It was already noon on the day when Su Wuming left the palace, and he had been busy in the palace all morning, except for knowing that the identity of the troublemaker was not ordinary, nothing else had been investigated.

Originally, according to the meaning of Emperor Li Yan, he wanted Su Wuming to continue the investigation until he found out that person before leaving, but solving the case is not squatting, if there are only these current clues, Su Wuming will be in the palace for a lifetime, and he is afraid that he will not be able to investigate who that person is, so he thinks it is better to leave first.

Chang'an City has slowly regained its former tranquility, most of the people who came to see the talent competition have returned, and the inns in the capital have also been vacated a lot, after those people left, Su Wuming, who had been accustomed to the prosperity of the past, suddenly felt a little unaccustomed.

After returning home, Hu Fei was already waiting for Su Wuming, recently the people in the capital have left one after another, Su Wuming wants to know what those princes are doing at this time.

"Back to Lord Su, those princes have already left one after another!"

"All gone?"

"All gone, but the speed of walking is fast and slow, after King Nadi and King An Li Rong left the capital, they rushed to their fiefdom, only the letter king Li Xin, walking is very slow."

After Hu Fei said these words, Su Wuming thought about it carefully, and after thinking about it, he had a general understanding, and he said to Hu Fei: "You find someone to follow Li Xin, the king of letters, and see what the hell he is doing." ”

After Hu Fei received the order, he left in a hurry.

Not long after Hu Fei left, Su Wuming received a letter from Jiang Ying and Lin Yun, saying that they had sent Gao Chen and Ma Dai safely to the border pass, and although they had encountered two attacks on the way, they were both defused by them, and said that they had given the letter that Su Wuming handed over to them to Gao Chen and Ma Dai.

After Su Wuming received this letter, a hint of joy appeared on his face, and he thought to himself, he could finally do something to the household.

After having lunch at home, Su Wuming took Tang Xiong to the household department, before the emperor ordered him to investigate the matter of the grain and grass deduction at the border gate, and now that the time is ripe, he should also complete the things that the emperor has explained.

The household department is very large, and there are many departments in it, but for Su Wuming, there are many departments that are not needed, Su Wuming did not expect that the household department of the Tang Dynasty would raise so many idlers, and so many idlers did a little bit of tricks in the account books, and they didn't know how much money they were going to be greedy for.

When the two of them came to the household department, the officials in the household department were napping on the table, after all, the weather was getting hotter and hotter, and after lunch, people were going to be sleepy.

Su Wuming's arrival made the officials of the household department feel a little surprised, because Dali Temple and the household department have always been two departments where well water does not interfere with river water, unless someone from the household department commits an incident, the people of Dali Temple will come.

Of course, to the surprise of these household officials, Su Wuming only brought one person, and they didn't know whether Su Wuming was public or private.

Just when these household officials greeted Su Wuming as if they hadn't woken up, Su Wuming suddenly took out the token given by the emperor and asked, "Where is Chai Qi, the head of the household department?" ”

Everyone was stunned by Su Wuming's fierce question, if Su Wuming wanted to find the book of their household, there was no need to take out the token, with Su Wuming's current reputation and identity, then Chai Qi would definitely meet him, and everyone had already noticed that something was wrong.

After Su Wuming's words came out, someone had already hurriedly went to the office of the household department to inform Chai Qi, and at this time, Su Wuming said: "Take out all the account books related to the grain and grass that were sent to the border not long ago." ”

Su Wuming now has the emperor's token, and they are the household officials, who dare not obey, so someone hurried to get those account books, and at this time, Chai Qi finally walked out of it, he was sleepy, but at this time, he cheered up, and after seeing Su Wuming, he hurriedly smiled: "It turned out to be Lord Su, I don't know why Lord Su has the leisure to come to my household?" ”

Su Wuming snorted coldly: "Lord Chai, someone reported to the emperor that the grain and grass sent to the border pass not long ago was missing more than half, and now there are frequent wars at the border pass, but the grain and grass are insufficient, how do you want those soldiers to protect their families and defend the country?" The emperor was very angry, and ordered the Dali Temple Si Zhisu to investigate this matter namelessly, Lord Chai, as the head of the household department, shouldn't be ignorant of this matter, right? ”

After Chai Qi heard Su Wuming's words, he was stunned suddenly, but soon said very sternly: "Lord Su, don't you spew blood, we sent those grains and grass according to the specifications, and there will be no shortage at all, and it is impossible for anyone to dare to deduct them on the way, it must be those people at the border who want more grain and grass, so they said this, Lord Su should not be deceived by those people." ”

Hearing Chai Qi actually say such a thing, Su Wuming realized that something was wrong, and now Su Wuming naturally knew that the people at the border would not lie to him, it was the people who transported the grain and grass from the household department who seized the grain and grass halfway, but these are all clues that Su Wuming secretly explored, if you take it out now, it will be a little bad, if you want to collect evidence, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time.

