Lady Wan Guan

Gu Zhou stopped and waved his hand, signaling Gao Shi to get down.

Then Youyou said: "General Ji was impulsive. Duan Lei shouldn't have been killed. Someone came to report just now. Duan Lei had arrived long ago and had been hiding nearby. When the driver moved, maybe he had something to do with the assassin."

Ji Yunchen: Uh...

"What should I do?"

Lu Yiming stood up and said solemnly: "Master Gu, although Duan Lei is reckless, Lu believes that he will never collude with assassins. Give him ten courages, and he will not dare to harm Master Gu and His Royal Highness."

"Yeah, it might just be a coincidence." Ji Yunchen also helped.

Gu Zhouting glared at Ji Yunchen fiercely, looking extremely speechless towards him.

"General Lu, Gu has other important matters to deal with. Once we understand the situation in Dengzhou City, we will invite General Lu to come over and discuss how to solve the problem in Dengzhou."

Gu Zhou stopped the ejection order.

Lu Yiming said: "Okay, then... Commander Duan's soldiers..."

"General Lu, these soldiers cannot be returned to you just yet. After all, someone saw them hiding nearby. They must ask clearly. If there are no questions after asking, Gu will let them go back to the barracks."

Lu Yiming was in a state of confusion. Now that Gu Zhouting insisted on linking the assassin with Duan Lei, it became natural to interrogate the remaining soldiers. It was hard for him to refuse.

I just don’t know if Duan Lei has revealed the plan to the people around him, but Duan Lei has always been strict with his words. He has ordered that no third party should know about it, so he will definitely not tell it.

But, it would be best not to stay.

So Lu Yiming said: "If Mr. Gu can trust Mr. Lu about this matter, he will hand over the person to Mr. Lu. Mr. Lu will definitely ask clearly and give an explanation to Mr. Gu and His Royal Highness."

Gu Zhouting said calmly: "General Lu, it's not that Gu doesn't trust you, it's just this matter... General Lu should avoid suspicion. After all, he is a soldier under your command."

"General Lu, don't worry, Ji can definitely trust you." Ji Yunchen said sincerely.

Lu Yiming sighed silently and could only give up. He asked again to hand Duan Lei's body to him and let him take it back.

Gu Zhou stopped, it was just a corpse.

After Lu Yiming left, Gu Zhou stopped to ask Master Qiu.

"I heard that this government office deducted 26 tons of grain from a grain merchant?"

Mr. Qiu knew that this matter could not be hidden. 26 tons of grain were piled up in the government office's granary and warehouse. Mr. Gu was in the government office. Even if no one reported it, he would soon find out.

"Exactly, Xiaguan received a report that this grain merchant deliberately disrupted grain prices. In order to stabilize grain prices in Dengzhou, Xiaguan withheld this batch of grain first."

Gu Zhouting sneered: "People selling three liang and one stone are called disrupting the price of food? Just now, Mr. Qiu also said that the current price of food is 17 liang and one stone. Mr. Qiu, who sells 17 liang and one stone, does not deduct it, but instead deducts three liang and one stone?"

Lord Qiu pretended to be stupid: "What? Is it three taels and one stone? The official got the report that they bought 20 taels and one stone. If it is true as the Lord said, someone must have maliciously reported it. The official went to investigate immediately. If it is verified, it should be released. Just let it go.”

"Most of that batch of grain belonged to Princess Changping, and some belonged to the female relatives of the officials in the capital. When Princess Changping heard that there was a food shortage in the north, she took out all the money she could get out of the palace and called on the officials to Madams, buy food to support the northern border. Now the price of food in the capital has been seven liang and one stone. Here we sell it for three liang and one stone. We are doing good at a loss, but Lord Qiu has deducted it for disturbing the price of food." Gu Zhou stopped smiling, his eyes dark.

Ji Yunchen was annoyed: "What? My mother's food was withheld? Mr. Qiu, what do you mean?"

Mr. Qiu shuddered and knelt down: "Two adults, this official was deceived by others. He deserves to die. He immediately ordered us to go down and return the food."

Mr. Qiu was about to cry but had no tears. Damn it, how did he know that this batch of grain belonged to Princess Changping and countless official wives in the capital.

If he had known earlier, he would not have dared to listen to Mrs. Lu and think about this batch of grain.It's just a hornet's nest.

Master Qiu went to arrange the return of the food in a hurry.

Only Gu Zhouting and Ji Yunchen were left in the meeting hall.

"Who reported the letter?" Ji Yunchen asked.

In fact, I already have an answer in my mind, but I still want to confirm it.

"Xiao Pan, Madam Jiang found one of the people who besieged the grain truck today and asked him to investigate. That person was quite capable, and the results were quickly obtained."

Ji Yunchen said sadly: "I think the one who has the ability is Mrs. Jiang. I have to say that she is still a bit quick-witted. If she hadn't asked Xiao Pan to light the firecrackers, I don't know how today's incident would have ended."

Moreover, without her warning, he might have been hit by an arrow.

Gu Zhouting was convinced that if she were Nan Zhi, then nothing she would do would be surprising.

"Yun Chen, what did you ask Duan Lei?"

"The man named Duan is as smelly and hard as the stones in the latrine. It is impossible to get anything out of him. We can only use him to scare the monkeys. Now that Lu Yiming came and failed to take away the three hundred soldiers, they My heart must have been shaken. I will try it later."

Gu Zhouting nodded slightly: "It's not unfair to kill him. There are dozens of lives! According to the law, he should be killed."

"When the interrogation is over, you personally send the person back to Lu Yiming and continue to play your role of being heartless."

Ji Yunchen rolled his eyes at him: "You can't even play this role."

Gu Zhouting said seriously: "Indeed, from childhood to adulthood, anyone who sees me can see through my true nature at a glance."

"What is your nature?"

Gu Zhouting said boldly: "Smart."

Ji Yunchen couldn't help but roll his eyes: "I haven't eaten yet, I'm so disgusting that I can't eat anymore."

Jiang Wanning asked Xiao Pan to deliver the message. After an hour, the officials actually sent the food back.

Chen Song saw that the official who came to deliver food was very polite to Shopkeeper Yang and others, and was secretly shocked. This Lady Jiang was really powerful.

Gao Shi was conveying the adults' words to Jiang Wanning.

"Your Excellency, tell Mr. Qiu that this batch of grain was raised by Princess Changping and many official women in the capital. In this way, no one will dare to take advantage of this batch of grain. It only offends Lady Jiang."

Jiang Wanning didn't take it seriously: "My original intention is to help a bunch of people here. It doesn't matter who owns the food."

"My lord also said, don't be in a hurry to sell it. You can arrange porridge first, and wait until he knocks the grain out from the hands of the big households in Dengzhou. By then, this batch of grain can help other places."

"I understand, and I will do as he wishes."

"By the way, what should we do with the commander named Duan?"

"He was killed by His Highness the County Prince to scare the monkeys. General Lu came to the government office and only took away Commander Duan's body. His Highness the County Prince is interrogating the remaining soldiers."

Jiang Wanning nodded, guessing that this meeting between Gu Zhouting and Lu Yiming was also bloody.