Chaos on the temples: You can't escape if you provoke treacherous ministers

Mrs. Gu hesitated to say anything, but Yan Mu spread his hands, expressing his helplessness, and asked the guards to drive Mrs. Gu away.

"Princess, I know you are a good person, please save my husband!" Mrs. Gu rushed forward and knelt down in front of Liu Yunxiang to beg her.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly helped Mrs. Gu up, "We also want to save Magistrate Gu, but what happened to him and where should we go to save him? If you don't tell us the truth, we really can't save him."

Mrs. Gu frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "Your Highness and the two gentlemen are going to Qi County for the purpose of going to Qi County. My husband has already guessed."

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Yan Mu, and then said frankly: "They are looking for unfalsified account books. Because Yang He has a very close relationship with Gu County Magistrate, they suspect that he handed over these account books to Gu County Magistrate."

Mrs. Gu took a deep breath, "There are ten books in total, Master Yang did give them to him before the accident."

Liu Yunxiang was overjoyed, "Then those account books?"

"Master Yang has explained that those account books must not be obtained by the people sent by the court." Mrs. Gu said and looked at Yan Mu, "The one million taels embezzled by Mr. Yang is on the account book. Once the court finds out, then this The 100 million taels became a debt owed by Yanzhou to the court. Since it is a debt, it must be repaid, but the people of Yanzhou and Yanzhou merchants cannot repay it. Sooner or later, Yanzhou will be dragged down."

"In that case, why not destroy these account books?"

"These account books are the only evidence that can prove Yang He's innocence. Although Yang He is willing to die, he also wants to leave a name of innocence. He handed over the account books to my husband, hoping that in the future, Lord Ming will succeed, and he can use these account books to prove his innocence. He is not corrupt, and he is a good official. But at the same time, he also explained that when the majesty is in power, these account books must not be produced, and if anyone finds out, they will be destroyed. My husband is reluctant, knowing that His Highness has already set his sights on him, so I want to Then move to another place, who knows... who knows, something will happen." Mrs. Gu was only anxious after speaking, "Someone must have taken the idea of ​​these account books and arrested him."

"So it is."

After hearing this, Liu Yunxiang was also a little worried, and turned to look at Yan Mu, "Your Highness, quickly find a way to save the ancient county magistrate."

Yan Mu thought for a moment, and said: "Apart from the account books we want to get, there is another person who also wants to get them, and that is Li Huai. So if the county magistrate is arrested, then the person who arrested him must be Li Huai."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "It must be him."

"But right now, the county magistrate is just missing, so he may not be arrested."

Speaking of this, Yan Mu called Feng Zheng and Zijin over and asked them to investigate around the mansion, but there was no movement from Li Huai.

Feng Zheng and Zijin went, Liu Yunxiang dragged Mrs. Gu into the house, poured her a cup of tea first, and told her not to worry.

"Can I not be in a hurry, my family is crippled, and I can't even run away when I meet bad people." Mrs. Gu was so anxious that she couldn't rest.

Liu Yunxiang comforted her and said, "The Gu county magistrate is an official after all, so if Li Huai dare not hurt him casually, the most he can do is to snatch those account books."

"The princess doesn't know this person well. He is very vicious. He sent someone to break my husband's leg."

"what?"

"When he was in charge of the government in Yanzhou, in order to highlight his political achievements, he took the initiative to ask for an increase of [-]% in taxes. The local officials in Yanzhou disagreed, so my husband took the lead in protesting to Li Huai. During the dispute, Li Huai let the guards around him Black hand, broke my husband's leg."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "This Li Huai is really lawless!"

"Before he took office in Yanzhou Prefecture, he was the leader of this place, so his methods were very sinister. Fortunately, he was transferred to another place later, otherwise my husband would definitely die in his hands."

After Yang He succeeded, Yanzhou slowly recovered.She likes Yang He, but Yang He clearly told her that there is only one wife of his, and even if he passes away, that seat will always be hers.It is impossible for him to like other women in his life, let alone marry her, so that she can give up as soon as possible.

This person is also heartless, and he actually acted as a matchmaker, matching her and the ancient county magistrate.Knowing the character of the Gu county magistrate, Mrs. Gu agreed without hesitation.

"I'm really worried about him."

Don't be in a hurry right now, Liu Yunxiang can only appease Madam Gu, but fortunately Zijin and Feng Zheng will be back soon.

"Li Huai is looking for someone, and what's more, the ones he sent out were not the officials of the government office, but the guards of his house." Feng Zheng said.

"They were looking for it in Yanzhou City, so the ancient county magistrate may be in the city." Zijin continued.

Yan Mu thought for a while, then looked at Feng Zheng and said, "You have contacts in Yanzhou, immediately mobilize them to find someone, and you must be one step ahead of Li Huai."

Feng Zheng nodded, "I am familiar with all the shops in Yanzhou City, so let's talk to them now."

After Feng Zheng left, Yan Mu asked Zijin to take their people to look outside as well.

Until the afternoon, there was still no news. At this time, Zijin came back and said that the city was closed.

"City closure?" Yan Mu asked with a frown.

"Yes, it is said that a murder case occurred in the city. In order to catch the murderer, the city is closed today. When the murderer is caught, the city gate will be opened again."

"How come the murder happened by such a coincidence." Yan Mu muttered, and then asked Zijin, "Do you know who died?"

"I heard that it was a merchant. It seems that gangsters broke into the house and robbed them, killing a family of three."

"A family of three?" Liu Yunxiang came out of the back room with a bad feeling in his heart.

"Yes, but the servant did not inquire carefully."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Yan Mu, "Could it be that Li Huai ... killed people in order to catch the ancient county magistrate?"

Yan Mu's face darkened, "Then his methods are too vicious."

The government not only sealed off the city, but also asked the people to stay at home and close their doors.Even the gate of Wanchun Garden was closed, and Li Huai sent many officials to surround them in the name of protecting them.

"He's preventing us from meeting the magistrate Gu," Yan Mu said.

"Fortunately, our people have been scattered, and we hope to find the ancient county magistrate."

At night, Feng Zheng came back first, his face was indeed full of grief.

"Boss Jiang's family was killed."

"What!" Liu Yunxiang was taken aback, "Their family died?"

Feng Zheng clenched his fists, "Yes, what about burglary, it was clearly killed by Li Huai's men."

Liu Yunxiang covered his heart and sat down on the chair all at once.She saw that family of three yesterday, the man was kind, the woman was gentle, and the child was cute. When she thought of their backs when they left, even she was a little envious.

"He, why did he kill them..."

Yan Mu took a deep breath, "There is only one explanation. The Gu county magistrate was hidden by Boss Jiang, but was discovered by Li Huai."

"Then the ancient county magistrate?" Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened.

"It should have escaped, otherwise he wouldn't have mobilized the crowd to seal the city."

There was no time to be sad right now, so Yan Mu asked Feng Zheng to go over the wall and continue to lead people to look for him.

After Feng Zheng left, Yan Mu also went out.

"Where are you going?" Liu Yunxiang asked worriedly.

"I'll go meet Li Huai and see what he wants to do!" (End of this chapter)