Jie a husband is too arrogant

Chapter 100 Collusion between officials and businessmen
Xie Shiyun was very excited when he heard that Ji Yuxian wanted to donate food, and immediately asked, "Is what Mr. Ji said true?"

"How dare you lie to Master Xie!" Ji Yuxian smiled faintly.

"The eldest son is really kind and kind. Tomorrow morning, I will report this matter to the emperor, so that I can reward the eldest son!" Xie Shiyun laughed loudly, as if he had some merits in it.

Ji Yuxian turned to look at Zhu Hecheng, "The shopkeeper Zhu hasn't answered yet, but I agree with Ji's proposal. If shopkeeper Zhu has difficulties, Ji will never force it!"

Having said all this, and in front of Xie Shiyun, and even involving the emperor, how Zhu Hecheng shied away, he just forced a smile and said, "Of course I agree, it is our honor to do what we can for the people of Daliang and share the emperor's worries." , how could I disagree?"

Zhu Hecheng smiled on his face, but his chest was so distressed that he was about to curl up into a ball, as if he had dug out his heart and put it on the fire to fry. He was already twitching from the pain, but he forced a smile to prevent others from seeing it.

I hated Ji Yuxian even more in my heart, I just wanted to do good deeds, so what did I pull him on?
Still in this situation, there is no room for him to refuse!
Sure enough, Ji Yuxian's wine was not in vain!

Just drinking a meal and losing [-] dans of food is really too much of a loss!

How could this be [-] dans of grain? It was clearly eating his heart out!
"Shopkeeper Zhu is really a kind-hearted person, Ji admires it, and I will toast to Shopkeeper Zhu again!" Ji Yuxian raised his glass to toast when Zhu Hecheng agreed, with a sincere tone.

"As imperial merchants, we should serve our country!" Zhu Hecheng laughed dryly.

"I should be the one who respects you two!" Xie Shiyun was full of smiles, imagining that tomorrow he would tell the emperor about the food donation from the Ji and Zhu families. The emperor would be very happy, and maybe he would reward himself.

"The two of you have solved a difficult problem for the imperial court and saved thousands of people in Xuzhou. Their merits are immeasurable. I will respect you both for this glass of wine!"

Ji Yuxian and Zhu Hecheng agreed and drank with Xie Shiyun.

Putting down his wine glass, Ji Yuxian said in a low voice, "Twenty thousand dans of food is a lot, and it should be transported to Xuzhou as soon as possible to relieve the people's difficulties. This afternoon, I have already contacted the Qinglong Escort Bureau to escort the food. The Qinglong Escort Bureau knows that this food is life-saving. Yes, the bodyguards don’t take a penny, and the best and fastest bodyguards are sent to escort them.”

"Okay!" Xie Shiyun patted the table excitedly, "When the country is in crisis, the shopkeeper of the Qinglong Escort must be a man of benevolence and righteousness. I really admire him! Tomorrow, I will definitely report to the emperor truthfully!"

Zhu Hecheng was in a trance thinking about his [-] dan grains, and he didn't notice who Ji Yuxian asked to escort them.

"Master Zhu!" Ji Yuxian's long eyes swept over, and he opened his mouth lightly.

"Ah?" Zhu Hecheng came back to his senses in a daze, and when he heard Ji Yuxian calling him, he trembled subconsciously, and hurriedly laughed, "What's the matter, young master?"

"The people in Xuzhou are waiting for food to save their lives. I don't know when the [-] dan of food from shopkeeper Zhu will be out of the warehouse?" Ji Yuxian asked with a smile.

Ji Yuxian didn't ask him if he had [-] dans of grain, but only asked him why he left the granary, as if he had concluded that there was grain in the granary, and blocked even the words he wanted to delay for a few days.

Zhu Hecheng gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a smile from his drooping thick lips, "I'll have someone prepare it tomorrow, and it must be almost the same the next day!"

"Excellent! Then Ji told the person in the security bureau to go to shopkeeper Zhu's grain shop to collect grain in the next day, and load it into the truck as soon as possible before going on the road. If it arrives earlier, the people will not suffer from hunger for a day."

"Yes, yes! The eldest son is thoughtful." Zhu and Cheng Qiang agreed with a smile.

