This is the seventeenth local official to plead with Cai Taishou in two days, right? After listening to Xu Chong's report, Yuan Wang put down his pen for the time being, and asked with a smile: "You said that Sun Tu caused such a situation for him, what trade-off will our Cai Taishou make?" Do you continue to support the stunned young man who made all the officials in the city panic, or do you immediately come forward to stop continuing to investigate the things in the granary? ”

Xu Pet lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's really hard to judge this, because no matter what choice you make, there will be trouble." Those local officials were all brought together by Cai Taishou for nearly a year, so he naturally didn't want them to have an accident; But this Sun Tuanlian is the key to his ability to meddle in Jiangzhou's military affairs, and it is not easy to give up. ”

"Yes, but the more he can't make up his mind, the worse it will be. That Sun Tu really has some skills, and he was stunned to let him find out some clues from the ironclad granary, presumably the officials related to him are now worried that they will be implicated. Yuan Wang smiled a little gloating and said: "To be honest, this official appreciates him more and more, if he is willing to change the court, I can help him." ”

"The proprietor can't." Xu Chong immediately admonished: "This case is widely implicated, and it will inevitably offend the officials of the city, even Cai Taishou does not dare to bear the corresponding consequences, and we can't fall into it." And once you make a move, it will make Cai Taishou make up his mind, and then we will be passive. ”

Yuan Wang nodded: "This official naturally understands the importance of it, but it is just talking. It's a pity that such a brave and capable official, I'm afraid it won't be long before Sun Tu will be counterattacked. After saying this, he turned his head a little proudly and glanced in the direction of the Zhizhou Hall on his left, as if he was waiting for Cai Dezhang to make a final decision.

In the past two days, Cai Dezhang has looked really embarrassed, and several officials who have to use it have come to Guan to say that they have only one theme, that is, I hope that he will quickly stop the investigation of the military grain warehouse by the new regimental trainer Sun Tu, so as not to make people uneasy and even provoke the heart of the Xiang army.

Because not long after sending people to the granary to check the accounts, Sun Tu actually saw many problems from the records of those scribes - for example, the amount of grain entering and leaving the granary was not the same number, for example, a large amount of grain that should have been cleared early in the morning was stored in the warehouse for several months, until a certain time when the villagers were paid food, and suddenly disappeared......

These problems were actually hidden in layers of dazzling accounts, but it only took Sun Tu two days to see the flaws and point them out in front of Qi Kun. This really made them panic, so they could only ask those conspirators behind them to come forward to intercede with Cai Dezhang, otherwise if they dig so deep, there will be even more unlucky officials.

It was only at this time that those officials in Jiangzhou City really understood the power of this young military attache from Tokyo, and they no longer dared to despise him as much as before.

Among the many officials, of course, Qi Kun is the most uneasy, after all, other officials still have room to turn around, and he, as the granary manager, once he is really convicted, I am afraid that there is really only a dead end. So when he received Cai Dezhang's order to come to see him, he didn't even dare to delay at all, and hurried over.

When he came to Cai Dezhang, Qi Kun was even more rare

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kneeling on the ground and knocking on the ground, he took out a scroll from his arms and held it high above the top, and said to Cai Jiu, who was looking at him: "Taishou, this is a picture scroll of immortals painted by Wu Daozi of the previous dynasty that Xia Guan recently obtained, and I don't know if it's true or not." I heard that Taishou has your family history, and he is the most proficient in distinguishing the authenticity of calligraphy and painting, and please take the time to help me taste it. As he spoke, he took a few steps on his knees and put the scroll on the top of the bookcase.

God is pitiful, Qi Kun spent a lot of effort to get this authentic painting of Wu Daozi, but at this time, in order to save his official life, he could only send it with both hands, and he was even worried that the other party would not accept it.

But to his surprise, after hearing this, Cai Dezhang actually opened the clumsy scroll with great interest, carefully studied it for a while, and then nodded: "This painting does have the charm of painting sainthood, but it will take some work to discuss its authenticity, so let's put it here first." ”

This response naturally made Qi Kun overjoyed, and he hurriedly claimed that it was, and then cautiously raised his head and asked, "I don't know why Taishou urgently summoned the lower officials to come today?" ”

"What do you think this official will call you for? At this time, you don't have to pretend to be stupid in front of the official anymore! Cai Dezhang's face suddenly sank, stared at the other party and said, "I think how much trust the official had in you at the beginning, so he entrusted such an important errand to you, but how did you repay me?" Not only is he greedy, but he is also stupid, and he embezzled the money and food in the army, and he still left so many flaws, and left them in the ledger, are you afraid that no one will find out these shortcomings? ”

Although he didn't say this too much, he was already frightened Qi Kun's face was like earth, and he sweated like pulp, and he hesitated for a moment before he spoke: "Down...... The lower official is guilty. But the interception of military rations has long been the common situation of officials in all state capitals in the world, and some people have been doing it long before they are lowered, and they dare not do it after they take over......"

