After returning home, the Crown Princess can no longer hide her vest!

Chapter 341: The Parasite of the Nation

"Food is the foundation of a country. What else do you, a parasite of the country, have to say?" The Sixth Prince took the memorial and looked through it, looking at Pei Yongjie with a gloomy face.

Pei Yongjie led his men and stumbled into the threshold of the post station. He lifted his robe and knelt in front of the Sixth Prince, his head knocking loudly.

"Your Highness the Sixth Prince, please allow me to report that I have never done such a thing."

Yu Linlang approached Mu Zhao with a curious look on her face and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter?"

Mu Zhao looked at her big eyes sparkling, suppressed his smile, and approached and whispered, "Lord Lu had received a secret report from the manager of Changping Warehouse in Jinzhou Prefecture, and found out after a secret investigation. The local officials and merchants in Jinzhou Prefecture colluded and secretly exchanged old grain for new grain, and secretly let the grain shops sell it at high prices. The ill-gotten gains were all divided up by the Jinzhou prefect and the local wealthy merchants."

"Do you remember that when we went to Weizhou Prefecture to provide relief to the disaster victims, He Changshi sent people to secretly mix sand into the rice soup?"

Yu Linlang nodded. She had heard a little about this matter. It was said that Lord Lu had a fierce quarrel with He Changshi at that time.

"In fact, when some of the relief grain was transported here, it was mixed with a lot of sand, stones and soil. It wasn't entirely intentional by He Changshi. Afterwards, I asked someone to investigate secretly. Most of this kind of old grain mixed with soil was transported from Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places. They are all very close to the imperial city." Mu Zhao said lightly.

"So Lord He was the one who took the blame at that time?" Yu Linlang was speechless.

"You can say that." Mu Zhao sighed, "There was a food shortage at the time, and He Changshi had no choice but to do so."

A good cook cannot cook without rice, and everyone understands this truth.

"If you hadn't helped later, the situation wouldn't have been so easy to control." The result of food shortage would inevitably be riots among the people, with disastrous consequences.

Therefore, Mu Zhao felt that anything the emperor rewarded Linlang was what she deserved.

"This time Xiwen came to Jinzhou Prefecture to investigate the case of Wang Zeng. I informed him of the matter in advance and told him to investigate it secretly. Unexpectedly, Yu Ping, the manager of the Changping Warehouse in Jinzhou Prefecture, risked his life to come here... What happened afterwards was all stated in the memorial." Mu Zhao handed the memorial written by Lu Shaoqing to Yu Linlang.

"Lord Lu originally wanted to personally present the report to the emperor after returning to Beijing, but he was assassinated on the night he returned to Beijing, and was seriously injured and unconscious. The prefectural government sent people to guard them, ostensibly to protect them, but with a hidden agenda. First, they wanted to kill Lu Shaoqing, and second, they wanted to search for the report written by Lu Shaoqing and burn it."

"How dare they do that?" Yu Linlang quickly flipped through the thick memorial and became more and more frightened the more she read.

Doing this kind of thing under the emperor's nose and sucking the blood of Changping Warehouse is tantamount to sucking the blood of all the people.

Changping Warehouse is the foundation for ensuring normal supply during natural disasters and man-made tragedies. These people...actually resell the new rice from Changping Warehouse and mix old rice, rotten sesame seeds, and earth and rocks into the warehouse, passing inferior goods off as good ones. Their intentions are despicable.

Jinzhou and Fuzhou are both very close to the imperial city. Could this be the legendary...darkness beneath the lamp!

"Xiwen copied this memorial twice. One copy was buried under a tree in the backyard of the post station, one was hidden on his body, and the other was kept by the chief clerk Qiu Yuan."

"The other two copies were confiscated and destroyed. This one was dug out from the backyard of the post station."

Compared with the Jinzhou Prefecture granary case, the case of Vice Minister of Justice Wang Zeng causing trouble for his neighbors comes second.

