In two or three days is Chinese New Year's Eve, which is a good thing for many people, even if they are busy, they will temporarily stop their work at this time to accompany their families and share their family. The www.biquge.info of the Pavilion is the major yamen in the official mansion, and at this time, it has really become a blind eye, only a few officials and important subordinates are still sitting in it, and the others have long disappeared.

As for those merchants, even if there is any business at this time, they will not be taken care of anymore. The money must be endless, and I don't care about resting for two days. Therefore, starting from the 27th day of the lunar month, many shops along the street have closed their doors and only waited for the new year to reopen.

However, there are exceptions to everything, and on the government side, some people are still nervously busy, searching around for something. In terms of merchants, the same is true for Lee's Lantern Workshop, and the closer they get to the New Year's Festival, the busier their people become, and there are constantly made lanterns being sent everywhere.

When Yang Zhen brought a few brothers of Jinyi Wei to push the door in, he saw such a scene, a middle-aged man in his forties was waving his not too long arms, directing several men to load a lantern with a rather delicate workmanship on the cart, and kept reminding: "It's all sharp, when is this, we can't delay." Ergouzi, you should also be lighter, this is for the government, if there is any damage, there is your good fruit to eat......"

"Well, cough ......" Seeing that he stood for a while and was not noticed by the busy merchants, Yang Zhen had no choice but to say hello.

The shopkeeper hurriedly turned his head, and there was already a somewhat modest smile on his face: "This guest officer, I don't accept other business now, I hope to ......forgive me" Because Yang Zhen came in civilian clothes, this made the other party misunderstand that they were here to discuss business.

But as Yang Zhen stretched out his hand and took out the waist card of the brocade guard, the shopkeeper suddenly sudden, and while smiling more humbly, he was also full of apprehension: "A few adults come here and don't know what to order?" ”

"I heard that your Li's Lantern Workshop has undertaken the lantern arrangement in the capital this year from the Ministry of Industry?" Yang Zhen didn't have time to beat around the bush, so he asked directly.

"Positive...... Precisely! When the shopkeeper heard him ask, his face changed again, obviously thinking of something, and he didn't even dare to meet Yang Zhen with his eyes.

Yang Zhen naturally grasped this point, and asked, "Where are those lanterns now?" ”

"This ......" The shopkeeper's face suddenly looked embarrassed, but he didn't dare to lie to the brocade guard for a while, and only said after a little hesitation: "Some of those lanterns are still in the warehouse, and some have already been installed." "The lanterns needed for the long royal street are not a small number, and those lanterns need to be glued and arranged, and they have to be used on Chinese New Year's Eve, so a few days ago, the lantern shop had hired people to go to the royal street to open it.

When Yang Zhen heard this, his eyebrows were raised: "Let's go, take me to your treasury first." ”

If ordinary people in the government came to investigate, the people of Li's Lantern Workshop could use the official document of the Ministry of Industry to prevaricate and oppose it, but it was Jinyiwei who was opposed, so they didn't have the courage. The shopkeeper nodded and led Yang Zhen and the others to the warehouse in front.

This warehouse occupies a large area, and there are countless lanterns that have not yet been fully unfolded. It was made of silk, cloth, and bamboo and wooden shelves, but now it looks flat.

Yang Zhen's gaze only swept over those lamps, and some of his subordinates immediately stepped forward, quickly picked up a few lanterns, and carefully examined them.

These lanterns are the most fragile, but after they are hung, if the wind is stronger, they may be blown out. And these people had no pity, and when they pulled and tore it, the lantern was torn apart, revealing the lining inside. However, after checking a few lanterns, I didn't find any problems.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper was a little anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward and bowed and told Rao: "Your lords, please be merciful to your subordinates, these are all made by the craftsmen of the disdainful fang, and they are still waiting to be hung on the royal street and the whole city...... If there is a lot of damage, we will not be able to explain it to the government. ”

Yang Zhen saw that he didn't find anything when he dismantled a few of them, so he waved his hand and motioned everyone to stop, and then looked at the shopkeeper: "Are these all lanterns hanging for all parts of the city?" But what's so special about it? ”

"This ......" The shopkeeper obviously thought of something, but he wanted to hide it for a while, so he immediately hesitated.

"Say it quickly, if you don't want to die, you can recruit it from the truth!" Youjin Yiwei saw what he was trying to hide, and immediately reached out in anger to grab him, threatening.

Yang Zhen also suddenly closed his eyes on the door of the shopkeeper, and said: "What this official wants to investigate is a big matter, if you dare to hide it, you are not the only one who will die......

