Chapter 96: Meeting the Emperor

Wen Yan and the other man were running all the way.

It took only an hour or so to reach the general's mansion.

Meng Xiyan took a special leave today just to wait for Wen Yan to come and discuss something.

But you can't work on an empty stomach.

After having breakfast together, they came to the study.

Wen Yan went to the window and looked into the fish pond: "The fish in there are not dead, right?"

She poured a whole bottle of medicine in it that day.

"The two biggest ones died. I wanted to braise them, but my brother wouldn't let me." Meng Chifei glared at Meng Xiyan.

"There must be some medicinal properties left in the fish. What if you eat the fish and get poisoned by the drugs?"

Meng Xiyan took out the secret letter and handed it to Wen Yan.

There was a thick stack of secret letters, but only two simple pages describing the disaster.

The following content is all about corruption in the Jinyang government office.

The entire Jinyang government office, from the prefect to the gatekeeper, was corrupt.

It would be better to say that it was a huge den of thieves than to say that it was a government office.

The people living there are all vicious wolves who eat people without leaving any bones.

After reading it, Wen Yan handed the secret letter back.

She was calm from beginning to end.

Brother Chen Yi asked: "Aren't you shocked at all?"

Wen Yan: "No, I'm shocked."

Brother Chen: "..."

Why don't you take a look in the mirror and see if there is any trace of shock on your face?

What they found was just a drop in the bucket compared to what Wen Yan had seen in her previous life.

"What are you going to do?" Wen Yan asked.

"Of course, I'm reporting to the Emperor and helping the victims!"

After listening to this, Wen Yan just frowned and did not express any opinion.

When Meng Xiyan saw her expression, he knew she had other ideas.

Then he asked, "You said before that you had a way to deal with the Jinyang Prefecture issue. Do you have any ideas?"

Wen Yan didn't answer but asked, "Lan Family, what are you going to do? Do you want to just deal with the disaster? Or are you planning to wipe out the makeshift team in Jinyang Prefecture?"

If we want to help the disaster victims, the Lan family is a huge obstacle that cannot be avoided."

Meng Chifei said: "If possible, I would naturally like to take down the Lan family as well."

It's difficult to bring down the Lan family with just this little information!

In the previous life, so many people died after the drought and locust plague broke out.

Lan Hong has cleared himself of all blame.

The Lan family is so cunning.

They took every penny of the money.

They have not committed any serious sin.

After checking, they were all minor crimes that were not serious.

"The Lan family is very cunning."

In detail, Lan Hong implemented good policies that benefited the country and the people, but the people below him colluded with each other and concealed the truth from him, the only boss who did practical work.

For example, clearing rivers during droughts.

This is normal operation.

However, Jinyang Prefecture not only embezzled the funds allocated for clearing the river, but also imposed free labor service on the people and collected large amounts of water conservancy taxes.

The people of Jinyang Prefecture were already having a hard time living after two years of drought.

Coupled with these exploitations, they were forced into a desperate situation.

Lan Hong was at most charged with poor supervision.

This crime is flexible and can be big or small. As long as it is handled properly, Lan Hong can still become a victim.

For example, in his previous life, he made meritorious contributions while serving his sentence.

Meng Chifei slammed his fist into his palm: "Are we really going to let those blood-sucking termites go just like that?"

Wen Yan said: “We can only do our best.

Since we have decided to compete with the Lan family, we must try our best.

Even if you can't kill the other person, you must tear off a piece of flesh.

Make them suffer! Make them desperate!

We can then seize the opportunity.”

Then,

Wen Yan took out another stack of papers, on which were written methods of providing relief to the victims.

She sorted it out these past few days.

After reading it, Meng Chifei and the other two looked at each other in surprise.

They discussed it for a while and then decided on the rules.

After writing the memorial, Meng Chifei and Meng Xiyan went to the palace that afternoon.

In the imperial study.

The emperor looked at the memorial submitted by the Meng brothers and sisters.

The emperor had a blank expression on his face, and although he looked the same as usual, the atmosphere in the imperial study became increasingly tense.

The Meng brothers and sisters sat at the bottom, not daring to breathe.

"Snap!"

The emperor closed the memorial.

"Is everything written here true?"

Meng Xiyan quickly knelt down with his sister and said in a terrified manner, "I dare not deceive the emperor."

The emperor, who had been calm just a moment before, was so angry that he threw the memorial to the ground and said, "How unreasonable! Lan Hong, I handed such a huge Jinyang Prefecture to him, and he turned it into a cash cow to enrich himself!

He exploited hundreds of thousands of people in Jinyang Prefecture, leaving them destitute and starving to death."

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This may just be what we heard from others." The Meng siblings quickly apologized.

“You don’t have to excuse him.

All of your brothers have unique skills.

I even know the situation in the enemy camp clearly, how could I go wrong with such a thing!

As the emperor's uncle, Lan Hong not only failed to set a good example, but instead took advantage of my favor for Concubine Lan to do whatever he wanted.

It's simply not a pity to die!"

The emperor must have been very angry.

He actually cursed people in public.

Meng Chifei and Meng Xiyan quickly bowed their heads to the ground, not daring to make a sound.

The emperor paced anxiously.

Finally, he took a deep breath.

He swallowed his anger and sat back on the throne.

"Xi Yan, how did you come up with the idea of ​​checking these things?"

Meng Chifei quickly replied, "Your Majesty, it's not my brother. It's me.

When I just came back, didn’t I mention to you that there seemed to be a drought in the north?

After I returned, I would think about this matter from time to time. In order to have peace of mind, I sent someone to investigate.

No... I didn't expect to cause such a big mess.

It also involves the king's uncle, which makes you unhappy.

If I had known this, I wouldn’t have reported it and caused you so much trouble…”

Meng Xiyan covered Meng Chifei's mouth with his hand: "Stinky girl, what nonsense are you talking about? Not reporting it is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

Meng Xiyan let go of Meng Chifei and asked her to apologize quickly.

Unexpectedly, Meng Chifei had not yet kneeled down.

Then Meng Xiyan's figure flashed.

There was a loud bang.

The window of the imperial study was knocked open.

Meng Xiyan's figure flew out of the window.

A muffled groan was heard outside the house.

After a while, Meng Xiyan grabbed a man dressed as a young eunuch and returned to the imperial study.

Meng Xiyan threw the man heavily to the ground.

The young eunuch turned pale with pain.

"Xiao Zhuzi, what are you doing behind the imperial study at this hour?" The eunuch immediately pointed at him and scolded.

"I... I am a slave..." Xiao Zhuzi quickly got up and looked at the emperor.

He knelt down in panic and kowtowed, begging for mercy: "Please spare my life... Your Majesty, please spare my life.

"This slave... This slave doesn't know what I have done wrong, that General Meng... General Meng would treat this slave like this."

Meng Xiyan glanced at him and asked, "What are you doing hiding under the window?"

He was clearly hiding outside and eavesdropping.

"I am responsible for cleaning the back row. When I saw dust at the base of the wall, I went over to wipe it. I didn't do anything!" The young eunuch held up the dirty handkerchief in his hand, trembling with fear.