Chapter 167: Dispute

"Engong, you...... Do you speak Chita? The middle-aged Cheta asked, slightly surprised.

"It's too late to explain, you guys hurry up, come with me, let's go to the Permanent Chamber of Commerce of the Union Khanate in Dengnangang." Shi Cheng looked back at the reinforcements who were rushing here in the distance, and with the strength of his arms, he lifted the two big men up easily, and with the strength of his feet, he rushed north with great speed in the streets and alleys.

Soon, the three of them left the pursuing officials far behind, and after studying the map for so many days, Shi Cheng was already slightly familiar with the roads in the Western Desert King City, and he detoured a relatively remote path, and the three of them ran in hide and seek with the officials of the Western Desert Country for about three quarters of an hour, and finally arrived at Dengnan Port.

The general chamber of commerce of the Union Khanate is not difficult to find, basically the general chambers of commerce of various countries in the Western Desert are in the port area bazaar of Dengnan Port, Shi Cheng was told this by the port guards before leaving the northern Western Continent.

The two businessmen who were rescued by Shi Cheng also recognized the way to the General Chamber of Commerce, and the three of them soon came to the gate of the market area, and Shi Cheng saw the eye-catching banner on a two-story building from a distance.

The red banner is embroidered with two golden ears of wheat, and in the middle of the two ears of wheat is a pagoda-like mountain and a gold star on the peak, which is the symbol of the Union Khanate - the flag of all peoples.

"Well...... Engong, outside the Chamber of Commerce...... It was surrounded by the people of the Western Desert. The young man said with some trepidation.

A large group of Western desert people surrounded the entrance of the Chamber of Commerce, they shouted slogans angrily, and from time to time threw sundries inside, and the Gyeonggi government officials who came to maintain order only symbolically held shields at the door, except to prevent the crowd from pouring into the Chamber of Commerce compound, they did not take any measures against the people who threw the sundries.

The crowd suddenly gave way to a small open space, and a burst of fire jumped up, and it turned out that the protesters had lit a crudely made flag of the people.

"Don't worry." After briefly checking the surrounding situation, Shi Cheng said a few words of comfort, and he took the two of them around to the side of the General Chamber of Commerce and glanced at the backyard from a distance.

"Engong, this side of the backyard is close to the sea, but there is no one, and it is getting late, the two of us can swim quietly from this side, and the people on the other side of the main gate should not be able to see us." The middle-aged businessman said.

"I'll send you in, now that the Southern Wilderness is in winter, the sea water in this season is not a joke for most ordinary people."

In the thousand thanks of the old and the young, Shi Cheng led the two people to jump into the sea, and the middle-aged and young people involuntarily exclaimed as soon as they entered the water, and then the two of them trembled, and their teeth snapped.

Shi Cheng pressed his palms against their backs, and a warm true qi came in, making the two of them quickly forget about the cold.

The middle-aged businessman and the young man also knew very well that Shi Cheng was not an ordinary person, and after thanking Shi Cheng again, the three of them swam to the back door of the General Chamber of Commerce together.

Fortunately, there was no one here at the back door, and the three of them successfully went ashore, and the two merchants were exhausted, and in the end, it was Shi Cheng who used his strength to help them climb into the courtyard.

A Cheta man wearing a guard uniform was taken aback when he saw the three of them come in, he raised the shield in his hand and asked in an official voice, "Who are you!" ”

"Wait a minute, comrade, we're not bad people!" The middle-aged businessman hurriedly shouted in his native language.

The guard saw the faces of the three men and lowered his shield. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Several, ...... of you?"

"Comrade, my name is Li Yu, I run a shop on the side of the thirty-two alleys in the West Desert King City, this is Fang Wu, the guy in my shop. There was chaos in Wangcheng this afternoon, and suddenly a large group of people from the Western Desert came and smashed the shops opened by me and my fellow villagers everywhere, as if some of them had been killed by them! The middle-aged man named Li Yu replied, and as he spoke, tears of emotion flowed down his eyes.

"What happened?" The guards were shocked and angry, "Don't hide a few, our side hasn't figured out the situation outside, this afternoon the gate of the General Chamber of Commerce was suddenly blocked by a group of people, and our people can't get out, although the Gyeonggi Prefecture has sent people to maintain order, but we have not been able to contact the foreign affairs government of the Western Desert Kingdom." ”

Shi Cheng carefully looked at the courtyard of the entire Chamber of Commerce and the guard, and he found that there were a lot of stones and red paint thrown in the courtyard of the Chamber of Commerce, and there was even an arrow inserted in a wooden shed not far away, and there seemed to be traces of raw eggs on the shield of the Chamber of Commerce guard in front of Shi Cheng.

"Anyway, let's go into the Chamber of Commerce with me to rest, eh...... Who is this child? ”

Shi Cheng replied: "I am a casual cultivator, and when I passed by the thirty-two alleys, I saw that these two were in trouble, so I sent them here. ”

After saying that, Shi Cheng glanced at Li Yu and Fang Wu and said, "In this case, I will leave first." ”

"Engong, can you leave your name, the grace of saving your life, Li is unforgettable." Seeing that Shi Cheng was planning to leave, Li Yu hurriedly said.

"Yes, Engong's great kindness, Fang Wu, I must repay it!" The young man also said gratefully.

The guard also probably understood Shi Cheng's situation, and he looked at Shi Cheng with some surprise, as if he didn't expect a Western Desert person to speak the Chita language so proficiently. He looked at Shi Cheng's wet clothes and said, "This righteous man, thank you for your help to the people of our country, please come in and bake the fire." ”

Shi Cheng shook his head and said, "Looking at the current situation in the Western Desert, I can't say if the Western Desert Imperial Court will expel the Cheta Chamber of Commerce one day, whether you can come back in the future is another matter." ”

After that, he arched his hand to the three of them and said, "See you soon." After saying this, he turned out of the backyard, ignored the retention of the three people, and left the general chamber of commerce.

