Zheng Tong's voice made Liu Zhi shudder. It's not all hypocrisy, but it's a bit true. Liu Zhi laughed dryly, and then he dragged him into the house to talk.

In Zheng's house, in the past, there were many domestic servants and maids shuttling back and forth to tidy up and clean, but now there are few people missing.

Liu Zhi followed him to the main hall, and the two sat down, and then they heard Zheng Tongyi come together.

The Zheng family has always had manpower to and from the counties around Tongcheng, often getting up in the morning and returning at dusk, pressing the time to open and close the city gates.

A few days ago, the city was too guarded, and although there were supplies, the price of rice and grain in the city still rose. The city gate was finally opened, and after a few days of stability, several families found out the news that some people collected a large amount of grain from all over the surrounding area.

Originally, there was Taishou who controlled the price, and even if there was a war or any turmoil, it should not rise uncontrollably.

But it's not the same when someone collects grain. Tongcheng said that it is not big or small, if the people in the city hoard by themselves, there are restrictions on transportation capacity and storage manpower, etc., which will not affect the overall situation too much. But it is the Sun family who collects the grain, and there are thousands of dollars, and everything must be collected, if there is any idea, I am afraid the impact will not be small.

After getting this news, each family couldn't sit still after a little calculation, Tongcheng only temporarily kept the peace, but the long-term stability knew that it was impossible, if the Sun family pinched the lifeblood of food, it would really be a military disaster again, and it would be terrible later.

Zheng Tong didn't care whether Liu believed it or not, he only said that in order to cope with this, his family would collect some food for his own use, and if there was a crisis, he could also help Taishou to help the people.

Liu Zhu didn't entangle with him on this, but just asked why he was so sad since he was prepared?

Zheng Tong said that he had planned well, but although the servants of the family went out of the city with a lot of money in the past two days, they did not come back. The same goes for the people who were sent out to find it, and they haven't even sent back a single message.

Regarding this matter, Zheng Tong pulled Liu Zhu and talked for a long time, and insisted that it was the Sun family who made a stumbling block.

Before leaving, he told him to be too shou to be the master for them. Liu Zhu was full of answers, and no matter what Zheng Tong's intentions were, if the people under his rule disappeared in the territory for no reason, he, the Taishou, must be found out.

After coming out of Zheng's house, Liu Zhu went to Shijia Wang's house one by one, but it was the same situation. Now Liu's waist is also stiff, since this is the case, he will go to Sun's house to take a walk.

But when I arrived at the place, the Sun family was also in a general situation, and Master Sun did not look like the initiator at all, and calculated the losses in the house to Liu Shu one by one, but it was more than the other families, combined.

Liu Zhi was puzzled at this time, thinking that he had made trouble with the thieves, so he didn't dare to stay, and hurriedly went back to the government to make arrangements. But before he entered the door, he met Li Mao, who had just finished interrogating Liu Ruobai and them.

Liu Zhu said the matter casually, and Li Mao led him to come with him to find his past.

When the two of them arrived in the middle of the house, Wen was looking through the accounts there, and when he saw them coming, he ordered them to sit down and watch the tea, and Liu Zhu told his aunt everything about it.

"Then the Zheng family not only lost someone, but also lost four or five thousand taels of silver. Although the historians of the Wang family are not as good as the Zheng family, they add up to a lot of them. And the Sun family is more. Liu Shu said that his mouth was dry, and he drank three or five teas, but he was sincerely anxious, and his tone was urgent.

Wen Gu held the accounts, seemingly absent-minded, but sighed from time to time.

Liu Zhu felt that his aunt should have listened to this, so he said again: "Zheng Tong and these people are hateful, but if there are really thieves and bandits near Tongcheng, it doesn't matter at this time, if they hurt the lives of the people again in the future, it will become a big deal." ”

"can take the affairs of the people as a major matter, and my nephew is indeed a good official." Although he said this, his eyes still did not leave the account.

"If I don't care about fame and fortune, it's fake, but now that I have a false name, I don't need more. At the moment, the people are in trouble, and the second is that the adults from Lianzhou are about to arrive, and after such a fuss at this time, I am afraid that there are other things. "Liu Zhu is also real, how to think how to say.

"What else does my nephew think?" Wen asked.

"Then I have to ask my aunt to send troops to fight the bandits, and only after interrogation can I make a decision, lest there really be an oversight and ruin what my aunt has to do." Liu Shu still can't figure out what her "aunt" is doing, and it is still unknown whether she cares about the people of Tongcheng, but when it comes to her own affairs, she should always be attentive.

"My nephew is pregnant with my aunt. Don't think about the money, it's true that people go back. Wen Gu said, "You have to go to Zhou Tong for this matter." ”

Liu Zhu thought to himself that Zhou Mangfu didn't listen to you that week, so don't shirk him like this now, but his face was not revealed, and he said: "Tongcheng still wants my aunt to be in charge." ”

But he heard Wen Gu ask: "Zheng Tong told you how much he lost?" ”

"More than 4,000 taels, and more than 50 capable domestic servants." Liu replied.

Wen Gu sighed again, handed the account in his hand to Liu Zhu, Zhixia took it first and gave it to him, Liu Shu did not hesitate, just read it. The total amount is clearly written on the account, about more than 12,000 taels of grain, and the Zheng family is clearly written on the payment.

Liu Zhu was shocked: "There are so many! The Zheng family is not honest, I know that he will lie, but half of the lies are not enough, but there are more than three times! ”

Wen Gu smiled: "You can take a look at the others." ”

When Liu Zhu heard this, he looked down, and sure enough, each family was not true, and the original sum was nearly 20,000 taels, but now, it is as much as 100,000 taels.

Liu Zhi sighed while watching: "No wonder I said that one or two of them have also seen the wind and waves, although the original number is not small, but it will not make them like that." Now it makes sense, this is all the money of the family. ”

I listened to him talk to him, but I just ate tea and kept silent. Liu Zhu was about to say more, but suddenly realized something, stood up and asked, "How can my aunt have a real number?" ”

Wen Gu just smiled, and handed Liu a booklet with the names of the servants who were kidnapped by the mountain bandits, and then said: "The intentions of these families, can the nephew understand?" ”

Liu Zhu replied: "It must be that they plan to take advantage of the opportunity to make money, not to mention that there is a war, even if it is a peaceful day, just they toss like this, I am afraid they can make a lot of trouble." ”

Wen Gu said: "Yes, so it is better to say that evil has evil retribution, they do not do good deeds, naturally the luck is not good, and the people sent out were kidnapped by mountain bandits, no, the booklet was sent to me." ”

(End of chapter)