He was betrayed at the beginning, from a cake seller to a wealthy person

Everyone came out of the village and returned to the county town. Then they went back to their homes to find their mothers.

Qi Yuan sat in the row, looking at the packages of pork breasts and lost in thought. Lu Yan said that the potato chips were for him to eat on the way, and the pork jerky was brought back to Jian Hongling. Obviously, Lu Yan thought that he would go home after giving out the relief. With his speed of visiting two towns a day, he could return to the capital in less than ten days, so he was asked to bring snacks back to Jian Hongling.

But it was obvious that this was not his plan. He not only wanted to stay until the epidemic was completely eliminated and brought the doctors back to Beijing, but he also wanted to rectify Dai Kuangyuan. So he estimates that it will take a month to go back? Can you still eat pork jerky at that time?

Qi Yuan didn't think for too long before he came up with a solution. The secret guard will help him deliver a message to the capital every two or three days, so just ask him to deliver it.

At night, just as the secret guard Night Owl was about to leave, he was stopped again by Qi Yuan.

Night Owl: "Do you have any other instructions, Your Highness?"

Qi Yuan took out a large package of pork jerky and a bag of potato chips: "Take it back to Honglingfang in the capital and give it to Miss Jian. Be careful not to break the potato chips."

Night Owl:? ? ?

Qi Yuan waved his hand: "You are fast, go ahead!"

Early the next morning, Qi Yuan took the doctors straight to Qiu Shan County. After working like this non-stop for another five or six days, Qi Yuan finally visited all the disease areas. After all the treatments were done, Qi Yuan was finally able to go back to Hengyun City.

According to the letter sent by Xu Ying, Dai Kuangyuan seemed to be frightened by something and had been restless for several days. Of course, Zhou Zhuo, the magistrate of Kaicheng County, is still alive and dead, so it’s strange that he can sleep.

On the one hand, he was afraid that Zhou Zhuo would be silenced by the second prince's people, and on the other hand, he was afraid that Zhou Zhuo would defect to the prince and be hidden. Dai Kuangyuan had no idea how much the prince knew about Hengzhou's affairs, and he was worried every day. .

Just when he was worried, the prince came to Hengyun City after relieving the disaster.

Dai Kuangyuan couldn't eat well or sleep well these days, and he lost a lot of weight. Qi Yuan did not beat around the bush and asked directly: "Did you send someone to kill Zhou Zhuo?"

Dai Kuangyuan was so frightened that he knelt down and swore: "No, Your Highness! I swear on my life that it was definitely not me!"

Qi Yuan snorted: "You don't have the courage! Then guess who sent people to kill Zhou Zhuo?"

Dai Kuangyuan knocked his head on the ground, broke out in cold sweat and did not dare to speak.

Qi Yuan continued: "Zhou Zhuo came to me, but some people didn't want him to abandon the secret and turn to the bright side, so they killed him to silence him. Guess who didn't want him to come to me? Zhou Zhuo is already dead. Guess if I still know that you are in Heng Zhou Zhuo’s deeds, who will the person who killed Zhou Zhuo think was the secret to me? What will happen to him? "

Dai Kuangyuan still didn't speak.

Qi Yuan still had the same calm tone: "Actually, I know even if you don't tell me, Kaicheng County is just a mine. At worst, I will go there by myself, it's not far away."

Dai Kuangyuan finally reacted and knocked his head on the ground: "I said, I said everything. Please save my life, Your Highness."

Qi Yuan finally nodded: "It's easy to say, it depends on whether you are honest or not. If you dare to hide something..."

Dai Kuangyuan lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Your Highness does not know. It is well known that there are mines in Kaicheng County, but the mines in Kaicheng County are much more than what is reported to the court, especially the iron ore. Every year in Kaicheng County Only [-]% of the iron ore output was handed over to the imperial court, and the remaining [-]% went to the hands of His Highness..."

Qi Yuan smashed a cup and said angrily: "Okay, okay! You need so much iron, what do you want to do?"

