Great Ye Empress

Chapter 238 Conviction
Liu Hong clenched his fists tightly, it seemed... he could only pretend he didn't know anything and put all the blame on Shen Wenduan's head.

The fire was finally put out by the end of the day.

Xie Yunchu stepped on the mud mixed with black ashes and water. Accompanied by officials from the Censor Office, Zhang Siyuan, and Liu Hong, he went to check the grain cellars and the grain barrels that had not been burned.

The more the investigation, the more ugly the faces of Zhang Siyuan and Liu Hong...

The more they looked, the more shocking the officials of the Censorship became.

Corruption is more serious than the censors imagined.

According to a report from the Taiyuan government a few years ago, asking the court to allocate funds to build a granary, there should be nearly a thousand grain cellars in the Taiyuan granary today.

It can be counted and counted... There are only nearly [-] grain cellars large and small in Taiyuan.

Even if it is calculated according to the [-] granary, the largest granary can store [-] shi of grain, and the smallest can store [-] shi of grain.

But according to the reported number of granaries in Taiyuan, even if the smallest granary is counted, it is impossible to fill half of them, but now... all the granaries are full, and there are less than [-] granaries empty, and almost every granary has food.

Because the grain cellar was dug deep into the ground, it was not fireproof and waterproof despite the help of kerosene and spirits... but it still could not be burnt dry.

Coupled with the short time of setting fires and the rapid arrival of firefighters, the damage to the granary was smaller than expected by Zhang Siyuan and Liu Hong.

"Even though this Taiyuan granary has experienced a fire, it seems that it is more than twenty or thirty times more than the reported grain!" Xie Yunchu turned to look at Zhang Siyuan, "Does Zhang Zhifu know what's going on? "

Zhang Siyuan frowned: "This granary matter has always been in charge of Cang Secretary Shen Wenduan, this official really doesn't know..."

"So, Zhang Zhifu has never come to see it, so...the Ministry of Household sent Liu Sanyuan and Li Shangjin to check the granary, and Zhang Zhifu has not accompanied him?" Xie Yunchu stood with his hands behind, looked at Zhang Siyuan and said, He turned his head to look at the officials of the Censor's Office, "Has Liu Sanyuan's annual report from Taiyuan Mansion been recorded?"

"Bring it!" The official from the Censor's Desk stepped forward and said to Xie Yunchu.

Xie Yunchu nodded: "Zhang Zhifu, Commander Liu... I and my group were ordered to investigate the matter of the granary in Taiyuan, and I would like to ask the two of you to cooperate with me."

Zhang Siyuan tightened his hands behind him and said with a smile, "It's natural!"

Although Xie Yunchu said this politely, Zhang Siyuan and Commander Liu knew that Xie Yunchu was going to interrogate them.

"It's just that the government office is busy, so I'm afraid it won't be delayed." Zhang Siyuan said.

"You don't need to worry too much about this Zhang Zhifu. The Minister of Personnel, Mr. Xie, advised His Majesty that this investigation into disaster relief and corruption... If there are officials who are temporarily unable to do official duties in cooperation with the Censor's investigation, they will be temporarily replaced by the guards." Xie Yunchu said and turned to look at Xie's guard, "How long will it take for the election officials who follow the convoy to arrive?"

"Young Master Hui Liu, you can enter the city at noon today." Xie shi guarded.

Xie Yunchu looked at Zhang Siyuan, still smiling: "So, Master Zhang can rest assured?"

When Zhang Siyuan heard Xie Yunchu's words, he understood that it seemed that Xie Yunchu would not let him go easily.

Zhang Siyuan glanced at Liu Hong who was tense all over and asked, "Then... what about the city defense?"

"It will be temporarily managed by the subordinates of Commander Liu." Xie Yunchu said with a smile, then turned to look at the Commander of the Central Military Army, "Commander Bai, please send someone to invite Master Zhang and Commander Liu respectively. Empty the room, send someone to take care of it, and wait for the people from the Censor Desk to ask."

"Okay!" Bai Pingchuan responded, leading someone to greet Liu Hong and Zhang Siyuan, "You two, please!"

"Then please ask Zhang Zhifu and Commander Liu later, we must investigate and complete the question as soon as possible, so as not to delay the official business of the two and cause trouble to the two."

Xie Yunchu looked polite at the moment, as if he was aggressive when he came to put out the fire last night... She was not the one who gave people the title of conspiracy.

"Where..." Zhang Siyuan said insincerely.

With a sullen face, Liu Hong took off his saber and left with the Jinzhong Xiang Army brought by Bai Pingchuan.

Bai Pingchuan received the order of the Ministry of War to assist the people from the Censor Terrace to escort people back to Bianjing. Unexpectedly... When he arrived outside Taiyuan City, he found that the granary in Taiyuan City was on fire. In an emergency, he brought people to save the fire.

After putting out the fire, why are you still assisting the Censors in investigating the case?

Although Bai Pingchuan was puzzled, when he thought that Xie Yunchu's uncle was the Minister of Officials, and Bai Pingchuan also saw that there was a problem with the granary in Taiyuan, he came here... If he should help, he should help, so that the Minister of Officials knew about his nephew. He didn't help when he came to Taiyuan to run an errand.

Liu Hong and Zhang Siyuan were invited to Yusi's vacant room together. Since they have to be kept separate, it is to prevent the two from colluding with each other...

Zhang Siyuan nodded lightly with Liu Hong, and Liu Hong also nodded, deciding to put all the blame on Shen Wenduan, just as if he didn't know anything.

Zhang Siyuan thought more deeply than Liu Hong. Only Liu Hong knew about Chu Niang in his outer room. This time, the people from the Censor Station originally wanted to use Chu Niang to disturb his sight, but they revealed a flaw that made him realize that they had entered. Taiyuan City.

That is to say, Shen Wenduan has been caught, and some things have been recruited with the people from the Censor's Desk.

Even if the people from the Yushitai have got the handle, he still intends to bite to death and refuse to recognize it. After entering Bianjing, the people above worry about the ledger in his hand, and naturally find a way to see him.

At that time, he used the ledger as a bargaining chip and asked them to save his life, even if it was exile, it didn't matter, as long as he could survive.

As for Liu Hong...

Zhang Siyuan glanced at Liu Hong, who was beside him with a dignified expression, and he couldn't care less.

Xie Yunchu saw Zhang Siyuan and Liu Hong being guarded by the Jinzhong Xiangjun and walked away, and turned to ask Yechen, "From Chu Niang, where is the trial account book?"

Yechen shook his head: "I used some means to find out some other things, but I couldn't find out where the ledger is. It seems that I really don't know."

Xie Yunchu pursed his thin lips tightly, and said after a long while: "Master Yu, you take the Jinzhong Xiang Army to search, even if you dig three feet into the ground...you must search the ledger."

Yu Qianchao, the head of the Censor Taitai Institute, wiped his face blackened by the smoke with the back of his hand, and responded, "Okay, don't worry, Mr. Xie."

Just looking at the number of grain cellars, the grains, and Shen Wenduan's ledger, Yu Qianchao was already burning with anger...

The disaster-stricken area has already reached the point of cannibalism. Taiyuan Mansion and the imperial court cried and shouted that there was no food, and the food storage could no longer be reduced. As a result, the granary was almost full!

The food for disaster relief has never left Taiyuan Mansion at all!
Yu Qianchao can't wait to slash these corrupt officials with his sword now, he must find out the ledger and convict Zhang Siyuan!

(End of this chapter)