"solve?"

Princess Jiujiang smiled dismissively.

"Gao Yang, you're oversimplifying things. Do you think just anyone can touch the official granary?"

"Besides, do you really think there's grain in the government granaries? Hahaha!"

Princess Jiujiang's words caused many people present to laugh.

They laughed at Gao Yang's naiveté on one hand, and at his smug satisfaction at his successful treacherous scheme on the other.

Although Gao Yang didn't know what their wicked scheme was, she could vaguely guess something from their laughter.

"Could it be that you have already emptied the official granaries of grain?"

Princess Jiujiang immediately rolled her eyes at Gao Yang upon hearing this.

"What nonsense are you talking about? We do want to make money, but we're not crazy!"

"The official granary is His Majesty's private property; how dare we touch it!"

"However, we dare not make a move, but there are definitely plenty of people who will, hmph!"

"this……"

Princess Jiujiang embraced Gao Yang.

"Gao Yang, stop thinking about all this nonsense. Just give your aunt a straight answer: are you following us or your nephew?"

"I……"

"Aunt Jiujiang, let me think about it..."

"What are you still thinking about? Your nephew is about to be in trouble!"

"this……"

Princess Jiujiang, seeing Gaoyang like this, didn't bother to urge her, and just waited a few days until she saw the coffin and shed tears.

After leaving Princess Jiujiang's residence, Gao Yang went straight to Prince Qin's residence to tell him what he had heard from Princess Jiujiang.

"Nephew, there might be a problem with the grain in the official granary!"

"Is there a problem?"

"Yes!"

"Aunt Jiujiang is certain you won't find any food!"

"Even the official granaries won't do!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue had a bad feeling. He had just submitted a memorial to His Majesty requesting the opening of the granaries this morning. If there was really no food in the official granaries, these people would definitely take risks.

"not good!"

"Xue Shisan, quickly take five hundred men and seal off the official granaries in Chang'an!"

"promise!"

Xue Shisan was incredibly fast, but even he was a step too slow. He had just finished assembling his men when he saw a large patch of fire coming from the direction of the official granary.

"Your Highness, it seems there's a fire in the direction of the official granary!"

"Fire?"

Upon hearing this, Li Jue hurriedly ran out, secretly glaring at the direction of the official granary.

"It was too late after all!"

Li Shimin also saw the fire in the direction of the official granary, and he was furious.

Having reigned as emperor for twenty years, Li Shimin naturally knew what this meant. It must have been the officials in the court who, seeing that he was about to open the granaries, couldn't wait to set the fire!

As for the reason... it's naturally to cover up the truth that the official granaries are empty!

Although Li Shimin immediately dispatched soldiers to put out the fire, the fire in the granaries spread too quickly. By the time the soldiers arrived, all the granaries were ablaze, and it seemed impossible to extinguish the fire.

Li Shimin personally went to the scene and immediately imprisoned all the officials guarding the granary, handing them over to Zhang Anan's Inner Palace Secretariat for trial.

However, when Zhang Anan went to arrest the man, he discovered that Chen Buqi, who managed the granary, had already committed suicide by poison.

How can this case be tried?

The rest of the people pushed all the blame onto Chen Buqi. Even if someone could name one or two key figures, they were just small fry and couldn't get to the real mastermind.

Li Shimin even speculated that there was no so-called mastermind behind the scenes, but rather a collective deception by officials!

But this time, no matter what, he's determined to get to the bottom of it!

The best solution would be to hand these people over to Li Jue for interrogation. He believed that with Li Jue's abilities, he could surely get them to talk.

He just couldn't bear to let Li Jue do such dirty and tiring work.

Once Li Jue did this kind of work, it would have a very big impact on his future as emperor.

Left with no other choice, Li Shimin had to continue to burden Zhang Anan with responsibilities.

"Zhang Anan, I'm only giving you three days. If I can't get a result from the investigation, I'll demolish your grave!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan turned pale. He had already prepared his tomb next to Li Shimin, waiting to follow the emperor after his death.

Your Majesty's words reveal your anger!

"Your Majesty, rest assured, this old servant will risk his life to solve this case!"

Zhang Anan displayed extraordinary willpower, and stayed up all night with these parasites that day.

"Li Shouguo, you are His Majesty's relative, you wouldn't deceive His Majesty, would you?"

"Now I'm giving you a chance to redeem yourself. As long as you confess the whole story of this case, I will definitely speak on your behalf before His Majesty!"

Li Shouguo smiled dismissively upon hearing this.

"General Zhang, I know the crime I have committed, so please don't try to fool me with words meant for children!"

"I'm probably going to die, but I'm sure His Majesty won't be so ruthless. He'll definitely give the Li family of Longxi a way out. Hahahaha!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Anan immediately ordered his men to whip the victim. After watching for a while, Zhang Anan still felt unsatisfied and even personally carried out the punishment.

After being whipped more than a dozen times, Zhang Anan realized with dismay that Li Shouguo was truly troublesome.

Just as Zhang Anan was at a loss, he suddenly felt someone pat him on the shoulder.

"who!"

"Grandpa Zhang, it's me!"

"The Crown Prince?"

With red eyes, Li Jue snatched the whip from Zhang Anan's hand and addressed Li Shouguo.

"Li Shouguo, I'm only giving you one chance. If you can say it, then say it; if you can't..."

"Guards, seize all his sons and castrate them to become eunuchs!"

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