Shen Sijun walked to Xie Shiyun's side and said with a serious expression. Xie Shiyun also looked carefully when she heard this, and found that there were many duplicate faces among the people who received relief food.

Xie Shiyun and his entourage walked over quietly and found that those people had secretly hidden all the food, and then pretended to be hungry and then went to line up.

"Why did they do that?"

Wang Yan didn't understand what they were doing, in this case, if there was enough food to eat, why should they hoard it? Xie Shiyun's face was very ugly, and she had already guessed a few reasons for them.

"The drought is severe, and it seems that some people are trying to make a fortune from this natural disaster."

"That's right, they probably did this to monopolize the relief food, and then sell it to the poor people at a high price, so as to squeeze what little property they already had."

"No wonder my father and I have never stopped releasing food, but there are still so many people who don't have enough to eat."

Wang Xiu suddenly realized, and then he was angry, these people were so treacherous, unkind, and unjust, and they still wanted to eat human blood steamed buns at such a critical juncture.

"Let's go ahead and expose these bad guys!"

Wang Yan rolled up her sleeves and was eager to try, wanting to rush forward to support justice. But was pulled by Xie Shiyun, "Don't be impulsive, we can't startle the snake." ”

Shen Sijun looked at her and motioned for her to continue.

"I don't think this kind of large-scale grain buying and selling is a coincidence of individuals, but more like someone behind the scenes."

"Let's not keep quiet first, squat and observe before acting, and strive to annihilate in one fell swoop when the time comes."

Xie Shiyun put forward her own speculation, and when those people took the relief food, they all looked guilty, and it was not their original intention. And if they had enough food in their hands, they wouldn't be the same yellow-skinned and skinny face they are now. They are just poor people who have been enslaved.

"Wechen thinks that Gongzi's words are reasonable, so Wechen will send Yunliu to mix in and pay attention to the movements of these people."

Shen Sijun waved his hand at Yun Liu, who nodded and left. And Wang Xiu also became serious and said to Xie Shiyun, "Son, then how should we deal with it now, we can't just refuse to give them food, right?" ”

Xie Shiyun thought for a while and said, "Reduce the distribution points of food, set up porridge sheds and other points that directly use food as relief, and the people who are really hungry will naturally choose ready-made food, and those who still choose food are our goals." ”

"Yes, I'll go back to the house and arrange someone to do it." After the king practiced a bow, he turned sideways and said to the attendants on the side, "Zhisen, you accompany Gongzi Shen and others to continue to supervise." ”

"Yes, young master."

After Wang Xiu left, Wang Yan looked at Xie Shiyun with admiration, "Son, you are so smart!" "If it were her, I would never have thought of this. Xie Shiyun deserves to be a titled princess, and she is so resourceful that she is not inferior to a man at all.

"Where."

After Xie Shiyun, Shen Sijun and others turned around a few relief points, Xie Shiyun proposed to go to the area near the outskirts of the city to have a look, Shen Sijun remembered the previous dispute with Xie Shiyun outside the city, and his eyes were slightly dark.

It was desolate as far as the eye could see, everything was scorched by the sun until it no longer seemed to be wet, and the earth was full of cracks like the skin of an old man. Such a miserable appearance once again touched Xie Shiyun's heart.

"As long as the water conservancy project is completed, even if it has not been rained for a long time, it will not become such a poor life."

"Lord Shen, I remember that I told my father a few months ago about building water conservancy, why hasn't it appeared now?"

"It should be the public funds allocated by the emperor and put into his own pocket by a group of corrupt people, so the water conservancy project has not started for a long time."

Shen Sijun knew the darkness of the court, but he was a general, and he couldn't interfere in these things at all. In all dynasties, officials have been greedy for ink, but it is so intricate and difficult to solve. So if it's not too serious, the emperor won't be too restrained.

Xie Shiyun naturally understood this truth, and clenched the folding fan in her hand fiercely. Why did Da Chen gradually decline, the courtier of the brutal monarch and traitor, such a smoky Da Chen, she couldn't ignore it.

"If this trip is to find out this person for the city lord of Zhangzhou, it will also be a good thing."

After returning to the City Lord's Mansion, Xie Shiyun still had doubts in his heart, has the City Lord of Zhangzhou never doubted this? Shen Sijun saw that she had something on her mind, so he asked, "Your Highness, are you still thinking about the monopoly of relief grain?" ”

"Well, I still need to ask Lord Wang for some details, and the drought has been going on for a long time, I don't know if Lord Wang is also involved."

Shen Sijun was a little surprised when he saw that Xie Shiyun suspected the city lord of Zhangzhou, but it seemed to be expected. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, and there was appreciation in his eyes. Xie Shiyun's performance always surprises him.

"I'll go with you."

"Uh-huh."

The city lord of Zhangzhou was discussing with Wang Xiu in the study, and the subordinates who were guarding outside the door saw Xie Shiyun and Shen Sijun coming, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"I've seen His Royal Highness An Chen and Lord Shen."

"Lord Wang is in the room?"

"We have something important to discuss with Lord Wang."

"I'll go in and report, and the two of you will wait for a while."

After a while, the servant came out and made a gesture of please. Xie Shiyun and Shen Sijun glanced at each other and walked in. The city lord of Zhangzhou was pacing behind the bookcase, while Wang Xiu stood quietly aside. Xie Shiyun stepped forward, "Lord Wang." ”

"His Royal Highness An Chen and Lord Shen, the two of you came to find the lower officials because of today's inspection."

Wang Xiu had obviously told the city lord of Zhangzhou everything that had happened today, and he was also very troubled by this. The city lord of Zhangzhou told Xie Shiyun and the others that when the drought was about to develop to the point of no harvest, he was worried that the grain in the Zhangzhou government would not be enough. He began to buy grain from rice grain stores, and the price of rice and flour to coarse bran and old bran rose several times.

After going through a few houses, he found that they were either expensive or sold out, so he had no choice but to save the food in the government and distribute it first.

"But this drought situation is beyond the expectations of the lower officials, and the food hoarded in the government is completely insufficient, so the lower officials have to take out the prepared salary to buy food."

"If it weren't for His Highness and Lord Shen coming in time, I'm afraid that Xiaguan, the city lord's mansion, would not be able to keep it."

Xie Shiyun didn't know that the situation in Zhangzhou was so serious, and the main messenger behind it was treacherous and vicious.

"It's really a good calculation to sell grain at a high price while sending people to disguise themselves as refugees to get relief food."

She sneered, and the folding fan in her hand slapped on the palm of her hand again and again, this person ignored the lives of innocent people and squeezed the silver taels of the government, he really deserved to die.