The prime minister married a fake wife

A few days later, Liu Ling and Yang Xixue went back to their wooden house one night. As soon as they entered the house, Yang Xixue immediately sternly said, "Who!"

Liu Lingyan calmly said as if he knew someone: "Come out."

When the man heard the words, Yang Xixue was a little surprised and said: "How do you know we are here? We didn't tell you that we lived in this wooden house. Every wooden house here is similar. How did you know that we lived in this wooden house?" ?”

The person who came was their contact person, Jun Ming. He bowed to Liu Lingyan and Yang Xixue, and said with a smile, "My lord, Mr. Yang, I only knew that this is your residence because I saw the willow tree carved on the roof by your lord." .”

Yang Xixue asked Liu Lingyan suspiciously: "When did you engrave it? We've been together all this time. Why don't I know?"

Liu Lingyan smiled and said: "It was engraved late at night on the first day I came here. I let you rest at that time, so you didn't know."

Yang Xixue said in a long voice, "Oh."

Jun Ming handed Liu Lingyan two long strips wrapped in cloth in his hand, one thick and one thin, and said, "My lord, your sword."

Liu Lingyan took it over, and gave the thick one to Yang Xixue, and he uncovered the young one to see that it was his snow sword that was pure white as snow. He said to Jun Ming, "Thank you."

Yang Xixue also opened the wrapped rags to see that it was a high-quality sword and a sword wrapped in silk. He also thanked Junming.

Junming smiled and nodded at them.

Liu Lingyan asked him to sit down, and she and Yang Xixue also sat at the table.

Jun Ming sat down and said formally: "My lord, I have checked the ten-year military account and scrapped military account of Ma Xing Town, and found that in the past five years, the weapons they scrapped each year are too many for a small town. Almost three-tenths of the arsenal is occupied every year, and three or four reports are made in a year."

Liu Lingyan sneered and said, "Sure enough."

Junming saw that Liu Lingyan was not black-faced, but sneered, and when he heard this sentence, he seemed to know it already, and asked suspiciously: "Your Excellency knows?"

Yang Xixue saw that Liu Lingyan was unhappy, and she didn't want him to be even more unhappy, so she rushed to answer in front of him: "We have gradually infiltrated into their interior, and we have also participated in their private affairs. Once when they were dealing in arms, He took us there and saw that they sold five large boxes of weapons to the bandits, and also showed us their weapon storage that can provide more than 1 people."

After hearing this, Jun Ming gasped, and asked Liu Lingyan cautiously, "My lord, are we going to expose it?"

Liu Lingyan said coldly: "Yes, but not now. When they were trading, I heard they said that the trading was temporarily suspended, but it is not ruled out that they will continue to trade. You ask Ah Nuo to find someone to count regularly. If there is any scrapping, you must Check clearly, and if there are false reports, they will be severely punished.”

Junming immediately said: "Yes!"

Liu Lingyan asked: "How should the investigation progress?"

Jun Ming said: "My subordinates have found out that the bandits have never touched the homes of officers and soldiers in Maxing Town, and every house in Maxing Town has also been looted. On both sides of the door, there are stickers that say “safety in and out” and “prosperous wealth”, and on the top of the door there are stickers that say “watching jade and making money.”

Liu Lingyan sneered again and said: "It's good to watch Fei and make money, Guan Fei, officials and bandits, officials and bandits make money!"

Junming didn't notice it at first, but now he heard Liu Lingyan's words, only to find out the ingenuity here, glanced at Liu Lingyan and continued to lower his head to report: "Ah Nuo said that the prefect Huang is very active in helping, and he will give you whatever you want, while the county magistrate Chen is only on the sidelines. He will only help when the time comes, no matter how Master Lin tricks him, he will not reveal anything that should not be said, and it is not yet sure whether it is Mr. Huang or the magistrate Chen who is colluding with the bandits."

Liu Lingyan's eyes were full of sternness, but he lowered his eyes and looked at the ground in front of him, as if suppressing his anger, he said in a cold voice: "Then the insider should be the Magistrate Chen, I'm afraid the officers and soldiers in Maxing Town also know the inside story and have a part in it. Even if Mr. Huang didn't participate, he couldn't escape, and he is also guilty."

