheng's eyes suddenly changed, and he said in a deep tone:
"However, this is also an opportunity!"

A chance to seize the opportunity to eliminate Wang Xiao's last influence!
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"How come this time?" A deep voice sounded in the dim room.

Xiang Shan sat down, panted slightly, and said:
"No way, I have to finish the errands assigned by the Qu family before I can come to see you."

"How's the matter going?" The figure raised his head slightly, but under the cover of the hood, he couldn't see his face clearly.

Xiang Shan nodded and said:

"Don't worry, at this moment, Hai Rui is probably still in the Jianchang mansion, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of our affairs at all."

When Xiang Shan said this, he couldn't help saying proudly:

"Liu Yu is really capable of being the Shangshu of Hu Cao. Under his plan, he immediately provoked Hai Rui to fight with those officials who were from the frontier army. Hehehe, but even so, he was still waiting for me He used tricks to deceive, and now, he still thinks that he is working for the Qu family!"

It can be seen that at this time, Xiang Shan is quite proud of being able to manipulate the majestic court officials in his own capacity as a domestic servant.

He stared at Xiang Shan with deep eyes for a moment, and then said again:

"At this time, we need to be more cautious. Don't let Liu Yu find out anything! Otherwise, all the previous plans will be in vain."

Hearing this, Xiang Shan smiled even more, and said relaxedly:
"Don't worry. Qu Jing's wife is the eldest daughter of the Yang family, and she can be regarded as a relative of the emperor. After being tricked by me, now she is worried all day long that her wife will find out, and she has tried her best to raise money to escape. At this time, Qu Jing is like a hot girl." The ants on the pot have long lost their former rationality. I made up a few lies and said that I could help him raise some money, and he trusted me so much that he didn't have the slightest suspicion. Coupled with the cooperation of your people, it is absolutely impossible Something went wrong!"

At this time, Xiang Shan seemed to be greatly satisfied, his face was full of energy, and he was particularly energetic.

As a domestic slave, he deceived the master's family and used the prestige of the master's family to manipulate the officials of the court and the local government.This sounds, seems very unbelievable.

But after thinking about it, Xiang Shan, as a housekeeper, has worked for the Qu family for many years, so the Qu family will not doubt him easily, and he can easily set Qu Jing up.

Qu Jing was worried and anxious at this moment, so she could naturally be taken advantage of by Xiang Shan.In the name of raising money, it was extremely easy to get Qu Jing's personal seal and sign the letter.

In this way, with the help of the Qu family's prestige, gaining the trust of the high officials in the court and colluding with each other, these operations are naturally not difficult to complete!

"Hehe..." The person on the opposite side laughed a few times inexplicably, and then said:
"Okay, as soon as things are done, you can become my embroidered clothes envoy. And your son can also be recommended as an official of six hundred stones. After he reaches adulthood, he can become an official. You will lead your wife If your sons and daughters go to my Great Xia, they will be able to get rid of their bodies and become a family of officials!"

Hearing the promise made by the person opposite, Xiang Shan's eyes suddenly flashed with longing.

Being a slave, no matter how majestic and prestige, is just relying on the power of the master's family, and will not be looked down upon by anyone.And as long as the main family is dissatisfied, they will fall from the clouds.

Wanting to surpass one's own class, wanting to be looked at by others is the wild desire in Xiang Shan's heart.

After the two talked, Xiang Shan was in a good mood and walked out of the room slowly.

The guard at the gate was expressionless, a tall and burly man with an upright figure, even if Xiang Shan walked by himself, he would not look sideways.

Xiang Shan had just walked a few steps when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the man turning a blind eye to him, frowning, and immediately froze in his footsteps, staring at the man tightly.

The man's expression was still indifferent, silent, he just ignored Xiang Shan standing in front of him as air.

This look of ignoring himself made Xiang Shan feel inexplicably angry.

But Xiang Shan didn't attack at this time.Instead, he moved his eyelids, groped his body a few times, found a jade pendant at his waist, and stuffed it on the man's chest indifferently.

