No one dared to rub in when such a big event happened, but after two quarters of an hour, the guards of the Yan Wangfu came in with a few people. casually threw it with the remaining two stewards who had been beaten dozens of boards. Not far away, the body of the suicide was still in the distance, and the blood on his forehead had dried up a little.

Nangong Mo leaned against the chair and closed his eyes slightly, and his eyebrows furrowed slightly. Although she had been pregnant for more than three months and nearly ten months, she still felt a little uncomfortable when she smelled the smell of blood and the faint musty smell emanating from this warehouse. Seeing this, Qu Lianxing, who was delicate, quietly tied a sachet with a faint fragrance to her waist, and she felt better.

"Cousin?" Xiao Qianchi was a little ashamed, as a man, these things that should have been handled by himself had to be pushed to a pregnant woman. But a person's personality cannot be changed in an instant, and even knowing his shortcomings does not mean that he can immediately become decisive.

Nangong Mo opened his eyes, and his gaze calmly swept over the people on the ground. The few stewards who were forced to kneel on the ground couldn't help but shiver. Although the Yan Wang's Mansion is now being taken care of by the Prince of Yan, they all understand that it is not His Royal Highness the young Prince who is really terrifying, but this gentle and moving Lord of Star City.

Nangong Mo said indifferently: "Do you have anything you want to say to this county lord?" ”

Everyone was silent, and Nangong Mo was not in a hurry, nodding and saying, "It's good if there isn't, because the county lord doesn't really want to talk to you." colluded with outsiders, dereliction of duty and negligence, delayed military aircraft, and beheaded all over the house. Stay. The people present, whether kneeling or standing, couldn't help but gasp. As soon as he opened his mouth, he was beheaded by ** people, which implicated at least hundreds of people.

A few stewards obviously didn't expect that this county lord's style of acting was completely different from that of the prince. I didn't plan to talk nonsense with them at all, and I was going to be killed all over the house.

"County Lord, I'll ...... it"

"You mean to say that you have been wronged?" Nangong Mo looked indifferently at the man who spoke, "Even if you are really wronged, the crime of dereliction of duty is enough to make you and others beheaded." As I said, for such a reason, the main killings in this county do not need any reason. ”

"The prince won't allow you to do this!" One of the stewards shouted, "We are loyal to the prince, and the prince will never let you kill Zhongliang in vain!" ”

Nangong Mo sneered and said lazily: "Zhongliang, the army will run out of food in a few days." Think about the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who are still fighting hard at the border and are about to go hungry, you tell the county lord again, are you loyal and good? ”

The steward's face turned blue and white.

"Lord Qiqi, the people who went to invite the prince are back." Outside the courtyard gate, a guard came in and said. Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows, he knew without asking, obviously King Yan didn't invite him back. Nodding slightly, he said, "Let him in." ”

"The lord of the county, the prince."

Nangong Mo asked, "Uncle didn't come back?" ”

The guard shook his head and said a little dazedly: "Subordinate... I didn't see His Royal Highness King Yan. His Royal Highness King Yan has been in retreat and fasting, and only the people around the prince have passed the word, asking the prince and the county lord to deal with it, and they will wait until the prince has finished fasting. ”

"How could my father..."Xiao Qianchi was in a hurry, and couldn't help blurting out. Halfway through the words, he was stopped by Nangong Mo's eyes. He also knew that this was not the place to talk about this, so he sighed and stood aside a little depressed. Nangong Mo waved his hand to signal the guards to step back, and turned back to continue to look at those kneeling on the ground.

"Looks like my uncle doesn't want to see you anymore. If you have nothing to say, go down. ”

Go down? If you go down, you will not only die yourself, but you will also die with your family.

Nangong Mo seemed to think of something, and said, "By the way, you can rest assured that the county lord will definitely let your family accompany you on the road." One no less! ”

Someone changed color suddenly, and looked at Nangong Mo who was sitting lazily in a chair with a frightened expression.

A group of people were escorted in from the outside, men, women and children, ranging from the elderly in their seventies and eighties to the children of children a few years old. There was constant whimpering and crying from the crowd.

The originally spacious courtyard suddenly became a little crowded and noisy after being crowded with hundreds of people.

"Mother?!"

"Ma'am?!"

