EFB Chapter 1628: The Credit Given
Chapter 1628: The Credit Given
Chapter 1628: The Credit Given
Recently, Yao Ting has arrested so many officials in Tianshui City, but the clues are either interrupted or incomplete, and more and more high-level officials have been implicated, so many that King Yao wants to keep it to himself, but he has not revealed his real target:
Qingyang and her accomplices were not implicated.
No food was recovered in large quantities.
The Yao State Court has recently arrested and tried many officials, and in fact has recovered several batches of grain. The Yao court finally paid attention to public opinion propaganda, and posted notices to promote it to the people, saying that millions of shi of grain had been recovered, but even children didn't believe it. In addition, the current grain prices are still sky-high, and the people have made fun of it and cursed even more harshly.
If people's livelihood is not well managed, it is useless to brag about it to the sky. People have a scale in their hearts.
King Yao lost his appetite because of this and even had blisters on the corners of his mouth.
Now, it is clearly written in this document that the Shi family has stockpiled millions of shi of grain!
Millions of koku! Genuine goods at a reasonable price.
In a famine year, it's like digging rat holes. If the Shi family is caught and food is dug out, wouldn't the government and the people cheer?
King Yao was very happy, and the Yao court had to give an explanation to the people, so shouldn't the person who presented this evidence be rewarded heavily?
Wanqi Feng added: "My master said that the younger brother of the Shi family leader, Shi Songwei, is now living in Shuangshan Villa in the north of Tianshui City. He came to Tianshui City to discuss business and will return before Emperor Liujiang."
Oh my god, we don't even need to go to Xincheng to arrest people, the Shi family is in Tianshui City. Yu Wenxu couldn't bear to take his eyes away and asked, "How did Brother He collect all this?"
With such complete evidence and such great achievements, He Xiao sent someone to present it to him. Could it be?
"The Yangshan Chamber of Commerce handles a wide variety of businesses. One of its subordinates accidentally came into contact with this Kongbao Company and felt that there were many suspicious points, so he reported it to the master." Wanqi Feng answered fluently, "My master knew something was wrong as soon as he heard it, and sent people to investigate. It took quite some time to find out the truth."
"He said that this kind of thing is difficult to investigate from the top down, but it is much easier to investigate from the bottom up."
This is indeed reasonable. Yuwen Xu agreed deeply: "Why did Brother He give me the evidence? He delivered it himself, which is also a great achievement."
"The Lord said that the Yao people will solve their own problems. He doesn't want to take any credit for this. And..." Wanqi Feng said word by word, "We are just outsiders after all. We don't want to get involved in this kind of trouble either."
The meaning of this sentence - Yuwen Xu raised his eyebrows and understood.
Since this concerns the internal affairs of Yao State, He Xiao's identity is sensitive. No wonder he did not go forward himself and had to find Yuwen Xu to present evidence.
He Xiao even hoped that no one knew that he was related to this evidence. After all, doing this would offend many people, and he was a businessman.
In other words, this great achievement can be attributed to Yuwen Xu alone.
Yuwenxu thought about it carefully again. He had hardly heard of the Shi family in Xincheng. He thought it was a small family. It was indeed not easy to attract attention for the person behind the famine to use such a local family to do things.
He Xiao's work level is always excellent. The information in Yuwenxu's hand is very heavy and the evidence is sufficient, enough to convict the Shi family.
Wanqi Feng continued, "There is one thing my master wants me to tell you: If we can find a breakthrough by following this clue, it will be a chance for the Yuwen family to rise to the next level!"
The word "miracle" made Yuwen Xu's heart beat fast. If he could find a breakthrough from Shi Songwei, follow the clues and find out the mastermind and accomplices behind the scenes, the crisis of Emperor Liujiang in a few days might be solved!
He Xiao's ability has been witnessed by everyone in Tianshui City in the past few months. Not only is this man very capable, but he also has a unique vision.
This statement does make sense.
But what's the cost?
Although He Xiao usually got along well with them, but when it came to giving him a super gift for nothing, this...
Friends are friends, interests are interests. As an official and businessman, Yuwen Xu can still make the distinction.
"What do you want, Brother He?"
"My master said that the matter is urgent and we will talk about it later."
After hearing what he said, Yuwen Xu felt more at ease and said to Wanqi Feng: "Okay, I'll take the evidence. Please tell He Xiao that I'll come to thank you another day!"
Wanqi Feng left the house immediately.
But he did not go far, and lingered not far from Yuwen Mansion.
It was freezing cold, and food was expensive. Most of the restaurants on the street were closed, and the original rows of snack stalls were nowhere to be seen. Pedestrians were hurrying by with their heads hunched.
Just looking at their faces, everyone was in a bad mood.
Wanqi Feng was not impatient either. He and his men squatted in the dark alley opposite, eating melon seeds and dried fruits.
They looked like they were not someone to be trifled with, so the refugees and thugs didn't dare to get close to them.
Half an hour later, a luxurious carriage drove out of Yuwen Mansion, followed by several guards on horseback.
"Yuwen Xu is out!" Wanqi Feng threw away the melon seed shells and stretched out his hand to the other accomplices, "Within an hour, I won!"
Everyone just made a bet on how long it would take Yuwenxu to enter the palace.
During this half hour, he probably discussed it with his staff, but he still couldn't hold back.
Everyone said, "He is just driving out, he may not enter the palace."
"Okay, follow me!"
As expected, Yuwenxu's carriage drove towards the palace.
If it were a year ago, when he received such clues, he would probably have to consider them carefully and take into account the relationships and favors; but ever since he bought the first row of houses in Youhu Villa and ever since his eldest brother was promoted to guard the northern border, the entire royal court knew that the Yuwen family was one of King Yao's most loyal supporters.
Then the Yuwen family actually had no other choice but to be loyal.
Wanqi Feng and others followed behind, also secretly admiring:
The lord had indeed calculated this man's impatience.
Why did He Lingchuan only give the evidence to Yuwenxu instead of Zhang Shan or Gu Xuan? They were also members of the royal family or prominent official and business families, and they usually played well with He Lingchuan.
This is because He Lingchuan knew very well that if others got hold of this evidence, they might repeatedly weigh the pros and cons, discuss it with their aides and confidants, or even keep it in their hands for several days without reporting it.
That would ruin He Lingchuan's plan.
Only Yuwen Xu was greedy and wanted to protect his achievements. When he saw such a good opportunity, he scratched his head and ears, and no one could persuade him.
Moreover, the Yuwen family had just produced a great general, and their status had risen rapidly, so the evidence submitted by Yuwen Xu was more likely to be accepted.
Only in this way can this crucial evidence be delivered to King Yao in a timely and accurate manner!
He Lingchuan usually spends a lot of energy and financial resources dealing with this group of dignitaries. He is not only looking for connections and financial resources, but also wants to understand their personalities.
It will be useful at critical moments.
Of course, He Lingchuan also made preparations for both scenarios. If Yuwen Xu gave him away, the worst that could happen was that he would run away early.
Wanqi Feng secretly followed Yuwenxu's carriage until he saw it enter the palace, then he turned around and said with a smile:
"Come on, accept the loss!"