The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong didn't want to reveal this relationship at first, but Xiao Xiucai had nothing to hide since he made it clear, so he started from the beginning.

Kong Zhou frowned the more he heard it. He is a man who has experienced many storms, and he has been with Prince Fuqing for many years. He has seen many conspiracies and intrigues: "I think there are three problems."

Xue Yinsong and the little scholar asked together: "Which three points?"

"The first is the storage of grain in the grain depot. I used to be the servant of the household department. There are three large warehouses in the southeast grain road with at least 300 million dans in stock, and the amount of old rice converted every year will not be less than 100 million tans." Kong Zhou paused. After a pause, he continued: "It is impossible for the old rice that has been exchanged to be sold in shops in counties and cities, because it has to be sent directly to the frontier garrison for military ration distribution."

Xue Yinsong understood the words, but didn't understand the meaning. The little scholar seemed to understand a little bit, and guessed in surprise, "Could it be...retained?"

Kong Zhou nodded: "It should be the difference in grain consumption. I am not small, and I actually deducted as much as 20 dan."

Xue Yinsong finally couldn't help asking: "What is the difference in food consumption?"

"Grain storage is depleted, such as rainwater immersion, rat infestation, flood and fire... As long as these situations occur, the corresponding losses can be declared after the court audit and verification, which is for grain consumption." Kong Zhou explained.

"So that's how it is," Xue Yinsong also understood at this moment, "Am I... selling stolen goods?"

Kong Zhou took the cup and drank the water, wiped his lips: "Very likely, there is another one, you said Que Hongze and Jia Chengbo brought the prince's letter when they came?"

"Yes," Xue Yinsong replied recalling, "I didn't carry the letter with me, but it is indeed the letter from the young prince, otherwise I must be more cautious."

Kong Zhou frowned and asked, "Are you very close to the prince?"

Xue Yinsong thought for a moment and replied ambiguously: "Generally familiar."

Kong Zhou asked again, "Do you often communicate with each other by letter?"

Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "No."

"Then how can you be sure that the letter was written by the little prince himself? Is there any special seal of agreement?"

Xue Yinsong's heart suddenly sank to the bottom: "No."

"Is it just a letter? Is there someone from the little prince accompanying me?"

"No."

Kong Zhou pondered for a moment and said: "Generally speaking, there are few impostors. Besides, there are not many people who should know about the young prince's personal relationship with you. This letter is not necessarily fake. But since you are asked to help, it is so. For important matters, it is appropriate to send a special person to go there... It's hard to say..."

Xue Yinsong only felt that the more he listened to the analysis, the more uncertain he would be, so he asked in a deep voice, "What about the third one?"

Kong Zhou paused and said, "The third is Mr. Liang Dao. As the official in charge of rice grain in the southeast, how could Liang Dao not know the price of rice in Deyang? Besides, the price of rice in Deyang is stuck at a special price. It might be a conspiracy."

"Conspiracy?" Xue Yinsong was taken aback: "What conspiracy?"

"There are many possibilities, such as attracting merchants from other places to sell rice? Or is it just to attract you to sell rice?" Kong Zhou said while thinking: "This price is likely to be manipulated by someone and implemented by local grain merchants. It's what drew you in."

"But I don't have a grain of grain in my hand at all," Xue Yinsong was taken aback: "Before Que Hongze came to me, I only had a few hundred taels of wheat in my hand! My rice shop only opened in the spring of this year, and there is no grain at all." Chen Liang!"

Kong Zhou said: "But after Que Hongze found you, didn't you have rice?"

Xue Yinsong's face changed, and he had already thought of it: "You mean...they came for Que Hongze?"

Kong Zhou nodded: "It's very possible that after they knew that Que Hongze was wooing you, they intentionally inflated the price of rice in Deyang. You have the right time and place to transport the rice back to Deyang...The connection between the two is completely reasonable."

The little scholar has already figured out the cause and effect: "Assuming that Que Hongze withheld the 20 dans of grain privately in the name of grain consumption, and now you sell it, first of all, you have committed a crime of internal communication and external response. Second, selling grain privately to store grain It is a serious crime of ransacking the house and beheading, and thirdly, coming to Deyang may also be a conspiracy, although the truth is not known yet."

Kong Zhou said again: "According to what you said, if Que Hongze is a member of the Grand Master, the whole action plan may be one of the steps to attack the Grand Master."

Before Xue Yinsong came back to his senses, Kong Zhou thought of another point, and blurted out: "Back then, the Grand Master supported Prince Fuqing, and the two joined hands to oppose the attack on Gao Que, which resulted in the bankruptcy of the emperor's foreign invasion plan. Now Que Hongze is really lost." Wushamao, then the southeast grain road will fall into the hands of the emperor? Will Gaoque..." After speaking, Kong Zhou was already in deep thought, but these guesses were like countless thunderstorms, which shocked Xue Yinsong and his wife. The little scholar was completely at a loss.

The two held their breaths and waited quietly at the side, not daring to disturb Kong Zhou's meditation.

It took a long while for Kong Zhou to let out his breath, and took a cup to drink.

The little scholar hurriedly said: "Uncle Kong, in your opinion, what should we do?"

Kong Zhou pondered for a moment and said, "Let me think about it carefully."

Xue Yinsong suddenly remembered Uncle Jiuhua's words, and his voice changed: "There are... a lot of people on the back hill of Tianba Village. I'm afraid this is the main reason why they collect grain. They need a lot of grain."

Kong Zhou was a little surprised: "How do you know?"

Xue Yinsong replied: "Someone bumped into it on the mountain, saying that there are at least tens of thousands of people in the mountain, and some people said that this group of people robbed Ku Yin who was escorted to Beijing in the southeast in spring."

Kong Zhou was startled: "I have heard about the robbery of Ku Yin, but the Ministry of Criminal Justice has not found out so far. It was them? Sure enough..."

"I shipped 5000 dans of grain, and it is estimated that 2000 tans have been taken away by them. What should I do now?" Xue Yinsong looked at Kong Zhou sincerely: "Please enlighten me, sir."

Kong Zhou frowned and said, "At least you've got a solid case for selling stored grain privately, and you've also got a solid case for colluding with robbers. These two crimes are already serious crimes. Even if you are dragged out and beheaded, you won't be guilty." Too much."

Xue Yinsong said: "I really don't know that grain storage is not allowed to be bought and sold privately... By the way, I also supplied a total of [-] dan to the He and Li families in Fuchun County."

Kong Zhou thought for a while and said, "They are being deceived by you, even if they are convicted, they won't be too severe. Your problem is difficult!"

Xue Yinsong's scalp was numb, and after thinking about it for a while, he couldn't think of one, two, three, so he could only say: "Everything is up to God, I can't control this much, the big deal is that after this shipment of rice is sold out, there will be no more rice shipments."

"There are a lot of robbers in the mountains, and they consume a lot of food. They will definitely come back to find you after they have tasted the sweetness. Now you are on a robber ship, and you can't escape if you want to get away."

Xue Yinsong's face turned blue, and he said angrily: "I don't live in Tianba Village...but if you ask, you will know, maybe they came to Fuchun County to find me!"