Chapter 1429

Su Yi had already prepared lunch and tea. Originally, she planned to wait for another cup of tea. If they didn't come out, she would send them in. Just at this time, they came out and had dinner.

"Or the Queen's heart." Nangong Qing praised him. He was really thirsty.

I was in a hurry just now and forgot to bring tea. Later, when things got to the point, they also ignored this problem. When they came out, they found that they didn't drink tea all morning. They were a little thirsty and hungry.

Without saying a word, they grabbed the tea on the table and ate it.

Father-in-law sun heard the news outside and hurriedly came in: "emperor, just now the Minister of rites, Lord Li, came and said there was something important to report. The servant asked him to wait in the imperial study."

When they heard this, Li Donglai, the Minister of rites, came.

"When did he come?" Nangong Qing asked.

"About half an hour." Sun Gong is fair.

When several people met, Luo qingluan first responded: "Nangong Qing, do you want to see it yourself, or shall we see it together?" just as they also wanted to ask this Li Donglai, the tribute sent by Xia Dongwan has been robbed for more than a month. Does he, who is the Minister of justice, know about it?

"Let's go together. Anyway, we should contact him. If he knows, he will be the first to brush him on the spot. If he doesn't know, he will also be punished for dereliction of duty." Nangong Qing has a clear mind now. After a morning's discussion, he found that he has been too lenient to these people in recent years, which has led them to be disloyal to their positions and responsibilities. It's time to clean up.

Luo qingluan nodded, and then Nangong Yu went. Nalan Changyi continued to stay in Su Yi's palace to play with Nangong Yun and Nangong Yuxuan.

Luo qingluan and Nalan followed Nangong Qing to the imperial study. Li Donglai waited in the imperial study alone for nearly an hour. They didn't know what had happened and were very frightened.

"Your Majesty has arrived." The voice of the little eunuch sounded, and Li Donglai quickly bowed his head and saluted.

"Join your majesty."

"No gift." Then a gust of wind passed in front of Li Donglai and went to the upper seat.

Li Dong looked up and saw the king of Chu and the princess of Chu coming in with Nangong Qing. He was stunned and his voice trembled: "I've seen you, the king of Chu... The princess of Chu..."

Li Dong was startled. He didn't know when the two masters came. Why didn't he receive the news!

God, the king and Princess of Chu who have been missing for more than three years have finally returned, but their faces are not very good. And your majesty, with the same heavy face, it can be imagined that something must have happened.

Now, Li Donglai is even more flustered.

"Why did Lord Shangshu hesitate?" Nalan said faintly at night.

Li Donglai stood up straight at a loss: "this... Lord Chu, I'm just, just..."

"Lord Li, don't you come to me for something important? What's the matter? Tell me quickly." After interrupting his words, Nangong Qing hasn't approved the memorials since the morning. Now the memorials in front of him have been piled into a mountain, and each one is waiting for him to review.

Then, Li Donglai hurriedly said, "tell the emperor, it's true. I received a declaration this morning. The declaration was that a batch of tributes were transported from Dongwan at the end of last year. On the way, they were hijacked by a group of bandits, with countless deaths and injuries. All the tributes were lost. I just received the news because of the closure of the mountain by heavy snow during the year, but the time has passed

The month is superfluous. I'm afraid we can't find the tribute, but the dead and injured are the escort officials in Dongwan. It happened in our territory. We're afraid we have to pay compensation to Dongwan. "

Li Donglai presents the declaration from the morning to Nangong Qing.

Nangong Qing looked at the content above and squeezed his hands tightly together. He could almost hear the sound of his fist pinching: "presumptuous!"

What fell in response was the declaration in Nangong Qing's hand, which fell straight in front of Li Donglai.

"Emperor!" Li Donglai was so frightened that he knelt directly on the ground.

"The emperor calms down. I don't know what it is. Why is the emperor so angry?"

No, Li Donglai has seen the above content more than ten times. He is sure there is no problem, so he dares to report it to Nangong Qing, or he dare not come to see him if he is killed.

"What?" Nangong Qing gnashed his teeth and said, "what else do you ask me? If I haven't received the tribute, I'll paste millions of Liang upside down. Who came up with this idea?" If Nangong Qing hadn't heard Nalan night's story in advance today, he wouldn't know what they were going to do today?

I don't know. I thought it was Dongwan's people who started the trouble.

"Calm down, Emperor. We used to report it like this, and this time it was the people from Dongwan who happened in our territory. There were more than 20 people escorting the tribute. If the tribute was not said, it would cost tens of thousands of liang of silver even if it was only 20 lives." Li Donglai doesn't know why Nangong Qing is angry.

Nangong Qing pointed to the Declaration on the ground: "let the king and Princess of Chu see if they are angry?"