The food matter was settled, and the atmosphere in the elegant room became more and more harmonious, especially Xie Shiyun, who was in high spirits and began to talk loudly.

The three of them drank until after Haishi, and the banquet ended.

Xie Shiyun walked out drunk with the help of his servants.

Ji Yuxian sent Xie Shijun into the carriage, and then said goodbye to Zhu Hecheng in front of the restaurant, and went home.

Zhu Hecheng was anxious in his heart, the wine he drank all night was roasting on his chest like kerosene, so he had no intention of going home at this time, so he ordered the coachman to turn at the intersection and chase Xie Shiyun all the way away.

When Xie Shiyun's carriage arrived at the gate of Xie's mansion, Zhu Hecheng also arrived, got out of the carriage, and hurriedly shouted, "Master Xie, please stop!"

Xie Shiyun turned around and was startled for a moment, his drunken eyes were red, and he stammered, "Zhu, shopkeeper Zhu, why did you follow me to my house? Could it be that he was drunk and forgot his way home?"

Zhu Hecheng didn't have the heart to joke with him, he looked around carefully, and hurriedly said, "Mr. Thank you for taking a step to speak!"

Xie Shijun nodded, took Zhu Hecheng into the mansion, sat down in the small hall in the front yard, and asked someone to bring tea.

"What's the matter?" Xie Shiyun asked impatiently after being drunk and sleepy.

Zhu Hecheng frowned, and said in a low voice, "Master Xie, do you think there is room for change in what happened today?"

After thinking about it, Zhu Hecheng still couldn't bear to part with the [-] dans of grain.

Xie Shiyun half-slumped on the wide wooden chair, and his face sank slightly when he heard the words, "The shopkeeper Zhu doesn't want to give out this [-] loads of grain?"

Zhu Hecheng said awkwardly, "[-] dans of food, Zhu is really having a headache!"

Xie Shiyun raised his hand to touch the mustache on his lips, and said with a smile, "There is no other way. You heard what Ji Yuxian said today. The shopkeeper Zhu agreed in front of the official. How can you take it back? Besides, in Xuzhou, Your Zhu family’s food shop has more than [-] dans of food, it’s time to get it out!”

The smile on Zhu Hecheng's face became more and more respectful, "Zhu got some benefits in Xuzhou, but he paid most of them. Master Xie knows it best!"

Xie Shiyun's face suddenly turned cold, and his eyes became a little gloomy, "Is shopkeeper Zhu threatening me? Shopkeeper Zhu is close to Lord Shangshu. If something happens to me, Lord Shangshu must be involved. Shopkeeper Zhu can think about how to tell Lord Shangshu Explanation?"

Zhu Hecheng hurriedly said, "Master Xie misunderstood, Zhu absolutely has no such intentions! No matter how stupid Zhu is, he will not betray his friends and cut off his family!"

Xie Shiyun's expression softened, "The shopkeeper Zhu must be a smart person for making the Zhu family's business so big! With this [-] loads of grain, the shopkeeper Zhu has the right to lose money and eliminate disasters!"

Zhu Hecheng was furious, why should he lose money?

"Thank you, my lord,"

"No need to say any more, how can you go back on what you say!" Xie Shiyun interrupted Zhu Hecheng.

Seeing that there was really no room for change, Zhu Hecheng could only say, "Yes, Zhu understands!"

Xie Shijun smiled, and said again, "Don't feel sorry for shopkeeper Zhu. When you arrive in Xuzhou, it's shopkeeper Zhu's place, and this food is also in shopkeeper Zhu's territory. At worst, you can use the old method!"

Zhu Hecheng's eyebrows moved, his eyes lit up immediately, and he said gratefully, "Thank you for your advice, my lord!"

Xie Shijun yawned and got up to see off the guests, "I have to go to court tomorrow, so I won't keep shopkeeper Zhu any longer!"

"Thank you for the early rest, Mr. Zhu will leave!"

Zhu Hecheng stood up, said respectfully, then turned and walked out.

After leaving the gate of Xie Mansion, under the dark night, Zhu Hecheng rolled his eyes, a gloomy smile appeared on the corner of his lips, and got into the carriage with a cold snort.

