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Chapter 44 Clearing Obstacles
"9 taels, 15 taels."

"3 taels, write it down quickly."

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The sound of knocking on the abacus was "crackling", and all the officials of the household department were calculating slowly.

Two hours later, with the checklist in his hand, Pei Xun slapped the case heavily, and said to the crowd: "There are frequent wars, but the household department has almost no money to allocate. It's actually less than 100 million taels!"

Everyone lowered their heads and looked at their noses and hearts, pretending not to hear.

"It's definitely more than 150 million taels of silver that disappeared, keep checking for me!"

After leaving the household department, he rushed to meet Jing Huanyao again.

In the teahouse.

Jing Huanyao took a sip of tea and said, "Brother, what are you going to do with this case of recovering war funds from the national treasury?"

Pei Xun said, "Naturally, it will be handled impartially according to my Da Zhou's criminal law."

Jing Huanyao nodded, but said, "It's not easy to handle it impartially."

Pei Xun put down the folding fan in his hand: "Second brother, Guo Ming'an, Zeng Zailing, Gao Shouying, all belong to you, and they also participated in it. This matter may be difficult. If the investigation is serious, the fire will burn to you."

Jing Huanyao said anxiously: "I usually don't restrict them very much, but now it's really difficult, brother, what should I do?"

Pei Xun said quickly: "Tomorrow morning, you will personally escort them to the Ministry of Punishment."

Early in the morning, all the officials of the Ministry of Punishment were frowning and hesitated in panic.

Only Pei Xun, as the imperial envoy, sat on his seat calmly and calmly: "Lord Ran, bring Zeng Zailing to the Ministry of Punishment."

When Ran Longzhong heard this, he panicked and faltered: "This... this..."

Pei Xun's eyes sharpened instantly: "Did the Ministry of Punishment issue a ticket to arrest him?"

Ran Longzhong was sweating profusely, the first batch of names came out, and the Ministry of Criminal Justice ordered them to arrest them, but Guo Mingan, Zeng Zailing, and Gao Shouying were all from Jinghou, and Jinghou had always been close to Pei Xun, so how dare they arrest them.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open vigorously, and Jing Huanyao strode in. The guards behind him escorted three officials who were tied up.

"My lords, these three are my disciples. They violated the king's law. This Marquis will never cover them up. Now I send them to surrender."

Pei Xun then said, "Put them in prison and wait for interrogation."

When Ran Longzhong heard this, beads of sweat rolled down his face.

Pei Xun shifted his eyes to Ran Longzhong: "Master Ran, Jinghou is here. In front of this official, you can speak directly. Is it Jinghou who disregarded the rule of law and prevented you from taking people?"

Ran Longzhong stammered, "No...not..."

Pei Xun continued to ask: "Then did your Ministry of Punishment go to arrest people?"

Ran Long's hands started to tremble. If he said yes, if Jinghou refuted it, it was a crime of slandering Zhongliang.

But looking at Pei Xun's aggressive eyes, he still said cautiously: "No...no..."

Pei Xun took a heavy shot of the gavel in his hand: "Bold Ran Longzhong, as the secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, neglected his duties, tried to frame Zhongliang with all kinds of sophistry, and his heart can be punished. Come here, take off the official hat!"

He glanced at the other officials who were whispering: "All officials of the Ministry of Punishment are not allowed to leave without permission, investigate one and punish one!"

As soon as this incident happened, all civil and military officials in the court were shocked. Everyone knew that Ran Longzhong had a close relationship with Su Qi'an on a regular basis.

The mansion of the Sixth Prince.

Yao Zuofeng paced around, anxiously said: "It's over, Pei Xun dared to arrest Ran Longzhong directly, if he betrays us, it will be over!"

Su Qi'an was also upset at the moment: "Zuofeng, don't walk around, people watching are upset!"

Yao Zuofeng couldn't help saying: "Aren't I in a hurry, this time I lost the battle, it's hard to guarantee that the emperor will know in his heart that we did it, let's not mention this matter for now, if we let him know about us and the Ministry of Households again, then it's not good It's a disaster!"

Chu Liu said in a deep voice: "This matter is indeed difficult, and it is only a matter of time before Ran Longzhong confesses." After a pause, he continued: "Prayer, that female fugitive a few days ago, maybe she can help us."

Su Qi'an stood up: "I understand, I will do this right away."

Minister's Mansion.

Liang Yifei was a little surprised that Su Qi'an would come to find her. She had always looked down on these things. The originally humble martial artist felt very offended by his sudden arrival.

But because of his influence, he still calmly said: "I don't know what you do, Mr. Su, to see the little girl?"

Su Qi'an said conveniently: "Su came here today to help you remove obstacles."

Liang Yifei raised her eyes and said, "Master Su's words are confusing."

Su Qi'an smiled: "You have a crush on Mr. Pei, but the person Mr. Pei admires happens to be the one I admire too."

Liang Yifei's eyes tightened, and she immediately asked someone to serve tea...

Pei House.

After lunch today, Jiang Youzhi was called over by Mrs. Pei, who said kindly: "That girl Yifei came to tell me about that day yesterday, she knows she has wronged you, and she is deeply regretful. "

Jiang Youzhi had a generous face: "Youzhi never blamed Miss Liang."

Mrs. Pei nodded: "She begged me personally, saying that she wanted to make amends to you, and said that it would be tomorrow Youshi, please go to the servant's mansion."

Jiang Youzhi was a little puzzled, why Liang Yifei wanted to show her favor to her, so she knelt down and said, "Old Madam, Youzhi's status is humble, how can you bother Ms. Liang."

However, Mrs. Pei said: "Yifei is very sincere, she begged me again and again, I must go, so you can go."

Liang Yifei moved the old lady out, Jiang Youzhi couldn't evade it no matter what, and said: "Then you will listen to you."

On the second day, Jiang Youzhi set off early. She didn't know what kind of person Liang Yifei was, so she just went to find out the truth today.

When they arrived at the Minister's Mansion, Liang Yifei seemed to have been waiting for a long time: "Sister, you are here. I am really worried that you will not come, and you will not forgive me."

Jiang Youzhi smiled and said: "Miss worked hard, but you dare not let you down."

Liang Yifei nodded, and warmly pulled the person to the round table: "I prepared a table of meals for you, and I just want to apologize to you sincerely."

When Jiang Youzhi sat down, she enthusiastically helped Bucai: "I was dazzled that day, so don't blame me."

Jiang Youzhi laughed heartily: "Miss Liang is worrying too much, Youzhi has never blamed you."

There was nothing unusual about Liang Yifei during the whole process, as if she was sincerely apologizing. In the end, a maid brought two glasses of wine.

Liang Yifei handed one of the glasses to Jiang Youzhi: "This is my accompanying drink, sister, you must drink it."

Jiang Youzhi picked up the wine glass, but found a clue in the glass, there was white powder floating in the wine, it was only then that she understood that Liang Yifei was simply uneasy and kind.

When she was about to drink, she swiped her elbow inadvertently, and all the dishes fell on Liang Yifei. She said in a panic, "Sister, I didn't mean it."

Liang Yifei was obviously about to explode, but she suppressed it: "Nothing, sister, I will change into clean clothes now."

After Liang Yifei left, Jiang Youzhi quickly switched the wine glasses between the two.

When Liang Yifei came back, the two exchanged pleasantries, and then happily drank the apology wine to each other.

Only then did Jiang Youzhi get up and said: "Miss Liang, it's getting late, and it's time for Youzhi to go back, so leave."

When Liang Yifei returned the salute, she turned around and was about to leave.

(End of this chapter)