After thinking about it for a while, Su Wuming smiled coldly: "Lord Chai is really very reasonable, but this matter is very important, you can't just listen to Lord Chai's fate, why don't you go to the palace with Lord Chai and Weichen to meet the emperor?" ”

Chai Qi snorted coldly: "Go and go, the old man is still afraid that you won't succeed!" ”

Originally, Su Wuming didn't want to go to the palace to see the emperor, he thought that with the clues he had, he could give Chai Qi a dismount first, and then collect other clues, with the help of the emperor's inner secret agent, those things were not difficult, but now Chai Qi has fallen and beaten a rake, and he can't give it himself, so he can only let the emperor give it.

Emperor Li Yan has been angry recently, and the protection of the border has always been something he is very worried about, pushing Chai Qi in front of the emperor to make the emperor angry is an easy plan to achieve.

Su Wuming glanced at Chai Qi, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then took Chai Qi to the palace.

Entering the palace, Su Wuming told the matter again, and after Su Wuming finished speaking, Chai Qi began to say that someone at the border pass was framed, and took out their respective account books for the emperor Li Yan to see, there were many account books, Li Yan only glanced at it, and then scolded angrily: "The border pass is a barrier for my Datang, and the generals sent are all people who are loyal to my Datang, and they will come to frame your household because of some grain and grass?" I have heard that several of the generals of the border pass who sent them to the capital were taken down, Chai Qi, you said, if the grain and grass in the border pass were really detained by themselves, they wanted to frame your household, so why was the song broken by someone to be hijacked halfway? ”

Chai Qi was slightly shocked, Su Wuming also knew about this matter, but why didn't Su Wuming say it just now, why did Emperor Li Yan say it himself?

Chai Qi already understood a little that he had fallen for Su Wuming's kid.

However, after all, Chai Qi is an old fritter who has been in the officialdom for many years, and when he saw that some things were unavoidable, he hurriedly changed his words: "Your Majesty, this matter must have been done by other people in the household department, and they dared to deceive and conceal it, Your Majesty, when the old minister returns, he will definitely investigate this matter clearly." ”

When Emperor Li Yan and Su Wuming heard Chai Qi say this, they knew that he was going to go back to find a substitute ghost, but now that Chai Qi had arrived at the palace, how could Li Yan give him another chance to find a substitute ghost, so at this time, Li Yan snorted coldly: "Do you think I don't know?" It's not up to you to decide the whole household, without your order, they dare to withhold grain and grass, you don't have to go back to investigate, I will send someone to investigate, you just obediently stay in the prison for a few days. ”

When Chai Qi heard this, he suddenly had a feeling that his life was at the end of his life, he hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy, shouting that he was wronged, but at this time, Li Yan only frowned slightly, and shouted sharply: "Come on, take it down!" ”

The guards rushed in and escorted Chai Qi down, only Li Yan and Su Wuming were left in the whole room, Li Yan glanced at Su Wuming, and said, "Su Aiqing, now that this Chai Qi has been put in prison, what do you think should be done next?" ”

Su Wuming thought for a while, and said with a light smile: "After taking Chai Qi, can the people behind it still do it?" ”

Li Yan was slightly stunned, and then said, "What do you mean, you mean that they are going to do it?" ”

Su Wuming nodded: "If Weichen's guess is right, they should have to do it." ”

Li Yan sighed: "If they want to do it, there will definitely be a big chaos in the capital, but it saves the time to collect evidence." ”

Originally, Su Wuming also thought that it would take time to collect evidence, but the moment he saw the emperor, Su Wuming suddenly changed his mind, he felt that if Chai Qi was put in prison, the people behind Chai Qi would definitely not be able to sit still, and at that time, they would think that Chai Qi would say everything about it, so that they could only strike first and launch a rebellion.

And judging from the current situation, the person who is most likely to be in the same group as Chai Qi is the slowest Xinwang Li Xian, but Su Wuming is also a little strange, Xinwang Li Mian can't be clever, he can't know that Su Wuming will attack Chai Qi, so what is the purpose of him walking so slowly?

Faintly, Su Wuming had an ominous premonition, but he didn't say anything to Li Yan.

After putting Chai Qi in prison, Su Wuming left the palace, and when he left the palace, it was already before evening, and the sky at this time was surprisingly good, and the breeze came slowly, blowing on his cheeks, like a lover's murmur, and like a lover's breath.

After Su Wuming left, Li Yan was a little excited, he had always been martial, but he had no military power in his hands, and he had never had the opportunity to realize his ideals, but if the person behind the scenes really rebelled, he felt that the opportunity he had been waiting for had come, taking advantage of this opportunity, he could not only get rid of the person who wanted to rebel, but also take back the forbidden army in the hands of the eunuch.