One and a half million taels of disaster relief officials were robbed, and the government and the opposition were shaken.

Forbidden City, Jinluan Palace.

The emperor urgently summoned King Xiao to discuss the matter.

Soon after the current emperor ascended the throne, the power of the court was held by Shi Zhong, the eunuch of Si Li's palm seal and the prince of Dongchang Factory.

When King Xiao entered the palace to face the saint, Shi Zhong was already in front of the palace.

"Brother Huang, something is wrong." Before King Xiao saluted, the emperor said in the first sentence.

King Xiao finished saluting, and then asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?" It makes you so panicked. ”

The emperor hurriedly replied: "Sichuan's 1.5 million taels of disaster relief official silver, in the process of escorting, was robbed by gangsters in the area of Qingju Mountain in Shunqing Mansion before leaving Sichuan, so I specially summoned the imperial brother to discuss this matter. ”

When King Xiao heard this, he was furious and said, "What a bold thief, he dares to rob the official silver." It seems that these villains are not small, they must have been committed by people in the rivers and lakes, and the general green forest Xiaoxiao did not dare to oppose the court at all. ”

Gonggong Shi also agreed: "That's right, the old slave also agrees with the prince's opinion. Qingju Mountain is not far from Phoenix Mountain, which is the territory of Tangmen. Other sects generally don't dare to make a mistake here, so the Tang Sect is the most suspicious. ”

King Xiao immediately retorted: "Impossible. The Tang Men have always been law-abiding, and in this disaster relief, the Tang Men also specially donated 100,000 taels of silver, how could they have the idea of official silver? ”

Shi Gonggong shook his head and said, "The prince's words are wrong! People's hearts are sinister, people in the rivers and lakes are capricious people, one set in front of them, and another set behind their backs, but there are many things like this kind of overt donations and covert robberies. He donated 100,000 taels openly, just to make the world think that he was a great good man, and then secretly robbed the official silver, so that no one would suspect him. ”

The emperor also agreed: "Yes, Gonggong Shi has a point. ”

King Xiao still disagreed with Shi Zhong's opinion: "Tang Mugong, the master of the Tang Sect, has always been a good person with both virtue and virtue. He has been in charge of the Tang Sect for more than 30 years, during which the Tang Sect has never done anything out of the ordinary. The people in the area of Phoenix Mountain also knew that the Tang Sect was a good family, so it was impossible for them to snatch the official silver in private. ”

After King Xiao finished speaking, Shi Zhong immediately said: "The old slave knows that the prince has always had a good relationship with the Tang Gate, but he doesn't have to protect the Tang Gate like this, right?" At present, some unscrupulous grain merchants in Huguang, seeing that grain prices are constantly rising, have privately hoarded grain and not sold it, hoping to make a lot of money, and they will not even give the government face. If we can't recover the money from the disaster relief officials in time and buy back the grain from those grain merchants for disaster relief, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people in the Huguang area will starve to death. ”

King Xiao said: "What this king said is the truth, not to protect the Tang Sect. ”

The emperor said hatefully: "These grain merchants are really hateful, I really want to arrest them all and put them to death." ”

King Xiao said again: "No. Now that people in the Huguang area are already panicking, if they continue to kill recklessly, it will only make the situation worse. It is imperative that the money received from the disaster relief authorities be recovered as soon as possible. ”

The emperor replied, "Brother Huang is right, then I will leave this matter to you." Father-in-law Shi, you Dongchang must cooperate with my imperial brother and find out the case as soon as possible. ”

King Xiao said: "The minister's decree." But if this matter is done by people in the rivers and lakes, I am afraid that it will be difficult for people in the government to investigate. According to the minister's opinion, if the government in the Ming Dili wants to continue to investigate, it is best to send another upright person from the rivers and lakes to visit each faction in Sichuan to secretly visit, so that the effect may be better. ”

The emperor said: "Just according to the royal brother." Gonggong Shi, you Dongchang went to Sichuan to investigate this case with great fanfare. Brother Huang, I will leave the secret investigation to you. ”

When King Xiao returned to the palace, he immediately summoned three of his most powerful staff members to discuss the matter, they were: Wu Buxiao, Cheng Shi Worry and Defeat Zhong Huan. Cheng Shi Worry and Defeat Zhonghuan are both King Xiao's most trusted martial arts masters, but Wu Buxiao is King Xiao's think tank.

