An hour later, Chengzhou City, Zhoucheng.
A purple sword light fell from the sky and fell directly onto the streets of the city, turning into a young man in green shirt holding a purple flying sword. It was Chu He.
Someone exclaimed: "Immortal!"
He also cleverly knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Immortal, please accept me as your disciple!"
However, Chu He's figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, causing many people to think that they had just hallucinated.
A moment later, the Governor's Mansion.
Two well-dressed guards with swords stood in front of the door, looking cold.
At this time, a young man in a green shirt suddenly appeared in front of the door and said coldly: "Let me inform you, Lord Governor, that I want to see him and ask him to come out to greet me!"
One of the guards suddenly said coldly: "How brave! How dare you let the governor come to greet you. If you can't explain the reason, you have no choice but to go to the prison in the city."
Chu He didn't say anything, but just took out his prince's token.
The two guards looked at it carefully, and their expressions suddenly changed. They hurriedly knelt down and bowed and saluted: "I see you, Your Highness, the Fourth Prince!"
Chu He took back the token and said coldly: "Go quickly!"
After a while, a middle-aged man wearing a purple official robe and an elegant face came out to greet him, bowed and said in salute: "I am the governor of Chengzhou, Zhang Changsong, to see His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!"
Chu He glanced at him and could sense the hot energy of the early stage of a master, but he didn't care and said calmly: "Get up!"
A moment later, in the hall.
Chu He said: "Master Zhang, first send someone to invite officials at all levels in the city to come over to discuss disaster relief matters."
Zhang Changsong looked respectful and said: "Yes, Your Highness!"
Immediately, he called two guards and asked them to notify officials at all levels.
At this time, Chu He said: "This king is here to open a warehouse to release grain and relieve the victims. How much food is left in Changping Granary in the city now?"
Zhang Changsong immediately clasped his fists and said: "Your Highness, forgive me! In fact, I have long wanted to open a granary to release grain to help the victims. Unexpectedly, Meng Changhe, the newly appointed governor, secretly transported all the grain in the granary. Changping Granary is almost empty, and the storage There is only a thin layer on the surface of the grain storage granary. If you don't look closely, you can't find it at all. The official neglected his duty and only discovered the abnormality when he was preparing to open the warehouse to store grain. The official has already written a letter to report to the Holy One, and it will be reported to the Holy One soon. I will capture Meng Changhe and retrieve the food."
Chu He's face darkened when he heard this, and he didn't believe Zhang Changsong's words.
How could no one notice when so much grain was shipped out of the warehouse? Moreover, Chang Pingcang was empty. He hadn't discovered it for so long. He only discovered it when he was about to provide disaster relief. What a liar.
Compared with Meng Changhe, he suspected that Zhang Changsong was responsible for theft.
As for searching for Meng Changhe and retrieving food, it's even more nonsense. I'm afraid that Meng Changhe will either be silenced or disappear at this moment.
If it were an ordinary prince, faced with this situation, it would be difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without straw.
Without food, wanting to provide disaster relief can only be delusional. Even if one suspects Zhang Changsong, one cannot take action against him.
Although Chu He has the imperial edict monk Fang Baojian in his hand, ordinary officials below the third rank can kill first and then play. But Zhang Changsong was the governor, a third-rank imperial official, not an ordinary official who could be killed at will.
As for forcibly detaining Zhang Changsong and extracting confessions through torture, if the interrogation fails to produce the desired confession, there will be backlash, attracting criticism from officials of the prince and the second prince's faction.
But Chu He had no intention of playing with Zhang Changsong like a court official, because wouldn't this be using his own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths?
Immediately, Chu He thought, and a Taiyin soul power quietly invaded Zhang Changsong's sea of consciousness, freezing his Yin spirit, and then the power of the soul invaded his Yin spirit and searched his memory.
Ten minutes later, Chu He had a smile on his face because he got the information he wanted from Zhang Changsong's memory.
