The end of the world begins with the king

Chapter 384
At the gate of the city, Zhao Yanxun returned with Zhang Meng and his party.

There are few pedestrians on the long street, and most of the common people work outside the city. Even those in the city are engaged in production in various workshops.

Everything was still so peaceful, which made Zhao Yanxun feel like coming home.

The news of his return to the city spread into the city as quickly as possible.

In a warehouse in the north of the city, Wang Baokun stood in armor at the door of the warehouse, watching his soldiers carrying goods.

After going to Lao Zheng's house yesterday, he still won the escort mission this time.

In order to ensure the safety of the escort mission, Wang Baokun also brought Li Lin's subordinates, expanding the original escort team of more than 30 people to more than 40 people.

This time the food was still being escorted, and Wang Baokun was extremely anxious seeing the soldiers carrying it.

He just wanted to pack up the food quickly and leave the city as soon as possible.

As long as you go out of the city, the sea will be as wide as the fish will leap, and the sky will be as high as the birds will fly.

On the other side, just as Zhao Yanxun returned to the palace, he was blocked by two long officials outside Yong'an Gate.

"My lord, the court reported that someone in the army may have committed the crime, but the Privy Council has repeatedly obstructed the case, so I ask the lord to make a decision!"

It was Cheng Wenguang who said this, and Zhou Chengping was pulled over by him, so that he could be regarded as speaking for Chang Shisi.

Cheng Wenguang is in charge of both the registry office and the treasury office, so he naturally doesn't want any accidents to happen to these two yamen.

In order to clear the grievances of his subordinates, the army who is also suspected must be investigated in Cheng Wenguang's view.

Zhao Yanxun did not express his position, but said calmly: "Let's go in and talk!"

Before knowing the situation, Zhao Yanxun would not express his opinion easily, so he did not discuss it.

Soon, he brought Cheng Wenguang and the two of them to Jinshen Hall.

The two ministers were led to wait in the west side hall, while Zhao Yanxun himself came to the bedroom, where he changed his clothes.

At this moment, Huo An was serving, and Zhao Yanxun was being served by the eunuch, taking off his heavy armor.

"In the case of the food shortage, what progress has Lin Quan made?" Zhao Yanxun asked in a deep voice.

There was a lot of noise about this matter, and Huo An naturally knew a lot of inside information.

"Reporting to the lord, Lin Quan and the interrogation office followed the Jiayou team to find Su Liangcai, a small official in charge of the team!"

"Su Liangcai was interrogated immediately, and a receipt signed by him was found in the Duanbu Office. The receipt stated that he signed for thirty shi of grain!"

"Thirty shi of food is enough to feed the Jiayou team, but...they didn't receive [-] shi at that time, because the Jiayou team couldn't eat enough!"

Just hearing this, Zhao Yanxun discovered the key to the problem, so he asked: "Since there is no thirty stone grain, why did he sign it?"

"Su Liangcai said that what he signed at that time was fifteen shi, so he said... it was the people who transported the grain in the army who were playing tricks!"

Speaking of this, Huo An also knew that the matter was very important, so he said more cautiously: "The court and Lin Quan wanted to investigate in the army, but they were stopped by the two envoys!"

"The two envoys said that the army is a powerful weapon of the palace, and it must be ordered by the king not to move it..."

Zhao Yanxun agrees with this very much. The army is fundamentally different from other government agencies, and it is true that not everyone can investigate without authorization.

People who can mobilize the army for investigation today, can they find a reason to dismiss generals in the future, and even get involved in military power.

It is indeed very necessary to prevent the passing of time.

"Being stopped, Lin Quan and the others didn't do anything?" Zhao Yanxun raised his head, at this moment the eunuchs were already changing into his normal clothes.

"The officers who escorted the Jiayou team's food can only be tracked down to the level of Baihu, so the court and Lin Quan sent people to Wu Baihu and his subordinate Xiaoqi's home to question him!"

"Send someone to ask questions at home? If someone in the army really committed the crime, wouldn't that be a warning?"

It was difficult for Huo An to answer this question. After all, there was no other way to go home to ask questions.

"Then these days, they didn't continue to investigate?"

"In the investigation, the books of the Book Office and the Treasury Management Office, the Trial Office has been looking for loopholes."

At this moment, Zhao Yanxun had already changed into a robe, and saw him change into a blue-gray robe, and then walked straight out of the bedroom.

Huo An immediately led people to follow, only to hear Zhao Yanxun then ask: "Where is Lin Quan, find him here!"

"As ordered!"

"The officers who escorted the Jiayou team's food are all in the city now?"

"It's their turn to rest these days, so they're all here!"

"Then order the Privy Council to summon all these people to the Wangfu Campus, and ask Su Liangcai to identify who is holding the grain!"

"As ordered!"

According to the order of Liang Dao, Huo An immediately arranged for two young eunuchs to deliver the order, while he accompanied Zhao Yanxun all the way to the west side hall.

When I came to the west side hall, I saw two ministers waiting for Zhao Yanxun to come back.

"Your Highness..."

Before Cheng Wenguang could open his mouth, Zhao Yanxun said: "This king has ordered the Privy Council to gather the hundreds of households who transported grain that day, as well as his general banners and small banners to the school grounds of the palace. Su Liangcai will come and identify you in a while!"

Hearing this, Cheng Wenguang undoubtedly felt much relieved.

"Then... let the people from the trial office bring Su Liangcai here?"

Zhao Yanxun nodded, and Cheng Wenguang glanced at Zhou Chengping, the meaning couldn't be clearer.

"I'll make arrangements now!"

Seeing Zhou Chengping leave, Cheng Wenguang heaved a sigh of relief, finally it was time for the truth to be revealed.

In the past ten days, Cheng Wenguang has been under tremendous pressure, but he still chooses to trust his subordinates.

Zhao Yanxun didn't intend to be idle during the current gap, so he asked Cheng Wenguang about the recent situation of the Heavenly King's Mansion.

Besides, Zhou Chengping was planning to go to the government office area except Yonganmen, but he bumped into the judge Cai Xinghai head-on.

"My lord, Lin Quan has taken Su Liangcai away from the prison!"

The first sentence that Cai Xinghai uttered gave Zhou Chengping a heart attack, and now the prince really wants to question this person!

"Why did he take him away? Where did he take him?"

"It is said that this person was brought to identify someone in the army. The humble official was not in the Yamen at the time, so the details are not clear!"

Zhou Chengping's face darkened, and his dissatisfaction with the eunuch grew a little more in his heart.

"You send someone to look for it immediately, and take him outside Jinshen Hall, the sooner the better!"

"Yes... I'll go to the humble post!"

When Cai Xinghai turned to leave, Zhou Chengping turned back immediately, and he wanted to inform Zhao Yanxun of the situation.

Let's talk about Lin Quan, at this moment, he led people to escort Su Liangcai all the way to Wu Chun's home.

"Eunuch Lin, why are you here?" Wu Chun greeted him.

"Since you haven't found out who is escorting the food and grass of the Jiayou team, our family will escort you to identify it!"

This large-scale transportation of grain and grass is all under the unified responsibility of hundreds of households, and all grain and grass orders are also distributed by him.

But in the past month or so, there have been too many grains and fodder escorted, in large and small batches.

In addition, when transporting, they crossed each other and were confused. He couldn't tell who was escorting the grain of the Jiayou team, and the general flags and small flags below couldn't remember either.

"This... I'm afraid it's not in line with the rules!" Wu Chun's face was full of doubts.

Unexpectedly, Lin Quan took out the golden order and said: "This is the golden order of the prince, if the prince comes in person..."

(End of this chapter)