Master Du? Liu Xie raised his eyebrows and asked, "Which Lord Du?" ”

"That's it...... Lord Dasi Nong Du Xing! ”

Dasi Nong Du Xing was not only in charge of the agriculture of the Han Dynasty, but also all the information of the mines was also in his hands.

As soon as he heard that this was from Du Xing's mouth, Liu Xie opened his mouth and said without thinking about it:

"If what he said, it's probably true, don't let your third aunt run for nothing."

Hearing this, Jessica said with doubts in her eyes:

"But my third aunt told me that her son had been to Luyuan Mountain before, and there was indeed an iron mine there. Now that hundreds of people go down to mine every day, it's impossible for her to lie to me! ”

"Oh? According to you, someone opened a mine privately? It's a felony to lose your head! Isn't he afraid of being discovered? Speaking of this, Liu Xie's eyes finally showed a little gloom.

"Whether it is a private mine or not, the slave and maid don't know. But I think there must be something strange about this, so I dared to tell the saint, and I hope that the saint will not be strange. Jessica said as she got up and saluted Liu Xie.

"Concubine Xi is also thinking about my big man, what is the crime? This thing...... I'll find someone to investigate. ”

After nodding and muttering, seeing that the "idle things" were almost finished, Liu Xie picked up the dice on the table and preached back to business:

"Okay, now it's the turn of the widow to sit in the bank, and I don't know how lucky the next round will be......"

With the sound of the dice rolling, the four people in the house soon started a second round of fighting.

……

Five days later.

Liu Xie, who had lunch, was just going to Yongli Palace to play two games of mahjong, but was told that Lord Fu asked to see him.

As soon as he heard that he was finished, Liu Xie hurriedly invited the other party into the study. After the subordinate retreated, he asked expectantly:

"Lord Fu came here today, have you already found out?"

After the end, Lang Evil Dongwu people, the official worship of the auxiliary general, the age of about forty years.

He was wearing a Shu brocade court dress, with a brocade ribbon with a treasure pattern tied around his waist, and although his hair and beard were gray, his eyes were deep and bright, and he was a wise old man at first glance.

After saluting Liu Xie, he listened to Na Fu nod and said:

"Qi Qi Sheng, the old man has thoroughly investigated the matter of the mine."

After coming out of Yongli Palace that day, Liu Xie summoned Fu Wan to the council hall and informed the other party of what Xifei said about the mine, asking him to investigate the matter thoroughly and reply as soon as possible.

After a few days of investigation, Fu Wan has found out the matter, and today he made a special trip to report on his work.

As for why Liu Xie entrusted this matter to Fu Wan's investigation, instead of Dasi Nong Du Xing?

The reasons for this are complex.

If what Concubine Xi said is true, there is really an iron mine in Ruiyuan Mountain, but Du Xing does not know about it, then this matter must be Du Xing's dereliction of duty.

Asking a derelict person to investigate the cause of his dereliction of duty is not appropriate even for the fourteen-year-old Liu Xie.

Because in Liu Xie's view, the reason why Du Xing didn't know about it was nothing more than two situations:

Either he was deceived, or he deliberately did not report it and had other plans.

Judging from Liu Xie's experience in the DPRK and China over the years, the latter is even more likely.

So after thinking twice, he decided not to tell Du Xing about it first, but found a trusted minister to investigate the matter. After the truth is revealed, we will discuss what is right and who is wrong.

If it was placed half a year ago, the most suitable candidate would be Wang Yun.

Wang Situ was not only an upright man, but also loyal to the Han family, and it was most appropriate for him to conduct such an investigation.

But it's a pity that in order to kill the Lu thief, Wang Yun died heroically half a year ago.

Therefore, Liu Xie could only retreat and give this important task to the second candidate - Fu Wan.

Although Fu Wan is slightly inferior to Wang Yun in terms of ability, he is not inferior to Wang Yun in terms of trust.

Because in addition to the relationship between courtiers, Fu Wan also has another special identity, he is the father of Liu Xie's "future queen" Fu Shou. In other words, Fu Wan is Liu Xie's future father-in-law.

It's just that due to their age, Liu Xie and Fu Shou have not yet married, but this matter has long been a certainty, and everyone in the palace knows it.

In this relationship, Liu Xie has 100% trust in Fu Wan, so he handed over the matter to the other party.

"The result? Is there really iron ore in Yuanyuan Mountain? Hearing that the other party had found out about the matter, Liu Xie immediately opened his mouth and asked.

"Returning to the Holy Heavens, thirty miles east of Luyuan Mountain, there is indeed an iron mine, and this matter is absolutely true." After finishing the battle, he clenched his fists and nodded back.

And so it was! I knew that Concubine Xi would not deceive the widow. ”

After listening to Fu Wan's reply, Liu Xie, who had already expected the result, did not show too much surprise, but nodded thoughtfully. Then, I saw him frowning again and asked again:

"Then why is there no record in Du Xing? Lord Fu, this matter ...... Have you found out? ”

After listening to Liu Xie's words, he saw Fu Wan rubbing the long beard on his chin while replying:

"The old man thought that this matter must have something to do with Na Du Xing, but after learning about the situation of the iron mine, he found out that we had wronged Lord Du this time."

"Oh? Wronged him? What do you mean by that? ”

"According to the old man's investigation, this mine is actually an official mine with complete procedures, and it was mined more than a year ago, but there is no record in the palace. The reason why it is not recorded is that someone is deliberately concealing it, but this person is not Du Xing, but Dong Zhuo, who is good at government affairs and unreasonable......"

After a few days of investigation, Fu Wan had already figured out the ins and outs of the mine, but after a few words, he told Liu Xie a rough idea.

"Oh! No wonder no one in the court knows about this, it turned out that Dong Lao Thief did it in order to fill his own pockets? ”

Although half a year has passed, when Dong Zhuo is mentioned, Liu Xie's face still has a little resentment:

"Huh? That's not right! Didn't Dong Zhuo die half a year ago? Why is the mine still in operation? Could it be that Dong Zhuo's henchmen have not been cleaned up? ”

"Not really!" As soon as these words came out, he shook his head and said:

"In fact, as early as Dong Zhuo's death, the mine had already stopped working. It's still in operation because it was reopened by another person more than a month ago. ”

"Someone else?"

Hearing this, I saw a trace of doubt on Liu Xie's face:

"Who is it? Who is so bold as to dare to open a mine privately at the feet of the Son of Heaven? ”

Seeing Liu Xie ask about this person, a hint of hesitation immediately flashed in Fu Wan's eyes. But after thinking about it, he still replied truthfully:

"This person's name, the saint should have heard of it, ahem, he is, is...... Huaxing with Dong Zhuo in his hand. ”

"What? Actually, it was him? ”

Hearing that the new owner of the iron mine turned out to be Huaxing, Liu Xie was surprised, but also had a complicated color in his eyes.