Empress is a sick beauty

Ling Xi pursed her lips, it seems that the person who intends to criticize has made enough preparations, and it is definitely not a temporary intention.

"Who found out that the money was missing?" Yun Yi said lightly.

Prefect Xu hurriedly submitted the completed files, "It's the accountant in the chamber of commerce. He pointed out that Mr. Shen ordered the annexation of the funds of the chamber of commerce, and then let him make false accounts. Afterwards, he will be given enough pension money. But Mr. Shen He crossed the river and demolished the bridge, so he held a grudge and came to report the case, and wanted to die with the Shen family."

The witnesses and material evidence are all there, and anyone who finds it troublesome to investigate the case can directly close the case.

Ling Xi was standing beside Yun Yi, and he could see all the information Yun Yi could see.The evidence is indeed very unfavorable to Shen Rui, unless they can get the witness to retract the confession, or directly blackmail the behind the scenes.Otherwise, it would be difficult to prove the Shen family's innocence in a short time.

Yun Yi glanced at Ling Xi, who was deep in thought, and said directly to the prefect Xu, "Go and investigate again, whoever embezzled the money so blatantly fell into the hands of others. Even if it is to be moved into the mansion, it should be moved in batches. The amount of money that disappeared is just right. All the businessmen who have business dealings with the Shen Mansion must go through the account books of the Shen Mansion in the past few months."

"Yes! I'll go right now." The prince said, how dare he be negligent as a magistrate.Furthermore, Shen Rui has never had anything wrong with his management of the chamber of commerce, and has contributed more than once to the government yamen to benefit the livelihood of the people. He is unwilling to have an accident in Shen's house, whether public or private.

Seeing that Zhifu Xu bowed his body and was about to step back, Ling Xi hurriedly said, "Master Xu, can you let me meet with elder brother?"

Xu Zhifu hesitated, "I'm afraid this is unreasonable..." He paused for a moment, turned his head and glanced at Yun Yi's face, and immediately changed his words, "However, we can still arrange a meeting, I will arrange it right away, and wait for it Inform Mr. Ling."

"Thank you, Mr. Xu." I'm afraid he will have to ask Shen Rui directly for the details. After all, both parties may have reservations about the government's questioning, which is not conducive to the progress of the investigation.

After Xu Zhifu left, Yun Yi ordered someone to bring breakfast outside, and she also stayed to eat some together.

There were exquisite hibiscus cakes and crystal soup dumplings in front of Ling Xi, but because he was thinking about Shen Rui, he only took two mouthfuls and stopped moving his chopsticks. He didn't even notice the water chestnut porridge that Ah Jiu served him.

"But it's not to your liking?"

Ling Xi regained consciousness, met Shang Yunyi's suspiciously concerned eyes, smiled and said, "No, it's delicious, I'm just distracted."

Yun Yi pushed the porridge bowl towards him, "Prefect Xu will make arrangements as soon as possible, the porridge won't taste good when it's cold."

Ling Xi picked up the spoon kindly and poured the sweet porridge into her throat, feeling a little warmer.After staying in the mansion for so long, his appetite became much smaller.He didn't feel hungry anymore after eating a bun, but he didn't appreciate Yun Yi's kindness, so he continued to drink porridge.

The two of them were eating, when a guard outside the door announced, "See Your Highness, I have something to report."

Yun Yi stood up, "I'll come back when I go." As he spoke, he glanced down at the porridge bowl in Ling Xi's hand, "Eat more."

Ling Xi nodded in response, focusing on the sweet porridge in her hand.

The door opened and closed slowly, and when Yun Yi turned around, the head of the guard hurriedly bowed down to salute.

"What's the matter?"

The head of the guard looked at the door and lowered his voice, "The merchants in the Chamber of Commerce in Yangzhou City learned that the money from the chamber of commerce was stolen, and today they all went to the Shen residence to smash the door, bluntly asking the Shen residence to withdraw the money, and let Shen Rui voluntarily resigned from the position of president. The momentum is getting louder and louder, and a circle of people has already surrounded the Shen residence."

No matter how serious the situation was reported by the head of the guards, Yun Yi just listened without changing his face, and only spoke after he finished the report, "Send someone to guard in front of the Shen's house, tell them to go back and wait for news, the specifics will be determined by the government office, Their money is indispensable. If there are still troublemakers, they will be dealt with as rioters. There is no need to spread this matter, and it should be dealt with as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

When Yun Yi returned to the room, the porridge bowl in Ling Xi's hand was already empty. When he saw someone coming back, he raised the bowl deliberately, as if to say that he was obedient.

Yunyi unconsciously raised the corners of her lips, as if coaxing a child, "It's not enough to just drink porridge, why don't you try another piece of hibiscus cake."

Ling Xi blinked, he really couldn't eat anymore, even if he wanted to restore his appetite, he had to do it step by step, how could he become a fat man by eating in one bite.

Seeing that he was really full, Yun Yi didn't persuade him any more, "Go and lie down on the couch for a while, I'll call you when Prefect Xu comes over."

This person's feeding method is even worse than his big brother's. He eats and sleeps, and sleeps and eats. Are they sure they are not raising pigs?

"Don't lie down, it's not good to lie down for too long." Ling Xi looked out the window, "The sun is just right today, if His Highness is fine, why not come with me to the yard for a while."

