Dynasty Summons: Low-key Hegemony

Chapter 47
In the evening of the next day, Li Yuan stood in the house where gifts were placed.

Seeing the glittering gold and silver presents piled up in the whole house, Li Yuan shook his head and sighed:

"My king is not interested in money anymore."

Li Yuan felt that the happiest time for him was when he cheated Li Yao of tens of taels of silver from time to time.

Since he came to Lingzhou, he felt that there was no fun at all given away tens of thousands of taels per person.

"Ugh!"

This morning, Mo Ziyan, Lu Changming and other officials from the city came to visit one after another, because Li Yuan had already announced last night that Li Yuan rewarded Zhou Qiuya and other seven officials for their positions very smoothly.

All three parties were happy and got the results they wanted.

In the afternoon, various forces in the city sent gifts.

In the next few days, or even during this period of time, prominent people in all counties and cities may send a big gift to congratulate King Chu on his arrival in Lingyang Mansion.

bother!
Really annoying!

It's time to free up a few empty houses for presents.

Li Yuan waved his sleeves, and when he left with his hands behind his back, he said to Xiao Yezi next to him:

"Little Yezi, you can count them again for me."

"Yes!"

The little leaf next to him looked at the glittering piece of gold, his eyes were shining, he and His Highness had counted twice just now, and now it is the third time.

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Time flies, and a month has passed in a blink of an eye. The people in the palace have their own duties, recruiting maids and servants, so that the Chu Palace, which was originally a small population, has become more and more orderly.

This month, after Li Yuan visited the government office once, he never went there again. He wandered around the capital city all day long, looking at ease and enjoying himself, which reassured the caring people in the capital city.

In the morning, as soon as Li Yuan woke up from his practice, he heard Xiao Yezi calling hurriedly outside the house.

"Your Highness!"

"Your Highness!"

"Prefect Mo has something urgent to report."

Li Yuan's expression moved, and he said silently, has it started?
This is the first time that Mo Ziyan has reported something to him. The matter is unusual, and it may involve Chu Qingyan!
Li Yuan quickly got up and went to the main hall.

During this month, Chu Qingyan arranged for Zhou Qiuya's seven people to enter the government office. It can be said that they were jumping up and down, and they made no secret of their intention to solicit and woo them, but they never saw anyone suppressing them. Finally, some people couldn't help it.

In the main hall, Mo Ziyan's face was serious. When he saw Li Yuan coming, he took two steps forward and said directly:
"Your Highness, something has happened. The granary in Xicheng has been stolen, and one hundred thousand shi of grain is missing!"

"One hundred thousand stone?"

Li Yuan's heart was shocked, and there was a hint of anger in his eyes,
"They" are so bold!

"what happened?"

"This morning, the guards regularly went to the Xicheng granary to collect food for the next month. When the inspectors checked the Xicheng granary, they found that the quantity of the Xicheng granary was wrong, and a full [-] shi was missing."

Mo Ziyan said in a deep voice, with a hint of anger in his eyes.

The capital city is divided into four granaries, east, west, south, and north. The importance of these four granaries is self-evident. The [-] guards regularly go to the granary to receive military rations every month.

Li Yuan slowly closed his eyes, and his tone became calm:
"Who is the granary guard in the west city?"

"Liu Lei!"

Mo Ziyan's tone was cold and dissatisfied:

"Since the warehouse was built, there has never been such a serious theft of the granary, and a total of [-] shi of grain has been stolen!
Liu Lei is negligent in his duties, regardless of whether the stolen one hundred thousand shi of grain can be recovered, he will be executed according to the law! "

"The theft of the granary is a major event, and His Royal Highness must preside over it."

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When Li Yuan and Mo Ziyan arrived at the Xicheng Granary, it was already guarded by heavy guards.

When Li Yuan walked in, he saw the huge warehouse door. Liu Lei's face was pale, full of panic, trembling, kneeling on the ground by the soldiers, and there was a faint smell of alcohol all over his body.

Obviously had a drink last night!
In addition to Liu Lei, the petty officials guarding the granary were also detained one after another.

The owner of the government office, Bo Linchanghai, arrived early, and his icy gaze was enough to freeze Liu Lei to death.

A group of patrolmen scoured the granary, looking for clues.

Seeing Li Yuan coming, Lin Changhai hurried forward with his followers and said respectfully:

"See His Highness the King of Chu."

"How's the situation?" Li Yuan waved his hand, looked around the granary, and signaled them to get up.

Lin Changhai pointed at Liu Lei who was limp on the ground with angry eyes and said: "Your Highness, no trace of theft was found in the granary. When the officials came, they found that Liu Lei, the granary guard in Xicheng, was still drunk!"

"Your Highness, Your Highness, I have been wronged!" Seeing Li Yuan's arrival, Liu Lei had already woken up drunk, and quickly knelt down and begged to lie on the ground, begging:
"Weichen was framed. Last night, Weichen didn't drink. He was knocked out suddenly when he was inspecting the granary. When he woke up the next day, Weichen was full of alcohol. Obviously, someone knocked Weichen out last night. Minister, deliberately got drunk on me.

Today is the day when the guards receive their rations, no matter how stupid I am, I can still drink. "

Seeing that Liu Lei still dared to argue, Lin Changhai took a step forward and said coldly:

"Then let me ask you, where did the lost [-] shi of grain go? You didn't find out about the theft of [-] shi of grain?
I have already asked the guard of the granary, these days you drink with people every day and get drunk every day, is this also because someone beat you out? "

Lin Changhai was full of anger at the moment. As the boss, the grain and grass were under his control, and he was also responsible for the theft of the granary.

When Liu Lei heard the words, his pupils showed panic, and he opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and lowered his head very annoyed.

Lin Changhai was right.

The grain guard in Xicheng is a fat job, and there are people in various departments who fawn on him. Liu Lei can't stand the temptation, and he also wants to use this to win over these people.

It turned out to be premeditated.

Now that he has come to his senses, it is useless.

The inspector sent to investigate was a capable man who quickly ran up to Li Yuan and said respectfully:
"See His Highness the King of Chu."

Then he glanced sharply at Liu Lei and the other officials and said:

"Your Highness, my lords, the granary is in good condition everywhere, and no special traces have been found around it. It is obviously impossible to transport a hundred thousand shi of grain at once without revealing any traces. If my subordinates guess, there must be someone in the granary in Xicheng who is cooperating inside and outside to cover up the amount of grain every day. , and carried out the theft several times,"

Li Yuan nodded and ordered:
"Come here, put them in prison, and interrogate them strictly one by one."

"Yes!"

"Prefect Mo, you will arrange personnel to guard the granary in the west city. Without this king's order, no one is allowed to step in."

"Yes!"

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And Chu Qingyan also got the news at this moment, Zhou Qiuya and others gathered in the mansion to discuss, and looked at Chu Qingyan worriedly.

Originally, they thought that guarding the granary was a fat job, but they didn't expect that if something happened, it would be so fatal.

"Second miss, we must save Liu Lei."

Fan Min and Liu Lei have the best relationship and have an ambiguous relationship.

Fan Min said anxiously.

The others were not so optimistic, and looked worried. The granary robbery was obviously aimed at them.

Liu Lei was just the first one, but it was hard for them to fight for the first time.

They don't even know which enemy made the move.

(End of this chapter)