Han Ilshan was stunned, how different could the situation here be from what he thought?

Isn't it the story of Qingzhou Mu Yuan Qingshan who deceived his superiors and subordinates and deducted the imperial court's disaster relief funds and grain to fill his pockets?

But seeing Wen Chen's solemn face, he didn't dare to ask more, and drove the carriage all the way into the city.

As the capital of the entire Qingzhou, Lucheng is much better than Huaiyuan County from the perspective of the street situation alone, at least there are not so many begging homeless, and the pedestrians on the street are dressed appropriately, but they all show a trace of sadness on their faces.

"Where does your dad live?" Wen Chen turned around and asked Xueqin in the carriage.

"Daddy...... it's either in my Xue family's business or in the state pastor's ......mansion," Xue Qin whispered.

Wen Chen nodded slowly, "Lead the way, go to your Xue family's business first, if your father is not there, leave a message and ask him to find us." ”

"Yes, Lord Wen......"

The carriage went all the way, and Wen Chen saw that most of the passers-by were holding grain bags in their arms, and it seemed that the weight was not light, so he jumped out of the carriage and stopped a middle-aged woman.

"Eldest sister, not long after I arrived in Lucheng, I want to ask, how much disaster relief tax needs to be paid to receive disaster relief food here?"

The woman was startled by the sudden man on the side of the road, and with a nervous expression, she collected the grain bag in her arms, "What disaster relief tax?" I do not know! ”

Wen Chen frowned, "Then how did you get your food?" ”

"Of course it was sent by the state shepherd! The dog officials in Shangjing City actually mixed stones with the grain, causing us ordinary people to work hard to pick out these things and then offer them to the gods, what a bunch of things that thunder and thunder! The woman was indignant.

Hearing this, Wen Chen's eyes rolled, as if he had thought of something.

"What is the price to pay for going to the state pastor to receive food? For example, silver taels or property exchanges? ”

The woman shook her head and looked at Wen Chen with a strange look in her eyes, "Of course you don't need to, this is all disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court, anyone who wants to receive it can receive it, but you can't receive too much?" ”

"It's been like this for the past two years?"

"All the time!"

Hiss –

Wen Chen took a deep breath, his intuition was really right, the situation in Lucheng was completely different from Huaiyuan County, then He Litang was blatantly greedy, while Yuan Qingshan was taking advantage of the ignorance of the people.

Listening to the woman's wishes, after picking out the stones inside, these grains will be offered to the so-called god of Lu.

The so-called god is just a monster drought made up by some storytellers during the great drought in the feudal period, and Wen Chen naturally does not believe in the existence of these things.

There is no need to think about it, this god must be a tool made up by Yuan Qingshan to collect money, but the means are much more clever than He Litang in Huaiyuan County, but in the end, the disaster relief grain will be washed through the Xue family, and when the grain distributed by the imperial court is exhausted, there will be high-priced grain in Qingzhou.

It's really a one-and-done solution......

Returning to the carriage again, Wen Chen glanced at Xueqin deeply, "Do you really not know the situation in Lucheng or do you really not know?" ”

Xueqin's face was anxious, and she hurriedly said, "Lord Wen, the Xue family's business in Lucheng has always been controlled by his father, whether he has done anything he shouldn't do, the little woman doesn't know!" ”

Wen Chen frowned, didn't speak, just patted Han Rishan and asked him to find the Xue family's business as soon as possible.

Two quarters of an hour later, the carriage stopped in front of a magnificent attic, Xueqin gently jumped out of the carriage, and said to Wen Chen, who was about to go in with him, "Lord Wen, let's go in alone with the little girl, if my father is here, the little woman will ask him to come out to pick you up......"

Wen Chen didn't object, let out a fluttering "oh", jumped into the carriage again, and entered the carriage to be with Xuanyang.

Xueqin gritted her teeth and walked quickly into the business with her head down.

"Aren't you afraid that this bad woman will lie to you?" Xuanyang looked at Wen Chen curiously.

