bayedsolid Chapter 396 Master, is this girl fooling you?
Chapter 396 Master, is this girl fooling you?
The two searched the house thoroughly but couldn't find the account book.
"Master, is this girl fooling you?"
Jun Yuyang stood beside the bed and thought for a while, then turned his head to look at the unconscious person on the bed. Suddenly, an idea came to him and he slapped his forehead.
"By the way, she said she was worried that her scumbag father would come and search her room in the middle of the night, so she tied the account book to her chest when she slept."
"What? Then how are we going to do this?"
Jun Yuyang was also in a dilemma. There are differences between men and women. It would be fine if he put it somewhere else, but if he put it on the chest, how could they do it?
She is a pure and innocent girl. How can she get married in the future when you lift her quilt in the middle of the night?
After thinking it over, he sighed and said, "Let's go back first and talk later."
The two returned to the room, Xing Luo poured two cups of tea and pushed one in front of Jun Yuyang.
"Master, what should we do next?"
Jun Yuyang squinted at the night view outside the window, tapping his fingers on the table.
After a stick of incense, he hooked his finger at Xing Luo.
"Please help me send two expedited letters back to the capital tomorrow.
I will write a letter to my father, and ask him to send someone to investigate Minister Zhu of the Ministry of Revenue and verify what Zhu Jin said.
Send a letter to Prime Minister Wei, and I will tell him about the situation here.
You secretly sent people to add fuel to the fire. It would be best if you could file a complaint with the emperor and take Zhu Jin's mother's dowry directly back to the Wei family.
Seeing Zhu Jin's confident look, the account book in her hand might be related to the life of Minister Zhu and some officials in the court.
Corruption will result in the house being confiscated and the head being beheaded.
It is only natural to take back what Minister Zhu embezzled, but Zhu Jin's mother's dowry should belong to Zhu Jin.
I want to leave Zhu Jin a chance to survive.
If Minister Zhu is guilty of corruption, he will surely be sentenced to death.
But Zhu Jin had already lost her mother and father, and had no money. How would she live in the future?
Even if she still has her maternal grandfather, there are so many young people in her maternal grandfather's family who are about to get married, where is the extra money to buy her a dowry?"
Xing Luo pursed his lips, raised the cup and took a sip of tea.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you really worry a lot."
"I've never encountered such a situation before. Now that I've encountered it, it's a piece of cake, so I'll help if I can."
"Okay, okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."
The next morning, Jun Yuyang and Xing Luo passed by Zhu Jin's room and saw her standing at the door with a puzzled look on her face, staring at the door of her room in a daze.
"Miss Zhu, why are you daydreaming here?" Jun Yuyang gently patted Zhu Jin's arm.
"Ah? Oh...
I find it strange because I clearly locked the door from the inside before going to bed last night.
But when I woke up in the morning, the bolt was actually open."
Jun Yuyang glared at Xing Luo and asked nonchalantly:
"Did Miss Zhu lose anything valuable?"
Zhu Jin shook his head. "My pockets are cleaner than my face. How can there be anything valuable to steal?"
"Since nothing is missing, let's go downstairs and have breakfast and get ready to go."
Zhu Jin couldn't figure it out, so she just stopped thinking about it and skipped downstairs with Jun Yuyang to have breakfast.
Before leaving the inn, Xing Luo sent out the letter that Jun Yuyang had written the night before.
I bought some dry food and prepared to go to Licheng in one go.
The three of them only rested for a quarter of an hour along the way, and it took them half a day to reach Licheng.
Before getting close to the city gate, I could see from afar that it was closed and there was a dark mass under the city wall.
"Master, that thing outside the city gate looks a bit like a human head." Xing Luo stopped the carriage when they were still some distance away from the city gate.
"Go over and see what's going on."
Zhu Jin also stuck his head out of the car window and said, "It's not like, it's actually a person."
Xing Luo jumped off the carriage and ran towards the city gate using his lightness skills.
After a cup of tea, Xing Luo ran back.
"Master, they are all refugees from the disasters in the surrounding areas."
Jun Yuyang frowned and asked:
"Are they the villagers who were affected by the tidal disaster?"
"yes.
After their village was hit by the disaster, not only did they lose all their food, but their homes were also destroyed.
Not only were they hungry, but they also had nowhere to live. In desperation, they went to the county town in groups and asked the government to open its granaries to provide relief.
However, the county magistrate of Licheng not only did not open the granaries to provide disaster relief, but also drove them out of the city, closed the city gates, and left them to fend for themselves.
In short, the government just said one thing: there is no food.
Many people have starved to death in the past twenty days."
"What? That's really too much. I heard that..."
Jun Yuyang was furious, and was about to blurt out something when he was interrupted by Xing Luo. He made a gesture to keep quiet and turned to look at the carriage.
Tell him to be careful with his words, Zhu Jin is still in the car.
Jun Yuyang exhaled deeply, "When we set out, we heard that the disaster in Licheng had been reported, and the current emperor immediately allocated food for disaster relief.
The relief supplies were sent out earlier than us, and should have arrived long ago.
The government actually said there was no food. This is sheer nonsense.”
"Hey, what's so strange about this?
It's very simple, the food and money for disaster relief were embezzled." Zhu Jin stuck his head out of the window in the carriage.
