back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 342 Long Yan's Fury

Qin Ming was taken aback, and said, "Aren't they the supervisors?"

Su Shi also froze for a moment, patted himself on the head, and said, "Yes, it stands to reason that the inspectors are already nearby. But why didn't they stop them from setting fire?"

Qin Ming shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Let's not talk about people now, there isn't even a ghost, a great talent, if you ask me, who should I ask? How about we go back to Zizhou City and find the Supervision Department and we'll know. "

Su Shi shook his head and said: "There are still many doubts here, and I haven't figured it out. When the fire dies down, I'll go in and have a look, otherwise I won't be reconciled." I was tricked twice, but I still have no strength to fight back. Well, after all, Su Shi was still young, and he couldn't swallow his breath after being bullied like this.

Qin Ming looked at the sky, and reckoned that it was only around Yin time, and there was still an hour to wait until dawn.At this time, those who can't go to the village in front of them, and can't go to the shop in the back, if they fall into an ambush again, maybe the whole army will be wiped out.Qin Ming also acquiesced to this result, at least here, there is still a little fire, and there is a settlement in the dark center.

After the fire enveloped the entire inn, it slowly weakened.After all, it only rained yesterday, even though the inside of the inn was very dry and poured with tung oil, it would not be possible to burn the entire inn.

In addition, the kitchen of this inn is not inside the inn, but outside the inn, and it will not be affected for a while.It's just that the fire is too big, and the heat wave is overwhelming, so it's impossible to get close.

After another half an hour, the fire has gradually extinguished.Only sporadic flames and red-hot wood remained.Seeing that the fire was small, Su Shi immediately went to the kitchen.As soon as I entered the kitchen, I smelled a bloody smell.Su Shi hurriedly quickened his pace, pushed open the door of the firewood room, and saw three stripped naked men lying in a pool of blood.

When Qin Ming came in, he was also stunned.Su Shi squatted down, observed for a while, and found that the three people had thick calluses on their hands, and his heart suddenly became bright: "Qin Dalang, the waiter we saw is not real!"

Qin Ming also understood: "That's right, the real waiter of the shop has been killed. Of these three people, one is the cook, the other is the waiter, and the other is the shopkeeper. They were all killed in advance, and then placed in the firewood In the room, waiting for us to come to your door."

Su Shi was afraid for a while, if the martial arts of this group of thieves were better and their schemes were more ruthless, these three people might not be the only ones who fell down.

Qin Ming asked, "What should we do now?"

Su Shi rolled his eyes at him and said, "What else can I do, report to the official!"

The remaining cadets of the Royal Military Academy were also silent. Nothing on this trip went smoothly. It seemed that since entering Zizhou City, a net had been thrown down specifically for them.They are like fish in a net, trying to break free, but can't find any breakthrough.

Everyone covered up the firewood room, slightly blocking the strong smell of blood.After that, no one spoke, and they were all waiting for the dawn.

Time passed slowly, and after the darkness before dawn passed, the sky finally showed a bright white in the east.With the faint light, Su Shi stepped into the inn that had been burned to an empty shell, and began to search for useful evidence.

But after a fire, any traces were gone.Only ruins and an empty shell of an inn remained.The people who got their hands full of ashes, but found nothing, went back to the kitchen again, washed up, and then set off to report to the officials in Zizhou City.

Two days later, through the channel of the Supervision Department, Lu Chengqi, who was far away in Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an City, and the palace, received a report from Su Shi and the others that they were in distress.This was submitted by the Supervision Department as soon as possible, and it was listed as top secret.

After Lu Chengqi took off the wax paint, he spread out the hidden newspaper and looked at it, and was immediately furious.Su Shi's identity is kept secret, who has the ability to know their whereabouts and purpose?Even imperial envoys dare to murder. Are these human traffickers so courageous?

Lu Chengqi couldn't imagine that under the prosperous scene of Dashun, there would be such an undercurrent.These people, even the imperial envoys are blatantly trying to kill them, and they even use the hands of thieves, they simply don't take him seriously!

However, the more this happened, the more it showed that Lu Chengqi was right to send Su Shi out.This move has indeed violated the interests of some people.The so-called cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents. These people are so insane, it also proves that the mastermind behind the scenes is definitely not ordinary people.Ordinary people, how can the news be so well-informed?
Lu Chengqi is not a genius, but his IQ and EQ are still within the range of normal people.The matter was so obvious that if he didn't think about it again, he would have been emperor for so long in vain.

"Su Dongpo is in danger one after another, do you want to give him more people to protect?" Lu Chengqi flashed this idea, and quickly denied it.Obviously, the battlefield at this moment is not only on Zizhou Road and Kuizhou Road, but also in the imperial court.

The battlefield on one side is dominated by Su Shi; while the battlefield in the imperial court is supported by Lu Chengqi behind Su Shi, trying to stabilize the situation as much as possible, while conducting investigations in Chang'an City, all suspicious persons must be supervised.

Just as Lu Chengqi was thinking about how to find out the mastermind behind the scenes, Su Shi's memorial also arrived.Lu Chengqi opened it and found that Su Shi's memorials were full of good news but not bad news.Lu Chengqi also knew that if Su Shi asked for help, it would appear that he was incompetent.Which courtier is willing to admit his incompetence in front of the emperor?Isn't that self-defeating official career?Even if Su Shi was straightforward by nature, he would not be so straightforward.

After reading the memorial, Lu Chengqi noticed one thing, that is, the land annexation on Zizhou Road seemed to have reached a delicate moment.Most of the self-cultivating farmers have already begun to be unable to support their families after the separation of generations.This is a contradiction between productivity and production relations. Landlords have land but lack labor; peasants have labor but lack land.The next evolution is that farmers who lack land have to become tenant farmers, plow the land for the landlord, and be exploited by the landlord.

"This matter is about to be paved..." Lu Chengqi murmured.

After thinking for a long time, Lu Chengqi spread out a decree, took a pen and wrote a secret decree, summoned Xiao Huangmen to send it to the Supervision Department, and personally declared the decree to Xu Jingchun, the director of the Supervision Department, and no second person should be present.

After Xiao Huangmen left with the order, Lu Chengqi picked up another memorial on the table, with a wry smile on his face: "Hey, my ability to make money is not bad, and my ability to spend money is unprecedented!"

It turned out that this was a memorial presented to him by the Ministry of Household Affairs. Lin Zhenzhong wrote in his own hand that the treasury surplus was only 200 million guan.Lu Chengqi didn't believe it at first, tens of millions of money just disappeared, and it didn't last for a year.But after listing all kinds of expenses in Lin Township, Lu Chengqi saw that expeditions, river control, shipbuilding, military supervision, salary... which one is not a huge expenditure?

"Looks like it's time for the Cuju Fucai again..." At this moment, there is still some time before the autumn harvest in August.Business taxes will not be able to enter the national treasury for a while, so if you want to make money quickly, it is better to get money quickly from Cuju Fucai.

"What excuse should I use? By the way, Zhihe!" Thinking of this, Lu Chengqi smiled slightly.The Yellow River is always a pain for the people downstream, and they often cannot return home.Starting the Cuju Welfare Lottery in the name of Zhihe will surely gather huge sums of money quickly.Besides, Lu Chengqi is not just talking about it, he really needs money to dig the canal now.This money will indeed be used for river governance, he did not lie.

(End of this chapter)