Chapter 1546 Step by step is difficult
Lu Haosheng's eyes twitched and he shouted sternly: "So bold, King Qi is the current supporter of the country, you are actually rude..."
Qiu Ruxue smiled and advised, "Mr. Lu, all his ignorant subordinates, don't worry about them." He said to the soldier, "Go and call the governor over here."
The soldier was quite polite when he saw Qiu Ruxue, and he was a little afraid of Qiu Ruxue. Someone came into the mansion and reported it. Soon, the soldier came out and said, "Master Sun asked you to go in."
Lu Haosheng snorted coldly, and didn't care at this time, but he was thinking about turning back and calculating the accounts. After entering the mansion, Qiu Ruxue and others naturally could not enter the prefecture. Qiu Ruxue and others were unwilling to go inside. After rushing for a few days, he was a little tired. He just remembered Chu Huan's instructions to protect Lu Haosheng's comprehensiveness. At that moment, Qiu Ruxue asked his subordinates to find an inn to settle down in the city, and then sent two people to wait.
The Governor's Mansion was burned to such an extent, so it was naturally impossible to stay in it. Before Qiu Ruxue came, Chu Huan allocated enough money and expenses. Moreover, Qiu Ruxue had to secretly establish a "Shadow Guard" in this trip, gathering people and having special funds. Lu Haosheng might be depressed about silver, but Qiu Ruxue and others had no worries at all.
Qiu Ruxue's blood knife kept leaving. The soldiers saw Qiu Ruxue's blood momentum, but they did not dare to stop him. Lu Haosheng was in front and Qiu Ruxue was behind. When he arrived in the hall, he saw a middle-aged official in his early forties holding a teacup, drinking tea leisurely. Although he saw Lu Haosheng entering the hall, he had no intention of getting up. He glanced and put down the teacup. Lu Haosheng had already walked into the hall, carrying his hands on his back, looking at the middle-aged official expressionlessly, but his eyes were extremely cold and fierce.
"Who are you?" the official looked at Lu Haosheng and asked lightly: "They said you are the governor sent by the King of Qi?"
Lu Haosheng sneered: "I have seen this governor, why don't you pay me a visit?"
The official suddenly laughed, as if he heard something very funny. He sat on a chair and leaned against the chair, "If I see someone, I will bow my legs long ago. You said you are the new governor, but I believe you are the new governor? Is there a beggar on the street and shouting that he is the governor, and I should kneel down to worship?"
"You...!" Lu Haosheng changed his color and raised his hand to point at the official, "How dare you blaspheme this governor?"
The official slowly stood up, carried his hands on his back, and walked to Lu Haosheng. Qiu Ruxue was outside the hall at this time and did not come in. Chu Huan's instructions naturally did not forget what Lu Haosheng did in Beishan. Qiu Ruxue watched coldly and did not need to intervene.
"I tell you that a few days ago, someone pretended to be an imperial envoy and wanted to cheat the money." The official said lightly: "Do you know what the result is? He discounted his legs, cut his tongue, and threw it outside the city. Now he is afraid that he has been taken away by a wild wolf... I asked you, do you say you are the new governor sent, but have the will?"
"Of course there is." Lu Haosheng suppressed his anger and took out a document from his arms. "This is the document of office approved by His Highness the King of Qi of the Supplementary State. Open your eyes and see clearly."
The official took the office documents and glanced at them, and threw them on the ground. He said coldly: "Come here, pull down this bold madman who pretended to be the governor and chopped down..."
Several soldiers outside the door were about to rush in, Qiu Ruxue said in a deep voice: "Let's go." Holding the sword and standing in front of the door, the soldiers were stunned. At this time, Lu Haosheng shouted angrily: "This is the office document approved by the King of Qi. You... dare you to blaspheme so much." He hurriedly picked it up and said sternly: "You should be beheaded."
"You said it was a commission of office approved by the King of Qi. Do you have the seal of the King of Qi on it? But just a signature, how could you say it was signed by the King of Qi?" The official said coldly: "Also, why is there no seal of Governor Chu on it? It must be fake."
"Governor Chu?" Lu Haosheng couldn't help but clench his fists, "Is it the turn of the Governor of Beishan to be appointed and removed from the Governor of Xiguan to stamp the seal?"