Wen Chen snorted, "How can she lie to me?" ”

"Xue Ding is obviously here, but she came out but told you that she was not there, will you still go in and find it?"

"She won't let me in, do you think I still need to look for it?" Wen Chen asked lightly.

"You mean Xue Ding is inside?"

"It must be there!"

Xueqin, who entered the business, carried the hem of her skirt and walked quickly to the second floor, and a small servant in front of her led the way without saying a word, and finally stopped in front of the door of a room in the corner.

"Miss, the master is inside."

Xueqin nodded, waved her hand, and said, "Go down, watch the carriage at the door, and immediately signal my father if there is any trouble!" ”

"Yes!"

Squeak –

The door was pushed open, and a slightly chubby middle-aged man hurriedly greeted him when he heard the voice, holding Xueqin's shoulder and eagerly asking, "Qin'er, did that person treat you well?" Have you ever been injured? ”

This person is Xueqin's father, Xue Ding.

Xueqin shook her head slightly, "Daughter is fine, father, are you really not going to see them?" ”

"Alas!" Xue Ding stomped his feet, "Can't see it!" Seeing it is a dead end! ”

"But Lord Wen said that he would give us a chance to repent!"

"What chance can he give? This is Qingzhou! Lord Yuan's territory, if Wen Chen came with troops, Lord Yuan might still be a little scared, but now he is just a secret visit, and there is only a Shang Fang sword to cut horses, how can he fight Yuan Qingshan? Xue Ding sighed.

Xueqin bit her lip, "Father, but before my daughter entered the city, I saw Wen Chen see with her own eyes what kind of deputy general of the Golden Armor Dragon Rider, isn't this his person?" ”

"Golden Armor Dragoon?" Xue Ding raised his eyebrows, "Where did I Dasheng get the number of soldiers and horses along the way?" How many centaurs did you see? ”

Xueqin silently stretched out two fingers.

"Two hundred? Two thousand? Xue Ding was stunned.

"Two Women's ......"

"Hey!" Xue Ding shook his head, "He deliberately played it for you, knowing that you would spread the news and make Lord Yuan jealous, so he didn't dare to touch him, not to mention the Golden Armor Dragon Rider, I Dasheng has never had a precedent for a woman to join the army, it's ridiculous!" ”

Xueqin bowed her head and was silent, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Has my father already told Lord Yuan about Wen Chen's visit to Lucheng?"

"That's nature, we are now grasshoppers on a rope, don't you believe in Lord Yuan, do you still have to trust an outsider?" Xue Ding asked rhetorically.

"What did Master Yuan say...... Xue Qin asked in a low voice.

Xue Ding's eyes flickered, pulled his daughter to his side, and whispered a few words in her ear.

Xueqin's face changed as she listened.

"Father, intercepting and killing the imperial court official is a capital crime for the Nine Clans!"

"Qin'er, we are now a capital crime of the Nine Clans, kill them, Lord Yuan may still have a way to protect us, you can't be merciful at this time!" Xue Ding said earnestly.

"You've been coming up for too long, take them over quickly, Lord Yuan has already arranged manpower, remember to be careful!"

After that, regardless of whether her daughter agreed or not, she was directly pushed out of the room.

"Brother Wen, come out!" Outside the carriage, Han Rishan's voice came.

After a few breaths, Xueqin got into the carriage as usual.

"Lord Wen, father doesn't ......"

"Miss Xueqin, where are we going now?" Wen Chen seemed to be deliberately interrupting her to speak.

Xue Qin was stunned, bowed her head and said, "Let's go to Shuiyuan Street first, the government over there is distributing food, Lord Wen wants to find evidence, it's better to go there......"

Wen Chen nodded slightly, "Then listen to Miss Xueqin, Han, let's go on our way!" ”

"Yes, Brother Wen!"

Xuanyang on the side still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Wen Chen with his eyes.

Xueqin sat on the other side, her body stiffened, her hands clutching the hem of her clothes, and her whole person was motionless.

"Is Miss Xueqin uncomfortable?" Wen Chen suddenly laughed and asked.