Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 203 Ordnance Lost Incident
Now that Huaiyang is pregnant, he should be very happy, but when he thinks of his wife, he sighs inexplicably.For things like pregnancy, he is responsible for providing ammunition, which is controllable, but having boys and girls is out of his control.

But after thinking about it, he felt that Huaiyang and the lady had always been friendly, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

Walking over, hugging Huaiyang, gently smoothing her black hair.

"Now that you are pregnant, you still need to pay more attention to your body. The concubine has given birth to a child and can manage the palace again. You should rest well."

"Yeah." Huaiyang's face was full of happiness, while touching the unformed baby in her womb, she lusted after her husband's embrace.

After being tired of Huaiyang for a while, Li Zhiyun asked the housekeeper to order more slaves to take care of Mrs. Huaiyang's daily life.

The news of Huaiyang's pregnancy was soon known to Princess Chu and Yin.Princess Chu sat in the room for a while, thought for a while, and then went to talk to Huaiyang in person, and asked her to pay attention to those matters when she was pregnant.Yin Shi took Xiao Chengjing to chat with Huaiyang.

The three women lived in harmony, and Li Zhiyun was somewhat comforted.

Things in the inner house gradually calmed down, but there was a commotion outside.

After all, the Ministry of Industry failed to hide the news of the missing ordnance. After Li Yuan found out about it, he called the warriors Xun and Li Zhiyun to the Lizheng Hall for a reprimand.

"I limit you to solve the case within half a month. If you can't solve the case, you don't need to stay in the Ministry of Industry!"

Lao Li expressed his attitude towards Samurai Xun and Li Zhiyun angrily.

Solve the case within half a month?
Li Zhiyun thought to himself, after nearly two months of investigation, they still haven't found out, and now they have to solve the case within half a month, how is this possible?
Does Lao Li have a problem with him?

If you don't want me to stay in the Ministry of Industry, then just say it directly, don't do these things.Anyway, I'm just watching politics in the Ministry of Industry, and the responsibility cannot be blamed on me.

"The minister obeys the order."

"My son obeys the order."

Li Yuan snorted coldly, and continued: "Shangshu Huangfu Wuyi of the Ministry of Punishment and Zheng Shanguo, Minister of Dali Temple, they will cooperate with your investigation."

Huangfu Wuyi, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, was a veteran of the Sui Dynasty. He, together with Lu Chu, Duan Da and others, supported Yang Tong, the king of Yue, to ascend the throne in Luoyang.Later, Wang Shichong committed a crime of usurping the throne. He didn't want to join forces, so he fled Luoyang alone and returned to Datang.

Lao Li still valued Huangfu Wuyi very much, and at the same time thought he was very talented, so he promoted him to be Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.

Huangfu Wuyi is very self-aware, he knows very well that he should be a vase honestly and not meddle in the government affairs at will.Therefore, he assigned the assistant minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Li Chen, King of Xiangwu County, to be fully responsible for cooperating with the investigation this time.

Li Chen and Li Xiaogong are brothers, they are taciturn. After seeing Li Zhiyun and Samurai Xun, they just greeted each other, and then they were silent, listening quietly to Zheng Shanguo and Samurai Xun making an investigation plan.

According to Samurai Yu's plan, the investigation is mainly divided into two steps, the first step is 'internal investigation', and the second step is 'external search'.

Internal investigation, that is, a strict search of all officials of the Ministry of Industry who have been in contact with ordnance, not only to investigate their movements in the Ministry of Industry, but also to investigate their whereabouts at home.

Outside search, that is to find the Gyeonggi guards, Zuo Xiaowei General Sun Shunde to cooperate, and ask him to send soldiers to strictly search Chang'an wine shops, brothels, gambling houses and other places of all kinds.

Li Zhiyun frowned and said: "This is not right."

"Excuse me, Your Highness, what's wrong?" Samurai Xun asked.

Li Zhiyun said: "The internal investigation is appropriate, but it is only an external search. If there is such a big commotion, the thieves may hide deeper."

