Late at night, in the cell of the Five Cities Terracotta Division. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Info Nangong Mo wore a dark blue cloak inlaid with white fur and sat in a chair against the wall of the cell. Not far ahead, the mother and son of the Lin family were trapped on a pillar. There were no scars on his body, and there was no blood. But just looking at Lin Changyun's declining appearance, he obviously suffered a lot.

Nangong Mo held his chin, his eyes were a little bored, and he looked at the mother and son of the Lin family not far away, and frowned: "I've asked for so long, but I still haven't asked?" ”

Qin Zixu stroked his forehead, very ashamed, "The lower officials are incompetent, please ask the princess to surrender." ”

Nangong Mo waved his hand, Qin Zixu's ability was clear to him, and if he couldn't ask, it was definitely not because he was incompetent. But this Lin Changyun doesn't look like a character with three chastity and nine spirits. Even if he is, Mrs. Lin Chang'an Lin and Lin Han's mother and son must not be. Nangong Mo thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be... He doesn't know anything at all? ”

Qin Zixu was a little unconvinced, it was certain that the Lin family was involved in this incident. Everyone is a child of a family, even if you are really unlucky to choose the wrong pit jump, you can't even know who the pit owner is, what is in the pit, and what to dig the pit for, right? How stupid it would be to dare to jump into it without hesitation. But thinking about this afternoon, they have basically tried everything except for the method of making people's skin and flesh bloom, and Lin Changyun should not let go. Ask what you don't know, the feeling is not hard-boned, but really don't know?

Qin Zixu looked at Lin Changyun's eyes, getting closer and closer to looking at an idiot. Lin Changfeng actually let such a mother and son be bullied for more than ten years, and finally kicked out of the house? Qin Gongzi considered whether he was going to start re-examining Changfeng Gongzi's IQ. Lin Changyun seemed to be a little annoyed by such a gaze, and the conversation between Nangong Mo and Qin Zixu did not avoid him. glared at Qin Zixu fiercely, but he still didn't say anything, but his face became even more gray and gloomy.

As if he had found a clue, Qin Zixu sat back down and asked, "Since you don't know anything, it is said that those people in the rivers and lakes were hired by Lin Chang'an on the street, why did he hire a group of people in the rivers and lakes in a good manner?" Lin Changyun had suffered a lot this day, and at this time, when he heard Qin Zixu start to ask the old questions he had already asked again, he became even more irritable, "I have already said it!" In order to prevent Lin Changfeng, his martial arts are so high, and there are many masters under his hands, what if he wants to be unfavorable to us? ”

Qin Zixu was noncommittal, and flicked his fingers lightly: "The fact is that you want to be unfavorable to Lin Changfeng. intends to kill the three-rank official of the imperial court, and he is not small. ”

"I didn't want to kill him!" Lin Changyun said angrily, this is the truth, no matter how much he hates Lin Changfeng, sometimes he even thinks that it is best for him to die. But at the beginning of today, Lin Changyun really didn't plan to kill Lin Changfeng. Qin Zixu didn't care, and continued to ask: "The Lin family recently spent 300,000 taels of silver, did you give it to the Zhu family?" Why? ”

Lin Changyun snorted lightly and said, "So what? The sixth sister married into the Zhu family, can't I give her the dowry? Even if I gave 300,000 taels to the Zhu family, would it be illegal? ”

Qin Zixu looked at him and smiled: "The dowry of 300,000 taels is so generous." I know what you're thinking, but you probably don't have a good memory and need to be reminded by the official that you don't need to catch any collusion or collusion with anyone or anything like that. Just because you want to be unfavorable to Lin Changfeng today, you don't want to get out of prison happily. Oh, there was someone who could get you, but you said that if the official sent the whereabouts of the 300,000 taels of silver to His Majesty, do you think your new master would dare to speak for you? ”

Lin Changyun gritted his teeth, "Qin Zixu! I have no grievances with you......"

Qin Zixu sneered, if something happens tomorrow, don't say anything about grudges, and no one of you can think about living a good life.

Nangong Mo stroked his eyebrows and said, "It's late, there will be something tomorrow." It seems that he really doesn't know anything, so don't bother. Let's deal with it as a murder of the imperial court. ”

Qin Zixu nodded respectfully, "The princess is right, it seems that there are really no clues here." Why don't you go back and rest first? ”

Nangong Mo nodded and got up and said, "It's okay." ”

Seeing that Nangong Mo was really leaving, Qin Zixu's eyes became more and more indifferent when he saw him, and Lin Changyun was really a little panicked. He wasn't really stupid enough to do this, and at this time he guessed that something big had happened that he didn't know about. What Qin Zixu just said blocked all his expectations and retreats, if something big happened that he didn't know about and they were involved, I was afraid that in the end, it would be not just him, but the entire Lin family would be finished. But he couldn't figure out what was going on, if it was him secretly taking refuge in King Zheng, was this a big deal? There are not a hundred or eighty people in Jinling City who choose to stand and are preparing to stand, which dynasty and which generation do not have these things? If the Chu Wangfu wants to copy the Lin family for this reason, the king of Chu, the prince, is afraid that he should also do it.