The official sneered: "Of course, Governor Chu has quelled the rebellion. Now the candidate for Governor of Beishan is still undecided, so it would be fine if the emperor issued an order. Otherwise, how could Governor Chu sit idly by the current situation in the northwest? How important is the candidate for Governor of Beishan? How could Governor Chu not have any news? "
Lu Haosheng was furious, but Qiu Ruxue finally entered the hall at this time. When the officials saw Lu Haosheng bringing him to the hall, they changed color slightly. They thought Qiu Ruxue was Lu Haosheng's subordinate, and had a bad intention, and shouted loudly: "Who are you? You haven't stepped back, and you have a knife into the hall, what are you trying to do?" They shouted: "Come, take them down."
The soldiers rushed over again, but Qiu Ruxue had already asked: "Are you Sun Yun, the governor of Xinzhou?"
"Of course I am the official."
"That's good." Qiu Ruxue took something out of his arms and threw it to Sun Yun, the governor of Xinzhou. "Duke Chu is expected to have a lot of trouble. You can see it yourself. This is the letter of introduction from Duke Chu. This person is indeed the new governor, Lord Lu, sent by King Qi."
Sun Yun took it and scanned it, and it was clearly stated on it that the new governor Lu Haosheng, appointed by King Qi, came to take office. He didn't say much, but the seal of the governor of the West Mountain was stamped below.
When Sun Yun saw the seal, her expression calmed down and became respectful. She carefully folded the letter of introduction and presented it to Qiu Ruxue, and asked, "Who is your lord?"
Qiu Ruxue said: "I am on duty by the Chu Duke. This time I was sent by the Chu Duke to escort Lord Lu to the post. Qiu Ruxue is me."
Sun Yun immediately raised awe and bowed, "So you are the legendary hero Qiu. I have long admired him for a long time. The lower official heard that there is a hero Qiu next to Duke Chu who is righteous and powerful, who is invincible. When I see him today, I have the honor of three lives. Come and come, come and have a tea. Huo Qiu, please sit down, please sit down." He bent his body and invited him repeatedly. Qiu Ruxue blew his mouth. Only then did Sun Yun react and walked over to Lu Haosheng and bowed and smiled, "Mr. Lu, you are so rude. The lower official is so rude, please cut off the blame."
Lu Haosheng snorted coldly, and asked without hesitation, "Sun Yun, I asked you, the King of Qi ordered to protect the Governor's Office, why did the Governor's Office become like that?"
Sun Yun bowed and said, "Mr. Lu, the lower official did borrow an order, saying that he wanted to guard the Governor's Mansion, and the lower official did send someone to guard it, but... Lord. The Governor's Mansion was burned to that shape, and there was nothing worth guarding. The lower official sent people to guard it for a few days, and the soldiers ran away in the middle of the night, saying that it was a haunted there...!"
"Nonsense." Lu Haosheng frowned and said, "How could he be haunted?"
"This official can't explain it clearly. After going there a few times, it's said that it's scary at night and ghosts appear, so the soldiers dare not go there. The official can't kill them?" Sun Yun said: "And there is really nothing there. The fire that should not be burned has been burned, and no one has gone there normally. What was the burning look like at that time, except for the Ministry of Justice sent someone to check and restrain a few corpses, it was still the same."
Qiu Ruxue suddenly interrupted and said, "Where are those coffins?"
"Xu Daxiao, I found a yard and parked it there first." Sun Yun hurriedly said: "I haven't dared to move. I'm waiting for the above to give instructions and see what to do."
Qiu Ruxue nodded slightly and stopped talking.
Lu Haosheng then strode to the chair where Sun Yun was sitting, sat down, and said, "Sun Yun, I ask you, does Xiao Huanzhang have many stores in Beishan? It is said that his shops are all over the three states of Beishan. Not only are he corrupt and abused the law, but he also manipulated the store business behind his back and exploited a lot of money. Is this a matter?"