Li Donglai looked at the king and Princess of Chu, picked up the Declaration on the ground and gave it to Nalan night.

Nalan night looked at it and gave it to Luo qingluan. She read the above content at a glance: "Lord Li, how can you show your majesty such a declaration? This rude request contains elements of fraud. I don't know how you are responsible for the following things, Lord Li?"

With this sentence, Li Donglai felt inexplicable.

"Why did Princess Chu say that?" At this time, Li Donglai was completely confused. I don't know what happened to each one today.

But it also fulfilled his feeling just now. It was really not a good thing to see them.

"Lord Li, think about it. If all the tributes sent by each country are lost in our territory and the other party wants millions of taels, how much money do you think we can compensate? Moreover, it is their responsibility to escort without profit. If everyone comes here for such a trip, can the Western Chu withstand such trouble? If the tributes can't be delivered on time, shouldn't they be careful that we call the door Yes, why compensate them? That's funny! "

He thought silver was a small matter. In fact, they didn't need to pay for any money at all, and Dongwan had to be held accountable for this matter.

"Also, we knew about you last year. Moreover, we have tracked down this Jiangyang gang for a year. Lord Li, you really don't know anything so far?"

As soon as Luo qingluan said this, Li Donglai was stunned: "I don't know, where did I know?"

In the past, tributes were sent to the Posthouse. People came to the ritual department to declare that things had arrived. Then the palace sent someone to the Posthouse to receive the tributes. After receiving them, they entertained the envoys for dinner, and then they could go back by themselves.

Li Donglai

He was a little surprised because he heard about it this morning. As soon as he heard the news, he came to Nangong Qing, but they knew the news earlier than him. Why?

"You don't know, but we've been chasing these gangs for a year now, and we're almost able to catch them. Lord Li, you're really neglecting your duty. As a gift minister, you don't know how many tributes the Imperial Palace needs every year? You don't even know whether the lower tributes come or not and when they come every year?"

The time of paying tribute is different in each region. Dongwan's tribute should have been sent to the Imperial Palace at the end of last year, but he didn't say that there was no such tribute last year?

Oh, yes, he just closed the mountain with heavy snow. It's not like closing the mountain with heavy snow, is it?

"Minister dereliction of duty!" Li Dong said and suddenly understood what had happened. "Emperor, my minister neglected his duty. I don't know when this batch of tribute was lost, and I don't know who the other party is. If I knew that the other party closed the mountain with heavy snow last year to prevaricate me, I would have reported it to the emperor early. How dare I hide anything?"

Li Donglai really wants to cry without tears. He is really innocent and completely at a loss.

When Luo qingluan saw him, he didn't seem to lie. I'm afraid it had nothing to do with him.

"You know what?" Nangong Qing suddenly said, "if I hadn't just heard the story of the king of Chu and the princess of Chu this morning, the Treasury would be less than 1000 liang of silver. If they didn't come back, I might have been kept in the dark. I don't know what use I want you officials?"

Sometimes Nangong Qing is so angry that he comes all over the place. They are all wine bags and rice bags!

"Calm down, your majesty. I'll go back to check the inside and set up a special team to thoroughly investigate this matter. Please give your majesty a chance to make amends. If you can't find these thieves, I'm willing to resign from the post of Shangshu and die to apologize!"

Li Donglai knows that he must be responsible for his own affairs in the position of the Shangshu. Whether he knows it or not, he is to blame for such a thing that happened during his jurisdiction, and it is even worse for him not to find the whereabouts of the tribute at the first time. Now that the matter has come to this point, he can't face it calmly.

Even fear is useless. The emperor wants you to die in the third watch. You will never live until the fifth watch. Instead of waiting for the trial, it's better to ask for orders and catch the black hand to prove your loyalty and strength.

"Lord Li, there's no need to apologize for death. It's not so exaggerated. However, if Lord Li can cooperate with the investigation, our people will enter the etiquette department at that time. You'll see the arrangement at that time." Nalan night said word by word. Li Dong came to listen, half knowing and half understanding, but he could also understand some.

"What does the Lord mean?"

"The investigators, you need your own people to check the inside, but if you thoroughly investigate the case, your people alone may not find anything, so I'll give you some of my people to cooperate with you in the investigation. Moreover, we have mastered the basic information of several suspects, and these people may also be known by Lord Li, but please keep quiet and handle the case low-key at that time."

Nalan night explained that Luo qingluan wrote down several key things to do when checking the inside.

"Find this way to do it, and it will soon bear fruit."

Li Donglai looked at the note in his hand and Nangong Qing, with questions in his eyes.

"Listen to the princess." Nangong Qing nodded.

"Yes!"