He turned his nostrils to the sky, snorted softly, then showed an inexplicably disgusting smile, and said proudly:
"Reward you!"

After that, he turned around and left.

There was finally a hint of reaction on the man's face.

He looked at Xiang Shan's figure swaggering away, frowning slightly, and a coldness flashed in his eyes.

"When things are done, I can let you do it yourself. This villain still wants to work in my embroidered clothes? Daydreaming!" The deep voice sounded behind the man.

Hearing this, the cold-faced man relaxed slightly between his brows, lowered his head and said in a muffled voice:
"Thank you sir!"

At this moment, Xiang Shan didn't know anything about the conversation between the two behind him, and got into the carriage briskly.

At this time, it was already late at night, the night was dark, and the moon was covered by dark clouds.

The patrol battalion had already started a routine inspection of the curfew, and it collided head-on with the carriage that had just come out.
Some soldiers immediately stepped forward to stop the carriage, and before opening their mouths to reprimand and interrogate, they immediately noticed the lantern with the word "Qu" written on it in the driver's hand.

Anyone with a discerning eye will know this "qu" at a glance. It is the composer of today's minister Ling Qucheng.

"I'm helping the master's family with temporary affairs, and I would like to ask the generals for your convenience!" The coachman jumped off the carriage, with a calm demeanor and a polite tone, neither humble nor overbearing.

The leading patrol battalion general carefully glanced at the lantern in the driver's hand, did not speak, but kept looking into the carriage.

Seeing this, the coachman immediately understood, and said:

"Item Butler!"

Hearing this, Xiang Shan frowned deeply, then took a deep breath, opened the curtain of the car abruptly, made a smile, and clapped his hands openly to the soldiers of the patrol battalion:
"Xiang Shan, the steward of Xiaqu's mansion, has been late for the master's house, so I have to trouble everyone!"

Hearing the words, the leading soldiers of the patrol battalion pondered for a moment, and after all, it was convenient, and they cupped their hands and said:
"Since Steward Xiang has finished his errands, please go back quickly and don't delay. During curfew, some people walk around at will, and I can't stand the blame from the higher-ups!"

Xiang Steward heard the words, nodded repeatedly, cupped his hands and said:
"Thank you!"

The leading patrol battalion general waved his hand slightly, and led a group of soldiers to patrol far away.

Seeing this, the coachman immediately drove the carriage towards Qu Mansion.

But at this time, one of the soldiers of the patrol battalion who had already walked away suddenly lowered his voice and said:

"Master Yao, that person in the carriage is Xiang Shan!"

Speaking of this, the man wearing the armor of the patrol battalion showed excitement, and forcibly lowered his voice, saying:
"Damn it, I've been watching him for half a month, and I've finally shown my flaws. Commander, go back and report to the boss, and immediately send brothers to seal off the small courtyard where Xiang Shan was staying just now!"

It can be heard only from the words.These people who look like patrol battalion soldiers are actually from Dongchang.

The general of the patrol battalion who just made the decision to let Xiang Shan's carriage go, now with a serious face, said in a deep voice:
"Be careful first, don't show your flaws! If you want to do something, I'm afraid you need to ask the superintendent for instructions. But if we disturb these people because of our agitation, we will be punished by the family law!"

"Yes!" Dongchang Fanzi, dressed as soldiers of the patrol battalion, lowered their voices and responded in unison.
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Yunguo, in the government office of Jianchang Mansion.

In the solemn and solemn mansion in the past, today there are suddenly exclamations and angry shouts, making it extremely noisy.

"Hai Rui, what do you want to do!" Jianchang Mansion Tuifu Wu Wen, who was held down by two strong men dressed in plain clothes at this time, kept twisting his body and shouted angrily.

Wu Wen, who was also a frontier general back then, although not amazing in martial arts, is also a sixth-rank warrior.It's just that all these years, being an official and domineering, his martial arts have long been neglected, even though he struggled desperately, there was nothing he could do, so he was oppressed by these unknown people.

