In Nanzheng's granary, only the uppermost layer is filled with grain, and the lower layer is filled with sand and gravel.

Today's grain plus sand and gravel is exactly the amount recorded in the ledger. The amount of sand and gravel is naturally the deficit of the granary.

Unexpectedly, these Nanzheng officials turned out to be a bunch of silverfish.

"What about the fire expenses they reported in previous years? Aren't those extra fire expenses enough for their greed?"

Now that Mu Bai and the emperor were working together, they already knew the secrets involved.

When the water is clear, there are no fish. Not everyone in the court is an upright official.

The emperor only carefully looked at the amount of fire money reported from various places in previous years. He naturally knew that some of them were embezzling and embezzling, but this kind of thing could not be stopped.

If we really make a serious effort to investigate thoroughly, the wealthy families who own land and estates will be the first to come out to oppose it, which will cause turmoil in the court and make the people's lives even more miserable.

As long as the greed is not too ruthless, these losses are within the emperor's expectation.

However, people's hearts are not as strong as snakes swallowing elephants. Mu Bai and Yu did not expect that after these people deceived both the people and the emperor, they would even deprive the victims of food.

The consumption of food that is supposed to be used for disaster relief is also legitimate. Why use sand and gravel to make up for it? Therefore, these grains must not be recorded in the disaster relief ledger.

"Send someone to keep an eye on the granary secretly. Don't alert the enemy. Send someone to the prefect's house to look for the account books."

The officials took the order and left.

Mu Baiyu looked at Qixuan and muttered: "This official from Nanzheng..."

"He is the disciple of Prime Minister Ran Yongxing for ten years."

Qixuan took over the conversation. He had already found out the interpersonal relationships related to Prime Minister Ran, but he did not expect that they were so involved in the matter.

"My father praised Prime Minister Ran for his honesty. I guess it's because he didn't touch the people's taxes, money and food personally, but asked the people below him to show filial piety."

Mu Baiyu sneered, "I didn't expect that everyone in our Mu family would make wedding clothes for Ran Thief."

"With all the extra tax money and food, who knew he wouldn't be able to recruit troops?"

Qixuan was most worried about this matter. If Mu Baiyu said it, then Ran Thief would have already turned against him——

"He didn't recruit troops, but the silver and grain could bribe the generals in the court."

Mu Baiyu tried to recall the various situations in her previous life, trying to restore the truth of the matter from the details that she had ignored.

"At this time, Thief Ran has just started planning, and the foundation is unstable. Let's find out about this matter and then expose it."

"When the time comes, there is no need for my father to take action. People all over the world will scold him."

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The next day, Mu Bai and the people around her told her that they had not found the account book.

The prefect was very vigilant. There were too many defenses and not enough people. It was impossible to break through and it was difficult to infiltrate.

Mu Bai and Ben sent someone to tell the magistrate of Nanzheng that they had been here for a long time and had been busy giving porridge to the victims. They had not had time to taste the delicacies of Nanzheng and asked the magistrate to host a banquet for them and their party.

The prefect of Nanzheng breathed a sigh of relief. When he first heard the news that the princess was going south to provide disaster relief, he was most afraid that his embezzlement of disaster relief food would be exposed.

However, the princess has been here for so many days, but she only knows how to play and give porridge. It seems that the woman's ability is nothing more than this.

He also remembered the rumors that Princess Rongchang was arrogant and willful, and would do whatever she wanted just because of the emperor's favor. Now when he took a look at it based on the princess's request, he felt that what he said was true.

At the banquet, the prefect of Nanzheng tried his best to prepare an extremely sumptuous feast of good wine and food.

Mu Baiyu looked at these things with cold teeth.

These fine wines and dishes are all obtained by plundering the people's fat and the people's anointing.

Halfway through, Mu Bai and Tui went to Gongfang, but they came back after a long time. They said they saw the beautiful scenery in the magistrate's mansion and walked around for a while.

However, soon, Mu Baiyu cried out, saying that one of her favorite earrings was missing, and that was the thought the queen left for her.

The prefect of Nanzheng looked and saw that one of Princess Rongchang's ears was indeed empty.

Mu Bai and Jean Cannon Fodder called all the servants in the house to help them find the lost earrings, and they also sent people to look for them together.

Seeing Mu Bai Yu's appearance of fighting, the cannon fodder became more and more convinced that Mu Bai Yu was an idiot, but he didn't raise any alarm.

Qixuan disguised himself and joined the team looking for Erjun.

After a long time, Mu Bai and Qi Xuan nodded to themselves when they saw Qi Xuan mixed in with the crowd.

She walked to a random place and quietly dropped the earring in her hand.

Not long after, a servant found him and gave it to Mu Bai, so the matter was settled.

In the evening, the prefect of Nanzheng received news from Prime Minister Ran, saying that a descendant of the Xie family came to Nanzheng to protect the person named Zhao and asked him to pay attention and deal with the things that were not done cleanly before as soon as possible.

The magistrate of Nanzheng hurriedly went to the place where he hid the account book, and was relieved to see that the account book was still there.

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"I didn't know that the fake account book would be discovered." Mu Bai was worried when he mentioned this matter.

She came up with this strategy, and it seems there is no flaw at this time.

Qi Xuan said: "As long as we survive this period, we will be fine. Now that our purpose of coming here has been achieved, without further delay, let's go back to Chang'an City to avoid long nights and dreams."

Mu Baiyu nodded, "My guards will stay here to keep an eye on the prefect to prevent him from escaping."

Before coming out this time, the emperor gave Mu Bai and an emperor's token.

This emperor's token is used to protect Mu Bai and.

In fact, Mu Baiyu could also use the token to kill these ministers on the spot.

However, Mu Bai and his father still have to consider their reputation.

The ministers can do this, but the princess cannot do this.

When they came, they were a huge team. At this time, all the disaster relief officials stayed along the way. When they went back, they were much more streamlined. There were only some guards, a few palace maids and eunuchs.

Zhao Lao pretended to be an old eunuch and got into it.

In order to go back as soon as possible, they walked non-stop for several days.

That day they didn't have time to get to the next station, so they camped halfway.

Mu Baiyu felt a little more relaxed at this time, thinking that he heard someone on the road saying that there is a small shallow lake nearby. The water is very sweet. The nearby villagers like to fetch water there. Bathing in the water there can also wash away bad luck. , I thought of taking someone to fetch water and take a walk to relax my muscles and bones.

She only took Qixuan with her to fetch water, and even drove a car to load it.

She is now very skilled, and Qi Xuan has strong martial arts skills, so she probably won't encounter any danger.

Soon they found the lake those people were talking about. The water was extremely quiet and the bottom could be clearly seen.

After Mu Baiyu finished drawing the water, he saw the clear water in the lake and thought about washing himself.

"Look back, don't look."

Qi Xuan obediently found a place and sat down with his back to the lake. In that position, he could recover at any time and face any unexpected situation.

Mu Bai and Sanxiawuzuer took off their clothes and stepped into the lake.

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