It's night, Jifu

Su Jiu was still waiting in the study room, when she saw Ji Yuxian coming back, she immediately went up to meet her, and asked anxiously, "How is it?"

Ji Yuxian let out a low laugh, took Su Jiu's hand and walked in, "Doing things for your husband, why don't Madam worry about it?"

Su Jiu showed joy, "It's done? Zhu Hecheng agrees to donate food?"

"Yes, in front of Xie Shiyun, how dare he refuse?" Ji Yuxian raised his eyebrows lightly, his phoenix eyes were full of elegance and planning.

Su Jiu was overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Then I will ask Ah Shu to prepare bodyguards tomorrow and set off as soon as possible!"

"Well, the matter is very important, the bodyguard chosen must be reliable!" Ji Yuxian said.

"Don't worry, Ah Shu knows it well!" Su Jiu said, grateful in his heart, and took the initiative to embrace Ji Yuxian's thin waist, and said with a smile, "I won't let you lose this [-] loads of food in vain, and I will send someone to send the money to you." On the account of your grain shop!"

Ji Yuxian glanced at her angrily, "Does Madam have to be so clear with me?"

"Do not,"

As soon as Su Jiugang opened her mouth, the man suddenly leaned down, pressed his wine-colored lips against hers, sucked a sip intimately, and said in a low voice, "Mine belongs to Madam, and this ten thousand dan of grain is from Ji's mansion." It was also paid by Madam. What's more, I donated the ten thousand dan grains not only to understand Qiao An's worries, but as a commoner in Daliang, it is right to do something at this time!"

Su Jiu's eyes were clear, with a deep smile overflowing, she tiptoed and kissed Ji Yuxian's lips, "Okay, listen to you!"

The corners of Ji Yuxian's lips burst into a smile, he hugged Su Jiu up, and said softly, "If my husband is drunk today, if Madam is really grateful, I will serve my husband tonight!"

Su Jiu put her arms around his neck, feeling an indescribable joy in her heart.

The next day, Su Jiu asked Ah Shu to send a carriage to Zhu's grain store to pull grain.

I thought that Zhu Hecheng would be unwilling and would deliberately find faults and delay, but after going there, he would happily load the grain on the carriage, but only made a condition that the steward of Zhu's family should accompany the escort cart to Xuzhou to deliver the grain .

This request is not too much, after all, they have produced so much food, and sending people to watch it is also in the process of cleaning up, so Ah Shu agreed!
With the previous lessons learned, Ah Shu asked each bag of grain to be opened and inspected carefully before loading it on the car.

Hearing Xie Shijun's performance in the early morning, the emperor was really happy, and he highly praised Ji and Zhu, and personally mentioned two words and sent them to the two prefectures.

The word for the Ji Mansion is, "Model of Benevolent Merchant", and the word for the Zhu Family is "The Best Merchant of Goodness"

Zhu Hecheng was ecstatic when he received the imperial decree, and ordered someone to frame the emperor's elegant and simple running script and hang it on the gate of Zhu's house.

Ji Yuxian was much more low-key. After receiving it, he read it and asked Yu Laofeng to put it away.

Su Jiu smiled and said, "Zhu Hecheng's advantage is so easy."

Ji Yuxian chuckled, "I'm afraid he is the one who can't sleep the most!"

After all, I was not willing to donate the food. Thinking that I had exchanged [-] dans of food for a plaque, I guess I didn't sleep well because of the distress.

Su Jiufu lay on the table, biting his fingers subconsciously, and said in a low voice, "However, when the escorts went to Zhu's house to collect food today, Zhu Hecheng not only didn't delay to stop them, but also very happily. Why?"

Ji Yuxian watched her movements and frowned, helplessly she held her hand in her arms, and lightly reprimanded, "I've said it many times, don't bite your fingers!"

Su Jiu pursed her lips with joy, "I'm used to it! Why do you think Zhu Hecheng suddenly wanted to go away?"

Ji Yuxian pondered for a moment, and suddenly his phoenix eyes turned, and he smiled slowly, "How could he think about sending money out, if he is happy, there must be a reason."

"Why?" Su Jiu asked.

