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The people of Cangzhou Bu County were violent, not only taking away the granary, but also killing the local magistrate and the county magistrate. Although the violence was quickly pacified, the emperor still sent imperial envoys after knowing it.

The imperial envoy sent by the emperor was Jiang Jing, who was also Yuchen's cousin. Because Yuchen became the queen, the Jiang family also got the emperor's reuse. It's not that Yuchen didn't want to help her family, but that several of the children of the Han family's third house were all A Dou who couldn't support him, that is, Han Jingyan, who was still the servant of the Ministry of Rites and did not get promoted.

Jiang Jing was very capable, and when he arrived in Cangzhou, he quickly found out the reason. It turned out that the magistrate of Buxian levied tyrannical levies, not to mention all kinds of extortionate and miscellaneous taxes, and everyone had to pay the pigtail tax when the Chinese New Year was approaching. The braid tax, as the name suggests, is that everyone has to pay a tax on braids. Those yamen servants are no different from bandits; At the end of the New Year, many ordinary people could not survive, so there were riots.

When the emperor saw this book, he directly ordered the county magistrate and other officials involved to be beheaded to the public.

No one else has any objection to the emperor's disposal.

After the dynasty was dispersed, Yan Wushuang smiled and said to the eldest master of the Yu family: "There are so many taxes in Buxian County, and only more than 40,000 taels of silver are copied, doesn't it seem strange to the eldest master Yu?" The boundary of Cangzhou, from top to bottom It's all rotten down. Well, to be precise, the local officials have now become emperors.

The eldest master of the Yu family said with a wary expression, "What does Duke Yan want to say?"

Yan Wushuang smiled and said, "What can I say? I'm just a little strange. Since Master Yu doesn't want to say it, then forget it." After speaking, he strode out of the palace.

The eldest master of the Yu family looked at Yan Wushuang's back. Speaking of which, in the court, he could not see through Yan Wushuang the most. When he started, he was extremely ruthless, but other than that, there was no other change.

When he arrived at the harem, the emperor had an angry look on his face.

Yuchen knew about Cangzhou, and seeing the emperor's face, how could he not know the reason. He brought a cup of hot tea to the emperor and said, "Drink a cup of tea and relieve your breath."

The emperor didn't pick up the tea, but just said: "I have entrusted him with a heavy responsibility, that's how he does things?" How could the emperor not know that there is something tricky in the affairs of Buxian. It's just that the officials below are guarding each other, and Jiang Jing has not proposed anything inappropriate, and the emperor has no reason to rectify Cangzhou.

Yuchen put the tea on the golden nanmu table, sat next to the emperor, and said softly, "Your Majesty, what do you say?"

The emperor threw the book in his sleeve on the table and said, "See for yourself what's going on?" He said that he had suffered a disaster, and not only did he not have to pay taxes, but the court also provided relief. Condemning the tyranny of the people, making it impossible for the common people to survive, causing riots or rebellion.

Thinking of this, the emperor slapped the golden nanmu table; "All should be killed."

The teacup was shaken so violently that the tea was shaken out. Yuchen was startled, and hurriedly called Shiqin, "Bring me some scalding medicine?"

The emperor waved his hand and said, "Don't make a fuss, it's not hot." The tea didn't touch the emperor's hand at all.

Yuchen took the book and looked at it carefully, and found that what was written on the book was stable. Yuchen frowned and said, "Your Majesty, didn't my cousin go to the secret book?" Even Yuchen knew that it was wrong to extract more than 40,000 taels of silver from the county magistrate's mansion. If the county magistrate was only greedy for more than 40,000 silver coins, he wouldn't have forced the people to riot. Therefore, there is a problem with the whereabouts of the money, and this booklet does not mention it at all.

The emperor said with a cold face: "There is no secret." If there was a secret, he would not be so angry. When he appointed Jiang Jing as the imperial envoy, it was not only because of Jiang Jing's ability, but also because the Jiang family was on his side, but he did not expect such a result.

How to make him not angry.

Yuchen shook his head and said: "Impossible, it must have been a secret." Even she knew that there was an inside story in this case, how could Jiang Jing have found nothing. As for saying that Jiang Jing found out but didn't tell them, Yuchen felt that it might be very low.

The emperor changed his face instantly, and said, "You mean that Mi Zhe was stopped by someone?" It wouldn't be surprising if someone directly stopped the submission. After all, this document has to go through the hands of several people, and if there is a problem in one link, the document will not reach the imperial case. But this secret book was delivered directly. If someone intercepted it, one could imagine how mad the person who did this would be.

Yuchen said: "Your Majesty, we can only know the truth when my cousin returns to the capital."

Unfortunately, Jiang Jing never returned to the capital. Because Jiang Jing was beaten to death by those angry people, all the followers around Jiang Jing also died. When the news came back to the capital, Yuchen shook his head and said, "How is this possible? With so many guards around my cousin, how could he be beaten to death by the mob?"

The first lady of the Jiang family, Mrs. Zhao, wiped away her tears and said, "Master Hou said that the second master must have been tricked." Master Jiang Hou is not in good health, and now the eldest son Jiang Wei has inherited the title.

