After being killed by the villain husband

Chapter 168 The truth about the North
Lin Jingmo returned to the room and changed into clean clothes. She was not ready to leave with Lu Feicheng, but ran out from the back door of the government office. He wanted to see how the government office dealt with the livelihood issues of the people.

She knocked on the door from door to door, and every time she knocked on the door, she asked: "Did the Yamen distribute grain and silver to you?"

Perhaps because they were afraid of being arbitrarily arrested by officers and soldiers in the name of rioters, almost all the people's doors were closed. After Lin Jingmo knocked on the door and asked, they all replied: "Give it, give it!" and then closed their doors tightly again.

Lin Jingmo frowned. She really couldn't figure out why the empty treasury suddenly had food for the people.
Until he came to the door of a house at the end of the alley, Lin Jingmo knocked on the door. The person who opened the door turned out to be the man who had helped Lin Jingmo build a porridge shed. When the man saw it was Lin Jingmo, he hurriedly said: "Why is it you, girl?" ?Quick, come in and talk!"

Lin Jingmo entered the courtyard and saw several children sitting weakly on the steps, not looking like they were full, so he asked: "I heard that the Yamen distributed food to every household..."

"Alas..." The man lowered his head and sighed after hearing this.

Lin Jingmo asked in confusion: "Is it because you and Xiao Huzi built a porridge shed before that we didn't give you food?"

"That's not true." The man pointed to a pot in the room and said, "Girl, take a look, this is the food distributed to us by the Yamen!"

Lin Jingmo opened the lid of the pot, and a pot of something that looked like grain skin had been boiled into a paste. She reached out and scooped out a piece, put it in her mouth and tasted it. It tasted weird and had a bit of a lump in her throat. She didn't understand. Asked: "What is this?"

The old man in the room said: "It's bran..."

"Bran?" Lin Jingmo came from a high family, and she had been living a life where she had to put on clothes to reach for food and open her mouth. She didn't know what bran was, so she asked again: "What is it?"

The man replied: "It's just wheat husks, girl!" After replying, the man suddenly burst into tears and said: "We farmers have worked hard all year just to have a good harvest and eat white flour, but what about now? There have been good harvests for several years, but the people have no surplus food due to increased taxes year after year. This time the locust plague happened, so they had to eat wheat husks to survive! Miss Lin, tell me, what kind of world is this, what kind of truth is this!"

Only then did Lin Jingmo realize that it was impossible for Zhou Mohan to distribute the food in the government treasury to the victims, because it was food that the government already had. Once discovered by the court, it would be a capital crime of beheading!But in order to show off, he had to distribute food to the victims. They killed chickens to scare monkeys, executed all the dishonest innocent people, and then distributed some wheat husks to block other people who dared to be angry and dare not speak out!
Fortunately, His Majesty sent Lu Feicheng and Shang Shixu to solve the matter in Nanling, but they said things would be done like this?

Lin Jingmo knew that the crux of the Nanling problem lay in the repeated increases in taxes, and that the food and money actually went into the pockets of King Zhao Qi Xuanyi. The relationship between Shang Shixu and Chen Miancheng was self-evident, so... where was Lu Feicheng?
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Lu Feicheng looked at the token in Shen Yifeng's hand, reluctantly put the sword back into the scabbard on his waist, and then reluctantly knelt on the ground.

Shen Yifeng curled his lips and smiled, then put the token back into his arms with satisfaction, glanced at Shang Shixu on the bed and said, "Master Shang is seriously injured, so there is no need to salute!"

Shang Shixu replied: "Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Shen Yifeng then asked: "When will Mr. Shang's injury heal?"

Shang Shixu replied: "It's just some superficial injuries. It will be fine soon."

Only then did Shen Yifeng realize that Shang Shixu was not only injured on his back, but also had a thick bandage wrapped around his waist.He turned his head and thought about it, and then said: "I am hungry, let's go to eat first." Then he said to Zhou Mohan outside the door: "Master Zhou, please give your people good fortune and good food... No, it's good wine and good food. Bring them all and let me have a full meal first."

Zhou Mohan, who was waiting at the door, nodded and bowed quickly when he heard this and replied: "Yes! Mr. Hou, I will go and prepare now!"

Shen Yifeng nodded with satisfaction, and did not forget to praise: "Look, the local officials here are on the road!"

After that, he followed Zhou Mohan out of the house.

At this time, Lu Feicheng, who was kneeling on the ground, stood up. He looked coldly at Shang Shixu who was lying on the bed, and said with a sinister look on his face: "Shang Shixu, I can't believe that you dare to disobey Mr. Zhao and Lord Zhongshu Ling. I ordered you to let those people go privately, have you thought about the consequences?"

"Consequences?" Shang Shixu's pale face showed no expression, and he just replied calmly: "No matter what the consequences are, it is much better than living in pain and self-blame forever. I already have nothing." , what are you afraid of? So what role does General Lu play in this?"

"Ha..." Lu Feicheng sneered: "Since you are not afraid of anything, let's just wait and see!"

Shang Shixu looked at the back of Lu Feicheng who was about to leave, and suddenly said: "Old General Lu died in vain... He died for you, right? His own son, the young general, whom he had carefully cultivated during his military life, actually collaborated with the enemy and treason. He was greedy for money, so he committed suicide in shame, right?"

Lu Feicheng's tall body stopped and seemed to be trembling in the light and shadow. He did not look back and answered with silence.

"It seems I guessed it right..." Shang Shixu raised his head, looked at the beam of light on Lu Feicheng and continued: "So... Prince Zhao's army is the Lu Family Army? Or... there is a hidden army, An army that relies on food and grass repeatedly taken from the people of Nanling!"

Shang Shixu continued: "This also explains why Lu Anmin, the general of the Northern Territory, does not know that someone has been using the Lu family army in the Northern Territory to steal food and supplies. You have been with your father all year round and know his handwriting well. Only you can To make it look like the fake is real, the so-called suicide note was actually written by you, right?"

Lu Feicheng turned around, looked at Shang Shixu with a ferocious expression, and said, "What evidence do you have!"

"No..." Shang Shixu replied: "I can't do anything to you."

"Hmph! So I thought we were on the same boat." Lu Feicheng turned around and said, "Now it seems that Zhong Shuling made a mistake. I'm just curious, why is he so determined that you will not betray him? Or is it him? You think you have the most deadly advantage in your hands, but you don’t care at all!”

After that, Lu Feicheng walked out of the room. He wanted to tell Chen Mianzheng everything that happened here.

Looking at Lu Feicheng's back, Shang Shixu closed his eyes in relief. The injury on his body was too painful.

(End of this chapter)