After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1361 He Lingchuan's Remedy
"Shuangxi is under the management of Xue Zongwu, and Qian Yu is his man. To put it bluntly, Shuangxi's products and income must first pass through Xue Zongwu's hands before being sent to Yao State. He has used Qian Yu to audit the accounts for so many years. Only he and Qian Yu know the truth about the money and the accounts."

"So, the hidden pit in the accounts is what he is worried about being known to others. Qian Yu was robbed, which means that someone is likely eyeing these accounts." He Lingchuan said seriously, "Once people start to worry and become anxious, their judgment will decline. As long as we provide some evidence, he will focus on the association."

"You..." Dong Rui was at a loss for words, "Are you going to clean up the mess for those men in black?"

"You can say that." He Lingchuan sighed. He was really depressed. "It's not only good for them, but also for us."

Dong Rui gave him a thumbs up. It had only been a quarter of an hour since Qian Yu got into trouble, but He Lingchuan had figured out the pros and cons of the matter, and he could even come back to make up for it and muddy the waters even more.

Dong Rui admits that he does not have this ability to adapt.

He Lingchuan continued, "I happened to learn from Qian Yu last night that the accounts given to him for review were all stored in the document warehouse in the west wing of the government office, and he worked there every day."

"Got it." This alley leads directly to the back door of the government office. Seeing that there was no one around, Dong Rui released the bat demon puppet to scout the way for He Lingchuan.

Half an incense stick later, the bat flew back and landed on Dong Rui's shoulder.

"It's a mess inside. All the runners have been sent out to look for people. The officials have gathered together to discuss matters, but the west wing is completely empty. The document warehouse you want to go to is probably inside that wing." At this time, people in the government office were in a panic. The local officials were urged by the guards of the Xue Mansion. They were scared and anxious. Who has time to take care of the document warehouse?
He Lingchuan nodded, took out the skin of Lord Boshan and put it on his body, then climbed over the wall and entered the Shuangxi government office.

Dong Rui pointed inside the wall and the bat flew in again.

Then Dong Rui turned around and left.

He went to the front of the government office and bought three grain steamed buns and a bowl of sour noodle soup. The buns were a bit rough and the soup was too sour, but it didn't stop him from eating.

Before he had finished eating the third steamed bun, he saw a fire in the west wing of the government office, accompanied by bursts of shouting.

"It's on fire! The west wing is on fire!"

Oh, was there a fire in the document warehouse?
"Put out the fire! Quick, quick, quick! Oh, there's a thief!"

"He climbed over the wall and ran away. Chase him!"

Dong Rui was stunned. How could He Lingchuan be caught stealing?

On purpose?

He was so focused on watching the show that he slowed down his eating.

When he finished his bowl of rice noodle soup, he saw four or five policemen rushing back to the government office, also with anxious looks on their faces.

The government office is really busy today.

"Give me five more buns." After he paid the money and walked out, the bat flew over quietly and crawled into his backpack.

The spy said that there was a sudden fire in the west wing of the government office just now, and the officials sent people to check, but they saw a man in black rushing out of the document storage room in the west wing, climbing over the wall and leaving, holding a stack of documents in his hand.

The officer went to chase him, and the man in black accidentally dropped a book while running away. The officer picked it up and saw that it was an account book.

Of course, they didn't catch up in the end, and the fire in the document warehouse was finally brought under control and did not spread to other places.

but!

An entire wall of cabinets and shelves in the document warehouse were basically burned, along with the documents inside.

The account books of Shuangxi Tribute Land in the past few years are all kept there!
How could there be such a blind thief who would rush in here and burn and rob the account books?

The local officials were already worried about the robbery of Qian Yu, and now they had to gather people to investigate what was lost in the West Wing.

A quarter of an hour later, Frost Creek sealed off the city.

More than a quarter of an hour later, He Lingchuan and Dong Rui were already on a small hill outside the city, looking down at the closed city gate.

"Frost Creek actually sealed off the city for Xue Zongwu's accountant?" Dong Rui clicked his tongue twice, "It's faster than I thought."

He Lingchuan munched on a multi-grain bun while taking out a few documents from his storage ring and shook them at him:
"The most important reason may be this - the information I took from the document warehouse."

Dong Rui didn't even think about opening it and taking a look: "What's in it?"

"The account books of Shuangxi Tribute Land over the past few years - both the catalog and the detailed records are included." He Lingchuan explained, "I asked Qian Yu about their location, and today I stole, ahem, and took them out."

Fortunately, he asked Nightmare a few more questions in his dream last night, and Qian Yu confessed more than a dozen accounts, all of which were moved at the request of General Xue, involving an amount of more than 200,000 taels.

Qian Yu was highly valued by Xue Zongwu, so of course he must be an expert in accounting.

Of course, this is only a small part. Over the past few years, Xue Zongwu's harvest from the two tribute areas was far more than 200,000 taels.

Xue Zongwu also had harvests not only in these two places.

Dong Rui asked: "Are there any problems with these account books that you brought out specially?"

"no problem."

"……"Then you carried a ball out from the clerical warehouse!
"If it was so easy to find problems, would Qian Yu still be alive today?" He Lingchuan patted the documents. "The account books in the document warehouse were basically balanced. There was basically no problem in the account books, so I burned them."

