0p0 Chapter 351 Investigation
Chapter 351 Investigation
Jiang Wuni didn't expect that she would receive such a task just after she returned.
She turned to look at Feng Jinrong and Yu Ziyan behind her. They smiled and shook their heads, indicating that they could do nothing to help.
Jiang Wu Ni racked her brains to come up with a name, but it was really difficult for her. Her name was given by Jiang Yue.
After thinking for a while, she held her head with one hand and finally murmured a few names:
"Just call them... Meishuang, Lanxin, Zhuyun, and Juying."
The four girls still looked timid, but when they heard that they had names, they were delighted and knelt down hurriedly and said:
"Thank you Miss for the name."
This name sounds really nice to them.
"Hurry up and don't kneel in front of me." Jiang Wu Ni's helpless look made the two people behind her couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Yue smiled and shook her head, then looked at the four servants again.
The four of them hurriedly said:
"The villain is Fuquan, Shuangxi, Shoubao, and Lekang."
The four people gave their names, and Jiang Yue only heard two words: "xixi".
After arranging these people in place, she and her fifth sister went to the kitchen.
At this moment, in the kitchen, Fen Niang and Lian Niang were busy.
After a whole morning of verbal battle, Jiang Yue's mouth was dry, but fortunately Fen Niang brought a pot of hot tea first.
In addition to the two of them, there are Xue Wen and Wu Ning, Lin Guo and Mu Heng.
There was no cook, and because Jiang Wuni and the other three girls had been out the entire afternoon, there was no one to cook.
Therefore, today's meal was prepared by Xue Wen and Wu Ning.
Who asked the general's mansion to keep the two of them today?
Because the soldiers were sent out by Jiang Yue today and have not returned, the two of them also made a few side dishes today.
Although it doesn’t look very good.
After meeting the two cooks today, they thought that their days from now on could finally be a little easier.
"General Yue, Fifth Miss, come and have a taste of what the food is like." Wu Fei said with a smile when he saw them.
After saying this, he did not forget to take a look at the strips of meat on the table.
Xue Wen did not forget to take credit: "I made this plate of peanuts."
Jiang Yue looked at the plate of fried black peanuts. Fortunately, two cooks came today.
After taking another bite of the black roast pork strips, she was certain that Wu Fei had not inherited Aunt Wu's true skills.
The two cooks covered their mouths and giggled, thinking, I'll show off my cooking skills to the general tonight. After all, this will taste better than what Xue Wen and Wu Ning cook.
At the dinner table, Jiang Yue asked the five sisters, "What did you do this morning?"
She was really afraid that the three of them would do something out of line, which would be disastrous.
"I made a little money... as a reward." Jiang Wuni found it difficult to say it out loud, and then she reached out and took out some silver coins.
"You know what, this money is quite easy to make." It is much easier to make money than their previous business.
"I didn't expect that although Sister Wu doesn't know martial arts, she is not inferior to the two of us at all." Feng Jinrong praised, and Yu Ziyan nodded.
"What are you doing?" Jiang Yue took the five taels of silver that her fifth sister had just earned, looked at it carefully, and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Feng Jinrong immediately told them what happened in front of the grain store today.
"Those beggars tried to rob the grain store, so we sent them to the prefect."
"Beggars stealing food?" Jiang Yue thought, are they planning to cause a riot?
Jiang Wuni thought about what happened today and analyzed:
"Those beggars were ragged and unkempt, but their hands were not dirty like those of ordinary beggars. Their fingers were intact and their nails were clean."
"It seems that he is not a real beggar." Jiang Yue's thoughts returned to everyone in the court.
Master Mu? This person is a typical double-faced person, a smiling tiger.
Normally, he would be polite to her when he saw her, but today, in the court, he was still thinking of dragging her into trouble.
General Zeng? This man seemed to be loyal and every word he said was always accurate, and it seemed so.
Thinking about food, Jiang Yue felt a headache.
"What you did yesterday was indeed a bit risky."
Talking about what happened yesterday, Jiang Wuni and the other two looked at each other and lowered their eyes.
At the same time, because of what happened yesterday, the three of them thought more before doing anything in the future.
Jiang Yue asked the three people: "Did you find anything yesterday?"
Feng Jinrong said: "The person who tried to assassinate me yesterday was from Beiyan."
Jiang Yue thought to herself, if that were the case, the evidence is indeed solid.
If His Majesty does not speak on this matter, the Fourth Prince can only bear the injustice and stay in prison for a while longer.
After the meal, the Xuanwu soldiers returned one after another. As soon as they came back, they told Jiang Yue the results of the inspection.
Nine out of ten reports from the Xuanwu Army were about food shortages in the city.
And this discovery has become an unfair secret.
She asked, "Are there any other findings?"
Song Jie: "I heard that the grain merchants wanted to raise the grain prices."
Jiang Yue: "Is there anything unusual with the grain merchants?"
Wu Ding said: "Nothing unusual, they are still the same grain traders. It is said that they heard that the city gates did not allow traders to enter the city, so they did this."
Jiang Yue: So it’s because of her?
She decided to meet the grain merchants in person first, and then went out with the Xuanwu Army.
When we arrived at the door of a grain store, we found that the door was closed.
She asked the Xuanwu Army to wait there while she knocked hard on the shop door.
As no one answered, she went around to the backyard and rang the door.
A grain shop owner inside opened the gate.
Seeing that the person coming was Jiang Yue, he didn't know her, so he said,
"Come back tomorrow if you want to buy food."
The grain shop owner looked impatient and waved at Jiang Yue.
Jiang Yue did not walk out, but asked: "How much will the grain cost tomorrow?"
"Maybe it's more than ten cents a pound, maybe it's twenty cents, who can say."
Jiang Yue: "You are driving up prices and disrupting order in the city."
"What do you know? There is a serious shortage of food. So we, the big grain merchants, need to discuss countermeasures on how to sell food in the future."
After saying that, he ruthlessly pushed Jiang Yue out of the courtyard.
Jiang Yue could tell from the grain merchants that they just wanted to make a fortune from the national disaster.
Furthermore, these people formed cliques and were obviously bribed by the same person.
This is not acceptable.
After gaining a general understanding of the situation, she, accompanied by the Xuanwu Army, headed straight for the gate of Lindu City.
When we got there, we saw that there were indeed a lot of vendors blocking the way outside the city.
There were more than a dozen grain-transporting convoys, and there were many transport personnel accompanying them. At first glance, there were hundreds of people in total.
Although grain merchants accounted for the majority, there were not only grain merchants, but also some other traders.
There were people scattered here and there, and the area below the city was dark and full of people.
As for the people in Lindu City who wanted to go out to buy food, Chen Yuan had said that if they went out they would not be able to come back, so they did not dare to leave the city. People were in a panic the whole day today.
At this moment, Chen Yuan stood high on the city wall, listening to the discussions and shouting below the city with great impatience.
Among them, the man in the front row was the loudest.
"General, please open the city gate quickly. If all our goods are lost, we will have no money to celebrate the New Year."
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