In the evening of the next day, Li Yuan stood in the house dedicated to placing gifts.

Looking at the glittering and silver gifts piled up throughout the house, Li Yuan shook his head and sighed:

"This king is not interested in money anymore."

Li Yuan felt that the happiest time was when he used to pit Li Yao for dozens of taels of silver from time to time.

Since he came to Lingzhou, he has given tens of thousands of taels per person, and he feels that there is no fun at all.

"Alas!"

This morning, Mo Ziyan, Lu Changming and other officials in the city came to pay their respects, because Li Yuan had already released his words last night, and Li Yuan rewarded Zhou Qiuya and other seven officials with their positions very smoothly.

All three parties were happy and got the results they wanted.

In the afternoon, the various forces in the city sent gifts to give gifts.

In the next few days, and even during this period of time, people with heads and faces in various counties and cities may send a big gift to congratulate the King of Chu on his arrival in Lingyang Mansion.

Bother!

It's annoying!

I have to vacate a few more empty houses for gifts.

Li Yuan waved his sleeves, and when he left with his backhand, he said to the little leaf next to him:

"Xiao Yezi, you go and count it again for this king."

"Yes!"

The little leaf next to him looked at the golden shining one, his eyes lit up, just now he and His Highness had counted it twice, and now it was the third time.

…………

Time flies, and a month has passed in a blink of an eye, and the people in the palace have their own duties, recruiting maids and servants, so that the original Chu Palace, which was originally less crowded, has become more and more orderly.

This month, after Li Yuan went to the mansion to watch it once, he never went again, and traveled around the capital city all day long, looking comfortable and enjoyable, which made people in the capital city feel at ease.

In the morning, as soon as Li Yuan woke up from his cultivation, he heard a hurried call from outside Xiao Yezi's house.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"Mozhifu has an urgent report."

Li Yuan's expression moved, and he thought silently in his heart, has there been a beginning?

This is the first time that Mo Ziyan has reported something to him, and the matter is not ordinary, and it is likely to involve Chu Qingyan!

Li Yuan quickly got up and went to the main hall.

In the past month, Chu Qingyan arranged for Zhou Qiuya and seven people to enter the mansion, which can be described as jumping up and down, and the intention of soliciting and winning over is undisguised, but no one has been able to suppress it, and now finally someone can't help it.

In the main hall, Mo Ziyan's face was serious, and when he saw Li Yuan coming, he took two steps forward and said directly:

"Your Highness, something happened, the granary of Xicheng was stolen, and 100,000 stone of grain was missing!"

"100,000 stones?"

Li Yuan's heart was shocked, and there was a trace of anger in his eyes,

"They" are so bold!

"What's going on?"

"This morning, the guards regularly went to the Xicheng granary to receive the next month's grain, and when the inspectors counted the Xicheng granary, they found that the number of Xicheng granaries was wrong, and there was a shortage of 100,000 stones."

Mo Ziyan said in a deep voice, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes.

The capital city is divided into four granaries, east, west, north and south, and the importance of these four granaries is self-evident, and 40,000 guards regularly go to the granaries every month to receive military rations.

Li Yuan slowly closed his eyes, and his tone became calm:

"Who is the grain officer of Xicheng Warehouse?"

"Liu Lei!"

Mo Zi's tone was cold and dissatisfied:

"Since the establishment of the warehouse, there has never been such a serious theft of the granary, and 100,000 stones of grain have been stolen!

Liu Lei was derelict in his duties, no matter whether the stolen 100,000 stone grain could be recovered, he should be beheaded according to the law! ”

"This granary theft is a major event that must be presided over by His Highness."

…………

When Li Yuan and Mo Ziyan rushed to the granary of Xicheng, it was already guarded by heavy guards.

When Li Yuan walked in, he saw the door of the huge warehouse, Liu Lei's face was pale, his face was full of panic, trembling, and he was kneeling on the ground by the soldiers, and there was a faint smell of wine all over his body.

Apparently drank last night!

In addition to Liu Lei, the officials guarding the granary were also detained.

Bo Lin Changhai, the head of the government, arrived early, and his cold gaze was enough to freeze Liu Lei to death.

A group of patrols probe around the granary, looking for clues.

Seeing Li Yuan's arrival, Lin Changhai hurriedly walked forward with his entourage and said respectfully:

"See His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

"How's it going?" Li Yuan waved his hand, looked at the situation around the granary, and motioned for them to get up.

Lin Changhai pointed at Liu Lei, who fell to the ground softly, with angry eyes, and said: "Your Highness, no traces of theft were found in the granary, and when the lower officials came, they found that Liu Lei, the grain official guarding the warehouse in Xicheng, was still drunk!" ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Weichen has been wronged!" When Liu Lei saw Li Yuan's arrival, he had already woken up from drunkenness, and hurriedly knelt down and begged to lie on the ground, begging bitterly:

"Wechen was framed, Wechen didn't drink last night, Wechen was suddenly knocked unconscious when he inspected the granary, and when he woke up the next day, Wechen was full of alcohol, apparently someone knocked Wechen unconscious last night, deliberately drunk with me.

Today is the day the guards receive their rations, and no matter how stupid I am, I can drink. ”

Lin Changhai saw that Liu Lei still dared to quibble, so he took a step forward and said coldly:

"Then let me ask you, where did the lost 100,000 stone grain go, and you didn't notice such a big move as the theft of 100,000 stone grain?

I have already asked the granary guard, these days you drink with people every day, get drunk every day, this is also someone else knocked you out? ”

Lin Changhai was full of anger at the moment, he was the main man, the grain and grass belonged to his control, and he was also responsible for the theft of the granary.

When Liu Lei heard this, his pupils showed panic, and he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and lowered his head in annoyance.

Lin Changhai was right.

The grain guard officer in Xicheng is a fat poor, and there are people in all departments who scold themselves, Liu Lei He didn't stand the temptation, and he also wanted to use this to win over these people.

It turned out that it had been premeditated a long time ago.

Now that he has come to his senses, it is useless.

The patrol sent to investigate was a tough man, who quickly ran in front of Li Yuan and said respectfully:

"See His Royal Highness the King of Chu."

Then his sharp eyes glanced at Liu Lei and the group of small officials:

"Your Highness, my lords, the granary is intact everywhere, no special traces have been found around, it is obviously impossible for 100,000 stone grain to be transported away at one time without revealing traces, if the subordinates guess, there must be someone in the granary in Xicheng who should cooperate with the outside and cover up the amount of grain every day, and steal it many times,"

Li Yuan nodded and ordered:

"Come on, put them in prison, and interrogate them one by one."

"Yes!"

"Mo Zhifu, the Xicheng granary is guarded by personnel arranged by you, and no one is allowed to step into it without the king's order."

"Yes!"

………………

And Chu Qingyan also got the news at this moment, and Zhou Qiuya and others gathered in the mansion to talk, looking at Chu Qingyan with a worried face.

Originally, they thought that guarding the granary was a fat difference, but they didn't expect that once something happened, it would be so fatal.

"Second Miss, we must save Liu Lei."

Fan Min and Liu Lei have the best relationship, and there is an ambiguous relationship.

Fan Min said anxiously.

Others were not very optimistic, and looked worried, and the theft of the granary was clearly aimed at them.

Liu Lei was just the first, but as soon as he made the first move, it was difficult for them to parry.

It is not clear which enemy they are attacking now.