As we enter November, the rain becomes more abundant. It's like spring rain. But the spring rains are at least like oil, and the moist land is convenient for farming. But this season's continuous rainy season can only make people feel uncomfortable.

It's cold, it's damp, and it's not easy to go out. Even the office efficiency of Xuantian Mansion has slowed down due to the rainy season.

Now Lu Sheng has a backlog of two cases, the first is the case of the dumping of the peak in Nanshan Village and the case of Guo Ru's sudden death. Because the two cases are implicated in each other, they have been combined into a task force to follow up.

The second is Dong Shuwu's illegal business case. Because of the death of the key figure Dong Bicheng, the case fell into a clueless stage.

Of course, because Lu Sheng only has Dong Shuwu's line, he feels clueless, but Lu Sheng believes that the group of people above Dong Bicheng are secretly doing more than just the illegal business that Dong Shuwu does.

Therefore, in addition to releasing false news and deceiving the mastermind, Lu Sheng also sent another group of brothers to inquire about illegal business in various parts of Jingzhou, hoping to find another clue.

Four or five days have passed, Lu Sheng is very strange, it stands to reason that the news released in the name of Dong Shuwu should reach Yun Zehou's ears. With Yun Zehou's stupid appearance, he should be suspicious, he should make a move on Dong Shuwu soon, right?

But there were no four or five days in a row, and there were no ears and eyes squatting outside the Xuantian Mansion.

was so calm, but it made Lu Sheng glance at Yun Zehou Gao.

There was no progress in the case on both sides, and the matter handed over to Yang Lan was completed. Yang Lan bent down and stood quietly in front of Lu Sheng.

Lu Sheng took the account but didn't open it in a hurry, looking at Yang Lan's appearance, his brows furrowed slightly.

"Although you are a guilty person, this official has not removed you from your position, and you are still the head of the general affairs office of my Xuantian Mansion. As a high-ranking person in Xuantian Mansion, do you stand in this posture?"

Yang Lan raised his head, the expression on his face was a little puzzled.

"I've admitted my mistakes, and I can't stand up straight?"

After listening to Lu Sheng's words, Yang Lan stood up straight.

Lu Sheng opened the account book casually, it is worthy of having worked in the household department, and the writing of this account book is very beautiful. Turn the first page, and it is clear at a glance.

But Lu Sheng's brows couldn't help frowning, "There's nothing wrong with the accounts, right? You keep all the accounts of the past seven years in your heart? Don't you cheat?"

"Don't dare to be humble, from the time when you were transferred to Xuantian Mansion and embezzled the first allowance, you know from the bottom of your heart that sooner or later, there will be such a day. So every stroke, the humble man secretly wrote it down and hid it at home. These days are just a rearrangement of what was previously recorded. ”

Lu Sheng went directly to the end, and finally calculated how much money everyone had taken from Xuantian Mansion over the years. At the top of the list is Kong Shuang, the former deputy head of Xuantian Mansion, with a total of 3.2 million years. Yang Lan ranked fifth, with a total of 800,000 taels. There are large and small branch directors below, ranging from 10,000 taels to 50,000 taels.

Don't underestimate this 10,000 taels, if 10,000 taels is converted into the salary of ordinary Xuantianwei, ordinary Xuantianwei is only seventy or eighty taels a year, and he has to save enough 10,000 taels for a hundred years without eating or drinking.

Okay...... Jingzhou Xuantian Mansion has the most funds, but they have all been eaten by this group of moths.

After reading all this, Lu Sheng sighed softly, "How many copies are there?"

"I made three books. ”

"Well, leave all the copies, you go down first. ”

"Your Excellency...... Is it to go to the prison of Xuantian Mansion or ...... Go to the prison of the Ministry of Punishment?"

"Are you uncomfortable living at home?" Lu Sheng snorted coldly, "Your handling results will not be taken until a decision is made, as for now, you are still the director of the General Affairs Department of Xuantian Mansion." Do your job. ”

"Yes!"

The continuous rain finally stopped, and before he could sweep away the haze in his heart, suddenly Xuantianfu received a report. In a barren mountain on the outskirts, a ruined temple caught fire and killed a dozen beggars.

"My lord, in front!" Gai Ying led the way, Lu Sheng stepped on the muddy mountain road, turned the pine forest with overgrown branches, and only some broken and scorched black traces appeared in front of Lu Sheng's eyes in the distance.

"Did you investigate first?"

At first, the subordinates only thought that the beggar hiding in the broken temple had improperly lit the fire and caused the fire in the broken temple. But when I think about it, I feel strange.

In the continuous drizzle, the ruined temple had already been soaked by beating, and even if they had the intention to set it on fire, how could they have started a fire and burned the ruined temple to ashes? Moreover, the bodies of more than a dozen beggars were burned to death by leaning together, without running away or struggling. This is definitely not the scene where an accidental fire can be caused. ”

"You mean, they were killed and disguised as a fire?"

"From the looks of it, it really should be. But I have examined the mouths and noses of people who have been burned, their nasal passages, their mouths have soot. The death is also hideous, and it should be burned alive.

But strangely, there are no signs of binding on their bodies. It's not that the things that were taken away after the fact, but there really are no traces of the binding.

