For some reason, hearing Qi Changrong's inquiry, in an emergency, Han Ziwen was blessed to the heart, and immediately knelt on the ground and shouted:

"The minister is guilty, and I hope that the palace will be punished for his crimes!"

Qi Changrong asked lightly, "What are your crimes?" ”

Han Ziwen's expression was in a hurry, and he actually shed two lines of turbid tears, and choked up: "Because of the negligence of the ministers and the failure to manage the territory under their jurisdiction, such a farce occurred, causing the people to panic and the officials to endanger themselves. ”

After the abduction of officials for food, not to mention the small sesame officials with little power in the hands of Jianzhou, even he, the prefect, was worried all day long, and never went out alone.

As soon as Han Ziwen's words fell, the other two were also concerned, and they could still recall the feeling of being dominated by boundless fear.

However, no matter how much they wanted to break their heads, they couldn't think of Qi Changrong's intention of 'asking guilt afterwards'.

Qi Changrong was unmoved, and her sincere confession of guilt did not ease her expression in the slightest.

"What else?"

Han Ziwen knelt on the ground, sweat wet his clothes, anxious like ants on a hot pot.

How can there be?

According to his prior prediction, after confessing his guilt, the prince should forgive him leniently, and then order him to do his best to find out the cause and effect of the matter.

Why does she look like she wants to be investigated to the end, and she doesn't play cards according to common sense at all!

The hall was very quiet, and Han Ziwen heard his thunderous heartbeat, and turned his heart sideways: "The minister really can't think of it, and I hope His Highness will give him one or two." ”

Qi Changrong smiled slightly, and his eyes gradually became cold: "After an official disappeared for no reason, not only did you fail to notice the seriousness of the matter in time and report it to the higher authorities as soon as possible, but you also tried in vain to turn a big incident into a small one, wasting time in many places, so that the matter became bigger and bigger, and more and more officials disappeared, and finally the paper couldn't hold the fire and burned yourself." ”

"Han Ziwen, what crime should you be guilty of?!"

Han Ziwen was speechless as he said the words, and the horror in his eyes became more and more intense.

His cheeks were almost touching the ground, and beads of sweat fell to the ground dripping and evaporated with the heat.

Others don't know what he thinks, only he knows that before the matter was too big, he did settle a few cases with an 'accident', in order to give the people an explanation and calm the chaotic words.

However, he never thought of it...... In the end, the prince of the East Palace was invited.

"The minister knows the crime, there is no other excuse, His Highness thinks that the minister's crime should be dealt with."

Han Ziwen was full of despair.

In the face of Qi Changrong, who can be ruthless in playing the board as an eight-year-old child, how can he be merciful to his subordinates?

Even with the best results, he seemed to be able to see the scene when his skin was beaten.

I thought that the punishment was about to be closed, but who knew that Qi Chang's eyes turned and looked at the other two who were silent.

Pei Ji knew that it was not good, and was about to confess his guilt first, but his movements slowed down due to the pain.

"The two of you, one is Han Ziwen's top boss, and the other is investigating the case for him, but neither of you found out early......"

Fu Xiang and Pei Ji glanced at each other, and they didn't dare to say anything in their hearts.

Without waiting for Qi Changrong to finish speaking, the two of them knelt down with a tacit understanding, and said in unison: "The minister is guilty, please punish His Highness!" ”

"......" Qi Changrong blinked, his expression cracked instantly, and he almost didn't hold it.

Fortunately, with their backs to Junchen, the other three people didn't dare to raise their heads in fright, and none of them noticed her brief gaffe.

They confessed their sins so quickly that she had nowhere to use her full words.

Junchen sat aside and silently reminded: "It's not early." ”

The implication is that it's time to get down to business.

Hearing this, several people who knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty deeply thought so.

At this time, they can be said to be living like years!

"The matter has come to this point, and there is no point in pursuing who is right and who is wrong, but the punishment cannot be escaped."

Qi Changrong paused, and the anger in his tone decreased slightly: "The three of you will keep this crime on record for the time being, and make a decision after the matter is clarified." ”

Originally, Junchen watched it for a long time, but he still didn't know what medicine Qi Changrong was selling in the gourd.

But when she said this, he only felt déjà vu, as if he had heard it somewhere.

If you think about it carefully, isn't it what she said to the team of 100 people when she came back after she was kidnapped by thieves?

For a while, Junchen couldn't help but sigh on his forehead, feeling more and more ridiculous.

has not started to investigate the case, but those who should not be convicted have been questioned by her one by one.

Now, who would dare not do their best to investigate?

If it is found out, there is still a chance to make meritorious contributions, but if it is not investigated...... Then they will always be guilty.

Pei Ji's heavy mood was slightly relaxed, and he said loudly: "The ministers must do their best to find out the truth as soon as possible!" ”

The latter two followed, and no one dared to show that they didn't care.

It is about their own future and life, who dares to ignore it?

