Autumn is cool, and the back garden of Yiwanyuan has withered a lot unconsciously, and it looks a lot bleak.

It has been two or three days since Dali Siqing set off for Fengcheng, and it is estimated that he will arrive in Fengcheng today.

Maple City –

The flooded town was so ruined that the people had to move to the mountains, and most of the houses in Maple City were washed away by the floods.

The local officials of Fengcheng called on the people to migrate to the mountains in order to survive, but there was no food, and the people complained that everything they could eat on the mountain was hollowed out by them.

The people were forced to move to Fengcheng Mountain, where there is an ancient temple called Fengyun Temple, which was named Fengyun Temple because Fengcheng and Lianyun City were adjacent to each other.

This temple was built by the local people, and many people come here to pray for incense and pray for a good harvest every year when the harvest season is approaching, hoping for a good harvest and praying for good weather in the coming year.

Unexpectedly, before the harvest season, a sudden heavy rain flooded the city, all the crops were drowned, and even the stored grain was soaked in water and moldy.

And this small Fengyun Temple has unexpectedly become a refuge for the people of Fengcheng.

Wei Dan is the county magistrate of Fengcheng, he is honest and honest, and when he sees the scene of the people in front of him, his heart is becoming more and more uncomfortable.

"Liu Shangshu, where did you hide that batch of food, are you so willing to let the people of Fengcheng starve to death one by one?!" Wei Dan gritted his teeth and clenched his fists and questioned Liu Changshou, who was locked in a cage.

Liu Changshou sat spotlessly in the cage, facing Wei Dan's questioning, he didn't even raise his eyelids, even if he was suspicious, he did not receive abuse from the local residents.

Liu Changshou drooped his eyelids, and his tone was light without a trace of waves: "I said, I didn't swallow money and food." ”

How could Wei Dan believe his words, he grabbed the cage angrily, pointed at the poor people outside and said angrily: "Look at the people of Fengcheng, it is because of your selfishness that they have not been able to eat, that is the life-saving money and food allocated by the emperor, how can you, how dare you?!" ”

Liu Changshou still looked indifferent, as long as he was a person who understood, he knew that it was a material used for disaster relief, and he would not swallow it privately if he was given a hundred guts, but no one would believe him, after all, those materials really disappeared under his nose, and he still hasn't figured out who is harming him!

"Report, Lord County Order, Great, Dali Siqing has come to Fengcheng with food!" A soldier hurried over to report.

Wei Dan stared at the cage in surprise when he heard this, turned around and waved his robe: "Quick, take the county order to see you!" ”

Outside Fengyun Temple, He Wei, the secretary of Dali Temple, frowned and looked at the gloomy scene in front of him, the people of Fengcheng were basically trapped here, almost crowded, and there was no place to talk.

The eyes of the people of Fengcheng looked at them with hostility, for fear that they were bad people, He Wei knew that Liu Changshou had transported a batch of grain here not long ago, and now that the grain was gone, the people must have thought that the court was corrupt and refused to give it, so they would have such a strong hostility when they saw him coming.

Wei Dan trotted all the way from behind Fengyun Temple, with a little bead of sweat on his face: "Lord He, the lower officials have lost their distance, they have lost their welcome, hurry up, please inside!" ”

He Wei shook his head and raised his hand to refuse his invitation, and did not go in as soon as possible, but ordered the soldiers behind him to unload the food first.

The hungry people were as crazy as the hungry tiger saw the meat when they saw the food, and they rushed up to grab it regardless of the madness, but fortunately He Wei had the foresight to let the soldiers hold the scene so that it would not be too chaotic.

"These are disaster relief materials allocated by the imperial court, and Wei County's order is still to let people start a fire and cook food first, and solve the current situation first!" He Wei still has a clear grasp of the priorities, and the immediate urgency is to solve the difficulties of the people first.

Wei Dan nodded heavily and greeted loudly: "Come on, make a fire, we have something to eat!" ”

As soon as I heard that there was something to eat, even if I didn't have the strength, I got up from the ground and scrambled to grab the food, which was extremely chaotic.

"Don't worry, everyone, let's line up one by one!"

Wei Dan has also been a county magistrate in Fengcheng for many years, and his personality has always won the respect of the people, so as soon as he spoke, the chaotic scene immediately became orderly.

"Wei County Order, where is Liu Shangshu?" He Wei saw that the people had eaten before asking about business.

Wei Dan maintained the order of the people, wiped the fine sweat on his forehead and replied: "Lord He is here for Liu Shangshu's embezzlement of money and food, he is now being guarded by General Hua's people, please come with me." ”

Wei Dan took He Wei to a place behind Fengyun Temple that had been converted into a cage by a firewood room, and Liu Changshou was locked inside, and General Hua's soldiers were guarding the door.

He Wei stepped forward to take a look at Liu Changshou, who was being locked up, and saw that he was neatly dressed and did not seem to have been tortured and abused here.

"Liu Changshou, are you guilty?" He Wei stood with his hands in his hands and looked at Liu Changshou in the cage, and asked directly.

When Liu Changshou heard the voice, he raised his eyelids and looked at the owner of the voice: "Heh, it turned out to be Lord He of Dali Temple, what kind of wind blew you to Fengcheng?" ”

He Wei frowned, he was here to investigate the loss of disaster relief materials, so he didn't want to talk nonsense with him, and directly said the purpose of coming here at this moment: "Liu Shangshu's embezzlement of disaster relief materials has been reported to the imperial court, and this official has been ordered by the emperor to investigate, and I also ask Liu Shangshu to cooperate with this official." ”

When Liu Changshou heard this, he sneered: "I said, I didn't swallow money and food privately!" ”

"What evidence is there?" He Wei immediately asked.