"We'll know soon!"

……

The emperor in the palace was happy, and because of the food donation from the Ji Mansion, he showed a little more favor to Yu Zhaoyi, and stayed in her palace for several days.

Yu Zhaoyi was happy on the face, but she was absent-minded in dealing with it. She specially wore the jade bracelet awarded by the emperor to pay her respects to the queen.

Concubine Xian glanced at her, her eyes were unhappy, and sure enough that night, the emperor went to Concubine Xian's palace.

Only then did Yu Zhaoyi heave a long sigh of relief, and early the next morning, she ordered someone to bring a set of emerald and gemstone-embedded jewelry to Concubine Xian.

Concubine Xian saw that Yu Zhaoyi was quite knowledgeable, so she stopped thinking about it.

Empress Dowager Xiao was not very happy when she heard this.

The emperor went to Fushou Palace to pay his respects in the early morning. The Empress Dowager Xiao specifically mentioned this matter, and said in a low voice, "Yu Zhaoyi's mother knows the general family and cares for the country. As the emperor, you should favor her a little bit. Feeling chilling. But the emperor would soften his heart and give in when Concubine Xian made troubles, it really shouldn't be!"

The emperor hurriedly lowered his head and said, "What the empress mother teaches is that sons and ministers are taught."

"Concubine Xian is already a noble concubine, yet she still competes with other concubines who are inferior to her to be jealous. It's simply out of place!" Empress Dowager Xiao said again.

After listening to Empress Dowager Xiao's words, the emperor also felt that Concubine Xian was indeed a little arrogant, and secretly decided to be left out for a few days.

"Also, Concubine Rong serves by Ai's family every day, doing her filial piety for you. Don't neglect her!"

"Yes, son, please remember!"

At this time, Concubine Rong Gui was coming from the side hall, greeted the emperor, and presented a sachet with medicinal fragrance with both hands, and said gently, "I heard that the emperor has not been sleeping well for Xuzhou's disaster relief. This sleep aid sachet, the emperor wears it with him when he falls asleep at night, it must have some effect!"

The emperor's eyebrows moved slightly, he took the sachet, and said with a smile, "The noble concubine has a heart!"

Concubine Rong pursed her lips lightly, and stepped aside to pour tea for Empress Dowager Xiao.

Empress Dowager Xiao looked at the sachet and said with a smile, "In the past two days, the Ai family saw that she was doing embroidery and drying herbal medicines. She picked it out herself very carefully. I thought it was for the Ai family, but it turns out that I feel sorry for the emperor even more!"

Concubine Rong glanced at the emperor, her ears were reddish, and her soft and lotus-like face was a little coquettish, "Isn't the concubine doing too little for the queen mother? I just want to make fun of the concubine at this time. Besides, the queen mother has been sleeping for a few days because the emperor can't sleep." Alright, I'm also anxious to get angry, the concubine is for the emperor, and naturally also for the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Xiao laughed happily, "Look, after Ai Jia said something, she just quibbled so much, it's not sophistry, it's clearly a guilty conscience."

Concubine Rong's face turned even redder when she said this. She has been married to the emperor for more than 20 years, and even her son has grown up, but now she is said to be like a girl who just fell in love. Just do not hear.

The emperor sat aside and watched, looking at Concubine Rong's slender back, just like when he first met her, she was still so gentle and elegant, like the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus in July, not so rich and tangy, but refreshing.

He has seen too many women change their appearance after entering the palace, or become bitter and mean, or sad and self-pitying, or domineering... only her, it seems that she has not changed in 20 years.

At this time, seeing Empress Dowager Xiao happy and getting close to Concubine Rong, like ordinary people, it really feels like home.

For him, this feeling is really precious.

The irritability in my chest for many days disappeared, as if being soothed and calmed down by the flowing spring.

That night, the emperor ate dinner and stayed in Concubine Rong's palace. The whole night of love was as good as Concubine Rong's when she first entered the palace. In a trance for a moment, I actually called out,
"soft child"

The voice was extremely low, and the sound had dissipated as soon as it came out.

Concubine Rong could hear it clearly, the tenderness in her chest was gone, and bitterness filled her chest, she stretched her arms around the man's neck, covered her sweet lips, and treated him even more tenderly.

