Shangguan Jin doesn't care if there are Taishi's eyes and ears in the prison, what he cares about is the current situation in Qingguo.

Ling Nan reminded him to be careful that the wall had ears, but he didn't care, but continued: "Commander Ling, you go and meet the king right away and tell him that since you start a war with the Wind Country, then you don't have to ask for peace, let alone lose money!" ”

His thoughts can be said to be the same as Sima Wen, but Qingwang only saw the facts in front of him, and when Ling Nan heard this, he was also embarrassed and said: "But my lord, the peace between the two countries has been reached, and the relevant documents have been sealed, and at this time, I am afraid that the silver will also start to be shipped to the Wind Country, and it will be too late." ”

"Hey!" Hearing this, Shangguan Jin sighed helplessly, although he was in prison, it was definitely impossible to say that he didn't care about state affairs in his heart.

"The king is confused." He sighed again.

As soon as he said this, Ling Nan was in a hurry, so he hurriedly looked left and right, and stopped him in a low voice: "My lord! Don't reproach the king......"

"Forget it." Shangguan Jin said: "What else happened in the DPRK? ”

"This ......" Ling Nan thought for a while and said, "There is one more thing, which is not a big deal, that is, Xiao Wang, the left minister of the Wind Country, once used the seal to mock my king. ”

When Shangguan Jin heard this, he smiled bitterly and said: "When I made an alliance with the Wind King, it would definitely be true, and the king was ridiculed by Xiao Wang, and he couldn't refute it, let alone get angry." ”

Ling Nan said embarrassedly: "This ...... Indeed it is. ”

After the two countries negotiated peace, they also began to withdraw their troops one after another, and Lu Chen immediately returned to the DPRK.

After a month's march, the army finally arrived in Fengzhou, and then returned to the camp, and Lu Chen also returned to the palace under the greeting of the civil and military officials.

The early pilgrimage of the day.

Lu Chen threw a bamboo slip in his hand into the main hall, and asked sharply, "What the hell is going on!?" ”

He was so angry that the bamboo slips were thrown into the hall, and all the ministers were silent, with their heads down, bowing slightly, and standing there, not daring to come out.

Xue Huairen, the right minister, hurriedly went out of the ranks, picked up the bamboo slips, then knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "King Qiyu, since the king led the army to the expedition, Qizhou Caoyun has had accidents one after another, and in only three months, more than a dozen big ships capsized, and all the official salt on board was destroyed......"

This bamboo slip is the first piece of Qizhou County to play the royal court. In ancient times, salt and iron have always been controlled by the state, especially salt, which can be said to be the main economic source of the country, and Qizhou is a large salt-producing county in the scenic area, and now that such a big thing has happened, how can Lu Chen not be angry.

And after Xue Huairen's words were finished, Lu Chen also scolded angrily: "This king knows this!" What this king asks is to find out the reason! ”

Xue Huairen said: "This matter has been investigated by the Imperial History Mansion. ”

The Imperial History Mansion is the administrative body of the Imperial Historian, and when Lu Chen heard this, he couldn't help but look at Lu Boyan.

The latter hurriedly came out of the ranks, Shi Li said: "Back to the king, after the right prime minister's order was issued, Weichen quickly sent officials to Qizhou, after investigation, it should be the local bandits, this gang of bandits, perennial dealing with water, diving underwater, scuttling through the big boat, and using the underwater culvert to rob the official salt, of course, now all have been exterminated by the officers and soldiers. ”

After hearing this, Lu Chen's brows furrowed, he was silent for a moment, and then waved his hand to let Xue Huairen and Lu Boyan get up, and then asked, "Is it really that simple?" ”

The two of them bowed their heads slightly, not daring to answer easily.

It is no exaggeration to say that Jingdi is the most peaceful place, because King Jing ruled the country in a good way at the beginning, and the national style was excellent, and now the scenery has long been integrated, and under the law of the Wind Country, it is even more unlikely that there will be robbers who dare to rob the official salt! You know, that's a lifeless thing!

Lu Chen had doubts, and seeing that neither of them spoke, he shouted in a deep voice: "Speak!" ”

The two of them were shocked, and Xue Huairen said: "Back to the king, Weichen also had doubts, and he also checked the officials of Qizhou again, but he didn't find any problems. ”

When he said this, he was obviously also suspecting that there was something wrong with the officials in Qizhou, and Lu Chen's brows furrowed again.

Xue Huairen said again: "It's not ......"

He was halfway through his words, but he didn't make a sound, but looked up at Lu Chen, who saw this and immediately said unhappily: "Speak!" ”

Xue Huairen said: "Wechen thought about a person, and I planned to order him to go to Qizhou to investigate, but this person is now in prison, and there is no royal order from the king, so Wechen didn't dare to make a good claim." ”

Hearing this, Lu Chen only thought about it for a moment, and knew who Xue Huairen was talking about, he took a deep breath and said, "You're talking about Li Gongfu, right?" ”

"Exactly." Xue Huairen hurriedly said: "King, Weichen guarantees the head of the item, and Lord Li can investigate this case!" ”

Although Xue Huairen and Li Gongfu do not have a good relationship, the stakes are very high, and only Li Gongfu, who is not afraid of power and is upright, can handle this big case, so he also sincerely recommends it.

After Lu Chen heard this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and said directly: "Accurate! ”

"I'm Wang Yingming." Xue Huairen hurriedly gave a salute.

Seeing this, the other ministers wanted to speak and stopped, Li Gongfu had offended too many people, of course people didn't want to see him out of prison, but at this moment, seeing that Lu Chen had been approved, people didn't dare to speak easily.

After the next dynasty, there were also many ministers around Xue Huairen, people walked outside the palace, while discussing, Lu Boyan said directly: "Lord Xue, today's court discussion, you shouldn't urge the king to reactivate Li Gongfu, this person loves to put on a stinky shelf, and is extremely arrogant, if he is released from prison, he will definitely return to the court......"

"Yes, Prime Minister, you can go to inspect from the internal history of the Prime Minister's Mansion or the Right History, why do you have to protect Li Gongfu." Another official said.

"Huh?" Xue Huairen waved his hand and said: "This matter is very important, the official salt is not trivial, you and I are both ministers of the DPRK and China, we should put aside our prejudices and put state affairs first." ”

Lu Boyan was a little ashamed of his words, and he couldn't help arching his hand towards Xue Huairen to say that he was too superficial.

This is the difference between Xue Huairen and Lu Boyan, it can also be said that the prime minister can hold the boat in his belly.

Wangcheng Prison.

After the next dynasty, Lu Chen also came here directly.

Seeing that the king had actually come to the prison, the jailer Cao Xiong hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a panic: "Knock on the king——"

"Let's be flat." Lu Chen waved his hand slightly, and asked directly, "Can Li Gongfu be in prison?" ”

"Yes." Cao Xiong hurriedly returned.

"Lead the way."

"No!"

Not long after, under the guidance of Cao Xiong, Lu Chen had already come to Li Gongfu's cell, and his entourage immediately shouted: "The king has arrived-"

In the entire Wangcheng prison, only Li Gongfu and Liu Han were imprisoned, and the two immediately knelt on the ground and began to salute Lu Chen.