Chapter 193: The Reputation of the Great General
Some people took the lead in not accepting the money, but the prince did not hide and gave them all the money.
When all the money of the fundraisers had been paid, the shopkeeper of the grocery store appeared in front of everyone.
"I've heard that everyone has received money, but we don't even have an invitation, what does that mean?"
He knew that the person who raised the grain was the crown prince, so he didn't dare or wanted to come, but the person above said that if he didn't return the grain, he had to return the silver, otherwise he wouldn't have to do it.
He also said that the prince would not embarrass him for the sake of fame, and he observed in the dark for a long time, and found that the prince was really an approachable person, and indeed returned all the money to those people, so he dared to come out and question.
In fact, the reason why he didn't send him an invitation was that Qi Shizi wanted to give the money himself, but before he could implement it, the other party came.
"Wait!" Before the prince and Qi Yuncang could speak, a voice came from a distance, and a group of people walked towards them with a woman in her hair tied high, wearing a black riding costume, looking heroic - the person who came was Su Yansheng.
Qi Yuncang saw Su Yansheng, and there was indescribable excitement in his heart.
The first thing he thought of was her handwriting, the note sent by Feiying was written by her, and it was exactly the same as Feng's, but it was not surprising, from the extent that he was willing to help his cousin avenge himself, he knew that they had a good relationship, and it was not impossible for his cousin to worship his cousin and write the same font, and even some people could imitate many people's fonts.
But he didn't have no expectations in his heart, he knew he was too greedy, but he still couldn't help but wonder if they would be the same person.
Su Yanshang also saw Qi Yuncang, and after meeting the prince, he greeted him: "Shizi."
After that, she looked at the grocery store again.
"First of all, I have already paid for your grocery store, please see, this is proof."
The bell immediately took out a certificate to prove that the other party had received the money.
This is a certificate signed by Song Chen's people who bought a lot of things from the grocery store yesterday, but paid the bill but did not take the things away, and the certificate did not specify the specific goods. At that time, the shopkeeper was still secretly excited, and wanted to deny that he had ordered the goods when the other party came to pick up the goods.
"How did you have this? This is me yesterday and one—is it a game you set up?" The shopkeeper finally reacted. Before he became an adult, he was cheated by others.
"Shopkeeper, since I have already paid for the food, what are you still doing here? Do you want to double it? It's too greedy."
"The old man has never traded grain with you."
"Does the shopkeeper admit that your grocery store sells food?"
"Of course not, so the old man said that there was no grain deal with you at all."
"Since you don't have food, why did you come to the prince for silver?"
Everyone who watched the excitement was talking and confused: "I haven't seen food in the grocery store."
"yes, maybe the food is the grocery store owner's own."
"We don't have any grain to sell in our grocery store, but there is a huge warehouse, and there are often merchants from the north and south to store things in our warehouse, and these grains are put by a merchant in the capital.
"Later, the food was robbed, and I could only compensate the guest with silver taels."
"Don't worry, let's take a look at this again." Seeing that the other party did not admit it, the bell took out a huge piece of paper, on which was written the source of food from the Shanyuan grocery store, and hundreds of handprints were pressed.
Since the grain harvest in autumn this year, the Shanyuan grocery store has sent people everywhere to grab grain, and it is really robbing, under the banner of the officials in the capital, so it is useless when the peasants who were robbed of grain sue Yin of Shanyuan Mansion. Everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
And it went on for five years.
"It's just a story you made up."
As soon as the shopkeeper's voice fell, a group of people came outside the crowd, this time it was a large group of black press, with hundreds of people.
As soon as they came, they knelt down in front of the prince: "Please do it for the grass people."
Lord, the Shanyuan Grocery Store has been robbing the grass people of their food for several years."
"What evidence do you have that it was our grocery store that robbed it, after all, who grabbed the grain and will report their names?"
"Isn't it the first year of robbery, I don't know if I've been robbed once, I don't know about it twice, and I don't know it for the third time? His Royal Highness the Prince, the grass people secretly followed them when they robbed their family of freshly harvested wheat for the third time, and the gang later went to other places to rob them, but they all returned to this grocery store in the end."
"Later, it was also the grass people who united several families who were robbed of grain to sue the officials, but Shanyuan Mansion Yin did not solve the problem for the grass people. The grass people thought that maybe this was the fate of the poor, and the grass people did not deserve to live in peace."
"I didn't expect to see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in this life, please let His Highness call the shots for the grass people!"
"Please let Your Highness call the shots for the grass people." The other hundred-hundred-hundred-man echoed in unison.
When Song Chen's people found them, they knew about it, and they were excited to have the opportunity to solve the problem.
"Everyone, please calm down, since this prince is here today, he will be in charge. Shopkeeper, what else do you want to justify?"
"It's all a conspiracy, it's all a conspiracy, the prince, please be aware of it." The shopkeeper was also nervous, and said that the backstage above was very big, and I hope it was true.
"Since you want this prince to see, this prince will see! Zhou Shilang!"
