Royal Gold Magistrate

"Fathers, elders and sisters, please leave. Everyone, go back to your home, and give me some time to clean up the officials."

"This is my promise to you!"

Liu Xun's impassioned speech caused many simple people to shed tears, and stood in place for a long time, unwilling to leave.

Fangzheng looked a little impatient.

Originally, I thought that Liu Xun's words would be repeated on the road.

I didn't expect this dog to be so disgusted with himself.

Thinking of going to patrol the warehouse earlier, Fangzheng walked up to Liu Xun: "It's all gone, Mr. Liu still has official duties."

Everyone heard other voices and couldn't help but look sideways.

Seeing that it was a young man with gold rings in his hands and a fine attire, they couldn't help showing contemptuous glances.

What kind of corrupt official is this?You see, Mr. Liu is dressed in patches!

"........."

As soon as Fangzheng looked at the eyes of everyone, he realized instantly.

Damn, I actually made such a low-level mistake!

Liu Xun glanced at Fang Zhengyi with a smile, the young man was too young after all, he jumped out to serve as the old man's back.

Looking at the people who were still reluctant to leave, Liu Xun straightened his face: "Let's go, let's go, the government does still have official duties."

With just this order, the surrounding people began to disperse sparsely.

"Lord Liu really loves the people like a son, and makes the lower officials ashamed." Fang Zhengyi said lightly sarcastically.

Liu Xun was not ashamed, stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Hehe, it's nothing, it's just the way of being an official."

"Let's go, let's go to the granary."

In the second half of the journey, the two rode directly to the granary without saying a word.

The head of the granary is still counting the newly arrived grain in the yard, and when he saw Liu Xun coming, he immediately knelt down.

"I've met Mr. Liu! It's a long way to welcome you. Why didn't you notify the lower officials when you came?"

Liu Xun said: "This time the government is accompanying me, and the new general judge Fang Zheng came along with me."

"Well, it's the first time you've seen him too."

"I've met Mr. Fang."

Fangzheng nodded, walked to a pile of rice bags, and asked, "When was this rice delivered?"

The head of grain hurriedly replied: "This is the grain delivered from the capital a few days ago."

"The capital? It's been a few days, are you still counting?"

The food chief looked at Fang Zhengyi and then at Liu Xun. Seeing Liu Xun winking at him, he replied, "My lord... we are short of manpower, so the inventory is slow."

Fang Zhengyi didn't speak, and started to stroll around.

The granary in Jianjiang City is located on the ground, and its overall shape looks like a huge courtyard house, with grain packed in sacks and neatly stacked together.

After walking around, Fang Zhengyi saw a rice scout, quickly stepped forward to pick up the rice scout, walked back to Liang Zhang, and inserted it into the rice bag.

This meter scout is similar to a Luoyang shovel, but it is longer than a screwdriver, and the grooves are opened from the beginning to the end.

The rice in the rice bag can be brought out with one plug and one pull.

Fangzheng took a closer look at the rice.

Good condition, no issues.

Liu Xun leaned forward and asked, "How are you looking?"

"Not bad, but I haven't looked carefully enough." As he spoke, Fang Zheng walked towards the pile of grains that had already been counted in the warehouse.

Immediately inserted a few more rice bags, no problem.

Liu Xun looked behind him and couldn't help but smile.

But it didn't take long for him to laugh when Fang Zhengyi climbed to the top of the rice pile and walked in with his body bent.

Liu Xun frowned: "Lord Fang, it's dangerous inside, be careful!"

"No problem!" Fang Zhengyi's voice came from inside.

At the deepest point, there is still no problem with Mi Tanzi inserting it.

Fangzheng frowned, it seemed that this old man was still worried about himself.

Before he came, Bai Rui could find a lot of moldy rice and old rice just by casually searching, but now they are hidden so deep.

But no matter how deep it is hidden, those fake and inferior goods must still be in the warehouse.

Otherwise, someone with a heart can find out the missing number by checking it from the outside.

Fangzheng began to remove the rice bags on the top layer, and then went down one by one.

After only moving three bags, the rice scout brought out changed color!

The dark brown rice has a peculiar smell, found it!

Fangzheng grinned, grabbed a handful, turned around and walked out slowly.

Liu Xun listened to the voice coming from inside, and stood below waiting with a gloomy expression, Liang Chang swallowed beside him.

Although he was already in the same camp as Fang Zhengyi, after all, he was worried and didn't dare to fully reveal the truth.

This kid is so greedy, if he finds out that there is a problem with the granary again, wouldn't he have to pay himself a fortune?

Before, I thought he was just an untouchable dandy, but I didn't expect to be able to drill in so deep!

Fang Zhengyi had poked his head out at this time, but he didn't rush down, instead he sat directly on the rice pile.

Watching Liu Xun stretch out his right hand and slowly spread his five fingers.

The moldy rice slid down the palm of my hand and fell to the ground...

Liu Xun didn't panic, the food chief panicked first, and quietly tugged Liu Xun's sleeve twice.

Liu Xun waved his hand: "Go, let everyone go out, I have something to talk to Mr. Fang."

The chief grain officer heaved a sigh of relief, and ran away quickly.

As soon as Fangzheng sat on it, he sighed and said, "Master Liu, you don't regard the lower official as your friend."

