Volume 2 Kyoto Storm Chapter 518 The Misery of Good Intentions
Chen Lin's idea is right, there are too few people around Huang Zhang now, and there is no force to support him, if he encounters an attack, he will be more than lucky.
Chen Lin's suggestion is reasonable.
"Okay, then I'll go and see what the results of this Suo Ke are!"
When Huang Zhang found Suo Ke, Suo Ke was also happy.
"Ben will live up to his mission and successfully complete the task assigned by His Highness!"
As he spoke, Suo Ke asked the head of the exterminated bandit to be presented.
"This is the leader of the bandits I killed, this time the bandits, there are 2,000 bandits, all of them are anti-thieves and outcasts who were entrenched in Langzhong County before, all of them have been killed, and now there is a bandit leader, present to His Highness!"
Hearing Suo Ke's words, Huang Zhang was also quite pleased, a thousand people defeated two thousand people, Suo Ke still has some ability, although he is only a homeless person, but he can also see the strength.
It's just that he didn't expect that there were really mountain bandits at the pass, he thought that this was a play written and directed by Qu Jing, but he didn't expect that Qu Jing was quite rigorous in doing things.
Just as Huang Zhang was about to praise Suo Ke for a few words, Huang Zhang suddenly saw the head of the bandit who presented it.
At this moment, Huang Zhang's brain buzzed, and a feeling of dizziness suddenly hit.
Seeing Huang Zhang's crumbling appearance, Chen Lin immediately held him up!
Suo Ke on the side saw the appearance of the eldest prince, although his face was worried, but his heart was more disdainful, and he waved his hand to let people take off the head.
Just one head scares the eldest prince like this? Bag!
But they didn't know why Huang Zhang was dizzy.
Because of this human head, he is not too familiar with it.
The owner of this human head was the husband of the couple he had stayed with when he was in Yakoudao, and although his flesh and blood were blurred now, he still recognized it at a glance.
At this moment, Huang Zhang only has anger in his heart!
He suppressed the anger in his heart and asked in a low voice, "He looks like an ordinary person, why do you say that he is the leader of the mountain bandits?" ”
Huang Zhang was already exercising extreme restraint, and he really wanted to smash the head of Suo Ke in front of him with one palm at this moment.
Hearing Huang Zhang's words, Suo Ke was stunned, he was very curious now, how did His Royal Highness the Great Prince see that this person was an ordinary person just by relying on his head?
But curiosity is curiosity, and he also has his own reasons.
"The eldest prince is right, this leader was indeed disguised as an ordinary person when he was discovered, but all this can't escape my sharp eyes, I found a gold ingot in his house!"
So saying, Suo Ke asked the ingot of gold to be brought up.
Suo Ke picked up the ingot of gold and introduced it to Huang Zhang: "If they are just ordinary people, how can they get such an ingot of gold, just such an ingot of gold is enough to buy a house in the best part of Rock City!" But he lives in the mountains, what is this not a disguise? If it weren't for the ghosts in his heart, how could he hide gold and stoop to the mountains, so Your Highness, I am sure that he is the leader of the mountain bandits. ”
Hearing Suo Ke's words, Huang Zhang was dizzy again.
He never expected that he would inadvertently harm a kind couple on a whim.
"Let's go, let's go! I'm going to take a break! Huang Zhang waved his hand.
Seeing Du Huangzhang's appearance, Suo Ke naturally understood that he felt that the eldest prince was frightened.
"Your Highness, this ingot of gold?"
"Take it, take it!"
Huang Zhang didn't want to see this ingot of blood-stained gold in front of him!
Suo Ke regarded this as the eldest prince's reward for himself, and happily left with the ingot of gold.
"Your Highness, are you alright?" Chen Lin said with concern on the side.
Chen Lin was also curious at the moment, why did the eldest prince have such a reaction after seeing a human head? Could it be that I was really scared.
But Chen Lin always felt that it was not like it, after all, in his opinion, the ability of the eldest prince in front of him was still very strong, normally speaking, how could he be frightened by a head.
Chen Lin had no idea how much Huang Zhang blamed himself at this moment.
If it weren't for Huang Zhang's actions, maybe the couple wouldn't have died.
He thought very simply, just thinking that the couple were still kind-hearted, so he gave them a little kind gain, who would have thought that the reward of kindness would be death.
The most important thing is that he doesn't even know what the couple's names are.
When Chen Lin saw Huang Zhang's appearance, he was embarrassed to disturb him, so he retreated.
As soon as Chen Lin came out of the room, he saw Hu Yi'er, who he hadn't seen for a long time.
Hu Yi'er has been absent during this time, and Chen Lin is embarrassed to inquire about her, thinking that His Royal Highness the Great Prince naturally has his own opinions.
Now seeing Hu Yi'er coming back, Chen Lin immediately told Hu Yi'er what had just happened.
"Childe was unwell after seeing a human head?" Hu Yi'er frowned when she heard this.
She naturally knew that her son-in-law could not be frightened by a human head, that is, this human head had something to do with her son!
Hu Yier is worthy of being the person who has been following Huang Zhang, and she found the key to the problem at once.
When she walked into the house, she saw Huang Zhang sitting in silence.
"Childe! I am back. ”
Hu Yi'er's return didn't cause Huang Zhang's joy, he just raised his head and glanced at Hu Yi'er.
"Childe, what's wrong with you?" Hu Yi'er asked worriedly.
It was the first time she had seen Huang Zhang's gloomy appearance.
Huang Zhang also knew that his state was not right at this time, so he immediately changed his face to keep himself calm.
"You're back?"
Although Huang Zhang smiled at Hu Yi'er, Hu Yi'er also knew that Huang Zhang had something on his mind at this moment.
She walked up to Huang Zhang's side, looking worried, and was about to ask, but Huang Zhang spoke first.
"How's the investigation?"
Hearing Huang Zhang ask about serious things, Hu Yier immediately reported to Huang Zhang!
"According to Gongzi's instructions, I went to investigate the grain tax situation in Langzhong County in the past three years, and sure enough, I found a problem!"
"Oh?"
Hearing that there was a problem, Huang Zhang immediately became energetic.
"Tell me about it!"
"The three major granaries in Langzhong County, in addition to the unclear information of the granaries in Ningzhen, all the records of the granaries in Panyan City and the granaries of Jizi Valley are here."
As he spoke, Hu Yier took out two thick account books from his baggage, which were the real account books that Hu Yier had gotten, not fake books on the surface.
"I investigated the three-year grain storage in these two places, if you remove the part handed over to the imperial court, the granaries of the two places should have 100,000 stone of surplus grain, but 100,000 stone of grain, according to the situation of the Jizi Valley, is enough to support the displaced people who poured out at the beginning, the problem is ......."
"I robbed the granary of the Jizi Valley, but there are still so many people who are suffering from famine?"
"That's right!" Hu Yi'er nodded.
"In other words, there is not so much grain in the Kezi Valley at all?"
"Not only in Keiko Valley, but also not in Panyan City!"
With that, Hu Yier began to settle the account books.
"This is a detailed record of the granary expenses for the last three months, if you look at what is written in the account books, there should be 5,000 stone of grain left in Panyan City now, but I have read it, there is no 1,000 stone!"
"Humph! What a Qujing! ”