Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 167 Killer

Yang Tingyu held too much power. Besides, Dong Cheng had violated the laws of Chen State, so Dong Cheng couldn't help but feel worried.

Zhu Xiuyuan and other officials in the yamen also secretly worried about Dong Cheng.

"Oh, what's the matter? What's your crime?" Yang Tingyu asked in surprise.

"Your Excellency, what Wan... Wan Qian said is true. Before the outbreak of the plague, there were only [-] dan of grain in the charity warehouse. In fact, two days after the outbreak of the plague, the [-] dan of grain had been exhausted."

"Oh, then how did you find food to feed hundreds of thousands of victims?" Yang Tingyu continued to ask in surprise.

"Sir!" Dong Cheng knelt down directly and said, "Sir, the official is indeed guilty because he opened the official warehouse without authorization!"

According to the laws of Chen State, local official warehouses cannot be opened unless ordered by the imperial court.

Anyone who opens it without permission will be punished by death!

Seeing this, Zhu Xiu immediately ran over and knelt behind Dong Cheng, saying loudly:
"Master Disposal Officer, the situation was very critical at that time. Hundreds of thousands of disaster victims were waiting for food, but the food in the charity warehouse had run out. We had to open the official warehouse to get food. Only in this way could the hundreds of thousands of disaster victims survive, my lord!"

"Master Disposal, at that time Lord Inspector Fang Tang kept his door closed, and Lord Dong kept the door open for a long time, and he never saw Lord Inspector, so Lord Dong decided to open the official warehouse without authorization..."

All the officials in the yamen knelt down in front of Yang Tingyu, pleading for Dong Cheng's favor.

In addition, the people who were watching also knelt down and begged for mercy.

Most of these people are victims of the disaster. Dong Cheng risked his life to open the official storehouse without authorization, and it was all for them!
There were so many people that they knelt down and shouted to plead for Dong Cheng.

The scene is extremely spectacular!

Yang Tingyu and Poyang King were both slightly moved.

"Sir, the situation must have been critical at that time, and the matter was urgent. For the sake of the hundreds of thousands of victims in the city, Dong Cheng's move violated Chen Guolu, but from a rational point of view, it is not a sign of courage to do anything!"

King Poyang also begged for mercy.

As the King of Poyang spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Fang Tang and others, and snorted: "It's much better than some people who are greedy for life and afraid of death! My lord, I think Dong Cheng is not guilty. If Dong Cheng is punished in this way, , the fear has chilled the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people! Sir, please think twice!"

What King Poyang said was a bit serious.

It chilled the hearts of hundreds of thousands of people...

Even though Yang Tingyu was an imperial envoy, he had to act cautiously at this time.

Yang Tingyu blinked, looked at Dong Cheng, and said loudly: "Master Dong's move should be regarded as a good deed by countless living people. However, state-owned and state laws..."

As soon as Yang Tingyu said "state-owned and state-owned laws", everyone's hearts suddenly went cold.

But Wan Qian's fighting spirit was instantly high, as if he had won a big victory.

"Although Mr. Dong's move was for the sake of hundreds of thousands of people, it did violate Chen Guolu..."

Yang Tingyu pondered for a long time.

"Since you are a first-time offender, and hundreds of thousands of people are interceding for you, I will fine you half a year's salary as punishment! Mr. Dong, do you have any objections?"

Half a year's salary fine? !
How is this different from impunity?
"Sir, I have no objections from this official!" Dong Cheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhu Xiuyuan and other officials were relieved and shouted that you are wise.

And those common people were even more exaggerated. The voice of "Your Excellency is wise" was very spectacular.

But Wan Qian fell from heaven to hell in an instant.

The smile on his face solidified instantly...

The fine is only half a year's salary.

The Dong family's teahouse is making a fortune every day. Does the Dong family still lack that little salary? !
Wan Qian was immediately heartbroken.

"Master Dong, please get up. Please get up too." Yang Tingyu gave Dong Cheng a virtual support.

Dong Cheng, Zhu Xiuyuan and others took advantage of the situation and stood up.After Dong Cheng got up, he immediately launched an offensive: "Sir, after I opened the official warehouse, I discovered something unexpected."

After hearing this, Fangtang felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

Sure enough, it is still coming.

Fang Tang knew in his heart that Dong Cheng, as his subordinate, had also been a rival for many years and knew each other's ways of doing things very well.

With Dong Cheng's "insidiousness and cunning", he will definitely not miss this opportunity...

Although Fangtang had long expected to reach this point, and he was mentally prepared, it was really uncomfortable.

"What accident?"

"Sir, there is not a single grain of food in that huge official warehouse!" Dong Cheng said firmly.

"what?!"

Yang Tingyu was like a powder keg being ignited.

"There isn't even a grain of grain in the official warehouse?" He didn't seem to believe Dong Cheng's words.

Because this is too... too lawless!

"Sir, the officials and others entered the official warehouse with Mr. Dong at that time. There was indeed not a grain of food in it!"

Zhu Xiuyuan and other six military officials all testified.

Wan Qian, who was drooping his head, suddenly became energetic and shouted loudly: "Since there is no food in the official warehouse, where does your food come from?"

Hua Chaoshi gave Wan Qian a hard look, why are you here to join in the fun?
Hua Chaoshi had the idea of ​​hacking Wan Qian to death.

"Your Excellency and Prince, at that time, several grain shops suddenly appeared in the Jiangzhou market, selling grain at a price ten times higher than the market price, so... the old slave used a sum of ill-gotten gains to buy all the grain they had. The remaining grain totals more than 60 shi!"

At this time, the palace steward came out again and said.

"That's it!" Yang Tingyu nodded slowly.

Seeing this, Dong Cheng launched another offensive, preparing to use the ultimate killing weapon:
"Master Disposal Envoy, seeing that there is no food in the official storehouse, I was very puzzled, so I ordered someone to thoroughly check the relevant account books and records... Finally, I found a big case!"

A huge case? !
Yang Tingyu and Poyang King immediately became interested.

They didn't expect that there were so many twists and turns hidden in the small Jiangzhou Yamen.

Zhu Xiuyuan and a few of Dong Cheng's confidants naturally knew what that huge case was, and they couldn't help but begin to look forward to it.

I believe that once this case is revealed, Fang Tang and others will surely die without a place to bury them!

Fangtang and others also felt a sudden chill in their hearts. They had a premonition that they might be in trouble this time.

They began to list the mistakes they had made in their hearts, and combined with the previous overt and covert fights with Dong Cheng, they were afraid that the incident that Dong Cheng was about to reveal was a matter of "examination".

"What's going on?" Yang Tingyu asked.

"My lord, the officials found out that Fang Tang, Hua Chaoshi, and Wan Qian colluded with the tea horse censor to make false accounts on the tea tax account! Over the years, the tea tax they embezzled has reached more than [-] taels of silver! "

Dong Cheng finally sacrificed this big killing weapon.

"What! More than three hundred thousand taels?"

Yang Tingyu was extremely shocked and stared at Dong Cheng.

King Poyang was also shocked.

He had never heard the butler report this news to him.

In other words, none of his spies throughout Jiangzhou City had detected this news.

(End of this chapter)