Five years of county magistrate, 100 million catties of grain shocked Li Shimin

Chapter 396

"What happened?"

Fang Yuan frowned, said in a deep voice.

Princess Gaomi also looked at Zheng Jiu with curiosity.

"The booty you just brought back is on fire!"

Zheng Jiu said urgently.

After the words fell, Fang Yuan got up immediately.

Stride out in the direction of the prison entrance.

Princess Gaomi also wanted to go out with her, but was stopped.

Not long after, Fang Yuan walked out of the prison, and heard cries for rescue.

At the same time, thick smoke billowed from the backyard, and the flames could be seen vaguely.

"What about people, rescue them!"

Fang Yuan sullenly shouted.

The backyard of the Chang'an County Government can catch fire.

This is definitely not an ordinary fire, but someone did it on purpose.

"It has been rescued, but there are too few people on duty tonight, we."

Zheng Jiu said with an ugly face.

There are fewer people on duty at night, and some have gone out to patrol.

There are only ten people in the county government now, and there are not enough people to rescue them.

"Tell everyone, don't put out the fire, just save the boxes I brought back."

"Whoever rescues one box will be rewarded with one month's salary, and if two boxes are rescued, two months' salary will be rewarded."

Fang Yuan frowned, and finally said in a deep voice.

It's too difficult to fight the fire. I can't manage so many things. Let's save the box.

"Yes!"

Zheng Jiu immediately agreed.

"Bo Wu, spread the news immediately!"

"Chang'an county government is on fire, I beg my parents and villagers to rescue, and after the incident, everyone will be rewarded with a hundred Tang treasure notes!"

Fang Yuan covered his nose and waved to Xue Bowu.

The smoke from the backyard was so thick that it had spread to the front yard.

Fortunately, the prison entrance can be closed, or the prisoners inside may be smoked to death.

"Yes!"

Xue Bowu immediately responded.

Soon, he was holding a gong, beating it outside the Chang'an county government office, and shouting at the same time.

Some of the residents near the Chang'an county government office have discovered the fire in the Chang'an county government office, and many of them have woken up from their sleep.

Immediately after hearing Xue Bowu's cry, enthusiastic people came out of their homes and rushed towards the Chang'an county government with buckets.

Soon, many people joined the ranks of rescue.

The news about the fire in the Chang'an county government quickly spread.

The patrolling Jinwu Guards came one after another, and Li Shimin in the palace also got the news.

"During the ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time that the Chang'an county government caught fire. Let Li Junxian go to fight the fire immediately."

Li Shimin got up from the bed with a serious face.

Such a thing happened in the Chang'an county government, which is very embarrassing to the court.

If it weren't for the Chang'an county government being on fire right now, he would call the Chang'an county magistrate to interrogate him.

On the other side, Li Tai's palace.

Li Tai and Li Ke also received news from the Chang'an County Government.

"It seems that the fourth brother is the first to get there."

Li Ke's face was a little stiff.

He had come to Li Tai very early.

But unexpectedly, Li Tai had already made arrangements in advance.

Presumably the Chang'an county government was on fire just to burn the banknotes.

"Why can't I understand what the third brother said?"

Li Tai still didn't admit it.

But the bottom of my heart is very happy.

Finally burnt, don't worry about it.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, I hope the fourth brother can also survive the next investigation."

"In the ten years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, this is the first time that the Chang'an county government has caught fire."

Li Ke stood up and laughed.

As he spoke, he said he had something to do, and left Li Tai's place.

Li Tai didn't see him off because of his limited mobility, but he became vigilant in his heart.

Indeed, it was the first time that the Chang'an county government was on fire since the founding of the Tang Dynasty more than ten years ago.

This is related to the face of the imperial court. The imperial court will definitely intervene in the investigation, and it may find him.

Alas. It's really a wave of ups and downs.

From the looks of it, giving up Chang'an county magistrate is the best choice.

Chang'an County Government.

With everyone's rescue, the fire was gradually brought under control.

In fact, the fire burned for an hour before it slowly ended, and the backyard was almost completely burned.

"Fang, Mr. Fang, please save the officer!"

The newly appointed magistrate of Chang'an is Zhu Yingzhong, who is also a related household.

But now, because of the fire in the backyard, he was so frightened that he turned pale and asked Fang Yuan for help.

He is not here tonight, so he does not have to bear the main responsibility, but being implicated is inevitable.

"Don't worry, I will intercede for you."

"Go, call everyone on duty tonight!"

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

A backyard fire is much more than just a fire.

Someone on duty tonight must have set the fire to destroy the counterfeit money.

There are only ten people on duty tonight, except for the trustworthy Zheng Jiu, there are only nine people.

Nine people are easy to check.

Not long after, Cheng Mingzhu of Chang'an County and others were assembled, and Li Junxian and the Jinwu Guards were already in charge of the backyard.