Junming secretly clicked his tongue. He understood that Mr. Huang was naturally guilty if he participated, but he was also guilty if he did not participate. It was a crime of letting his subordinates take bribes and break the law, which was a crime of dereliction of duty, but he didn't understand why Liu Lingyan was so sure that it should be the magistrate Chen Not Mr. Huang, and why did he know that the officers and soldiers of Ma Xingzhen also knew the inside story and participated in it? He wanted to ask, but seeing Liu Lingyan's expression was calm, he could tell from his tone that he was obviously angry and dared to Without asking, I had to watch Liu Lingyan hesitate to speak.

Sitting in the middle of their door, Yang Xixue could clearly see Junming's puzzled expression, wanting to ask but not daring to ask, and explained automatically: "To be able to maintain a good cooperative relationship with the bandits for more than five years must be because they have lived in the bandits for a long time. Ma Xingzhen, who is very familiar with the affairs inside, and can secretly sell and buy imperial weapons, suppressing all insiders, must be the biggest person here, who knows how to behave and is clever, and the official position of Lord Huang It is big enough, but he is the magistrate, so it is impossible for him to come and go to Maxing Town often. Of course, he is not too familiar with the things here. Even if he is really related to this matter, he is just an insider, accepting bribes, and others He doesn't need to pay attention to it at all, so only County Magistrate Chen meets these conditions, and according to Ah Nuo's description, he is also smarter than Mr. Huang. , do less and make less mistakes, unlike Mr. Huang, who gives all the good and bad to Ah Nuo, and the officers and soldiers in Ma Xing Town also have a share because all of them have officers and soldiers in each family and they also put on that type of flicker, Only those who know why do it.

Jun Ming suddenly realized something in the hall, and when he saw Liu Lingyan looking over, he immediately looked back at him with a serious expression.

Liu Lingyan looked at Junming and said: "You tell Ah Nuo these things, let him show in front of them that he doesn't care much about annihilating the bandits, and try to look as light as possible. It's best to make Mr. Chen think that we are so stupid that we only use Those 500 people can easily wipe out these bandits."

Junming said: "Yes."

Liu Lingyan thought of something and asked: "Has the [-] troops I asked Ah Nuo to apply for to be dispatched been approved?"

Junming said: "It has been approved, and it is on the way."

Liu Lingyan warned again: "Be careful, don't let the officials here know."

Jun Ming said: "Yes." Then he asked with some hesitation: "Why is your lord sure that the emperor will send another 1000 troops? Previously, Mr. Li's fault has lost more than [-] troops, which has already aroused the anger of the emperor Long Yan, who wants to execute Mr. Li , my subordinates and Ah Nuo also felt that the emperor would not waste any more troops for what he regarded as trivial matters, but my lord was so sure that the emperor would send troops, and the emperor did indeed send troops."

Of course Liu Lingyan knew that he had been with the emperor since he was a child and had been paying attention to him. Of course he was very clear about his character and things. It is clear that the emperor is suspicious and cautious, and he will not want to hire anyone who does not obey him, but due to his status and years of friendship, he did not immediately abandon his appearance, but now he is just treated as an abandoned girl by him Therefore, although this matter is a trivial matter for the emperor, but with his prudence, if he knows that there are only 1000 troops left here to fight against the bandits who have failed to wipe out more than [-] troops, even though he knows that most of the losses are the fault of Lord Li, But he would definitely send more troops over. He didn't want to explain too much, but simply replied: "The emperor is cautious in doing things, and he will handle small things carefully."

Jun Ming said: "Oh, my lord really understands the emperor."

Liu Lingyan frowned when he heard the words. For some reason, he didn't want Yang Xixue to misunderstand this sentence. He subconsciously explained: "Not only I know, but all the ministers in the Golden Palace know too." Then he glanced at Yang Xixue, looked He is not unhappy, rest assured.

Junming said yes, and left after seeing that there was nothing to report. After Liu Lingyan and Yang Xixue put away their swords, they also washed and rested.