Chapter 1652

Recently, the Yao Court has arrested so many officials in Tianshui City, but the clues were either interrupted or incomplete, and more and more high-level officials were involved—so many that the King of Yao wanted to suppress it, but he didn't draw out his true target:

He didn't draw out Qingyang and her accomplices. He didn't recover a large amount of grain.

The Yao Court has arrested and tried many officials recently and has actually recovered several batches of grain. The Yao Court finally attached importance to public opinion propaganda, posting announcements to brag to the people, even saying that they recovered millions of stones of grain, but even children don't believe it. Plus, grain prices are still sky-high, and the people treat it as a joke, cursing even harder.

If people's livelihood is not raised, it's useless to brag to the sky; people have a scale in their hearts.

The King of Yao is worried about this, and even the corners of his mouth have blisters.

Now it's good; it's clearly written on this material that the Shi family hoarded millions of stones of good grain! Millions of stones! Authentic.

Digging into a rat's nest in a year of famine. As long as the Shi family is caught and the grain is dug out, won't the court and the public be filled with cheers? The King of Yao will be very happy, and the Yao Court will have an explanation to the people. Shouldn't the person who presented this evidence be heavily rewarded? Wancai Feng added: "My Lord said that the Shi family patriarch's younger brother, Shi Song Wei, is now living in the Frost Mountain Villa north of Tianshui City. He is here in Tianshui City to talk business and will return before the Imperial Flowing Plasma."

Oh my goodness, there's no need to spend effort to catch people in Xin City; the Shi family is in Tianshui City. Yuwen Xu couldn't bear to move his eyes away, while asking: "How did Brother He collect these?"

With such complete evidence and such a great merit, He Xiao sent it to him. Could it be? "The business handled by the Benevolent Seeker Chamber of Commerce is very miscellaneous. People below inadvertently came into contact with this empty-shell firm and felt it was full of doubts, so they reported it to the Lord." Wancai Feng answered fluently, "My Lord knew there was something different as soon as he heard it, so he sent people to investigate and spent quite a few days finding it out."

"He said that this kind of thing is not easy to investigate from top to bottom, but it's easy from bottom to top."

This statement is indeed reasonable, and Yuwen Xu felt deeply in agreement: "Why did Brother He give the evidence to me? He could have sent it up himself and made a great merit."

"My Lord said that Yao people's own problems will be solved by Yao people themselves. He doesn't want to touch this merit at all. Also—" Wancai Feng said word by word, "We are outsiders after all. We don't want to touch this kind of trouble either."

The meaning of this sentence—Yuwen Xu raised his eyebrows and understood.

Concerning the internal affairs of the Yao Nation, He Xiao's identity is sensitive. No wonder he didn't go himself and had to find Yuwen Xu to present the evidence.

He Xiao even hopes that no one knows he has any connection with this evidence; after all, doing this will offend many people, and he is a merchant.

That is to say, this great merit can belong to Yuwen Xu alone.

Yuwen Xu thought carefully again; he had almost never heard of the Shi family of Xin City, so he thought they were just a small family. The mastermind behind the grain famine using such local families to do things indeed wouldn't easily attract attention.

He Xiao's standard of doing things is always excellent. The material Yuwen Xu held in his hand was heavy, and the evidence was sufficient to convict the Shi family.

Wancai Feng then added: "There is one sentence my Lord must have me convey: if you can find a breakthrough result along this clue, it will be a miraculous merit in times of crisis, an opportunity for the Yuwen family to rise to another level!"

The words "miraculous merit" made Yuwen Xu's heart beat fast. If he could find a breakthrough from Shi Song Wei and follow the vine to find the mastermind and accomplices, the crisis of the Imperial Flowing Plasma in a few days might be solved!

He Xiao's ability has been witnessed by Tianshui City over the past few months. This person not only has super strong ability to do things but also has a particularly unique vision.

This statement is indeed very reasonable.

But what about the price?

Although He Xiao and the few of them usually play well together, when it comes to giving him a super big gift for nothing, this...

Friends are friends, interests are interests; Yuwen Xu, as an official merchant, still distinguishes them clearly.

"What are Brother He's requirements?"

"My Lord said that the matter is urgent, and we will talk about it later."

Since he said so, Yuwen Xu felt much more at ease and said to Wancai Feng: "Okay, I accept this evidence. Tell He Xiao that I will come to thank him another day!"

Wancai Feng left the mansion immediately.

But he didn't go far, lingering not far from the Yuwen mansion.

It was freezing cold, and grain was expensive. The restaurants on the street were mostly closed, and the original rows of snack stalls were nowhere to be seen. Pedestrians hurried by, their heads shrinking.

Just looking at their faces, everyone was in a bad mood.

Wancai Feng wasn't impatient either, squatting in the dark alley opposite, cracking melon seeds and eating dried fruit.

They looked like people not to be trifled with, and the refugee hooligans didn't dare to get close.

After half an hour, a luxurious carriage drove out of the Yuwen mansion, followed by several guards on horseback.

"Yuwen Xu is out!" Wancai Feng threw away the melon seed shells and reached out to his other accomplices, "Within an hour, I won!"

Everyone was betting on how long Yuwen Xu could hold back before entering the palace.

In this half hour, he probably discussed it with his advisors, but he still couldn't hold back.

Everyone said one after another: "He just took the carriage; it doesn't mean he's entering the palace."

"Okay, follow him!"

Yuwen Xu's carriage indeed drove toward the palace.

If it were a year ago, when he received such clues to follow the vine, he would have had to weigh it carefully, considering relationships and human feelings; but ever since buying the first-row refined house in Youhu Villa, and ever since his eldest brother was promoted to guard the northern border, the entire court knew that the Yuwen family was one of the most loyal supporters of the King of Yao.

Then the Yuwen family actually had no other choice but to be loyal.

Wancai Feng and the others followed behind, secretly admiring:

This person's impatience was indeed calculated accurately by the Lord.

Why did He Lingchuan only give the evidence to Yuwen Xu, and not to Zhang Yan or Gu Xuan? They are also royal or official merchant families, and they also played well with He Lingchuan usually.

It is because He Lingchuan knows very well that others receiving this evidence might weigh and consider it repeatedly, discuss it with advisors and trusted aides, and might even keep it under their hands for several days without reporting it.

That would ruin He Lingchuan's plan.

Only Yuwen Xu is greedy for merit; seeing such a good opportunity, he is scratching his ears and cheeks, and others can't persuade him at all.

And the Yuwen family just produced a frontier general, and their status has risen rapidly, making the evidence submitted by Yuwen Xu more likely to be believed.

Only in this way can this crucial evidence be delivered to the King of Yao in a timely and accurate manner!

The energy and wealth He Lingchuan usually spends dealing with these dignitaries is not just for connections and financial resources, but also to understand their character thoroughly.

At critical moments, it has its uses.

Of course, He Lingchuan also made two-handed preparations; if Yuwen Xu exposed him, he would just run away in advance.

Wancai Feng followed Yuwen Xu's carriage in secret, seeing it drive into the palace city, then turned and smiled:

"Come on, admit defeat if you lose the bet!"