"Chess... Yu'er?! ”

The person who could have been calm finally couldn't hold it anymore. No matter who sees the family they thought they had sent away being brought to them, they will not be able to hold it when they are about to be killed. He looked at Nangong Mo in front of him in horror, as if he was looking at a terrifying demon.

Nangong Mo said lightly: "The county lord will give you a stick of incense time to consider. After a stick of incense... These people will all fall to the ground. Behind him, someone had already brought an incense burner, and a fragrance slowly burned and rose green smoke.

"You demon?! Lord of Star City, aren't you afraid of retribution?! A steward in his thirties couldn't help but rush over, but before he could get up, he was held down by the guards beside him. Nangong Mo looked at him fixedly, and smiled, "Don't be afraid, you're not afraid, what is the county lord afraid of?" Qianchi, let's go, but look at the account in the account room. As for these people, they will all be killed before anyone recruits them when the time comes, so there is no need to tell them again. ”

"Yes, County Lord." Xing Wei and Liu Han said in unison.

Qu Lianxing stepped forward to help Nangong Mo get up, Xiao Qianchi looked at the crying people in the courtyard, and couldn't bear it, "Cousin-in-law, is this ......?"

"Let's go." Nangong Mo glanced at him lightly and said in a deep voice.

Xiao Qianchi choked, sighed softly and looked at Nangong Mo who was walking outside. Maybe... He will never be able to be like his cousin and sister-in-law and father in his life.

In the study, Xiao Qianchi buried his head in the piles of account books, trying to check the suspicious accounts. Nangong Mo leaned to the side and thought silently with a cup of tea. After a long time, he spoke: "Uncle Yan Wang."

opened his mouth and said: "Uncle Yan Wang is also considered to be a royal family, how could it happen that all the stewards of the three granaries betrayed at the same time?" ”

Xiao Qianchi was stunned in his hand, and couldn't help but raise his head and said, "Cousin-in-law, could it be that they are indeed wronged?" ”

Qu Lianxing chuckled, and then put down the account book in his hand and said, "Shizi, what kind of place is the granary?" If someone hadn't released water, who would have had the ability to put so much rotten grain into it? All the grain was rotten and moldy, and this was definitely not improperly preserved, but clearly someone did it on purpose. It was not food for only a few hundred people in the Yan Wang's Mansion, but enough food for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses for several months. Even if you want to destroy all this food, you need a lot of manpower. ”

Xiao Qianchi frowned and said, "My cousin-in-law is already going to kill their whole family, why do they still refuse to recruit?" ”

Qu Lianxing shrugged, "Maybe they're gambling, the county lord is just scaring them." ”

Xiao Qianchi looked at Nangong Mo hesitantly, "Cousin-in-law, you are... Is it to scare them? ”

Nangong Mo smiled, "Naturally not." I've always been a fan of scaring people. ”

"But... So many people, if it spreads, I'm afraid that my cousin's reputation will not be good. And my father is there..."Xiao Qianchi couldn't help but persuade. Nangong Mo sighed, "If these people fall into the hands of Uncle Yan Wang, they will only die even worse." Qianchi, it's not a good thing that the heart is too soft. ”

Xiao Qianchi stopped a little cowardly, and said with a wry smile: "Maybe I'm really not this material." If it weren't for my cousin this time, I really don't know what to do. ”

"The lord of the county, the prince." Qu Lianxing suddenly spoke, "Found it." ”

"What?"

Qu Lianxing pointed to the account book in his hand and said, "Two months ago, the Dusi of Youzhou once borrowed a batch of grain from His Royal Highness King Yan. In the end, the grain was returned by the Yamen, the political envoy of Youzhou, half a month later. At that time, it was because the grain in Yamen had not been harvested this year, and General Xie was in urgent need of grain and grass in his army, so he had to be seconded with Yan Wangfu in advance. It was personally agreed by His Royal Highness King Yan. ”

Xiao Qianchi grabbed the account book in her hand, and sure enough, she saw the seal of King Yan. frowned and said: "I only borrowed 70,000 stone of grain, the amount is far from enough, and it is only this one granary." The three granaries have always been independent, and they cannot allocate grain and grass to each other. ”

Qu Lianxing smiled: "It is said that it is 70,000 stones, but who dares to guarantee that it is really this number?" Could it be that His Royal Highness King Yan will personally guard here when the food is allocated? ”

