Ziwei Palace, on the Golden Palace.

Sun Quan, the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, was sweating profusely and hurriedly came to the palace. Seeing that his face and official robe were covered with black ash, Baiguan naturally rushed back to Luodu from the fire scene to report.

"Tell me about it." The initial emperor waved his hand, free from all red tape.

Gongsun Quan gasped as he took out a notebook from his sleeve. He is Cui Yan's son-in-law, otherwise he would not be able to be the secretary of the criminal department who is not flattering, but extremely important. This piece was originally written by him to Shang Shuling, but Cui Yan sent someone to tell him to play it directly in front of the king, so that the old father-in-law would be caught in the middle and it would be difficult to be a person.

After taking a breath, Gongsun Quan reported aloud: "Your Majesty, according to the preliminary investigation of Weichen and Xie Shangshu, Xingluo Cangcang City is intact, but the transshipment warehouse by the dock was destroyed by fire, although fortunately there were no dead people, but all the grain in the warehouse was burned out......"

"Just tell me, how much loss there is, right?" The Initial Emperor asked impatiently.

"Back to Your Majesty......" Gongsun Quan swallowed his mouth and reported with some difficulty: "The specific losses are still being counted, but according to the report of the cangguan, about five million stone of grain was burned......

"What?" There was an uproar in the court, and even Xiahou Ba was taken aback.

"The Taicang grain depot, including Xingluocang, was built by the old man back then." Xiahou Ba was anxious when he heard this, and he paused and shouted: "All disasters have been fully considered, and fire prevention is naturally the top priority. How could it be burned down by a fire? ”

The officials also nodded, many of them have seen the pattern of Taicang, and know that there is a cellar to store grain, each cellar is separated by several zhang, and it is covered with thick soil, even if a cellar is on fire, it cannot spread, how can it be possible to burn all the grain stored in the cellar?

"The old lady is graceful." Gongsun Quan hurriedly explained: "In order to facilitate transshipment, the Taicang Administration has set up a transshipment warehouse at the wharf. The grain in the transshipment warehouse is not stored, but piled up in the warehouse, and this is where the fire started......"

"Who the fuck set up the transshipment warehouse?" The old lady was so angry that his beard was straight, he had been sitting in the book for many years, and he didn't ask about these trivial details, but he didn't expect the people below to dare to change the system he set at will.

"Yes, yes......" Gongsun Quan looked at Xie Xun and whispered: "The former Taicang Order, the current Hubu Shangshu Lord Xie ......"

"Alas......" The old lady couldn't hold back for a while, and then said in a muffled voice: "Play the piano randomly." ”

Seeing that his father's face was a little unbearable, Xiahou didn't hurt and glanced at Xiahou of Dali Temple on the side.

Xiahou was silent and comprehended, and went out to play: "Your Majesty, five million stone relief grain, a fire to burn the essence, there must be something strange in this." The minister implored that a thorough investigation be issued, and the disaster relief envoy Lu Xin and the following officials should be immediately arrested, and they should be strictly prevented from colluding and absconding! ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." The courtiers of the Xiahou valve came out one after another, and a number of officials of the Pei valve also went out of class.

"The ministers also seconded the proposal." Xie Xun trembled and said: "If it is the responsibility of the children of this family, Xie Valve will never protect him."

As soon as the valve owner made a statement, the officials of Xie Valve also hurried out of work.

Cui Valve's officials actually wanted to stand up, but the owner of the valve didn't say anything, so they had to wait and see first.

But without Cui Valve's departure, as many as half of the officials have come forward. The Initial Emperor looked at the black pressure on a large number of people under the imperial steps, and naturally felt a great pressure.

He couldn't help but hesitate, Xiahou Lao'er played the old drama of public anger again, if he didn't agree, I'm afraid these people would not give up. But once he loosens his mouth, Lu Xin will fall into their hands, and it will be extremely difficult to fish him out with all his beards and tails.

In fact, the initial emperor didn't even care about the life and death of his son, how could he care about the life and death of Lu Xin and even Lu Yun, what he wanted to fight for was the momentum, it was the general trend, and Lu Yun and Lu Xin's father and son were the eyes of the game between him and Xiahouba. If you can't keep this father and son, you will be robbed of the general trend by Xiahou Ba, and you will be seen through the weak nature of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world. At that point, everything will be over...... So he had to try to keep Lu Xin.

In a dilemma, the Initial Emperor caught a glimpse of the notebook in Du Hui's hand, which was presented by Gongsun Quan. He picked up the notebook and prepared to pretend to look at it for a while, to see if he could think of anything.

Seeing that the initial emperor was forced, Xiahou Ba actually wanted to use this method to delay time, which was really ridiculous and pitiful to the extreme. He shook his head slightly, not letting his subordinates urge the emperor. This kind of drama of cats playing rats in the court, playing one less time, he has to enjoy it.

The old lady was looking at the bitter face of the first emperor playfully, and suddenly saw that his expression was relieved, as if he was relieved. Xiahou Ba sighed in his heart, and finally couldn't help but speak: "If Your Majesty has no other opinions, let the Three Law Divisions try this case?" ”

"Oh," the Initial Emperor came back to his senses, handed the notebook in his hand to Du Hui, pointed at Xiahou and said domineeringly: "Old lady, let's take a look first." ”

"Oh?" Xiahou Ba was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't look at the song, glanced at Gongsun Quan, and said in a deep voice: "Could it be that you still have something you can't say?" ”

"There is something, it is too bizarre, so Xia Guan didn't dare to say it for a while." Since the initial emperor was going to show Xiahou Ba the transcript, Gongsun Quan had nothing to hide, so he swallowed and foamed: "I will only report in detail in the notebook, and ask Your Majesty and the Taishi to decide." ”

"Just say it." Xiahou Ba waved his hand impatiently and said: "This hall is full of important ministers of the imperial court, what other secrets can't be heard?" ”

Gongsun Quan looked at the Initial Emperor again, and the Initial Emperor said with an indifferent expression: "If you don't wait for dark, it will spread all over Luodu, what else is there to hide?" ”

"Yes." Gongsun Quan then turned his heart sideways, gritted his teeth and reported: "It's about the cause of last night's fire, according to Taicang Cheng Zhu Dafeng and other officials, it is said that a fire dragon fell from the sky, and the fire dragon burned the transfer warehouse......"

"Fire Dragon Burning Warehouse?" Xiahou Ba laughed when he heard this, pointed at Gongsun Quan and said, "Do you believe this kind of nonsense?" I see that your criminal department is almost at the end of the day. ”

"Xia Guan didn't believe it either, but Taishi, at that time, thousands of people in Xingluo Cang all saw the hundred-zhang long fire dragon falling from the sky," Gongsun Quan hurriedly explained: "In addition, when Xia Guan went out of the city, he heard from the officers and soldiers guarding the city that he saw a fire dragon appear in the Eastern Heavenly Realm last night. At that time, Xia Guan didn't care about it, but when I arrived in Xingluocang and listened to everyone's words, I knew that this matter was not a simple fabrication. ”

"Xia Guan immediately ordered people to visit the nearby villages, and many people also saw the fire dragon falling from the sky." Gongsun Quan sighed lightly and said stubbornly: "Such a large-scale witness, and the description is the same, it can't be a collusion ......"