Chapter 187: Inspection
The crown prince was afraid that this matter would pass like this, if Murong Wenbin left here so intact today, where would his face go?
The crown prince remembered some other evidence that the prime minister had revealed to him, and quickly said it all, "Father! Regardless of the matter of this account book for the time being, it is a fact that the Qinglong brocade in the capital has been closed to the door recently, and there are many shops that have been resold, the business of Qinglong brocade has always been prosperous, how to put a lot of money and not make money, what is the matter of closing the door? ”
The emperor's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he looked at Murong Wenbin mysteriously, "What the prince said is true?" Hubu Shangshu, did you really close the Qinglong brocade? ”
Murong Wenbin nodded, "This Weichen heard from the dog, the dog said that he wanted to rectify the shop, saying that Qinglong has been operating for so many years, and it is inevitable that he will find some deficiencies that need to be repaired, so he closed the shop, and planned to rectify it, but he didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to care so much about this matter, and Weichen was ashamed." ”
Seeing that he was prevaricating again, the prince obviously couldn't sit still, Mo Li looked at Murong Wenbin's calm appearance and knew that he must have known about the leak of the news, but where something went wrong, Mo Li really couldn't think of it for a while.
The emperor did not let go of this matter easily this time, and said loudly: "I didn't expect such a thing to happen today, Hubu Shangshu and the prince have their own opinions, and I can't make a judgment, since you have your own reasons for asking, then so be it, I will send someone to investigate, before my people come back, all of you will accompany me and wait!" ”
Respectfully said yes, Mo Li covered his mouth and yawned and said: "Father, the sons are tired, and these sons and daughters you are talking about can't understand it, so it's better for the sons to retire first, right?" The emperor had a serious face and glared at Mo Li, "You treat me honestly, I didn't say let me go today, you are not allowed to go anywhere!" ”
Mo Li's face was gloomy, and he looked at Murong Wenbin and found that he was still calm, on the other hand, the prince on the side looked nervous, it was not too obvious, and Mo Li was a little more vigilant against Murong Wenbin.
The prince was worried in his heart, why didn't Murong Wenbin seem to be scared at all? What he did was obviously told to him by his uncle, and his uncle would never lie to himself!
The emperor sent people and horses to quickly leave the palace, and dozens of people left the palace, and the east, west, north and south streets were scattered, and it seemed that they wanted to wipe out the major stores of Qinglong brocade in the entire capital.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! There was a rough shout, and a group of people on horseback galloped down South Street, and the pedestrians dodged one after another, standing on both sides of the road, pointing at them and discussing, "What's the matter?" Arresting fugitives or river and ocean thieves? ”
"Who knows, it's a play that wants to be a play, phew! knocked over all the young master's dishes! Eight calves! ”
"No, my eggs are all broken......"
…… The living beings are not interested in the actions of these people, they are more concerned about their own peaceful life that has been destroyed.
On the other side, a team of people stopped in one place menacingly, the main store of Qinglong brocade in the capital, and a guard who looked like a leader stepped forward and slapped the closed door, "Open the door!" Open the door! Ordered to check! Open the door, open the door! ”
The guards acted rudely, and there was a knock on the door, and a person's voice suddenly came from inside, "It's coming!" Then the door was opened, and the man who opened the door was startled by the fierce guards outside, "Yes...... What's the matter, sir? ”
The guard pushed the door open hard, and the guy didn't stand still and fell to the ground, hula, and the guards outside all came in, and the leading guard pointed at the guy, "Tell your shopkeeper to come out!" We are ordered to check! ”
The man was so frightened that he hurried to find someone, and if he heard him correctly, the man was ordered to check, so he nodded in fright and then retreated to the back, and the guards began to search the shop at the sound of an order.
The ledger was in a mess, and some fabric samples were also rummaged and picked up, and soon the shopkeeper came out, and he was helpless to stop him when he saw the chaos before, "Ouch, my official!" Stop it, those things are expensive! I can't afford to pay for you breaking it like this! ”
The leading guard glanced at him and sneered, "We're ordered to check, and you have these fabrics in front of you?" What about warehouses? The shopkeeper also knew that they were not easy to mess with, so he smiled flatteringly: "The front is all samples, and the fabrics are all in the warehouse, official, these are all new styles that have recently been transferred from Jiangnan. ”
The leading guards didn't buy it, on weekdays, these shopkeepers faced them, their tails were all up to the sky, and now they were finally able to let out a bad breath, how could he just let it go?
"Less nonsense! Take me there! Let me tell you, today we were ordered by the emperor to come over to check, cooperate, you know? The shopkeeper still had a smile on his face, and took people to the back warehouse to inspect the goods.
As soon as the warehouses were opened, the amount of silk piled up inside was considerable, the leading guards waved their hands, and the people behind them all rushed forward to check, and the shopkeeper stood aside and watched, with a leisurely face.
"Captain, I didn't find anything abnormal, these are good goods." A guard quietly walked up to the leading guard and whispered, the leading guard heard it, frowned and stepped forward, and lifted a piece of silk by himself, embroidered with mandarin ducks playing in the water, he pointed to the pattern on it, "This is the new product you are talking about?" ”
The shopkeeper nodded, "Yes, the previous goods were not of good quality, but some official wives and rich wives complained to us that the appearance was too ordinary, and the boss asked us to find a way. ”
The leading guard nodded, reached out and touched the mandarin duck, "It is indeed exquisite." The shopkeeper smiled even more happily, and suddenly a person ran in from outside, "Captain, the shops in the other streets have been checked, and the warehouses are full." ”
The leading guard nodded, put down the cloth in his hand and glanced at the shopkeeper, "Since this is the case, then we will definitely report to the emperor truthfully, and if there is any big move next time, remember to say it, change the pattern and make it so mysterious." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes, it's not well thought out, it's not well thought out, hehe, next time you must pay attention, you must pay attention." ”
The guard walked away, the shopkeeper's face changed instantly, and he picked up the silk in his hand with a sneer, and what appeared behind the silk was a piece of linen!
The person who checked returned to the palace and replied that there was naturally no abnormality, Murong Wenbin had an expected expression on his face, and the prince was not happy at this time, "How is it possible?" There is a solid source for this news! ”