The middle-aged man who stood up and spoke was none other than someone else.
He was the uncle of King Li You of Yan, Yushi Zhongcheng Yin Hongzhi.
He is the younger brother of Concubine Yin and the current head of the Yin family in Liangzhou.
Obviously.
Li Chengqian guessed wrong.
Luo Ding'an also guessed wrong.
They all had a preconceived notion that the incident in Qinzhou was related to Li Tai, who had always been at odds with Li Chengqian.
But actually.
This matter has nothing to do with Li Tai, but the planning of these people present.
at this place.
Yin Hongzhi has more say than Li You.
When he stood up to speak, everyone present except Zhang Liang fell silent and looked at Yin Hongzhi solemnly.
Yin Hongzhi is also very satisfied with this.
"Everyone knows it."
"Qinzhou County Magistrate Zhang Naikuan is one of ours."
"Now, he has fallen into the hands of Li Chengqian."
Yin Hongzhi shook his head and sighed: "Fortunately, Zhang Naikuan is still loyal and has not said anything to this day..."
When several people around him heard this, they all looked sad.
One of them said: "Zhang Naikuan has been in Qinzhou for more than ten years and has been working for us for ten years."
"Knowing many of our secrets, and even knowing our secret plans for many years, if he opens his mouth, we..."
He didn't say anything else.
But everyone present is not a fool, and naturally they all know the consequences.
Based on their plans, once the incident comes to light, it will be a disaster.
Li You also looked at his uncle with a worried expression.
"Uncle, look..."
"Shut up!"
Yin Hongzhi glared at him and scolded him.
Li You was startled by his uncle's eyes and lowered his head timidly.
"I can trust Zhang Naikuan's character."
"If he didn't have this loyalty, I wouldn't have allowed him to follow us for more than ten years."
"It's just that Li Chengqian is cruel and ruthless. I really don't know what he will do to Zhang Naikuan." Yin Hongzhi shook his head and said, "Once he can't stand it any longer and says something, we'll all be doomed."
At this time.
Don't wait for anyone to speak.
Zhang Liang suddenly shook his head and smiled.
When Yin Hongzhi saw this, he couldn't help but frowned: "Master Zhang, what are you laughing at?"
Zhang Liang shrugged noncommittally: "Of course Master Yin said it was funny."
"funny?"
Yin Hongzhi tilted his head and snorted: "Is it possible that Mr. Zhang has a better plan?"
"I didn't."
"It's just that I think Mr. Yin thinks that Li Chengqian is too simple."
Zhang Liang held the tea cup and said slowly: "His style of doing things over the years does sometimes seem to be disorganized."
"But who has ever seen him fail?"
"What time did he fail to do what he wanted to do?"
Zhang Liang looked at Yin Hongzhi and said, "My informant has told me that Li Chengqian has now sent Zhang Naikuan to the capital."
"As for the purpose, I don't know."
"But judging from Li Chengqian's past behavior, there is obviously a ghost here."
Zhang Liang narrowed his eyes: "Maybe, he has already noticed our existence..."
"In this case."
Yin Hongzhi held the table and said: "We should do something for big things."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Zhang Liang raised his head and laughed.
"Master Yin, your joke is not funny at all."
Zhang Liang glanced at Yin Hongzhi and said, "Master Yin, does he know who escorted Zhang Naikuan back?"
"Escorted him back."
"It's none other than the Emperor's personal bodyguard, General Zuo Yiwei, Li Yu!"
As soon as these words came out, the entire audience gasped.
Even Yin Hongzhi
, there were ripples on his face at this moment.
However, this ripple is not fear, but the fire of anger and hatred.
"Li Yu."
"The Emperor's Guard."
"Even if His Majesty meets him, he will still give me three points of noodles."
"In terms of ability and prestige, I, Zhang Liang, can only hold a candle to him."
"Let's go out and compete with Li Yu. It's not an exaggeration to say that a small insect can shake a big tree, right?"
Zhang Liang shook his head and muttered angrily: "So, Master Yin's plan is really ridiculous."
When Yin Hongzhi heard this, his brows furrowed even deeper.
The look in Zhang Liang's eyes showed murderous intent.
Master Yin glared at Zhang Liang and said, "If you have any good strategies to resolve this crisis, just tell me."
The implication is that I don't want to hear your weird thoughts.
"Is there any other good plan?"
Zhang Liang stood up slowly and said: "This time, it is a matter of our life and death, so don't hide it."
"Once Zhang Naikuan returns to Chang'an City, no one will be able to walk around without food."
"So, we all should work together and find a way to make Zhang Naikuan die on the way..."
Zhang Liang squinted his eyes and rubbed his fingers: "After all, only the mouths of dead people can never speak."
…
Qinzhou.
Fu Laoliu quickly ran into the inn and came to Li Chengqian.
He said with excitement on his face: "Your Highness, you are really right, those people's fox tails are exposed!"
Li Chengqian raised his eyebrows, looked at Fu Laoliu and said, "Whose fox tail is exposed?"
"A businessman named Zhao."
Fu Laoliu bowed slightly and said, "This guy really can't see clearly the height of his eyebrows."
"At this time, you dare to allow your nephew to cause trouble."
"I followed your instructions and immediately arrested his entire family."
"As a result, while searching his study room, , unexpectedly found a hidden compartment in his study..."
Hearing this, Li Chengqian rubbed his chin and asked, "What is in the hidden compartment? Have you seen it?"
"certainly."
Fu Laoliu reached into his arms and handed a stack of letters to Li Chengqian: "The secret compartment is full of letters like this."
Li Chengqian took the letter and opened it one by one to look at it.
Just when he saw the first letter, his expression changed.
"In the fifth year of Zhenguan, Zhaozhuang in Qinzhou produced 100,000 shi of grain, which was sent to the northeast and received 600,000 shi in money."
Five years of Zhenguan.
If Li Chengqian remembered correctly, he was at war with Northeast China three times that year.
However.
But there were moths in my own house, so I sold the grain to the enemy in the northeast...
Is this worthy of those brothers who sacrificed their lives for their country?
Li Chengqian's face looked very ugly and he continued to read the second letter.
"In mid-June of the seventh year of Zhenguan, when the prince went on an expedition to the west, the imperial court allocated five million yuan and one hundred thousand dan of grain to stabilize the price of food among the people."
"Entrusted by the Qinzhou County Magistrate to sell grain to the Western Regions, I received 700,000 yuan..."
Third letter.
"In the 10th year of Zhenguan, the Wuhan Academy banned Zhe Chong Mansion."
"Entrusted by the Qinzhou County Magistrate, I sold about 20,000 sets of weapons and armor to the Western Regions and earned 4 million!"
See here.
Li Chengqian couldn't stand it anymore.
He directly kneaded all the letters into balls.
"These bastards..."
When your country goes to war with a foreign country.
They didn't say anything about helping their own country's army, but they actually took advantage of this opportunity to go out and make money from the country's difficulties and sell food to the enemy.
In addition, they even misappropriated the food provided by the court to deal with the disaster and sold it privately.
This is not to mention selling weapons and armor to other countries.
What is this for?
God?
Li Chengqian gritted his teeth with hatred: "You really deserve to die. None of these people deserve to die..."