The next day, after the incident of Gong Qu and several people dying for selling treasury bonds was exposed, it immediately became a hot topic of discussion on the streets.

The people in Beijing angrily scolded and condemned Gong Qu and the five people, and even criticized the issue of treasury bonds by the imperial court, believing that the imperial court should not hand over the matter to profit-seeking businessmen.

The person in charge of Gong Qu's group of five people knew the inside story of the matter, and while going to Shuntian Mansion to cry out for the five people, he went to the Internal Affairs Office and asked the Internal Affairs Office to come forward to make decisions for several people and return the five people to their innocence.

The Internal Affairs Office had already received Huang Yongzhong's order to send a message to a few people to go back and wait for news, and as for the merits, the imperial court would investigate clearly and would not wronged them.

Zhou Kun went to investigate Yan Shangyou's body yesterday, and although his death looked like a suicide, he still found out that Yan Shangyou died of murder from the clues.

Although the matter has been investigated, Zhou Kun did not announce it immediately, but came to Shuntian Mansion with great fanfare, and asked Yin Wu Bingxuan of Shuntian Mansion to open a court to try the case, and at the same time secretly investigated the person who spread the matter and provoked the incident.

Wu Bingxuan knew that this matter was related to the national debt, and the emperor attached great importance to the national debt, and the outcome of the case was also very important, so he was extremely cautious, on the one hand, he did not dare to judge the case easily, and on the other hand, he also wanted to delay time to see if there were more forces entering the matter, so he silently cooperated with Zhou Kun.

The businessmen of the other groups saw that this matter had been pending for two days in a row, and their hearts were a little drummed, and now the people in Beijing commented extremely badly on Gong Qu and the others, and even the comments of themselves and others were slightly affected.

Now Gong Qu is in custody, and several people in the same group are often summoned, even if the final investigation is clear that a few people are fine, there should be no hope of promotion, although there are a few fewer competitors, but everyone is not only not happy, but a little worried, worried that this matter will be used to target.

These days, the competition between them is becoming more and more fierce, and now most of them have a grudge, if others also use this matter to frame themselves, then all their previous efforts will be completely wasted, and they are anxiously waiting for the results of the investigation and the decision to deal with this matter.

After three days of investigation, Lu Jing has found out that there are five managers in the Zhaoxin Bureau, although their connectors are different, but the connectors finally converged in a mansion named Yang Mansion on Xingyang Street in Dongcheng.

Lu Jing did not startle the snake, sent someone to secretly monitor this house, and found that the house here is the house of the Changlu Yang family in Beijing, and its head Yang Hong is living in it, Han Qi, the son of Jinxiang Boshi, often goes in and out of it, and the prince of Zhenguo Mansion Niu Yuan also came once, and Han Qi once went out of this mansion and went to the Beijing Palace.

At this point in the investigation, Lu Jing has determined that the mastermind behind this case is really as he guessed, and this matter is also manipulated by Xungui behind his back.

The truth is clear, Lu Jing can't help but fall into deep thought, knowing that the first head-on collision with Xungui is afraid that it can't be avoided, although Xungui can't jump for long, a small collision is also beneficial, but he doesn't want to face Xungui's forces so fiercely.

What's more, with his current strength, he can't do it, but this matter has to be done, after pondering for a while, Lu Jing decided to start a bold plan, intending to do something to promote the duel between the emperor and Xungui, so that he may be able to fish in troubled waters and make political capital.

In the blink of an eye, three days have arrived, and the deadline given by Emperor Yuanyong has come.

On September 16, Lu Jing and the four of them got together again to exchange information on each other's investigations and discuss how to respond to the emperor's inquiry.

Zhou Kun took the lead in talking about the matter of Gong Qu and a few people, after three days of fermentation, in order to avoid being too deliberate, he had already dealt with the matter of Gong Qu and a few people, and announced the investigation results of the case, Yan Shangyou died of murder, while letting Shuntian Mansion find out the murderer of Yan Shangyou, and at the same time asking Gong Qu and several people to compensate the family of the deceased with some money.

Although Zhou Kun did not cancel the qualifications of Gong Qu and several people from running for election, after this incident, the reputation of several people was damaged, and they basically could not become imperial businessmen.

When those businessmen saw the fate of Gong Qu and a few people, they all felt a sense of sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

After Zhou Kun finished speaking, Lu Jing told the truth he had investigated.

Zhou Kun and Huang Yongzhong had expected this and were not surprised, but they were a little helpless in their expressions, and they didn't think that those nobles would take this matter, so they had to confront the nobles.

