Jiang Bo put the teacup on the table, and reported the work status to Long Xilin endlessly: "Sure enough, as the young master expected, the grain that was distributed was indeed problematic, the chestnut rice had a musty smell, and there was a lot of sand and soil in it, and the rice cooked with that kind of chestnut rice couldn't be eaten at all."

The common people have no money or food, and they can't do anything when they are hungry, but they are not willing to drink such chestnut rice porridge, so they scold while drinking. ”

Long Xilin bowed slightly: "Did you bring some of that kind of food back?" ”

Jiang Bo nodded: "I brought it back." ”

Jiang Bo reached into his arms, took out a small cloth bag from it, and then carefully placed it on the table, opened it in front of Long Xilin, and stretched out his hand towards the chestnut: "Young master, please see." ”

Long Xilin glanced down, reached out and grabbed a small handful, spread it out in his palm, and saw that one-third of the chestnut rice in his palm was sandy, and the other two-thirds of the chestnut rice, but more than half was moldy.

Those chestnut rice are placed in the palm of your hand, and you don't need to look down to smell it, and the musty smell will continue to drill into your nose.

"The imperial court, it is absolutely impossible to allow such grain to be handed over to the treasury." Long Xilin said this, paused, and continued: "Someone must have secretly dropped the bag. ”

Jiang Bo nodded: "I also think so, when I was in Bozhou, I personally interrogated those corrupt officials, and they did not admit to adding sand into it, and replacing the intact chestnut rice with moldy chestnut rice." Therefore, it is very likely that these grains have been dropped before they were distributed from Chang'an. "Love me

Long Xilin nodded: "It's just that this matter is not conclusive, even if we find them directly now, they will not admit it, they will definitely say that these are all corrupt and exchanged by local officials." ”

Long Xi paused: "However, I can give you a conclusive news, Qian Xing, the head of the household department, is the confidant of King Changle, and he has been doing some shady things all along, helping King Changle to collect money." ”

"If that's the case, then I can almost conclude that those problematic chestnut rice are the ghost of Qian Xing, an old horseman." Jiang Bo slapped the table, his face full of righteous indignation: "This old horseman, for decades, has not changed at all, there is no lower limit to being a man, even such life-saving food, he dares to be greedy, he is simply a moth and scum of society." ”

Long Xilin listened to Jiang Bo's scolding, and couldn't help but have a trace of respect for Jiang Bo in his heart, it seems that this Jiang Bo actually has such a sense of justice in his heart.

Long Xilin waited for him to finish scolding before he said: "These days, I have been sending people to investigate secretly, but I have never found conclusive evidence.

Although we can be sure that he did it, we have no evidence, if he dies and does not admit it, he will insist that the magistrate did it, and we may not be able to do anything about him for a while. ”

Jiang Bo was also embarrassed: "I also think that this matter is particularly difficult, so I made a special trip to discuss with the young master, this time, if you shoot at the other party, you may not be able to put the other party to death, and you may even startle the snake." But if you don't make a move this time, I don't know when there will be such a good time in the future. ”

Long Xilin stood up, frowning slightly, his right hand was slightly held, his index finger was slightly extended, and he gently pointed in the direction where Jiang Bo was: "You let me think about it." ”

Long Xilin was pacing back and forth in the study, and when he walked the sixth round, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately walked quickly to Jiang Bo's side: "Uncle Jiang, you might as well ...... like this"