The next day, above the court.

The emperor listened to the officials of various ministries report on political affairs as usual, but after a while, his body could not hold on, and he said tiredly: "Do you still have something to play?" If not, retreat. ”

"Minister, something is going on." Suddenly, an official from the household department walked out and arched his hand.

The Emperor waved his hand, "Say." ”

"A few days ago, Liangzhou was flooded, and the emperor instructed the household department to allocate a batch of official silver to relieve the disaster, I don't know if the emperor still remembers?" The officer asked respectfully with his head bowed, in a saluting posture.

"It is true," the Emperor nodded, coughed lightly, and asked again, "so what?" ”

"According to officials in Liangzhou, the silver has been used for disaster relief, and the houses in Liangzhou that were damaged by the flood are being repaired, and the victims have been resettled."

The official spoke slowly, with no expression on his face, but with a hint of solemnity in his eyes, "But the minister has a friend who happens to be from Liangzhou, and he sent a letter to the minister two days ago, saying that there is no one to help the local disaster victims, and even the batch of official silver that the court said to allocate has disappeared for a long time. ”

"The lower officials have specially checked for this, and in fact it is true, the people of Liangzhou have not received the money for disaster relief, and now they are displaced, and the people are struggling to make a living."

The more the official spoke, the more indignant he became, and when he said the end, the expression on his face became a lot more ugly: "Therefore, the minister suspects that the disaster money arranged by the emperor has been embezzled by some corrupt officials who are full of profit." ”

"Really?" The emperor listened, the expression on his face also became ugly, and he asked with a frown.

The official bowed deeply: "Minister, don't dare to deceive the emperor." ”

"How can this be true, they are really bold!" Liangzhou is not very far from the capital, two or three days away, if it was in the past, no one would dare to make such a mess.

But now that the emperor's body is getting weaker and weaker, the officials below are not so jealous.

As soon as he thought of this, the emperor was full of anger, and said sharply: "Is it true that I don't exist!" ”

When the officials saw that he was angry, they were all trembling and did not dare to speak.

The emperor was furious, and the breath in his chest surged up, making him cough uncontrollably several times before it eased up, and after a while, he turned his head to look at Li Changfeng and shouted, "King Li." ”

"The son is here." Li Changfeng took a few steps out and arched his hand.

"The matter in Liangzhou is very important, so I will hand it over to you to investigate, if you really find out who is corrupt, come back and report it immediately!" The emperor commanded with a calm face.

Those officials did this, obviously not putting him, the emperor, in tears, how could he not be angry?

"The retainers obey." Li Changfeng nodded and responded.

After retiring from the court, as soon as Li Changfeng left the palace gate, he called the guards with him and instructed: "You go to the household department to check the transportation records of that batch of official silver, and see if any official has detained the official silver for disaster relief on the way, and report it to the king immediately after finding out." ”

"Yes." The subordinate answered, turned around and went to do it.

After leaving the palace, Li Changfeng went to Mufu, and the two made an appointment yesterday to go outside to play together after going to the court today. txt

When Mu Yunqian saw him coming, he thought he was going, so he got up and said, "Why did you go down so quickly today?" We'll go when I change my clothes......"

Since the old emperor's health was weakened, the early dynasty was also changed to once every three days, and she thought that she would have to talk about it for at least a while.

"Wait," Li Changfeng stopped her, and said apologetically: "I'm afraid I won't be able to go today's play, the official bank for disaster relief has been embezzled recently, and the emperor ordered me to investigate." ”

Saying that, Li Changfeng paused, and said, "This time I came to tell you, this king is going to investigate the case, I'm afraid I can't protect you all the time, you have to be careful." ”

"Now can we start investigating? What's the eyebrow? Mu Yunqian ignored his first few words of concern, and only asked.

"This king has already sent someone to investigate the counties where the official silver is transported, and there should be eyebrows soon." Li Changfeng didn't hide it from her, and said honestly.

As soon as he spoke, he saw a man in black jump down from the roof, walk in and kneel down in front of Li Changfeng, "Lord Wang." ”

"Hmm," Li Changfeng nodded and asked, "But you found it?" ”

"Yes," the subordinate nodded, and then said: "The subordinate has already checked, and the batch of silver was safely delivered to Liangzhou, and it has not been detained." ”

"Let's go down." Li Changfeng nodded and waved his hand.

After the other party left, he narrowed his eyes slightly, and slowly muttered: "That means that the embezzled silver was taken by the officials of Liangzhou...... It seems that this king has to go to Liangzhou in person. ”

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Mu Yunqian again, and said, "You should remember to be careful when you are alone in the capital, and don't go out alone." ”

"I'll go with you." Mu Yunqian shook his head, raised his eyes to look at him, and said instead.

"This king is going to investigate the case, and besides, Liangzhou was flooded a few days ago, and it's not a good place, so don't you go with it, right?" Li Changfeng frowned and hesitated.

Liangzhou was flooded a few days ago, and the place was also destroyed, there were many people in the disaster, and the poor environment was still good.

"I know all of this, but I can't go anywhere in the city alone, it's not as good as you to investigate the case together, I can also give you some advice, right?" Mu Yunqian really didn't want to stay alone, anyway, it was dangerous to stay or follow, so it was better to go with him, it would be a distraction.

"Okay then," Li Changfeng saw that she wanted to go, and he didn't stop him, nodded helplessly, and said, "Then you clean up, and we'll leave early tomorrow morning." ”

……

The next day, the two left the capital for Liangzhou in a carriage, and they arrived in a three-day hurry.

When the two entered the city, they knew how bad the situation in Liangzhou was now, and there was no one on the street, because it had been flooded a few days ago, and the stagnant water had not completely receded, and the ground was wet.

Many of the surrounding houses are in a dilapidated state, especially some dilapidated huts, which now have only four walls left, and everything else has been washed away by the flood.

There was not a single ordinary person in sight on the streets, but displaced refugees everywhere.

Looking at this scene, Mu Yunqian's brows couldn't help frowning tightly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "They shouldn't be like this at all!" If you get the money for disaster relief, even if the house can't be repaired immediately, at least there is a place to shelter it......"

"Even if you have nowhere to go and live on the streets, you can at least have some food to fill your stomach."