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Zhong Shao hit the governor as soon as he came, which is obviously inappropriate, after all, a strong dragon does not overpower a local snake.

Suffering flashed across Governor Zhou's eyes, but after hearing Zhong Shao's next words, cold sweat broke out in a "shua".Because Zhong Shao said: "I have already sent the news back to Anyang about the loss of disaster relief food in Shengzhou. Your Majesty will decide on the next thing."

This is actually an inevitable result, but Governor Zhou still did not expect this day to come so soon.He didn't know where Zhong Shao got the news, but since she was able to tell about the loss of relief food, she must also know about things in Shengzhou.In this way, his culpability is not only the loss of food, but also indirectly causing chaos in Desheng Prefecture, and the assassination of King Fu...

On this cold day, a drop of cold sweat quickly fell from Zhou Cishi's forehead, and he didn't care about anything else, so he bent his knees and knelt down in front of Zhong Shao's horse: "My son-in-law, my son-in-law, forgive me!" Sin, that food, those food officials really don’t know how they lost it!”

This, Zhong Shaoxin, is not only because even the Beggar Gang failed to find out any clues, but also because there are various signs that show that there must be someone planning and instigating behind all these things.

In fact, this time King Fu went north to help the disaster, he did not bring food at all, he only brought money.The food for disaster relief in all the state capitals in the Northland actually comes from the local official warehouses.In some state capitals there was corruption of ink, and the official warehouses were already insufficient, but Fu Wang was so valuable that these state governors dared not offend them at all, so they pieced together food and food before his arrival.

Naturally, Fu Wang didn't care whether the grain in the official warehouse had been accumulated all the time or was just made up temporarily. He only took a few officials from the household department to check the accounts one by one. He didn't care about the old grain and broken rice. It is mixed with gravel and moldy rice, as long as there is enough to eat.Then, relying on these improvised food, he went all the way to provide disaster relief, and he did a good job.

The situation in Shengzhou is similar to that of other places, but because the governor of Shengzhou took office not long ago, the grain storage in the official warehouse is even more than that of other state capitals, so it will be enough soon.But before King Fu and the people from the Ministry of Households came to check, the food that had been stored in the official warehouse suddenly disappeared, and even the officials who guarded the official warehouse didn't notice it. Governor Zhou was frightened. shock.

But at that time, King Fu's disaster relief team was about to arrive in Shengzhou, and Governor Zhou didn't dare to expose the matter, so he could only grit his teeth and raise some food, and temporarily set up a porridge shed for disaster relief.As for the official storehouse, if he couldn't find so much food, he could only take one step at a time.

What happened next was beyond Governor Zhou's expectations. He didn't expect that there would be so many victims and the consumption of the porridge shed would be so large, let alone that the accident would happen so quickly—the food that was finally raised was only three days. After being eaten by the victims, the porridge in the porridge shed could only be made thinner, thinner, thinner... Before he even had time to check the accounts, King Fu was smashed by the rioters on the way of inspection head!

The matter got worse, and Governor Zhou was even more afraid to report the truth, but whether it was the sudden theft of the official warehouse, or Fu Wang being hit by someone, it was obviously weird.Zhong Shao could see it, Xu Wenjin could see it, and Emperor Yongning who was far away in the capital must also be able to see it.

Zhong Shao felt that, with intentional calculations and no intentions, it was dereliction of duty for Governor Zhou to lose rice and grain, but it was also justifiable.But he made a mistake in hiding the matter. Not only did King Fu suffer from black hands without knowing it, but he also caused countless people around Shengzhou to starve to death and freeze to death!

Therefore, Zhong Shao was not moved at all after hearing Governor Zhou's begging for mercy, and was even so angry that he wanted to whip him again.However, the rank of the governor is not low, and it is not proper to kneel her. Just now she hit someone first, and it is obviously inappropriate to continue the beating.So he held back his temper and said, "I don't care how the food was lost, I just know that the victims in this city and outside the city can no longer starve to death! Tomorrow, no, today you will let people rebuild the porridge shed!"

Governor Zhou was stunned when he heard the words, and then said with a bitter face: "But my lord, the official warehouse has been stolen, and there is really no food in the city..."

