"Humph! Governor Zhang, is it really so coincidental? Zhao Xiao on the side snorted coldly, "Although the palace has no right to interfere in the government, it will not let the saint blind the public, if there is really something in it, be careful of your dog's life!" ”

Zhang Songlin is really an old treacherous and cunning, seeing that his remarks can only make Xiao and the others angry, but he can't come up with any evidence to refute it, so he hurriedly added fuel and vinegar and said: "How dare you, even if the eldest princess doesn't believe in the old minister, she must believe in the prince, and she must not be instructed by some villains."

"Yes, yes, this king is confused, after a few months, he actually forgot about it. Auntie, you have to believe your nephew, this incident is true, it is really to buy rice and food for the victims. ”

Lin Lan sneered: "Governor Zhang, if your matter is true, then why didn't you report it to the imperial court, hide it, and privately embezzle the silver to tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, just to buy rice for the victims?" ”

Lin Lan does not deny that there are good officials in the world, but he, Zhang Songlin, is definitely not among the Qing officials.

Zhang Songlin said: "The eldest princess, Hou Ye, this matter is known to Hu County Decree and King Kang, and the lower officials concealed it and did not report it, because they were afraid that there would be no evidence and no evidence, and some people in the court would slander and slander the lower officials. ”

Lin Lan saw Zhang Songlin and began to pretend to be aggrieved and shook his head and wiped his tears, so he said: "Governor Zhang, since you are right, when there was no grain in Youzhou, you borrowed money to buy rice, so may I ask, where did you buy this rice?" There should always be this credential, right? ”

Zhang Songlin's eyelids twitched, and when he saw Lin Lan's aggressive appearance, this lie could only be said one after another, so he said: "What Hou Ye said is that these major rice shops can't stock up on rice, and Xiaguan has found a traveling merchant, who happens to be a big rice seller, this person is still in Youzhou City, Hou Ye and the eldest princess want to see each other?" ”

"Naturally, I want to see it, otherwise how can I still be innocent?" The more Zhang Songlin swore an oath, the more Lin Lan felt suspicious, this preface was not right, one loophole after another was a lie, and one day, it would collapse completely.

King Kang comprehended, got up and said: "Oh, aunt, it's not a matter to wait, let's have a light meal inside, Master Hou and Master Ma will accompany you, and when Hu County Ling and Governor Zhang bring people over, we will also interrogate after dinner." ”

Xiao glanced at Lin Lan, "Well, then so be it." ”

This matter involves King Kang, and now he is not in Beijing, and there is no way to ask the people of Dali Temple to investigate clearly, the people and horses in this Youzhou are already thankful if they are not a nest of snakes and rats, and Lin Lan does not expect to be able to ask anything from the mouths of other bureaucrats.

Ruan Ciwen and Lin Lan walked in the courtyard of the mountain behind the palace, the landscape and flowers were fragrant, the pavilions and pavilions were like a fairy palace, such beautiful scenery was no different from the Jingshi Palace. Ruan Ciwen shook his head and sighed: "Back then, the emperor favored King Kang, but King Kang was not the eldest son, and his talent was not as good as the rest of the princes. ”

"General Nguyen is dissatisfied?"

Ruan Ciwen narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Nonsense." When I was a general soldier in the northwest, where did the 200,000 taels of silver come from? It's not deducted from the military salary. At that time, the teacher did not dare to admonish, and the military salary was apportioned, and it was a lot less that year, and many people were dissatisfied at that time, which caused a lot of riots. ”

"This old account, it seems that General Ruan is still haunted."

Ruan Ciwen raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course! If there is no intersection like this, it stands to reason that if Ruan wants to blame, he can only blame the emperor, and the next thing is his own virtue. I remember that the army of Great Xia bypassed Dugu City and approached Yumen Pass, when the teacher guarded Yumen Pass, and the nearest reinforcements were garrisons in Youzhou and Liangzhou. At that time, the military order had been issued, and the Liangzhou soldiers went to the battlefield, but this King Kang was greedy for life and afraid of death, and felt that once Youzhou was not garrisoned, it would be captured by the Great Xia people, so he did not let Youzhou Dusi go out of the city, and Liangzhou reinforcements were difficult to support, and finally had to lose the Sichuan army to the north urgently, so that the siege could be lifted, because of this, I couldn't get used to this fat pig. ”

After listening to Ruan Ciwen's speech, Lin Lan asked, "Since King Kang is so mediocre and incompetent, why do they all say that the Holy Lord is like a brother to him and regards him as a brother?" ”

Ruan Ciwen rolled his eyes at Lin Lan and said, "What do you do to show the people of the world, after experiencing the rebellion of the king of Liu, don't you really see it?" Those who dare to disobey, how can the saint ever be merciful? ”

Lin Lan nodded, and said: "I finally understand, why the private salt is sold so unhindered in the northwest, this official salt is related to tax administration, I have always suggested that the saint thoroughly investigate the salt road, these two Huai land is one end, this northwest land is another end, it is transported out there, eaten here, it seems that this King Kang is also involved." Dare to ask if this private salt is branded with the shadow of the royal family, who dares to investigate the Northwest Salt Road? Who dares to forbid it? ”

Ruan Ciwen said: "Then why don't you catch all these people, and let them have time to make up for their deaths?" ”

Lin Lan smiled and said, "It's too late to make amends." This post station is broken like this, and no one cares about it, do you think that this year's silver alone has been misappropriated? If they eat it, they will spit it out, and the money they earn will fill their own pockets, so that it is not easy to catch, and as for eating it like this now, and not spitting it out, it will be embezzled here, and left vacant there, is it not easy to check? Look at it, you won't be able to hold it back soon. ”

Several people had a feast in the backyard. Ruan Ciwen and Lin Lan were both full of burps, no wonder this King Kang became a ball, this way of eating, even if it is a thin monkey with a bamboo pole, he has to be fed into a big fat man, a meal, a few chickens on the table, a cow leg, and a big bowl of mutton, King Kang himself, can kill a chicken, half a bowl of mutton, this way of eating, it is simply shocking.

Hu Sanbo and Zhang Songlin were already waiting outside the crescent gate. After the subordinates passed the gift, King Kang withdrew the banquet, replaced it with a teapot, and let Lin Lan, Xiao and others sit in the water pavilion, and summoned Hu Sanbo and others.

"Grass people and horse army, knock to see the prince, the marquis, and the eldest princess." The young man kept his head down.

Hu Sanbo brushed his beard and said: "Military ...... Ma Jun, let's talk about the original sale of rice. ”

"Yes, back to your lord's words, at the end of last winter, the grass people from the south of the Yangtze River to buy rice, to the northwest to sell, to earn a meager price difference to live, did not expect this rice to Youzhou, I heard that the local rice price soared, merchants hoarded rice to see, this Huang County order learned that I have rice in my hand, I was introduced to Zhang Zhifu, promised to use rice for disaster relief first, he will return the rice money one day."

When Lin Lan saw that somewhat familiar face, she finally caught this big flaw, and suddenly clapped her hands, "It's really a good love affair between officials and businessmen, for the sake of the people of the world, selfless concessions, Ben Hou is about to cry when he hears it." Hu Yanjun, you raised your head, looked at Ben Hou a kind of way, and said what you just said again! ”