Presumably, with King Yi around, it won't be too late for prefect Xu to hear.

"Alright."

Yunyi accompanied him for a walk in the courtyard, the sun was warm on his body, making him forget his physical condition for a while, not only could he not catch cold, but also he could not stand under the sun for a long time.Fortunately, when he was a little dizzy, the sunlight was suddenly blocked, Ling Xi turned around, and it turned out that Yun Yi had taken a step forward.

"Would you like to sit on the promenade? You can also see the sun."

Ling Xi immediately accepted his proposal, fearing that if he stayed in the sun for a while, he would have to trouble others to help him.

The two stayed in the corridor for a while, and then Zhifu Xu hurried back.Yun Yi accompanied Ling Xi to the Qianyamen, but when entering the room, Ling Xi was let in alone.

With his back to the door, Shen Rui kept his back straight. When he heard the door ring, he thought it was someone from the yamen who had come to question him. The anger of being wronged for no reason had not subsided, and without turning his head, he said, "Didn't your lord just ask me? Why come again?"

"Brother, it's me."

Shen Rui suddenly turned around, saw Ling Xi, and hurried over, "Why are you here?"

"I asked Mr. Xu to come and visit Eldest Brother." Ling Xi looked at Shen Rui's expression and thought he wasn't embarrassed.

"Nonsense." Shen Rui reprimanded lightly, although he said so, but his heart was soft, "I didn't ask you to wait for my brother in the mansion, why are you disobedient?"

Ling Xi knew that her elder brother was worried about her body, so she took his arm and sat at the round table with him.

"Brother was wronged, how can I just sit back and ignore it? Brother, the current situation is not good for you. Can you recall who you have had business dealings with recently, and the amount was not small."

Shen Rui recalled carefully, "The biggest business recently is the jade business with Master Yu. The buyer came from Xuzhou and had business dealings with Boss Yu, but Yu's family didn't have enough jade, so they came as a middleman. Make a bridge and earn the middle price difference. This business has been negotiating since the beginning of the spring. The other party wants a large amount of jade, so no agreement was reached for a while. A few days ago, a new source of jade was finally opened up. The negotiation was completed. The transaction price should be 2000 More than two grains of silver."

As soon as he came out of the room, Ling Xi turned around and went to the front hall without any delay, just now Yun Yi said that he would wait for him in the front hall.When he arrived, Yunyi and Xu Zhifu were indeed there.He reported all the conversations he had with his elder brother, and after a while, the person sent to ask the master for questioning had already returned.Ling Xi and Yun Yi hid in the back hall to listen, leaving only Xu Zhifu in front of the hall.

After Master Yu entered the door, he respectfully bowed towards Xu Zhifu, "My lord, why are you looking for Yu?"

Xu Zhifu has a serious face. Since the case started, he has not closed his eyes. At this time, the resentment is more intense, and he slapped the gavel, "I want to ask you, seven days ago, you did a jade business with Shen's family." ?”

Boss Yu raised his head in surprise and said, "I don't know what your lord is talking about? What kind of jade business? Shen's business is not so easy to get close to."

Prefect Xu took another shot of the gavel, "Is it true that you introduced a businessman from Xuzhou to meet Shen Rui and facilitate the jade business? I want to be honest."

Master Yu immediately knelt down, "My lord, there is really no jade business. If there is, why does the villain shirk it? I don't know what Xuzhou merchants are."

Ling Xi listened behind the bead curtain, her eyebrows gradually frowned. He didn't expect that the boss would leave the business behind. He thought that the Xuzhou businessman had already left Yangzhou. Open your mouth.

Prefect Xu asked for half an hour, but he couldn't get any clues out of Master Yu's mouth.During this period, the yamen servants quietly sent to search for Xuzhou merchants came back to report that there had been no businessmen from Xuzhou in the past two months.

It seems that it is no longer feasible to start with Master Yu, Ling Xi thought of identifying Mr. Shen Rui's accountant, maybe the witness retracting the confession is the fastest way at present.

Xu Zhifu listened to what he meant, and shook his head, "Mr. Accountant has interrogated many times, and he insisted that Mr. Shen told him to make false accounts, and it will still be the same if he asks again."

Ling Xi doesn't think so, if Boss Yu may covet the position of president to frame him, Mr. Accountant and the Shen family have no grievances in the past and have no enmity in the present, and they are often taken care of by Shen Rui, why would they listen to Master Yu's instigation? For money?But if he made false testimony in this trip, even if he succeeds, he will be imprisoned, so who will enjoy the reward?

After thinking about it, there are only two possibilities. One is that Master Yu is kind to him, and he will go all the way to repay his kindness.The second is that he has a handle in the hands of the master, which is more important than his life.

"Does the Accountant have any family members in Yangzhou City?"

Xu Zhifu stroked his chin and thought, "He is a local, the government has investigated his family, and there is still a wife, a son and a daughter at home."

Without waiting for Ling Xi to say anything else, Yun Yi suddenly said, "Send someone to invite Mr. Accountant's family members to the Yamen."

Xu Zhifu looked at the two of them back and forth, and hurriedly said, "Yes, I will arrange it immediately." After saying that, he hurried out of the front hall with the hem of his official uniform.

There were only the two of them left in the hall, and Yun Yi's eyes showed a little tenderness, "What did you think of?"

Ling Xi turned her head, blinked her eyes, "Didn't Your Highness already know?"