Early in the morning, King Zhao Xiao Jing went to Hualin Palace to pay his respects to Concubine Xian, seeing Concubine Xian's expression was worried, so he asked casually.

Concubine Xian was feeling depressed, and no one told her, so she told what happened in the past few days.

The mother and son have always had a good relationship and have no taboos.

"It's not that this palace is stingy and jealous. I'm afraid that the emperor will dote on Concubine Rong and take her mother and child seriously. There will be no room for our mother and child in this palace and this beam!" Concubine Xian held a pastel gold border The lid of the cup, flicking the tea water again and again, obviously absent-minded.

Yu Zhaoyi had to be on guard, there were only three princes in the palace now, if Yu Zhaoyi gave birth to a son, there would be one more prince in the competition.After all, the emperor is still young, and young children are also a threat.

As for Concubine Rong Gui and Prince Rui, she had to be more on guard, the Emperor already had some preference for Prince Rui, if Concubine Rong was favored again, then the position of Crown Prince would really be in danger.

Xiao Jing frowned slightly after hearing Concubine Xian's words, thinking of other things, thoughtfully.

Concubine Xian changed the subject and said, "You are not too young. The only side concubine in the house is not decent. You should marry the main concubine. The last time you asked to marry the lady of the Nangong family, did the emperor give you an answer?"

Speaking of this matter, Xiao Jing's face became more and more gloomy, and he said in a deep voice, "No, Father never mentioned it since then, I don't know what's on his mind?"

"This is not good!" Concubine Xian thought.

The Nangong family held the military power, and the old general of Nangong had great prestige in the court. Marrying the young lady of the Nangong family would provide a layer of security for Xiao Jing to compete for the crown prince. But if the emperor disagrees, it is clear that he does not want Xiao Jing and The Nangong family is married.

Concubine Xian knew the emperor well, and knew that the reason might be that she was afraid that the Nangong family would marry the prince, which would be more powerful and uncontrollable; or it might be because he didn't want to pass on the crown prince to Xiao Jing, so she was on guard against him.

I am even more afraid that the emperor will have a grudge against Xiao Jing because of this matter, and suspect that his intentions are not pure.

When Xiao Jing proposed to the emperor to marry Nangong Bi, she felt that it was inappropriate, but she wanted to test the emperor's mind, so she did not stop it. Now it seems that this is really a stinky move.

She didn't marry Nangong Bi, and she flirted with the emperor again.

Seeing Xiao's face was gloomy, Concubine Xian hurriedly comforted her, "Your Majesty, you don't need to think too much, the Emperor must have been disturbed by Xuzhou's disaster relief recently, so he forgot about it!"

Xiao Jing nodded, "I hope so!"

"It's the troubled season, let your people be more careful in doing things, don't offend the emperor, it's not good for you to fall behind!" Concubine Xian instructed.

"Yes, son, please remember!"

The mother and son had another conversation, and Xiao Jing quit the Hualin Palace.

Standing outside Hualin Palace for a while, Xiao Jing looked at the sky, turned around and walked towards the depths of the inner palace, and told his confidants who followed him, "Go to Yu Zhaoyi, just say that the king has something to look for her!"

"Yes!" The little eunuch replied and walked away quickly.

It was still in that garden, with towering trees, covering the sky and the sun, surrounded by flowers and rockeries, it was the most suitable place for a tryst.

Xiao Jing waited for nearly half an hour, and when he was getting impatient, he saw Ji Yu walking over slowly.

The woman had obviously dressed up, wearing Xiao Jing's favorite lotus-colored palace dress, with flying temples on her head, simple and elegant jewel inlaid bead flowers, her eyebrows were lightly swept, and her cheeks were rouged, looking gentle and young.

"I haven't seen you for a few days, why do you think of looking for someone today?" Ji Yu smiled coquettishly, looking at Xiao Jing with burning eyes.

The eyes were full of affection, one could tell at the first sight that the woman really fell in love with Xiao Jing.

The corners of Xiao Jing's lips curled into a faint smile, and he asked, "Father has been staying in your palace these few nights?"