Nangong Mo frowned and said: "It is impossible for the steward of the granary not to inspect when the political envoy of Youzhou returns the grain, and it is impossible for no one to see the seventy thousand stone grain when it is sent in. If there is a problem, why don't these people report it? You know, this is absolutely exposed, and it is a major crime to kill the head when implicated. ”

Qu Lianxing and Xiao Qianchi were also dumbfounded, and they couldn't understand why these people had the ambition to keep their mouths shut together. What's in it for them? Even if there are benefits, can they compare to the benefits of survival? Once you know it, you have nothing.

Nangong Mo rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Go and check the relationship between these people for me again." ”

"Yes, County Lord."

"County Lord." Outside the door, Liu Han came in quickly and said in a deep voice: "County Lord, someone has recruited." ”

Nangong Mo raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Oh? What did you say? ”

Liu Han's expression was solemn, and he said in a low voice: "Among those stewards, two of them were replaced. One of them is the one who committed suicide just now, and the rest of them have handles in the hands of others. ”

"Oh?" Nangong Mo was curious, "What kind of handle is more important than the lives of the whole family?" ”

Liu Han said: "Originally, according to the plan, the next allocation of grain and grass should be five days later. So they planned to evacuate all of them in three days, but they didn't expect that a border city was raided by the Northern Yuan soldiers and horses, and the grain and grass were burned, which was only a few days in advance. So ......"

"That's why you disrupted their plans?" Nangong Modao.

Liu Han nodded. Nangong Mo pondered for a while, and then said for a long time: "Go and kill the person who confessed." ”

"Huh?!" The three of them were all stunned, and looked at Nangong Mo in unison. Nangong Mo said: "He didn't tell the truth, or rather... Half-truths. Even if someone really pinched the big handle, in the face of this kind of thing that can wipe out the family, not everyone can choose so clearly. What's more, I'm also curious about how they managed to seize the handle that was enough to make people all betray the Yan Wangfu at the same time, and how they made people believe that they could keep the names of everyone here. Here, but Youzhou. "And Youzhou is the territory of King Yan, as long as you don't leave Youzhou for a day, no one dares to say that you can escape. Even, even if you leave Youzhou, to the north is the barren land of the Northern Yuan, and to the south... It is the territory of King Qi and King Qing, one of these two is the half-brother of King Yan, and the other is a loyal follower of King Yan. To the west is King Ning's territory, and the relationship between King Ning and King Yan is also good, and his subordinate Taining Sanwei is not a vegetarian. I'm afraid that even if these people get out of Youzhou's territory, they will not be able to escape death.

"My subordinates will go." was deceived, Liu Hanqiao turned around with a cold face and left.

Xiao Qianchi looked at Nangong Mo with a tangled face. Nangong Mo tapped the armrest beside him and looked at him with a smile and said, "You don't have to look like this, I'm almost... I can guess who's doing the trick. ”

"Really? Who is it? ”

Nangong Mo said indifferently: "In King Yan's Mansion, except for Uncle King Yan, there are not many people who have the ability to control these people. ”

Xiao Qianchi was silent, it was indeed not much, even a few of them, who were the sons of King Yan, might not be able to do it. Before they really came into contact with the power of the Yan Palace, their father's subordinates were very respectful to them, but they might not listen to them when they really faced official affairs.

After a while, Xiao Qianchi raised his head, gritted his teeth and said, "I'll take someone to bring someone over and hand it over to my cousin-in-law for interrogation!" "If you think about it carefully, you will basically know those people. As for which one it is, it still needs to be verified. It's just..."Will the other party run away early?" ”？”

Nangong Mo lowered his eyes, and Qu Lianxing said with a smile: "Don't worry, the county lord ordered someone to block all the ways out inside and outside Youzhou City as soon as the accident happened, ensuring that not a single mosquito could fly out." ”

Xiao Qianchi wiped a cold sweat, "It's still my cousin-in-law who thinks thoughtfully." Cousin-in-law, I'll go first. ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Nangong Mo nodded.