When it was Huang Yongzhong's turn, Huang Yongzhong shook his head and said: "This official has been investigating for many days, but he has not found any results!" ”

Zhou Kun only nodded slightly after hearing this, and did not question it.

Lu Jing was a little surprised by this result, but looking at Huang Yongzhong's expression, he guessed that he had found something out of control, so he refused to reveal it, and did not continue to inquire about it.

"Now that the mastermind behind the investigation has been discovered, how should we act?" Zhou Kun asked in a deep voice.

Lu Jing heard his subtext, not to ask for the opinions of himself and others, but to ask who would report to the emperor and undertake the main task of fighting against Xungui this time, so he was silent.

Huang Yongzhong also bowed his head in contemplation and did not answer.

Seeing this, Zhou Kun had no choice but to say: "Now that the truth has been clarified, we should present it according to the truth and obey the emperor's next order!" After speaking, he looked at Huang Yongzhong.

Huang Yongzhong muttered: "It should be so! ”

Lu Jing also nodded, planning to follow behind the two and not take the initiative.

Zhou Kun continued: "In this case, we must first come up with a strategy on how to deal with this matter, in case the emperor asks. ”

Huang Yongzhong was silent after hearing this, and this matter was an internal issue of the Zhaoxin Bureau and had little to do with the Internal Affairs Office.

Seeing this, Zhou Kun asked Lu Jing, "What is Huai Jin's good plan?" ”

Lu Jing thought for a while and said: "The lower officials haven't figured out the clue for the time being, but we definitely can't directly ban the fake national bonds, once we don't admit it, it will give the opponent an excuse to make trouble, and the matter of the national debt will be stranded, and the court will also lose its trust in the people, those who hold fake national bonds may make trouble, and those who buy real national bonds will also lose confidence in the court." ”

Zhou Kun listened to the solemn expression, and said with helplessness in his tone: "This official also knows that the consequences of not admitting fake national bonds are serious, but if we admit it, wouldn't we be falling for the other party's tricks, not to mention who should make up for the deficit, is it possible that a few of us will not be able to make up for it?" ”

Huang Yongzhong looked ugly and said: "This matter is really difficult to solve, no matter how you deal with it, it will not end well, I am afraid that in the end, it is very likely that we will make up for the shortfall." ”

Lu Jing thought about it and planned to throw bricks and lead the jade: "If this is the case, we can't afford it, since it is Jiang An and a few people who are causing trouble, it is better to raid their homes, maybe we can make up for some shortfalls." ”

After hearing this, Huang Yongzhong suddenly said with a sense of enlightenment: "What Huai Jin said reminded the old man that if all the family property of the people involved in the case is confiscated, it will definitely be able to make up for this shortfall." ”

Zhou Kun also agreed: "It's just right, how did they eat it, and then how did they spit it it out for the official." ”

"It's just that how can we convince the emperor to agree to this matter?" Lu Jing poured a basin of cold water on the two.

"Let's follow this first, if the emperor doesn't agree, let's find a way afterwards." Zhou Kun thought for a moment and said, secretly planning in his heart to find out the person who undertook this matter no matter what.

Huang Yongzhong also had the same thoughts, even if the emperor did not agree, he could follow this idea and let those problematic businessmen take out the silver to make up for the shortfall.

Then the four of them discussed it again, and then entered the palace to face the saint.

Zhou Kun warmly invited Lu Jing to ride with him, although Lu Jing was a little confused, but seeing that Zhou Kun seemed to have something to say, he got into a carriage with Zhou Kun.

Halfway through the trip, Zhou Kun said quietly: "This official carefully checked the agreement handled by Jiang An and Liu Zhi, they only moved when the officials of the DPRK and China came to buy, and those handled by the merchants cooperated, and there were no problems, of course, there were one or two problems, but those merchants and buyers must be Han Qi and their comrades." ”

Lu Jing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, fortunately, he first took advantage of the selection of imperial businessmen to issue treasury bonds, and noticed the loopholes in the process, and the loss was not so big.

Accompanied by the businessmen who are participating in the election, they all know very well how many treasury bonds the buyer wants to buy, and there is a record officer on the side to record the amount of purchases, and those who handle them cannot do anything about it, so that the people who buy fake treasury bonds are those officials and gentry who go to the Zhaoxin Bureau to buy them.

At the same time, I also understand why Zhou Kun quietly explained this matter to himself, if Huang Yongzhong knew about it, I am afraid that he would use an excuse to evade and no longer participate in this matter, and the responsibility would completely fall on himself and Zhou Kun.

Zhou Kun saw that Lu Jing was thorough at all, and secretly praised him in his heart, no wonder Feng Shangshu admired Lu Jing so much, he was really a smart person.