"What's going on?"

Fang Yuan frowned and said in a deep voice.

Princess Gaomi also looked at Zheng Jiu, her eyes full of curiosity.

"The stolen goods you brought back just now are on fire!"

Zheng Jiu said urgently.

When the words fell, Fang Yuan immediately got up.

Strode out in the direction of the prison entrance.

Princess Gaomi also wanted to go out with her, but was stopped.

Not long after, Fang Yuan walked out of the prison and heard shouts for rescue.

At the same time, thick smoke poured out of the backyard, and the light of the fire could be faintly seen.

"What about people, rescue!"

Fang Yuan kept his face calm and shouted.

The backyard of the Chang'an County Ya can even catch fire.

This is certainly not an ordinary misfire, but someone did it on purpose.

"It's been rescued, but there are too few people on duty tonight, we."

Zheng Jiu said with an ugly face.

There were few people on duty at night, and some went out on patrol.

Now there are only ten people in the county government, and there is simply not enough manpower to rescue them.

"Tell everyone that there is no need to put out the fire, just salvage the boxes I brought back."

"Whoever rescues a box will be rewarded with one month's salary, and if two boxes are rescued, they will be rewarded with two months' salary."

Fang Yuan's brows tightened, and he finally said in a deep voice.

It's too difficult to put out the fire, you can't manage so many things, let's rescue the box.

"Yes!"

Zheng Jiu should be immediately.

"Bowu, you get the news out immediately!"

"Chang'an County Ya is on fire, begging the father and the villagers to rescue, and after the matter is completed, each person will be rewarded with one hundred Tang treasure banknotes!"

Fang Yuan covered his nose and beckoned to Xue Bowu.

The smoke from the backyard was so thick that it had reached the location of the front yard.

Fortunately, the entrance to the prison can be closed, or the prisoners inside may be smoked to death.

"Yes!"

Xue Bowu should be immediately.

Soon, he was holding a gong and beating it outside the Chang'an County ya, shouting at the same time.

Some of the residents in the vicinity of the Chang'an County Ya have already discovered that the Chang'an County Ya is on fire, and many have woken up from their sleep.

After hearing Xue Bowu's shout, enthusiastic people immediately came out of their homes and rushed to Chang'an County Ya with buckets.

Soon, many people joined the rescue team.

And the fire in Chang'an County also spread quickly.

The patrolling Jin Wuwei rushed one after another, and Li Shimin of the palace also learned the news.

"In the more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it was the first time that the Chang'an County Ya caught fire, so Li Junxian immediately went to put out the fire."

Li Shimin's face was calm and he got up from the bed.

Such a thing happened in Chang'an County, which was very shameless for the imperial court.

If it weren't for the fact that the Chang'an County Ya was on fire now, he would have called the Chang'an County Commander to ask for the crime.

On the other side, Li Tai's palace.

Li Tai and Li Ke also received news from the Chang'an County Ya.

"It seems that the fourth brother has taken the lead."

Li Ke's face was a little stiff.

He had already come to Li Tai for a long time.

But unexpectedly, Li Tai had already arranged it in advance.

Presumably, the Chang'an County Ya caught fire in order to burn the banknotes.

"What the third brother said, why can't I understand?"

Li Tai still doesn't admit it.

But at the bottom of my heart, I was very happy.

It's finally burning, so don't worry.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I hope the fourth brother can also carry the next investigation."

"In the more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it is the first time that the Chang'an County Ya has caught fire."

Li Ke stood up and said with a smile.

said that he had something to do, and left Li Tai's place.

Li Tai did not send him off because of his inconvenience, but he was also vigilant in his heart.

Indeed, in the more than ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Chang'an County Ya was on fire for the first time.

This is about the face of the imperial court, and the imperial court will definitely intervene in the investigation, and it may find out about itself.

Alas. It's really a wave of unevenness.

It seems that giving up Chang'an County Cheng is the best choice.

Chang'an County Ya.

With the help of everyone, the fire was gradually brought under control.

In fact, the fire burned for an hour before it slowly ended, and the backyard burned almost completely.

"Fang, Lord Fang, please save the lower official!"

The new Chang'an County Commander is called Zhu Yingzhong, and he is also a relational household.

But now, because the backyard was on fire, he was so frightened that he turned colorless and asked Fang Yuan for help.

He is not here tonight, so he is not primarily responsible, but it is inevitable that he will be implicated.

"Don't worry, this official will intercede for you."

"Go, call everyone on duty tonight!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

A backyard fire is definitely not as simple as a fire.

It must have been someone on duty tonight who set the fire and wanted to destroy the counterfeit money.

There are only ten people on duty tonight, and excluding the trustworthy Zheng Jiu, there are only nine people.

Nine people are easy to check.

