Chapter 396: Something is wrong with Huo Yaoxing
The prefect of Jingzhao quickly straightened his hat and walked quickly to the young leader of the Yuan Dynasty.
Seeing the Jingzhao prefect lifting his skirt and about to kneel, the young leader Yuan glanced at him and said, "Huh?"
The prefect of Jingzhao only then realized that he was now on the street.
His expression immediately changed: "I wonder what the lord wants you to do?"
Chief Yuan said, "You should talk to the people about the winter charcoal issue."
The prefect of Jingzhao was completely confused and had to do whatever the young Yuan leader told him to do.
He then briefly explained the matter of this year's 'winter charcoal'.
“This winter was very cold and the price of charcoal soared.
Many people are eyeing Boss Liu's "winter charcoal".
Jingzhao Prefecture's military strength is limited, and they are no match for those bandits. The Emperor, out of pity for the people suffering from the cold, has entrusted the matter of 'winter charcoal' to the Imperial Guards.
The Jingzhao prefect pointed at Chief Yuan and said to everyone, "This is Chief Yuan of the Imperial Guards. He is responsible for the protection and coordination of the 'winter charcoal' this winter."
Having said that, the truth has come to light.
"But...but those people are wearing the clothes of servants, they are not members of the Acropolis Guard."
"That's because the people responsible for placing the charcoal were indeed sent by the government. If they were replaced by the Imperial Guards, all of them would be unfamiliar faces. Wouldn't you be suspicious?
Are you worried about not having enough charcoal?
After hearing this, the people nodded repeatedly.
If it were someone in the military, they would indeed be afraid and suspicious.
"So, all this has nothing to do with this mother and daughter?!"
Some people grasped the key point.
"The officials above are so thoughtful. They leave us with no worries at all."
"It's because the higher-ups have thought it through that some bad guys have the opportunity to take advantage of it." Some people glared at Jiang Xinkui and her daughter with gritted teeth.
Amidst the outrage, Jiang Xinkui and her daughter hugged each other in fear. "That's not the case... It's not what they said at all. Let me explain..."
"At this point, what else do you have to explain?
Are you trying to say that the government stole the credit for your work?"
"No, we didn't lie, nor did we try to steal the credit from the government.
Because we brought these charcoals back to the capital from Jinyang Prefecture and then wholesaled them to the court.
Although we were doing business with the imperial court, we did not make any money and even lost money.
We come to help put out the charcoal every now and then because we want every piece of charcoal to be put to good use and not be wasted."
Jiang Xinkui's mind works very quickly.
In such a short time, he came up with such a perfect excuse.
Even the young leader Yuan admired her for her quick wit.
"Are you saying that someone in the Acropolis Guards embezzled the 'winter charcoal'? Who was it? And when? Tell me, and I'll investigate thoroughly when I get back."
Leader Yuan looked like he was going to deal with this matter seriously.
Jiang Xinkui opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.
Corruption was just an excuse she made up.
"Who is it? Tell us!" the Jingzhao prefect also urged. "If you can reveal any useful information, the Jingzhao Prefecture will cooperate with the Weicheng Imperial Guards to find the scum who is profiting from disasters."
"Yes! We will definitely identify those who disregard the lives of ordinary people and punish them severely without any leniency.
If we can’t find it, we can ask the Dali Temple to check.
The current Shaoqing of the Dali Temple was appointed by the emperor just after the Spring Festival.
His name is Pei Qiuchen, and he had just been transferred back from another place.
A new official has three things to do when he takes office. Within just over two months, he had handled seven or eight cases, big and small.
He sent many people to the border to pick up stones.
He is a man of integrity and no one can escape his scrutiny."
The prefect of Jingzhao pressed forward step by step.
Jiang Xinkui originally wanted to push someone out as a scapegoat to get the matter over with.
However, after hearing that they were going to find Pei Qiuyan from the Dali Temple, she immediately became timid.
Everyone knows that Lord Pei is very good at solving cases and is extremely fair and impartial, and he does not tolerate any flaws in his actions.
If this matter falls into his hands, he will have nowhere to hide and will be investigated thoroughly.
Between vanity and disgrace, she chose to be a quail.
Leader Yuan would not let him off so easily, and immediately exposed him, saying, "You will get nothing by asking.
Because there is only one supplier of 'winter charcoal' this winter, and that is Mr. Liu of 'A Little Ink'."
"Isn't the owner of 'A Little Ink' Madam Wen's adopted daughter the one he raised for sixteen years and married her off with such grandeur using broken bricks and tiles?"
"Before the New Year, there were indeed rumors that the boss had brought in a million kilograms of charcoal from Jinyang Prefecture."
"If she is her adopted daughter, then what she just said is not a lie."
“Your news is too delayed.
That adopted daughter had long since severed ties with them."
“Aren’t they just taking other people’s things and doing themselves a favor?
"Tsk tsk tsk... who is this!" The people were talking about it.
Some people even cursed at the two of them.
She called them shameless for stealing the credit for her adopted daughter.
As glorious as the mother and daughter were before, they are now in such a miserable state.
Those who were deceived by them are very angry.
I even wanted to hit them.
The young leader Yuan stopped him and said, "How can you hurt others in public?!"
Not in public?
Can we do it in private?
"Hah... spit... what the hell!" Someone spat out a mouthful of phlegm in anger.
The yellow-green phlegm was stuck to the collar of Wen Ruyue's shirt.
"Ah... How hateful, hiccups..." Wen Ruyue almost vomited on the spot.
Seeing that this would make the mother and daughter even more disgusted, the people immediately stopped insisting on beating them.
Instead, they rushed forward and spat at the mother and daughter.
The mother and daughter were disgusted.
They wanted to escape but couldn't, so they could only scream and hug each other to protect their faces from the disgusting things that were spitted at.
Leader Yuan watched for a while and felt disgusted.
"Sir, I leave the matters here to you." He left the scene while retching.
The prefect of Jingzhao: “Hmph…” He didn’t have to sit in the position of prefect!
The next afternoon.
In the Imperial Examination Hall, the second exam ended.
After the invigilator collected the answer sheets, he handed out the current affairs policy questions for the third round.
Ying Zhilin behaved normally among many students, neither too outstanding nor too awkward or casual.
Everything about him was just right, like an ordinary, mediocre student.
Huo Yaoxing's performance was particularly eye-catching.
Especially the first round tests poetry and prose.
He started writing down his answers almost as soon as he got the test paper, without any hesitation or delay.
However, by the afternoon, he was feeling uneasy.
Because the questions were already completed and there was no need for him to think, his feeling was not obvious.
It was not until the next morning that he began to work on the history essay for the second exam.
Huo Yaoxing then realized that he was unable to concentrate, as if there was a ball of evil fire in his body, ready to stir.
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