Chapter 79: Is the little girl easy to deceive? (Ask for monthly ticket)
It was already night when Guo Yi came back from Tanzhou.
This day was quite tiring.
He yawned and returned to his room. He just took off his robe and sat down to take off his boots. When he raised his head, his eyes crossed to the opposite side, and he immediately jumped up again as if a needle had stabbed his butt.
"You, you - when did you come?"
On the bamboo reclining chair opposite, Shen Qingzhou was half lying there, looking at him quietly.
"Is Zhou Sheng settled in?" he asked.
Guo Yi's muscles and bones that had just been relaxed started to lift again. After sorting out his words, he said: "He has already been sent to prison. I am afraid that he will develop influence in Tanzhou Prefecture, so I have left someone to guard him there day and night. However, it will obviously be safer if you add two secret sentries there!"
Shen Qingzhou lowered his eyelids and gestured to the stool opposite: "Don't stand, sit down."
Guo Yi also wanted to sit down, but why did he always feel that his visit today was not a good one?
He stroked his chest and looked over: "How long have you been here?"
"I came at night." Shen Qingzhou sat up straight and frowned: "It's almost midnight."
After saying that, he picked up a small teapot next to his hand and made each of them a cup of tea.
Seeing that he was no different from usual, Guo Yi sat down and said, "The person named Zhou deserves to die!"
Shen Qingzhou said: "He can't die."
"I know. He is just doing things for the boss. If we kill him directly, our trip will be in vain." At this point, Guo Yi snorted coldly, "But this scum still wants to take advantage of me. He wants to take advantage of the future of my old Guo family." Threaten me.
"But he doesn't know that there is obvious evidence for his crime of flooding farmland, and the Yan family will not protect him.
"The people who want him dead the most are his so-called backstage."
Shen Qingzhou stood up, walked slowly under the oil lamp, and handed a cup of tea to him. The light illuminated his face clearly, making his lines sharper.
"Before leaving the capital, the prince gave me a piece of news about the Su family and the Liu family. It mentioned that Liu Zheng and the Ministry of Revenue have been in close contact recently.
"Nowadays, the supply and use of the East Palace are all subject to the control of the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue openly said that it would only release money with the approval of the cabinet. It can be seen that the Ministry of Revenue has long been listening to the words of the Yan family.
"Both the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry are closely related to river transportation. There is so much oil and water in river transportation in the world, whether directly or indirectly, most of it must have fallen into the pocket of the Yan family over the years.
"There are countless families like the Su family in Tanzhou in the north and south, and minions like Zhou Sheng who suck the blood of the Yan Party. The Su family and Zhou Sheng are just one of thousands.
"They just sent a group of their own people to destroy the evidence in the name of rectifying the river transportation. This is a move to save themselves by cutting off the tail."
Guo Yi suddenly realized: "Are you saying that Zhou Sheng ignored the people and flooded fertile farmland, but in fact it was to destroy the evidence that the Yan Party used the Shawan River to make money?"
Shen Qingzhou picked up a baggage lying next to him: "I found this from the county government last night."
Guo Yi opened it quickly. He couldn't help but froze at first glance: "This is the annual tax amount of Shawan County. The numbers on this account are obviously wrong! Shawan is so prosperous that any rice merchant can be said to be extremely rich. How can it be possible to produce only such a small amount?" Tax?
"The number we got from private interviews these days is obviously three times as much as this!"
"So, businessmen and people pay no less taxes, but only a very small part flows into the national treasury, and most of them are intercepted by corrupt officials."
Shen Qingzhou took a sip of tea and continued: "And they are not satisfied yet. For example, the Su family is still using grain dealers to raise rice prices and make huge profits, making the common people unable to afford food!"
Guo Yi gritted his teeth: "Zhou Sheng suddenly became crazy. I guess he got some news. I think you had this in mind when you sent someone to let me keep an eye on him." Defense.”
Guo Yi pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment, then said again: "If Shawan County had not prepared in time last night, there was a high probability that the flood would have submerged it. With the help of heavy rain, it could not only destroy the county government office, but also cause natural disasters. For the sake of fame, the rice market that was finally brought back to Shawan can be controlled again. This plan is not without poison. ”
At this point, he suddenly said: "The person who asked He Qing to guard the county government last night was the county magistrate Fang Wei, and I saw that he had been personally leading the people to fight the flood all night. This person should not belong to Zhou Sheng's group."
Shen Qingzhou looked at him for a moment: "But I didn't see He Qing at the Yamen last night."
"...Where did he go?"
Shen Qingzhou thought for a moment: "You'd better check him out. If Zhou Sheng committed such a serious crime, he could have taken the opportunity to rectify Tanzhou's officialdom. We also talked about this earlier, but at that time, we could or could not do it. Now that's it, let's get started
"You will issue a notice tomorrow, and all officials from the government office down to the state, county and county magistrates will be investigated strictly. If Fang Wei is innocent, he can be used.
"Zhou Sheng will escort you back when you return to Beijing, and I will send someone to follow you. In addition, since his purpose is to destroy evidence, naturally the same is true at other docks.
"If you follow the clues and investigate along the way, you will definitely gain something."
Guo Yi's jaw dropped. "After the incident in Tanzhou, I will go to Hubei for the purpose of checking taxes."
After that, he added: "I asked someone to make a bed for you. If you don't come to stay for a long time, I was afraid that people would notice something, so I asked someone to put away the bed."
"No need." Shen Qingzhou put down the cup, "You have worked hard too, have a good sleep. Otherwise, I won't be living in the county government anymore."
"Then where do you live?"
"I have my own place to go." Shen Qingzhou stretched himself, "If you need anything, just contact me according to the old rules."
Guo Yi saw him about to cross the threshold and hurriedly chased after him: "There is one more thing I want to ask, what's going on with He Qu and Tang Yu? How come they are working as a nurse for a little girl?"
Shen Qingzhou stopped at the threshold: "She didn't tell you?"
"Her? Which him? I wanted to ask He Qu, but they disappeared after leaving the hall. Then I looked for the little girl. This girl was so tight-lipped. She didn't say a word, but she still said It left me speechless.”
Shen Qingzhou lowered his eyes and looked at him who was still dumbfounded. He put down the hand that lifted the curtain and walked back: "Little girl? In your eyes, she is just a simple and easy-to-deceive little girl, right?"
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"That's what you said!" Guo Yi said, "She is not very old, but she has outstanding courage and dexterity. She is very good. How can she be deceived?"
Shen Qingzhou looked at him: "Want to lie?"
Guo Yi clicked his tongue: "I'm just telling the truth!"
What understanding ability?
Shen Qingzhou stretched out his fan to hit the coffee table. After looking at him for a moment, he picked up the robe he took off and threw it back: "Don't sleep. Immediately issue a notice to the states and counties and get down to business."
"Now?!"
Guo Yi turned his head and looked at the dark sky outside, then stared at him in disbelief.
Is he right?
"It's no time to delay, time doesn't wait for me." Shen Qingzhou said, "We must act before the enemy takes action.
"So within half a month, we should thoroughly investigate all the officials in Tanzhou Prefecture. If you have any opinions, ten days is appropriate."
Guo Yi:! ! ……
(End of chapter)