King Xiao opened his mouth and said: "The emperor ordered me to investigate the case of the robbery of the official silver of Shunqing Mansion, I want to find an upright person in the rivers and lakes to investigate this matter, can you think of a suitable person?" ”

Defeated Huan replied: "Shunqing Mansion is the territory of the Tang Gate, and the prince is befriending the Tang Gate, so naturally he is looking for the Tang Gate!" ”

King Xiao denied: "No. Now they are also suspected and cannot be involved in the case at all. ”

Defeated Huan answered wrong, but actually laughed and said: "Hehe! I'm wrong again, talent! ”

Cheng Shiwu then replied: "Then look for a swordsman!" ”

When King Xiao heard this, he immediately clapped his hands and exclaimed, "This is a good idea. ”

When Cheng Shiwu heard that he had answered correctly, he immediately hung his head and said very sadly: "Why did I answer correctly again, damn it!" ”

King Xiao said: "Let's find a swordsman, and we will find the highest martial arts in a while, but we must find the most upright and least greedy person to do this." Mr. Wu, I don't know if there is a suitable candidate among the swordsmen? ”

Wu Buxiao replied: "If you want to find a swordsman, it is best to find the top ten swordsmen on the swordsman list." Among the top ten swordsmen, there are indeed candidates who meet the requirements of the prince. ”

King Xiao was overjoyed when he heard this, and asked, "Oh? Who is he? ”

Wu Buxiao replied: "The swordsman list ranks fifth, and the sword shadow ranks fifth. ”

King Xiao said: "Okay, just look for this person, and ask Mr. Wu to invite him quickly." ”

Wu Buxiao said: "This matter is easy to handle, and now he is in the capital." ”

"Wonderful! Then I'm going to meet him myself. ”

Cuiyun Lou in Beijing, it is not the most famous restaurant in Beijing, but it is the most popular restaurant in Beijing, the reason is that its wine is better than other restaurants. Its wine is made by itself, and it uses a unique secret recipe called Cuiyunxiang.

The boss of Cuiyun Building is an old man, no one knows what his name is, everyone is a golden old man, or an old golden head. Cuiyunxiang has always been brewed by himself, and outsiders can't learn it at all. Because the wine is good, the people in the rivers and lakes of the capital especially like to drink here. People in the rivers and lakes don't care about the quality of the food, but the wine must be good. As long as the wine is good, you can cut some cooked beef or something, and you can drink it.

Three months ago, a young man came to his shop, who was very handsome and handsome, and even men were a little tempted to see it. When the old golden head saw him for the first time, he couldn't help but praise: "What a handsome offspring! How can there be such a man like water in the world? ”

The young man had long hair that hung down to his waist, and a high bun on his head, with bangs in front of him skewed to the left. Because his bangs are too long, they will slip down from time to time to cover his left eye, so he always likes to keep shaking his hair.

Although the old golden head also felt that this young man was made of water, with his decades of experience in knowing people, he knew that this person's heart was not made of water, he was a man with strong blood.

He always carried a sword, and even the scabbard shone brightly, and at first glance it was a sword. He has a cold gaze, but he speaks with great humility, although he rarely speaks. He only ordered two things at a time, a jar of green cloud incense and a roast chicken. He is very low-key, but how can a handsome descendant like him really be low-key. Everywhere he went, there were many eyes on him, either talking or admiring. He was clearly used to the situation and never paid attention to it.

From then on, young people came to him every day to drink, and the old golden man gradually became acquainted with him. Every time he came, before he could speak, Lao Jintou had already prepared the best Cuiyunxiang and the largest roast chicken, and sometimes gave a jar of Cuiyunxiang for nothing. The old gold head has always been very good at doing business, and this kind of repeat customer must be retained.

When the old golden head saw his sword, he knew that he must be from the rivers and lakes, so he never asked anything, and the young man never said much. For three months, they became familiar strangers.