The steward's words were obviously only half spoken, and now even if he didn't say it in the second half, his purpose had been achieved. Just looking at the malicious smile on his face now, the village chief and several clan elders suddenly turned pale.

Now Lu Zhe, who heard this on the roof, had already scolded a few people in his heart, and it was really a group of white-eyed wolves!

Su Mian worked hard to take them to plant rice and harvest grain, as long as there is a harvest, they will naturally get benefits, but they still have to do such a thing of stealing chickens and touching dogs, it is really a dog biting Lu Dongbin!

"Steward, your Zhuangzi and our village have nothing to do with each other, although we are close to each other, but on weekdays our well water does not interfere with river water, why do you bother to embarrass our group of old, weak, sick and disabled?"

The first to come back to his senses was the head of the gray-bearded village chief, who did look a little older and not in good health, but now he is the calmest one, thinking about this matter, I'm afraid he planned it from the beginning, right?

But the person in charge only snorted coldly, he had used a lot of methods today, if the people in these villages were sincere, they would tell the truth directly from the beginning, and they didn't have to say such a cliché like themselves.

Now that they have worked hard, they can finally admit it, do they still want to turn a blind eye to themselves?

"I said, Village Chief Niu, there is no such good thing in the world, do you know what kind of life I have lived in the past few days for the hundreds of catties of grain you stolen? I couldn't sleep all night, and I was almost arrested by the court and sent back to prison, and now you tell me, that's it? ”

As the steward spoke, he became more and more excited, he had been lectured over and over by Gu Zhixing's people in the past few days, and he was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief, and he had to face General Lu's people again, and it was still the same problem. He was already physically and mentally exhausted, and indeed he had suffered a lot.

Fortunately, the secret of the back mountain was also discovered by him a few days ago, if he had known about it from the beginning, I am afraid that he would have been unable to resist it a long time ago, and he would have told the truth.

Fortunately, the grain harvest in Miss Su's other villages in the next few days was not bad, and everyone's attention could be taken away from themselves a little, so that the steward could hide this secret until now.

Village Chief Niu's face was even more difficult to look at, but after listening to what the steward said at this time, he only lowered his head and said nothing. Looking at the old people in front of him, although he was the culprit this time, he looked pitiful, and the person in charge sighed helplessly.

"I don't want to embarrass you, it's just that you took those hundreds of catties of food, and it was more than enough to divide the few people in your village, and I was burdened with so many sins because of your mistakes, shouldn't I ask for a little compensation? Shouldn't I be asking too much? ”

It can be seen that this person in charge has a bit of a conscience, and there is no lion to open his mouth, Lu Zhe rolled his eyes after listening to it on the roof, it is really a nest of snakes and rats!

Now that the truth has finally been revealed, it is also thanks to their calm breath that they have been ambushed for so many days and have done a good job. If I really didn't pay attention to this today, I am afraid that this grain will turn to ashes until it eats into their stomachs, and I don't know what is happening.

Next, under the soft grinding and hard bubble of the steward, Lu Zhe listened to the fact that a few people were afraid that an agreement had been reached, and Lu Zhe didn't care about how much stolen goods he could share, so he just withdrew lightly from the roof and hurried back to the imperial city.

"Sure enough, they were guarding and stealing, and at the beginning, the king thought that there was a great possibility of internal ghosts, but he forgot that they were indeed only for profit and couldn't listen to people."

Gu Zhixing had already listened to a series of things that Lu Zhe said emotionally at this time, but he was much calmer. Now he was concentrating on correcting a few books that were not particularly important, until Lu Zhe finished speaking, and then cut off the brush.

In the past few days, Gu Zhao has been busy dealing with the matter of this food, just like them, so he has an excuse to put out some less important notes and let himself help him correct them. Gu Zhixing looked at Su Mian's face, so he naturally acquiesced, so he had to work a little more.

Su Mian's expression on the side was a little unpleasant after hearing this, Lu Zhe wanted to curse a few more words with righteous indignation, but seeing that Su Mian seemed to be a little lost, he also suppressed the anger in his heart and didn't speak too badly.

"But it doesn't matter, now that we know the truth, when I tell Lord Jing Zhaoyin, let him send a few arresters to arrest those thieves with me, and the grain will be returned to the treasury, and it will be fine."

Lu Zhe waved his hand annoyedly, the grain has been harvested in the past few days, Su Mian's experiment can be regarded as a success, it was a great joy, but this kind of annoying thing was added in the middle, which made everyone not very happy.

However, Su Mian seemed to be a little dissatisfied with Lu Zhe's solution, but she hesitated for a while, and finally spoke in a somewhat discouraged tone to stop her.

