"So you, who knew that the outbreak of the locust plague could not cover up the facts, joined forces and staged a show for me. No, it should be said that it was staged for everyone to see, including His Majesty, who were also blinded by your illusions. It's really the White Lotus Sect's gangsters who are at work!"

Tong Hewu knelt on the ground and supported himself: "This is all your inference, sir, and there is no fact to prove it!"

Liu Mingzhi sighed melancholy: "You have a good uncle, but it's a pity that Tong Xiang's first fame was ruined by you!"

"Actually, you already knew the identity of this official. At the same time, you didn't know that Gu Zhiheng and Gu Shi knew that he would die if he opened a warehouse without permission. Fortunately, his conscience was still alive, so he arranged for Captain Zhen to lead me to the Yunlai Inn. Of course, Since I entered the city, nothing has escaped the eyes and ears of the Dudu Mansion. You led me to the civilian court where the county magistrate of Qingshan County is intentionally or unintentionally. Tongcai didn't expect to become an abandoned child until his death!"

"Until you learned from the spies that I had gone to General Chang's camp, so you started the second play for me, the absurd but powerful governor, and Gu who worried about the country and the people but had lotus tattoos. Assassin."

"You guys are really good at calculating. You used my cleverness to be misunderstood by my cleverness to lead me to the White Lotus Sect. Indeed, at the beginning, I really believed that the White Lotus Sect held Qingzhou officials hostage and wanted to cause civil unrest among the people. rebel!"

"But you guys are too hasty! Not only did you not let a great achievement dazzle me, but let me find out that something is wrong in Qingzhou City, why does the White Lotus Sect do these useless things!"

"However, I am well aware of the importance of disaster relief, and I have to rely on you local officials, so I suppressed my doubts and devoted myself to dealing with the locust disaster. I think you have already made a great contribution to me as a secretary and counselor at such a young age. Dazed!"

"But there is always one thing to do in a hundred secrets. You have ignored the things that Gu Zhiheng and the other three have not lost their conscience!"

"Dare to ask the imperial envoy where is the evidence?"

"Don't worry, I will explain everything clearly, and pass on the governor of Dingzhou, Mr. Ge Changjun!"

Chapter 6 Nineteen The Truth Comes Out

Chapter 6 Nineteen The Truth Comes Out

"Ge Changjun, the governor of Dingzhou, the lower official, see... so young?... See the imperial envoy!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at Ge Changjun with a faint smile: "Master Ge, you are also a person who studies, so you don't know what it means to be ambitious without being young!"

Ge Changjun smiled cautiously: "What the imperial envoy taught me is that the lower officials are rude!"

"Master Ge, it's really hard to invite you. I have been waiting for you in Qingzhou for half a month. I've been waiting for you, Mr. Ge, to finally come!"

"My lord, imperial envoy, please forgive me. I can't get rid of the locust plague in Dingzhou. Your lord must also know that although the locust plague in Dingzhou Prefecture has never been as serious as that in Qingzhou Prefecture, because of someone's good deeds, Dingzhou also has two prefectures and five counties. Fortunately, the method of the imperial envoy to control the locust plague has spread to Dingzhou by word of mouth, and the next official came to Qingzhou to pay a visit immediately after finishing the locust plague!"

"Master Lao Ge is here. I don't know if Mr. Ge has brought what I want in the letter that I passed to Mr. Ge three days ago?"

"Naturally!" Ge Changjun calmly took out three small booklets from his sleeves and held them in his hands: "Master Imperial Envoy, here are all the records of cattle and horse carriages passing through Dingzhou Prefecture in Qingzhou Prefecture and Bazhou Prefecture. Please, Imperial Envoy Take a look!"

"Jiang Lei, present it!"

"Yes!"

Liu Mingzhi flipped through the three booklets sent by Ge Changjun, not daring to be negligent at all. The number of carriages and ox carts was recorded in unusual detail every time.

