Under the nightfall.

Looking at the Changping Warehouse with the fire rising to the sky and the Tongzhou Guards with thick smoke, he sneered repeatedly: "The tricks of these stolen officials... are indeed the same as ever."

The wives and concubines behind him slowly walked over and stood side by side with Chen Lie.

Not far away.

A large number of victims were watching with their elderly and young people.

After a moment, they were silent.

The fire burned all night.

After one night.

On the next day.

When Chen Lie and Zhang Jianxiu led the factory guards to the Changping Warehouse, they saw a piece of ashes, and the granaries turned into ashes in the fire.

There was also an unlucky updater who was burned to death in the fire.

And there are also burnt together...

The account book of Changping the position over the years.

The group of people walked slowly in the fire with a calm face. They stopped in front of a stack of unburned books, and then heard several lieutenants in the Jinyi behind them talking softly.

"I heard... the price of rice and grain in the outer city has increased."

"It's true. A pound of fragrant rice was sold for ten cents yesterday, but it rose to fifteen cents early this morning. Look at this situation... I'm going to cause a shortage of food again!"

This discussion.

Chen Lie and Zhang Jianxiu took a look, and their expression changed at the same time, and their hearts became as bright as a mirror. The two knew that the powerful and powerful had come back.

This counterattack is fast, fierce, and accurate...

Looking at the dark fire scene with a faint look.

Chen Lie whispered: "Please investigate the scene here and find clues. The official... immediately enter the palace to report the matter to the emperor."

Zhang Jianxiu said calmly: "Bring more guards and be careful on the road."

A cold light flashed in Chen Lie's eyes.

Nodded.

Then he turned over and galloped towards the capital city thirty miles away.

One hour later.

West Garden.

Turn over and dismount.

Chen Lie hurriedly handed over the sign and walked along the long corridor to the outside of the lake center pavilion. He watched the emperor summon several important officials from a distance of dozens of feet.

From such a long distance, you can still vaguely hear the roar of Long Live.

What you can imagine is.

Long live the emperor will definitely be furious now.

Chen Lie stopped and asked the guard leader: "Who are the emperor meeting?"

The head of the guard hurriedly bowed and said respectfully: "When Mr. Shen, it is Mr. Zhang and Mr. Shen..."

Chen Lie nodded.

No more words.

Let's wait.

Look at this meaning.

The furious and thunderous emperor was angry. The anger seemed to be unable to dissipate for a while. Looking at Zhang Siwei from a distance, Shen Shixing and several other court masters were bent, looking pitiful.

Sighing heavily.

Especially the acting chief assistant Zhang Siwei and Mr. Zhang, who were very good at being the second assistant in the cabinet, did not bother anyone or offend anyone.

After the prime minister Zhang Juzheng suddenly became seriously ill, he was ordered to become the chief minister in danger. However, because he was suppressed by Zhang Juzheng for a long time, Zhang Juzheng was a person who was right to talk about it.

This old man obviously lacks prestige.

None of the officials listened to him.

Turn around.

But he has to bear the anger of the young emperor, and it is a sacrificial bag.

He even felt.

This old man was a little pitiful.

This is the day.

This is the season.

The midsummer is approaching.

Waited anxiously.

Chen Lie, who was in the heat, unbuttoned a few official uniform buttons and began to fan the flames for himself.

The officials of all sizes who were queuing around and waiting for the emperor to speak out were already a little unable to bear it. They began to unbutton one by one and secretly searched for a shade to hide.

This is hot and dry.

Looking around in a deep spirit.

Unintentionally.

His eyes fell on a middle-aged official, as if he had noticed something.

Chen Lie narrowed his eyes and looked at the official's rolled up sleeves. There seemed to be traces of redness and swollenness on his white arms.

This redness and swelling...

It looks a bit like a burn.

His eyes froze.

Chen Lie quietly walked to the guard leader, curled his lips to the suspicious middle-aged official, and asked softly.

"This one is..."

The head of the guard looked at Chen Lie's eyes and hurriedly said, "That's Lord Jia, a chief in charge of warehousing in the Ministry of Revenue."

Chen Lie nodded, looked away without hesitation, and then walked around for a few more times, then quietly retreated from the West Garden.

Out of the West Garden.

Chen Lie thought for a while, turned around and walked towards the Meridian Gate, first wrote a note for Feng Bao, and asked him to come to Chen Mansion to have a banquet at noon.

He asked Dao Shisan to go to Tongzhou Wharf to call Zhang Jianxiu.

Have done all this.

Chen Lie rode his horse and walked quickly towards his mansion a few streets away, opening the thick gate, and walking in the empty yard.

at this time.

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Chen Lie's mouth: "Is it so a coincidence?"

The Lord Jia may not have set the fire himself, but at least one thing is certain. Lord Jia went to Tongzhou to close the position last night.

Afternoon.

Shen Mansion.

"What... Jia Mian, head of the Ministry of Revenue."

As soon as I heard of this person.

Zhang Jianxiu couldn't sit still anymore. He glared at the eyes and wanted to go to the Ministry of Revenue to arrest people, but was stopped by Chen Lie.

“No need to hurry.”

Chen Lie grabbed his fourth brother-in-law.

I advised me a few words.

"A decent official, where can he go?"

When saying this.

After pondering deeply and thinking, he began to inquire about the origin of the head of Master Jia and tried to find out some privacy.

A kind of intuition.

Chen Lie felt that this matter was far from that simple, so he linked Jia Mian, the head of the Ministry of Revenue, with grain traders of all sizes and big and small who raised the price of grain.

Behind this.
To be continued...