Chapter Eighty-Eight: Arson
On the second day, before the sky cleared, Shen Feiluan rushed to the warehouse on the outskirts of Beijing by carriage.
Wang Jia's whole person is much darker, but he is obviously much stronger, the sharpness in his eyes is beginning to appear, and the insight between the words is no longer the small account office of the past.
Shen Feiluan nodded with satisfaction: "Count the number of cotton jackets, and the cotton that will be transported later must be more optimistic, under natural disasters, people's hearts are unpredictable." ”
In the distance, the sneaky figure quietly retreated into the distance before daring to ride a horse and gallop towards King Yan's mansion, thinking that Shen Feiluan didn't know.
In fact, the warehouse was like a barrel near it, and the spies had already fallen under her surveillance from the time they got close to it.
The materials here are the key to bringing down the Murong royal family, how could Shen Feiluan not be prepared at all?
The carriage circled around the warehouse, and the people who watched it thought that she had returned to the Rongguo Mansion, but in fact she changed to a carriage and returned to the warehouse through the back door.
She used the greatest malice to speculate on the people who followed her, and instructed Chen Jinchou, Wang Jia, Ma Liu, and others to fill some of the soil on the Zhuangzi near the outskirts of the city in a sack, and tidy up the warehouse after nightfall, leaving a gap in a small room, and filling the small room after filling the soil in the sack.
Chen Jinchou was puzzled: "Master, what are we doing here?" ”
Shen Feiluan smiled: "To prevent others from harming me, so I will harm others first." ”
Go the enemy's way and leave the enemy with no way out.
In the imperial study, the three princes who have been named the crown prince played: "Father, the snow disaster in Yanzhou, Lord Xiao's urgent report said that the people lack food and clothing, and they need the imperial court to provide disaster relief, and the treasury also needs to prepare military supplies for the border passes. ”
With Shen Feiluan taking the lead, other wealthy businessmen in Yedu will keep up with the pace.
What the emperor likes is the prince's straightforwardness, and he won't come to yin with him, and he doesn't have to be wary of his son thinking about the dragon chair under Lao Tzu's buttocks.
knew that he didn't like Rongguo's father and daughter, but he was stupid enough to give people a reward.
But......
1,000 pieces of cotton clothes and 500 loads of grain can indeed solve the urgent needs of the imperial court.
The emperor looked at the crown prince: "Are you sure she can get so many cotton clothes?" ”
The prince nodded: "Erchen has already let people go to see it, Miss Shen Er said that those cotton clothes were originally made for the elite of the brave army, but there was a natural disaster in Yanzhou, and Rong Guogong asked her to donate the cotton clothes to more people in need." ”
In the emperor's opinion, this move is suspected of buying the hearts of the people, but he can't say no, the treasury is already empty because of his alchemy, he can't take out so much silver, and he has to have a big head to fill this hole.
"Then wait for her to donate materials and make her a county lord!"
Those who contribute to the country are worthy of the seal of the lord of a county.
On the emperor's desk, the distress chapter from Yanzhou was approved by Emperor Zhu Biyu with the word "quasi".
At the time of writing, the emperor had already thought that as long as Shen Feiluan donated these materials, he would force the Shen family to bear all the silver taels needed for this disaster in Yanzhou.
Who let the former Duchess of Rongguo come from the family of Prince Jiang, who is rich and rivals the country?
That is, Prince Jiang failed to give birth to a son, otherwise the eldest princess would have been Prince Jiang's daughter-in-law, so why not find such a useless colt and die at a young age.
The emperor's wishful thinking sounded, and the people were really much, and when they learned that Shen Feiluan was going to donate materials, the people were grateful, and the business in the silk village was much better.
The day's income has exceeded dozens of times that of normal days.
Into the night –
Several figures in nightwear approached the warehouse on the outskirts of the city, but they soon discovered that there was no way to get within fifty steps of the warehouse, as there were patrolling guards everywhere.
A few bird cries came from the treetops, and the two columns of guards to the northwest exchanged glances with each other.
So the men in black saw that one of the guards accidentally bumped into the other, and the two sides fought without saying a word, and the more they fought, the more they deviated from the direction.
Rack of racks, fights of fights, and finally the northwest is empty.
"What are you doing? Fast! Set it on fire! ”
"Oooh oh ......"
The sky-high flames lit up on the outskirts of the city, and the shouts and killings were mixed together, so it was not lively.
Shen Feiluan grabbed a handful of black ash and wiped it on his face, threw the hem of his clothes and skirts into the fire, and rushed out of the warehouse screaming before the fire had even burned his body.
Jing Zhaoyin's people saw that something bad was wrong, and Miss Shen Er was actually inside.
I heard that she was recovering from a serious illness, and if Rong Guogong knew that someone had set fire to him and wanted to burn his baby daughter, it would be miserable.
"Help! Help me! ”
Shen Feiluan rushed out, the flames had already reached her waist, the ends of her hair were burned, and she fell to the ground and rolled around, before the flames were finally extinguished.
"Ouch~ouch~"
She lay on the ground and wailed, Jing Zhaoyin didn't dare to touch her, for fear that she would burn somewhere.
Sang Yu cried and hugged Shen Feiluan, who was pretending to be dizzy: "Miss, Miss, wake up!" You must not be fine! Miss, who is so ruthless that wants to burn our young lady? ”
The few black-clothed people who set the fire had already been caught and pressed in front of Jing Zhaoyin, and he glared at those people angrily: "Say! Who sent you to set the fire? ”
Choking on the billowing smoke, Shen Feiluan slowly opened his eyes, looked at the fire in the sky, and suddenly cried: "How is this good?" This is the relief jacket and food that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wants to transport to Yanzhou. The emperor has already ordered us to send it to the Ministry of Industry tomorrow, what will we send? The person who set the fire simply lost his conscience, and he couldn't see the people living a good life? Do you have to freeze to death and starve to death before you are willing? ”
The questioning after questioning made the Jingzhao Mansion officials present hate the arson even more.
This is a disaster relief material!
How dare they?
In the middle of the night, the emperor was sleeping soundly with the new favorite concubine in his arms, and a hurried shout woke him up.
He hurriedly shouted: "Wang Dehai! Wang Dehai! What happened? ”
The big eunuch Wang Dehai hurriedly ran in: "Your Majesty, Jingzhao Mansion locked the palace door at night and said that it was ...... Say yes ......"
"Say what? You dog minion, don't sell it. ”
Wang Dehai said in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the padded jacket and grain donated by Miss Shen Er to the imperial court have been burned, and Jing Zhaoyin has learned from the investigation that not only the materials for disaster relief, but also all the grain and cloth in Miss Shen Er's Zhuangzi Litun have been burned, and ...... The arsonist caught it, and it was ...... It is from the palace of His Royal Highness King Yan. ”
"What?"
The emperor sat up from the bed in shock: "You mean, the eighth man burned the Shen family's warehouse?" ”
Darn!
It's really confusing.
Was that the Shen family's warehouse burned?
It was his treasury that burned!