Liu Bowen was puzzled for a long time and said:

"Yang Xian is in charge of this matter, you should go and report to him, he is still investigating in the west of the city, it is important for you to report this matter directly to him."

"Yes, sir."

After the official finished speaking, he hurried towards where Yang Xian was.

At this time, Yang Xian was leading people to check the salt consumption of restaurants and restaurants in the west of the city, and he accidentally saw some white particles in front of a restaurant.

Then he squatted down and twisted a little with his hands, but found that this thing was exactly the same as the starch given by His Majesty.

Yang Xian thought for a moment, and then shouted loudly:

"Arrested the restaurant owner!"

A group of errands quickly rushed into the restaurant, and the guests in the restaurant were so frightened that they fled frantically, and suddenly the entire restaurant was empty, empty.

Soon the owner of the restaurant was escorted down the stairs by two servants, and a bag of refined salt was confiscated.

At Yang Xian's behest, an errand grabbed the restaurant owner's hair and pulled him back and asked:

"Tell me honestly, where did the refined salt come from?"

"Official! The little one said.... The small one was bought from Wang Fatzi, and it has nothing to do with the small one! ”

The restaurant owner said with fear on his face.

"Take us there!"

Yang Xian said.

Soon Yang Xian found a hiding place for smuggled salt, and immediately ordered the warehouse to be surrounded.

In a remote alley, there is an old warehouse, and the white starch can be faintly seen on the blue floor tiles.

The dark red door was ajar, about a foot wide, just enough to fit through a carriage.

The deeper you walked down the alley, the stronger the peculiar smell became, and everyone lowered their pace.

As I got closer, I could clearly hear four or five people talking.

"Why does the salt smell strange this time?"

"I asked the person who bought the salt, and said that the moisture-proof starch can be eaten normally."

"That's good, our shipment is about to be shipped to sea, and you're ready to be picked up at the dock in five days."

Yang Xian immediately ordered, and the messengers rushed up.

"Up!"

The officers broke down the door and instantly wiped out the smugglers in the warehouse.

A few others wriggled and tried to resist, but a soldier stabbed him in the cheek with a knife, and immediately fell silent.

"Take it back to the prison of the Criminal Department!"

Yang Xiandao.

When an official next to him saw how easily Yang Xian solved the case, he couldn't help but admire it in his heart:

"My lord, you are so powerful that you have arrested the smuggler so quickly!"

Yang Xian glanced at him coldly and said:

"This is His Majesty's idea, and this official is only acting on orders, to say that Gao Ming, the person who uses starch, is Gao Ming, if it weren't for his method, we estimate that it would be difficult for us to complete."

After saying that, Yang Xian was very interested in this person who gave His Majesty advice, and it was really unusual to be able to come up with any wonderful means.

I want to meet this master.

Subsequently, Yang Xian escorted several smugglers towards the prison of the Criminal Department.

......

Inside the prison of the Criminal Department.

I saw Yang Xian spinning in front of a few people for a long time, without saying a word, just carefully looking at a few people for a long time, and scared three of them into sweating.

At this time, an official came in from outside the door, bowed down and reported:

"My lord, Li Jianzhang failed to check the accounts of the Salt Transportation Division on time."

"Bring them in and lock them up with these smugglers."

Yang Xiandao.

"My lord, Li Jianzhang is Li Wenzhong's righteous son, is this inappropriate?"

The official reminded Yang Xiandao.

"Don't worry, the official has his own ideas."

Yang Xiandao.

After a while, a young man was dragged in, and the servant pressed his arms with both hands, he was still struggling frantically, twisting his body, and cursing Yang Xian incessantly.

"Yang Xian, if you dare to move Lao Tzu, try it, my father-in-law will not let you go."

"What are you, don't rely on the emperor to look at you and be arrogant!"

"Yang Xian, you don't have to die well!"

Yang Xian didn't seem to hear Li Jianzhang's insults, and directly ordered an interrogation.

After a while, there was a heart-rending wail from the opposite side, which frightened Li Jianzhang, who was still scolding and scolding, on the spot, and hung on the pillar softly.

At this time, the official who was executing on the opposite side ran to Yang Xian with bloody hands and reported:

"My lord, the prisoner can't stand the pain and has died."

As he spoke, he wiped his two blood-stained hands on his chest.

After a terrible wail, the men scrambled to confess all those involved in the smuggling.

"My lord, Li Jianzhang has lost his breath."

An official said to Yang Xian with a frightened face.

Yang Xian didn't have the slightest worry at all, he firmly believed that His Majesty would definitely deal with the case seriously, and those powerful people would also be purged.

A little Li Jianzhang has no time to take care of it at all, His Majesty's will is irresistible to anyone, and smuggling is just an excuse for His Majesty to deal with the powerful.

And for the tragic situation in front of him, it seems that all this is normal, anyway, he was originally a sharp sword of His Majesty, and His Majesty will swing it wherever he wants.

As long as the goal is achieved, all sacrifices are worth it.

......

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was dealing with the tax affairs in Jiangnan.

A rush of footsteps startled him,

"Your Majesty, Yang Xian asks to see you!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's face instantly became happy, he didn't expect Yang Xian's work efficiency to be so high.

"Come in!"

In a moment, Yang Xian entered the Qianqing Palace under the guidance of the eunuch, and immediately knelt down after seeing Zhu Yuanzhang and said:

"Your Majesty, this is a person involved in the smuggling case, please take a look at it."

As he spoke, he took out the transcript of the interrogation he had just recorded, handed it to the eunuch beside him and presented it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang opened it and saw that the first name at the beginning was actually a colt! For a while, the anger rushed to the bun, and the entire list was full of famous and powerful people on weekdays.

There are even many royal relatives, princes and ministers.

This colt, let's be good enough for him, to do this kind of thing that shakes the country's foundation.

What we hate the most is corrupt officials, even our concubines will not spare you, for the sake of the world's guys, we must get rid of your gang of court moths.

I will not tolerate the scourge of the people.

"Yang Xian listens to the order!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shouted angrily.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's expression and suddenly trembled in his heart, although His Majesty's reaction had already been predicted.

But this kind of majesty and domineering is terrifying, and this time there will be a group of powerful people who are going to be unlucky.

"Listen to Your Majesty's will!"

Yang Xiandao.

Zhu Yuanzhang paused and said:

"Arrest all the people involved in the case on the list, regardless of their status or official position, and put them in prison and punish them with capital punishment."

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Yang Xian on the side said that although Yang Xian was also a cool official, he didn't dare to do anything about this situation, so he advised Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Think twice? Yes, there must be fish that have slipped through the net, don't let any of us go, catch them all and cut them all! ”

Poof!

Yang Xian was stunned by this scene and knelt directly on the ground......