Gao Herui performed prominently in disaster relief, and after the flood, on the recommendation of the local gentry, the emperor promoted him to the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture.

Because of the flood, Gao Herui was very loved by the people in Jiangnan Mansion.

Even the gentry and aristocrats admired him very much.

In the next year's official assessment, Gao Herui's assessment results are excellent.

is such an excellent official who dares to be the first in the world, but he was handed a secret report.

The reason for being reported was corruption and bribery.

"The person we want to check is the prefect of Jiangnan Prefecture?" Li Qing was surprised: "Gao Herui, is it difficult to ......"

This Gao Herui, could it be that he is a person who has a close connection with a certain king?

Li Qing didn't say this, because although Li Qing wasn't sure if Yelan knew about it, the others must not know about it.

Since she promised Hua Xiao, she will also pay attention when she speaks.

She didn't finish her words, but Hua Xiao had already seen the question she wanted to ask from her expression.

Hua Xiao shook his head: "Those are two different excerpts, they happen to be in Jiangnan Mansion, so let's check them together." ”

"I see."

Hua Xiao said again: "The emperor values Gao Herui very much, and he doesn't want Gao Herui to have any mistakes, in any sense. So, he told me to find out the truth. ”

These two cases really have to be investigated together.

One is the prefect of Jiangnan Mansion, and the other is a mysterious person who secretly colludes with the king in Jiangnan Mansion.

Jiangnan Mansion is rich, in addition to a group of officials, there are also many squires and nobles, such as the Rongguo Mansion and the Haining Marquis Mansion, who knows who is the mysterious person behind.

Li Qing wrote four words on the paper: Follow the vine and touch the melon.

Hua Xiao nodded, they just wanted to follow the vine.

Following Gao Herui's case, find out the mysterious person who colluded with a certain king.

"And what about the clues we have?" Li Qing asked: "Since there is a secret report, there will always be something real in the secret fold, right?" ”

Hua Xiao didn't speak, but took out a piece of paper from his sleeve.

Li Qing unfolded the paper and looked at it, and it turned out to be a transcription of the contents of the dense fold.

The content of the transcript is to the effect that:

Some officials secretly colluded to quietly sell the materials that originally belonged to the government, and then put the silver they obtained into their own private pockets. They took advantage of the abundant rivers in Jiangnan Province to load their goods on ships at the Yongkou Wharf, and then transported them out by water, and then transported them to other places by sea.

Waterway, then sea route......

After these two roads, the place to arrive is ......

Li Qing pointed to this line of words, and said meaningfully to Hua Xiao: "Lord, these two roads, you can go up to the fief of the king of Dongshan County, and you can go down to the fief of the king of Nanding. ”

If it is the king of Dongshan County, then did the emperor ask Hua Xiao to check on his uncle?

This emperor, maybe he trusts Hua Xiao too much?

Or is the emperor using this incident to test Hua Xiao's loyalty to him?

So, the king who colluded with Jiangnan Mansion was the king of Dongshan County?

If it was the king of Dongshan County, what did he do in collusion with Jiangnan Mansion? Hoarding supplies is ready to be reversed?

Or does the king of Dongshan want Hua Xiao to rebel?

Or is Hua Xiao himself, thinking the opposite?

Didn't Concubine Sheng regard the King of Dongshan County as one of Huaxiao's forces? She didn't even want Hua Xiao to do anything like driving Sheng Shan'er back, so she took the initiative to give Hua Xiao the pot on her back.

Could it be that this is possible?

The more Li Qing thought about it, the more he wanted to do it in his heart.