My whole family was in exile, and I relied on my space to buy half of my country.

Chapter 336 Taking Her For Own
Cui Shangshu said: "Your Majesty, Bohai County has sent word back that the medicinal materials they used to treat the epidemic were sent from Lingnan."

Ever since Lu Shiyan took over Bohai County and several other cities near the sea, and began to settle refugees and plant sea rice, Da Zhou has been sending people to monitor every move in Bohai County.

Bohai County will lock up people who are infected with the epidemic alone, take decoction and medicine, and then release them after the disease is cured.Xiao Ye and other officials were not unaware of such special envoy methods.

They even arrested the doctor of Bohai County and tortured him to get Bohai County's prescription for treating the plague.

But the same prescription could cure the plague in Bohai County, but it was of no use in the capital.

At first, they suspected that the doctor was hiding something, and sent several teams to investigate. Finally, they learned that there was nothing wrong with the prescription, but the medicinal ingredients.

Xiao Ye said: "Is it possible that the seawater in Lingnan can also be used to grow medicinal materials?"

There were already many refugees who moved to Bohai County from outside Cangwu City, and there were also refugees from other places who flocked there after hearing the news.

According to the soldiers he sent to investigate, Bohai County had established many quarantine villages.

With so many sick refugees, a lot of medicinal materials are needed.

In the past two years, Lingnan, like other places in the Great Zhou Dynasty, has been deeply troubled by drought.

Under such circumstances, how could Lingnan be able to come up with so many medicinal materials to help refugees?

Xiao Ye was thinking about sea rice. A suspicion that he didn't want to admit but often appeared in his mind resurfaced again.

I'm afraid that Jiang's family really has magical powers.

"I heard that after Jiang was exiled to Lingnan, she quickly subdued the stewards of Zhuangzi and allowed them to do everything possible to her.

Zhuangzi, who originally housed criminals, stipulated that the exiled criminals could not leave Zhuangzi at will, and the criminals had to work in the fields. This was not only to meet the daily needs of the criminals, but also to let them suffer the pain of labor so that they could reflect on the mistakes they had made.

But the Jiang family took in servants on the way. After going to the village, they handed over all the farming matters to the servants, while he started a business. He quickly made money and hoarded a large amount of money in the village. The land was planted with medicinal herbs.

The refugees outside all said that the medicinal materials they used were collected from Jiang's medicinal fields, saying that she had received a secret and had predicted that there would be drought and plague, so she stocked up on food and medicinal materials early..."

Cui Shangshu originally wanted to bet on both sides, so he wanted to sell the Lu family well, but he did not report anything that happened on the way to exile to the emperor.

But since the Lu family didn't give him face, sent the Cui family's sons to serve as laborers, and confiscated the Cui family's property in Lingnan, he felt resentment towards the Lu family in his heart.So he deliberately brought up the past events of the Lu family.

"How can an exiled criminal buy someone else?" As the king of a country, Xiao Ye had to deal with too many official duties every day.He has no time to care about such trivial matters.So, this was the first time he heard someone talk about it.

Cui Shangshu carefully observed Xiao Ye's face and said: "Logically speaking, exiled criminals cannot buy the purchaser. But the Jiang family's purchaser did not go to the government to apply for an official deed, but only made a private contract.

The most important point is that Jiang was very cunning and bribed the escorting officers and soldiers on the road with delicious food and heavy profits.If the escort officer doesn't care, and the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, everything will be in chaos. "

"Then what kind of huge profits did the Jiang family promise, so that a group of escort officers were not afraid of death, and they were all bribed by her? Why were these things not reported when the Lu family rebelled?" Xiao Ye was extremely angry, his eyes were like sharp knives, and he was fierce Stab Cui Shangshu.

Cui Shangshu had already thought of the reason. The emperor's anger was already within his expectation, so he was not panicked.

However, although he was calm and not at all panicked in his heart, he still had a look of panic on his face, "Your Majesty, the important escort officer is also cunning. He was bribed by the Jiang family on the way to escort and got a way to make money, but he returned to the capital. Later, he managed to keep his composure and was not in a hurry to take out the prescription for business.

Instead, they have been preparing slowly and secretly.After being fully prepared, he hid his identity and opened the shop.At the beginning, we really didn't expect that the shop was opened by the escort officers and soldiers who escorted the Lu family.

I really thought it was a recipe figured out by someone who had eaten too much, and I admired the widow's mind. When the widow wanted to open a new shop, she even specially sent a message to the people below, asking them to protect the widow and not to embarrass her. she.

But who would have thought that she and those escort soldiers were in the same group, and they were the hidden stakes buried by the Lu family in the capital. "

"Are you talking about the widow Qiao whose husband died in battle and whose mother-in-law was paralyzed? She clearly has a pair of children to raise, but she still doesn't take home the children of her husband's comrades to take care of her?"

A sense of absurdity arose in Xiao Ye's heart.

He had also eaten Qiao's braised pork, and even publicly praised Mrs. Qiao in court for being filial to her parents-in-law, and women should learn from her.

It can be said that Widow Qiao's ability to grow from a small stall selling brine at the door to a wealthy businessman in the capital is inseparable from his praise.

After all, she was the one he publicly praised in court, so who would turn his back and try to embarrass her?
But such a seemingly rootless widow is actually a hidden pile buried in the capital by the Lu family?

He actually helped the Lu family, planting hidden stakes in the capital with his own hands, and allowed it to grow stronger step by step with his prestige.

"Exactly!" After Cui Shangshu answered, his whole face was pressed to the ground, "It's because I neglected my duty and failed to discover it earlier..."

"Where's the person? Bring him to me, I want to interrogate him personally." It's unreasonable for the Lu family to fool him like this, it's unreasonable!

"The people are under control, but most of them have withdrawn from the capital. We only captured a few soldiers."

Cui Shangshu advised: "Your Majesty, the key at this time is to find a way to control the plague. As for the officers and soldiers who colluded with the Jiang family, it is not too late to find a way to arrest and deal with them after they have overcome this difficulty."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Cui Shangshu met Xiao Ye's cold eyes and suddenly started to sweat like rain.Since the war with Xirong, the imperial court has been at a disadvantage.

The Great Zhou Dynasty suffered from both external and internal troubles, constant natural and man-made disasters, and illness. If Xiao Ye took off his yellow robe, he would look like a weak and thin old man.

But even so, he is still a person who can control his own life and death.

Cui Shangshu quickly kowtowed and confessed.

Xiao Ye finally let him go until his forehead was bruised.

Cui Shangshu didn't understand why the emperor wanted to personally interrogate the officers and soldiers who escorted the Lu family into exile, but the emperor's sharp and cold eyes just now seemed to see through his selfish motives.He didn't dare to play tricks anymore and sent the person over honestly.

In fact, Xiao Ye had always had a bold suspicion in his heart. The reason why he wanted to interrogate these people personally was just to confirm his suspicion.

After personally interrogating the officers and soldiers who escorted the Lu family, Xiao Ye confirmed what he had always suspected, and suddenly a crazy idea ignited in his heart.

He wanted to keep her as his own at all costs.

(End of this chapter)