Watching Xiao Qianchi leave quickly, Qu Lianxing was a little surprised and said, "Is the prince really angry?" ”

Nangong Mo said lightly: "The people who can suppress these people are at least the personal confidants of His Royal Highness King Yan, and even among these people are people planted by the enemy, no one can not be angry." Now, let's think about what will happen to the grain and grass in two days' time. ”

"What is the county lord's method?"

Nangong Mo shook his head on his forehead and asked, "Can I let people rob the granary of the Yamen of the political envoy of Youzhou?" ”

Qu Lianxing was stunned, "Probably... Can't you? "Robbing official food? That's the rhythm of a real rebellion.

Nangong Mo thought for a while and said, "Go and ask the political envoy of Youzhou to come over, and I'll talk to him about the deterioration of the grain he exchanged." Qu Lianxing was a little skeptical, "Lord Qi won't admit it, after all, it's not just the grain he exchanged for but all the grain and grass that are broken." In addition, when the grain is collected and put into storage, it must be checked, and there was no problem at that time, and now we don't pay attention to the problem. ”

Nangong Mo waved his hand indifferently and said, "Then talk to him about borrowing grain." He can't let the soldiers of Youzhou Wei fight on an empty stomach, right? If we withdraw the troops, what can Xie Li's 100,000 or so people stop? ”

Although Qu Lianxing felt that the possibility was not high, he nodded and responded.

Nangong Mo sighed, leaned back in his chair and continued to close his eyes and rest. One hand caressed the flat abdomen for a while. A ray of sunset sprinkled on her face through the window lattice, and the originally quiet and somewhat gloomy room made people feel a little more quiet and warm.

In the courtyard, Liu Han stared at the people kneeling on the ground in front of him with a cold face. Not far away, there was another corpse, everyone was trembling with love, and the ignorant child was crying loudly. Liu Han glanced at the incense burner in front of him, and the incense in the incense burner had been extinguished.

"The time has long since come, and it is this dead man who has saved you. But it's a pity... His answer wasn't quite satisfying to the county lord. So, let's move on to the previous thing. Get ready to get your hands dirty. ”

The guards standing in the courtyard stepped forward, pulled all the people huddled together, and then drew their weapons one after another.

"Wow, Dad, help! I don't want to die......"

"Woo... Xianggong, help..."

"We don't know anything, woo woo......"

Liu Han looked down at one of the stewards, who was the one who was confessed and said to be the one who was finely made. Liu Han said: "You don't have to be afraid, you don't have to die for the time being." Don't worry, those people shouldn't have anything to do with you, right? ”

The man's throat moved, and he glared at Liu Han fiercely without speaking. Liu Han laughed, "Do it!" ”

"Wait!" Outside the door, a somewhat anxious voice came from the door.

Liu Han raised his eyebrows, looked back at the door, and saw Gong Xiaodie, who was supposed to accompany King Yan outside the city, standing at the door. Liu Han had just the right amount of surprise on his face, "Concubine Palace? ”

"What are you doing?" Gong Xiaodie walked in quickly and said loudly.

Liu Han said: "On the order of the county lord, these people will be beheaded all over the house." ”

Gong Xiaodie took a breath of cold air, "Are you crazy?!" That's one or two hundred lives. ”

Liu Leng smiled, "Concubine Gong, there are hundreds of thousands of lives on the side." ”

Gong Xiaodie was stunned, gritted her teeth and said, "Aren't those people okay?" Let's think of a way to solve it, why do we have to kill so many people? ”

Liu Han was speechless, is this palace concubine planning to play the Bodhisattva of Salvation in front of her? Something wrong with your brain, right?

Seeing the opportunity, those stewards hurriedly asked Gong Xiaodie for help, claiming that they were wronged.

Gong Xiaodie said: "Since the matter has not been clarified, how can you kill people casually?" ”

Liu Han said lightly: "Concubine Fang, may I ask why you are here?" In what capacity did they interfere with the decision of the county lord? ”

Gong Xiaodie bit the corner of her lip, raised her head and said, "This concubine is the side concubine of His Royal Highness King Yan, isn't it enough?" ”

"Huh." Liu Han laughed without a smile, "Princess Yan didn't interfere with the decisions of the county lord and the prince. "What is a side concubine? To put it nicely, it's just a concubine of King Yan.

Gong Xiaodie gritted her teeth, took out a token from her sleeve, and asked Liu Han, "This, is it enough?" ”