Shi Cheng really didn't have much time left, the great changes that were coming in the Western Desert King City at the moment really caught him off guard, and the only thing he wanted to do now was to find the evidence he needed as soon as possible.

……

In the Heart Nourishing Hall where the Western Desert monarchs and ministers were deliberating, it was already thunderclouds rolling at this time.

"Luo Cheng, how do you prove to the widow that there may be something else going on in this matter?" Han Qu sat on the throne and glared angrily at the secretary of the criminal procuratorate under the steps.

"Your Majesty, the Criminal Procuratorate and the internal guards have indeed found a lot of clues related to the Chita people and the Dongdan people, but the minister thinks that there is a big suspicion among them, the Chita spies have always been known for their cunning, how could they leave such important physical evidence in such an operation, the appearance of these physical evidence, is a little too deliberate? There may be more hidden secrets behind the poisoning case in Dengnangang, and I ask the king to give his ministers more time to investigate in detail, which is also responsible for the Western Desert! ”

"The widow entrusted you with some of the trust in taking care of the granary, but how did you repay the widow's trust?! You should take these statements to the regular meeting of the Taiwan Academy to defend yourself! Han Qu was furious, and stood up and reprimanded as he spoke, "And this time, why did such an important matter leak out of the Criminal Procuratorate and the internal guards!" ”

"Minister, the minister is indeed derelict in his duties."

After Han Qu lost his temper, he no longer continued to reprimand Luo Cheng, and he also knew in his heart that the suspicions that Luo Cheng said were indeed abnormal.

He was thinking about something more pressing now.

At this moment, the chief officer of the Advisory Council, Lin Guangzhi, the chief counselor, suddenly stood up.

"Your Majesty, my colleagues. With all due respect, the most important thing at the moment is no longer the reason for investigating the inside story of the case and the leakage of the case. The major mansion newspapers and Shilin in the royal city had already learned about the missing mark of the Chita spies, and in just one hour before the ministers came to the Palace of Cultivating Hearts, the school library of the House of Counsellors had received seven related letters. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Guangzhi looked at He Xian in front of him on the right, and continued: "At present, the poisoning case is raging, and someone must come out to take responsibility, and this matter needs to be as soon as possible, so as to calm down the public opinion and give an explanation to the people of the world!" ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on He Xian, the head of the Eastern Mansion, and He Xian's face was very ugly, because this sentence was obviously aimed at his right-hand man Chang Tao on the surface.

After Chang Tao learned about the poisoning case or the news related to the relief grain, he locked himself in a side room in the compound of the transfer department and waited for his participation. The room sent several meals to Chang Tao, who was closed, but he didn't move.

As soon as Lin Guangzhi's words fell, Cheng Akhand, in the imperial history, walked out and said, "Your Majesty, since the founding of the Western Desert, there has never been such a tragedy in the country. Today's disaster is the pain of the people, this is all from the negligence of one person, the minister invites the king and the princes to punish Chang Tao, in order to thank the world! ”

He Xian's face was pale, and the muscles and muscles on his face were twitching. He is a rare neutral faction in the Western Desert court, so in the eyes of both parties in the Western Desert court, he is an uncomfortable-looking wooden thorn. It is precisely for this reason that he has very few right-hand men, and if he loses another right-hand man, his previous efforts to improve the government's government and financial reforms will probably be in vain.

Another important reason why He Xian is so angry is that what awaits Chang Tao may not be a normal derogatory. Chang Tao was not born as a scholar, and he was not a serious literati himself, but was promoted from the position of a professional official in charge of the treasury.

However, it is precisely because of this that if Chang Tao is really convicted of a felony for poisoning, he will receive much less resistance.

"Your Majesty, colleagues, this matter still needs to be investigated in detail." He Xian defended Chang Tao and said, "Chang Tao may be guilty, but it can't be attributed to just one person. Chang Tao, as a member of the imperial court, is an unborn genius in financial planning! The court shouted and shouted to kill without investigation, which is not the way of benevolent government! ”

"Then tens of thousands of people near Dengnangang will die in vain?!" Yu Yuan, the superintendent of the imperial history, walked out and shouted: "Yu Yuan dares to ask the father-in-law, have you ever seen the scene of the old woman crying for her children, the wife crying for her husband, and the young son crying for her parents outside the Dengnan residence!" ”

People belonging to the two factions of the court came out together to make trouble at this moment, He Xian sighed in his heart, closed his eyes and did not answer.

……

After leaving the Chita Resident Chamber of Commerce, Shi Cheng hid in an alley, changed his face again, and changed his appearance into a middle-aged Western Desert guest with a scumbag on his face.

Shi Cheng paid special attention to the rumors associated with this sudden storm, and finally he finally figured out part of the whole story.

A discovery shook Shi Cheng's heart, and the Western Desert Government seemed to have found the emblem commonly used by the Cheta spies in the warehouse where the relief grain was stored.

Of course, Shi Cheng also saw at a glance that there was a lot of trickiness in it, and these evidences were too deliberate.

But Shi Cheng couldn't do anything about it, he could only hope that the Shilin and Di Bao of the Western Desert Country could stay calm and sober, otherwise, the poisoning case might not become the fuse of a disaster.

"It's not early, hurry up to the west of the city, don't let Lao Wu and Tiemian wait in a hurry." Shi Cheng looked at the moon that had risen, and with a flash of force, he disappeared at the mouth of the alley.