Wind rises time and space gate

Chapter 485 Something went wrong
Xu Hua's letter to the prefect of Linzhao was intercepted by someone sent by Zhao Guangyuan.

Not polite, I took it apart immediately and took a look.

"master?"

Zhao Guangyuan read the letter and handed it to Wei Zuo aside. After Wei Zuo read it, he looked like it was indeed the case. "This letter can be used as evidence." Unexpectedly, the Linzhao prefect was really colluding with the county magistrate below, covering up and colluding with each other.

Think about it, no one can cover such a large amount without colluding secretly to cover it up.

"Master, this letter says that the money has been taken away by the superiors. If something goes wrong, please ask the magistrate to help negotiate with the superiors. Is this the prince?"

Presumably the prince's family knew that the money was insufficient and the prince diverted it to other uses.

"This is too bold!"

Zhao Guangyuan sneered, "How audacious? You think that the prince will ascend the throne soon and treat the whole world as the prince." So he protected him at all levels.

Thinking that the whole world belongs to the prince, they only think that the left hand takes precedence over the right hand, helping each other to conceal each other, and the top and bottom are effective. As everyone knows, there are too many princes who cannot sit on the throne. For example, his royal brother.

How could his imperial brother's reputation among the people be comparable to that of Zhao Guanghuan? But it's just a thing of the past. Whether you can secure that position depends solely on the words of the person in charge.

It's still early for Zhao Guanghuan to sit in that position.

"Master, are you going to imitate a letter and send it to Linzhao Mansion?" Otherwise, if Xu Hua doesn't get a reply, he might really get mad. He thought that the prefect would give up on him, and he might do something to save his life.

Zhang Zhi and others on the side disagreed, "If you want to imitate, why not just reply to him in the tone of the prefect." What a waste of time.

Zhao Guangyuan's eyes lit up. Nod in agreement.

So, everyone went to look for the handwriting of Linzhao Magistrate.

Zhao Guangyuan had all the capable people around him, and soon a letter was written whose handwriting even the prefect of Linzhao could not distinguish.

The letter not only comforted Xu Hua, but also asked Xu Hua to submit a copy of the county government's detailed accounts of dam construction and embankment construction to the prefect.

Xu Hua didn't know whether he was so panicked that he had no idea or what. Without thinking much, he immediately wrapped up several private accounts of the county government and asked his confidants to send them to Linzhao in person.

When the confidant was resting in the inn, Zhao Guangyuan sent people to take away several private accounts. Everything inside has been replaced. The confidant didn't notice at all. I met the magistrate and presented my burden.

The magistrate saw that the things inside were only local products from Zhutou County and were not too valuable, so he asked people to accept them. Seeing the letter inquiring about the condition of the dams and the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry's departure from the capital, the prefect replied with great emotion for the sake of the gift.

He talked about the situation and comforted him a few words.

After receiving the reply, Xu Hua's confidants turned around and returned to Zhutou County. As a result, Zhao Guangyuan sent someone to replace the letter halfway.

Xu Hua only saw a letter brought back by his confidant, with only a few words in it. He frowned and called him to ask, "My lord, I only gave you a letter?"

The man didn't know why, "Yes, I just want to reassure the adults. The younger one didn't stay too long and went back early the next day."

"Your Majesty saw the account book and didn't he summon you for questioning?"

The man shook his head, "No." The prefect just asked the housekeeper to take him to settle down, and said nothing more. I never saw him again. He only asked the master to take the reply letter and give it to him.

Xu Hua paused in his heart and interrogated many details before letting him go.

That night, the restless Xu Hua personally gave some instructions to his master, and early the next morning, the master went to Linzhao. The people sent by Zhao Guangyuan followed him and tried to repeat the same trick. They tried to touch the things he was carrying in the inn, but they were lost. I followed him all the way to the magistrate's door, but he never saw the master again.

He hurriedly came to report to Zhao Guangyuan.

Wei Zuo slapped his thigh, "It's broken! Master, Xu Hua must have noticed it!"

Zhao Guangyuan also knew that something was wrong. "Then there's no hint in the ledger?"

"Hint?" Everyone hurriedly looked through the account books again. "Master, there is a note here!"

Zhao Guangyuan hurriedly took it. The note was written in very small handwriting, asking the prefect to send someone to help find the whereabouts of the Liu family!

As a result, the prefect's reply did not mention this matter at all.

Wei Zuo felt annoyed and knelt down to apologize, "Master, it's all my fault for not checking carefully."

Who would have thought that Xu Huan would be so cautious, so they sent their confidants to deliver the letter, and even wrote such a small note and stuck it in the account book. They were just happy to get the evidence, but they didn't expect that there would be any inclusions in it.

Everyone looked annoyed.

Zhao Guangyuan also felt that things were a bit unexpected. I'm afraid that Xu Hua's master has already arrived at the gate of the magistrate. Discuss countermeasures with him.

Sure enough, Wei Quan, the prefect of Linzhao, was shocked when he heard Master Xu Hu's words.

"Account books? What account books? Your master sent me account books? Account books for building dams and embankments? Records of the prefect's allocation of money?"

The master nodded repeatedly, "Exactly. It was after our master received a letter from your lord before that he was sent it."

"Nonsense!" Wei Quan yelled angrily. When did he write to ask for the account books?
It's too late to hide this kind of thing. What kind of account book does he want? Is it easy to sleep on it? "What your master has sent is an account book? Isn't it a local product from Zhutou County?"

ah? "No." Local product? Are there not enough local products given during each festival? Is this a gift of local products?
When the two sides are in pairs, they know something bad is going to happen.

Wei Quan was so anxious that he sent the account book to Xu Hua because he had received his letter. His letter? His letter!
I don’t know where the thief came from, tricked Xu Hua into asking for the account book, and wrote a letter in his tone! Could it be that there is a team from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works hiding in the dark?
Wei Quan felt that his legs were so weak that he could not stand firmly.

If this matter is not handled well, I'm afraid the official will be in trouble. He has been an official for so many years and has always been cautious. He knows that something has happened. Those above him will only let the people below him take the blame. It is rare for him to take the responsibility on his own initiative.

Now I'm afraid that I have to help the prince carry some money, so that he can hope that the prince will help him intercede.

The Ministry of Revenue allocated two million taels to Linzhao Mansion, but he actually only received 680,000 taels. Now Zhutou County alone says it has received 750,000 taels. Where did the remaining 1,320,000 taels go?
Did he embezzle it for himself? Or do you want the people above to admit that you embezzled the money?
How could the superiors recognize it? It will only make the people below them take the blame!

He couldn't afford so much money even if he lost all his money.

Wei Quan's face was ashen.

But Zhao Guangyuan knew that there was something wrong, so he worked with a group of staff all night to find a way, and called all the people in the dark to come out and work together to find a way.

Everyone unanimously decided to win Xu Huo over first to save his life and let him bite the prince. Zhao Guangyuan went to Linzhao himself to try to persuade the prefect Wei Quan.

After such a big incident, Wei Quan could no longer serve as an official. If he didn't want to be beheaded, he could only cooperate with Zhao Guangyuan.

As a result, before Zhao Guangyuan could take any action, news came out that the dam in Zhutou County had collapsed and the water had entered the city!