Zhong Shao was impatient to hear this, she waved her hand holding the horsewhip, and said: "I don't care about it, I came here to take over the disaster relief from King Fu. Your Majesty's responsibility for your crimes is up to you, and I have no right to comment. But you can’t be careless about disaster relief.”

After saying this, Zhong Shao didn't want to listen to his excuses anymore, so he directly pointed to a guard and said, "You, lead the way, take us to the governor's mansion to meet His Royal Highness Fu Wang."

The gate guard was slightly stunned when he heard the words, and subconsciously looked at the governor, but the governor Zhou was too busy to take care of himself at the moment, and he didn't dare to say anything to the soldier in front of Zhong Shao and the others.So the guard who didn't get the signal quickly bowed and agreed, and then trotted forward to lead the way.

Zhong Shao took the people and left in a mighty manner, heading straight for the governor's mansion.Especially Xiao Wenxuan, she was already worried about her father's injury, and she took the lead at this time, if she didn't come to Shengzhou and needed someone to lead the way, she would definitely have to run in front of the guard.

But for a moment, apart from the sergeants guarding the gate, only the governor was left standing in the cold wind.As for going to the governor's mansion, why didn't the owner of the mansion, Governor Zhou, lead the way?Of course it was because he didn't have time, he had to find a way to raise food and build a porridge shed!

Thinking of this, Inspector Zhou was wilting, and suddenly he heard a voice in front of him: "Lord Inspector, is the food needed to build a porridge shed? I have a way, my lord, would you like to hear it?"

Governor Zhou was startled when he heard the words, and immediately looked up, and saw a middle-aged scholar standing not far in front of him, holding a horse and looking at him.

The other party has an outstanding demeanor and smiles like a spring breeze on his face, which makes people feel good when they see him.Governor Zhou thought for a while, and remembered that the other party seemed to be following Zhong Shao before, so his eyes lighted up, and he hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "Please teach me, sir."

Xu Wenjin smiled lightly, and said, "My lord, you are welcome. A Shao was anxious and hurt you before, so please don't take offense."

Inspector Zhou was taken aback for another moment, and then realized that the other party was trying to show his favor, and this person called Zhong Shao very affectionately, so the two must have a very close relationship... Thinking of this, Inspector Zhou's attitude became even more respectful After two points, he hurriedly said: "How dare, how dare, this matter is my fault."

Xu Wenjin felt that too much rigidity was easy to break, even if the governor seemed to be in trouble, but he was a local snake after all, and she would not feel good if he bit Zhong Shao.But it is necessary to mention something, otherwise Zhong Shao's request will only force people to put all their eggs in one basket and make trouble again.

Seeing Governor Zhou's appreciation, he said, "Since that's the case, I won't say much. I know the general's request is a bit embarrassing, but it's actually not embarrassing. Now that a large number of refugees have entered the city, they regard Shengzhou City as their hope of survival." , If you find out later that you still can't survive, I'm afraid you will be aroused fiercely. Burning, killing and looting in order to survive is nothing, this city of Shengzhou will be in chaos in a blink of an eye."

This is not alarmist talk, so Governor Zhou didn't say anything, just listened to Xu Wenjin continue: "The porridge shed must be set up, and it doesn't matter if the porridge is thinner, as long as people can see the hope of living, they will not make trouble. I also know that there is no food in the city, but we have some preparations before we come, at most three to five days, and then someone will send food."

Zhong Shao had sent the news back to Beijing before, and Emperor Yongning would surely collect food, but it might take half a month to go back and forth and send the food.Therefore, what Xu Wenjin is referring to right now is not the imperial court’s disaster relief food, but the rice grain of the He Family Commercial Bank raised by He Ming who will come later—there is also a grain store of the He Family in Shengzhou, but unfortunately it has been looted by the victims. .

Governor Zhou's eyes lit up a little when he heard the words, it's better to last for three to five days than half a month, but he was still a little embarrassed: "But the official warehouse has been emptied, and there is really no food in the city..."

