Cao Miao looked down on Cao Zhi's performance of juvenile madness after a small victory, and he was not interested in paying attention to him, so he seized the time to make up for sleep.

Cao Zhi and Cao Zhi arranged for people to clean up the battlefield, count casualties and losses, and prepare to report.

All the losses are real, except for the amount of gold. Not much, just more than 400 gold. Of course, only the father and son of the Cao family knew about this matter, and everyone else thought that they had really been robbed of more than 400 gold, and Lao Song and the others were so angry that they scolded and vowed to find out those robbers.

After touching the ashes, the robbers who were fleeing for their lives did not know how many sneezes, and then began to guess each other, which bastard was so lucky to grab so much gold?

Robbers and robbers are not a group of people in the first place, so naturally there is no reason for everyone to share equally. Whoever grabbed it was whom, it was originally said that it was good.

At the end of the day, Lao Song and the others came back, bringing the evidence they had seized: Cangwu's road biography, also known as the passing office, with the official seal of Junyi County on it. However, it is not the official seal of the county order, but the county thief Cao Peng. In other words, there is no way to connect with Kuraji himself based on documents alone.

This confirms Cao Zhi's original guess that this matter is not Cangji's business alone, and there is the support of the Junyi clan behind it.

The thief Cao Peng is a local, and it is likely that he received instructions from someone to cooperate with the Cangji operation, and may even have come forward to contact the thieves in the county. His duty is law and order, and he is most familiar with these people. And Cangwu is new to the city, and it is difficult to gain the trust of local thieves without the local people in the middle of the contact.

After Cao Miao learned the details, she didn't say anything more. He knew that this road would not be smooth, but he didn't expect to encounter such a big trouble just after leaving Chen Liu.

Zhongmu ordered Deng Ru to come late, and only showed up in the afternoon, and followed dozens of people. got out of the car, looked at the messy battlefield, the corpses covered with reeds, and the captives who had been exposed to the sun for most of the day and were dying, Deng Ru's originally white face was even whiter, and even his lips were bloodless, and his originally calm demeanor disappeared without a trace, and he didn't say a complete sentence for a long time.

Cheng Yi, the accompanying county lieutenant, changed his enthusiastic smile and came to Cao Zhi, bowing his hands and asking for warmth.

Anyone with a little brain knows that there are so many thieves in the territory, and they deliberately attack the clan, no matter how unpopular King Yongqiu is with the court, if something really happens, they will be to blame, and they may even become scapegoats.

Cao Zhi had no intention of embarrassing Deng Ru and Cheng Yi, and put Cangwu's confession and related evidence in front of them.

Knowing that this matter was related to Cangji, Cheng Yi's eyes were a little strange. He pulled Deng Ru aside and muttered a few words. Deng Ru nodded again and again, and his pale face finally regained a trace of blood.

Cheng Yi immediately told Cao Zhi that this matter not only involved Linxian, but also Linjun and Linzhou, and it was not something they could handle. They will quickly report to the lieutenants of Henan Yin and Sili and ask them to send someone to investigate the scene. Will the king continue to move forward and talk about it in Luoyang, or will he please go to the county seat with us and stay for a few days?

Even if Cao Miao is not familiar with the specific work process, he can see the meaning of Deng Ru and Cheng Yi's prevarication. They don't want to wade into these troubled waters at all. It is best for Cao Zhi to go to Luoyang, as for whether to find Henan Yin or Sili Lieutenant, or even the emperor himself, it has nothing to do with them.

Cao Zhi said that I am the person concerned, so I naturally have to cooperate with the investigation, and I can't leave Zhongmu, and I may have to harass for a few days.

Although Deng Ru and Cheng Yi were reluctant, they could only agree. Although this matter has nothing to do with them, if they are in a hurry to drive Cao Zhi away, it will inevitably make people suspicious. When the time comes, Cao Zhi bites back and involves them, which is another unwarranted disaster.

