I'm a detective for Dongchang

Fortunately, there were only two of them, and Yuan Yanxi walked in front, covering her flushed cheeks and behind her ears.

In fact, Yuan Yanxi was holding back a smile as he walked, until he arrived at a gazebo, and Lu Xizhi glared at him with a blushing pretty face. He finally couldn't help it, and grinned.

Will no one come to disturb the time between the factory superintendent and Lu Xizhi, the servants of Zhenyuan Hou's mansion are very discerning, today's meeting, the future second young lady can't offend.They all thought that the second young master had just returned from the border, and the two hadn't seen each other for a long time, so they would definitely make love to each other, stay far away, and wait for someone to wait on them in case.

But in fact, the two didn't even say a few words of love, and they got involved in official affairs.

"The emperor really handed over Yuanzhou to Lord Hou? Chang Shangshu is going to die of anger?" Lu Xizhi asked curiously.

"The matter of the Aria Building is considered a serious dereliction of duty by the Ministry of War. Although the final investigation conclusion has nothing to do with the Chang family, everyone with a discerning eye knows that the emperor took this important checkpoint back, and the Chang family's party will not be able to break out. Losing the fat of Yuanzhou, Chang Even if Chonghu is angry, he has to endure it."

"I saw you brought back several large boxes of account books yesterday. Are they from Yuanzhou?"

"Yes, on the day the emperor issued the order, Wei Zheng personally led the troops to collect the tax and financial records of Yuanzhou for nearly 20 years, without giving Chang Chonghu the slightest chance to burn them."

Yuan Yanxi told her that according to years of secret investigations conducted by Heishuige and Dongchang, the Chang family's various expenses before and after Yuanzhou cost no less than one million gold. In fact, all the working capital of the entire Chang family was invested in Yuanzhou. state.Only Chang Chonghu and the entire Chang family behind him can decide this kind of boldness.

In fact, the rest of the Chang family were not optimistic about Yuanzhou at first. Apart from being the only way to Dashi, the land is not fertile, the climate is changeable, and the population is not large.So Chang Chonghu was under a lot of pressure at the time. Now that Yuanzhou has become an important economic center on the Silk Road, he spent a lot of effort to suppress those disobedient family members.

It was also because of this that the emperor took back Yuanzhou at the first time, without even breathing, and immediately arranged for his cronies to rush there in time to collect all the account books.Although the account book has been in the hands of the emperor, the records on the account book are obviously not as intuitive as what Chang Zhonghu confessed. Moreover, there are still many gray incomes in the income of the entire Yuanzhou. Although part of the money was used for water conservancy projects, most of it was used by him for mining and privately manufacturing weapons, and the rest was divided into the accounts of various Chang family members.

The emperor has not been clear for so many years. It is true that Chang Chonghu used his name to make some money, but the emperor is clear about the flow of the money he earned. Before he clearly rebelled, the emperor still has a lot of things to investigate clear.

There are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Yuanzhou, not to mention people eating horses and chewing horses. The construction of water conservancy and the payment of salaries to officials cannot be filled by meager taxes alone.So where do these salary consumption come from?
All of them came from Chang Chonghu and his family through corruption and dereliction of duty from other places!If the money falls into the national treasury, part of it must be handed over heavily, and the rest can be used to maintain the basic expenses of Yuanzhou's bureaucratic system. There is no money to build an army and raise soldiers privately.

It is true that Chang's family and in-laws injected a large amount of money in the early stage, but in the later stage of operation, it is not easy to rely on Chang Zhonghu alone. So how did the money come from?Who is echoing behind the scenes and fueling the flames, this needs to be carefully investigated.

Lu Xizhi looked at him suspiciously, and joked, "Now that Dongchang has such a large piece of fat in his hands, the supervisor of the big factory is getting rich."

Yuan Yanxi laughed, took her hand, and said: "My wife, are you teaching me how the Chang family accepts ill-gotten gains?"

"Don't be too stinky, who is your wife?" Lu Xizhi pouted, but didn't move her hand away.

"Cut, I don't pay much attention to that money. Now my investment in Yu Niang has a very generous return every month. In addition, you pay me a monthly salary. That's a proper little rich woman." one."

"It's you, come here, tell me, how much is your monthly salary?"

During the days when the two were together, Lu Xizhi taught Yuan Yanxi a lot of modern vocabulary, so in his opinion, it was quite interesting.

He laughed loudly and hugged the woman into his arms, "Finally he started to know how to care about me."

Knowing that his financial situation has always been affluent, Lu Xizhi couldn't help but secretly snapped her tongue. She guessed that as the young master of the Hou Mansion, Yuan Yanxi was not short of money, but she never thought that he would be so rich.There are more than a dozen shopfronts facing the streets in the capital under his own name, with thousands of acres of land, and various gold and silver rewards from the emperor. President.

"By the way, it has been rumored recently that the emperor still has a prince living outside?"

Yuan Yanxi came to the realization: "You mean, about Concubine De's child."

Lu Xizhi nodded, "It seems that there is no such person as Concubine De in the palace?"

"It's been almost 20 years since Concubine De passed away."

"Then her son..."

"It's a long story. The concubine's name is Xiao Jing'an, and she is the younger sister of General Xiao Nansheng."

Lu Xizhi was taken aback, his original surname was Xiao.

"After General Xiao was convicted of treason and chose to commit suicide and fell off the cliff, the entire Xiao family was implicated, and Concubine De was thrown into the cold palace. Not long after, the cold palace caught fire. When people arrived, Concubine De and the fifth prince had already died in the sea of ​​flames." .”

"Since they were burned to death, how can we determine that it was the two of them?"

"According to the post-mortem examination, Concubine De held the child tightly in her arms, and she was facing the wall. Her face could still tell that it was Concubine De herself, and it was the child whose face was burnt."

"As a mother, apart from my own flesh and blood, who would swear to protect her like this?"

It is true to say so, but since Concubine De's face can tell people apart, how could the child protected by her be burned more severely?
It appears that the rumors may be true.

"How old was the Fifth Prince?"

"Maybe around five or six years old."

"If he is still alive, he will be 21 years old."

Lu Xizhi fell into a brief moment of contemplation. Who released the news that the prince was 'imprisoned' in the palace, and the concubine's son was still alive? What was his intention?Appearing at this time, could it be that they want to return to the clan and recognize their ancestors and compete for the crown prince?
The Chang family's attitude towards the prince after the Aria Building is very intriguing. According to the logic, he is the queen's son. For the future of the Chang family, why does Chang Chonghu allow the prince to kill people?Not only did Chang Chonghu not come forward to suppress the rumors, even the prince's own mother, Empress Chang, did not show concern for the prince...

Is there any connection here?