Soon, everyone followed the people of the Gong family to the granary that occupied a large area, and with the order of their master, the slave of the Gong family stepped forward to open the heavy lock wrapped around the thick warehouse door. In this process, the look of the steward of the Zhu family became a little uneasy, and an ominous premonition had already given birth to his heart.

But now everything is impossible to transfer by his will, the door of the warehouse opened, everyone rushed in, and under the sunlight outside, the appearance of the batch of grain placed on the outermost part was naturally completely exposed in front of everyone.

Lu Zhen glanced at the people of the county government, and then said: "Since Wang Xiancheng said that you can recognize the grain bags of the Zhu family before, please go over and take a look, whether there is no difference in the grain bags of the palace family." ”

The other party actually supported himself as a court official to do things so casually, which made Wang Ningxian feel angry for a while. But after meeting Lu Jin's gaze, he felt a pang in his heart, and he didn't dare to object, so he could only obediently step forward and carefully observe the appearance and details of the several grain bags stacked high.

It was only at this time that Gong Chen understood the intention of these people who suddenly came, and his expression became more and more solemn, things seemed to be very bad, could it be that the secret had been seen through by the person surnamed Zheng in front of him?

After seeing the details on the grain bag clearly, Wang Ningxian's body was shocked, and he was a little stunned. But Lu Zhen didn't give him a chance to delay at all, and immediately asked: "Wang Xiancheng, can you see the difference between the grain bags here and the Zhu family?" ”

"I ......" Wang Ningxian came back from the shock, turned around when he heard the words, and said with a puzzled face: "How come the grain bags here are no different from those used in the Zhu family's granary?" ”

"Huh?" As soon as the others heard this, they were also curious, and many people no longer cared about the superiority and humility, so they immediately leaned up, and probed their heads one after another, trying their best to look at those grain bags, and at this glance, there was a burst of exclamation: "This is really about the same...... No, it's exactly the same, you see that there is also a red character seal in this corner......"

After a sharp-eyed person pointed out the characteristics, everyone discovered this strange place, and suddenly showed suspicion. Before, the Lu side and they were determined that the grain belonged to Zhu Xuan's family, and the most important point was that there was a Zhu character mark on the inconspicuous corner of the grain bag, which was indisputable. But now, as one of the two major grain merchants in the county, Gong Chen, who is on an equal footing with Zhu Xuan, actually has average grain, which is too unreasonable!

At this time, the faces of Gong Chen and the Zhu family steward both turned a little pale, especially the former, and the look of panic in his eyes kept flickering, obviously thinking of some more terrible consequences.

Lu Zhen was not busy pressuring him, but looked at the Zhu family steward and said: "You have also seen that the grain stored by this palace family is exactly the same as the grain bags used in your family's warehouse, according to what you said before, I am afraid that these grains should also be owned by your master Zhu Xuan, right?" Then quickly send someone back, let your lord take someone to get the grain back, and then let the government arrest this palace master who stole so much food! ”

"I'm ......" The housekeeper of the Zhu family was completely dumbfounded at this time, and he was completely speechless.

Although Wang Ningxian and other officials were also full of suspicions, they really couldn't think clearly about the inside story, after all, this fact was too unreasonable. But now, they can only speak, of course, the purpose is only to calm the matter, and quickly let this incident pass: "That, Mr. Zheng, Manager Zhu, it seems that this matter is indeed a misunderstanding." Hehe, yes, it's just a misunderstanding, and this grain bag doesn't seem to be able to be used as evidence. In this way, even the grain that Mr. Zheng's subordinates brought back to my Yingze should be innocent. In this way, it is up to the official to make the decision, let the Zhu family apologize to you, and return the grain in full, what do you think? ”

"This can't be done!" As soon as Steward Zhu heard this, he immediately stopped doing it, and hurriedly subconsciously objected, this result was not something he could bear, but as soon as the words came out, he felt that he was a little short of words, so he stayed on the spot.

And Lu Zhen naturally refused to take a break, so he sneered: "My lord, this matter is related to the reputation, and many people have been injured because of it, and the people of the Zhu family have even destroyed our porridge shed, these crimes are not perfunctory with a misunderstanding." Not to mention compensation, just the crime of reverse, I can make them guilty of a felony of theft! ”

The county officials present were shocked by these words. Indeed, there has always been a sin in the Ming Law against false accusations. As long as what you have accused is not true, but you have falsely accused others, then once it is verified, the corresponding crime you accused the other party will fall on your own head.