It's just that the specific amount of food on the carriage has not been recorded in detail, but this alone is enough.

Throw the carriage directly in front of these officials in Qingzhou: "What else do you have to say? Could it be that you want to say that what is transported on the carriage is not grain but loess!"

Tong Hewu took a hard look at Ge Changjun, who was calm and slumped to the ground: "This is the end, the governor has nothing to say!"

"The Governor's Mansion has 30 shi of grain in stock, 20 shi of rice, [-] shi of corn, [-] shi of soybeans, [-] shi of buckwheat... the deficit is about [-] shi!"

"20 grains and 11 rice are stored in Changzhou...a total deficit of [-] shi!"

"Luzhou has 20 grains stored...a total shortfall of [-] shi!"

"Except for Shengzhou, Pizhou, Qingzhou, and Gongzhou, all the food stocks of the four prefectures in one prefecture are all short of more than half. Your Majesty has cultivated a group of good officials. There are mixed fish and dragons, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. Tong Dudu, Tong Dudu, Your play is really wonderful, I admire you so much!"

"We did this in response to the imperial court's call for business development. We don't want to see such a thing happen. We didn't want to run out of grain depots. We just wanted to increase some silver income for Qingzhou government. Is this wrong? To say wrong It's all your fault, if you hadn't bewitched His Majesty to open up business, how could the officials of Qingzhou Mansion do such thankless things!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at the hysterical Tong Hewu and his face darkened: "I still don't know how to repent, and I'm not ashamed to say it here. Opening up business is a move that benefits the country and the people. You guys know that the locust plague is coming, but you don't care about the severity, and you don't want to shepherd the people well." The outbreak of the locust plague is not only unimportant to treat the disaster, but to deceive the upper and lower, under the guise of the name of the white lotus, to cover up the truth of Qingzhou, for the sake of selfishness, to give away porridge, clear soup and little water to make the people hungry, and the crimes are so overwhelming! Don’t you want to know this book? How did the imperial envoy find out that something was wrong in Qingzhou?"

"Tong Hewu, you are actually very smart, otherwise you would not be able to take the position of the governor of a government. It is a pity that your cleverness has changed in the end. It is not about how to benefit the people, but how to use power for personal gain!"

"Your Majesty has not prohibited the disclosure of the identity of this imperial envoy. With your status, you can easily know the identity of this official. Captain Zhen, County Magistrate Qiao, General Chang, and Governor Gu are all within your plan. Introduce me to the affairs of the White Lotus Sect, yes, you have indeed succeeded!"

"Regardless of the scene of the night banquet at the Governor's Mansion, I was always curious about why you were so extravagant and dereliction of duty when you knew that the imperial envoy was coming. When Governor Gu returned, you showed your fear of you from time to time. Hesitation, why would a governor who spends his days and drinks, and a governor who does not drink but is dedicated to the people appear at a banquet, and then you pretended to show that you valued the locust plague even more seriously!"

"Until the time of parting, Governor Gu revealed the lotus tattoo on his arm intentionally or unintentionally. At that time, the official knew the 'truth' of the matter. It turned out that Qingzhou Mansion was controlled by the White Lotus Sect. Gu Governor did this to show me , It is precisely because of this that the reason why Tong Gu's governor is clearly from Huizhou is why he speaks with a Jiangzhou accent, because he is a member of the White Lotus Sect!"

"Everything is moving in the direction you intended. It's not that the governor of Qingzhou concealed the truth about the locust plague, but that the governor of Qingzhou was put under house arrest. This official has always believed so!"

"Whether it's the study room that the governor's mansion hasn't been back for a month, or the patrolling guards with good force, and the matter of General Chang transporting food out of the city, everything is in your calculations, and I really believe that you made it. The truth that came out."

