It has to be said that the help brought by the hidden thieves to Zhao Hongrun was huge.
For example, this time, if there were no Green Crows, Zhao Hongrun and his group would probably have to stand outside Anling City, staring at the high walls of Anling City.
But with the Green Crows, it was completely different. No, Zhao Hongrun entered the city effortlessly.
Entering the city from the south gate of Anling County, Zhao Hongrun ordered the five hundred Yanling soldiers to quickly take control of the city defense at the south gate.
Although five hundred Yanling soldiers are not enough to take over all the city defenses of Anling City, there is still no problem with just one south gate.
The reason for doing this is simply that Zhao Hongrun wanted to leave a way out for himself. After all, since the third prince Wang Chen and the thirteenth prince Zhao Chengxun dared to order the county soldiers on the city wall to lock the dignified King Su outside the city, they would not be able to do so.
Don't dare to do anything else.
Originally, Yan Mo felt that it was inappropriate for Zhao Hongrun to place all the 500 Yanling soldiers at the south gate of Anling City, so he wanted to take some with him at least to avoid any unexpected events.
But just when he was about to persuade Zhao Hongrun, he suddenly noticed that dozens or hundreds of people wearing gray cloth followed them into Anling, and the Zongwei Chief Wei Jiao signaled to let these people go.
Yan Modang understood it in his heart even as he recalled the few agile people who had just opened the city gate for them.
It turns out that there is a group of people secretly protecting His Highness Prince Su.
After understanding this matter, Yan Mo stopped making any suggestions.
After entering the city, the Green Crows disappeared in the streets and alleys of Anling City in an instant, while Zhao Hongrun and his party, led by the Anling County Magistrate and the county soldier leader Li Li, arrived at the county warehouse.
Generally, county warehouses in counties are locked, and Anling County is no exception.
What surprised Zhao Hongrun was that Yan Yong and Li Li looked at each other in confusion as they looked at the lock of the county warehouse.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun couldn't help but urge: "Open the lock!"
After hearing this, Yan Yong explained with a stern expression: "Your Highness King Su, the key to the lock of our county's warehouse is kept by the county magistrate."
To be honest, there is no loophole in this sentence. After all, the county magistrate originally assisted the county magistrate in handling various trivial matters. But the problem is that Yan Yong and Li Li just set up a porridge factory outside the city to serve porridge, and they did not just move from the county warehouse.
Did you buy more than ten carts of rice and grain? How come the key is still in the hands of that county magistrate?
However, facing Zhao Hongrun's question, Yan Yong hesitated but was speechless.
Finally, he actually said to Zhao Hongrun with a smile: "Your Highness, since we don't have the key, and it's getting late today, why don't we come back tomorrow?"
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun didn't know there was a ghost in this, so he ordered Wei Jiao, the chief of the Zongwei: "Wei Jiao, come here."
Wei Jiao was a very straightforward person. Hearing this, without saying a word, he directly drew out the sword from his waist and struck several times at the large iron lock in the county warehouse. He only heard a loud bang and the chain was broken. The huge
The iron lock fell to the ground.
Seeing Wei Jiao's rough unlocking method, the county magistrate Yan Yong and the county soldier leader Li Li looked at each other, looking somewhat at a loss.
"" Glancing at Yan Yong and Li Li, Wei Jiao pushed open the door of the county warehouse.
To his surprise, he saw that the county warehouse was full of rice bags, and it didn't look like there was any shortage.
Is it really just that I don’t have the key?
A thought flashed through Wei Jiao's mind.
At this time, Zhao Hongrun was seen patting Zong Wei Zhou Pu on the shoulder.
Zhou Pu understood, stepped forward, pulled out the sword from his waist, and stabbed one of the bags of rice. There was a stabbing sound and the bag of rice was pierced. But what was shocking was that when Zhou Pu withdrew it,
Sharp sword, there were actually no rice grains in the rice bag, and the grains leaked out.
Seeing this, Zhou Pu snorted softly, put his left hand into the hole in the rice bag, and groped for a while, but he only pulled out a handful of straw. At the same time, Wei Jiao also understood, and poked more than a dozen holes in succession.
It was a rice bag, but not a single grain of rice came out. When I put my hand into the bag, it was just straw.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun turned his head and glanced at the county magistrate Yan Yong who was sweating coldly, and said calmly: "Magistrate Yan, please explain. If the explanation doesn't make sense, it's not just the censor who will cause trouble for you in the future."
After hearing this, Yan Yong knelt down with a bang and said mournfully: "Your Highness King Su, Your Highness King Su, this matter has nothing to do with the officials. It is the wealthy families in the city headed by the Zhao family and the Wang family. They want to use this opportunity."
Take the grain stored in the county warehouse”
Following Yan Yong's panicked explanation, Zhao Hongrun finally understood.
It turned out that after Zhao Hongrun led his army to conquer Sanchuan last year, because the imperial court used state power to divert grain from various places, the price of rice in various places generally rose.
Seeing this, some aristocratic children in Anling City thought this was a business opportunity, so they hoarded grain, raised the price of rice, and sold the grain to counties where rice prices were extremely high, and made a fortune.
Among them, some of the children of the Zhao and Wang families actually had the idea of running a county warehouse. They smuggled the Tibetan rice out of the county warehouse and used bags stuffed with straw poles to fill up the rice, creating the Anling area.
The county's warehouse still pretends to be full, but in fact, there is not even a grain of rice in the entire county warehouse.
"Are they Wang Chen and Zhao Chengxun that we just met?"
Yan Yong gritted his teeth when he heard this and whispered: "The Third Young Master Wang and the Thirteenth Young Master are also among them."
Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun slowly closed his eyes.
He didn't get angry because he felt unworthy.
He just felt inexplicably sad.
It is undeniable that there are nobles in Wei who are as upright as He Zhirong of Yuxian County and can be regarded as the cornerstone of the country. Naturally, there will also be some moths who harm the public and enrich private interests.
Although he always insisted that their Wei State would not be as corrupt as the Chu State, the facts proved that there was indeed corruption and perversion of the law like the one in front of him in Wei, and it was still blatant and grand.
"King Su, spare your life! King Su, spare your life!"
Yan Yong fell to his knees again, kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Indeed, when the King Su in front of him is angry, he can make people tremble with fear, but that kind of fear is far less than that when His Highness King Su is so silent right now.
Yan Yong had no doubt that the next moment His Highness Prince Su would order Zong Wei beside him to chop off his head with a sword.
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Zhao Hongrun looked indifferently at Yan Yong, who was kowtowing at his feet.
To be fair, he really wanted to kill Yan Yong, but if he thought about it carefully, what was the point of killing such a small person?
Yan Yong is just a useless county magistrate. From the fact that the city gate was closed when he entered the city, it is not difficult to see that Yan Yong, as the magistrate of Anling County, cannot control the entire city at all.
It's just a puppet, a decoration, and a scapegoat that can be pushed out at any time.
Whether or not to kill such people will not change the overall situation at all.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun restrained the murderous intent in his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Yan Yong, your position as an official has come to an end, and you will even be questioned by the Ministry of Punishment in the future. Now I will give you a way out."
Hearing this, Yan Yong quickly raised his head and said happily: "Your Highness, King Su, please make it clear."
"Let me, the king, collect the corruption and corruption cases of the nobles in the city."
"This" Yan Yong's face froze when he heard this.
Thinking about it, you know that this is something that offends the nobles of Anling. If he really dares to betray the nobles in the city, will those nobles spare him?
Seeing the hesitation on Yan Yong's face, Zhao Hongrun did not force him, but said in a tone that seemed to state the facts: "Yan Yong, you should understand that with my power and power, I want to find out the corruption and perversion of the law in Anling.
Man, it's just a matter of time. Regardless of whether you contribute or not, I can still get to the bottom of things in the end. I'm just giving you a way out. If you contribute, even though this official job is over, I can make you
You are exempt from the criminal investigation, but if you refuse, then you will definitely be among the criminals who will be interrogated and executed by the Criminal Bureau in the future."
Listening to Zhao Hongrun's cold words, Yan Yong felt cold all over.
After struggling for a while, he suddenly gritted his teeth and said in a low voice: "His Royal Highness, Prince Su, I have a book here that records all the evidence of corruption and perversion of the law by the nobles in the city."
Huh? This guy
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yan Yong with some surprise, and thought to himself that the county magistrate was a coward, but he was not stupid at all. He had prepared the charges against the nobles in advance. Thinking about it, the book must have been used by this person to protect himself.
Thinking of this, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said, "Okay, I will leave it to you later."
With that said, a group of people were about to leave the county warehouse when they suddenly heard an angry shout from outside.
"Who?! Who broke into the county warehouse without permission?"
After saying that, a burly man came in with a group of county soldiers, with a fierce look and a fierce look on his eyes.
Seeing that the visitor was wearing a soapy blue official uniform, Zhao Hongrun looked suspicious and asked, "Who is this person?"
Yan Yong whispered: "I am the county captain of Anling County, a member of the Wang clan, the second brother of Wang Chen, the third son of Wang, Wang Han." After that, in order to express his position, he added at the end: "
This person can be called one of the county tyrants in Anling."
"County tyrant? Humph!"
Zhao Hongrun snorted softly.
At this time, the county captain Wang Han had also discovered the situation in the county warehouse: many rice bags had been pierced by knife blades, and the straw poles stuffed inside had also been pulled out.
Seeing this, he became anxious and shouted angrily: "He Fangxiao actually dares to attack my county warehouse in Anling County, I will take them all!"
You are such a coward
Zhao Hongrun once again glanced at Yan Yong with a strange look, and the latter's face turned pale.
No wonder, after all, there were only a dozen or so people in the county warehouse, and it was impossible for the county captain Wang Han not to see Yan Yong.
Obviously, the county captain Wang Han deliberately pretended not to see Yan Yong.
A mere county captain actually climbed to the head of the county magistrate. This would be unbelievable anywhere in Wei State.
Perhaps because Zhao Hongrun was backing him this time, Yan Yong scolded him rudely: "How dare you! Wang Han, in front of His Highness King Su, do you dare to make a mistake?!" After that, he ordered the county soldiers: "No one is allowed to do this!"
move!"
Hey, this guy has no temper at all.
Zhao Hongrun glanced at Yan Yong with some surprise, and his dislike for him was slightly relieved. After all, this guy was just a pathetic person who was ignored.
It's a pity that Yan Yong couldn't scold the county captain Wang Han and the county soldiers under him at all. The county captain Wang Han glared at Yan Yong angrily, and actually said, "What a thief, how dare you pretend to be me, An Ling"
The county magistrate, kill him for me! King Su? King Su is in Shangshui County, how can he come to Anling with us? He is also a fake, so take it down for me!"
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Hearing this, Zhao Hongrun shook his head slightly, found a rice bag with a suitable height, sat down, and slowly dusted off his clothes.
"Kill! Those who attack this king are all rebellious officials and traitors. Kill them without mercy!"
"yes!"
Wei Jiao, Lu Mu, Chu Heng, and Zhou Pu drew their swords out of their sheaths. To be continued.