So it is humbly speculated that they were not bound, but they were pointed. Then they got together and were set on fire. The ruined temple was damp, and in order to destroy the corpses, they even drenched the ruined temple with fire oil. ”

While speaking, Lu Sheng followed Gai Ying to the broken temple, and he couldn't bear to look at the scene directly. Even the rain that fell overnight last night could not extinguish the fire, and more than a dozen people in the ruined temple were huddled on one side of the corner, almost burned into one with the remnants of the ruined temple.

The hideous and terrifying death can directly scare the faint.

Lu Sheng took out a handkerchief and covered his mouth and nose. The smell of mud after the rain is mixed with the smell of bloody barbecue, and the visual conflict in front of you is really not something that ordinary people can bear.

The brothers of Xuantian Mansion were collecting evidence inch by inch in the ruined temple, and many people were so blue that they suddenly rushed out and vomited while holding on to the trunk of the tree in the distance. After vomiting, he returned to the scene and continued his search.

"Did you find anything?"

"Yes!" Gai Ying said, pointing to an area enclosed with lime, "here the brethren dug up a gold brick. ”

"Gold bricks, dug out of the ground?"

"No, it's in the ashes, not underground. At first, I wondered if the beggars had found some treasure and were forced to be questioned and slaughtered. But if the murderer came for the gold, there was no reason to drop this gold brick here. ”

"My lord—" At this moment, a Xuantianwei raised his hand and strode over, and in his hand, a half-cut jade wrench appeared.

Although the jade wrench is a little scorched, after wiping it clean, it can still be seen that it is a high-grade emerald wrench. Those who can carry such color wrenches must be rich and noble.

A rich man will not come to a barren mountain to break a temple, not even to hide from the rain. A piece of gold, a jade wrench, and a dozen beggars gathered in a ball were burned to charcoal......

All kinds of clues were connected in series, and they quickly passed through one possibility after another in Lu Sheng's mind. In the end, the possibility that Lu Sheng believed that there was no logical conflict in relativity was fixed in Lu Sheng's mind.

"The murderer is a man of great wealth and wealth, and these beggars have in their hands what they want, or secrets. So here, the murderer interrogated these beggars. Gold, possibly a promise to a beggar. The wrench may be accidentally left behind by the murderer.

After getting what he wanted, the murderer killed all the beggars. The death of a group of beggars may not be a big deal in Jingzhou. Because they are lowly, they are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the high lord......"

"That'...... My lord, what do we do next?"

"The first thing to do is to determine the identity of this group of beggars. They had been burned beyond recognition, but the faces in the middle were still faintly recognizable. The brothers copied the portraits and pasted them to determine their identities. ”

"Yes!"

On the other side, in the imperial study of the capital, Ji Zheng held the account book sent by Lu Sheng in his hand, turning through the pages one by one. Gradually, Ji Zheng's face began to appear angry. And when Ji Zheng turned to the last page, Ji Zheng slammed the ledger on the table.

"What does Lu Sheng mean by this? Without saying a word, he left such an account book and turned around and left? Is he mocking me? Jokes, I don't know people, I don't know people, and I don't use people properly?"

In the imperial study, there was a dead silence. Even the father-in-law Gao, who was standing beside Ji Zheng and waiting, also trembled and bowed his head silently.

"Bastards, a bunch of bastards. One by one, they kept saying that they were loyal to their duties, and they pretended to be loyal and good ministers, but they were deceived and deceived behind their backs, and they were all filling their own pockets.

It doesn't matter that he took so much silver from me, he actually coveted so much Xuantian Mansion's allowance. There was no mutiny in Jingzhou Xuantian Mansion, which can be regarded as an eye-opener. ”

Although Ji Zheng vented happily, what else could he do in the end? These people are not the people Ji Zheng wants to suppress. These people are his people. It was he who supported him and kept saying that he was only loyal to the emperor.

Originally, because of the innocence of these people, they were entrusted with important tasks, but they didn't expect Lu Sheng to send back such an account book as soon as he took office, and he couldn't find a place to vent his anger after being slapped and slapped repeatedly.

What should I do? Take them all? Even if I take them all, it's my own people who lose them. Xuantianwei, who is constantly called the only pure land in the court, is not at all better looking than other departments.

Recalling how many times in the past few years, Xuantianfu was used as an example at the court meeting...... One slap in the face.

"You say, what should I do? If the Xuantian Mansion is investigated and dealt with according to the law, then how can I save face? If I don't investigate, with Lu Sheng's temper that doesn't rub sand in his eyes, I'm afraid I can pierce the sky. Shen Ling, if this is you, what should you do?"

"Your Majesty......" Shen Ling thought about it for a while and said slowly, "Lu Sheng's style of not rubbing sand in his eyes...... Who made the rumor?"

“......”

Chen and Lu Sheng have known each other for more than ten years, and they are also close to each other. Although Lu Sheng is jealous and hateful, he is not the kind of person who eats the ancients. To say that Lu Sheng has the courage to bend is to believe it, and to say that Lu Sheng ignores the overall situation and does not know how to seek straightness in the song, it is definitely a misunderstanding of him.

Lu Sheng did not deal with it directly, but handed over this account book to the emperor, which is enough to prove that Lu Sheng's original intention was to let the emperor decide for himself. He will do what the emperor does. ”

"Uh...... Isn't it Lu Sheng trying to test me?"

"Definitely not, why don't you ask him tomorrow? Ask for an accurate answer and then inform the emperor? But in the minister's opinion, Lu Sheng still has a meaning. ”

"What?"

"Ask for money!"