"Do you know the name of this Licheng official? I'm here to check if this person is on my scumbag father's account book."
Jun Yuyang and Xing Luo looked at each other.
Xing Luo pretended to be thoughtful and thought for a while, "The county magistrate of Licheng seems to be called Su Qiang."
"Wait a moment, I'll check it out." Zhu Jin put his head back into the car.
"Miss Zhu, let me check with you. We need to be quick."
Jun Yuyang suggested.
Zhu Jin didn't think much about it, "Okay, then come in."
"Miss Zhu, the carriage is narrow inside. Why don't you come out and we can check together outside."
Zhu Jin pulled open the car curtain and handed Jun Yuyang an account book.
"Okay, a grown man, don't be so awkward.
I know you are afraid that others will see us alone in the car and gossip about us.
You sit outside and check, I'll sit in the carriage."
Jun Yuyang took the account book with a smile, "The one who knows me best is Miss Zhu."
He opened the account book and Xing Luo stood beside him.
When the two saw the names on the account book, their hearts were in turmoil and they couldn't calm down for a long time.
Half of the officials in the court were involved in this account book. They raised taxes without authorization, bought and sold official positions, embezzled military pay, and were involved in human trafficking...
I really don’t know what the current emperor and empress would think when they see this account book.
All they get in return for their entire lives is a superficial peace and prosperity.
In fact, the inside is being hollowed out by termites.
"Master, look here, Su Qiang..."
Wow, the county magistrate of Licheng is indeed on this account book.
"I didn't expect that Su Qiang's position as county magistrate was actually bought.
The amount of taxes paid by Licheng every year was not as much as what Su Qiang gave to the officials in the court.
One can imagine how hard life was for the people of Licheng.
Where did Su Qiang get so much money?
He must have arbitrarily increased taxes and then profited from it.
Or maybe it's to squeeze the people's money and blood."
Jun Yuyang said with gritted teeth.
"Master, what should we do now?"
"Catch the thief and seize the stolen goods, like this..." Jun Yuyang whispered something in Xing Luo's ear.
Xing Luo nodded repeatedly.
In the carriage, Zhu Jin looked at the master and servant in front of him with a scrutinizing expression.
No matter how she looked at it, she didn't think these two people looked like businessmen.
More like a high-ranking official in the court.
“Miss Zhu, we need to go to the nearest town to buy food. I am really worried about leaving you here alone.
I'll just have to trouble you to go for us again."
Zhu Jin tilted his head and looked at Jun Yuyang, "You are going to spend your own money to buy food for the refugees?"
Jun Yuyang nodded, "Yes, I can't just watch those refugees starve to death."
"you……
I feel like you don’t look like merchants, but more like…”
"Miss Zhu, our identities are not important. What's important is that we are not bad people."
Before Zhu Jin could finish his words, he was interrupted by Jun Yuyang.
She raised an eyebrow and said nothing more.
Jun Yuyang is right. No matter who they are, at the moment, they don’t look like bad people.
Xing Luo and Jun Yuyang jumped onto the carriage and immediately turned around and headed towards the nearest town.
After running through several towns and working until late at night, he returned to Licheng.
Xing Luo packed two large bags of food and handed one to Jun Yuyang.
"Miss Zhu, just wait in the car, we will go and distribute the food."
"I'll go with you too. The more people there are, the faster the delivery will be. You probably have other things to do tonight, right?"
Zhu Jin opened the carriage curtain and jumped out.
Jun Yuyang and Xing Luo looked at each other.
"Then you can carry the remaining bag in the car. It will be much faster if we go together." Jun Yuyang suggested.
Zhu Jin nodded, turned around, swiftly put another packed food on his back, and followed them to the bottom of the city wall.
Zhu Jin was stunned by the way Xing Luo and Jun Yuyang distributed food.
The master and the servant rushed into the crowd of refugees, each holding a sword. Without saying a word, they pointed the sword at the refugees' necks and stuffed the steamed buns into their hands.
"Don't make any noise. If you don't want to die, just take the food and eat quietly."
The refugee was also dumbfounded. He couldn't tell whether the person coming was a friend or an enemy, or whether the thing was poisonous.
But they were really hungry and didn't care whether it was poisonous or not. Even if it was poisonous, they would rather die of fullness.
Some refugees saw Jun Yuyang and his team distributing food, and excitedly instigated the refugees to rush forward and grab the food.
As a result, as soon as he pounced forward, Jun Yuyang and his servant pointed their swords at his throat.
"I can save your life, or I can take your life.
If you want to live, just go over there and stay here obediently."
After all, these refugees are just ordinary people and have never come into contact with real guns and knives.
What's more, Jun Yuyang's sword was already on the neck of the refugee who led the looting, and it was already cutting and bleeding.
Seeing this, the other victims who wanted to cause trouble quickly retreated and sat down obediently.
“Get out…” Jun Yuyang growled at the disaster victim who was leading the riot.
The disaster victims who led the riot retreated in shame.
After what happened, no one dared to make trouble, not even a breath was allowed.
Those who got the food hid in the corner and ate quietly.
Those who hadn't received their food yet were watching anxiously.
Each person was given a steamed bun, even babies in swaddling clothes.