"However, the sudden death of Gu Cishi and others, and the White Lotus Sect members who had already taken control of Qingzhou City and fled without a fight made me hesitate. Since the White Lotus Sect spent so much effort, why would they hand over Qingzhou City so easily? It makes sense! In fact, the people on the city wall are not members of the Bailian Cult at all, but the guards of Chen Kun, the left and right guards of Qingzhou!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at the group of people with pale faces and clapped his hands: "Press Vice General Chen up, and bring up the corpses of the 'White Lotus Cultists' who were beheaded by Long Wuwei!"

A moment later, Longwuwei soldiers carried five corpses and twisted a middle-aged man in armor into the lobby, and suddenly a stench came!

Liu Mingzhi didn't mind. He just held his breath and opened the sleeves of the five corpses: "See, the members of the White Lotus Cult don't have lotus tattoos. Are they still members of the White Lotus Cult? By the way, let me tell you one more thing." , the members of the White Lotus Sect will never commit suicide by taking poison, so there is no need for this imperial envoy to tell you why!"

"So it wasn't until a few days ago that I finally understood that Gu Shishi's fear of you at the beginning was not an act, but a real fear, not the pretended fear that Gu governor was a member of the White Lotus Sect that you led me to, but It was you who detained the family of Governor Gu, that is to say, the fact that you told me before the city gate that my family was kidnapped by the White Lotus Sect was actually that you detained and threatened the family members of the three governors of Shengzhou, Pizhou and Qingzhou! Gongzhou Lord Inspector Shining, what I said is correct, right?"

Gongzhou Inspector Ning Zihan moved out with his head down: "My lord, please save the little girl!"

Liu Mingzhi looked at Ning Zihan and sighed: "Loyalty and filial piety have been a dilemma since ancient times. Compared with Qingzhou governors, they have parents and sons and daughters. Governor Ning has only one daughter under his feet. That's why you dare to hide it from Tong Dudu Shi Bo." Porridge, right!"

"The next official is guilty!"

"Commander Song, invite Miss Ning Shuang up here!"

"Yes!"

Song Qing walked out from the back hall with the support of a twenty-eight beautiful woman, and the beautiful woman went up to the stage and danced her arms in the air: "Where are you, Daddy? Where are you, Daddy?"

Alas, poor man, looking at Ning Shuang with a pretty face but dull eyes, Liu Mingzhi motioned Song Qing to help Ning Shuang to Ning Zihan's place!

"Shuang'er, are you okay, they are bullying you!"

Chapter 6 Execution

Chapter 6 Execution

"How resourceful Ren Er and others are, but the truth of the matter can never be covered up, because a fake is a fake, no matter what you do to cover it up, it will still be fake, it will never be true!"

"After the people in Qingzhou Mansion were stabilized, I began to investigate the truth of the matter with a lot of doubts. The first thing is that General Chang clearly knew the order of Jinlong Emperor and got my order. Why did he transport the grain to Go outside the city!"

"Actually, General Chang's original intention was to thin the grain that wraps the treasury. As long as the time comes, the grain outside will be almost used up. When the time comes, the treasury will be in short supply. My official said Not bad, huh?"

Chang Yunfeng stood up in shame: "Master Imperial Envoy forgives the crime, but there is nothing he can do about this lowly position. Governor Gu has repeatedly explained that there is no one in Qingzhou Mansion who can be trusted, even the new Imperial Envoy, because his reputation is not obvious. I don't know what kind of personality the adults have, whether they will accept bribes from the governor of Tong and collude with him to cover up the truth of the Qingzhou government. A good official for the people will naturally investigate! It’s just that”

"It's just that I didn't expect that the official would first investigate the matter of you transporting the grain out of the city before the truth about the food in the treasury was revealed, right?"

"Exactly, my lord forgive me for the helpless act of a humble position!"

"What's the crime? If I didn't get your letter in advance, I wouldn't get the accounts left by the three of Gu Shishi, and the truth about Qingzhou Mansion wouldn't be revealed to the world! Sit down first!"

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