"Privately collecting more food from the people, lower officials don't have to ask, after all, it is not included in the register."

"But...it's about Guancang, so I can't turn a blind eye to it."

"If the hungry people outside the city make a fuss and break into the granary to find out what's going on here, the lower officials won't be able to keep their heads even if they have ten heads."

Liu Xun laughed when he heard the words: "What did Mr. Fang say, come down first, it's dangerous up there."

Fang Zheng jumped straight down, walked towards Liu Xun, and looked directly at him: "Master Liu, please explain, how should it end?"

Liu Xun asked, "What does Lord Fang think?"

Fangzheng smiled slightly, and said in a low voice: "I need to add more money! Give me 5 taels, but we have something to say first, and the things in the granary cannot be discovered by outsiders. If there is an accident, it will be useless no matter how much money you have. .”

"I don't know...the fakes in the granary, how does Lord Liu want to solve them in the end?"

Hearing that Fang Zhengyi wanted to increase the amount to 5 taels, a fierce light flashed in Liu Xun's eyes.

"Heh, 5 taels...Master Fang is really a lion, but I agreed!"

"As for the moldy rice in the granary, you don't have to worry. You and I are really open and honest today. Fortunately, I will tell you everything."

As he spoke, Liu Xun looked around and leaned closer to Fangzheng's ear.

"The day after tomorrow, there will be an armed fight between the Freedom Sect and the Tieyi Church outside the city, and the disaster victims will also participate. The officers and soldiers will come forward to wipe out the rebels, and the Tieyi Sect rebels will take the opportunity to set fire to the warehouse..."

"At that time... Mr. Fang can lead his troops to wipe out the bandits, and it will be a great achievement! The government will report the truth!"

"Based on your relationship with the prince, at least it won't be a problem to transfer back to Beijing on a regular basis!"

"When Mr. Fang returns to the capital with 5 taels of silver, and can return to the prince's side, wouldn't it be better than fish in water? What do you think?"

Fangzheng frowned: "How can you control the battle between the two sects? Besides, if there is a large-scale fight, how will it end if the Jiangjiang army gets involved?"

"Could it be that the chief soldier is also one of us?"

Liu Xun smiled wryly: "You often don't even understand this in the capital? Your Majesty doesn't care about anything in the world, but you only have military power, and you will never relax!"

"Your Majesty's ability is beyond what you can imagine. The general soldiers in various places are under His Majesty's firm control. It can be said that they are all confidantes who followed His Majesty through the mountains of corpses and blood."

"If the chief soldier finds out about the granary, we will be the first to lose our heads!"

"But you don't have to worry, let's prepare in advance, much faster than them!"

"After the granary is burned, we can say whatever we want!"

"As for those sects, I have my own arrangements, so you don't have to think about it."

Hearing what he said, Fang Zhengyi felt relieved.

In this way, there is no need to worry about doing it yourself. If there is a conflict with those generals, it will be really troublesome.

Everyone on my side is talented, so I can't afford to be compromised on this kind of thing.

Then Fang Zhengyi continued to ask: "Master Liu, is it just the two of us..."

"Of course not!" Liu Xun's smile became brighter.

"Now you are one of your own. Tomorrow, the Japanese government will call the people involved in this matter to the Yongqing Building not far from the government office to discuss important matters for the Communist Party of China. At that time, they will assign some people to you to go out of the city to suppress thieves and make meritorious service! That's it. ...You should rest assured!"

Fangzheng became excited all of a sudden, and stepped forward to grab Liu Xun's hand.

"My parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and Master Liu is the one who knows me!"

What the hell!

Liu Xun looked at his grasped hand, suddenly trembled all over, and then quickly freed his hands.

With a sneer: "Master Fang, do you want to take another look?"

"No! I don't want to watch it! I will be accompanied by Mr. Lao Liu today, so let's go back first."

...........

It was night, Liu Xun was in the study, and Wei Shan stood beside him with a serious expression.

In the end, I couldn't help but ask: "Master... Could it be that the silver was given to Fang Zhengyi directly? That's 5 taels!"

Liu Xun sneered, the candle light flickered, and the atmosphere on his face looked a little mysterious.

"Oh, give it to him, how long can he keep the money."

"A mere male favorite of the prince, he wants too much and knows too much. No matter what, this person can't let him return to the capital."

"However, although this person is a villain, he has a delicate mind. I am afraid that he will worry about other things and take him to meet his relatives tomorrow."

"In the future, you will stay by his side and kill him in the chaos. Then there will be no proof of death, and the money will still be ours."

"Master is wise..."

...........

Inside the Chenghu Painting Boat, Fangzheng talked to everyone about what happened during the day, and he was in a very happy mood.

He said proudly: "Listen up, all of you, tomorrow Bai Rui will lead the way and lead a group of good hands to occupy the Yongqing Tower for me, please be quiet."

"Zhang Biao, Zhou Tie and others go!"

"Wait for the master to throw a cup as a sign, I will directly break into the house and tie up those dogs!"

"Liu Xun, the leader, break his limbs! Don't give him any chance to escape! Anyone who dares to thump and break his legs directly doesn't need to be discussed. This operation can only succeed and not fail, understand?"

"understood!!"