Yuchen's face was full of frost, and after a while, he said, "No matter who is behind the scenes, I must ask them to pay for the second cousin's life." To dare to do such a poisonous hand is not to put the emperor and her on the line. in the eyes.

Zhao came to tell Yuchen about this, just to get a result. Now that Yuchen has expressed her stance, she can also communicate with her: "Empress Empress, the ancestors are not in good health, we are hiding this matter now."

Yuchen nodded and said, "I can't let my grandmother know about this." The ancestors of the Jiang family are old and have always been in poor health.

Zhao said, "Don't worry, I won't let the ancestors know about it." If the ancestors knew, maybe all the Jiang family would be worried. It's just that this matter can be concealed for a year and a half at most, and it won't last longer.

Hearing this, Yuchen felt relieved. At that time, Lord Jiang's accident was also hidden from the ancestors of the Jiang family, but fortunately, Lord Jiang finally came back. Although he was not in good health, he came back alive.

Facts have proved that Yuchen is too relieved. Early the next morning, Yuchen heard that Jiang's ancestor, the crane, was heading west.

When Yuchen got the news, he was a little stunned for a moment. But Yuchen quickly calmed down: "What's going on?"

Zhao shi cried and said, "The ancestors knew that the second master was gone, and went away without mentioning it in one breath." The incident happened so suddenly that they were shocked when they got the news.

Yuchen suppressed the anger in his heart and asked, "Who told my grandmother that my second cousin was gone?" My grandmother has been recovering from illness, and only the people around her are serving her.

Zhao shi said tearfully, "It's Jiao Xing, who served her last night."

Yuchen naturally knew who this Jiao Xing was. Jiao Xing was bought from outside. Because of her cleverness, she was favored by the ancestors of the Jiang family. It took Jiao Xing ten years to go from the lowest-level rough maid to the personal maid: "Who instructed her to murder her grandmother?"

Zhao shi shook his head and said, "Jiao Xing is already dead, she was thrown into a well." When Jiao Xing died, she died without proof.

On the same day, Jiang Wei took Ding You's account. Zhao Shi is a woman, and people don't know the depth of the water here. Jiang Wei saw the crisis in it, and then he helped the emperor to do things, and all the Jiang family members had to accompany him. Therefore, in order to protect the Jiang family, Jiang Wei retreated.

At this time, Yan Wushuang took the initiative to stand up and said, "Your Majesty, this minister is willing to go to Buxian to investigate this matter thoroughly."

The eldest master of the Yu family had a bad intuition, so he stood up and recommended Lin Fengyuan to serve as the imperial envoy. Lin Fengyuan returned to the capital after the matter was settled and is now serving in the infantry battalion.

Compared with Yan Wushuang, the emperor believed in Lin Fengyuan more. Immediately ordered Lin Fengyuan to be the imperial envoy to thoroughly investigate the matter in Cangzhou.

As a result, Lin Fengyuan also had an accident. When Lin Fengyuan was returning to Beijing, he was ambushed and fell off his horse. There was no danger to his life, but his leg was broken.

Ah Da looked at Lin Fengyuan's feet that were swollen like a pig's trotters. It took 100 days for his muscles and bones to break, and it would take 100 days for him to recover. A-Da said, "You son of a bitch, if you let me know who did it, I'll kill him." It's really a bad thing to do it on the road.

Lin Fengyuan said: "Three months is only three months. Anyway, you and Gu Jiu are the ones in the military camp." He inserted in halfway, and was excluded by the generals below. It took half a year to manage the following generals obediently. It's just that Lin Fengyuan is very uncomfortable, there are many rebels outside, but the three military camps on the outskirts of Beijing do not move.

Ah Da felt that Lin Fengyuan's attitude was strange and said, "General, why are you not angry at all?"

Lin Fengyuan said with a smile, "What's there to be angry about? Let's remember this hatred first, there will always be a way for them to return the money with profit."

A-Da was very puzzled and asked, "We haven't found out yet? How do you know who's doing it, General?"

Lin Fengyuan said, "It's either Yu's family or Yan Wushuang. There's no way to escape them." As for whether it was Yu's family or Yan Wushuang who committed the poison, as long as you continue to investigate, you can find clues.

The errand to go to Cangzhou did not fall on Yan Wushuang's head in the end, but gave it to Chen Yu.

Taining Hou said, "Yu'er, you must be careful this time." He felt that the Cangzhou matter was not as simple as it appeared.

Chen Yu nodded.

Tai Ning Hou thought for a moment and said, "I always feel uneasy when something happened in Cangzhou. Yu'er, I want your brother to return to Beijing." After practicing outside for so long, he must have matured a lot. Returning to the capital can also be their help.

Chen Yu disagreed, saying: "The water in the capital is getting more and more muddy, and the second brother will definitely be involved in it when he returns to Beijing. Dad, let the second brother stay on the ground. The second brother is an official, fair and honest, even if something happens, he will not be involved. implicate him."

Tai Ninghou thought for a moment and said, "We'll talk about this when you come back from Cangzhou." First look at the situation, and then decide whether to let the younger son return to Beijing. (To be continued)