The firelight was longing, and between the huge courtyards, Chen Xia was pushed and staggered out of it.

Dressed in white, he seemed to have been picked up in bed.

Raising his head, Chen Xia saw Li Xian in red clothes and gold armor under the escort of many thousand cow guards.

"The King?" Chen Xia's face was full of surprise, he never expected that at this moment, it would be King Li Xian who appeared at his house and copied his house.

Chen Xia subconsciously looked around, no, under the bright firelight, there was no trace of the king of Nanchang.

They were wrong, the news was wrong from all sides.

Their worst enemy was never Li Xuan, the king of Nanchang, but Li Xian, the king of England.

The King of England has always been pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, secretly planning everything in Taozhou, and they have always only stared at the King of Nanchang, ignoring King Li Xian.

Seeing Chen Xia with a face full of regret, Li Xian felt quite interesting, he waved his hand at Qianniuwei around him, and Qianniuwei immediately pushed Chen Xia to Li Xian's side.

"Xiaguan Chen Xia has seen His Royal Highness the King of England, I don't know what crime His Royal Highness has committed, and he is so troubled by His Royal Highness the King of England?" Chen Xia gave his hand very disrespectfully.

Li Xian glanced to the side, and then Li Xuan had already flashed out.

Seeing Li Xuan, Chen Xia's complexion suddenly changed.

"Your crime, this king doesn't say much, and then there is Dali Temple, Yushitai, and the Criminal Department jointly approved, this king came to you today for only one purpose, that is, to copy enough food from your Chen family to make up for the deficit in the treasury."

Li Xian looked up at the entire Chen Mansion, and then said softly: "You'd better hope that there is enough grain in your family's warehouse, otherwise, I'm afraid you will have to use the servants and women in the family to cover it." ”

Servants and women are also a kind of wealth, and Chen Xia's face suddenly became difficult to look at.

Li Yi's appearance here is enough to prove that the things they did before have been completely exposed.

"There is not much grain stored in this house, if Your Highness wants to find a place where the Chen family hides the grain, you can go to the Chen family's warehouse in the west of the city, and the Chen family's grain is all stacked there, and you can sell it and take it at any time." Chen Xia's expression was calm, and he directly explained the true location of the Chen family's grain storage for many years.

Li Xian nodded lightly, and then said: "It's rare, but these don't bother Captain Chen, the place that Captain Chen just said, this king has already sent someone over, and the things at home should have been assessed more than once."

If the food is sufficient, they will use it, and if they do not have enough food, they will use gold and silver treasures, and if they are not enough, they will use women and servants. ”

Chen Xia's whole person couldn't help but pause, and his face was ugly and terrible for a moment.

After a while, Chen Xia said dejectedly: "Your Highness is really shrewd and capable, and the officials are impressed. ”

A hint of pride flashed at the corner of Li Xian's mouth, and then his expression instantly became solemn: "But now, this king only wants to know one thing, this time Tubo sent people to Lintao, how many people did they send?" ”

Chen Xia was stunned for a moment, and his breathing instantly became heavy.

Li Xian's eyes were solemn for a while, although this was the question that Li Xuan asked him to ask, but it was also what Li Xian wanted to know.

Li Xian stared straight at Chen Xia, as if he couldn't wait to see through what he was thinking at a glance.

Chen Xia suddenly laughed, and finally put down his burden and said: "Actually, the lower officials don't know, the lower officials are just secretly reselling some grain, taking advantage of the situation to hoard some money, and make a difference from it. ”

I don't know much, but I still understand it.

After a slight pause, Chen Xia continued: "In the past, Tubo also sent people to Taozhou to disturb them, and now that the war is imminent, they may send more people to sabotage.

However, the plateau terrain is dangerous, the mountain road is rugged, and the road from Qinghai Lake to Taozhou is long, not to mention that it is even more difficult to cross the mountains and mountains without being discovered.

If you really want to force it, it will take a lot of time, not to mention that even if you arrive reluctantly, you will inevitably have all kinds of discomfort.

