When the shopkeeper Lu retired, Lu Sheng slowly put away his smile and sighed softly, "He Taishou, I'm afraid it's difficult to give away this plaque of yours." ”

"Oh, what does Lord Lu mean?" He Xingzhi looked at Lu Sheng suspiciously, "Does Lord Lu think there is something wrong with this Dongsheng grain shop?"

"There should be a problem. ”

Lu Sheng gently handed the file in his hand to He Xingzhi, "Dongsheng Grain Shop has been open since November 15, and it has been half a month now. Have you ever calculated how much grain the Dongcheng grain store has sold?"

"How much?"

"Eight million stones!"

"Hiss-" He Xingzhi suddenly gasped, "So much, where did they get so much food?"

"yes, that's the problem. Where did they get so much grain? I asked him just now, what is the name of the proprietor of Dongsheng Grain Shop? He said that his name is Huo Youdeok, and he is from Jeju.

Jeju is indeed a major grain producing state, but don't forget that almost all of the surplus grain in the surrounding eight states has been eaten by Chuzhou. Where else in Jeju does anyone have 8 million stone of grain? Even if there is, then this person must be a well-known grain merchant in Jeju. Why haven't we heard of a man named Huo Youde?"

"Lord Lu means ......"

"There is a suspicious source of his food. ”

"Lord Lu is thoughtful, and the old man has to admire. But Lord Lu, Dongsheng Grain Bank is the pioneer who opened the warehouse in Chuzhou, if it were not for Dongsheng, the grain merchants in Chuzhou may not be willing to open a warehouse until now.

If you investigate Dongsheng Grain Company, whether there is a problem or not, the stakes are not trivial. If not, the current good situation will fall short. ”

"I naturally know it, but I suddenly wanted something that made me have to investigate the origin of the food of Dongsheng Grain Bank. ”

"What?"

"Where did the 30 million stone grain that was stolen and sold go?"

When the words landed, He Xingzhi's face turned white, and the teacup he picked up suddenly fell.

Lu Sheng waved his palm, and the teacup seemed to be held up by an invisible hand, and instantly returned to the coffee table in He Xingzhi's hand, and not even a drop of tea overflowed.

"Lord Lu, didn't you say that the 30 million stone grain was burned by the rebels?"

"Yes, I thought it was so at first. There is food that has been burned, but there is definitely not much. You must know that those are mountains of grain, not grass and trees. How long does it take to burn?

I ordered the ashes to be examined, and though they were thick, they were mostly ashes. I think the mastermind behind this is trying to mislead us and make us think that the food has been burned and make us give up the investigation.

But Xuantian Mansion has never been lax, staring at this batch of grain. Suddenly, Dongsheng Grain appeared without warning, which made me have to be suspicious. ”

"I see, Lord Lu, but the old man remembers that you and the emperor didn't say that......"

"I want to tell the emperor that the whereabouts of the official grain are unknown, and the emperor will definitely order us to recover the official grain within a time limit. Although we will investigate this case to the end, we do not want to be brought to the head with a tight spell. ”

Lu Sheng's words were taken for granted, but he was stunned in He Xingzhi's ears. Even he, an old fritter who has been up and down in officialdom all his life, never thought of playing this kind of slippery head, Lu Sheng can be so slippery and not keep his hands?

But since this is the case, Lu Sheng was even blunt with himself. Obviously, Lu Sheng dared to say it so frankly, and there was nothing taboo at all. Even if you report to the court truthfully, the court will probably act as if you haven't heard anything, right?

"Lord Lu's intention here is ......"

"I just wanted to ask how long it will be until the winter wheat harvest?"

Thousands of miles of grain fields have already begun to produce ears of wheat, and if nothing else, the harvest will be possible in two months. Before I knew it, it was December, and sure enough, as Mr. Guo said, there was no sign of getting cold until now.

If his guess is correct, the harvest will be harvested in the first month, and the people will not go hungry. ”

"At the end of the first month...... It looks like we'll have to wait for half a month......"

Xuantian Mansion's top priority at the moment is to stabilize the order, although the people of Chuzhou seem to have resumed operation step by step. But the current stability is very fragile, and if you are not careful, something can happen.

Although the relief grain of the imperial court was sent in a steady stream, the huge population base of Chuzhou was also a grain-swallowing monster. Fortunately, the Taishou Mansion purchased grain and the imperial court gave relief, and the balance was barely maintained.

The originally scheduled wedding date is also approaching step by step, and the date of the wedding seems to be the time of the winter grain harvest in Chuzhou.

Therefore, Lu Sheng's mood has also become much better these days, and sometimes he can hum a few words of joke when he is alone in the office.

"Your Excellency!"

Lu Sheng's shaking leg movement stopped, and he sat up straight again, "Come in." ”

Sun You walked into Lu Sheng's office with a stack of files, "Tracking for half a month, it lives up to expectations!"

"Briefly, what's the situation?"

The big shopkeeper of Dongsheng Grain Store is called Lu Xiaochen, and Lu Xiaochen is actually the owner of Dongsheng Grain Bank.

The reason why Dongsheng Grain Store suddenly did not have any information before it opened in Chuzhou was because this Lu Xiaochen was not originally in the grain store business. He was originally in the brick kiln business. ”

"The brick kiln business, from the brick kiln business to the grain business, this span is a bit big. How did you find out Lu Xiaochen's identity?"

