Chapter 113: The Theft of Official Silver
"Your Majesty, what is your intention?" Mo Xuanyin said with some puzzlement.
So the emperor still told the truth, because he received news before, because other countries were secretly forming alliances in order to deal with Nanyue, and I heard that Yan had sent an envoy, and the emperor also doubted that the Yunnan State would also be involved in this matter, so he thought of such a way to test Mo Xuanyin.
However, it can be seen from his attitude that although Mo Xuanyin is the son of Yunnan Kingdom, he still thinks about Nanyue Kingdom.
"Shizi, you have done a good job this time, and I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver as a reward."
"Your Majesty." Knowing that it was a test, Mo Xuanyin breathed a sigh of relief, but the lives of those three people came to test him, and the emperor was a little too much.
After returning to the prince's mansion, after telling Gu Xiqian about the matter, he was relieved to hear that the emperor was just for the test this time, but at this time, another news came.
"Miss, it's not good, young master... Young master, something happened to him! ”
Hearing that Gu Ronghe had an accident, Gu Xiqian immediately returned to Xiangwang's Mansion, and Mo Xuanyin also followed.
I saw that when they returned to Xiangwang's Mansion, there were already officers and soldiers outside the door, as if they were waiting for her.
"County Lord, we've been waiting for you for a long time." The general came out and said.
"What happened? Why did you bring people here? Gu Xiqian asked.
The general briefly said the matter, it turned out that when Gu Rongzhi went to the disaster relief because he pressed the official bank, he was discovered by the local assassin because he was filling his own pockets, and the matter spread to the capital, and the emperor immediately sent someone to arrest him.
But now the people did not press back, it is estimated that they are also preparing to have this plan, the general came to inform King Xiang of this matter, and saw that the matter had been explained clearly, so he took people to leave King Xiang's mansion.
And King Xiang stood at the door, shaking his head helplessly, as if he didn't expect Gu Ronghe to do such a thing.
"How so, how could he be corrupt? He's not that kind of person. ”
Gu Rongzhi on the side comforted: "Dad, maybe the second brother is just a money fan for a while, he is the son of Xiangwangfu, and the people over there will not make it difficult for him, so you don't have to worry too much." ”
"I really didn't expect that he, who usually reads poetry and books, would do such a thing, really what kind of mother has what kind of children." After Gu Miaoxuan finished speaking, she squinted at Gu Xiqian on the side.
Compared with arguing here, the most important thing for Gu Xiqian now is to take that side to find out the truth of the matter, so he went back to the room to clean up and then left the Xiangwang Mansion.
"Dad, I have something to go out, I want to find out about it." After speaking, he left the Xiangwang Mansion.
"Father-in-law, please let me go with Xiqian."
Without waiting for King Xiang to speak, Mo Xuanyin also left King Xiang's mansion.
And Gu Miaoxuan on the side, although she was a little unhappy, but this matter had nothing to do with her, if she intervened, I was afraid that it would cause other trouble.
After finding a horse, Gu Xiqian immediately looked at the place where the disaster relief was going to go, Mo Xuanyin was afraid that he would be bullied by the local officials, so he returned to the Shizi Mansion to prepare, and set off.
Two days later, Gu Xiqian came to the place where she really was, only to see that the place seemed to have been plagued by locusts, and now she was shocked and gradually improved.
However, the gradual improvement did not quell the anger of the local people, and they all gathered in the yamen, shouting one after another.
"Lock this person up for me, and wait to be beheaded!"
"That's right, we don't even let go of our disaster relief money, it's not human!"
The officials and county magistrates outside the gate were also reassuring them, but their emotions were getting more and more excited, and they even proposed to behead him here.
However, the county order also looked helpless, and the momentum of the assassin on the side was actually a little more imposing than the county order.
"Everyone, don't be impatient, I know that corrupt official deserves it the most, but we should bring him back to the capital to be tried, rest assured, even if he is from Xiangwangfu, we can guarantee that this verdict will satisfy everyone."
"Everywhere you go!"
Watching them coax like this, if it really goes on like this, there is really a possibility of being killed.
"Whoever dares to kill my brother, stand up for me!"
Hearing a woman's voice, everyone looked over and was speechless in surprise.
"It's... It's the lord of Ronghui! ”
The county magistrate and the assassin also looked over, only to see that they were also confused, why did the dignified Ronghui county lord return to this place.
Seeing that things had changed, the people who had made a commotion did not stay longer, so they dispersed one after another.
When he came to the yamen, he saw that the assassin and the county order inside were discussing something, and Gu Xiqian immediately walked over to understand the situation.
"I'm here to see my brother's situation, and I heard that he was corrupt during disaster relief, what is going on?"
"That's what happened," the prefectural magistrate began to say about the events of that time.