"Qian Yu is really an expert at checking and doing accounts." He sighed, "If Kang Lang had such a talent under him, the profit-sharing account of the Qingye Agreement would not be a problem at all."

"Then you..."

"What I took away was the catalog and details." He Lingchuan smiled slightly, "It will be very useful, you will know later."

After he said that, Dong Rui did not ask any more questions. "The local official of Shuangxi is in good health. He did not faint after receiving these two pieces of bad news."

"These accounts are closely related to Xue Zongwu. The local officials dare not conceal the truth and will definitely report the theft of the document warehouse and important accounts." He Lingchuan took a bite of the steamed bun and spoke incoherently, "I hope this can confuse Xue Zongwu and make him think that Qian Yu was kidnapped because someone wanted to collect evidence of his corruption."

"How likely is it?"

"Not small." He Lingchuan said with a smile, "Have you forgotten that someone in Yao Wang Court is rectifying the government recently?"

Dong Rui also responded quickly: "Qingyang?"

"In the past six months, Qingyang has used various excuses to wrestle with King Yao, and she has killed several ministers because of her 'impartiality'." What is impartiality? It means that the person is indeed guilty.

In He Lingchuan's original world, there is a well-known saying: Some things are not even half an ounce if they are not weighed, but once they are weighed, even a thousand pounds cannot hold them down.

Only by attacking with "justice" can you make your opponent angry and hateful, but also helpless.

He Lingchuan had used this trick in Lingxu City and it was very effective. Qingyang had been in the officialdom for more than 150 years and was even more proficient in using it.

"Xue Zongwu is a staunch royalist and has clashed with Qingyang. If Qingyang wants to find a good reason to deal with him and thereby undermine the power and prestige of King Yao, if you think about it from Xue Zongwu's perspective, this is not impossible."

"Another attempt to divert trouble!" Dong Rui couldn't help laughing, thinking that Qingyang was unlucky to be targeted by He Lingchuan. "But since you are good at fortune-telling, why don't you calculate what those men in black are going to do?"

"Qian Yu is not their real target. If they were sent by Qingyang, they wouldn't be so crude." He Lingchuan didn't have to think too much, "Their way of doing things doesn't seem like that of an organization. So, it's still a personal grudge."

"Didn't you just say...?"

"What I mean is that they may have a personal grudge against the Xue family, so they kidnapped Qian Yu to get information, but their tactics were too obvious and they didn't think it through." He Lingchuan sighed, "These people are prone to doing bad things. I hope their target is not Xue Zongwu."

The next day, Qian Yu's body was found floating on the river outside Shuangxi City by a shepherd boy.

Just as He Lingchuan expected, the man in black did not leave him alive.

The cause of death was a single knife cut into the throat, quick and clean.

After learning of Qian Yu's death, He Lingchuan specially asked someone to inquire about the news.

Soon, the intelligence was fed back:
All of Qian Yu’s valuables were gone, even the ring on his hand and the jade pendant around his waist were taken away.

He Lingchuan frowned when he heard this: "It really wasn't the organization's doing."

Qian Yu had quite a bit of money on him. He had just received a pearl, jade disk and two hundred taels of silver the night before he was killed, but in the end, all of them went to the men in black.

Not only killing people but also stealing the goods, tsk.

Dong Rui chuckled: "Maybe it's an organization that's short of money."

Qian Yu's death and the disappearance of the account book were like a stone thrown into a pond. The stone sank, but the ripples on the water grew larger and larger.

He Lingchuan also wanted to know where the men in black came from, but the clues they left behind were too few, making it difficult to track them down.

There are more than just these few people hiding their heads and showing their tails on the Golden Plains.

"Is there anything useful in the information Qian Yu provided?"

"Quite a few." He Lingchuan gave an example casually, "For example, Xue Zongwu has a close relationship with his mentor Qi Yunsheng. Whenever he encounters a major event or is undecided, he will go to Mangzhou to discuss with Qi Yunsheng. Oh, Qi Yunsheng is also his father-in-law, and Xue Zongwu married his mentor's daughter."

"For example, Xue Zongwu is brutal and domineering by nature, and is often sued by other dignitaries, and all the complaints have to be settled by King Yao."

Dong Rui was surprised and asked, "Didn't you say before that the generals in command had bad relations with other high-ranking officials, which was actually welcomed by the superiors?"

Otherwise, if you have soldiers, power, and connections, then that's not...

He Lingchuan had said this when he was in Lingxu City, and he never forgot it.

"A few years ago, he even killed all the officials sent from the capital to the border, and was severely punished by King Yao." He Lingchuan laughed, "King Yao is raising a tiger. Tigers are not as obedient as dogs by nature. It is difficult to judge the scale. Qian Yu revealed in his dream that the royal court had audited the accounts of the tribute land managed by Xue Zongwu several times, until Qingyang came to Yao State to serve as the Grand Regent."

"When Xue Zongwu was young, he served as a palace attendant to King Yao. King Yao had promoted him to this position despite all the opposition. I think he is loyal to his master. With a great general like him as his backing, King Yao will be more confident in confronting Qingyang."

(End of this chapter)