"Hmph, even so, you should be a little more restrained, it's good now, it's such a big disaster, but how can this official clean it up! Even if this official has the intention to defend you, do you think Sun Tu, who has evidence in hand, will spare you? Cai Jiu continued to reprimand with a serious expression.

But when these words reached Qi Kun's ears, he calmed down a little, because he had already heard another layer of deep meaning hidden in Taishou's reprimanding words - in fact, greed for military salaries or anything has never been a problem, the key is only whether there is evidence left and someone is caught. And now, as long as he can think of erasing the evidence of the crime, Cai Taishou will naturally not let Sun Tu investigate the matter deeply, after all, this kind of fraud is very widely implicated, and Cai Taishou himself is also a beneficiary.

However, Qi Kun still had doubts in his heart, so he had the courage to ask at this time: "I don't know how the lower officials can make up for the mistakes they have made......

"It's up to you what you think. In addition to painting, this official is also quite interested in the article, especially the "Yueyang Tower" written by Fan Wenzhenggong of this dynasty is the most like, if you have time to read it, maybe you can make progress. ”

The sudden gossip immediately made Qi Kun stunned, he was not a miscellaneous official by the imperial examination, so he was really unfamiliar with the Jingyi article or something, but he also knew the article "The Story of Yueyang Tower", but he knew the article but he couldn't guess the deep meaning of it.

But Cai Dezhang didn't mean to mention it again, and he had already taken the case

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A document at the head bowed his head and was read, obviously if the mystery of this could not be understood, he would only have to pay the price for the previous greedy ink behavior. After struggling for a while, he still didn't dare to say anything more, so he could only kowtow again, and then retreated a little stupidly.

After waiting for him to retreat, Cai Jiucai frowned slightly, thinking to himself: "I don't know if he can understand this reminder from me." But in order not to get myself into it, that's all I can say. This Sun Tu is a little anxious, and he will come up with such a strategy to make up for me, as long as it is successful, this time the ink corruption case will be over. ”

Different from Cai Taishou's calm and calm, Qi Kun left the state office with full of apprehension and doubt, and then walked all the way, constantly guessing the true meaning of Taishou's words, but he still didn't have a clue.

It wasn't until he returned to his home that he hurriedly asked his subordinates to call Mr. Xixi, whom he had invited for his son. This is a scholar who also failed to pass the imperial examination and could only rely on enlightening the children of the official eunuchs, after seeing his owner, he was naturally extremely polite: "I don't know what the owner commands?" In the past two days, the little boy has been reading the Analects, and in half a month, he will be able to read the book of the mean. ”

"Put these little things aside, let me ask you, have you read Fan Wenzheng's "The Story of Yueyang Tower"?" Qi Kun didn't talk nonsense with him, and asked urgently.

The scholar was slightly stunned, but still nodded and said: "I naturally read this in my early years, Fan Wenzheng's article is really the best in ancient and modern times, and now I think about it, it is still called in the next auction, especially the sentence of congenital worries and worries, and the joy of the world after tomorrow, which makes people respectful." Could it be that the owner wants to teach the little boy to read this article first? ”

"Do you know what else is hidden in this article?" Qi Kun didn't pay attention to his question at all, and continued to ask.

"This ...... In addition to writing about the scenery of Yueyang Tower, and the words of the scenery, this article should have no other deep meaning. As he spoke, he quickly memorized the article in his heart, still without a clue.

"How can you have no clue? Obviously, Taishou is using this article to mention me. You say, what's the allusion here? ”

"This ...... There are a lot of classics in this article, the most esoteric, and let the owners come together one by one. The scholar didn't dare to slack off, so he immediately told all the allusions he knew about the article, but even if he said it clearly, he still couldn't give the answer Qi Kun wanted.

"That's all? Is there anything missing? ”

In the face of the owner's continuous questioning, this one also pondered for a while, and finally could only tell the origin of Yueyang Tower: "This Yueyang Tower was built by Teng Zijing in Yuezhou when he was in Yuezhou, and asked Fan Wenzhenggong to write this eloquent article...... And this Tengguan was also considered a romantic figure in the court at that time......"

It's also thanks to the fact that this scholar has learned a lot in his daily life, even if it is just a "The Story of Yueyang Tower", he can say a lot of things, and even some things in Teng Zijing's life can be involved.

After listening to him babble a lot, it wasn't until he suddenly clicked on one of the anecdotes that Qi Kun suddenly came to his senses: "It turns out that Taishou is talking about this...... These readers just like to talk in circles! At the same time, he already had an idea in his mind and knew what to do to cover up the crime.

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