So... What is it?

The more he thought about it, the more anxious he became, and Lin Changyun was sweating on his forehead.

He had to say something, if he couldn't say anything that Princess Chu needed, the four of them were afraid that there would be no way to live. Even if there is nothing at all, who knows if Qin Zixu will get something to frame him?

"Wait!" Seeing that Nangong Mo was about to walk to the door of the cell, Lin Changyun couldn't help but shout. Nangong Mo stopped, but did not look back. Lin Changyun swallowed his saliva, gritted his teeth and said, "Zhu Da told Chang'an that Jinling City may be a bit chaotic recently, let's find more nurses." Those people in the rivers and lakes who left were found by us with money, and those very powerful people were not. They are Zhu Da's people, and they say that they live in the mansion. People like Zhu Da, where can you get such a master. I thought... I thought that His Royal Highness King Zheng wanted to secretly cultivate some people to compete with the King of Chu, so he recruited those people. After all, everyone knows that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is surrounded by masters... Just give them a yard to live in, and they can sell King Zheng a favor, so they ......"

Nangong Mo turned around and glanced at Qin Zixu, seeing that they didn't speak, Lin Changyun suddenly became a little anxious, "What I said is true!" It's not just our family! There are several families close to the Zheng Wangfu and the Zhu family who have done this. As for the 300,000 taels of silver, it is not only us, at least three of the ten families in Jinling have secretly sent silver to the Zhu family, not to mention those officials in the court. If I don't send it, where can I have a place in front of King Zheng? ”

Nangong Mo lowered his eyes, "Which family has sheltered people in the rivers and lakes?" Write it out. ”

Someone immediately sent the banknotes, and Lin Changyun also understood that something was wrong, and wrote down everything he knew with trembling hands. Yuan himself didn't feel it in it, but after being tortured for a long time and cornered, he suddenly sobered up. If King Zheng wants to cultivate masters, he will only secretly put people in a place that outsiders don't know, so how can he send them to the mansion of the powerful families in Jinling City in batches? This is clearly the rhythm of making trouble. Thinking of this, Lin Changyun suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

Getting the list written by Lin Changyun, Nangong Mo's expression was cold and solemn. He handed it to Nangong Xu, who was standing aside, and said in a deep voice: "Big brother, arrest someone." I'll let Xingwei and Qiuyang assist you. ”

Nangong Xu nodded silently and turned around and went out.

Early the next morning, the streets of Jinling were swept clean and dust-free. The streets are lined with seasonal flowers, and the lights are even more colorful than the New Year's that has just passed. Long life for the emperor, amnesty for the world, and celebration for the whole world. Of course, Emperor Taichu was not an emperor who liked to be favored, and he naturally would not do the kind of thing that pardoned criminals to win the hearts of the people. Instead, they chose another method that was more popular with the people -- reducing taxes.

The taxes of Great Xia are naturally not heavy compared to the Northern Yuan Dynasty, but they are not light when looking at the strength of ancient and modern thousands of years. After all, it has been less than 50 years since the founding of Great Xia, and there are all kinds of ruins waiting to be rebuilt, and there have been wars and chaos in the past few years, and the taxes in both the north and the south are actually a bit heavy. When Emperor Taichu ascended the throne, he was originally going to recuperate with the people, and it was appropriate to announce the reduction of taxes at this time. Although Emperor Taichu was anxious to clean up the Northern Yuan people, he also understood the truth that if you want to hurry, you can't reach it. If the Central Plains can't be stabilized, what else is there to talk about the Northern Expedition?

So as soon as this news came out, the people of the entire Great Xia were boiling. Long live the Son of Heaven.

For the common people, it doesn't matter who becomes the emperor. The point is who can make them live a good life, and who is in power can pay a little less tax and a little less labor. As for who is orthodox and who is usurper, it really doesn't really matter that much.

Early in the morning, Xiao Yao and An An were packed up by Princess Changping and taken into the palace. Although the son of Xiange had neither a title nor an official position, the three masters and apprentices also received official posts and were invited into the palace for a banquet as a guest of honor. Originally, the old man and Uncle Wenren were not interested in this kind of banquet, but after hearing that there might be assassins that day, they still followed the string song into the palace. If those short-eyed assassins hurt two little babies, they don't know how to feel distressed. In particular, the untimely death who was kidnapped by Gong Yuchen once has become a key control object. The two children were taken by Princess Changping to meet the queen, and after they were directly taken over by their master and uncle. The two elders are old, and there are only a few people in the harem of Emperor Taichu, so there is no need to avoid too much.

