Soon after the two of us left, I fell asleep in a daze, really hot and sleepy.

I don't know how long it took, but I vaguely heard someone say that there was a fire, I opened my eyes suddenly, sat up, the red sun was slanting westward, Zhao Shanben had already returned, and was standing respectfully aside.

"What's going on?"

Zhao Shanben looked a little worried, and hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Li Xiang and the four of them are waiting outside the pavilion, Zhao Tuo came to report that there was a fire in the Nanhai warehouse!" ”

"What?" My groggy head immediately sobered up, and I said in a deep voice, "Call them in!" ”

Zhao Shanben bowed down, but in a moment, Li Si and the four of them came together.

Li Si presented Zhao Tuo's report and said: "Your Majesty, Zhao Tuo sent someone to report that the weather in Lingnan this summer was hot, and the grain and grass accumulated in the South China Sea warehouse suddenly caught fire, and nearly two million stones of grain and grass were burned, including the military rations of the Lingnan Army and the South China Sea Fleet!" Please Your Majesty allocate grain and grass from neighboring counties, otherwise the Lingnan army will have no food to eat, and there is a fear of rebellion! ”

I read the report carefully, threw it on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "What kind of bullshit is written?" The cause of the fire was only a sentence of 'sudden fire' and it was hastily skipped! ”

Everyone was startled, and after a long time, my expression softened, and I stared at the newspaper on the ground and said lightly: "When was this report delivered to the Zhongshu Scholar's Mansion, did Li Xiang happen to go there?" ”

Li Si's expression moved, and he said solemnly: "Your Majesty forgives me, this newspaper was sent directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to the Zhongshu Confession's Mansion, and the minister doesn't know why!" After receiving this report, the minister thought it was an ordinary public seal, so he opened it and saw it, the minister was guilty of death! ”

I didn't say anything more, but waved my hand: "It's okay." ”

I pondered for a while and said, "This matter is quite strange, how could a good granary suddenly catch fire?" ”

Li Si didn't speak, Feng Zheng hesitated for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, the matter of transferring grain and grass ......"

I rubbed my eyebrows and sighed lightly: "First adjust the grain of January, now it is the time of spring rice harvest, and the grain eaten by Qianshou does not need to worry for the time being." ”

After the order, everyone was about to get up and say goodbye, and I said, "Zhang Han, Yu He, you stay." ”

Li Si and Feng Zheng glanced at each other, with different thoughts, and said in unison: "The minister retires!" ”

After the three of them left, I looked at Yu He and Zhang Han, and said slowly: "Is there any news about Wu Ben and Xiang Lizhi about the strangeness of Lingnan?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, no, Xiang Lizhi took over the history of Lingnan after the rebellion, this person is quite familiar with it, if something happens to Lingnan, he will definitely have a public servant."

"Wu Ben also did not report anything unusual to the Lingnan Army, the system of supervising the army has not been implemented for a long time, and Wu Ben should be reliable."

I closed my eyes and thought for a while, then opened my eyes and said, "Well, maybe it was really caused by a fire." ”

Yu He said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, do you immediately send someone to Lingnan to investigate this matter thoroughly?" ”

"That's natural, do you have the right person?"

Yu He thought for a moment and said: "In the imperial history, Cheng Zhouqiu has been to Lingnan, and the case of Feng Tuo in Changsha County was handled quite neatly, why don't you still let him go to Lingnan?" ”

I shook my head: "Zhou Zhizhi is acceptable, but I don't have enough experience in judging cases, so I will let this matter ...... Ting Wei Cheng goes. ”

Yu He was a little surprised, but the case must be more familiar with the court lieutenant under the servant, so he didn't say anything more, and said, "Your Majesty is wise!" ”

I glanced at Zhang Han and asked casually: "Zhang Han, the grain and grass burned this time are also the grain and grass of the Lingnan Army, according to the law, do you have to send someone to go with you?" ”

Zhang Han's mind turned, and he immediately responded: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the laws of the Qin army, it should be like this!" ”

"Well, I ordered Qi Liang, the right protector, to be the main envoy, and Yang Chi, the court lieutenant, to go to Lingnan with my edict!"

"Yes!"

The two got up and were about to leave, when Zhang Han suddenly remembered something, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, there is still something for Your Majesty to ask." ”

I glanced at Yu He: "Doctor Yushi, go." ”

Yu He bowed and retreated, and Zhang Han frowned and said: "Your Majesty asked Chen Lingnan if there was any change, and Chen suddenly remembered something, and I don't know if it is related to the Nanhai Cang fire case." ”

"Say it."

"Last month, Wu Ben mentioned in his routine public notice that for some reason, Zhao Tuo has suddenly become interested in Liao recently, and not only ordered a large number of Qin troops to look for Liao's village, but also personally led the guards into the mountains to search, but so far no trace has been found."

My eyes narrowed slightly, and I wondered, "Liao? Is it the barbarian who always humiliates Zhao Tuo? Didn't I order him to postpone his march south, why was he so eager to find Liao? ”

"Wu Ben said that Zhao Tuo was to eradicate the last nail in Lingnan, and that Liao was in the southwest of Xiang County, very close to Gao Xuan, and Zhao Tuo was afraid that she would threaten Gao Xuan."

I shook my head slightly: "It's just a barbarian from a village, if Zhao Tuo really has a heart of disobedience, he won't be stupid enough to go to a barbarian from a village to cooperate." ”

"The minister also thought so, and in this case, the minister retired."

"Go ahead, tell Qi Liang to be careful in everything."

"Obey orders!"

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The next day, the court meeting in front of the Zhangtai Palace.

Li Si gave a detailed account of the insufficient output of the Iron Smelting Mansion and the new Shangdang Iron Smelting Mansion, and Qi Liang and Yang Chi went to Lingnan overnight, but there were no other worries.

After Zhang Hanyu finished the investigation of the Nanhaicang fire, I glanced around, and my eyes fell on Meng Yi: "Tingwei, although I ordered Qi Liang and Yang Chi to investigate the Nanhaicang fire this time, you, as Tingwei, should also pay attention to the progress of this case." ”

Meng Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up and responded: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

In my heart, I was curious, although Ting Weicheng was his subordinate, he was ordered by the emperor to be the emperor's envoy, and any discovery had to be presented directly to the emperor, why should he pay attention to it?

When my mind turned, I only heard my voice continue to sound: "I heard that you have good wine, although the wine is mellow and fragrant, it also hurts the body, you need to be temperate, otherwise I will lose a good minister!" ”

Meng Yi lowered his head and I couldn't see his expression, but Feng Zheng sat in the lower position closest to me, and the expression on his face was a little subtle, but Li Si was not shocked.

Meng Yi was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly replied: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”

"Go ahead."

"Wait for the resignation!"

After everyone left, Meng He approached and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have carefully investigated, and there is nothing suspicious, every time Zhao Tuo returns to Xianyang, he routinely goes to the Taiwei Mansion to Chen Ming's military affairs, and then goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion to Chen Ming's affairs, and there is no private contact with the ministers of the DPRK and China. ”

I looked out of the hall, shook my head, and said, "Maybe I'm really too careful." ”

Instead, he asked, "Do you know her details?" ”

"The Lingnan clean room is basically only active in the county and the county seats, and there are barbarians outside the city, if you go out of the city to find out the news, it is easy to leak your whereabouts, and it is difficult to find the traces of Liao Liao, every time you go down the mountain, she is masked with a black veil, and no one has even seen her true face in six years, and the clean room knows nothing about her."

I nodded and said lightly, "It's okay, it's just an inconsequential little person." ”