"I believe that the fire in the backyard was man-made, and it was one of you."

"Now I'm giving you a chance. If you admit it, I can spare his life, or if you find out, you will definitely be executed!"

Fang Yuan glanced at everyone, said in a deep voice.

There must be arsonists in here, it can't be wrong.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that it caught fire when I was transporting back the banknotes.

After the words fell, Zheng Mingzhu and others turned pale in an uproar, and looked at each other, but no one stood up.

"Since no one has come forward, the official will detain you and wait until the real culprit is investigated and you will be freed."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

He looked at Zhu Yingzhong who was at the side.

Zhu Yingzhong didn't come by himself, many people from the Chang'an county government had already gathered.

In such an emergency, there is no need for the county government to call, some of them will come back automatically.

"My lord, we saved the fire for a while. We have no credit or hard work. There is no need to imprison us, right?"

Zheng Mingzhu said dissatisfied.

Immediately after the words fell, others echoed them.

The fire was huge tonight and several of them suffered minor burns.

It is very dissatisfying to take great risks to fight the fire but not get sympathy and be imprisoned instead.

"If one of you is really an arsonist, I won't detain you tonight. If he leaves tomorrow, you will all be implicated."

"Just say you want to be suspected of being an arsonist or spend a few days in jail?"

Fang Yuan didn't get angry.

He noticed that the hair of these people in front of him were all burnt, and their faces were still red.

They have gone through great danger to fight the fire and should be respected.

But Fang Yuan couldn't let them go, he wanted to track down the murderer.

"This"

Everyone hesitated.

In the end, he could only agree to be temporarily detained.

Zhu Yingzhong immediately asked them to take them down and detain them separately and interrogate them.

Finally, the fire was completely extinguished, and the people who supported him happily found Zhu Yingzhong.

Naturally, they thought it was Zhu Yingzhong who wanted to exchange everyone's one hundred Tang treasure notes.

"Send them an IOU, and you will pay here tomorrow."

Fang Yuan said to Zhu Yingzhong.

How dare Zhu Yingzhong have any objections, he has to thank Fang Yuan.

It's just burning the backyard. If the front yard is burned, it will be really terrible.

So he is willing to give this little money, and he has no objections.

Soon, the people sent off.

Fang Yuan went back to the cell to interrogate Princess Gaomi again.

There was also a lot of smoke in the prison, and the prisoners were so frightened that they thought they were going to be smothered to death and were making noise.

As Fang Yuan and others came in, the noise gradually stopped.

"Fang Yuan, what happened?"

Princess Gaomi asked in shock.

The thick smoke slowly poured in just now, and the other prisoners in the prison panicked, thinking they were going to die.

Princess Gaomi was also flustered, several times thinking she was going to die.

"All the banknotes brought back from Changsun's house just now were burned."

Fang Yuan stared at Princess Gaomi, said in a deep voice.

"This"

Princess Gaomi's eyes widened, and surprise flashed across her eyes.

"Is it the object of cooperation with you?"

"He dared to set fire to the Chang'an county government office, he can't escape."

Fang Yuan snorted coldly, said in a deep voice.

"There is no evidence, why can't I escape?"

Princess Gaomi was puzzled.

"Now that the fake money has been burned, the evidence can't point to the eldest grandson's family, but it leaves a fatal problem."

"He must have asked the people on duty at the Chang'an County Government to do it tonight, and there are only ten people on duty at the Chang'an County Government tonight, and I have locked them up alone."

"If you find out who instigated it, you can know who is related to the fake money, and the fake money has not been completely burned."

Fang Yuan said indifferently.

The banknotes were found from Changsun's shop.

If there is no problem, then the fake money is related to the eldest grandson's family.

However, they thought they could escape the investigation by burning the banknotes, but they didn't expect that there were only ten people on duty tonight.

"The fake money hasn't been completely burned yet?"

Princess Gaomi panicked again.

The fake money was not completely burned, and the arsonist was controlled by Fang Yuan again.

As long as the torture is served, it should be possible to find out who directed it.

Originally, there was only one possibility to find Li Tai, but now there are two possibilities.

"For the sake of our friendship, I told you all about the situation."

"If you still don't know how to advance or retreat, then you will bear the consequences yourself."

Fang Yuan stood up, ready to leave.

He was going to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and the others to get useful information as soon as possible.

The other party dared to instruct someone to burn down the backyard of the Chang'an County Yamen, and dared to secretly assassinate the person who set the fire.

"Wait, I said!"

Princess Gaomi gritted her teeth, seeing that Fang Yuan was about to leave, she hurriedly shouted.

Fang Yuan stopped, looked back at Princess Gaomi, and did not speak.

"It's Wei Wang Li Tai!"

