"Um......"
The two of them glanced at Emperor Longqing at the same time, and were surprised, why did he come here?
Could it be that he knew we were here and came here specially?
Gao Zhaojiang on the side shouted long live and fell to his knees directly.
I felt uneasy in my heart. Ordinary people may not be able to see a half-step transcendental monk in their lifetime.
I met two people once, plus Emperor Longqing.
Could it be that I, with great blessings in the sky, will have good things coming soon?
"By the way, when I just came here, I seemed to hear someone arguing here?"
Emperor Longqing looked at the two of them suspiciously. These two old men never dealt with each other, so they wouldn't come here to quarrel again.
When Gao Zhaojiang saw this, he was overjoyed. He took this opportunity to remove He Ping'an and said quickly: "Your Majesty, the quarrel just now was caused by Wei Chen and the chief He Ping'an."
"How are you safe?"
"Tell me carefully."
Emperor Longqing glanced at Gao Zhaojiang slightly. He didn't know much about Gao Zhaojiang.
After all, a third-grade official was not worthy of his much attention.
At this moment, Chen Daban's voice transmission from the side fell into his ears.
"Your Majesty, this person's name is Gao Zhaojiang..."
Emperor Longqing was silent after listening.
The relationship between Gao Zhaojiang and Liu Yong was actually just because Liu Yong was the examiner during the spring of Gao Zhaojiang. From then on, Gao Zhaojiang used this relationship to board Liu Yong's ship.
Ha, it turned out to be Liu Yong's henchman... He Ping'an had great spiritual awareness and heard the message at the same time, and then he understood.
I was a little confused about Gao Zhaojiang's attitude before, but now it seems that Gao Zhaojiang must have followed the advice of Liu Yong's son Liu Ding and deliberately came to make things difficult for him.
He Ping'an has always been merciless towards such scoundrels.
After hearing Emperor Longqing's order, Gao Zhaojiang hurriedly spoke out and described himself as the victim who was entangled by He Ping'an for no reason and causing trouble.
"Your Majesty, this is what happened."
After Gao Zhaojiang finished telling everything, he looked at He Pingan proudly.
Just waiting for Emperor Longqing to furiously order He Pingan to be imprisoned for questioning.
"Ping An is not this kind of person, this is impossible!"
Before Emperor Longqing could speak, Changchun Master stood up first and shouted at Gao Zhaojiang.
Before, he was waiting for He Pingan to explain. Unexpectedly, with the arrival of Emperor Longqing, the incident continued to escalate. He could no longer bear it and stood up to defend He Pingan.
"Changchun, why are you in such a hurry? Your Majesty will definitely not listen to other people's opinions on this kind of matter!"
Master Chongyang quickly pulled the emotional Master Changchun aside.
In this case, Changchun Master is so excited that it will not have a positive effect, but will have a counterproductive effect.
Liu Gongyuan on the side was silent, looking at the live performance of Chongyang, and really wanted to laugh.
This Master Chongyang seemed to have pulled Master Changchun aside, but in fact, he was reminding Emperor Longqing not to listen to one side or believe the other.
Sure enough, Emperor Longqing turned his eyes and looked at He Pingan, who was calm and calm at the side: "He Pingan, is this really true?"
At this time, He Pingan could no longer pretend that nothing was wrong, and stood up and said: "This tall man, everything he said next is correct."
"It was indeed Wei Chen who stopped him, and it was also Wei Chen who refused to let him go..."
"Peace, don't talk nonsense!"
Upon hearing this, Master Changchun, who had just calmed down, suddenly couldn't control his mood and stopped anxiously.
Gao Zhaojiang, who was on the side, was extremely happy.
He Pingan didn't know what was going on, but he actually admitted that it was all his fault.
Fortunately, Liu Ding also said that this person was resourceful and taught a Huiyuan. Now it seems that he is just a pustule in name only.
Emperor Longqing, Zhenren Chongyang, and Liu Sheng frowned at the same time. They did not expect that He Pingan would take the initiative to admit his problem.
You know, when Emperor Longqing asked him, he was actually giving him a step down.
As long as He Ping'an casually exchanged words with each other, Emperor Longqing would use the excuse that the matter could not be investigated without causing any consequences, and then let it go.
But what is the operation of voluntarily admitting it?