The warrior Xun chuckled, stroked his beard and said, "Your Highness, please don't worry, I just deliberately made such a big noise, so that those thieves will be restless and show off their feet."

Hearing this, Li Zhiyun was speechless for a moment, are you serious about riding a horse?

"Wu Gong, we only have half a month." Li Zhiyun reminded him not to waste time.

"I know, Your Highness can rest assured, the old man knows it well." The warrior Xun seemed not to understand.

You have a fart, you want to use this method to force the thief out within half a month, are you serious?
Now, Li Zhiyun suddenly envied his grandfather-in-law Yang Shigui a little bit. Because Yang Shigui was not feeling well, he asked for leave to recuperate at home, perfectly avoiding this disaster.

Zheng Shanguo also felt that the warrior Xun was a bit taken for granted, so he said: "Wu Shangshu, just as His Highness the King of Chu said, if the movement is too loud, the thief will hide deeper, and it will be difficult to handle. How about this, we search secretly, so that we can also beat the thief One caught off guard."

The warrior Xun shook his head, "If we do this, we will definitely not be able to solve the case within half a month. Just do as I said, the more noise we make, the more frightened the thieves will be, and they will definitely show their feet when the time comes."

Samurai, are you serious?

Li Zhiyun thought to himself, then you can solve the case within half a month according to your method?Not necessarily.

Zheng Shanguo was also extremely speechless, how could he use this method to arrest people, didn't you just tell the thief not to act in a blatant manner?

"Wu Shangshu, I think it is debatable to arrest people like this."

"Then dare to ask Shijun Zheng if there is any other way?" Samurai Xun asked him back.

Zheng Shanguo thought for a moment, and said: "If the thief can steal the ordnance from the Ministry of Industry, there must be ghosts inside. We might as well catch the officials inside who have access to the ordnance and torture them severely. We will always find clues."

Good guy, this one is even more heavyweight.

Li Zhiyun pondered and said: "Emissary Zheng doesn't know something. The two Langzhong who are in charge of the arsenal have already been arrested and tortured, but there is no answer yet."

"Then arrest again." Zheng Shanguo said with a grim expression on his face, "All the guards, officials, and even the small people who clean the arsenal around the arsenal will be arrested and tortured!"

The samurai Xun disagreed with extorting a confession by torture, "Being beaten into a trick may not necessarily get what we want."

"It's better to kill by mistake than to misplace it." Zheng Shanguo said solemnly: "Wu Shangshu, please remember that what is lost now is ordnance, including a crossbow. This is the capital of the empire, not a place to joke!"

Although Zheng Shanguo's words were too sharp, Li Zhiyun thought it was understandable.Ordinary people steal a bow and crossbow from the arsenal, and once found, they are immediately exiled.The crossbow is naturally a strong bow made by the Ministry of Industry, not the kind of bow and crossbow used by mountain hunters.

"I am the person in charge sent by the sage, listen to me." The warrior Xun waved his hand, directly rejecting Zheng Shanguo's intention.

Immediately, Zheng Shanguo looked at Li Zhiyun, hoping that the king of Chu would be smarter and prevent the warrior Xun from subduing his wisdom.

Although he is not the person in charge of the main investigation case this time, he is also one of the assistants. If something goes wrong, he will have a black spot on his resume.

Li Zhiyun sighed silently, ignoring Zheng Shanguo's gaze.

He wanted to dissuade the warrior Xun, but considering that he hadn't figured out a practical method, he had no choice but to give up.

Moreover, Lao Li asked them to solve the case within half a month, no matter how you think about it, you think it is nonsense.Those people who dared to steal bows and crossbows from the Ministry of Industry did not seem to be out of their minds.

This matter is complicated and troublesome.

Li Chen, the servant of the Ministry of punishment, was silent, and the king of Chu agreed that no matter how hard Zheng Shanguo struggled, it would be useless, and he could only do what the warrior Xun said.

(End of this chapter)