I thought to myself: 'These two unlucky guys, while everyone else was staying in the house, they were the only two who ran out. The same goes for Meng He. He won't move even if he says he won't. At least let him assume a normal posture! '
Seeing me walking in with Li Si and others, Wu He quickly returned to his normal posture and bowed.
"See Your Majesty!"
I cursed in my heart: "You can't help but let me salute His Majesty when he comes!" Move around quickly, otherwise you might end up lying on the ground. '
I smiled, waved and said, "No need to be polite."
Meng He quickly walked out of the house, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, no one has done anything since I arrived."
I nodded: "Very good."
He waved his hand and said, "Bring people in."
Two forbidden soldiers walked in holding Feng Yuan.
Seeing me coming straight to Zhongshu Yezhe's Mansion, Feng Yuan was already frightened, but he still had a bit of luck. After all, as long as Zhang Liang's report could not be found, no one could do anything to him.
On the other hand, when Wu He and the other two saw Feng Yuan being arrested, their faces turned pale.
After the three of them separated last night, Feng Yuan told them that he would rush back to Changsha County early this morning. How could he be caught by His Majesty now?
Seeing the expressions of the two people, I already had a rough idea. It seems that the suspicion about Changsha County is not caused by my suspicion.
"Wu He, Zhao Li, do you know this person?"
Just when Wu He was about to speak, Zhao Li answered first: "Your Majesty, although Zhongshu Yezhe's Mansion has many contacts with foreign ministers, I and Mr. Wu don't go out to Xianyang often and don't know this person."
Zhao Li was the "facilitator". Without him, Wu He would never have dared to detain and report with his courage. He was afraid that Wu He would spill the beans.
I smiled slightly and said to Meng He: "Go and find all Zhang Liang's memorials in the mansion. Don't miss any secrets. Maybe one of the memorials was accidentally lost by Wu He in a corner."
I specially emphasized the word "accidentally". Wu He shuddered and glanced at the inner hall involuntarily.
Meng He naturally had bright eyes and took the order and turned around and headed towards the inner hall.
In less than half a moment, a memorial was brought out.
I took the report and first glanced at the date: February of the third year of Qin II!
I sneered and looked at the two shivering people.
"Wu He, this memorial was submitted by Zhang Liang in February this year. Why wasn't it submitted to me?"
At this time, Wu He could not speak. He hesitated for a long time without saying a decent word.
"This, this... Chen, Chen... Zhao Li..."
Seeing that Wu He was frightened, Zhao Li quickly calmed down and said calmly: "Your Majesty, this report has just arrived at the mansion. Master Wu and his ministers were about to hand it over to Master Qiwan, but before they could, Your Majesty will come in person."
I snorted coldly, ignored him, and turned to look at Feng Yuan.
Feng Yuan was already devastated. If he had any luck before, he was at the end of his rope now. Although I don’t know the content of Zhang Liang’s report, it is definitely not to take credit for Feng Tuo.
When he arrived in Xianyang yesterday, he immediately went to find Zhao Li, gave him fifty gold, and asked him to persuade Wu He to intercept the report for him. However, although Zhao Li persuaded Wu He to accept fifty gold and intercepted the report, he refused to hand it over to Feng Yuan.
Helpless, Feng Yuan could only emphasize again and again that the memorial must be burned, and asked Zhao Li to watch the memorial being burned with his own eyes no matter what. But isn’t it the memorial I’m holding in my hand now?
Feng Yuan had already greeted all the eighteen generations of Wu He's ancestors in his heart.
Seeing the changing expression on Feng Yuan's face, I said, "Feng Yuan, they said they don't know you. Do you know them?"
Feng Yuan had a pale face, gritted her teeth, shook her head and said, "I don't know you!"
Of course, he couldn't admit it at this time. As long as he killed him, he came to Xianyang to buy cattle. Zhao Li killed him and reported that he had not intercepted the report when it arrived. At least, he would not be accused of intercepting the report.
As for the content of the report... he said "I'm sorry" to his biological father in his heart very filially.
I nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, if you don't know me, I don't know you."
"Meng He, send Feng Yuan back to the imperial prison and order people to keep an eye on Wu He and Zhao Li, but don't let them starve and lose weight. I still want to use them!"
Meng He bowed and naturally understood. If these two people committed suicide out of fear of crime, they would not be able to substantiate the charges of bribery of court officials and interception of reports.
But since it has reached the level of risking interception of the report, I am afraid this is already the smallest crime...
Then I ignored a few people and didn't go back to Sihai Palace. I directly commandeered Zhongshu Yezhe's Mansion and opened the report and read it in detail.
Li Si and Meng Yi stood at the bottom, watching my face become more and more gloomy, and they felt a little upset in their hearts. Meng Yi was worried about something big happening in Changsha County, but Li Si had more to think about.
Although Changsha County is not a major grain-producing county, the grain that is turned over to the national treasury every year is not much compared to other major grain-producing counties. When Ying Zheng was still alive, he often commended Feng Tuo. Li Si also highly recognized this person. After all, the more grain these counties handed over, the better his "annual statements" as the prime minister would look.
'I have a close relationship with this Feng Tuo. Although I have never received any favors from him, if something big happens in Changsha County, I'm afraid your Majesty will punish me...'
I don't know what the two of them are thinking down there, and I'm not in the mood to know.
With a "pop" sound, I slammed Zhang Liang's report onto the table and slid to Li Si's feet.
Li Si hurriedly bent down to pick it up, vaguely seeing the word "tyranny", and already had a rough idea of what was going on.
He raised his hand and called "Your Majesty", held the memorial in his hand and handed it to me.
I waved my hand, extremely annoyed.
"You guys should also take a look! Meng Yi, order someone to call Feng Jie over!"
Li Si was also very surprised after reading it.
"Your Majesty, if what Zhang Liang said is true, this Fengtuo actually increased taxes without authorization, used wasteland as fertile land, and hid it from the court for ten years. I can't imagine the dire straits that the head of Guizhou in Changsha County is living in!"
I said angrily: "Is the water in dire straits? What I am worried about is not how Qian Shou is living, but whether Qian Shou is still alive in Changsha County! According to Zhang Liang, the population of Changsha County has dropped sharply to less than ten people since the 20th year of the First Emperor. one!"
"Damn it, if it is found out that this Feng Tuo dares to abuse the people in such a harsh way, I will chop him alive!"
As soon as Feng Jie entered the hospital, he heard my curse words and glanced at Meng Yi in surprise.
"Did I hear you correctly? Your Majesty just cursed?"
Meng Yi was also stunned and shook his head in confusion.
"Three years have passed. Except for the Surabaya Rebellion, Your Majesty has always been as stable as Mount Tai. He has never lost his temper like this. Even during the Surabaya Rebellion, Li Zhong made Your Majesty so angry, Your Majesty has never scolded anyone..."
Feng Jie shook his head and took a deep breath.
"Let's go and see what's going on."
When the two of them saw Zhang Liang's report, Meng Yi glanced at Feng Jie sympathetically. His eyes seemed to say: 'Your Majesty, Prime Minister, please wish yourself well. '
Feng Jie also had a bitter look on his face, feeling hopeless, but secretly complaining about Feng Quji in his heart.
'Dad, you gave yourself a name to get rid of the disease, and lived a peaceful life. You just gave me a chance. I'm afraid your eldest son may not be able to escape this time! '
