Now that we know that these two people are related to that organization, it doesn't matter if we don't check the condition of the female corpse.
It's just that Mingmo found out that Lianxiang has been in the mansion for two years and was transferred from a third-class girl to a first-class girl in the past two days. Does the wife of the Li family know about Lianxiang?
Otherwise, why would the wife of the Li family happen to be ill? Or are these two people actually working together?
Things were a bit strange, and Gu Chengyu felt that Lianxiang's interpersonal relationship might be a breakthrough.
Gu Chengyu thought in his heart that he would have to send someone to investigate this matter.
Ming Mo had just been sent out by him, and Ding Shiliu and the others were busy searching for evidence. He didn't bring many people to Jiangnan, and there were only a few capable guards among those Ding generation guards.
It seems that we have to find two useful ones among the C generation. You can never have too many talents! Gu Chengyu sighed.
As soon as he returned to the study, Ding Shiliu came to report the progress of the search for evidence of Li Taihang's crime.
"Your Excellency, these are the letters and account books we found in that yard. Please take a look at them. We also found about 220,000 taels of silver and 200,000 taels of silver notes. There are also many gold, silver and jade articles.
Jewelry, ornaments, calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, etc. The value of these has not been estimated yet, but they have been registered. This is the account book!"
Ding Shiliu presented the tray in his hand, which contained not only account books but also many letters.
Gu Chengyu knew that this was a letter that had been screened. Gu Chengyu rubbed his forehead, there were so many things.
Things over there haven't been settled yet, and here it comes again.
Ignoring the letter, Gu Chengyu took the account book from the tray and opened it and took a look.
Ha! This Li Taihang is really a corrupt official. Even if there is no other evidence of crime, these silver and valuable objects can still convict him.
Li Taihang was born in the middle class. His ancestors were not officials, and his family was not well off.
How can you get so much money without being greedy?
More than 400,000 taels, such a considerable amount of money, even Gu Chengyu was secretly stunned, let alone so many valuable items.
"Find several accountants to check the accounts. If you pick one, I'll reward you!"
The imperial court ransacked the house, but those officials dared to hide it secretly! Not to mention such a good opportunity before them.
The guards who went together to collect evidence must have kept it privately, which is not unusual. Gu Chengyu believed that they knew the right measures and they would not dare to take action on particularly valuable items.
It's not uncommon for people under his command to get one or two items. As long as it's not excessive, Gu Chengyu will naturally turn a blind eye.
Ding Shiliu thanked him with a happy face. His family has always been so considerate.
"This matter is considered completed. You can leave the work at hand to the people below. I still have something to tell you, the wife of the Li family."
After Ding Shiliu left, Gu Chengyu picked up the account book and looked at it carefully. He was not interested in money, but he had to take a closer look at these precious objects.
When the time comes, he will find one or two of them to give to his mother and teacher, oh! And his fiancée.
Since she has become his fiancée, he still needs to save face.
A trip to Jiangnan not only failed to reap any benefits, but also cost me a lot of money despite my hard work.
He had to make up for it no matter what, to comfort his injured heart, right?
Two days later, Gu Chengyu was standing on the tower looking at the porridge shed below.
The victims lined up in an orderly manner, each holding a sea bowl in his hand. They all looked eagerly at the steaming porridge bucket in front of them.
A disaster victim walked back with a large bowl of porridge, "Oh! The porridge has become thinner and thinner in the past two days. In the first two days, there were two steamed buns per day. Since yesterday, there has been only thin porridge. This
In two more days, you won’t even be able to drink porridge, right?”
"Who says it's not the case? Didn't your Excellency say that you want to find strong men to work as river workers? Why has there been no response in the past two days?"
Two people came up and started talking.
"I heard it's because there's no food. This river worker is responsible for two meals a day. How can he work without food? You can't work hungry, right?"
One of them took a sip of the porridge and thought it was better than rice soup.
"There is no food here, so we can exchange it for copper coins! Let's buy food to eat, isn't it? Anyway, the imperial envoy said that we will pay you wages every day! Didn't you also say that the court's disaster relief funds have come down?"
One of them took two mouthfuls of porridge, and the bottom of the bowl reached the bottom.
"Are you stupid? I heard that the food has been taken over by the big households in the city. Even the people in the city don't have to eat or drink. They have money in their hands and nowhere to buy food. Those big households just won't sell it, waiting for us and the people in the city to starve.
Too bad, don’t we have to spend several times or even dozens of times the amount of money to buy their food? So, even if we get money, we still can’t buy food.”
One of them is obviously better informed and can be regarded as knowing some inside information.
"Ah? Those people are simply not human beings. Isn't this just making money? Being rich is unkind, being rich is unkind!"
"Okay, I don't know where the imperial envoy got the food from. It can last for one day, but I don't know what the situation will be like after two days. Alas! This world is unfair!"
Gu Chengyu was far away from these victims, so how could he hear their conversations?
In the past two days, he suddenly reduced the supply of food a lot. After all, the granary cannot have endless demands. In another two days, he will definitely be able to provide these victims with dry food.
Looking at the road ahead, Gu Chengyu counted the days and Ming Mo should be back today.
Guo Guo really couldn't bear to talk about it. Just as Gu Chengyu was about to go down from the city tower, he suddenly saw a pair of people walking in front of him towards the city gate.
Looking at the long queue of carriages, Gu Chengyu knew that Ming Mo must be back.
It is impossible to say that Gu Chengyu is not worried at all. After all, plans cannot keep up with changes. If something unexpected happens midway, his plan will be ruined.
Without the order of the court, he opened a warehouse secretly to misappropriate grain. If the censors knew about it, his information would be everywhere.
Even if the emperor intends to protect him, there are many officials in the court who don't like him, so the emperor can't be too partial to him, right?
Now that Mingmo is back, this is the first step.
Ming Mo looked at the sacks placed on a two-carriage behind her, and there was no excitement in her heart, but only anxiety.
The motorcade was getting closer and closer, and Gu Chengyu could already see Ming Mo sitting on the tall horse.
"Open the city gate! Let the grain trucks enter the city!" Gu Chengyu ordered, and the government officials quickly opened the city gate.
In the eyes of the victims, this convoy loaded with food is like walking fat meat.
"Is it food? So much food?" Some victims' eyes lit up when they saw those sacks.
"Yingnan Mansion finally has food, and we finally don't have to go hungry!"
Someone started cheering. With so many carriages, the food on them must be 500 shi, right?