Ji Yu frowned, glanced at him, but said joyfully in her heart, "So I'm jealous, if I wasn't jealous, I wouldn't be able to remember me!"

Xiao Jing was not in the mood to flirt with her, he just said, "Why did you push father out? If you are like this, what if he notices and neglects you?"

The so-called bystanders are clear, when Concubine Xian said it today, he knew that Ji Yu was deliberately pushing the emperor to Concubine Xian.

Ji Yu's deep affection for him is a good thing, but I'm afraid that if she really loves him so much that she doesn't care about anything, it will become a bad thing instead.

Ji Yu was startled when she heard the words, the brilliance in her eyes settled, and she said softly, "What do you mean? Are you unhappy that I pushed the emperor away? You like me because you want me to help you win over the emperor and find out the news?"

Xiao Jing smiled guiltily, quickly hugged Ji Yu in his arms, and comforted him, "You think too much, why would this king think like this! You are in the palace, and this king's heart is also in the palace. Thinking of father, you can do whatever you want." Entering your palace, this king is cut like a knife every moment! This king's heart for you can be learned from the sun and the moon, don't you understand?"

Only then did Ji Yu bend her lips and let out a smirk, reached out and thumped the man's chest, and said shyly, "Then you just said, "

"Yu'er, this king is doing it for your own good and for our future. How can this king always let you be the concubine of my father? Only when this king becomes the crown prince and inherits the throne in the future can I be with you." Wouldn't it be nice to be together in an open and aboveboard manner, with me as the emperor and you as the empress!" Xiao Jing continued to persuade, "So at the moment, the most important thing is that you help me get the crown prince. Do everything that is beneficial to us. It's the best policy, don't act emotionally!"

After hearing this, Ji Yu felt relieved, but frowned and said, "You are clearly lying to me, I am your father's concubine, how will I be a queen in the future?"

Xiao Jing smiled lightly, "I will send you out of the palace in the future, and then enter the palace with a different identity. This king has become the emperor, who dares to disobey this king!"

Ji Yu became more and more joyful when she heard it, "Are you really so affectionate towards me?"

Xiao Jing leaned over, gently kissed the woman's lips, and said with a smile, "Naturally, you are the only one in my heart, and I love you deeply."

Ji Yu's chest was soft, she nodded and said, "I will listen to you in the future, and I won't be willful anymore!"

"Sure enough, she is my good girl!" Xiao Jing kissed the woman fiercely, hugged her and walked towards the rockery, soon there were ambiguous low moans and rough panting sounds coming from the cracks in the rockery.

……

In the blink of an eye, the food security guards had already left for seven or eight days. Su Jiu wrote a letter to Qiao An on the first day, and Qiao An must have seen the letter by now.

Su Jiu waited for the news from Xuzhou, anxiously with some anticipation.

Just hope everything goes well.

The [-] dan grains are life-saving food, to save the lives of the people in Xuzhou, to save Qiao An’s life, the bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau knew the pros and cons of it, they traveled day and night, and worked fast. It took only ten days, and the grain truck entered Xuzhou in the evening city.

It was already dark after entering the city, and the steward of the Zhu family asked the bodyguards to put the food in the backyard of the Zhu family's grain shop first.

First, it was getting dark, and the people in the government office had already gone home, and no one was receiving food. Second, Xuzhou was in chaos now, and the people were hungry. The Zhu family's granary is the safest place.

In charge of this escort is an old escort in the escort agency named Qu Wu.

Qu Wu heard that what the steward said was reasonable, so he ordered people to escort the grain cart to Zhu's grain shop.

The Zhu family's grain shop is the largest in Xuzhou City, with dozens of houses in the backyard granary, which is larger than the official warehouse.

The carriage entered the yard, the steward found Qu Wu, and said with a smile, "My lord, the grain is put down, please evacuate all the bodyguards, and come to fetch grain tomorrow morning."

Qu Wu frowned, "Why?"

The steward said, "Zhu's granary is guarded by special people, and outsiders are not allowed to stay overnight. If something happens, it's not easy to assign responsibility!"

Qu Wudao, "Then if there is a shortage of food, who do I turn to? You don't trust me, how can I trust you? Besides, the food was originally delivered to our bodyguard bureau. Before it was handed over to the Xuzhou government office, we The primary caretakers, if something goes wrong, we are the first to take responsibility."