It takes a long time to rest and recuperate before it can regain enough combat power, so even if there are people coming, there won't be too many people, about a hundred. ”

"I see, thank you, come on, take Captain Chen down." Li Xian waved his hand to the side, and the two Qianniu guards immediately stepped forward to take Chen Xia away.

"Wait, please stay." Zhang Yungong, who was dressed in a scarlet official robe, came in a hurry from the other side with a team of Taozhou catchers.

Li Xian turned around and looked at Zhang Yungong, his gaze couldn't help but become solemn, and a trace of danger flashed in the depths of his eyes.

A local assassin history is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Li Xian suddenly laughed, and smiled very politely: "Did you make the king come up to save people?" ”

"Don't dare!" Zhang Yungong immediately became nervous, looking at Li Xian's eyes with infinite vigilance, he couldn't help but arch his hand, and said: "Your Highness, Shiro has had, naturally he should act according to the law, please send Chen Shilang, about the state prison." ”

Li Xian was slightly stunned, and at this time, a voice came from the mountain road on the other side: "It's not proper, the state prison has a lot of eyes, and it is really not suitable for a prisoner with special circumstances to live. ”

Li Xuan, who was wearing a gold silk robe on a black background, walked out from the other side, and when he approached, he nodded slightly at Zhang Yungong, then looked at Li Xian, and said in a deep voice: "The minister was ordered to seize all the properties of Ma Zhi and the Chen family in Taozhou, and there is a list here." ”

Li Xuan took out a long note from his sleeve and handed it to Li Xian, Li Xian swept it slightly, and was immediately extremely surprised: "There are two thousand five hundred stone of cash grain, this is ......"

"This is only found in the warehouses in the city, there are other places outside the city, and maybe more ......"

"Search, search overnight, and find out all the food." After Li Xian finished speaking with a cold face, he looked at Zhang Yungong and said in a cold voice: "Envoy, today overnight to inspect Taozhou and Lintao, as well as the granary of Lintan, this king must know how much of your grain storage in Taozhou is really missing." ”

Before, Li Xuan also sent someone to check the grain storage capacity in Taozhou, but although the granary was missing, the number was not large, and it was within a reasonable range.

But now, the brother-in-law of Thorn Shi has found 2,500 stone of grain in his house, you know, in the usual autumn harvest, the tax grain of a lower county is this number.

Could it be that the grain storage in a certain county in Lintao or Lintan has been emptied by him.

And this is just a warehouse in one place here, in the entire Taozhou, as well as several other states, how much grain did Chen Xia hide.

"The lower officials obey the order." Zhang Yungong did not hesitate at this moment, and directly surrendered.

Li Xuan, who was on the side, immediately knew in his heart that after the replenishment of several major families, the Taozhou Prefecture Warehouse had now made up for seventy-seven-eighty-eight.

Although some problems can still be seen, it is difficult to hold him accountable when there is not much shortage of food.

"I also ask His Highness to issue an order to inspect the treasury of all states and counties in the nearby states, and at the same time transfer Qianniuwei and Jin Wuwei to the nearest supervision." Speaking of this, Li Xuan paused slightly, and then continued: "Please transfer Dali Temple Cheng Di Renjie and Shi Lu Yuanfang to Taozhou, summarize and investigate all the theft and sale of grain in the warehouse, and once it is verified, go to prison immediately." ”

"Lord Wang." Zhang Yungong couldn't help but open his mouth and said: "The big war is coming, it's better not to make a big show." ”

"But you have to find out the bottom of your family, in case there is a lack of backup during the war, and then the heads of this king and the king of Nanchang should be cut." Li Xian's voice was not heavy, but just this sentence made Zhang Yungong couldn't help but feel cold, and quickly lowered his head and said, "It's the crime of the minister." ”

"What is the crime of the envoy, it is just that he is not strictly guarded, and before the war, he allowed his wife and brother to steal the grain in the secret room between Tubo." Li Xuan added from the side, and all the people present bowed their heads silently.

With a "peeling" sound, the flames jumped.