Wearing an official uniform, Hai Rui stood upright in the lobby, with his brows erect, his eyes sharp, his face strong and stern, and he said in a solemn voice:

"Wu Wen of Jianchang Mansion is suspected of colluding with Qian Qian, the county captain of Bei'an County, destroying evidence, and framing innocent people. As a supervisory censor, I should investigate this case thoroughly. I ask you to go to jail for a while!"

When Wu Wen heard this, his eyes glared, and then he couldn't help but struggled desperately again, and shouted:

"Hai Rui, you are so courageous. Although you are a censor, you don't have the right to ask the court for instructions, and you have no right to put me in prison after being instructed by the officials! You are acting so boldly, and you are not afraid of being implicated by others." Did you lose your job?"

Hai Rui sneered when he heard that, and said:
"Master Wu misunderstood. This is not a prison sentence. It is just a temporary request to put you in prison for a period of time to show your innocence. This is just an appropriate policy. Why do you need to ask the court?"

Having said that, I heard angrily scolding from outside again.

"Hai Rui, you are conniving at the private soldiers attacking the government office, you want to rebel!"

"You are so powerful! Hai Rui, don't you want to live?"

"Let go of me, I am the captain of the county soldier, the government has no right to take me!"

Hearing the angry reprimands from his colleagues outside, Wu Wen was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Hai Rui in shock, and couldn't help but say:

"You, you, what on earth do you want to do! Don't tell me, do you want to take down all the government officials?"

Hai Rui's sharp eyes swept over, and said with a blank expression:
"So, I'm not targeting Mr. Tuifu, it's just a means of investigating the case! As soon as the truth comes out, if Mr. Tuifu is innocent, I will apologize!"

After finishing speaking, Hai Rui waved his hand casually.

The two men dressed in plain clothes who were escorting Wu Wen immediately escorted Wu Wen and walked towards the government prison that had already been cleaned up.

Wu Wen desperately turned his head and shouted:

"Hai Rui, you will regret it!"

Hai Rui snorted coldly when he heard that.

Zhi all on the side stepped forward, lowered his voice, and said:

"My lord, the government officials who came from the frontier army have already been temporarily put into prison!"

Zhang Tang raised his eyes and looked out of the lobby, obviously not showing a hint of cruelty, but the low-level government officials and servants at the door, at this time, whenever they looked at Zhang Tang, they all trembled slightly, bowed their heads and dared not look away.

Seeing this, Zhang Tang moved to Hai Rui's side and said in a low voice:

"My lord, the heat is almost here!"

Hai Rui looked at the already shocked low-level officials in the government office, and said softly:
"Okay, take this opportunity to go to the trial! Take away all the officials who used to be very close to those officials, and interrogate them one by one. There must be someone who knows!"

These officials' identities are over there, without Xiao Cheng's imperial decree and Li Cao's approval, Hai Rui is not qualified to interrogate them severely for the time being as prisoners.These people are sure of this, and they will certainly not be able to question anything.

But for the rest of the low-level officials, when their superiors were arrested and panicked, as long as they use some means to press them, they will always show their feet!

At that time, with the evidence of the crime, everything will be much easier to deal with!
At this moment, Zhidu was secretly worried, and couldn't help but say:

"My lord, we can't hide the news about arresting someone in the government office. What's more, Shen Ruiguang is behind the scenes. At that time, I'm afraid the court will definitely receive a memorial to impeach your lord..."

When Hai Rui heard this, his eyelids drooped, and he said firmly:
"Since Your Majesty has granted me the position of Imperial Censor, I will do my best to wipe out these ghosts and monsters for Your Majesty. Why should I spare myself?"

Having said that, Hai Rui paused slightly, and said in a deep voice:

"No, hurry up! I don't know how much Your Majesty trusts me!"

When Zhidu and Zhang Tang heard the words, their eyes sharpened, and they said in a deep voice:
"Please don't worry, adults!"
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In Changning County, Ge Zhu looked at the gold and silver piled up in the secret room, and a trace of excitement flashed in his eyes.

