Kowloon wins

Chapter 89
"What? Master Du has something to hide, eh?"

Looking at Du Moliang's flustered face, the third master was relieved for a while, how could he let Du Moliang pass the test easily, there was no room for Du Moliang to think, and he hurried Asked a question.

"Ah, no, hehe, the lord was joking, didn't all the food be burned? The specific reason is that the next official is investigating himself, and is investigating..."

Du Moliang had a ghost in his heart, and when he heard that the third master was holding on to the granary, fear suddenly arose in his heart, but it was absolutely impossible for him to just admit it, but seeing his eyeballs twirling a few times After downloading, he prevaricated with a dry smile.

"Is it really all burned? Lord Du, are you sure?"

Hearing Du Moliang's answer, the corner of the third master's mouth twitched, revealing a sarcastic smile, but the aggressive words never relaxed at all.

"This one……"

Seeing the third master's weird smile, Du Moliang couldn't help hesitating, he hesitated for a while, but didn't dare to tell the truth.

"Um?

How could the third master let Du Moliang just fool around like this, his face turned cold, and he snorted from his nostrils.

"My lord Mingjian, it is indeed burnt out, and there is a survey document in the lower official's office to prove it."

Being forced by the third master, Du Moliang was already pushed to the corner, and there was no way to retreat, so he could only be ruthless and tough.

"Burn it all? Hahaha..., it's almost burnt out, Qing'er!"

As soon as Du Moliang said this, the third master immediately burst into laughter, laughing so much that Du Moliang's complexion changed wildly, but he didn't dare to talk too much to make excuses, but the sweat on his forehead was already pouring down like a waterfall, but the third master did not He didn't pay any attention to it, but calmly called Hong Qing's name.

Well, Dad, you sold us out again, didn't you?

This disaster relief matter was basically handled by Hong Qing behind the scenes, but Hong Qing didn't intend to make too much of the limelight, just because he had already made enough of the limelight, and if he continued to do so, he would really be in the limelight It's a bird, but the third master has already called the roll, even if Hong Qing is reluctant, she can only roll her eyes secretly, step out from the side, bow very respectfully, and hastily agreed to the promise .

"Qing'er, Du Jietai claims that the grain has been burned out, so you go and tell Master Du what the granary is all about."

The third master didn't care what was going on in Hong Qing's narrow eyes, he waved his hand, and commanded with pride.

"Yes, my child obeys."

Since she couldn't avoid it, Hong Qing didn't bother to waste her time talking. After a respectful reply, she turned her feet and turned around. She glanced at the embarrassed Du Moliang indifferently, but didn't talk to him directly. He turned his eyes to the uneasy A Jintai, bowed very politely and said, "My lord has invited you, and my nephew has something to ask."

"Don't dare, don't dare, please tell me what the little lord has ordered, and the next official will do it accordingly."

Hong Qing is not an ordinary heir of the royal family, he has the title of Bei Zi on his head, in terms of title, he is much higher than Ah Jintai, how could Ah Jintai dare to be arrogant in front of Hong Qing, Then he hastily returned the gift, and replied very politely.

"My nephew heard that Mr. Ah once weighed the ashes of the granary, and I don't know how accurate the number is?"

At this time, it was not a time to exchange pleasantries, Hong Qing was not overly polite, and went straight to the point.

"It's true that the next day after the fire, I have had people weigh the ashes, and the income is less than [-] catties. There is a record of this. If the young prince needs it, I can ask people to take it Come."

Ever since he accepted that weird order, Ah Jintai hadn't thought much about the intention of the third master's move, but at the moment, he still couldn't figure it out. He answered quickly, but he couldn't hide the doubt and curiosity in his eyes.

"That's not urgent. My nephew can still trust what Mr. Ah said." Facing Ah Jintai's puzzled eyes, Hong Qing did not rush to explain, but saluted with a smile, and then stood up straight. Turning around, he looked around at a group of Shandong officials who were at a loss and didn't know what to do. He didn't say much, just clapped his hands, and soon he saw Heda leading several royal guards, carrying a small copper basin of rice and steelyards, etc. Things came up from behind.

"My little prince, everything is ready, please let me know."

Heda ignored the commotion of the officials in Shandong, and after directing everyone to get everything ready, he walked up to Hong Qing in a few strides, bowed, and reported the report neatly.

"Well, let's start then."

Facing Heda's request for instructions, Hong Qing also didn't say much, but nodded calmly and gave instructions.

"twitter!"