Dai Kuangyuan's voice trembled: "Your Highness, I don't know more about the ministers. Your Highness only asked us to help him with these things, and he didn't reveal anything else to us. I have said everything I know and can say. Please Your Highness, save my life."

Qi Yuan pondered for a moment, and then said to Dai Kuangyuan: "Lao Er's people will definitely come to silence you in the next few days. When the time comes, we will use their tactics..."

Qi Yuan knew the secret of Kaicheng County and made a special trip to Kaicheng County. There was no epidemic in Kaicheng County, but because the county magistrate died, the yamen was in chaos.

After Qi Yuan left, he directly asked the county magistrate to temporarily act as the county magistrate, and then went to the mine himself.

After Qi Yuan came back, he meditated for a long time alone in the room. Should I report this matter to my father? Should I report it according to the truth? Or should I report half of it and keep half? With so much iron ore created out of thin air, do we have to hand it over?

Qi Yuan called Xu Ying, and the two looked at each other.

Qi Yuan lowered his voice and said, "I am responsible for [-]% of the iron ore produced in Kaicheng County. How do you think this matter should be reported to the police?"

Xu Ying pondered for a moment: "I think we should repay the truth truthfully."

Qi Yuan: "How to say?"

"Many things seem to be not as simple as they appear on the surface, and there are weird things." Xu Ying frowned and thought: "Your Highness, do you still remember when you first started paying attention to disaster relief funds?"

Qi Yuan thought for a while and said hesitantly: "The person in charge of disaster relief at that time was a doctor from your household department. For some reason, my father suddenly asked him, asking him if his teacher was Gong Zhao, and said that he also heard it when he was young. Gong Zhao gave lectures and it was very rewarding. I was shocked to realize that the person responsible this time was the second person, so I thought of checking it out."

"Your Majesty, why did he ask that?" Xu Ying asked, "Our Majesty will not do anything without aim."

Qi Yuan was startled: "Did he ask me to hear this? He knew that the second son had something fishy in Hengzhou, so he asked me to check it out?"

Xu Ying nodded and said solemnly: "I'm afraid that's it. Every move we make is within the plan of the superiors... No matter how you report, the superiors are probably watching too..."

Qi Yuan's eyelids twitched and he muttered: "I understand. Since we want to write it truthfully, we must have evidence..."

The next day Qi Yuan led people to ransack Zhou Zhuo's home. Zhou Zhuo's family members were all separated. Zhou Zhuo's wife was crying and shouting hysterically: "Who told you to touch my house! How dare you insult us like this! When the master comes back -"

Qi Yuan walked slowly with his hands behind his back: "Your master will never come back."

Mrs. Zhou looked at the imposing Qi Yuan and fell silent, whispering: "What...what do you mean? What do you mean the master can't come back?"

Qi Yuan smiled slightly: "Master Zhou was killed and he will never come back. If you want to see him, I can send you down to stay with him."

Mrs. Zhou was stunned for two seconds and cried louder.

Qi Yuan's voice was cold and emotionless: "The guilty minister Zhou Zhuo secretly opened an iron mine. The fact of bribery is indisputable. He may also be suspected of treason. I buried him properly. His crime was not as bad as his family's. He was already lenient." , don’t push yourself too far! Pack your things and leave quickly!”

Mrs. Zhou was already frightened: "Suspected of treason? No, no, no! Impossible! It's impossible for me to do such a thing! Your Excellency, you are wronged! There is no way for me to be treason!"

Qi Yuan sneered: "Weapons made of mined iron were found in the mine. If he is not treason, why is he hoarding weapons privately?"

Mrs. Zhou turned pale with fright. She knew that Zhou Zhuo was helping the boss, and Chun Chun was implicated this time, but Zhou Zhuo never told her the specifics. She knew nothing and had no way to argue.

Qi Yuan no longer wanted to be pretentious with them, so he turned around and left. Before leaving, he said: "If you know it, leave as soon as possible!"

The Zhou family looked gloomy and left the Zhou Mansion lazily.