Nangong Mo, who was in the Chu Palace, couldn't help but smile when he heard the announcement that Princess Changping's secret guard came back, and he really felt relieved. The two children are protected by Master and Uncle, no matter what happens today, she and Jun Mo don't have to worry about the children. Waving his hand to let the dark guard go back and continue to protect Princess Changping, Nangong Mo continued to look down at the things in his hand. Don't look at today's birthday banquet, she can't just throw her hands into the palace and talk to those women, there are still many things. But thinking about the situation of sitting in the middle of a bunch of women and knocking his teeth, Nangong Mo immediately lifted his spirits, let's work.

"Princess."

Qu Lianxing hurriedly came with a bunch of brochures, and without waiting for her to salute, Nangong Mo said, "Is there any news from Changfeng?" Compared with before, Qu Lianxing looked a little haggard, still wearing yesterday's clothes, and her eyes were covered with red bloodshots, obviously she didn't sleep all night last night.

Qu Lianxing nodded, sent the booklet in his hand to Nangong Mo, and said, "Princess Qiyu, Prince Changfeng inspected the account books of the household department for the last ten years yesterday, and after removing the normal expenses and losses, it is true that some of the money is missing. ”

Nangong Mo opened the booklet and went directly to the last page, but he was stunned when he saw the number on it, and raised his eyebrows: "Two hundred thousand taels?" ”

Qu Lianxing nodded and said, "Only this batch is the most suspicious, these 200,000 taels of gold were spent in several batches in the name of purchasing military supplies at the beginning of August last year. However, in fact, not a single cent of this money was spent on the purchase of munitions. When the gold left the treasury, it disappeared. Because the confrontation between the two armies was the most tense time, and there were many things in the imperial court. The household department also didn't have time to pay attention to this bad debt. Wait until Your Majesty ascends the throne......"

"How?" Nangong Mo asked.

Qu Lianxing said: "When the civil officials in the court ganged up with His Majesty before, he was taken down by His Majesty. The current Tobe Shangshu is His Majesty's person, so... He didn't know what was going on. We sent for the old man, and found him dead years ago. ”

"Two hundred thousand taels of gold... Not a small amount. Nangong Mo said: "Even if there were many things at that time, Xiao Qianye couldn't just ask." ”

Qu Lianxing shook his head, although Xiao Qianye is only a county king with no rights now. But in the end, it is a special status, without His Majesty's permission, even if they have any suspicions, it is impossible for them to go directly to the county king's mansion to ask him. Of course, Nangong Mo also understood this truth, and asked, "There are only 200,000 taels, what about the rest?" ”

Qu Lianxing said: "There is indeed nothing else to check in the household department, and it is not so easy to make fake accounts even if you want to make fake accounts for a longer time." "What's more, one million taels of gold is equivalent to ten million taels of silver. Even for the treasury, this is not a small amount. If so much money is missing from the treasury and no one has found it, the officials of the household department will not have to live.

"However, we stayed up late last night to check the accounts of the royal treasury in recent years. Discover ......"

"Found what?"

"After the palace of the king of Pingchuan County was raided, the property of the king of Pingchuan County did not rush into the treasury, and the account books were not found in the inner treasury of the palace." Originally, the inner library of the palace was not returned to Lin Changfeng, but Emperor Taichu wanted to let Lin Changfeng go with him. Anyway, he has no money, and he is not afraid of Lin Changfeng filling his pockets. In less than a day and a night, even if Lin Changfeng took the entire household department and borrowed bad manpower from other places, it was an extremely huge project to check all the account books of the household department and the inner treasury for several years. Although Qu Lianxing was methodically replying to Nangong Mo's words at this time, she still felt that her mind was now full of those dense account books shaking.

Nangong Mo pondered, "The King of Pingchuan County... Lingzhou Gold Mine! ”

Back then, the king of Pingchuan County and Xiao Qianye jointly controlled the gold mines in Lingzhou, and judging from the relationship between the two at that time, Xiao Chun must have taken the lion's lead. So the wealth of the royal palace of Pyeongcheon-gun... Thinking of this, Nangong Mo sighed slightly. looked up at Qu Lianxing's haggard face and said, "I know, I worked hard for you last night." You go back and rest for two hours, and then talk about other things. Today's events are only a lot. ”

"Yes, Princess. The star retired. Qu Lianxing did not shirk and respectfully retired. After all, she is not as good as a martial arts practitioner, Lin Changfeng is still in good spirits after a busy night. But now she not only feels a faint pain in her forehead, but also a feeling of a little weightlessness, and if she doesn't rest, she is afraid that she will really fall.

Watching Qu Lianxing staggering out, Nangong Mo couldn't help but smile. Shaking her head, she turned around, picked up the booklet that Qu Lianxing had just given her and walked out.