Heda respectfully agreed, and with a wave of his hand, all the guards of the royal palace who had already been prepared immediately moved after hearing the order, but when a guard raised his hand, he poured a small ladle of oil into the copper basin, The other person lit the flint and lit the pine light used to start the fire. With a shake of his hand, the burning pine light flew into the copper basin. As soon as it met the oil, the fire sprang up immediately and burned fiercely for a long time. Afterwards, amidst the continuous crackling, the rice gradually charred and finally turned into black charcoal. As soon as the fire was extinguished, a personal guard took out a small bag and carefully swept the ashes in the copper basin into a mouthful. In the small cloth bag, hand it over to a guard holding a steelyard waiting at the side, and only one weight, two pounds has come out clearly.

"My lord, two catties of white rice have been burnt to ashes, and the income is eight taels or four qian."

As soon as the result came out, Heda immediately turned to face Hong Qing and reported aloud.

"Ah."

Hong Qing didn't comment on the result, but waved her hand to signal Heda to back down, but she took a few steps forward and came to the panic-stricken Du Moliang. Clearly, if two catties of grain are burnt, you can get eight taels of four renminbi of ash, in other words, one catty of tael is four taels of ash, so how much ashes should there be for thirty thousand stone grains, huh?"

"This, this, this..."

Hong Qing's words were already so clear, how could Du Moliang not know where his side's flaws were, and for a while, he really didn't know where to lie.

"Maybe Mr. Du's skills are not good enough. It's okay. I will help you to calculate it. It should be more than 1501 million catties of ash, but the three granaries were burned, and there was only more than [-] catties of ash. Even if it was all grain The ashes are probably less than a hundred stones? Where does the rest of the food go? Please Master Du teach me."

Hong Qing didn't intend to give Du Moliang time to weave a reason at all, and with a sneer, she asked questions repeatedly step by step.

"This, this, the lower official, the lower official really doesn't know, maybe the lower official made a mistake in the investigation, after the lower official returns, he will definitely punish him severely, and he will definitely..."

Stealing and selling the country's grain stocks, especially during a catastrophe, is absolutely a heinous crime. Du Moliang is unwilling to give in to this for the sake of his own life. Taking himself down, this avoids the seriousness and pushes the mistakes to the mistakes in the survey, hoping to pass the current hurdle with this, and then worry about the rest.

"Wrong? Hey, I'm afraid it's not the subordinates who are wrong, but you, Mr. Du?"

How can Hong Qing be so easy to be fooled, before Du Moliang could finish speaking, he interrupted his nonsense without politeness.

"You..., why did the little prince say that? Although the position of a lowly official is low, he is also an official appointed by the court. It is not easy to slander, so please respect yourself!"

Seeing that the situation was not right, Du Moliang didn't dare to let Hong Qing ask him endlessly, so his face darkened, and he put on the airs of a local official, and forced to be angry and shouted.

"Well said, I really can't do it, Mr. Naidu, but someone can."

Hong Qing was not at all moved by Du Moliang's bluff, smiled sarcastically, clapped her hands playfully, stabbed Du Moliang mercilessly, then turned around and bowed to the third master , made a salute and said: "Father, it is fortunate that the child did not disgrace the mission, everything is clear, and I ask the father to preside over the overall situation."

"Well done, come here, send the signal!"

The third master was quite satisfied with Hongqing's performance, but he didn't talk nonsense. After a word of praise, he ignored the uneasiness and commotion of the officials below, waved his hand, and gave the order with pride.

"Wh... bang!"

When the third master gave this order, a guard of the palace standing by his side agreed loudly. With just a wave of his hand, a signal firework rose into the air, exploding a ball of bright red fireworks in midair. shine.

"My lord, you are..."

As soon as the fireworks exploded, the already terrified Shandong officials suddenly became more chaotic. As the governor, A Jintai was a little unsteady, so he hurriedly stepped forward and tentatively asked half of the words Come.

"My lord, don't worry, just wait for a moment, the truth will come to light."

Although the third master does not have a good opinion of A Jintai, the prince's family, but at this moment, he still needs to get it to stabilize the situation, so he is a bit polite in his words, but he does not reveal the answer to the mystery Meaning, when Ah Jintai saw this, although he was extremely disturbed, he couldn't ask any more questions, so he could only retreat to the side with a wry smile.

"Look, there seems to be movement in the east!"

"Huh? What's going on?"

"Where did those carriages come from?"

……

Waiting and waiting, it has been a long time since the signal fireworks exploded, and there was no movement, and the officials in Shandong couldn't help but feel suspicious. The younger generation saw a burst of smoke and dust suddenly rolled up on the east avenue, and several carriages were galloping towards the pier, and the scene immediately became noisy like a frying pan.

Huh..., it finally came, not bad!

Hong Qing is small, so she couldn't see the movement in the billowing smoke and dust, but when she heard the discussions of the officials, she knew that what was coming was definitely what she was waiting for, and her heart that was hanging in the air immediately fell down. come to...

(End of this chapter)