This time he traveled with the prince, as well as Zhou Rin, the right attendant of the Criminal Department.
"You go to this prince to check and see if this matter is true, and you must know the truth before the sun goes down."
"Yes."
Time dragged on for fear of change, and hundreds of people were consumed here, and it didn't take too long, so he let things get things done quickly.
While waiting, Su Yanshang whispered a few words to Qi Yuncang, and he immediately arranged for someone to cook ginger soup in a restaurant opposite, after all, it is not easy for everyone to drink a bowl of ginger soup on a cold day, and drinking a bowl of ginger soup makes people feel warm.
Of course, the credit for this belongs to the prince.
For the people, on the one hand, there are bullies who have robbed people of food for several years, and on the other hand, there is the prince who helps people find out the truth and cooks ginger soup for them, and the balance in their hearts has long been tilted in favor of the prince.
The second prince, who was proud of the prince's reputation, heard the situation here, and was so angry that he almost broke the calm he had been pretending.
But things have come to this point, and he can't seem to do anything.
"Hurry up and find a way for this prince, you must make the crown prince's reputation stink."
Xie Kui was silent for a while and said, "It's better for us to create chaos in the crowd and kill people."
The second prince was in a bad mood at this time, and he couldn't judge whether the idea was good or bad, so he finally said, "Go and go, you have to do it cleanly."
Some of those people were chatting while drinking ginger soup, some were pacing back and forth, and the weather was cold, and even the prince was standing outside with them, and they had nothing to complain about.
Suddenly, there was a commotion in the crowd, someone's ginger soup was knocked over, someone fell, the cold light flashed, Qi Yuncang immediately performed light skills, grabbed the troublemaker and threw it out, and suppressed another troublemaker with his backhand.
It turned out that someone appeared out of nowhere and wanted to slash at them, but Qi Yuncang found it early, and his movements were as fast as lightning, and they failed before they could make a move.
One of the troublemakers was caught explaining that the other was a madman and often attacked people for no reason. But the prince is here, and there is no excuse for the danger caused.
Su Yansheng: "I see."
"Lady Shizi, please advise."
"Prince, don't dare, the reason why they don't send many people to cut people is so obvious, it looks like someone deliberately arranged it, but two people are like this, you can find this reason, it is reasonable."
"One person is crazy, the other person is his relative, running after each other with a whip, the madman hurts people with a knife, and the one with the whip in the back can say that he wants to tie up the other party, but the whip is thrown out, there are so many people here, and there are a few injuries."
"Fortunately, the son of the world is here, and he reacts quickly to restrain people, otherwise—"
"As for who arranged it, the prince can take it back and interrogate it properly
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The prince knew who arranged it.
The second prince knew that Xie Kui's plan had failed, so he threw off his robe angrily: "Xie Kui, if you fail in your plan next time, you won't be by the prince's side."
"The second prince forgives his sins!"
"Qi Yuncang is really helping my imperial brother, it's really unreasonable, this prince is still a step late."
"It's not too late, Second Prince, Weichen believes that Qi Shizi is not on the side."
Before evening, Zhou Rin found out the truth, in recent years, Shanyuan grocery stores have indeed gone to many farmers to collect grain under the banner of the government and even the officials of the capital, especially General Yi, which should be said to be robbing grain. They also love to go to remote places, and the more remote they are, the less likely it is for farmers to go to the city to trouble them.
Qi Yuncang had a bad premonition.
"What else do you have to say?" The facts were in front of him, and Zhou Rin asked the shopkeeper seriously.
The shopkeeper kowtowed to the prince: "The prince spares his life, the prince spares his life, someone forced the grass people to do this, he is holding the grass people's family, and the grass people dare not disobey!"
"Who persecuted you? Do this unconscionable thing?"
"It's Mrs. Yi, the mother of General Yi who died on the battlefield five years ago."
"You're talking nonsense!" Qi Yuncang said with anger on his face.
These people, knowing that they are cornered, are accustomed to pulling people as shields.
"The little ones don't talk nonsense, and the little ones don't dare to talk nonsense! Mrs. Yi said that as long as she used the banner of her son to tell those people that the grain was for the frontier soldiers, and if they supplied food, she would not arrest them and send them to the army."
"Most of those peasants are ignorant, especially in many remote places, no one in a village has ever been to the county seat, and they are most afraid of officials, so they will scare them in the name of officials, and they will agree to anything!"
These people who dare to complain, very few of them have seen the world boldly, most of them are persuaded by the very few people, some of them really don't understand how to be deceived, and after being told the truth, they suddenly realized that they came to settle accounts with someone together, and some of the timid ones didn't come at all.
"Is it true?" The prince asked Zhou Rin.
"Indeed!"
The most shocking thing was Qi Yuncang, he still didn't want to believe it, but the facts were in front of him.
He looked at Su Yansheng - no wonder Ah Yan is here, he is here to take revenge.
His own mother used his reputation, even posthumous fame, to make a lot of money, on the one hand, for the sake of the country, for the people of the general, on the other hand, for his mother who harmed the people under his banner, what an irony!