Hearing the Son of Heaven's inquiry, Yuan Shang frowned, looked at the side of the full favor, the full pet lowered his head, his eyes were closed, it seemed that he was reluctant to speak, Yuan Shang raised his head and looked at Liu Xi, Liu Xi could see that the blankness in his eyes, Yuan Shang still opened his mouth and said: "Your Majesty, this morning, the minister learned from the letter of the embroidered messenger that someone changed the grain in the place funded by the temple and replaced it with sand grains, which was seen by the commonplace..."

"There are countless grains and grasses lost, and only the specific amount is known... Before this, the minister had never heard any relevant information, Your Majesty..", Yuan Shang's words trembled a little, it could be seen that he was very worried, His Majesty would doubt his loyalty, Liu Xi smiled and said: "Xianfu, you don't have to be like this, I suspect that no one will doubt you... You were personally promoted to this position by me..."

Yuan Shang's heart was relieved, but his face was still a little ashamed, and he bowed his hand and said: "The minister is not able to investigate, and I hope that Your Majesty will punish him severely." ”

"Forget it, forget it... Manjun, what progress has you made there? Liu Xi asked again, but Man Chong glanced at Yuan Shang beside him, and did not speak, Liu Xi sighed and said: "Man Jun, Xianfu and Jun are the same, they are both from the East Palace, why bother?" ”

Man Pet obviously couldn't believe Yuan Shang, and he refused to speak in front of Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang seemed to have suffered a great humiliation, his face turned red, he stood up, wanted to say something to Man Pet, but he couldn't say it, he gritted his teeth, the green tendons on his forehead jumped, and he said: "Your Majesty, it's okay, the minister is waiting outside the door!" After speaking, he turned around and left, Liu Xi didn't even have time to persuade him, Yuan Shang had already walked out of the Houde Palace.

Seeing him leave, Liu Xi looked helplessly at Man Chong, waiting for his explanation.

"Your Majesty, it's not that I can't trust him, it's just that this matter has a great connection with the Yuan family, so it's so... I hope that Your Majesty will forgive me. He said, his expression was extremely solemn, and he said: "The people who are responsible for escorting the materials, including the mobilization of materials, and the sorting out of the copywriting, all of them have been arrested by the ministers to the court captain, these people, including Sikong's eldest son Yuan Tan, concubine Yuan Mai, nephew Gao Gan, Situ Gong's son Cao Zhi, and Lu Meng, who is a military student..."

"The minister has been examining for a long time... Lu Meng is indeed unaware... He only learned yesterday that he was going to transport supplies, and this was ordered by General Gongsun Chan and Sikong, I investigated and personally went to meet General Gongsun, and General Gongsun said that Lu Meng's matter was sent by His Majesty, as well as His Majesty's edict, so this person did only know about it yesterday, and in one night, he had absolutely no way to do these things..."

"And the ordnance he is responsible for is also the most intact among these people, and there are few greedy inks for grain and grass..."

Man Chong said again: "However, Your Majesty, Lu Mengyan, he learned yesterday that he went to the carriage early this morning and watched it personally, so it can be seen that the materials were probably replaced before yesterday, and before that, all the grain and grass were in Sikong Mansion..."

Hearing Man's analysis, Liu Xi nodded and asked, "So, do you think this matter has something to do with Sikong??" ”

"Definitely... If Sikong had this intention, why did he expose his scheme? He can do it without knowing it, not to mention, after investigating these days, he found that most of these grains and grasses were funded by Yuan Sikong himself.... The treasury was not enough for the implementation of various decrees, so Sikong sold some arable land and family property in exchange for enough grain and grass to be used in various places, and he also made an IOU to the Yuan family as Sikong..."

"These are Sikong's own food, and if he wants to take it back, why should he use such means?"

Man Pet asked rhetorically.

Liu Xi was a little surprised, and he asked, "These are all funded by Sikong??" Why don't I know?? ”

Man Zhong said: "Your Majesty may not know that during the Xiping period, Emperor Xiaoxian went on an expedition to Guishan, when the treasury was in crisis and there was no money, Emperor Xiaoxian asked Sikong to find his own way, and since then, Yuan Sikong began to use his own family property to fill the administration... It continues to this day... It's just because Sikong was afraid that this move would cause taboo among the ministers, so it was not spread outside, and the ministers only discovered these when they checked the information of Sikong Mansion today..."

"In addition, the minister also found evidence of Sikong Gong's corruption... Sikong Gong co-opted the local officials and embezzled a lot of money..."Man Zhong said, Liu Xi was even more surprised, his eyes widened, Yuan Shao still needs to be corrupt?? His family is so rich!! Man Zhong said: "Your Majesty, don't be surprised, his money is also used for state affairs..."

At this time, Liu Xi didn't know how to speak, rubbed his forehead, and said: "Sikong, don't mention these things first, talk about the matter of grain and grass, who is the most suspicious??" ”

Full favor said: "Your Majesty, the minister suspects, two people also, one is Sikong concubine Yuan Mai, this person lives in Sikong Mansion, all the year round idle, not Yuan Sikong likes, Sikong several times reprimanded, beaten and scolded, this person is good at gambling, so he is the most suspicious, maybe he learned about the transportation of grain and grass from Sikong in advance, so when the grain is piled up in Sikong Mansion, he took the opportunity to replace the grain..."

"And the other person is a senior cadre, because of this material transportation, Yuan Sikong was handed over to him to be responsible for the mobilization, and now the grain delivered has passed through his hands, so he is the most powerful to complete these."