The steward smiled and said, "Master Qu, you are too worried. Put the food here, and I guarantee that nothing will happen."

Qu Wu thought for a while and said, "It's okay to ask our people to leave here, but please sign a document for us to prove that we have deposited [-] dans of grain in the Zhu family's granary. What happened? , has nothing to do with our Escort Bureau. Otherwise, the people in our Escort Bureau will definitely not be able to leave!"

"Well," the steward hesitated for a moment, and said, "That's fine, then I'll sign a document with Master Qu."

The two agreed, and ordered the servants to bring the pen and ink, and after writing the matter clearly, the steward signed it, and then asked the chief steward of Zhu's Grain Shop in Xuzhou to sign it.

The steward blew on the ink marks on it, handed it to Qu Wu, and said with a smile, "Master Qu can rest assured this time, right?"

Martial Qu carefully put away the written documents and put them in his arms, and said, "I'll find an inn and take my brothers to stay, and come tomorrow morning to pay for the food."

"Okay, after ten days of hard work, Mr. Qu has a good rest. The people in our grain store will take care of this grain, so don't worry!" After the manager finished speaking, he took another 50 taels of silver and gave it to Qu Wu. "Master Qu arrived in Xuzhou for the first time, and I have something to do to entertain you, so Master Qu took the money to have a drink with the brothers!"

Qu Wu looked at Yinzi and said with a smile, "How can you be so mean?"

"Hey, you and I will travel together for ten days and rely on Master Qu to take care of us all the way. This money is considered my filial piety to Lord Qu!" The steward stuffed the money into Qu Wu's arms, smiling all over his face.

"Then respect is worse than obedience!" Qu Wu took the money, said goodbye to the steward, and took the bodyguards of the bodyguard bureau to find the inn.

Watching Qu Wu and the others leave, the steward smiled sinisterly, then turned around and asked, "Have you prepared everything Master Zhu said in the letter?"

The butler of the grain shop laughed quickly, "Don't worry, it's not the first time we've done this, we guarantee that nothing will go wrong. Let's stay up all night for these grains, and ensure that they will be handed over to the bodyguards as they are the next morning!"

"Very good, time is running out, hurry up and order people to start!"

"Yes Yes!"

The steward of the grain shop greeted people into the backyard. There were nearly a hundred people, those who unloaded the grain unloaded the grain, those who unpacked the bags unpacked the bags, and those who moved skillfully began to divide the work.

Open the door of one of the warehouses, and you can see that there is fine sand in the whole house. Upon closer inspection, these sand grains are different from ordinary sand. They are specially made by mixing other things with the sand, and have been screened through a sieve. The sand grains are mixed with rice grains. In general size, the weight of the whole bag of sand and the whole bag of grain is not much different.

The clerk in the grain shop divided half of the grain transported from Shengjing, mixed it with an equal weight of sand, and repacked it into bags.

In this way, [-] tans of grain, mixed with [-] tans of sand, becomes [-] tans of grain.

The [-] dan of grain that had not been tampered with went into the Zhu family's granary, became the Zhu family's, and sold it to the common people at a higher price.

After all, Zhu Hecheng was reluctant to part with the [-] dans of grain, so he used this method to return his [-] dans of grain to his barn.

The food was transported to Xuzhou, but neither the people in the Ji Mansion nor the imperial court knew about it. The bodyguard sent the food and returned to Shengjing. Everything happened without anyone noticing. , the abacus can be described as shrewd.

Moreover, [-] dans of grain were escorted to Xuzhou, and then sold as their Zhu family's, saving the cost of escorting in the middle.

From losing money to taking advantage, Zhu Hecheng woke up laughing from his sleep!
After the second watch, the Zhu family's granary was brightly lit, and the staff were in full swing.

The steward from Shengjing and the grain shop steward from Xuzhou supervised the work and chatted over tea.

"How is Master Zhu? How is Shengjing's business?"

"Master Zhu is in good health, and his business is so-so. Recently, he opened a business store in Shengjing, which sells all kinds of things. It is comparable to going up the street. The surrounding shops have been vying for business. Mr. Zhu went to the store some time ago because of this. fire."

