Chapter 75
Every time Chu Huan hears a story about women helping each other, she becomes more aware of the loveliness of this group and becomes more determined to do something for her female compatriots.
They always deserve better treatment!
Chu Hua: [What did my brother say?]
System: [I can tell from what this girl said that it's true, but your brother can't. So he has to send someone to investigate and confirm whether this matter is true.]
If the magistrate of Yan County is truly colluding with Qian Hu and his men, your brother only has a few guards sent by the emperor to protect him. He can't bring the yamen runners from Jinyang County with him. How can he fight so many local yamen runners and soldiers? It's too unsafe.
Your brother is still very cautious. He first appeased the girl, inquired about many details, and allowed her to stay at the post station temporarily. Tonight is New Year's Eve, a night for family reunions, so it's inconvenient to do anything. Moreover, your brother hasn't finished his work in Jinyang County. Even if he went to the county magistrate or the brothel to investigate the girl's background and experience, it would probably take some time before he could take action.
Chu Qin bears the title of imperial envoy. If he leaves without finishing his work, wouldn't it be a clear message to others, "I know there is something wrong with you"?
Chu Huan was worried that if she delayed any further, the situation would become more serious and difficult to handle. Unfortunately, she knew the truth but was unable to do anything, while Chu Qin, who was unaware of the truth, could not alert the enemy.
If you have two mobile phones, it's just a matter of one call.
What a pity, the system can only eat melons, there is no such thing as a system mall.
Chu Hua: [This kind of thing needs to be investigated secretly. If they just walk over there brazenly like a fool, it's fine if they don't find anything. But if they do find anything, they'll definitely kill you to silence you.]
The system was incredulous: [Your brother was an imperial envoy, patrolling the country on behalf of the Emperor, representing the Emperor! If the imperial envoy died, the Emperor would be furious and would definitely send someone to investigate. They wouldn't be so reckless, would they?]
Chu Hua: [It has nothing to do with recklessness. If an imperial envoy dies, they can find other excuses to cover it up, or else say that it was the assassins sent by the officials who were previously punished by the imperial envoy. But if the imperial envoy doesn't die, they will be the ones to die.]
[Under the influence of the desire to survive, it's not surprising that people will do anything. Do you believe that even if the person going to Yan County this time was a prince, a prince, or even the emperor, if they felt threatened, they would kill him without hesitation?]
[Hiss——] The system was so shocked that it was speechless and could only breathe in with a hiss.
Everyone thought the system was shocked by the audacity of those people, but they didn't know that the system was really shocked by...
Chu Huan knew that their conversation would definitely be conveyed to the emperor and all the officials, but she still made such a bold assumption.
Isn't this obviously adding fuel to the fire?
The death of Chu Qin might not have much impact on the emperor, but the death of a prince or a prince, or even the threat to his own life, would make the emperor very angry!
The system briefly switched to private chat mode: [Sister Huan, were you intentional with that last sentence?]
Chu Huan smiled without saying anything. We are all adults, and being responsible for our own actions is the most basic thing.
From the day they embarked on the road of no return, there was no chance to look back.
As soon as twelve o'clock passed, every household set off firecrackers to drive away the Nian monster, and the Chu family was no exception.
Chu Huan, Chu Ping and Wen Shi said "Happy New Year" and hurried back to their rooms to sleep, while the others could not sleep at all.
This is a privately minted copper coin!
This is more than five million copper coins!
Just thinking about how many people will lose their heads and how many families will be implicated in such a huge and serious fake copper coin manufacturing case, many people feel cold all over.
On the other side...
Upon hearing that the county magistrate, garrison troops, thousand households, and hundred households of Yan County had all united to surround the mine, open the mine privately, imprison young and middle-aged men, sell people to brothels, kill people to silence them, and privately mint copper coins, all these incidents made the emperor and his officials' low blood pressure recover without medicine.
On the first day of the first lunar month, officials did not have to attend court, but had to follow the emperor to the Taimiao to worship their ancestors, and they had to get up early and go to the palace.
Seeing that it was getting late, he quickly got up, changed into his official uniform and hat, and went to the palace. Whether it was to face the emperor's wrath or to clean up the mess made by those idiots in Yan County, he had to do it as soon as possible.
