As soon as An Guogong returned home, he learned that Su Huaixiao was coming, and he wanted to see him by name. He shivered nervously, and subconsciously wanted to find Yue Yan, but was stopped by Jiang Chen.

"Duke An Guo, the prince and the princess have been waiting for a long time, please."

An Guogong couldn't push it, so he could only follow the other party to the study with his tail between his legs.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Su Huaixiao sitting behind his desk, flipping through the official documents he had been on an errand in the Ministry of Industry recently. And An Yueli leaned over slightly and picked up the wick on the table brighter.

"Lord, princess, Duke An Guo has arrived."

An Guogong swallowed nervously, "Lord Xiao, what wind blew you here?" ”

Su Huaixiao didn't look up, but An Yueli pointed to the chair on the side.

"Father is here, sit down."

An Guogong didn't dare to refute, so he could only sit down and wait anxiously, but his mind kept thinking about where he had offended this big Buddha.

After a long while, Su Huaixiao put down the official document in his hand.

"An Guogong."

Hearing his name, An Guogong subconsciously sat up straight.

Su Huaixiao didn't go around in circles, and explained his intentions straight to the point.

"You should have received news that the king has been ordered by the emperor to oversee the repair of the granary. When I checked the official documents today, I found that the official documents that applied to the state treasury for the transfer of timber were signed by you. ”

While he spoke, An Yueli took the official document to An Guogong for a look.

"There's your money on it."

"Yes, it's mine. What's wrong? ”

An Yueli pointed to the contents again, "What's going on with this batch of pines?" ”

"Pine? What pine? ”

"The prince has sent someone to verify, and there is only ash at the repair site, and no pine wood has been found. Pine wood is flammable and is not suitable for repairing granaries at all. Where did the pine you claimed go? ”

An Guogong was stunned at first, and then denied it.

"What the hell are you talking about, when did I claim pine?"

"The facts are in front of you, and you dare to deny them?"

"Yueli."

Su Huaixiao suddenly spoke, and a faint coercive voice came, which calmed An Yueli's gradually irritable mood in time.

"Let An Guogong say it himself."

An Yueli took a deep look at the middle-aged man in front of her, threw the official document to the other party, and patiently retreated to Su Huaixiao's side.

An Guogong also realized the seriousness of the matter, and hurriedly picked up the official document and looked at it carefully.

"This is not an official document signed by me. No, it's true that the signature is my seal, but the contents of it have been tampered with! ”

An Guogong trembled and rushed to the desk with the official document in his hand, "Lord Xiao, someone wants to harm me!" ”

Su Huaixiao's face was cold, and his phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.

"Are you sure that someone is trying to harm you, and not that you are pretending to be a private person and taking the opportunity to embezzle things in the treasury?"

"How dare I!" An Guogong promised hoarsely, "Even if you lend me another hundred guts, I won't dare to do such a headless thing!" ”

An Yueli on the side carefully observed his expression, and saw that he didn't look like he was lying, so he eased his attitude.

"It's really not you?"

"It's not me!"

Shu Huaixiao took the opportunity to ask: "The other party can tamper with the content of the official document after you signed it, either it is someone with a higher position than you in the Ministry of Industry, or someone close to you."

Do you remember when you signed this official document, and who else was around you at that time? ”

An Guogong thought for a while, and his eyes flickered.

"This, I...... I don't remember. ”

"Don't you want to say it or don't remember?" An Yueli threatened in a deep voice, "Do you know that embezzling the materials of the Momo treasury is a crime of asking for a head!"

If you don't say it, tomorrow I will take my mother to the government with you to be separated, and then whether you live or die has nothing to do with our mother and daughter! ”

Frightened by her like this, An Guogong's legs and feet were weak and he almost fell to the ground, and half of his body hung on the edge of the table in embarrassment.

"I said, I said I can't do it yet." He glanced at Su Huaixiao with a weak heart, "Actually, this official document was not signed by me, but the Yue family worked on behalf of him." ”

"Yue's?"

"Recently, there have been too many things in the Ministry of Industry, and I have been overwhelmed, and I have not been able to complete several errands in a row. Lord Shangshu scolded me for not being competent, and I drank a few more drinks that night in a fit of anger.

As a result, when I woke up, it was already the second half of the night, and I felt a headache when I thought that there were still a lot of official documents to be handed in the next day.

At this time, Yue offered to share the burden for me, and I ......"

"You're going to hand over the official documents of the court to a woman in the back house to deal with?" An Yueli was almost so angry by the other party that she ascended to heaven on the spot, "It's already a violation of the rules for you to bring the official documents back to the mansion in private, and you dare to let the Yue family touch these things." Don't you know what she's like? ”

Su Huaixiao's face was also very ugly, if it weren't for the fact that the other party was An Yueli's father, he was afraid that he would take people down on the spot.

"In addition to this official document, what else are signed by the Yue family?"

An Guogong lowered his head, and his voice was full of emptiness.

"Since that day, she has handled many official documents for me."

An Yueli raised her forehead, "Lord Wang, I'll go and call the Yue family." ”

Su Huaixiao raised his hand to stop, "Don't startle the snake." Even if the Yue clan changed the paperwork, it was not something that she could do by transferring so many pine woods, and there must be someone else behind the scenes. ”

After he said this, An Yueli suddenly realized, and could only sigh that she was dizzy by An Guogong just now.

"You're right, who has the ability to unknowingly take the contents of the treasury away, and where is it going?"

Su Huaixiao gave a look, and Jiang Chen understood what he meant.

"I'm going to check it out."

Su Huaixiao continued to order An Guogong, "Draft another document to apply for materials and let Yue Shi sign it." ”

An Guogong was frightened, "This, why is this?" ”

An Yueli glanced at the other party speechlessly, "What else can it be, of course it's to lure the snake out of the hole!" ”

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"Be careful, these are the materials needed for the repair of the granary, don't bump into it."

Under the constant reminders of the officials, horse-drawn carriages loaded with timber drove out of the treasury.

The sky is not beautiful, and the light rain is dripping non-stop. To prevent damage to the wood, all vehicles are covered with black tarpaulin.

Timber processing workshops were set up on the outskirts of the southern part of the city, and as the wagons left the city, the rain suddenly began to get heavier. For a while, people blurred their vision, and they could only see the scene in front of them.

In the midst of such heavy rain, the back third of the carriage of the convoy unconsciously began to fall behind, and when it passed the fork in the road, it turned directly into a small road and disappeared into the dense forest.

Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped in an open field.

With the sound of bamboo whistles, more than a dozen sturdy men in robes appeared one after another.

"Quick, hurry up and unload! The old rule, things are sent to the dock and shipped away tonight! ”

However, just as they were about to steal the wood, a group of black-clad and masked guards descended from the sky and killed them by surprise.