But it's okay for this kind of thing to fall on ordinary people, but now Lu Zhen wants to entangle himself with a lot of power in the county, and recently even the county government has to rely on them to feed the Zhu family, this matter is not easy to handle. Even Ding Le was a little panicked, and couldn't help but persuade: "Mr. Zheng, I'm afraid it's not okay to do this?" In the opinion of this official, how about giving in and letting the people of the Zhu family apologize to you, and then compensate you for the corresponding losses? We in Xingze County can't stand the toss anymore, and I hope you have a lot. As he spoke, he bowed his hand to the other party.

To be honest, if an official really said such soft words to an ordinary businessman and bowed his hand, his attitude would be quite good, and ordinary people would not be too persistent under their feelings. But Lu Zhen is not an ordinary person, let alone a petty official in the county government, even if the six high-ranking officials in the court ask for him, he may not take it too seriously, so at this time, he didn't react much, and only looked at Steward Zhu.

Sure enough, as soon as he heard what the officials meant, he immediately stopped: "My lord, even if he can prove that there are indeed people in this county who have the same grain in their homes as my Zhu family's grain bags, but this still can't clear them of the suspicion that they are bandits......"

"You're so unreasonable, why can't we buy food from elsewhere? And as I said earlier, this grain was obtained from Kaifeng City in our own way. At this time, Lu Jin seemed calm and spoke very reasonably.

"It can't be! It is impossible for you to get food in Kaifeng City, and it is so easy to transport it to my Yingze...... "This steward was also really anxious, and when he heard this, he gave a negative without thinking, until the words came out, and he realized that he had lost his words.

And Lu Zhen immediately followed up: "You still know the movement of Kaifeng City, then I have to ask, but why?" Why didn't Kaifeng Fucheng not only take out grain to help its subordinate Xingze County, but even strictly forbade merchants to transport grain here? ”

"This ...... I ......" the steward had finally come to his senses, and his speech had become staggered. But the more he did that, the more curious he became. Even the officials in the county government also looked solemn, and they were indeed wondering why the county had suffered such a famine, and the capital city would always turn a blind eye. At this time, this question can naturally only fall on Lu Jin, an outsider.

After a while, Ding Le asked, "Could it be that Mr. Zheng already knows the reason?" ”

Lu Zhen nodded without hesitation: "Yes, I went to Kaifeng this time not only to buy such a batch of food to solve my urgent needs, but also to get such an unexpected harvest and know some truths that have been deliberately hidden." ”

"But ...... But what is it? Who is it that wants to harm the whole county like this? Wang Ningxian also asked urgently.

Lu Zhen glanced at Gong Chen, who was already pale beside him: "Boss Gong, it seems that you should know the inside story, right?" ”

"Don't talk nonsense, how can I possibly know anything!" Gong Chen subconsciously denied it, just looking at his appearance and listening to the tone of his speech, it was obviously lacking in confidence.

Lu Zhen smiled: "Now that it's over, there are some things that should be made public to him." As he spoke, he did not rush to reveal the answer to the question, but walked up to the stacked grains, and motioned for his men to help carry a bag.

Immediately, two people stepped forward and worked hard to lift down the bag of 100 catties of grain and moved it to the sunlight outside the warehouse, so that the details of the grain bag were completely exposed to everyone. Lu Zhen stepped forward and pointed to the distinctive Zhu character mark on the top and said, "I think everyone should be very strange, why does this palace family's grain bag actually have the mark of the Zhu family?" In fact, the answer is very simple, because these grains are not owned by his palace dust, but belong to the Zhu family. ”

"What......" everyone exclaimed, why did the problem turn back?

And the subordinates of the Gong family were even more anxious and shouted: "You are talking nonsense, how can my family go to take the grain of the Zhu family, don't you spray people with blood!" Only their old man, Gong Chen, stood there without saying a word at this time, with a pale face, obviously guessing what the other party would do to him.

"You don't have to be too surprised, in fact, the Zhu family I am referring to is not Zhu Xuan's family in Yingze County, Gong Chen's status is the same as Zhu Xuan's, they are just following a certain big man surnamed Zhu to do things here. As for the one who instructed the two of them to seize land in the name of grain merchants in Xingze County, it was in Kaifeng City, and the venerable King of Zhou was a thousand years old! Lu Zhen slowly said his answer. And this time, when they heard such amazing news from his mouth, everyone was completely silent, and everyone's eyes widened with disbelief.

Among them, there are not only people from the government, but also Yin Xiang and his group, that is, some subordinates of the palace family, who also opened their mouths wide at this time, but they couldn't say anything when it came to their mouths......