All the officials rushed to the imperial study with sweat on their foreheads and saw the emperor making tea with his brows slightly lowered, looking majestic without being angry.
Doesn't it look like you're very angry?
Chen Jiu quickly winked at everyone: The emperor has already lost his temper, so everyone should be careful with your words.
Officials: Got it!
The garrison troops and the county magistrate of Yan County joined forces, combined military and political power, and controlled the information transmission routes in the direction of the residence.
They concealed the discovery of a new mine, prevented local authorities from reporting it, dispatched soldiers to guard the mine, deceived young and middle-aged people into mining, and summoned people from all walks of life to create templates for counterfeit copper coins, leading to the influx of over two million counterfeit copper coins...
There are so many actions, big or small, that are not reported by the local authorities and the central government is unaware of them.
If Chu Huan hadn't suddenly thought of asking the system what her brother was doing today, they might not have known until next year when Dasheng had tens of millions of fake copper coins.
By then, things will be hard to control.
Four years ago, many natural disasters struck. The Dasheng Dynasty would rather tear down the east wall to repair the west wall, and issued a large number of salt and tea permits. It is still cleaning up the mess. It did not dare to consider issuing more copper coins, for fear that the incident of an egg costing twelve cents during the last emperor of the previous dynasty would happen again.
Once prices rise to that level, it will be very difficult to bring them back down.
The emperor was so angry that his head was buzzing. He drank cup after cup of antipyretic tea, but his anger was still not gone.
Seeing this situation, the officials didn't even dare to shout "Your Majesty, please calm down!" for fear that the cup of tea in the emperor's hand would fall down the next moment, followed by a sentence "How can you ask me to calm down?!" What would they say?
Everyone exchanged glances, and no one dared to be the first to speak out.
After a while, the old master came out as usual to act as a firefighter: "Your Majesty..."
The same chaos had occurred in the previous dynasty, and the experience was summarized when the Dasheng Dynasty was founded. Corresponding questions were also asked in the imperial examinations. Everyone knew how to solve it, so the old master simply told them all at once.
"The top priority is to seal off the mine, confiscate the counterfeit copper coins and molds, arrest all those involved and bring them to justice, severely punish them according to the law, and recover the more than two million counterfeit copper coins that have entered the market as soon as possible."
Fake copper coins made by a makeshift team may be able to be mistaken for real ones for a short period of time, but they cannot escape the eyes of those shrewd people.
The more fake copper coins circulate in the market and the longer they are kept, the easier it is for people to discover the tricks involved.
Copper coins will rust, but not in such large quantities. Even the location and amount of rust are similar.
This group of people are driven by profit, and seeing that they have not been discovered, they will definitely speed up the casting speed and the speed at which the products enter the market.
Once the news of "the garrison casting fake copper coins" spreads... there are no telling how many spies from the Western Rong and Northern Di are hiding in the territory of Dasheng. If such a good opportunity is given right in front of them, they will not miss it.
The fact that the Dasheng court was poorly managed and withheld military pay was a minor offense. If it was said that the court was corrupt and the government privately minted copper coins, even if they later said that they had caught the culprit, the Western Rong and Northern Di could say that they were sacrificing the chariot to save the king and deliberately pushing forward a scapegoat.
As a result, everyone from the emperor to the officials was splashed with a bucket of dirty water that was difficult to wash off.
This is also the reason why the emperor was almost mad: he did nothing, but he was being slandered, and it was the kind that he couldn't wash off.
"This matter must be handled as soon as possible! One month, at most one month!"
One month was too tight, and all the officials frowned.
General Xuanwei said: "The journey from the capital to Yan County is over two months, and even at the fastest speed it would take at least a month. Using an 800-li express to deliver an order is fast, but it is likely to alert the enemy."
The fastest way is for Chu Qin to mobilize the garrison in Jinyang County and use his identity as an imperial envoy to get things done. It will only take three days to get from Jinyang County to Yan County, and two days if you are faster.
The emperor suddenly remembered something: "Lin You, where is Pei Mingcheng?"
It has been three months since Pei Mingcheng left Beijing to investigate "The Red Chamber" and the murder of Pei Mingcheng's uncle. The evidence in these cases is conclusive. At most, the journey back and forth will take a little longer. If the place is not far away, Pei Mingcheng can go there.