Li Xian's voice immediately sounded: "Send Chen Xia to the Assassin's Mansion and hand him over to Zhang Yuanjun to take care of, and if there is a mistake, he will be punished together with the envoy." ”

"Obey the order." Li Xuan led the hand, and Zhang Yungong on the side bowed his head at the same time, and a trace of relief flashed in his solemn eyes.

"Inspect the affairs of the county treasury, just bother Uncle Wang to accompany the envoy, this king has to go back to draft official documents and send them to other places, and this matter also needs to be reported to the Duke of Yan Guo, the minister of Wenxi County, and Chang'an, the father and the queen mother, also have to write a report. One, we all have something to do tonight. ”

After Li Xian finished speaking, Li Xuan and Zhang Yungong bowed their hands at the same time: "Your Highness works hard." ”

"Let's get busy." After Li Xian finished speaking, he turned around directly, but Zhang Yungong looked at his back and his face became solemn.

At this time, Li Xuan, who was on the side, arched his hand and said: "Envoy, check the county treasury tonight, and ask the envoy to send someone to assist." ”

Zhang Yungong raised his eyebrows, and then smiled a little angrily: "Okay, okay, that is, Bing Cao joins the army and Ku Cao joins the army to accompany the prince." ”

"And the long history and the master book." Li Xuan stood up straight and coldly made up a knife.

"Good!" Zhang Yungong gritted his teeth and nodded.

Li Xuan smiled, and then, he turned his head, looked to the side, and said, "Order, send the criminal minister Chen Xia and the people in the mansion to the Assassin's Mansion." ”

"Whoa!" Qianniuwei on the side immediately gave up his hand and turned away.

Li Xuan turned to look at Zhang Yungong, nodded, and said, "Envoy, this king still has something to do, so I will leave first." ”

Li Xuan bowed his hand, then turned to leave.

Zhang Yungong watched Li Xuan leave, and his face was ugly.

In just a few words, he was excluded from the outside world when he investigated the affairs of the county treasury of Taozhou.

King Nanchang is a good means!

Zhang Yungong looked up, and the Qianniu guards who were still raiding Chen Xia's mansion, then waved his hand back and took them away.

Turning around, Zhang Yungong had already taken the lead in returning to the Assassin's Mansion.

Zhang Lu'er waited until the backyard and looked at her father a little anxiously: "Aye, they started too fast." ”

"Hands-on is expected." Zhang Yungong did not have the slightest anxiety on his face at the moment, and said calmly: "There is no problem with the treasury at all levels, they can check it casually, but I didn't expect that the King of England would be so decisive to inspect the grain depots of nearby states......"

"Is this a good thing or a bad thing?"

"I don't know." Zhang Yungong shook his head and said: "It stands to reason that this is easy to cause local turmoil, but now there is still a period of time before the army marches to the plateau. ”

"Then our previous methods are useless?"

"yes!" Zhang Yungong sighed lightly and said, "His Royal Highness is too decisive. ”

Looking up, Zhang Yungong looked at his daughter and said, "Your uncle is going to be placed in the mansion, you go and watch it." ”

"Whoa!" Zhang Lu'er was slightly blessed, and then said with some surprise: "Aren't they afraid that their father and uncle will communicate with each other?" ”

"Don't be afraid, they're waiting for Aya and your uncle to do something." Zhang Yungong raised his head and said softly: "If your uncle dies in the mansion and the news reaches Chang'an, I'm afraid even the saints and queens will doubt me." ”

Zhang Lu'er's breathing suddenly became heavy.

Zhang Yungong waved his hand and said, "Let your uncle live better with them, and watch carefully, don't make any moths." ”

"Aya don't worry, my daughter will handle it properly, anyway, Uncle doesn't know how ......much" Zhang Luer paused, swallowed the rest of the words, and then turned around and asked: "But the King of England and the King of Nanchang ...... over there"

"Go and plead with His Royal Highness." Zhang Yungong looked up, his eyes flickering.

……

In the dark night, three fast horses had already come out of the west gate of Taozhou and hurried to Hezhou.

(End of chapter)