After waiting for a day without seeing the news, Liu Yongyan was a little anxious and called someone to ask: "Where did the money and food allocated by the court reach? When will it arrive?"

When asked where the person knew, he could not speak.

Li Jiuzhou looked at him with a smile, "Since you are on the road, I believe you will arrive soon, so Prefect Liu doesn't have to be anxious."

Liu Yongyan said: "If I don't worry, the tens of thousands of people in Fengxiang will be anxious. They are still waiting for the money and food to save their lives. The people sent out yesterday. It should be that they will soon be trusted at this time."

Old Man Zhang, who had been silent for a long time, praised again: "Premier Liu is worried about the people, he is such a rare good official."

Li Jiuzhou smiled and said, "What should be coming will always come, and there is no need to be so anxious."

When Cao Cao arrived, the few people had finished speaking, the sound of horse hooves outside the door had already sounded, and a soldier rushed in in a panic.

"Not good, no good." The little pawn was so angry that he ran away.

Liu Yongyan immediately stood up and hurriedly met him.

Seeing that the young man was so panicked, Li Jiuzhou hurried out.

"What's wrong with panic? What's wrong?" Liu Yongyan was obviously dissatisfied with his abrupt performance and asked with a frown.

The pawn took a breath: "The convoy that transported money and grain from the Ministry of Revenue was robbed outside the city."

"What!" Liu Yongyan's expression changed drastically when he heard this.

The young master continued to add: "The money and food sent to Fengxiang for disaster relief were all robbed."

"How could this happen?" Liu Yongyan turned his head and looked at Li Jiuzhou in dismay.

Li Jiuzhou was already surprised and stood there in a state of confusion.

Old Man Zhang hurriedly shoved Li Jiuzhou gently, and it was time for him to express his opinion.

Li Jiuzhou calmed down and asked, "Where are the money and food sent to other places? But was it robbed?"

The young master reported: "The court transported it in batches, but the batch transported to Fengxiang was robbed."

Li Jiuzhou hesitated for a moment and hurriedly said, "Let's go and have a look."

The group rode horses and went quickly.

The scene of the robbery is outside Fengxiang City, dozens of miles away from Fengxiang City.

When everyone arrived at the scene of the robbery, except for the few people sent by Liu Yongyan to check, the scene was stunned and dazed, there were also the bodies of a group of officers and soldiers on the ground. It seemed that they were the people who transported money and food. When the people who investigated the news arrived, they all died.

As for the chariots and horses that transport money and food, there was no trace left.

"Who would have done it?" Li Jiuzhou couldn't help but say in a deep voice.

"Now the people of Fengxiang are going to drink the northwest wind." Liu Yongyan smiled bitterly when he saw that he had lost all his money and food.

The money and food sent by the imperial court to Fengxiang to provide disaster relief were tens of thousands of yuan, and the food was tens of thousands of stones, which was not a small amount.

Old Man Zhang felt the matter was serious and said, "More than that, these people dared to openly rob the money and food for the court's disaster relief, which has now become a big case for the court."

Liu Yongyan looked at Li Jiuzhou: "The court must blame him. I, the prefect of Fengxiang, may not be able to do it anymore. What should I do now?"

Li Jiuzhou's face was solemn and said, "Since the matter has happened, Grandpa Liu doesn't need to panic. The most important thing now is to investigate the case quickly and find the robbed money and food."

Liu Yongyan calmed down a little and said, "Should you obey the disaster relief envoy to expel it."

All the soldiers responsible for escorting money and food have died. I don’t know the incident, and there is no evidence.

Li Jiuzhou asked in the crowd: "Does anyone see who the robber is, or find any trace left by the robber?"

No one answered, everyone lowered their heads and looked heavy.

Seeing this, Li Jiuzhou frowned, his pupils shrank slightly, and his mood fell to the bottom.

These money and food are related to the livelihood plans of the people of Fengxiang, and are all things that the people can save their lives and cannot be delayed.

But where should I start?

If the case is not solved as soon as possible and the money and food that have been robbed and the court blames it, it is afraid that not only Liu Yongyan will also cause a large number of people to be implicated.

The more Li Jiuzhou thought about it, the more chaotic he became. Unexpectedly, he came to provide disaster relief, but encountered these successive cheatings and defrauding money. Now he was openly against the court. Who was he? He had such courage.

Fengxiang Prefecture's yamen.

Liu Yongyan sent the yamen runners to help, and the staff brought by Li Jiuzhou, after several days of busy travel, there was still no clue.

Tens of thousands of coins and tens of thousands of stones of grain are equivalent to the tax revenue of an ordinary county in one year.

The money and food sent by the imperial court to provide relief were lost in Fengxiang territory, and Liu Yongyan was inevitably guilty of dereliction of duty, so his heavy mood was understandable.

The burden on Li Jiuzhou, the disaster relief fund, is not small.

Although he was a disaster relief envoy, he had no choice but to start his old job of investigating the case.

"How is there any news?" Li Jiuzhou asked the people sent out to investigate.

Several people shook their heads, but there was no progress in the case.

Liu Yongyan's depression finally broke out. He slapped the table angrily and shouted to the yamen runners: "Where can you hide so much money and food? Even if you turn the whole Fengxiang upside down, you have to find it for me."

Li Jiuzhou shook his head helplessly. It is useless to investigate the case by relying on urgent matters.

He remembered the previous Xu Du.

Then he asked Liu Yongyan, "Can the prefect Liu know Xu Du?"

Liu Yongyan suddenly became stunned in his tired eyes, "He is the only son of Xu Dashan, how could you know him?"

Li Jiuzhou said: "I met before."

"Do you suspect this matter has something to do with him?" Liu Yongyan looked disbelieved.

Li Jiuzhou said lightly: "I'm just guessing."

"It's absolutely impossible." Liu Yongyan denied, "Xu Dashan is very strict in his tutoring. Xu Du is also a well-known good person on weekdays. This matter is absolutely impossible to have anything to do with him."

Li Jiuzhou said softly: "Is it relevant? You will know just by asking."

After saying that, he turned to the yamen runner and said loudly: "Time is tight, so let's go find Xu Du."

"Wait." Liu Yongyan stopped him, "I'm afraid the impact of arresting Xu Du like this is probably not good."

At this time, there was no way to worry about the impact. Li Jiuzhou said: "If you investigate the case, you will never let it go as long as you have a trace of suspicion. I will take someone to find him personally."

Liu Yongyan hesitated for a moment and shouted outside: "Come."

A head catcher in soap clothes walked in quickly.

"You go with the disaster relief envoy." Liu Yongyan said to him.

Li Jiuzhou glanced at him and said politely: "Don't worry, I'll take people there. Should you investigate or continue to investigate."

"You are not familiar with Fengxiang, so I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to find out." Liu Yongyan reminded with kindness.

Li Jiuzhou stared at the front, "It's okay, I have always been accustomed to being alone."

Liu Yongyan pondered for a moment, and then ordered the captain: "Then you go out and investigate, find out where Xu Du is, and report it quickly. During the investigation, you must cooperate with any disaster relief envoys who have sent any dispatches."

"As for the order." The headmaster bowed and answered, then turned to go out.

Li Jiuzhou took Old Man Zhang with him, and the two of them hurried out.
Chapter completed!