In the backyard of the mansion, Li Huai personally poured a cup of tea and served it in front of Yan Du with both hands.

"Your Highness, please."

Yan Du didn't answer, but raised his left sleeve and slowly flicked the dust on it. Seeing this, Li Huai hurriedly put down the teacup and knelt down on one knee to pat Yan Dui.

When the shooting was clean, he straightened up and took the tea to Yan Dusk.

Yan Du glanced at him, and then took the cup of tea. But he only took a sip and put it on the table in front of him.

"Lord Li, it's really not easy for this king to go out, I have to arrange for you to guard all the officials outside Wanchun Garden to guard His Highness." Yan Du said coldly.

"Ouch, Your Highness, you misunderstood, those officials are protecting you." Li Huai explained in a panic, "There was a homicide in the city, and it was a family of three who died, and the gangsters were extremely cruel, and the lower officials really wanted to protect your safety." ”

Yan Du looked at Li Huai again and smiled faintly, "Lord Li, what are you panicking, this king is just joking with you." ”

"It turns out that His Highness is joking." Li Huai's face turned blue, but he could only laugh with it.

Yan Du picked up the teacup and took another sip, "In order to catch the murderer, Lord Li also closed the city?" ”

"Yes, this murderer is in the city, and I believe he will be caught soon."

"This king came to see that your people are searching from house to house, as for making such a big noise?"

"Xia Guan is stupid, and he can only think of this method."

"I heard that it was the ancient county order that you asked the officials to arrest?" Yan Du raised an eyebrow and asked.

Li Huai lowered his head and explained respectfully: "Someone saw him enter the Jiang family, and then the three members of the Jiang family were killed, and he is very suspicious. ”

"This king has had a brief contact with the ancient county order, and he doesn't look like a vicious person."

"You can't just look at the surface."

"Master Li was a government in Yanzhou a few years ago, and he has known this ancient county commander for an old time, do you think he will kill people?"

Li Huai sighed, "The lower officials also hope that he is innocent, and only by arresting him can he ask clearly." ”

This Li Huai's answer is not leaky, and he does not mention a word about those account books.

Yan Du lowered his eyes: "This king came to Yanzhou to investigate Yang He's corruption case, Lord Li knows, right?" ”

"Yes."

"Li Futai is willing to help this king?"

"This ......"

"Don't want to?"

Li Huai's mind changed and said, "I'm afraid that the lower officials will be powerless." ”

"The ancient county order is an important clue to Yang He's corruption case, and this king wants Lord Li to hand it over directly to this king after he catches someone, this shouldn't be possible, right?"

"This." Li Huai paused, "Xia Guan really can't do it, after all, three lives are at stake." ”

"Master Li still has to distinguish priorities."

"Please also ask Your Highness to understand that the lower official is the parent official of Yanzhou, and he must give an explanation to the deceased and the family of the deceased."

Yan Duan slapped his palm on the table and squinted at Li Huai, "What if this king has to be this person?" ”

Li Huai pursed his mouth, obviously thinking about whether to have a hard time with Yan Duan.

At this time, an official trotted in and said that there was something to report, Li Huai walked over and listened to a few words, and stood there for a while, before turning around and walking back.

"Your Highness, your majesty cannot hand over the suspect Gu Zi'an to you. You want to investigate the case, and the lower officials will also investigate the case, you are anxious, and the lower officials are also anxious, so you can only offend Your Highness. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yan Duan guessed that Li Huai had caught Gu Zi'an and got those account books.

Even so, Yan Dusk doesn't have to go around in circles anymore.

"They will give it to you, but the book of accounts will be taken away by the king." Yan Du said.

Li Huai was stunned for a moment, probably because he didn't expect Yan Duan to suddenly say so directly, "Your Highness has confused the lower officials, what account books?" ”

"You're really confused." Yan Du sneered coldly, "A small mansion is playing tricks in front of this king, that is, he has made meritorious contributions at the moment, but he has offended this king, do you have good fruits to eat in the future?" ”

Li Huai had naturally heard about the things that this Seventh Highness had done in his early years, and this person was not a good person, let alone something to mess with. Especially when the emperor only has him and the four princes under his knees, the four princes are crazy, and the throne can only be passed to this ......

Li Huai weighed it and said: "Your Highness, if you want to offer a plan, you can ensure that Your Highness makes a great contribution and makes the emperor happy, and I hope that I will make you the prince as soon as you return to the court." ”

Yan Du glanced at Li Huai, "You say." ”

"Gu Zi'an has several account books in his hand, and these account books truly record the amount of taxes paid by the people and merchants of Yanzhou in recent years, which is more than one million taels different from what Yang He reported to the imperial court."

"So Yang He is not corrupt, but the account books he handed over to the imperial court are fake."

"That's right."

Yan Du sighed, "Then it seems that Yang He is innocent." ”

"No, he deceived the court, and he was also extremely evil. Let's ignore him, just say that these account books, if we can recover the thirty percent that Yang He did not collect, we can recover it, we can fill the treasury and solve the problem that is the most headache for the emperor. At that time, you have won the trust of the emperor, and the position of the prince will naturally be no problem. Li Huai thought that this idea was very powerful, and he was a little proud.

"Master Li, this is not going to leave a way for the people of Yanzhou."

"Your Highness laughed, Yanzhou is so prosperous now, it is not short of this money."

"That's the money." Yan Du sneered, "Yang He has been in Yanzhou for seven years, seven years, if you really want to pay this thirty percent tax, Lord Li has thought about how many people have hollowed out their family property because of this, and even those merchants who can't afford this heavy tax have fled from Yanzhou, or even closed their doors." Yanzhou's current prosperity is fleeting. ”

Li Huai said with a smile: "Your Highness is so young that the people and businessmen are like a cloth that has absorbed water, no matter how many times you twist it, as long as you tighten it a little more, you can always wring out the water." ”

"Twisted off?"

"If it's broken, it's broken, but it's just a Yanzhou."

Yan Du snorted, this is actually what the court officials said, such a person is clearly a moth of the Darong Imperial Court, and I don't know how many such moths there are.

"This king is indeed not a good person, but this king loves cleanliness." As he spoke, Yan Du stood up and flicked the ash on his clothes, "I especially disdain to be in the same league as someone like you, who is covered in rancidity." ”

Li Huaiyuan thought that Yan Du would definitely accept his proposal, after all, this famous traitor in his early years didn't want to hear this.

"What's wrong with recovering the missing taxes?"

"You are chasing the lives of the people of Yanzhou!"

"The lower official didn't realize that he had made a mistake, since His Royal Highness didn't receive this feeling, then the lower official will hand over the account books to the imperial court later, and see how the imperial court disposes of it!"

"It seems that you don't plan to give those account books to this king?"

"Your Highness, it's getting late, go back early."

Yan Du narrowed his eyes and handed over the account book to Li Huai, it seemed impossible. He strode out, and Li Huai saw him off behind.

"Your Highness, be careful!"

Under Li Huai's reminder, Yan Duan stepped into the mud puddle, and his face turned black at the moment.

"Your Highness, look, who is really clean, not all of them go in and out of the pit."