The word evidence made the justified Liu Changshou immediately discouraged, and he gritted his teeth and insisted: "Without evidence, I won't admit what I didn't do." ”

This explanation is pale and weak, no matter how he interrogated him, he didn't get any useful information from Liu Changshou, He Wei had no choice but to send someone to take care of it, he could start from other places first.

I don't know when two people are hiding in the shadows, and they all the scenes of the interrogation just now are in their eyes.

"As the master expected, Dali Siqing really came!" Qingfeng, who was hiding in the shadows, touched his chin and said, it turned out that they had not appeared all this time and were hiding in Maple City.

Nightfall hid beside him and watched an interrogation with him, and his eyes saw very clearly in the night: "It's time to act!" ”

When the words fell, there was no more Yeluo figure beside him, Qingfeng couldn't help but roll his eyes, and disappeared into the night with him.

On the second day, He Wei hurried to Lianyun City without even eating breakfast, he was going to visit General Hua Chengwu, and Liu Changshou was the first to find out about the private swallowing of money and grain.

He Wei quickly came to Lianyun City, and the guards of Lianyun City knew that Dali Siqing was coming early in the morning, so they let him enter the city after a little inquiry.

"I'm He Wei, the secretary of Dali Temple from the capital, may I ask if General Hua is in the mansion?"

In the Lianyun City Lord's Mansion, General Hua temporarily lived here, and He Wei stepped forward to briefly explain his intentions.

The housekeeper rushed over when he heard the sound, and hurriedly bowed with a smile and said: "It turned out to be Lord He, who has admired the name for a long time, General Hua has already told the old slave that the Lord came to the door today, but now it is not a coincidence, General Hua He went out on patrol, Lord He might as well come in first to have a cup of tea and take a break?" ”

He Wei waved his hand and replied, "It's okay, so it's a lot of trouble." ”

The housekeeper took him to the side hall for a short rest, and after serving him a cup of tea, he sent someone to report to General Hua.

He Wei was fine when he was sitting, so he simply probed with the housekeeper first: "Butler, has anything strange happened in Lianyun City recently?" ”

The housekeeper stood aside and waited without sitting down, and when he heard him ask, he first lowered his head and thought about it, then shook his head and smiled: "Lord He, you can ask the wrong person, this is Lianyun City, almost every small country around has some people living here, and the transactions of various countries are also carried out here, to say that strange things basically happen every day, but I don't know which one the adult is asking?" ”

He Wei thoughtfully, what the housekeeper said was right, Lianyun City is a city with complex and chaotic control, although the city is located within the scope of Da Chu, but this side is located in a remote area, as long as nothing too much happens, Da Chu will turn a blind eye, and this kind of transaction is carried out under the nose of Da Chu, according to the tax system of Da Chu, they can extract part of the commission from it.

With a source of money, those people will not have too much control over the transactions they make in Lianyun City, so the order in Lianyun City will be chaotic, and General Hua basically has to go out on patrol every day to calm down these chaos.

Thinking of this, He Wei had a little headache, the transaction in Lianyun City was so chaotic, where should he start to find out about the loss of money and food?

"This official heard that the case of the loss of money and grain in Fengcheng was the first to be discovered by General Hua, I don't know how General Hua found out?" He Wei asked again.

"This ......" The butler scratched his head, he was just a little butler How would he know these things, and the corner of his eyes flickered, and he saw General Hua coming this way.

"General Hua is back, my lord still asks General Hua for more details." The housekeeper hurriedly pointed to General Hua who came over, and after finishing speaking, he retreated, leaving the place vacant for the two of them.

"General Hua."

"Lord Ho."

The two nodded to each other, which was kind of a greeting.

General Hua took off his shoulder armor and threw it to the adjutant general behind him, sat down and poured himself a glass of water before asking: "Lord He, if you have anything to say, General Ben will tell you what he knows." ”

He had already received a letter from the imperial court and knew why He Wei came, so he went straight to the topic.

He Wei didn't ink, and asked his questions at the moment: "General Hua, I don't know how you found out about Liu Changshou's embezzlement of money and grain at that time?" ”

General Hua drank a glass of water and recalled the scene at that time before slowly saying: "Actually, it was not Liu Changshou that General Ben found at that time, but his younger brother Liu Changle. ”

Hearing this, He Wei was shocked in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Liu Changle?" What's going on? ”

General Hua carefully recalled the details of the time, and said slowly: "At that time, General Ben received a secret letter, which said that there was a secret transaction related to Fengcheng in the Dongluo Inn north of Lianyun City. ”

"The man dragged several carts of boxes, General Ben felt that something was wrong and specially checked it, it was just some ordinary silk, and he didn't find anything wrong, until he bumped out of the city gate, and a little flaw was discovered by General Ben, and General Ben immediately sent someone to arrest those people."

"After interrogation, I learned that the person's name was Liu Changle, and he was Liu Changshou's younger brother."

General Hua briefly explained what happened at that time, and He Wei understood it when he heard it, but something was wrong when he thought about it.

He asked again: "After capturing Liu Changle, what did they trade?" A possibility suddenly appeared in his mind.

General Hua nodded: "That's right, it's what you think, what they traded was the batch of money and grain that Liu Changshou brought." ”