Sun Yun bowed and said, "Xiao Huanzhang and his son are greedy and exploiting the people. They deserve to be punished by death. Lord Lu, although the lower official is the governor of Xinzhou, he has never had any real power. Xiao Huanzhang is in Shuoquan City, and his officials are also controlled by his people. Although the lower official is the governor of Xinzhou in name, the real power cannot be compared with the governor of Qingzhou and Ganzhou. The governor is far away from the sky. They are outside and can still manage some things. The lower official is under Xiao Huanzhang's nose, and he is unwilling to exploit the people with him, so he has always just a name, know less, and does less...!"
Lu Haosheng sneered: "Don't rush to cleanse your guilt first. Officials in Beishan, whoever is guilty will be innocent, I will naturally investigate in detail." After a pause, I said: "You can help me understand Xiao Huanzhang's family wealth first and confiscate it all. If you do it well, I will naturally open the door and give you a chance to atone for your sins."
"Mr. Lu, please clarify Xiao Huanzhang's family wealth?" Sun Yun frowned and said, "This Xiaguan is really powerless. Xiao Huanzhang's family wealth is unknown. He only knows that his Governor's Mansion is now burned to ashes, and the things in the mansion are burned almost the same. The things that can be used in it have been placed in those yards that have not been burned yet. There is no valuable thing at all. Apart from that, Xiaguan doesn't know anything else."
"Xiao Huanzhang is corrupt and abused the law, and is extremely extravagant. Do you think his Governor's Office has nothing valuable?" Lu Haosheng sneered: "Sun Yun, do you know that Xiao Huanzhang's corrupt and abused the law ended up dead. I advise you to think twice as well."
"Mr. Lu is talking about the property of the Governor General's Office of Xiaguan? " Sun Yun looked unhappy, "You can go to investigate. After the fire broke out, the officials immediately blocked the scene and sent people to put out the fire. After the fire, they also counted the property in front of everyone. The remaining things were sealed in those yards, and there was no valuable thing at all. If Lord Lu didn't believe it, he could be punished now, but the officials had countless witnesses. If the officials were to be corrupt and abuse the law, the officials would really not accept it."
"You mean that after the fire in Xiao Huanzhang's Governor's Office, he couldn't find even a tael of silver?" Lu Haosheng stared at Sun Yun's eyes. "As far as the governor knew, he lived a luxurious life, had many antiques, and many of the utensils in his house were made of gold, silver or jade. Could it be that they were gone?"
"Although the lower officials are strange, this is all true." Sun Yun said: "After Xiao Huanzhang's death, the Governor's wife was in charge of the Governor's wife. It is said that before the Governor's Mansion was burned, the Governor's wife dismissed all the people in the Governor's Mansion, and everyone gave severance payments... If the Governor's Mansion really had gold, silver and wealth, I'm afraid it was the Governor's wife who handled it."
Lu Haosheng's face sank again, and his heart sank.
"So what about those stores of Xiao Huanzhang?"
Sun Yun shook her head and said, "I don't know that since Xiao Huanzhang is operating behind the scenes, of course, these places will not be known to others. The father and son of the Xiao family are dead, and that Mrs. Xiao is also dead. I'm afraid no one knows which stores are Xiao Huanzhang's private property."
Lu Haosheng pondered slightly and suddenly sneered: "This is not a problem for me. I will naturally have a way to know. Xiao Huanzhang exploits the people, and merchants will not avoid it. As long as he investigates the Ministry of Revenue, he will naturally have a heavy tax on other shops. His own shops will naturally evade taxes. As long as he finds out that those shops pay less commercial tax or even do not pay commercial taxes in the Ministry of Revenue, even if they are not Xiao Huanzhang's industry, they will inevitably collude with Xiao Huanzhang and all of them are confiscated."
Qiu Ruxue didn't say anything, but thought in his heart that Lu Haosheng was not an ordinary person after all, and this method was a sharp end.
But when he saw Sun Yun shook his head, he said, "Mr. Lu, the method is very good, but this matter cannot be done."
"Why?" Lu Haosheng said in a deep voice: "Is there anyone who dares to disturb what I want to do? This time, I will investigate the greedy family wealth of the Xiao family father and son from the Ministry of Revenue. No one can stop it."
"Mr. Lu, it's not that the lord does not have this courage, but Beishan has no Ministry of Revenue Department." Sun Yun looked strange, "The Ministry of Revenue Department does not exist, so there is naturally nowhere to check."
Chapter completed!