"About this firm, I have heard about it in Xuzhou, and the shopkeeper who runs it can be regarded as a genius!"

The steward snorted coldly, "A little trick is nothing!"

"Yes, it's not as good as Chen Guanshi's mind!"

"Brother Wei, you are overwhelmed. You are in Xuzhou, and you are in charge of so many shops. My brother admires you very much. Master Zhu often praises you in front of us!"

"It's Master Zhu showing love!"

……

The two were chatting when suddenly the door of the granary was knocked open, and a group of people rushed in.

The one at the front was Qiao An, the imperial envoy appointed by the emperor from Shengjingli, followed by a large group of soldiers and horses led by Hu Dapao, and on both sides were the bodyguards of the Qinglong Bodyguard Bureau to escort food.

The expressions of the manager and the butler of the grain store who were chatting changed, and they stood up awkwardly.

Qiao An stepped forward, without looking at the two of them, and directly ordered the guards behind, "Arrest these people, and don't touch the grain mixed with sand. These are all evidences!"

The two stewards hurried forward to stop them, saying, "Who are you, whoever lets you in, don't move!"

Qiao An took out the documents and looked at the two of them, and said coldly, "I am an imperial envoy sent by the imperial court. I am investigating the matter of sand in the food relief, and I happened to catch you today. Needless to say, you Let the two of you go with me, too!"

"It turned out to be the imperial envoy, a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding, we are afraid that there will be sand in the grain, and we are picking it out!" The two were frightened and explained in horror.

Hu Dapao led people to seal all the front and back doors, preventing people in the yard from escaping in the dark.

Joan walked over, looked at the sand in the room, and the person who was bagging the sand and gravel, raised his hand and grabbed a handful of grain, and said with a sneer, "Are you picking out?"

The two stewards' knees went limp, and they knelt down, trembling

"Governor, spare your life! The little ones are also obeying orders!"

"At whose order?" Qiao An asked coldly, and winked at the documents that came with her.

The clerk was busy with the record.

"Little ones, yes, according to Master Zhu's instructions!"

Withholding food was a felony in the Liang Dynasty, and they would be beheaded and ransacked. The two dared not hide it, so they hurriedly confessed to Zhu Hecheng.

Qiao An nodded, "Okay, as long as you tell the truth, I will explain to the emperor and treat you leniently!"

"Yes, yes, the little ones will explain everything, and I just ask the adults to spare their lives!"

Without going through the prefect of Xuzhou, Qiao An and Hu Dapao interrogated the people from Zhu's grain shop overnight.

These people were arrested and knew that they would die without a doubt, but they just wanted to struggle a bit before they died, to pay off their merits, so they didn't need to use torture, they just told everything they knew.

According to the account of the grain shop manager, the prefect of Xuzhou colluded with Zhu Hecheng, and Zhu Hecheng mixed half, or even half, of all the relief food sent by the court with that special sand.

The surplus grain was sold at high prices in Zhu's grain shop, and the profit was shared with the prefect of Xuzhou forty to sixty percent.

The Zhu family gets [-]%, and the prefect of Xuzhou gets [-]%.

The food from the imperial court was not enough, and more than half of it was mixed with sand. The people couldn't eat enough, so they had to go to Zhu's house to buy food.

The prefect of Xuzhou got huge profits from it, turned a deaf ear to what the Zhu family did, and deliberately protected him, which made the situation in Xuzhou worse and worse.

Qiao An knew that the prefect of Xuzhou was not the only one involved in this matter. A prefect alone would not have such courage. However, the stewards of the Zhu family had already told everything they knew, and there was no other useful information if they were pressed.

Now Qiao An is acting in secret, and it is the Ministry of Criminal Justice's business to torture the Xuzhou prefect, and he does not have that right.

After all the members of Zhu's family finished explaining, Qiao An asked them to draw and stake, plus the workman and two stewards, there were dozens of people who drew and staked.

Qiao An wrote the memorial overnight, without informing the prefect of Xuzhou, and directly sent the memorial and some of the evidence drawn by the guards to the capital and sent it to the emperor.

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