It didn't take long for Cheng Zheng Mingzhu and others in Chang'an County to be gathered, and Li Junxian and Jin Wuwei were already in charge of the backyard.

"This official thinks that the fire in the backyard is man-made, and it is one of you."

"Now that the official has given you a chance, the official who has recognized it can spare his life, otherwise he will be killed after finding out!"

Fang Yuan's gaze swept towards everyone and said in a deep voice.

There must be arsonists in this, and you can't be wrong.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have caught fire when he was shipping back the banknotes.

When the words fell, Zheng Mingzhu and the others were in an uproar, looking at each other, but no one stood up.

"Since no one has come forward, then the official will detain you and regain your freedom when the real culprit is investigated."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

looked at Zhu Yingzhong on the side.

Zhu Yingzhong didn't come by himself, and many of the Chang'an County Ya had already gathered back.

In this kind of emergency, there is no need for the county government to summon them, and someone will come back automatically.

"My lord, we saved the fire for a while, and there is no merit and hard work, so there is no need to be imprisoned, right?"

Zheng Mingzhu said dissatisfied.

When the words fell, they were immediately echoed by the others.

The fire was very strong tonight, and several of them had minor burns.

It is too dissatisfying to risk a fire and fight fires in the end, but to be detained instead of being sympathetic.

"If any of you are really arsonists, and this officer does not detain you tonight, tomorrow he is gone, and you will all be implicated."

"You say you want to be suspected of arsonist or stay in jail for a few days?"

Fang Yuan was not angry.

He noticed that the hair of the people in front of him was burned, and his face was still red.

They went through great danger to put out fires and should be respected.

But Fang Yuan couldn't let them go, and wanted to track down the murderer.

"This"

The crowd hesitated.

In the end, he had to agree to be temporarily detained.

Zhu Yingzhong immediately had them taken down and interrogated in solitary confinement.

In the end, the fire was completely extinguished, and the people who supported it happily found Zhu Yingzhong.

Naturally, they thought that it was Zhu Yingzhong who wanted to exchange everyone's 100 Tang treasure bills.

"Give them an IOU, and you'll pay it here tomorrow."

Fang Yuan said to Zhu Yingzhong.

How dare Zhu Yingzhong have an opinion, he also has to thank Fang Yuan.

It's just burning the backyard, and if you burn the front yard, it's really scary.

So he was willing to give this money and had no opinion.

Soon, the people sent them away.

Fang Yuan returned to the cell again to interrogate Princess Gaomi.

There was also a lot of smoke in the prison, which frightened the prisoners into thinking that they were going to suffocate to death, and they were making noise.

As Fang Yuan and the others came in, the noise gradually stopped.

"Fang Yuan, what's going on?"

Princess Gaomi asked in shock.

The smoke was slowly pouring into the prison just now, and the other inmates in the prison panicked, thinking that they were going to die.

Princess Gaomi was naturally flustered, and thought she was going to hang up several times.

"The banknotes that were brought back from the eldest grandson's house just now have been burned."

Fang Yuan stared at Princess Gaomi and said in a deep voice.

"This"

Princess Gaomi's eyes widened, and her eyes flashed with surprise.

"Is that someone you're working with?"

"He dared to set fire to the Chang'an County Ya, he couldn't escape."

Fang Yuan snorted coldly and said in a deep voice.

"If there is no evidence, why can't you escape?"

Princess Gaomi wondered.

"Now that the fake money has been burned, the evidence cannot point to the eldest grandson's family, but it leaves a fatal problem."

"He must have asked the people on duty in Chang'an County tonight to do it, and there are only ten people on duty in Chang'an County tonight, and they have been detained by me alone."

"If you find out who instigated it, you can find out who is involved in the fake money, and the fake money is not completely burned."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

The banknotes were found from the shop of the eldest grandson's family.

If there is nothing wrong, then the fake money is related to the eldest grandson's family.

However, they thought that they would be spared the investigation by burning the banknotes, but they did not expect that there were only ten people on duty tonight.

"The fake money hasn't been completely burned yet?"

Princess Gaomi panicked again.

The fake money was not completely burned, and the arsonist was controlled by Fang Yuan again.

As long as the torture is served, it should be possible to find out who commanded it.

Originally, there was only one possibility to find Li Tai, but now there are two possibilities.

"For the sake of our friendship, I told you everything."

"If you don't know how to advance or retreat, then you can bear the consequences."

Fang Yuan got up and prepared to leave.

He is going to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and them and get useful information as soon as possible.

If the other party dares to instruct someone to burn down the backyard of Chang'an County, he dares to secretly assassinate the arsonist.

"Wait, I say!"

Princess Gaomi gritted her teeth, and when she saw that Fang Yuan was about to leave, she hurriedly shouted.

Fang Yuan stopped, looked back at Princess Gaomi, and did not speak.