Chu Qin just became an official this year. He is not as experienced and ruthless as Pei Mingcheng, the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. If the subsequent traces are not handled cleanly enough, it will be very troublesome.
All the officials understood the emperor's plan in an instant, and it would be safer to let Pei Mingcheng handle this matter.
Lin You: "According to his itinerary, he has already reached Dengzhou. Pei Mingcheng's second uncle is the prefect of Dengzhou. Last time, he sent someone to deliver a letter requesting to spend the New Year there before returning to Beijing."
The emperor remembered that he had agreed to let Pei Mingcheng stay away for the New Year because of his many years of contributions. It was a good thing he agreed! Otherwise, he would not have had a subordinate who was close and useful!
He has to prepare for both situations!
The emperor hurriedly said, "Lin You, send someone to Dengzhou urgently and order Pei Mingcheng to rush to Yan County as soon as possible. If necessary, we can execute him first and report to him later."
The Jinyiwei did not have that power, but Chu Qin was there. The emperor said that he had given Chu Qin the right to execute first and report later. The Jinyiwei said that they were acting on the emperor's orders. Would the officials dare to accuse the emperor of lying?
They now wish that the Jinyiwei could grow wings and fly to Yan County to chop off the heads of all those people to save their own reputation and that of the court!
Lin You: "I obey your order."
A group of Jinyiwei rushed to Dengzhou in the wind and snow on New Year's Eve, carrying the emperor's imperial edict and secret decree, and the eager expectations of the emperor and his ministers.
At the same time, a group of masked men in black quietly climbed over the wall and entered the Chu family.
There was a big melon tonight, and many people in the Chu family tossed and turned until late at night before falling asleep. Now that they were sleeping soundly, it was the best time to take action.
quick!
Chu Huan lives here.
No one, hurry!
The men in black made simple gestures to each other and approached Qianhuaju little by little from the outskirts of the Chu family.
They had taken advantage of the frequent and chaotic comings and goings during the New Year holiday to send people in ahead of time to explore the route. They also knew that Chu Huan was only protected by two Jinyiwei, Jia Yi and Cai Gang.
Since Jia Yi and Cai Gang are both men, it is not convenient for them to stay in Chu Huan's boudoir all the time, so they usually wait outside the door and rush in only when they hear any noise.
As long as we send someone to lure these two away, dealing with a girl who has no martial arts skills and is still sleeping, isn't that easy?
The leading man in black made a gesture: Go.
Two men in black immediately climbed over the wall of Qianhuaju and went in. As soon as they appeared, Cai Gang, who was guarding outside the door, drew his Embroidered Spring Sword and rushed forward to meet them. The men in black fought and retreated.
At this moment, the leading man in black made another gesture: Go.
Two men in black climbed up the wall, drew their bows and shot arrows at Jia Yi.
Jia Yi and Cai Gang were both held hand and foot. Just when the leading man in black was about to make the third gesture, a cold light flashed in the dark night, and a line of blood appeared on his neck. The blood sprayed on the white snow, like red plum blossoms blooming.
The system stayed awake most of the night, watching assassinations and counterattacks in the middle of the night, while giving advice and commenting.
[Wow—Cai Gang's embroidered spring sword is so beautifully wielded, it makes a whirring sound. If this were used to behead the prisoner, he would die without any pain.]
Cai Gang paused in his chopping motion, raised his eyebrows, and killed more efficiently. He was not an executioner!
System: [Wow—could Jia Yi be using the legendary Tang Sect hidden weapon, the Exploding Chrysanthemum and Pear Blossom Needle?]
Jia Yi's face turned green. He just used an ordinary silver needle!
It was just that the man in black he was about to shoot dodged the hidden weapon and happened to hit the other man in black in the butt! He swore that he had never practiced a needle technique specifically for blasting people's anuses!
System: [Eh—this person kills people very skillfully.]
[A light scratch on the neck and it's gone! If this technique were used to castrate a pig, it would be annihilated before it even notices. This skill deserves praise! Wow, wow, I'll give you a small round of applause.]
The emperor's secret guard: "..." That's not necessary.
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