A faint, imperceptible smile appeared on Qi Changrong's lips.

She knew that her own killer was starting to work, and she didn't need to do anything more, and these people scared themselves a lot.

Qi Changrong clenched his hand into a fist and put it to his lips and coughed lightly: "Okay, now tell everything you know, don't delay time." ”

As she spoke, she raised her hand and told them all to get up.

Everyone was silent, and glanced at her faintly.

Who the hell is wasting time?

If it hadn't been for the previous one, maybe they would have come up with a good solution by now.

"It all started three months ago." Pei Ji, as the assassin of Jianzhou, naturally stood up first: "As we all know, since the beginning of the previous year, natural disasters have continued in the southeast region, resulting in prosperity and desolation, and many people are hungry, and finally starve to death. ”

And those who died in natural disasters are countless.

Pei Ji continued: "Although there is the great help of the imperial court, the far water cannot save the near fire, and the number of people affected by the disaster is huge, so far, the disaster relief effect is still not obvious. ”

He said it very slowly, and Qi Changrong didn't urge him, but listened slowly and patiently.

Speaking of the back, Pei Ji was silent for a while for some reason, with a solemn face.

Needless to say, Qi Changrong also knew that the next topic must be very heavy.

She bent her fingers slightly, and said lightly: "Let's say, since Lone is here to find out about this matter, she is ready to accept everything." ”

Whether it is human nature after natural disasters, or man-made disasters after human nature.

Hearing Qi Changrong's words, Pei Ji plucked up his courage, licked his dry mouth, and said: "Long-term hunger will make people lose their minds, although the government wants to help with all its might, but there are still many places beyond the reach of the whip, in a few backward villages, in order to survive...... There are many people who choose to eat ......"

Speaking of which, Pei Ji couldn't go on.

No matter how long it has passed, this kind of thing has been like a dense shadow over everyone's heads.

Even if he had heard the same words once in his previous life, he was mentally prepared to listen to them again, but when he really heard these words, Qi Changrong still felt a chill in his heart.

Immediately, the cold air was covered by a surge of killing intent.

The so-called eating of children is to put a fig leaf on their eating of their parents and children, and even they themselves can't believe that they would do such a ridiculous thing.

Han Ziwen wiped the corners of his red eyes, and saw that Pei Ji couldn't continue, so he continued: "This matter was reported by a villager, and he took us to the back mountain of their village, where there were many small graves, and after digging them up, there were white bones inside, and there were obvious traces of cooking. ”

After that, the matter of 'eating by the child' buried in the darkness broke out completely.

Naturally, the government could not tolerate such a brutal murderer going unpunished, and every time he was caught, he would cut it with a thousand knives to deter all those with bad intentions.

Fu Xiang paused and closed his eyes.

"After this incident passed, I thought that those people would stop, but since two months ago, officials have disappeared one after another, ranging from a party official to a county order."

"Then, rumors began to rise, some people said that those who disappeared were eaten as 'two-legged sheep', and others said that they were abducted by people who had lost their conscience and sent them to the Turks or other hostile countries in exchange for normal food."

There are other sayings, and even more.

But only these two are more believable.

Qi Changrong kept turning the Buddha beads in her hand, only in this way could she temporarily curb the killing intent in her heart.

"How many of you think it's more credible?"

Pei Ji pursed his lips, and his voice gradually deepened: "I'm afraid, it's both." ”

Those people don't even let go of their own parents and children, let alone others?

"Didn't you catch anyone?"

Qi Changrong slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and suddenly became angry without warning, and swept the tea set on the table.

"In that case, what's the use of being alone?!"

With a few 'bang' sounds, the tea set shattered to the ground, the broken porcelain pieces splashed everywhere, and a few pieces even bounced on their bodies, and they could feel pain through their clothes.

But no one dared to complain at this time.

Whether it was the innocent victims or the officials who were kidnapped, they would only deepen the anger in Qi Changrong's heart.

She was so disappointed.

No one knew the Southeasts better than she did, and from the moment she opened her eyes to get back to life, she had set out to avoid a repeat of the tragedy in the Southeast.

These days, she has secretly helped the southeast.

originally thought that this would at least reduce the burden on the southeast, but she never expected that the result would be the same as in her previous life, or even more complicated and tragic.

What does this mean? The problem arises at the management of the government.

In her eyes, although the human heart is the most complex, it is also the easiest to control.

They have not clearly controlled the mentality of the people under their jurisdiction, and they have not prepared in advance to deal with accidents.

This is the most unsuccessful.

Pei Ji was already hit by the guilt that came to his face at this time, and he was powerless to fight back, seeing Qi Changcheng's face full of anger, he bowed down at the moment, and said ashamedly: "This matter is the fault of the minister, and he did not take precautions to prevent innocent people from being displaced." ”

Qi Changrong rubbed his aching temples, unwilling to dwell on this matter, and said helplessly: "Let's talk about the missing people, do they have the same characteristics?" ”