Although those who were interested also sent their subordinates to investigate who the person was who deployed a large number of manpower and supplies for disaster relief, their purpose was not to find her and praise her, but to see if she was a threat to them, and whether she could be recruited by them and become their money bag and ATM.
It would be unjust if Da Qi did not perish if it was controlled by such a person who was obsessed with power and fighting.
While sighing like this, Yu Zizhen closely monitored the allocation of disaster relief funds and grain.
Just as the original book described, the relief money and grain allocated by the imperial court were stripped layer by layer by the officials who handled it starting from the capital.
When it came to the local level, those officials who failed to make a fortune by raising prices immediately reached out for disaster relief money and grain without hesitation.
What these people don’t know is that because of the cheating Yu Zizhen, these black-hearted rats are destined not to profit from this drought and locust plague.
They were the ones who were stripping the disaster relief money and grain layer by layer, and Yu Zizhen followed suit.
Anyone who offered to provide disaster relief money and food would have all their property, except for their house deeds and land deeds, taken away by Yu Zizhen.
She used disguise to swap Yuheng's identity with her own. Yuheng was responsible for pretending to be her to study in the palace, while she started from the capital and collected ill-gotten gains layer by layer.
She informed Yaoguang and Xiao Yuanjin about this matter. With the help of these two people to cover up, and with the system's miraculous disguise skills, even if Yuheng occasionally revealed some flaws, it would be difficult for others to suspect that she was not the real Yu Zizhen.
With her creating traces of Yu Zizhen's activities in the open, even if Yu Zizhen did more things in the dark, it would be difficult for those rats to connect her, the prince of Zhenbei, with the hateful thief who caused them to lose a lot of property.
With the help of the system, Yu Zizhen wore the face of his previous life and started from the capital under the name of Tan Lang, collecting ill-gotten gains along the way.
Whether it was food or easily-sold gold, silver, jewelry, or valuables, she put them all into the system warehouse without any hesitation.
With the household registrations and travel permits she had prepared in advance, her journey out of Beijing was smooth.
When she followed the team transporting disaster relief money and food to Cangzhou, the area closest to the capital, she easily obtained the disaster relief money and food due to the influx of a large number of refugees. Then she found a place and took out all the food she had carried with her.
Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi, who had already made an appointment with her, received the news and quickly brought some of their fellow disciples to the deserted house on the outskirts of the city where Yu Zizhen was.
Yu Zizhen did not reveal her identity. Surrounded by the four guards she had recruited two years ago, she met Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi in the name of Tan Lang.
Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi had already known from Yu Zizhen's previous letter that the person they were dealing with this time was a young woman code-named "Tanlang". Well, if Yu Zizhen hadn't told them in advance, they really wouldn't have been able to tell that "Tanlang" dressed as a man was actually a woman.
Both sides counted the quantity and types of grain together. Chen Qing wrote down his name and put his fingerprints on the handover list on behalf of their team. Zheng Yuzhi turned around and went out to tell the people they brought to load the grain onto the truck as soon as possible.
While everyone was moving food in and out, Yu Zizhen took out a letter she had written in advance from her sleeve pocket.
She wrote the letter when she was in the capital. In it, she told Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi that she had received news that someone was eyeing this batch of disaster relief money and grain.
She reminded the couple that it would be best for them not to get involved in this matter, so as to avoid being made scapegoats by some unscrupulous officials.
At the end of the letter, she wrote on a new line, "If you really can't avoid it, you two can use this letter to seek help from Tan Lang."
After reading the letter, Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi were filled with fear. They thanked Tanlang for delivering the letter and asked him how they could contact him if they had any problems in the future.
Yu Tanlang Zizhen answered readily, "I will be staying in Cangzhou for the time being. If you two need help with me, you can hang an unlit red lantern outside the escort agency."
The two men took note of it, thanked Tan Lang again, and then left with their fellow disciples who had loaded the car.
As Yu Zizhen expected, with her tip-off, when the Cangzhou magistrate Liu Jinchang approached the escort agency where Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi worked, they chose to politely refuse and avoid risks.
As Yu Zizhen expected, Liu Jinchang, who was determined to make them take the blame, refused to let them go. He used his power and righteousness to force them to agree to help escort (take the blame).
The owner of Hengtai Escort Agency asked Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi if they could refuse by using the title of Prince of Zhenbei.
Chen Qing smiled bitterly and shook his head, rejecting his proposal. "The conflict between the Prince of Zhenbei and the Lu family is well known in the capital. It would be fine if we don't mention the Prince of Zhenbei. If we do, the situation will probably get worse."
After all, Cangzhou magistrate Liu Jinchang is a die-hard Lu family member. If he can drag the Prince of Zhenbei into the water while embezzling disaster relief funds, Chen Qing believes that he will never miss such a good opportunity.
The owner of Hengtai Escort Agency couldn't help but sigh, "Then we can only accept the escort."
Chen Qing nodded: "Take it."
If they refused in every possible way and would rather risk the escort agency going bankrupt than offend Liu Jinchang, then Liu Jinchang would definitely suspect that they knew something, so he would resolutely refuse to take this business.
Once such suspicion arises, the other party will most likely choose to silence them all without seeking verification for the sake of caution.
The owner of Hengtai Escort Agency clearly thought the same. He shook Chen Qing's hand and said to him with a heavy face, "Then I'll leave this matter to you and your wife. I'll escort the convoy with you. If you need any cooperation from me and the brothers in the agency, please feel free to come to me and tell me."
This is a matter of life and death for their escort agency, so the agency owner will certainly not take it lightly.
Not only did he plan to bring his best brother along to escort the convoy, but he also made preparations to transfer the families of the escorts in advance.
Since the corrupt officials intend to kill them, don't blame them for turning against them.
The martial artists in Cangzhou have never learned how to write the word "fear" since they were born!
The owner of Hengtai Escort Agency was furious in his heart, but he didn't show any sign of it on his face.
After Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi hung out the lanterns, the owner of Hengtai Escort Agency reluctantly agreed to take the business when Liu Jinchang sent someone to ask again.
That night, they waited for Tan Lang, who casually carried the lantern and climbed over the wall to sneak into one of the small courtyards of the escort agency.
They didn't know how Tan Lang accurately found Chen Qing and Zheng Yuzhi, nor did they know how Tan Lang managed not to alert the escorts in their escort agency, but Tan Lang's ability to do so was undoubtedly extremely beneficial to them.
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