"Don't do it first, although the Zhuangzi is in Niujia Village, it is not under the control of the people of Niujia Village. I heard that the owner of the village was an old minister who had returned to his hometown, and after he returned to his hometown, the Zhuangzi was unified under the management of the royal family, so this is not a prison guard stealing. ”

Su Mian pouted, Gu Zhixing knew that she must not feel comfortable in her heart now, after all, Su Mian sincerely wanted to help these ordinary people improve their lives, but these ordinary people still wanted their own selfish interests in front of them, so it couldn't help but hurt her heart.

Thinking like this, Gu Zhixing lightly held the back of Su Mian's hand, Su Mian raised his head to meet his concerned eyes, and had to pretend not to care and shook his head.

"You don't have to worry about me, I haven't seen any big scenes? I just feel that in this matter, the innocent people who have worked hard for so many days should not be implicated. Since it is related to that village, I am afraid that it is also because they have something hidden in the village, or it is possible that they have been used, and I think it is not too late to investigate before convicting them. ”

Su Mian knew that it was difficult for Qing officials to cut off family affairs, and if this matter was related to those parents in the village, I am afraid it would be much more cumbersome, and it would not be as simple to solve as Lu Zhe said.

But after all, she had a knot in her heart, and she wanted to know why the other party treated her like this. If it is only because of lack of money and food, it is clear that after the harvest, they will definitely get the subsidized silver taels and distribute the grain given by the state.

Gu Zhixing wanted to open his mouth to persuade him, after all, people die for money, birds die for food, this is actually a very normal thing. But seeing that Su Mian was in a bad mood, her whole little face was full of unhappiness, and Gu Zhixing was also a little distressed for a while, and he couldn't bear to say more.

Reaching out and rubbing Su Mian's little face, Gu Zhixing deliberately changed to a more gentle tone, wanting to tease his girl and make her a little happier.

"Then Yi Mian's, we can check as much as you want, do you think this is good? Don't be unhappy anymore, finding out the truth is actually a good thing in a sense. I'm fine today, so let me accompany you to your shop to have a look, okay? ”

Gu Zhixing's tone was so gentle that Su Mian was embarrassed to collapse his face again. Lu Zhe on the side was inexplicably stuffed with a bowl of dog food, rolled his eyes helplessly, and finally retreated first.

Although for the remaining half a day, Gu Zhixing accompanied Su Mian to take a stroll around the city, and went to her newly opened shop to sit for a long time, looking at Su Mian's face with more smiles.

But as soon as he was free, Su Mian looked worried again, and Gu Zhixing knew that if this matter was not solved for a day, his Ah Mian would be unhappy for a day.

Thinking like this, after returning to the palace, he sent Su Mian, who had been tired for a day, back to the wing room to rest, and Gu Zhixing called Lu Zhe to his study again.

"Lord Wang, I have a way, because what Su Mian said today, I sent someone down to investigate it carefully, and they can indeed be regarded as having a hidden secret. Almost all the old people in Niujia Village are now, and the young and strong people are willing to live in that barren mountain village when they see that the imperial city is so close? So now there are some old, weak, sick and disabled people left in the village, and life is particularly difficult. ”

Lu Zhe opened his mouth like this, and Gu Zhixing was thoughtful. That also explains why they were tempted when they saw so much food, and even did not hesitate to make the mistake of losing their heads.

It's just that Gu Zhixing thinks about it now, they are all old people, but they can transport the grain away so neatly, I'm afraid there is something wrong during this period.

"You have always been an iron-faced and selfless General Lu, and now you have also talked to this king about the world? This incident Ah Mian will care about why it happened, while this king only cares about the result and what to do. ”

Looking at Gu Zhixing's cold face, Lu Zhe was a little big, but fortunately, he did think of a solution, so he was not afraid of being reprimanded by Gu Zhixing.

"Don't worry, I haven't finished my words yet. Now that we already know where the grain is, now I will send someone to secretly transport the grain away, and only when all the grain is together can Miss Su calculate the output of her grain this time. As for the villagers, I will send people to guard the entrance of the cave, and if they go to transport grain and catch turtles in an urn, they will be able to take it in one fell swoop. ”

Although this method is straightforward now, after all, she promised Su Mian today, if she does it too simply, I am afraid it will make her feel uncomfortable, Gu Zhixing thought about it again and again, and added a few points.

"It's fine, but don't take it all away, just count how much they stole and leave some on the surface so they don't notice. Sending people to guard it should also be quite secretive, even when catching people, their hands and feet should be lighter, after all, they are a group of elderly people. ”

Seeing that Gu Zhixing agreed, Lu Zhe hurriedly nodded and ordered. In the past few days, he has been tortured enough because of the hundreds of catties of food that have been stolen, and now that he finally knows where this thing is, he naturally has to dispose of it quickly.

There was no noise about this matter, except for the people under Lu Zhe, but only Gu Zhixing and Su Mian knew.