"It started two years ago, remember two years ago, during the expansion of the fourth phase of the temporary resettlement house, someone provided us with inferior bricks? ”

"Yes, but I remember that the kiln was served by you, and the person in charge and the boss behind the scenes were arrested, right?" Lu Sheng asked suspiciously.

"Yes, from the time when the adults asked me to keep an eye on Dongsheng Grain Xing, my subordinates ordered someone to investigate all the information about Lu Xiaochen, and found that this person's behavior was very mysterious, and his whereabouts were also erratic and he had a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance.

At that time, the subordinates decided that this person was by no means a good person, and later found that this person had many women, but only two women had the closest relationship. But the strange thing is that these two women are not Lu Xiaochen's wives, and Lu Xiaochen has not married a wife so far.

One of the women was Lin Xiaoqian, and we found out that she came to the cell every month to visit the owner of the black brick kiln that we had arrested.

From here, we found a breakthrough, according to Lin Mu, Lin Xiaoqian is his sister and Lu Xiaochen's childhood sweetheart, and the three of them originally grew up in the same village.

Lu Xiaochen has had a lot of ideas since he was a child, but he didn't use them for the right path. However, this man was very shrewd and quickly made money, and then he drummed up a brick kiln factory and got the order from the yamen with a good eloquence.

Normally, it's not good to be able to get an order from the yamen? I am worried that I will not have a chance to make a fortune in the future. But this Lu Xiaochen was used to stealing and cheating, and he actually provided inferior bricks to the government.

Naturally, we wiped everything out. And Lu Xiaochen was more clever, he smelled the wind before we acted, and the soles of his feet were greased, but Lin Mu didn't have time to escape and was arrested by us.

Lin Mu was righteous and took all the charges on his own. Because of this, Lu Xiaochen did not leave a criminal record. ”

"Righteousness? Sometimes it's not a good thing. Since Lin Mu is so righteous, why is he going to betray Lu Xiaochen again this time?"

When Lin Mu first came in, Lu Xiaochen and Lin Xiaoqian said that they would find a way to get Lin Mu out as soon as possible. But how can those who have been condemned by us be so easy to catch.

At first, Lu Xiaochen did his best, but after a few times, he gave up. Lin Mu has been locked up for two years, and his resentment has risen in his heart, and he has been reformed in prison for many years.

In recent days, Lin Xiaoqian revealed to Lin Mu that Lu Xiaochen seemed to have a new love, and she beat her, so the accumulated resentment and sense of right and wrong were easily persuaded by us.

We will allow him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions to his crimes, and if the matter is successful, we will apply for a commutation of his sentence. So I arranged for two brothers to escape from prison with Lin Mu ten days ago.

Then under Lin Mu's arrangement, he found Lu Xiaochen and successfully broke into his interior. ”

"Since Lu Xiaochen is a very vigilant person, how could he get in so easily?" Lu Sheng suddenly became interested, is this plot quite similar to Infernal Affairs?

"This Lin Mu is really a character, and when he saw him, he beat Lu Xiaochen fiercely, scolding him for not letting down his sister or something. But this beating secretly matched Lu Xiaochen's psychology and dispelled his doubts.

After that, Lin Mu deliberately said that he wanted to part ways with Lu Xiaochen, but Lu Xiaochen completely accepted Lin Mu. After all, the three of them are all fugitives, and coupled with the reward document posted by Xuantian Mansion, the three of them soon entered Lu Xiaochen's core and found enough evidence for us. ”

"Where did Lu Xiaochen's food come from?"

"I don't know this, but I can be sure that Lu Xiaochen's food came from the wrong way. They set off from Beigang empty-handed, then arrived along the river bank to the section of the Jiangling Fu River, and then changed ships and returned to Beigang with a full load of grain, creating the illusion of bringing grain back from other places. ”

"That's it, it's impossible, isn't it? There are so many merchant ships coming and going on the river, how can it not be discovered?"

"This is the strange part, Lin Mu followed the boat four times, and each time when they changed boats, there was no boat on the river section, it is no coincidence. Rather, someone deliberately arranged time for them to change ships. The Yangtze River waterway checkpoint is managed by the city defense army, and the two checkpoints of Jiangling and Beiyue are 20 miles apart, and if the two sides are stuck, the middle section of the river will be vacant.

Moreover, every change of ship is in the middle of the night, and the number of ships is also the lowest. For half a month, it was in this way that God did not know it. ”

"So, we can arrest someone at any time?"

"Yes, but Lu Xiaochen must be captured alive, because only Lu Xiaochen knows where this food came from. He had inadvertently revealed that there was absolutely no one else in the world who knew about it except him. ”

"What about the city defense army on the riverbank?"

"The city defense army that set up a card on the river bank has a connection with Lu Xiaochen, and every time Lu Xiaochen sets up a card, Lu Xiaochen will give Zhang Han, the deputy commander of the city defense army, a thousand taels of silver. On two occasions, Lin Mu took the two brothers there, and Zhang Han also asked Lu Xiaochen what kind of business he did, but he didn't seem to know.

Moreover, Zhang Han is greedy for flowers, lustful and gambling, and he can become a city defense army or rely on his ancestors. Such a person...... The subordinates think it's just a wine bag and a rice bag, and they definitely don't know the truth about it. Moreover, listening to Lu Xiaochen's meaning, that Zhang Han also had a handle in his hands, so he was so obedient. Shall we take down that Han first?"

"No, Zhang Han caught it last. Wait for two days, and wait until the three major grain banks can't withstand the pressure and open a warehouse. By the way, call Xianyun over. ”