Xu Wenjin quickly said: "There is no food in the official warehouse, so let the adults come forward and borrow from the merchants."

All the grain stores in the city were looted, but the merchants were wealthy and most of them had a lot of grain in their homes, so it shouldn't be difficult to gather together enough to last for three to five days.However, Governor Zhou was even more difficult, he hesitated and did not immediately agree.Because he had already borrowed it last time, and now that King Fu was assassinated, he might not be able to continue as the assassin. I'm afraid no one would sell his face.

Xu Wenjin is also a good person, and he immediately understood Zhou Cishi's expression, so he had no choice but to say: "Businessmen value profits, if they refuse to lend, I'm afraid they will wrong you and the soldiers in the city."

Inspector Zhou then understood, what he meant was to ask him to take out the food stored in the Inspector's Mansion, and then allocate some food and grass from the garrison...

Forget about the food stored in the governor's mansion, it is a serious crime in Liang State to randomly use the army's food and grass!Although Governor Zhou was in charge of the military administration of the region and had the right to take out the food and grass, he was quite frightened when he heard this.He looked at Xu Wenjin anxiously, hoping to get a guarantee from him, or rather from Zhong Shao, that he would not be held accountable for misappropriating military rations.

Xu Wenjin smiled, and said: "Before coming, His Majesty promised the general the right to act cheaply."

As soon as these words came out, Governor Zhou shivered again.

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Xu Wenjin stayed at the gate of the city, threatened and lured the governor who had been frightened these days and offered bad ideas, while Zhong Shao and the others rushed all the way to the governor's mansion.

Due to the previous changes, there are layers of guards outside the Governor's Mansion, but these local guards are obviously incomparable with the Xuanjia Army guarding the capital.Seeing such an army appearing in front of them suddenly, the guards suddenly lost their sense of proportion, and even the people who came forward to ask questions seemed a little lacking in confidence, and their eyes could not help but look at the brightly armored Xuanjia army. glance.

Zhong Shao didn't talk nonsense, and immediately revealed his identity, and then let the Xuanjia Army take over the guards of the Governor's Mansion without any explanation, and directly led Xiao Wenxuan and others into the Governor's Mansion.

In the governor's mansion, there is another guard, that is the soldiers brought by King Fu.

The soldiers who came out of Prince Fu's Mansion naturally recognized Xiao Wenxuan, so when they saw her appear, some people knelt down to plead guilty to her.But she was kicked away by the impatient Xiao Wenxuan: "What are you doing in the way of the princess? Who is patient to listen to you talking about this, I want to see my father!"

This aunt's temper actually restrained a lot when she was in the capital, and no one in Mianzhou Fuwang's Mansion dared to provoke her.The soldiers can only be kicked in vain if they are kicked, and they have to get up quickly to lead her way. Fortunately, Xiao Wenxuan's strength is average, and the kick will not really break people.

So the soldiers led the way, and the group soon arrived at the dormitory where King Fu was recuperating.

Xiao Wenxuan asked on the way, and was greatly relieved to learn that King Fu had woken up once before.But when a group of people stepped into the dormitory and saw King Fu whose head was tightly wrapped, they still couldn't help being surprised. Xiao Wenxuan hurriedly asked the armored soldier, "Why did King Father get hurt like this? There are other injuries on his body." ?!"

The soldier replied: "Princess don't worry, the prince has no other injuries, only his head."

The head is the key, so Xiao Wenxuan didn't relax at all when she heard the words, and asked: "How did the father get hurt, how is the injury on the head?"

The armored soldier said again: "My lord was caught in a plot, he was hit on the head with a brick and bled a lot. Fortunately, the doctor said that the injury is not too serious, if he wakes up, he will be fine."

When Xiao Wenxuan heard the words, she was both worried and thankful, and she was still a little weird in her heart-what about the assassination, such a lofty statement, but in the end it was her father who was slapped on the head with a brick? !

The author has something to say:

Zhong Shao (contemplation): I suddenly wondered if the "assassination" of King Fu was really just a coincidence?After all, the murder weapon used in the assassination turned out to be such a down-to-earth thing as a brick. I really haven't heard of any assassin using it!