Leng Yi woke up the other gold shopkeepers, told them to get on the horse, and immediately rushed back to the scene of the robbery to put out the fire.

These family members already knew Leng Yi's methods just now, so they didn't dare not listen, and obediently followed back to the scene.

After arriving, I saw dozens of carts of grain burning with raging fires, and Bai Hong was struggling to put out the fire. Leng Yi pointed to the dozen or so family members and said: "Now is the time for you to make meritorious contributions and atone for your sins, put out the fire immediately, otherwise, I will throw you into the fire to be buried!" ”

The family members were so frightened that they rushed forward, dragged down the unburned grain from the wagon, piled it aside, took off their clothes and beat the burning grain. After a fierce battle, finally, everyone was extinguished. Several of the family members were burned.

Leng Yi found that there were no corpses on the ground, and after asking, he learned that the corpses had been thrown into the Ba River by the family members of the golden shopkeeper. The two of them escorted the men along the Ba River to find some handlebar-style bodies.

Bai Hong counted the grain and found that about thirty percent of it had been burned, but fortunately, the rescue was timely. The horses that had run away were also brought back, and the carts were loaded with grain. Bai Hong looked at Leng Yi and smiled bitterly: "What should I do?" ”

Leng Yi said: "Don't worry, I have found the right master, and the food will be found!" ”

"What is the Lord?"

Leng Yi told what had happened. Bai Hong then understood.

They let the carriage be strung and pulled back to Bazhou City.

When he was about to arrive in the city, Bai Hong asked the two guys of Xinghuang Restaurant to put on Leng Yi and the two of them's human skin masks, pretending to be the two of them, and escorting these people to the yamen. And Leng Yi himself returned to the yamen ahead of schedule.

After receiving the report, Leng Yi believed that the case was serious, and Leng Yi asked Liao Governor to participate in the interrogation. After hearing this, Governor Liao couldn't imagine that the golden shopkeeper was so vicious, and he was really angry and angry, so he personally took the catcher and a large number of soldiers to go to the golden shopkeeper's house with Leng Yi.

As soon as the golden shopkeeper saw the courtyard and armor escorted by Soap Li, he knew that the matter had been revealed, and his face was immediately like ashes. Without waiting for the punishment, he confessed everything.

It turned out that after the golden shopkeeper saw a lot of rain this year, he began to have this idea. He built a hidden granary on the hill to store grain in large quantities. Sure enough, after the flood surged, a lot of farmland was washed away, and in order to avoid suspicion, when he strengthened the river embankment, he made a very generous appearance and donated a lot of silver taels. He knew that there were many large households in the city, all of which had a large amount of grain stored, and in order to make the greatest profits, he actually secretly assigned his henchmen to guard the courtyard, killed the people who patrolled the embankment, broke the embankment, and released water to trap the whole city. Of course, it also washed away the granaries of these people. At the same time, he also sent people to investigate the nearby prefectures and counties, and once he found that someone was buying grain to be transported into Bazhou, he asked the nursing home to take the family to pretend to be robbers and destroy the grain. Unexpectedly, this time, he met Leng Yi.

Because it was the golden shopkeeper who released water and submerged the whole city, after Leng Yi and Liao Zhifu discussed, they were sentenced to a summary decision for the golden shopkeeper. The money of the golden treasurer was used to compensate the victims. This is a restitution of the stolen goods of the crime, and the local government has the right to make such a judgment.

Compensation is to give priority to the loss of those poor people, and then compensate the losses of others in proportion to the rest.

The Jin shopkeeper is the richest man in the entire Bazhou, with a lot of wealth, but after all, it is only in Bazhou, and it is far from enough to compensate the people of the entire Bazhou City. Fortunately, a large amount of food was hoarded, which could last for the victims of the city for a month or two.

After distributing the Jin family's grain to the people in the city, the people of the whole city were grateful to Leng Yi. This made Leng Yi finally know why he erected such a high prestige in the hearts of the people after his old man distributed the land to the people.

All the treasures of the golden shopkeeper, including the property, were sold to compensate for the loss of the people's houses. With money, there is a guarantee of rebuilding the homeland. Soon, a massive reconstruction of the entire city began.

The victims of the disaster in Bazhou City have a resettlement guarantee. The vast number of people affected by the disaster in various counties of Bazhou are looking at the imperial court for disaster relief. However, the imperial court has been ignoring it, as if it did not know about it at all.

Fortunately, Leng Yi was prepared, and after his grain arrived, Bai Hong found a big household for him to help sell the grain on credit.

This time, the sale on credit was based on the normal grain price, plus an interest, and the grain was added to the next autumn harvest and then returned. If a private family owns a land or property, it can be used as a mortgage, and if there is no land or real estate, the five families will guarantee each other to guarantee that the grain sold on credit will be repaid in the coming years.

However, Leng Yi's grain is still far from saving the people of Bazhou. The grain sold on credit was simply not enough to last until the beginning of spring of the following year. Large quantities of food are also needed for direct disaster relief.

Leng Yi and Liao Zhifu once again made an emergency and asked the imperial court to provide disaster relief in time.

This time, within a few days of the report, there was movement in the imperial court, and a large amount of grain, clothes, and quilts were transported to Bazhou. The person in charge of the escort was escorted by a team of officers and soldiers from the imperial court. The leader of the team turned out to be a eunuch sent by the palace. And accompanied by the head catcher Yin Vulture of the six doors!

