Meng Yi didn't have a polite relationship with the two, and immediately let the three of them enter the previous small hall, and asked Gu Haoran to report to him the information he had recently collected.

The information obtained by Gu Haoran was not of much use. However, Chen Sheng learned a lot of important information from their questions and answers. This information is not something that Gu Haoran can grasp.

Meng Yi brought more information. The reason why Gu Haoran appeared in Pengcheng and Meng Yi Fusu came to Surabaya is very simple, it seems that the grain purchased from the northern counties has been transported to Surabaya County, and then there is no information here.

Of course, Meng Yi and others also wantonly seized some of the involved in transportation and purchase in various counties and counties, but these people were basically hired farmers from the local area, and they didn't know what was going on, they all transported grain and grass to neighboring counties and counties, and after handing them over to another group of people, they didn't know the whereabouts of the goods transported.

At the same time, the empire also vigorously investigated the old money of the six countries, and obtained a conclusion that was almost consistent with Chen Sheng's inference, those rich and wealthy families who migrated to Xianyang, after the middle of May last year, received news one after another, saying that the emperor would issue a decree abolishing the use of old money in various countries in a very short time, and at that time, the rich families who owned a large number of coins would turn their coins into scrap copper and iron!

Soon after the news spread, some people took out gold to exchange it with these rich people, and bought all kinds of old money at a very low rate.

Originally, these rich nobles wanted to use coins to buy fields and convert coins into land as a store of value, but when they thought that the emperor ordered them to migrate to Xianyang, it was estimated that it was unlikely that they would want to return to their homeland in this life.

This news did not surprise Chen Sheng too much. Unexpectedly, Meng Yi investigated and learned that these people who spread the news were actually official members of the empire, and they also belonged to the most secret institution of the empire: the Blackwater Pavilion. In addition to the Black Water Pavilion, some of the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms were found.

The matter involved the Black Water Pavilion and the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and it became complicated. However, only the Black Water Pavilion was able to organize such a huge force, spread so many rumors in a short period of time, and was able to convince those rich merchants and nobles. It is even more understandable why such a big thing happened, and the emperor and the imperial court did not notice it, and the reason was that some of the personnel of the Black Water Pavilion were involved. But why does the Black Water Pavilion have something to do with the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms, this is the most worrying thing; In addition, the Bajun Ling family and the Longxi Wu family also had suspicious points at this time, which made Meng Yi have a headache.

Meng Yi reported the matter to the emperor, and the emperor was furious, and carried out a major purge of the Heishui Pavilion resolutely, and no longer believed in the personnel of the Heishui Pavilion, and quickly recalled Wei Yu and let Yu Yu re-preside over the work of the Heishui Pavilion. also quickly asked Meng Yi and Fusu to rush to the Surabaya area to thoroughly investigate this matter.

Originally, when the matter was traced here, there were already some eyebrows, as long as you grasped the black sheep of the Black Water Pavilion, you could trace the truth behind the scenes and find the whereabouts of those grains.

But that's just a fantasy. Because all the people involved in it have died and disappeared one after another in the past few months.

After listening to Meng Yi's brief narration, Chen Sheng had basically understood the whole thing. And in the process of listening, he also noticed several details.

Because Chen Sheng heard that the old nobles of the Six Kingdoms involved in this incident, Meng Yi directly named Zhang Liang, the old Korean Shentu. A few years ago, this guy planned a rebellion of the old Korean aristocracy in Yeongcheon County, and after the failure, there was no news, although the empire has been arresting him for a long time, but in the era of war and chaos, it is not easy to find this cunning fox guy.

Hearing Zhang Liang's name, Chen Sheng immediately remembered that when Zhang Liang returned to Pengcheng to buy grain last autumn.