It turns out that Zhang Changsong, who appeared to be an official of the prince's line, was actually a secret agent of the Ziyang Sect. He also deliberately hid the food in Changpingcang under the orders of the Ziyang Sect.
Chuhe already knew where the food in Changpingcang was hidden.
Moreover, Changpingcang in Zhoucheng is the largest, and the amount of chestnuts stored in it is enough for one million shi, which is enough to feed a million people for three months. The food in Zhoucheng is enough for the time being.
But this time, Master Ziyan used his corpse king clone to cause and expand the drought, and the Ziyang Sect secretly sent people to deliberately hide food, which made Chu He have speculation in his mind.
I'm afraid that the Ziyang Sect is not just planning to deal with itself this time, but is actually preparing to cause famine and turmoil, reduce the fortune of the Wei Dynasty, and even destroy the Wei Dynasty.
This made Chu He feel more murderous. Ziyang Sect and other six major cultivation sects had opposing positions to the Wei Dynasty. It was normal to fight each other secretly, but using such underhanded methods and ignoring the lives of the people was inconsistent with the image of the righteous sects. Yes, it really should be killed!
After a while, a group of officials entered the hall of the governor's office and saw Chu He sitting in the chief seat and the governor Zhang Changsong sitting in the left seat.
All the officials saluted together and said in unison: "I'd like to see you, Your Highness the Fourth Prince!"
Chu He smiled and said: "No need to be polite! I came here to open a warehouse to release grain and help the victims. However, I just learned the news that millions of stones of grain in Changping warehouse were secretly transported away. It was our governor Zhang who did this."
All the officials were stunned and were about to help with a few words of defense.
At this time, Zhang Changsong stood up and came out of the queue, knelt in front of Chu He, cupped his fists and said: "Your Highness, I was confused for a moment, please have mercy on me!"
Chu He smiled and said: "Master Zhang, if you can tell the officials involved in this matter, you can avoid death!"
When many officials heard this, their expressions suddenly changed drastically. Just as Zhang Changsong was about to speak, they all said:
"Your Highness, this matter was done by the Governor alone, and we didn't know anything about it!"
"Yes, with such a humble position, how can we participate in such a big event? This fact is the work of the governor alone!"
Zhang Changsong, who was temporarily controlled by the power of Chu He's mind, suddenly looked gloomy, acted with heart, pointed at the officials one by one, and said: "You, and you, you all accepted my money, and now if something happens, don't try to shirk the responsibility." !”
However, before he could finish speaking, Chu He tapped his mute point.
At this time, Chu He said with a smile: "Now let's go find food, and then open a warehouse to put food in. If someone does something carelessly, there is no guarantee that Mr. Zhang will not say anything nonsense."
When all the officials heard this, their hearts trembled and they hurriedly said: "Your Highness, don't worry, we will do our best to help the victims!"
Originally, the officials in the state and city only followed the orders of the governor, and many officials were involved in secretly exchanging official grain. This matter has a wide range of implications. If all are investigated, the government system of the entire city will be paralyzed, and it will be troublesome to provide disaster relief.
Now that Chuhe has the handle on them, who dares to do things carelessly?
After a while, the governor Zhang Changsong broke free from the control of the power of the soul and regained consciousness. He wanted to say something to the subordinate officials, but Chu He sealed his true energy cultivation and controlled his soul, making him unable to speak.
At this time, Chu He took the guards of the Governor's Mansion and a group of officials, including Zhang Changsong, to set out and found millions of stones of official grain in a large warehouse.
Zhang Changsong suddenly turned pale!
With all the witnesses and material evidence, he can't stand up!
Then, Chu He replaced the governor's confidants among the guards, directly abolished his internal strength, put him in a cell, promoted several confidants, and completely controlled the military strength of the governor's mansion.
At this time, he opened a warehouse to store grain, and asked a group of officials to sell grain at a fair price. According to the list in the household registration book, each person was limited to 10 buckets of grain.
If you are a poor person who has no money at all, you can take the money on credit and pay it back next year.