Seeing Yin Ying, Leng Yi understood a little, but this eunuch didn't know who it was, and asked the person who reported it, and then he knew that this eunuch was famous in history, and his role was no less than that of Gao Lishi, Li Lianying, etc. His name is Wang Jien.

Wang Jien was the personal attendant eunuch of Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, when Emperor Taizu died, Empress Kaibao asked him to call the prince Zhao Defang into the palace, but the eunuch went directly to Zhao Guangyi. As a result, Zhao Guangyi entered the inner palace one step ahead of Zhao Defang and inherited the throne of Datong. Therefore, Wang Jien made an important contribution to Zhao Guangyi's becoming emperor. Zhao Guangyi also regarded him as a confidant and served him around.

Leng Yi certainly knows this very famous historical knowledge, and he also knows this Wang Jien. I thought to myself, this time, the eunuch who came to issue the decree turned out to be him, which shows that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter. I'm afraid it's not just a matter of disaster relief.

Leng Yi followed the Liao Governor's Mansion out of the yamen, greeted the eunuch to the lobby, and knelt down to greet the holy decree.

The eunuch Wang Jien took the holy decree and said it in a hurry. That is, the emperor learned that there was a flood in Bazhou and the people lived hard, so he issued a special order for disaster relief, and at the same time, exempted Bazhou from the task of raising military rations, and exempted Bazhou from taxes on fields for three years!

Three years of tax exemption is a big blessing, and it is very good for the recovery of the Bavarian economy. Leng Yi and Liao Zhifu were both overjoyed. I felt the burden on my shoulders suddenly lightened.

Wang Jien then read out the decree, and the imperial court allocated funds to compensate for the boats, cloths, sacks, etc., that were requisitioned in the flood fight. Leng Yi was relieved, otherwise it would not be good if the requisitioned things were not settled.

Wang Jien then announced that according to Leng Yi's huge role in flood relief and saving the lives of hundreds of people, the official family issued a gold belt to encourage him.

After that, Wang Jien took out a long brocade box and opened it, and inside was a golden belt with five-colored gemstones.

Wang Jien took out the gold belt, let Leng Yi stand up, personally tied it to his waist, looked left and right, sighed with satisfaction, and said: "When people really rely on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, this royal gold belt is so fastened, the whole person is completely new." ”

Leng Yi smiled and arched his hand: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Wang Jien said: "Lord Leng, do you know the origin of this golden belt? ”

"Please advise me."

"This is the gold belt worn by the official family, which accompanies the official family from birth to death and fights on the battlefield. The official family will take it off and give it to you, and when you see the belt, it is like seeing the official family! ”

A look of supreme reverence immediately appeared in Governor Liao's eyes, and he knelt down and kowtowed in front of Leng Yi, and everyone else also knelt down.

Wang Jien continued: "The Holy Lord appreciates Lord Leng's ability to solve cases very much, and he has specially given you his golden belt, when you investigate cases in the future, with this belt, you can go in and out of any place and ask any official." There are those who disobey the order, and they will resist the will. ”

Leng Yi immediately understood that Emperor Zhao Guangyi had given himself a Shang Fang sword, mainly to facilitate his own investigation.

Leng Yi knelt down and thanked him.

Wang Jien took out another brocade box and said, "This is some gold and silver jewelry that Empress Kaibao gave to Mrs. Zun." ”

Leng Yi hurriedly called his wife Zhuo Qiaoniang and knelt down and kowtowed.

Where did Zhuo Qiaoniang see this battle, she trembled in panic, the maid grass was quite calm, helped her to kneel and kowtow, secretly taught her to thank the emperor, accepted these jewels, and then completed the ceremony.

Wang Jien said again: "Which one is the maid grass spike?" ”

The grass spike who was kneeling with Zhuo Qiaoniang on the side was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't expect that the eunuch who passed the emperor's decree still knew him, so he quickly knelt down and climbed two steps, kowtowed, and said, "The little woman is the grass spike." ”

Wang Jien looked at her, nodded, and said: "I heard that you are smart and clever, down-to-earth and hardworking, and you have really helped Lord Leng a lot, Queen Kaibao appreciates you very much, and after re-checking your family's case in Dali Temple, I feel that you are just guilty of Zhulian, thinking that you are young and a useful person around Lord Leng, so I specially forgave your sins." The decree has been sent to your penal colony. After that, you're free. ”

Cao Sui couldn't believe her ears, looked at Wang Jien in a daze, and turned her head to look at Leng Yi, she was smart and icing, and immediately guessed that this was Leng Yi helping herself, and she was happy and grateful, after kowtowing to thank her, she knelt down and turned around, and kowtowed to Leng Yi a few times: "Thank you, master!" The grass spike will never forget! ”

Wang Jien took a brocade box and held it to the grass spike with both hands: "In addition, Queen Kaibao also rewarded you with this hosta of hers as a reward." Your forgiveness is also in it. You take it. ”

After Cao Sui hurriedly kowtowed to the north to thank him, he held it with both hands and held it in his arms, so excited that his eyes were full of tears.

Wang Jien asked them all to get up, and said to Liao Zhifu: "The holy decree has been read, and our family still has some things to talk about with Leng Tongju alone." Lord Liao doesn't have to be here. ”

Governor Liao hurriedly agreed and withdrew. The others also retreated, leaving only the two of them to talk alone in the room.

(To be continued)