Maybe Zhang Liang has been involved in this matter since then? It's not impossible. Thinking of Zhou Wen's introduction to Zhang Liang, Chen Sheng's heart sank slightly. If Zhang Liang really intervened in this incident, it would not be simple. According to Zhou Wen, Zhang Liangzai had a trade route with the Hu people of the grassland, and traveled back and forth between the Central Plains and the grassland several times a year. If this batch of grain falls into Zhang Liang's hands, then this batch of grain is likely to be transported out of the empire by him, and such a huge amount of grain, if it appears in the hands of the Hu people or the Huns, it is not a joke.

Fine beads of sweat escaped from the tip of Chen Sheng's nose, and he immediately reported this matter to Meng Yi.

Hearing this, Meng Yi was even more shocked. If a huge amount of grain flows out to the Huns, it will mean a great disaster for the empire, if the Huns with abundant food attack the empire, the empire will fall into a very difficult war, and it must be when there is a shortage of food and grass now!

Meng Yi, who was frightened into a cold sweat, immediately picked up the map and all kinds of information and carefully flipped through them, until he was sure that there were no large-scale caravans at the major passes leading to the grassland in the empire's territory, and he breathed a sigh of relief. With such a large amount of grain and grass, if you want to transport it out of the path, it is definitely an impossible task.

However, this also made Meng Yi more vigilant. Immediately let Yang Duanhe issue an order, and Zhang Liang and his clansmen were arrested again nationwide.

Chen Sheng smiled bitterly. Fortunately, he met his teacher Wei Yu, otherwise after meeting Zhang Liang, maybe he really got on his thief ship, and now he may have become a "rebellious fellow party".

After sorting out all the clues, Meng Yi said: "At present, our priority is to track down the whereabouts of this batch of grain and grass, but so far, we only know one Zhang Liang who may be involved, and in addition, there is only one clue left, that is, the Bajun Ling family and the Longxi Wu family who may be involved in this case." Speaking of this, Meng Yi paused and said: "These two big families, who are mainly engaged in business, once paid a large amount of tribute to the empire last year, which was actually equivalent to funding the empire's southern expedition, and now it seems that they have bad intentions in this move. From the information I have received, they have recently seen a caravan in Surabaya County. Prior to this, the Ling family would occasionally have people appear in the Central Plains, and no one from the Wu family would ever set foot in this Central Plains, I think they are very suspicious, so the next step is to closely monitor the actions of these two caravans, find out the purpose of their appearance, and see if they have anything to do with this matter. ”

When he said this, Meng Yi said again: "In addition, I have a big question, why did the mysterious person who bought the grain concentrate on transporting these grains and grass to this place in Surabaya? ”

When he said this, Meng Yi's eyes were staring at Chen Sheng.

Seeing Meng Yi's eyes, Chen Sheng smiled bitterly again. Meng Yi had a map in front of him, and seeing Chen Sheng's expression, Meng Yi waved his hand at Chen Sheng and said, "Chen Sheng, tell me what your opinion is?" Meng Yi also wanted to test Chen Sheng's ability, whether it was consistent with what Wei Yi and Gu Haoran said.

"My lord, it's hard to say!" Seeing that he was named, Chen Sheng's brows tightened, so he had to step forward and stare at the map in a daze.

The map is fairly detailed, with the counties and mountains and rivers of the empire marked in detail, but the proportions are not very accurate.

The map carefully marked the location of the grain procured from various places, which Meng Yi sorted out from the mouths of the hired farmers who were involved in the transportation of grain.

Chen Sheng took a closer look and frowned slightly. He found that except for some counties divided into the old land of Qin, the rest of the counties had been purchased grain. However, on the map identification, Chen Sheng found a very interesting phenomenon: only the counties north of the Huai River transported grain to Surabaya County. In counties south of the Huai River, such as Jiujiang and Yan, which are adjacent to Surabaya, there is no sign of this.

Does this already mean something? Chen Sheng frowned, shook his head, and slowly thought about his discovery.

PS: The idea is a bit stuck, and this one will be changed tonight......