Princess Gaomi sighed.

"It's him?!"

Fang Yuan was surprised.

"Li Tai is short of money, so he has a wrong mind."

"He handed it over to Changsun's family to print money, and to me to exchange copper coins."

A look of pain flashed across Princess Gaomi's face.

According to Li Tai's idea, the more people involved, the lighter the punishment in the end.

Otherwise, it is impossible for her to know about it.

"So that organization you took me to"

Fang Yuan frowned.

"It was deliberately set up to deceive the investigation."

Princess Gaomi confessed.

The organization that claimed to be Five Surnames and Seven Watches was set up on purpose.

It is to prevent things from being exposed and used to deceive the pass.

It just so happens that the five surnames and Qiwang will print the seven-star banknotes, and there is a good reason for that.

"Why did King Wei do this?"

Fang Yuan asked again.

"I don't know, but it seems to be a lack of money."

"Competing for the position of prince needs to win people's hearts, and money is very much needed."

Princess Gaomi shook her head and said.

She didn't know why Li Tai did this.

But she knew that helping Li Tai do this would be beneficial.

On the one hand, it is to get closer to Li Tai. If Li Tai really takes the position in the future, it will be good for him.

On the other hand, Li Tai gave her [-]% in return for every exchange, which was very generous.

"It's the crown prince again!"

"Is there anything else to explain?"

Fang Yuan snorted coldly.

It is estimated that the position of the prince is uncertain, and their brothers will compete with each other.

However, Li Shimin's position is not right, even if the crown prince is confirmed, there will still be competition between the brothers.

"Gone."

"Fang Yuan, we are friends, you have to release water for me."

Princess Gaomi shook her head, then nervously looked at Fang Yuan.

Fang Yuan glanced at her, turned around and left without replying.

After leaving the cell, Fang Yuan did not continue to interrogate Zheng Mingzhu and the others.

With the confession of Princess Gaomi, the answer is already obvious, Li Tai ordered the arson.

Just leave it to others to judge, the result should be the same.

After explaining and explaining to Zhu Yingzhong, Fang Yuan left the county office.

As soon as he left the county government office, the Imperial Palace issued an imperial decree announcing that Fang Yuan would enter the palace.

Fang Yuan was not surprised by this, the emperor knew that it was normal for him to be here.

Indeed, originally Li Shimin wanted to announce Zhu Yingzhong to enter the palace, but when he learned that Fang Yuan was in charge of the county government, he let Fang Yuan enter the palace.

Soon, Fang Yuan saw Li Shimin.

"The matter of counterfeit money has been found out on the eldest grandson's family?"

Li Shimin looked at Fang Yuan with scrutiny.

He suspected that this was Fang Yuan's revenge on the eldest grandson's family and the Gao family.

Both are his in-laws, he doesn't want Fang Yuan to go too far.

It is almost enough to simply investigate and seal up the store, not too much.

"Not only the head of the eldest grandson's family was found, but also the head of Wei Wang Li Tai."

Fang Yuan shrugged, said with a sigh.

"what?"

"Is it related to Suzaku?"

Li Shimin couldn't calm down anymore.

How can a counterfeit currency involve so many people?
"I received tens of millions of banknotes in Changsun's shop, but none of them have anti-counterfeiting technology."

"After they were brought back to the Chang'an County Government, the backyard of the Chang'an County Government caught fire immediately, and only a few prices were saved in the end."

"The officials of the Chang'an County Government who are on duty tonight have all controlled their personal freedom. For the time being, Chang'an Commander Zhu Yingzhong will be in charge of the trial."

"And I learned that it was related to Wei Wang Li Tai. It was Princess Gaomi who said that she is the direct person for this price exchange. She exchanged the price for copper coins."

Fang Yuan said slowly.

Tell Li Shimin the general outline of the matter.

"Why would Qingque do this?"

Li Shimin listened, his face became more and more ugly, and finally sank.

He didn't really believe it, but he wasn't very skeptical either, he just didn't understand why Li Tai acted like that.

"According to Princess Gaomi, it is because of lack of money, but she is just suspicious."

"If Your Majesty thinks clearly, I suggest personally sending someone to investigate the officials of the Chang'an County Government and the Changsun's family tonight."

Fang Yuan said in a deep voice.

Considering the face of the emperor, Fang Yuan didn't go to Li Tai directly, nor did he target the eldest grandson's family too much.

Because the emperor will miss the old love, so hard to do things, it may not be that the emperor will punish Li Tai and Changsun Wuji in the end.

Fang Yuan was too lazy to do so many thankless things, he only wanted to solve the problem of Huaxia Bank.

"Okay, I will send someone to replace you."

Li Shimin thought for a while and said in a deep voice.

He wanted to know if it was Li Tai, why did Li Tai do this?

(End of this chapter)