This business is done, I don't know how much dividends the owner should give.Even if it is one centimeter, that is tens of thousands of taels of silver...

After checking again, Ge Zhu nodded in satisfaction, turned around and walked out of the secret room, carefully locking the secret room.

At this moment, Ge Zhu suddenly heard several small knocking sounds outside the door.

Outside the door, there was Ge Zhu's confidant, who shouted:

"Boss, are you in the room?"

Ge Zhu frowned, coughed lightly, and said unhappily:
"What's the matter? Didn't I tell you not to disturb me for the time being!"

Hearing this, the guy outside the door said in a timid voice:
"The shopkeeper, it's the owner's side, and someone is here to deliver supplies!"

Hearing this, Ge Zhu was slightly taken aback, and said in a deep voice:
"Materials? Didn't the owner say before that they will not send supplies for the time being, so as not to attract the attention of interested people?"

"I don't know about that either... how about you, the shopkeeper, come and see for yourself?"

Hearing this, Ge Zhu was silent for a moment, turned around to check whether the secret room was locked, then hung up the portrait, and firmly covered the door of the secret room, then opened the door and walked out.

Ge Zhu's confidant hurriedly led Ge Zhu out.

As soon as the two of them left the courtyard, they saw chariots and horses stretching for several miles on the streets of the county town, pulling loads of grain and supplies, heading towards the treasury in the city.

Seeing this, Ge Zhu frowned even more, puzzled and said:
"Why, so many more..."

Now that the plague in Changning County has been confirmed, the refugees in the city are leaving in batches in an orderly manner under the organization of various prefectures, counties, and county yamen.Therefore, Changning County does not need so many supplies at this time.At this time, as before, it would only make them do business with Xia Guo, which would arouse suspicion and attention from others.

Before that, Jintangfeng had already signaled that he would secretly send supplies.

That's why such a big commotion today made Ge Zhu slightly stunned.

And at this moment, a light cough was heard.

Ge Zhu turned his head to look, and saw a young man of medium build and shrewd appearance, walking slowly in front of him, cupped his hands slightly towards him, and said with a smile:
"Shopkeeper Ge, nice to meet you, nice to meet you!"

Ge Zhu was taken aback when he saw the person coming.

He had never seen the man in front of Jin Tangfeng before.

Seeing him stunned, the young man immediately slapped his forehead and said with a smile:
"I forgot to introduce. In Shen Wansan, Tian became the owner of Shen's firm..."

In one sentence, Ge Zhu was shocked all over, showing a look of shock, and stammered a little:
"You, Shen, it's Boss Shen. You've really heard about it for a long time... I don't know what's going on, but Boss Shen came here in person?"

Shen Wansan heard the words, laughed loudly, and said kindly:
"Boss Jin, after today, I'm afraid it will be difficult to be here. So His Majesty means that I will be in charge of the supply of materials in the northern border from now on."

Ge Zhu felt a little cold in his heart, and his knees were weak, but he still pretended to be calm, with a smile on his face, at a loss as to what to do.

"I don't know, I don't know my boss, but do you know about this?" He asked tremblingly.

Shen Wansan frowned when he heard the words, and said:
"I didn't before, but now, I should know!"

Ge Zhu didn't know what Shen Wansan meant at this time, he was sweating all over his body, his mind was in chaos, and he staggered a few steps.

And just when he was about to fall down, a pair of big hands suddenly supported him from behind.

Ge Zhu looked back subconsciously, and saw a strong man standing behind him, smiling ferociously at him, and said:
"Shopkeeper Ge, the supervisor has an order, please come to our East Factory to sit down!"

Ge Zhu opened his mouth, his face was pale, and his whole body went limp...

　Before you know it, everyone feels that the rhythm has slowed down again. My old problem is gone. I'm sorry.

　　Well, it should be one chapter away, and the plot is completely over.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)