Hearing Manzhong's words, Liu Xi nodded and said, "It turns out that you haven't found out the real murderer yet..."

Man Chong shook his head and said, "The minister just made an appearance that he already knew about it, and the purpose was to make the thief's accomplices come out..."

"Alright... I know, you go out and continue the investigation, you can arrest you, but without my orders, you are not allowed to kill..."

"Respectfully!"

Man Pet walked out, but Yuan Shang walked in.

Facing Yuan Shang, Liu Xi was relatively casual, letting Yuan Shang sit in front of him, Liu Xi looked at him seriously, and said, "Xianfu... Manjun thinks that these are the actions of the Yuan family, so he doesn't want to say more to you, don't think about it, I trust you anyway, I believe that all this has nothing to do with you. ”

When Yuan Shang heard this, he said helplessly: "Your Majesty, my Yuan family is not poor, why do you need to steal those grains??" How could Man Jun think that it was my Yuan family's doing? Liu Xi smiled and said, "Xianfu, how much do you know about your younger brother Yuan Mai?" ”

"Yuan buys ???" , Yuan Shang was startled, he frowned, thought seriously for a long time, and then said: "Is Man Jun suspicious of him??" My younger brother is indeed not a master, but His Majesty does not know something, he is naturally timid, and he can't even say anything to us, and my father is very disappointed in him, no matter how he teaches, he is also like that, how can he have the courage to do such a thing? ”

"Oh? Then does he have resentment towards a few of you, including Yuan Sikong? ”

"Your Majesty, even though he has resentment, but he is the lowest status in the family, he is not capable of doing such a thing at all, no one will listen to his orders, including the servants of the family, who disdain him, how is it possible?"

Liu Xi didn't ask any more, just nodded, and then said: "Xianfu, this matter still needs you to investigate carefully, if there is any news, remember to play and me..."

Yuan Shang hurriedly agreed and left the Houde Palace.

When the two of them left, Liu Xi frowned, this news, to him, was like thunder, he really didn't expect that in Luoyang, there were such bold and reckless people, who dared to act like this, and didn't take him in his eyes at all, Liu Xi was very angry, but he still had to hold back his anger, anger didn't help the current matter, he could only hope that these two could make progress...

After leaving the Houde Palace, Man Chong rushed directly to the camp of Zhijinwu.

Seeing Lu Bu, he didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out the edict of the Son of Heaven, asking General Lu Bu to help him investigate the case, mainly to search for the whereabouts of the grain in the city, you know, since the traitor exchanged sand for food, then the grain must still be in the hands of the traitor, and to search for such a thing, it is naturally more appropriate for Lu Bu to do it, Lu Bu, who didn't know about it, was also extremely angry when he heard the story of the full favor.

He frowned and said, "Your Majesty is my beloved son-in-law, and the traitor deceived him when he was young, and he didn't know the edge of my sword!" ”

Suddenly, the camp of Zhijinwu poured out, first blockaded Luoyang, and then began to search door-to-door, the number of household registrations in Luoyang is very large, and it is not easy to search out, fortunately, there are county orders, as well as the governor, the commander of the school and other officials to help, Lu Bu commanded these people, searched everywhere in Luoyang, the movement was great, but there was no gain.

Yuan Shang was different, he directly mobilized embroidered messengers from all over the country, asking them to find out who had transported sand grains to Luoyang, who had sold grain in large quantities, and so on.

Both of them are acting, but they haven't found much evidence, and there is still no way to find out who did it, and the time left for them is running out, because all parties have begun to urge, and the materials that have been set off have been left in Luoyang because of such things, and the northern army has already arrived at Chaisang, but there is no supply to continue to replenish, so they can only use local materials, and the local granary is unable to support the northern army for too long.

Man Chong walked into the Tingwei prison, waved his hand, and said: "Release Lu Meng, Cao Zhi, these two people...", hearing his words, the soldiers immediately acted, and it didn't take long for Lu Meng and Cao Zhi to appear in front of him, Man Chong frowned, looked at them, waved his hand, and said: "Hurry up and get out of here, don't tell anyone about the things here, otherwise, you will come back..."

Lu Meng and Cao Zhi didn't dare to say anything, and hurriedly left here, Lu Meng felt that he was very wronged, Cao Zhi also thought the same, that day, he just followed Yuan Shao out of Tingwei, and before an hour later, he was brought here again and became a prisoner, during this period, Cao Pi came six times, and he didn't let them see each other, he was in prison, and heard his brother's irritable roar.

He obviously had a big fight with the full pet and almost made a move.

When the two walked out of Tingwei Prison, they saw Cao Pi from afar, behind Cao Pi, there were still Cao Zhang, Yuan Xi, Liu Yi, these three people, they were all holding long swords, standing indifferently behind Cao Pi, seeing Cao Zhi and Lu Meng walked out, Cao Pi had no words, but the other three hurriedly stepped forward, obviously, Lu Meng and Cao Zhang They knew each other, several people greeted each other, Cao Zhi walked to Cao Pi's side, Cao Pi looked at the Tingwei Mansion in the distance, and said, "Go back with me." ”

Cao Zhi nodded, and the group walked towards the mansion.

And Yuan Xi still followed Cao Zhi's side, wanting to ask some about the Yuan family, Cao Zhi just shook his head slightly, he couldn't say much, Yuan Xi sighed helplessly.