Chapter 599: Ten Million Cases
"Oh? I would like to hear how bold you are. Yang Guang became more and more interested in Guo Yan, and saw that the two of them had come to the gate of Lanzhi Palace after asking and answering, so he asked Xiao E to take the two maids into the palace, and he stood outside the palace gate and asked Guo Yan curiously.
"It's a trivial matter, it's not worth mentioning in front of the prince." Guo Yan avoided answering, and only asked Yang Guang, "The last general will only enter the palace on an errand, and as a rule, he will go into all the palaces to inspect again, and he still asks for the permission of the prince." ”
"Tonight, this king will also enter the palace to live, and when the time comes, this king will accompany you to patrol the night, how about it?" The more Guo Yan refused to speak, the more curious Yang Guang became, and while making a gesture to beckon him to enter the Lanzhi Palace to check, he deliberately tested him.
"Last night, the evil ghost appeared outside the shooting hall, and the prince is a daughter, so it is better to be careful. The last general can barely cope with it. Moreover, there is the princess of Jin who lives in the palace, I don't expect that the evil ghost may not dare to appear and be scary, and the prince still has a lot of official affairs to deal with during the day, so there is no need to work hard. Guo Yan got Yang Guang's permission, strode into Lanzhi Palace to look around, and dissuaded Yang Guangdao without looking back.
I can't help you what I'm going to do tonight. Yang Guang secretly made up his mind, smiled faintly, and said to Guo Yan: "Then, the general will please take a look everywhere, this king will not accompany you." He walked straight to the main hall.
As soon as Yang Guang walked into the main hall, he looked up and saw that Xiao Yang Zhao was teasing by the nurse, and was "giggling" at himself, so he took three steps and did two steps to run closer, reached out to take his son from the nurse's arms, kissed him fiercely, and happily teased him: "Boy, how old are you, and you are still breastfeeding in your mother's arms, are you ashamed?" ”
Xiao Yang Zhao is only seven or eight months older than Xiao Yang Jian, and his words are not good, dancing with a pair of small hands to push Yang Guang outward, grinning and turning back at Xiao E, "Mom, Mom".
"He's your dad, call him dad." Xiao E hurriedly walked over, pointed at Yang Guang and introduced to his son.
"Mommy, Mommy." Xiao Yang Zhao obviously only knew his mother, not his father, and struggled with his life in Yang Guang's arms, crying for his mother to hug him.
"Fortunately, the prince will move into the palace tonight, and after getting along with this child for a long time, he will recognize his father." Xiao E took Xiao Yang Zhao from Yang Guang's arms, hugged him in his arms, and explained to Yang Guang apologetically.
Yang Guang felt that after Xiao Yang Zhao was born, he got together with him less and left more, and failed to fulfill his father's responsibilities, so he couldn't help but feel a little guilty in his heart, followed Xiao E, gently held one of his son's little hands, and assured him: "Mom is right, Dad will come to live with you in the palace today, and he will never leave you again in the future, okay?" ”
Just as the family was enjoying the joy of family in the Lanzhi Palace, they suddenly saw the maid Lu Pothos enter the palace and report to Yang Guang: "A sergeant guarding the gate of the forbidden palace came to report, saying that Zhang Heng Shangshu is now waiting for the prince outside the palace gate, and the prince is asked to return to the palace quickly." ”
Yang Guang heard that Zhang Heng personally came to invite him back to the house, and guessed that it must be the result of the interrogation of Pang Xun, so he hurriedly let go of his son's little hand and said to Xiao E: "I will go back to the house first to deal with official business, and then enter the palace to live at the right time." Then he turned and walked out of the main hall.
At that time, it happened that Guo Yan had already checked around in the Lanzhi Palace, but he didn't find anything abnormal, and was about to say goodbye to Yang Advertising, and the two walked face to face.
"What, is the prince leaving?"
"General Guo, tonight's second watch, this king is waiting for you in Lanzhi Palace, patrolling the night with you, you can remember." Yang Guang hurriedly explained to Guo Yan and walked straight out of Lanzhi Palace.
What was somewhat unexpected by Yang Guang was that Zhang Heng interrogated Pang Xun, but he still failed to force him to confess anything useful, but the account clerk in his house had a lot of money, and it only took one day to crack the specific content recorded in the account book.
"A big case of tens of millions, Lord Wang." Even a calm person like Zhang Heng couldn't hold back his excitement, and as soon as he received Yang Guang outside the gate of Daxing Palace, he excitedly reported to him.
"Ten million big cases? Tell me, what's going on? Yang Guang turned over his horse outside the palace gate, walked side by side with Zhang Heng, and asked him in a hurry.
"Qian Wuliang came to report early this morning, saying that he had identified the contents of Pang Xun's account book, nothing else, all the incense offerings that Pang Xun had supplied to Wanshanni Temple in the past few years, Lord, I'm afraid you couldn't imagine that a Wanshanni Temple, the incense offerings purchased from Pang Xun every year cost as much as two or three million, right?" Zhang Heng blushed excitedly and reported to Yang Guangyu.
"A small nun temple, the annual cost of a single incense offering is two or three million, Jianping, it can't be a mistake because of the money, right?" Yang Guang's eyes widened in shock, staring at Zhang Heng and asking.
"Qian Wuliang is not mistaken, according to the official expectations, I am afraid that someone in Wanshanni Temple deliberately made a mistake in the cost of incense offerings, and I don't know how many benefits I have taken from Pang Xun over the years." Zhang Heng replied firmly.
Yang Guang stopped talking, urged his crotch to dismount, and hurried to the Jin Palace.
When he and Zhang Heng returned to the main hall of the Jin Palace, they saw that the bookkeeper Qian Wuliang had been waiting for him in the palace for a long time on Zhang Heng's orders.
"Xian Yu Luo, guard the entrance of the hall, and no one shall be allowed to approach the main hall." Yang Guang knew that the truth of a shocking case was about to be revealed, and he couldn't be sloppy at this moment, so as soon as he walked into the main hall, he ordered Xian Yuluo to guard the entrance of the hall and not let anyone approach.
"Mr. Qian, quickly report your discovery to the prince."
Under Zhang Heng's urging, Qian Wuliang held the account book in his hand, walked in front of Yang Guang, and said in a trembling voice: "The total amount of accounts recorded in this account book has been summarized and calculated, which is about 14 million, Lord Wang, this number is equivalent to the total number of 'five Kaihuang plants' cast in six years of a coinage furnace." ”
"Mr. Qian, don't be in a hurry, take your time, this account book only records that Pang Xun sold incense to Wanshanni Temple for a sum of expenses, how can the cost of incense offerings be so huge for a small nun temple?" Yang Guang personally gave Qian Wuliang a bowl of tea and persuaded him.
Qian Wuliang didn't care about taking the tea bowl, so he stood in front of Yang Guang and spread out the account book, and explained the accounts to Yang Guang one by one.
Yang Guang listened, his face was gloomy as if he was covered with a layer of frost, and he couldn't show a smile anymore.
According to Qian Wuliang's explanation, on the surface, this account book only records Pang Xun's business of selling incense to Wanshanni Temple for many years, but in fact, it is likely that someone in the temple instructed that all other expenses in the temple were mixed into the incense offering expenses, and they were all purchased through Pang Xun's family, so the amount is so huge.
Even so, the annual cost of two or three million guan is a bit incredible for a nunnery.