Deng Ru didn't say anything during the whole process, and Cheng Yi always came forward to show Luo. Cheng Yi arranged for someone to protect the scene, and asked carefully about the attack, and asked very carefully.

Cao Miao couldn't help but look at him twice, feeling that this person should deal with it calmly, unlike ordinary people. Later, when I asked Cao Zhi, I learned that Cheng Yi was the grandson of the famous minister Cheng Yu, and his father's name was Cheng Yan, and he was named a marquis. Entrusted to his father Zu Enyin, he was appointed by quality, and Zhongmu County Lieutenant was his first official position.

The county lieutenant is not a high-ranking official, but as the starting point of his career, this official position is not low.

That night, Cao Miao and his entourage rushed to Zhongmu County with Deng Ru and Cheng Yi. When something happened in the territory, Deng Ru and Cheng Yi were afraid of being implicated, so they were very thoughtful to Cao Zhi's father and son, not only arranging them in a large courtyard, but also sending a lot of things, from wine and meat to daily food. Knowing that Cao Zhizhi robbed almost all the property, Deng Ru and Cheng Yi each gave ten gold in their private names to relieve their urgent needs.

After Cao Zhi stayed, the first thing he did was to write to the imperial court. He was ordered to go to Beijing because of the schedule restrictions, and if such an incident happened, it was difficult for him to arrive on time, and he had to write a letter in time to explain the situation.

For a few days, Deng Ru did not show up again, only Cheng Yi came twice to ask about the situation.

Cao Miao is a patient, living in a simple house, not seeing outsiders, and naturally not knowing the specific situation. He only heard Cao Zhi mention it once, saying that Cangwu retracted his confession, did not admit everything he confessed, and insisted that Cao Miao was an unreasonable madman, tortured to extract a confession, and falsely accused him of being a thief. His smashed five toes are proof of this.

Five days later, Sun Hao rushed to Zhongmu and confirmed the news: Junyi ordered Cangji to write to the county guard Sun Yong and the assassin Wang Chang, asking the state and county to investigate thoroughly, return Cangwu's innocence, and hold Cao Miao responsible.

After hearing this, Cao Miao didn't say anything, just sighed.

The bad guys are very arrogant, and they actually bite back.

It's just that Cangji is not smart enough, and the more fiercely he jumps, the more miserable he dies.

Within two days, news came from Junyi that Wang Chang, the state assassin, sent someone to Junyi, ordered Sun Yong to investigate the matter thoroughly, and controlled Cangji, imprisoned him in Chenliu County Prison, and asked Sun Yong to send a special person to guard it without any accidents. Sun Yong was very distressed about this, but he couldn't shirk it, but he just ordered someone to take strict care of it to prevent Cangji from committing suicide or being committed.

Even if Sun Yong is broad-minded, he also knows that this matter is very important, and there is no room for sloppiness.

The only good thing is that everyone knows that he has an excellent relationship with the father and son of King Yongqiu, especially the eldest prince Cao Miao, and it is impossible to be the person involved in the case, and no matter how much he checks, he can't find his head. All he had to do was prove that the amount of gold that Cao Cheng had robbed was true. He had Cao Miao's receipt in his hand, and the figure of five hundred gold was clearly written.

A few days later, Cao Zhi received the edict and continued to move forward to Luoyang.

Along the way, Cao Zhi continued to write to the imperial court. It is not to cry out for his attack, but to admonish and block Wu. He analyzed in detail the situation of Wei and Wu in the Jianghuai area, and determined that the attack on Wu could not achieve the expected goal, and once it suffered a major setback, it might be despised by Sun Quan, and even shake the foundation of the southeast. Cao Xiu was stubborn and self-serving, and lacked the experience of personally commanding the army, so he sent troops in a hurry, and it was difficult to win.

But all his books were lost in the sea, and the Son of Heaven did not reply even a word.

In mid-August, Cao Zhi and his entourage arrived in Luoyang.

Cao Shuang was edicted and went out of the city to greet him.