"It's Li Tai, the king of Wei!"

Princess Gaomi said with a sigh.

"Is it him?!"

Fang Yuan was surprised.

"Li Tai is short of money, so he has a crooked mind."

"He handed it over to the eldest grandson's family to print money, and handed it over to me to exchange copper coins."

A look of pain flashed across Princess Gaomi's face.

According to Li Tai's idea, the more people involved, the lighter the punishment in the end.

Otherwise, she would not have known about it.

"So the organization you took me to"

Fang Yuan frowned.

"It was deliberately set up to deceive the investigation."

Princess Gaomi confessed.

The organization that claimed to be five surnames and seven hopes was set up on purpose.

It is used to prevent things from being deceived after they are exposed.

It just so happens that the five surnames and seven hopes will print the seven-star banknote, and the reason is very good.

"Why did King Wei do this?"

Fang Yuan asked again.

"I don't know about it, but it seems to be a lack of money."

"Competing for the position of prince needs to win people's hearts, and money is very needed."

Princess Gaomi shook her head and said.

She didn't know why Lee Tae was doing this.

But she knew that there would be benefits to helping Li Tai do the same.

On the one hand, it is to get closer to Li Tai, and if Li Tai is really on top in the future, it will be good for himself.

On the other hand, every time she exchanged, Li Tai gave her a return of 20%, which was very generous.

"It's the crown prince again!"

"Is there anything else you want to explain?"

Fang Yuan snorted coldly.

It is estimated that the position of the crown prince is uncertain, and their brothers will compete with each other.

However, Li Shimin's position is not right, even if the position of the crown prince is confirmed, there will still be competition between their brothers.

"It's gone."

"Fang Yuan, we are friends, you have to release water for me."

Princess Gaomi shook her head, then looked at Fang Yuan nervously.

Fang Yuan glanced at her, didn't reply, turned around and left.

After leaving the cell, Fang Yuan did not continue to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and them.

There is a confession from Princess Gaomi, and the answer is already obvious, it was Li Tai who instructed the arson.

Just leave it to someone else to judge, and the result should be the same.

After explaining and then explaining to Zhu Yingzhong, Fang Yuan left the county office.

As soon as he came out of the county office, the palace came to the holy decree, and Xuan Fangyuan entered the palace.

Fang Yuan was not surprised by this, the emperor knew that it was normal for him to be here.

Indeed, Li Shimin originally wanted to announce Zhu Yingzhong's entry into the palace, but when he learned that Fang Yuan was presiding over the county government, he let Fang Yuan enter the palace.

Soon, Fang Yuan met Li Shimin.

"The fake money was actually found on the head of the eldest grandson's family?"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan with scrutinizing eyes.

He suspected that this was Fang Yuan's revenge on the eldest grandson family and the Gao family.

Both of them were his in-laws, and he didn't want Fang Yuan to go too far.

A simple investigation and seizure of the store is almost the same, not too much.

"Not only found the head of the eldest grandson's family, but also found the head of Li Tai, the king of Wei."

Fang Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said with a sigh.

"What?"

"It's still related to Suzaku?"

Li Shimin couldn't be calm.

How can a counterfeit money involve so many people?

"I received tens of millions of banknotes in the store of the eldest grandson's family, all of which have no anti-counterfeiting technology."

"After pulling them back to the Chang'an County Ya, the backyard of the Chang'an County Ya immediately caught fire, and in the end, only a few prices were rescued."

"The officials of the Chang'an County Ya on duty tonight have all controlled their personal freedom, and Chang'an Ling Zhu Yingzhong is in charge of the trial for the time being."

"And I learned that it is related to Li Tai, the king of Wei, it was Princess Gaomi who said that she was the direct person who exchanged the price this time, and she exchanged the price for copper coins."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

Tell Li Shimin the general story of the matter.

"Why did the blue finch do this?"

Li Shimin listened, his face became more and more ugly, and finally sank.

He didn't believe it very much, but he wasn't very skeptical, but he didn't understand why Li Tai wanted to be like that.

"Listening to what Princess Gaomi said, it was because of lack of money, but she was only suspicious."

"If Your Majesty thinks clearly, it is recommended that you personally send someone to investigate the officials of the Chang'an County Ya and the eldest grandson's family tonight."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Considering the emperor's face, Fang Yuan did not directly look for Li Tai, nor did he target the eldest grandson's family too much.

Because the emperor will miss the old love, so hard to do things, in the end, the emperor will not necessarily punish Li Tai and the eldest grandson Wuji.

Thankless things, Fang Yuan was too lazy to do so much, just hoping that the problem of Huaxia Qian Zhuang could be solved.

"Okay, I'll send someone to replace you."

Li Shimin thought about it and said in a deep voice.

He wants to know if it's Li Tai, why did Li Tai do this?

(End of chapter)