When Zheng Wen received the news of the Jinling incident, it was already the afternoon of the 20th.

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At this time, it was the morning ∴ morning of October 20, and the weather was clear and sunny.

Zheng Wenzheng stood in the garrison camp of Yanjing City, read out the edict, and handed over the letter of approval of the Privy Council to Lin Cang and Li Tong in person.

Zheng Wen was full of smiles, and at this time, a eunuch brought three glasses of wine, Zheng Wen picked up the wine glasses with his own hands, handed them to the two of them, and picked up the last glass, and said: "I salute the two generals with a glass, I wish you two success!" After speaking, he saluted the two of them and drank them all.

Lin Cang and Li Tong also drank it all at the same time, knelt on one knee in front of Zheng Wen, and shouted in unison: "The ministers will never dare to live up to Your Majesty's expectations, I hope Your Majesty will take care, the ministers are gone!" ”

After speaking, the two got up, jumped on their horses, shouted "go", and rushed out of the camp in the capital, and the tens of thousands of troops who were standing also moved in unison, and followed the two out of the camp with neat steps.

Zheng Wen looked at the military column, until they disappeared in front of Zheng Wen's eyes, Zheng Wen limped, was surrounded by everyone out of the Beijing camp, and returned to the palace.

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At this time, Guo Mansion.

Yin Yangbo of Yanjing Mansion had a sad face, and this night Yang Bo led people to carefully search the entire Guo Mansion, but still did not find any trace related to this case.

Yang Bo was alone in Guo Cheng's study, frowning, walking around anxiously, why? How so? After checking for so long, I didn't find any useful ones? Could it be that it is in the wrong direction? Shouldn't you check the Guo Mansion?

Impossible! Guo Chengcheng died in Guo Mansion, if you don't check Guo Mansion, where else can you go to check?

Yang Bo always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't remember, what was it?

Yang Bo paced in the study, lowered his head and thought carefully, pondered for a long time, but couldn't remember, raised his head, saw the whole row of books, and suddenly had a flash of inspiration, yes, it was a twist.

His Majesty asked Guo Cheng to think about it behind closed doors, it is impossible for Guo Cheng not to write a plea, what is possible for him to send from the plea?

So, Yang Bo called Jiang Xuan's Jinyi Wei Qianhu, only to see that this person was sturdy, with a big head, and a beard flying all over his face, giving people the feeling of flying violently, and wearing a beautiful flying fish suit, which gave people the feeling that the butcher who killed the pig was wearing new clothes.

Yang Bo said to Jiang Xuan: "Lord Jiang, you go to the imperial study and ask, can you show me the guilt of Lord Guo Cheng Guo in the past few days?" ”

Jiang Xuan listened, his eyes rolled, he glanced at Yang Bo again, and saw that there were no special people around, so he lowered his voice and said, "Lord Yang, you don't have to go, these days the Imperial Study has not received Guo Cheng's request for guilt at all." ”

When Yang Bo heard this, he was immediately a little incredulous, Jiang Xuan's words made Yang Bo dizzy, how could this be, a household secretary who had been thinking behind closed doors, a court minister, had been thinking about it behind closed doors for so many days, and he had never written a single recital, which was obviously abnormal.

So, Yang Bo asked with some disbelief: "Master Jiang, is it true that you haven't been on a single one?" It can't be, right? ”

Jiang Xuan listened, rolled his eyes, and then nodded to Yang Bo again, but he didn't speak. I was very speechless in my heart, how could it be impossible, since Guo Cheng thought about it behind closed doors, I took someone to supervise it, I don't know if he has ever been on the show, otherwise Your Majesty will arrange for me to assist you. But Jiang Xuan obviously couldn't say these words, so he had to keep silent.

Yang Bo is also a smart person, looking at the flying fish suit Jiang Xuan was wearing, he immediately understood that this must be the secret work of Jinyiwei.

So, Yang Bo said to Jiang Xuan again: "Lord Jiang, then you say, what is strange about Lord Guo Cheng Guo these days?" ”

Jiang Xuan listened, but his face was reluctant, so he kept his mouth shut and didn't speak.

When Yang Bo saw it, he was anxious, so he said again: "You have told me alone, Your Majesty's order, everything in this case is subject to me, do you say?" ”

When Jiang Xuan heard this, his face was full of reluctance, so he reluctantly took a step, approached Yang Bo, put his mouth close to Yang Bo's ear, and whispered: "Lord Yang, no, we can't see Guo Cheng at any time." ”

When Yang Bo heard this, he was speechless for a moment, could it be that His Majesty sent this tease to be funny? If you don't have it, you can say it out loud, why do you have to make it so mysterious, Yang Bo has the heart to kill, and he just wanted to remove his ears.

At this time, Jiang Xuan whispered again: "However, we found out that Guo Cheng had written a recital, at least three times, and my people found it, but the content was not clear, but I don't know why he didn't hand it over?" ”

Yang Bo listened, quickly removed his ears, a mouthful of garlic smell, couldn't stand it, slowed down for a while, Yang Bo spoke again: "Then do you know, where are these twists and turns?" ”

Jiang Xuan listened, shook his head, and then spoke: "I don't know, but I know that these twists and turns must be in this study, Guo Cheng has never taken them out, I promise." ”

When Yang Bo heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, and his eyes flashed with a ghostly light, so he said, "Master Jiang, then let's look for it!" ”

So the two began to rummage through the boxes and cabinets in the study, and after looking for a long time, they were so tired and out of breath that they still didn't find it, so Yang Bo beckoned people to continue looking, but after rummaging through the entire study, they didn't find any secret rooms or anything like that, and they still didn't find it.