Feeling the strong pressure from Yang Zhen's body, and listening to the strong killing intent in his words, the shopkeeper's body trembled suddenly. Originally, in his world, it was impossible for him to have anything to do with such a terrible brocade guard, but he didn't expect that he would do business in his own right, and in the end, he would have such an encounter.

After only hesitating for a moment, the shopkeeper immediately knelt on the ground with a thud, kowtowing vigorously, and argued: "Ladies and gentlemen, spare your lives, the little one is just a businessman who does his duty." ”

"If you want to save your life, hurry up and make it clear." Yang Zhen shook his hand impatiently and said, "In addition to these, are there any other lanterns?" Or, are there any lanterns that are not from your lantern workshop? ”

"Yes...... Yes, there is. Now, the shopkeeper no longer dared to hide anything, and hurriedly told everything he knew like pouring beans from a bamboo tube. Although he did not take over that incident, as one of the several important treasurers of the Lantern Fang, he still knew a lot about it. In order to increase the credibility of his words, he also took Yang Zhen and them to the account room, and took out the document stamped with the seal of the Ministry of Works.

Yang Zhen carefully examined the document for a while, and his expression became more solemn, and things were really as he expected. These thieves are really scheming and don't let go of any details.

Because except for the last signature is a Di character, all seals are Zheng Heng's official seal. In this way, once something goes wrong, I am afraid that everyone's attention will be attracted to Zheng Heng, who has been determined to have been killed by himself. And if you make another inference, I am afraid that the crime will fall on myself and my brother Yang Chen.

Thinking of this, the ferocious aura in Yang Zhen's eyes became a little stronger: "So, where did those lanterns that were specially sent go?" ”

"Those lanterns...... We didn't dare to delay, and two days earlier we had already ordered someone to hang it on the royal street...... "The shopkeeper has sensed that something is wrong, so he seems a little shrunken when answering this."

When Yang Zhen heard this, he immediately pointed at him: "Take it away, leave two people here to keep an eye on, and the others will follow me to Yujie!" ”

"Yes!" All his men hurriedly agreed, followed him, and took the unfortunate shopkeeper and went out. Because of the nervousness in their hearts, these people marched quite quickly, and the shopkeeper was almost dragged out of the door by them.

Because of its proximity to the Forbidden City, people are usually not allowed to approach it at will. Only when there is a major festival such as the New Year's Festival and the Lantern Festival will it be opened for the people to come in.

Of course, because everything has to be arranged, those craftsmen who have permission from the Ministry of Works can still enter the royal street before that. At this moment, there are many craftsmen on the royal street who are busy, or they are building colorful canopies, or tree lamp stands, and they are in full swing.

When they saw a group of knights galloping towards them, they felt a strange feeling. But after all, they are just craftsmen and ordinary people, even if they have great curiosity, they don't dare to ask at this time, just peek at these extraordinary guys.

Riding a horse to the front of the royal street, Yang Zhen and the others dismounted. It leads directly to the noon gate, except for the Son of Heaven and the triennial first-class jinshi, that is, the champion, the top eye and the tanhua, no one can enter and exit by horse. Even a high-ranking official like Yang Zhen is average.

But once you've arrived at your destination, you don't have to be too anxious. After seeing Yang Zhen dismount, he pulled the shopkeeper who had been turned a little pale all the way to the front: "But those lanterns?" He was referring to the beautiful and festive lanterns hanging on both sides of the street, and the shapes of those lanterns were varied, either for flowers or for people, which was indeed very ingenious.

"Positive...... Precisely. After squinting at the lanterns, the shopkeeper nodded back.

Yang Zhen didn't hesitate, he immediately stepped forward quickly, and with just one look, his subordinates jumped high, and where the knife flashed, a lantern was cut off.

In the exclamation of the other people around, Yang Zhen immediately took it in his hand, first carefully observed its appearance, and after finding that there was nothing abnormal, he tore it with both hands, and suddenly, the lantern made of silk cloth was divided into two halves, revealing the bamboo shelf inside.

The others were even more uproar when they saw that he was so bold and destroyed things on the royal street in public. And this movement quickly alarmed the surrounding forbidden army, and many people had already rushed over.

It wasn't until they saw clearly that this was Yang Dudu, who was the Jinyi Guard, that their originally angry appearance was somewhat restrained. But where the duty lies, they still walked over and asked cautiously: "Yang Dudu, what are you...... Don't embarrass the little ones. ”

And Yang Zhen didn't pay attention to the kind reminders of these guys at this moment, his eyes and all his attention were on the broken lantern in his hand. The inside of the lamp looked the same, except for a small protrusion at the bottom of the candle or lamp oil, and there, there was a faint smell of gunpowder!

Now, all conspiracies have been exposed to the sun!