Above the Yazheng Hall in Luyi County, Princess Li Mingda looked at a middle-aged official in front of her who was not good-looking, this is Wei Song, the corrupt official county commander? Li Mingda thought to himself, although this person has one or two philistines, but on the whole, the image is not bad, and it is impossible to imagine that he will be the person behind Sheep's Head Mountain.

"Wei Song, are you guilty?" Li Mingda screamed.

The county magistrate immediately knelt down, "The lower official didn't know what angered the princess, and the lower official was willing to make amends to the princess." ”

Bai Dingguo sneered: "What a treacherous official, do you think the princess is a three-year-old child who came to play games with you?" ”

"This princess has found out a few days ago that you colluded with the bandits of Sheep's Head Mountain, wantonly amassed wealth for the sake of the township, and committed the heinous crime a long time ago, what else do you have to say?" Li Mingda spoke again.

Who knew that when he heard this, the county order was stunned, it turned out to be related to Sheep's Head Mountain, no wonder there was a rumor yesterday, saying that there was movement in the green forest, and Sheep's Head Mountain was not peaceful, so it seems that it is related to the princess and her party.

Wei Song, who was still kneeling and laughing, stood up unhurriedly, bowed to Li Mingda, and said: "Although Xia Guan is only the most humble county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty, he also thinks that the official is innocent and worthy of the people.

The princess actually framed the subordinate officials for colluding with the bandits in Sheep's Head Mountain today, so loyal and traitorous are not divided into trapping Zhongliang, does Datang still have a royal law? ”

"I know that you have to deny it, this is the confession of the head of the Yangtou Mountain bandits, the harvest of the crime in January that year, and the dividends for your confession, all of them are clear, I really didn't expect that you have a small county order, in just five years, you have collected 500,000 taels, which is fatter than the bandits who robbed others.

In essence, those bandits are the eagle dogs you raised to make money, which is really a good means. The third child of the Bai family threw out a confession with a bloody handprint.

But Wei Song didn't even look at it, in his opinion, the princess in front of him was just a girl, and several guards were also quite young, how could he fight against his old fritters who had been in the officialdom for many years?

"What is the danger of adding sin? You say I'm colluding with bandits? Just a piece of paper will ruin my reputation for many years, don't say that Wei doesn't admit it today, even if this matter is said in front of His Majesty, Wei will never bow his head. ”

Li Mingda looked back at the second child of the Bai family in embarrassment, the meaning is obvious, he has no tricks, what do you think?

The second child of the Bai family stepped forward with a sneer and said, "When we came, we knew that you would deny it, and we didn't think about anything to gain."

But it is impossible for evildoers to escape justice, although we have insufficient evidence, but there is also a way for you to confess your evil deeds one by one, I hope you are really innocent, otherwise we will be very disappointed. ”

"You, who are you? Do you still want to bend into a trick? Come on, take them down for me, they pretend to be the princess of the Tang Dynasty and take them all for me. Wei Song panicked, and from the words of the young man in front of him, he heard twelve points of fear.

But the officials of a small county town, how are they the opponents of the brothers of the Bai family, in less than a few rounds, more than a dozen officials were all knocked to the ground, and the third officer of the Bai family grabbed the county order and came to the county office, obviously going to be punished.

Half an hour later, the third child of the Bai family came out with a solemn face and a confession.

"How's the third child? Is there a big catch? Looking at you like this, could it be that we are in mistake and in trouble? The second asked anxiously.

The third Bai Guangyao shook his head and said: "It's indeed a big trouble, but it's not us who made it, but this county order confessed, he is not a big fish behind the scenes, there are others behind him, and his identity is very big." ”

"Oh? How? A small Luyi County, a small Yangtou Mountain, what big people can't pay attention to? Who is so disrespectful of identity? ”

"Hehe, one mountain and one county naturally no one cares, but according to the Luyi County Order, that person's subordinates control the entire Luoyang surrounding area and even seventy percent of Henan Province's no less than 30 county governments, and Luyi County alone will pay 400,000 taels of silver in five years, so how much money can the people behind the scenes collect?" The third elder of the Bai family said solemnly.

Everyone was shocked, this account is too easy to calculate, at least 12 million taels of silver, this number may not be anything in the eyes of the richest man Bai Fan, but in the eyes of any person in the Tang Dynasty, or even in front of the imperial treasury, 12 million taels is a huge amount of money, which is the tax revenue of the entire Henan Province for a year.

"This, who is this man? Who would have been so generous and dared to embezzle so much money? Didn't my father even know anything about it? Li Mingda exclaimed.

The second child of the Bai family guessed: "It won't be the Governor of Luoyang, General Zhang Liang, in this land of Luoyang, apart from him, I don't know who has such great energy." ”

The third elder of the Bai family nodded slowly: "It is Zhang Liang, although this county order is just speculation, but it is groundless, and often the news channels of the imperial court are not as accurate as those of the people, in any case, Zhang Liang's guilt in laying out a county in Luyi is confirmed." ”

"So what now? Such a big thing can't be solved by a few of us. Li Mingda said.

Bai Dingguo nodded and said: "Without further ado, I will go to the beggar to help the reliable brother send this evidence to Chang'an urgently, something happened in Luyi County, Zhang Liang will soon know, we don't have much time, so we are afraid of startling the snake." ”

When Li Er of the imperial court received this confession, it was already five days later, although he was surprised that his youngest daughter also knew that he shared worries for the country and punished corrupt officials, but when he saw Zhang Liang, he was shocked.

Zhang Liang, the governor of Luoyang, who was once a general under his own command, was entrusted with an important task after he took the throne, and let him sit in the eastern capital Luoyang, but unexpectedly, twenty years have passed, and he has been praised for being the most stable in the eastern capital, but today he gave himself a slap in the face, it seems that he has been operating in Luoyang for too long, and he blames himself for missing the old feelings too much, and he can't let the general go to the battlefield, so let him hold the rear steadily.

"Someone is coming, the king of Chuan Jin and Li Ji, the secretary of the military department, are coming quickly."

In five days, the matter of Sheep's Head Mountain had already spread in Henan Province, and Luoyang Zhang Liang also got the news, although he was a little vigilant in his heart, but he thought that it was only the Green Forest incident that affected his interests, and he didn't care too much.

However, as soon as Li Ji's army in Chang'an City moved, Luoyang immediately received the news that Zhang Liang, as the first important member of Luoyang, could not have no eyeliner in Chang'an, and in this era, telegraphs have basically been popularized, and there are no private hands, and there are post office public telegraphs in some big cities.

"Li Ji's troops in Luoyang are menacing, it seems that something is wrong, could it be that His Majesty has noticed something? Come on, quickly go to Luyi County to investigate and see what happened there? Zhang Liang panicked.