At this moment, He Ping'an changed the topic and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "However, Mr. Gao didn't mention a word about what happened to us before. What's the purpose?"
"Could it be that you want to deceive the emperor?"
"Before, what happened before?"
"He Ping'an, Your Majesty is here, I'm warning you, don't talk nonsense!"
Gao Zhaojiang was caught by He Ping'an's gaze. He didn't know why, but he suddenly became flustered and reprimanded loudly.
Sure enough, there was a situation. When Master Chongyang and Liu Sheng heard He Pingan's words, they knew that there must be another reason behind the matter, and they couldn't help but feel relieved.
If He Ping'an had a problem, the two of them wanted to recommend him to Emperor Longqing, but they were not straight and could not speak.
The two of them did not notice that while they were relieved, Emperor Long Qing also secretly let out a long sigh of relief.
"He Ping'an, please tell me everything!"
"If you have any secrets, I will ask you!"
Emperor Longqing took a deep breath and ordered.
But he couldn't help but secretly curse, He Ping'an, could he finish his words in one go?
"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have already submitted the paperwork for the elixir department to transport the spiritual herbs and elixirs. The Eternal Life Palace also handed over the spiritual herbs and elixirs to this tall man."
"Unexpectedly, the elixir sent this time is not even half."
"Wei Chen ventures to guess that maybe these spiritual herbs and elixirs were stolen by this tall man?"
After saying that, He Pingan ordered the people in the elixir department to bring out the list of elixirs that Gao Zhaojiang had just sent not long ago, as well as the backup of documents submitted by He Pingan.
Emperor Longqing waved his hand and saw that according to the document, the chalcedony mushroom required fifty kilograms, but the list of elixirs sent showed only twenty kilograms.
Less than half of the remaining spiritual herbs and elixirs were delivered.
Seeing Emperor Longqing finish reading, He Ping'an finally said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, not only is the quantity of spiritual herbs and elixirs insufficient, but the quality has also been greatly compromised."
"Many spiritual herbs are not old enough and cannot be refined into elixirs."
A person from the elixir department under He Pingan handed one of the spiritual herbs with green leaves in front of everyone.
"Three years of chalcedony?"
Seeing this chalcedony, Master Chongyang first frowned.
Among the people present, he was a Taoist cultivator and was fairly familiar with the art of alchemy.
As for Liu Sheng and Emperor Longqing, one is a Confucian scholar and knows nothing about alchemy.
One has a body of ten thousand gold, and he has never mastered the art of alchemy.
"Makoto, what's the problem?"
Emperor Longqing was the first to ask.
"If Chalcedony Mushroom is to be used as medicine, it must be at least ten years old."
Master Chongyang frowned.
"That means that the chalcedony mushrooms in the past three years are of little use?"
Emperor Longqing asked.
"Not only is it of little use, it is completely useless!"
Master Chongyang said in a serious voice.
Emperor Longqing's face suddenly darkened, and his sharp gaze turned to Gao Zhaojiang: "Gao Zhaojiang, what is your explanation?"
"Your Majesty, please allow me to explain."
Gao Zhaojiang had long thought that He Ping'an would sue him in front of Emperor Longqing about the spiritual grass, and he had already thought of his excuse.
"Your Majesty, this document is a forgery."
"Weichen also has a list here."
As Gao Zhaojiang spoke, he took out a document for transporting spiritual herbs from his arms and handed it to Emperor Longqing.
Daxuan documents are usually crudely made. Although they are made in duplicate and a backup is kept, they are extremely easy to tamper with for third-grade Confucian and Taoist monks.
And it will basically leave no trace.
Emperor Longqing took the document in his hand and took a look. It was different from the backup document He Pingan gave him.
The numbers above are exactly the same as the list.
Who is lying and who forged the document?
Emperor Longqing was in trouble for a while.
Haha, just waiting for you to take out this forged document... He Ping'an sneered in his heart. He already knew that Gao Zhaojiang had prepared a forged document, and he naturally had a way to expose him.
"Your Majesty, this document is a forgery!"
While Emperor Longqing was still making careful distinctions, He Ping'an said categorically.
"Oh, how do you say this?"
Emperor Longqing asked.
The transportation of spiritual herbs may seem like a small matter, but the elixirs are related to the safety of Daxuan's millions of soldiers. Even Emperor Longqing has to pay attention to it.