The Jinzhou granary has shaken the foundation of the country. If this matter is reported to His Majesty, Pei Yongjie's family will probably be confiscated and exterminated. No wonder he launched such a crazy counterattack and wanted to kill Lu Shaoqing.

It's either he dies or he dies. The game has come to this point and there is no turning back.

"No need to quibble." The Sixth Prince sneered and said sternly, "Unless you kill me now! Otherwise, this report, along with the witnesses and evidence, will be presented to Your Majesty tomorrow morning!"

Pei Yongjie almost collapsed to the ground, shouting "I am innocent" while cold sweat rolled down his forehead.

"The Changping warehouse is managed by Li Tongzhi and Zhou Tongpan. I really didn't know!" "You're exchanging old grain for new grain, buying and selling it! With such a big fuss, do you think it can be completed in a day or two? It doesn't take time to weigh? It doesn't take time to put it into the warehouse? Don't pretend that you didn't know anything! I think you're just turning a blind eye, intending to empty the Jinzhou granary and fill your own coffers!!"

"Your Highness, you are innocent!" Pei Yongjie cried and banged his head on the ground, "I am willing to die to prove my loyalty."

He stood up and was about to crash into the wall.

The Sixth Prince and the Crown Prince both watched coldly.

One said, "Let him die! If he dies, all the blame will be on him alone."

Another said, "Since you are going to die anyway, why not reveal everything about who is behind you?"

Pei Yongjie slipped and fell to the ground, sweating and crying in pain.

Yu Linlang pursed her lips and suppressed her playful smile.

This was a great show put on by Lord Pei, but it turned out to be just an act and he didn't dare to really kill himself.

Well, even though he has amassed so much wealth, he doesn’t want to die.

How wonderful it is to be alive, with singing, dancing, and string music, isn’t it good to enjoy it every day?

The Sixth Prince looked at him coldly, then suddenly stood up, raised the gold medal in his hand and shouted, "Everyone in Jinzhou Prefecture, listen to my orders. If you don't want to die with Prefect Pei, watch out for your own skin. Don't do those meaningless little tricks!"

"This prince and the crown prince are here to investigate Jinzhou Prefecture on the orders of our father. Today, we only brought some guards from the Dragon and Tiger Battalion. If any of us are killed, the 100,000 imperial guards will destroy Jinzhou Prefecture in times of crisis!"

"Think it over for yourself. Do you really want to rebel? Do you want to lead your entire clan in rebellion?!"

All the officials and soldiers of Jinzhou Prefecture lay on the ground, not daring to raise their heads even an inch.

"Everyone prepare to return to Beijing!"

"Sixth Prince." The guard beside the Sixth Prince said with a worried look on his face, "You and the Crown Prince have traveled all night to come here, and now you have to return to the capital without eating or drinking. I'm afraid your body can't take it..."

"Don't waste time on this serious matter! The rest are trivial matters." The Sixth Prince turned and looked at Mu Zhao.

Mu Zhao nodded slightly at him. The Sixth Prince was greatly encouraged. He raised his hand and shouted as if he had been injected with chicken blood. He walked out of the door, "Pass the order down, prepare to leave immediately. Let everyone take the lead. After returning to the capital, everyone will be rewarded and eat meat!"

"Yes!" The soldiers of the Dragon and Tiger Camp cheered in excitement.

"Huhu, this is an urgent matter. The Sixth Prince and I will send the witnesses and evidence back to the capital first. You stay here to look after Lord Lu. We will come back together when he is better."

Yu Linlang nodded, "Wait for me."

She ran upstairs, took out a bag of egg noodles, and stuffed them together with the water bag to Mu Zhao, "Be careful of ambushes on the road, beware of desperate dogs."

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

Yu Linlang took out another bottle of pills and stuffed them into his pocket. "You haven't fully recovered yet. This pill can replenish your strength. Take it when you're really tired. One pill is enough. You can only take one pill a day. Don't abuse it."

Mu Zhao took the opportunity to hold her hand tightly and said, "I'll leave two hundred men for you. Be careful."