At that time, Gu Ronghe and Wei Ziyi came to the village with the official silver all the way, but when they were counting the silver, they found that there was a shortage, but at this time, Wei Ziyi explained that it was a thief who met a thief on the way, so the silver was lost.
But they didn't say much, there were a lot of bandits in their place because of the problem of food, and it was very powerful to be able to send the official silver here with the strength of just a few people.
However, at that time, Gu Ronghe didn't say anything, it was Wei Zilan who was dealing with them, and he continued to distribute the silver.
The next day, I don't know why, I saw that the assassin took people to the place where they lived, and then inexplicably found a bag of official silver that was hidden, and then spread the news, and the people in the village came over one after another, discussing to lock them up.
The county magistrate was under pressure, so he had no choice but to lock the two of them up, and the matter of the distribution of the official bank was handed over to the person in charge at this time.
After Gu Xiqian listened, he looked at the assassin on the side, and saw that when his eyes met, the assassin subconsciously avoided it, as if he was avoiding Gu Xiqian's appearance.
"Lord Thorn Shi, I heard that you found the silver that my brother hid, right?"
"Yes, we received news that some of the official silver had been hidden, so we searched everywhere and found it in their dwellings." Thorn Shi explained.
As for who the other party was, Thorn Shi didn't say it clearly, but it caught her attention.
"That's just your words, I heard that you have been corrupt before, and now I think you are just framing my brother."
At this time, I saw that the assassin Shi also lost his temper, "I have no grievances with Xiangwangfu, why should I wronged him, it is because your brother really committed a crime, I just enforce the law impartially." ”
The county magistrate on the side looked like he was about to quarrel, so he hurried over to persuade him, but was scolded back by them.
"County Lord, please speak clearly, don't talk nonsense if you don't have evidence, you know, even if it's you, it's a big crime to insult the court officials!" Thorn Shi warned.
"Hmph, you just found the money in his place and said they were greedy, maybe someone deliberately planted it? You just arrested people before you investigated clearly, people like you are not worthy of being an official! Gu Xiqian yelled.
Thorn Shi was speechless for a while, so he had to leave the yamen with a cold snort.
Gu Xiqian breathed a sigh of relief, but it still didn't solve the problem, and now even the murderer didn't know, and if it went on like this, it would be just a waste of effort.
At this time, Mo Xuanyin saw all this outside, this is the first time he has seen such a Gu Xiqian, there is no lady or county lord who should look like her, and now she is more like a shrew.
"Your Royal Highness, you are here." The county commander said politely.
Seeing Mo Xuanyin appear at the door, Gu Xiqian felt a little embarrassed, so she also left the yamen.
"Lord County Commander, can you let me visit the prince of Xiangwangfu?" Mo Xuanyin asked.
The order of the prince made the county order have no way to refuse, so he had to take him to the prison of the Yamen.
I saw Gu Ronghe staying in the cell, although he was now a prisoner, they all knew the identity of the person in front of him, and naturally he ate and drank well.
"Gu Gongzi, someone has come to see you." The jailer on the side reminded.
Gu Ronghe raised his head and saw that it was Mo Xuanyin, and he immediately became excited.
"Your Royal Highness, how did you come back here?" Gu Ronghe said in surprise.
"That's because after we dealt with the matter for that, when we went back to Xiangwangfu, we heard the general tell us everything, we had no choice, so we had to rush here to investigate immediately, but I didn't expect that we were still late." Mo Xuanyin said with some guilt.
"It's okay, I'm glad you guys can come, wait, you're talking about. You guys? Is anyone else coming? Gu Ronghe said.
Mo Xuanyin said what had just happened, Gu Ronghe felt a little guilty, but he didn't expect that he wanted to behave well but it was like this.
"Big brother, now is not the time to talk about this, can you tell me how it happened?"
Gu Ronghe began to start with the things of that time.
When he first set off, he found that Wei Ziyi was a little wrong, but thinking that she was a girl's family, and there was something to do with the people in the General's Mansion, he didn't say anything, and he wanted to complete the task and go back quickly.
However, when a few people passed through a wood, they were suddenly attacked by a group of robbers, but fortunately, the robbers were not very powerful, and they were beaten away in three or two clicks.
After inspecting the official bank, Gu Ronghe sighed that the official silver was intact, but Wei Ziyi, who was on the side, paid attention to the official silver but fortunately found out in time and stopped her, but at that time, Wei Ziyi's mood seemed to be a little not good.
In the following days, Gu Ronghe had been observing Wei Ziyi, but found that she had not attacked Guan Yin, which also made him relax his vigilance later.
It didn't take long for the official silver to be delivered to the village, and at that time he didn't know that the official silver was already a little less.