So, Yang Bo was so tired that he sat on the chair and said, "Master Jiang, it won't be that you are panicking, right?" How could it not be found? ”

When Jiang Xuan heard this, he was not in a hurry, but said justifiably: "How do I know? The brain circuits of you literati are so novel, how do I know where Guo Cheng hid them? But his eyes kept scanning the study.

"Hey, Lord Yang, look, how can the books on that desk be so neat, why do I feel so strange?" Jiang Xuan pointed to a desk and said.

Yang Bo turned his head to look, and saw that on the desk, there was a neat pile of books, tall, it looked new, but it gave people a very abrupt feeling, it turned out to be Guo Cheng's desk.

Yang Bo stood up, walked to the desk, picked up the top book, flipped through it, but didn't find it, picked up another book, and when he opened it, he found that there was a rectangular book inside.

It turned out that the inside of this book had been cut out with scissors and cut into rectangular spaces, just enough to fit into a book.

When Yang Bo saw it, he was overjoyed, so he immediately flipped through these books again, and found a few more books, and counted them, but they were five.

So Yang Bo sat on the chair and opened the first notebook, which was a simple letter to His Majesty asking for sin, Yang Bo read it several times, but still didn't find anything useful.

So Yang Bo opened the second book and began to read it, and as he read it, he found that this was also a book of pleading, but he felt that he wanted to say something between words, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't make up his mind to say it. Yang Bo was refreshed when he saw it, and suddenly felt that he had discovered something?

So Yang Bo put down this book, picked up the third book, opened it, and immediately the content appeared in Yang Bo's eyes, only to see: the criminal minister Guo Cheng bowed to His Majesty, His Majesty said that the minister was too selfish, not a capable minister, the minister heard it and thought it was true, the right servant of the household department Lang Diping and a cadre of the household officials were greedy, and the minister already knew. But the minister is indeed too selfish, which caused today's disaster, and the minister is guilty! But in his life, the minister has never done anything to be sorry for the big cadres. The minister thought about it again and again, and finally made up his mind, or told His Majesty about this matter, the minister has been the head of the household for many years, and vaguely heard that many granaries around the Great Dry have been short of grain or no grain, and have been bought by others, this is a huge interest group, and their tentacles in the household department is Di Ping, which has been secretly observed and discovered by the minister for many years, as for the person Wang Cheng, the left servant of the household department, the minister can't see through him, I don't know if he is specifically involved, but the minister knows, he knows about this matter...... The minister bowed to His Majesty again and again!

When Yang Bo saw it, his face suddenly changed drastically, and he was pale, but his heart was shocked, his whole body trembled, and his hand fell on the table with a "click......

Jiang Xuan next to him was also surprised when he saw it, what happened to this Lord Yang, how could it become like this after looking at the twists and turns, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Lord Yang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Yang Bo didn't answer, just sat dumbfounded, obviously frightened, and it took a long time before he eased up, but his face was still not good-looking.

I saw Yang Bo pick up the fourth copy again, only to see a dense row of names on it, a cursory look, at least dozens of people, only to see a paragraph written at the end: This is the minister's secret observation for many years, and he is definitely a person who participated in the resale of grain, and I hope Your Majesty will verify it!

When Yang Bo opened the fifth part, there was a dense row of names, and there were dozens of people, only to see a paragraph written under the person's name: This is the person who the minister thinks may be involved in grain reselling, and I hope His Majesty can verify it!

I saw the following passage:

Your Majesty, the guilty minister can be regarded as atonement! Remembering what you said that day, Guo Cheng is too selfish, after I came back, I carefully reflected on my life, decades of official career, indeed as His Majesty said, selfishness is more important than public heart, if it is a small official, it is just that, but it is the head of the household, the important minister of the court. Indeed, as His Majesty said, turn a blind eye, the losses I have caused are indeed huge, I am ashamed of the first emperor, ashamed of Your Majesty, and ashamed of Daqian!

But I finally figured it out and decided to go out to Your Majesty, and to atone for my past mistakes, and I hope that Your Majesty can forgive your sins!

Here, I also hope that Your Majesty can return a bright future and return the world to a peaceful place!

Take care of your majesty!

May everyone be like a dragon!

On the evening of October 19, the 16th year of the founding of the Great Qian.

When Yang Bo saw it, he stood up quickly, and said anxiously: "Hurry up, let's go see Your Majesty!" ”

"What's wrong? Lord Yang, why are you in such a hurry? We don't check Guo Cheng's success. Jiang Xuan, who was standing next to him, spoke.

"Check, what else to check? Guo Cheng's affairs are all small things, this matter is a big thing, go quickly! ”

After Yang Bo finished speaking, he ignored it, and strode out of the study with the fold.

This is the last major case of one of the three major cases at the end of the 16th year of Jianqi, the "Great Dry Granary Deficit Case"!