"There is also disaster silver. Such a large amount of disaster silver, if it is not in the hands of the thieves but in the hands of the people behind the scenes, it will definitely leave traces."
One million taels of silver is not something you can just hide in your pocket.
If this batch of disaster silver is transported to the corresponding place and hidden, there will definitely be no small movement.
…
The two discussed the matter of disaster silver for a long time.
About half an hour later, Chen Xiao walked in with a middle-aged man who was fat and had a belly like a pregnant woman who was five months pregnant.
As soon as the man stepped into the threshold of the flower hall, he immediately saluted Zhao Xingzhi and Zhao Jin, "I am the governor of Hedong County, Fangzheng Mountain. I have met with your highness, Marquis Xuanping."
"No need to be polite." Zhao Xingzhi's face was slightly solemn, with a serious expression.
He raised his chin and said to Fang Zhengshan, "Master Fang, please sit down."
"Yes." Fang Zhengshan sat down at the bottom, while Chen Xiao sat next to Fang Zhengshan.
"Master Fang, I wonder what the situation is like in Hedong County now?"
Zhao Xingzhi took over the task of questioning, while Zhao Jin listened from the side.
Fang Zhengshan sighed heavily, the sadness on his face was obvious, "Your Highness, to be honest, the situation in Hedong County cannot be underestimated."
"Too many places have been hit by floods. Most of the food in the granaries has been flooded and cannot be eaten at all."
"Presumably, when Your Highness came down, he must have seen the victims along the road. As an official, I could only do my best to rescue them."
Zhao Xingzhi pursed his lips and sighed: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fang."
Fang Zhengshan waved his hands repeatedly, "Your Highness is serious. Since the official is the governor of Hedong County, this is what the official should do."
"What about the disaster silver?" Zhao Xingzhi asked: "One million taels of disaster silver is not a small matter. Has Mr. Fang traced the whereabouts of the disaster silver?"
Hearing this, Fang Zhengshan frowned and said, "For such a big matter, I will naturally investigate it."
"Now we can basically confirm that they are the two gangs of bandits on the mountain west of the city."
Zhao Jin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Are you sure? But what evidence was found?"
"Who else can commit such a heinous thing, except those bandits who care about human life?" Fang Zhengshan's voice did not hide his disgust for bandits.
"What's more, the only soldier who survived that day also saw with his own eyes that the leader was the second in command of those bandits!"
Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi looked at each other, and then, while Fang Zhengshan was still angry, Zhao Jin winked at Chen Xiao.
Chen Xiao said reluctantly: "Master Fang."
Fang Zhengshan turned his attention to Chen Xiao.
His attitude towards Chen Xiao was different from when he faced Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi.
Fang Zhengshan was vaguely wary and obviously cautious towards Zhao Xingzhi and Zhao Jin, but he was much closer to Chen Xiao.
"Are these bandits already here?"
"Yes." Fang Zhengshan knew that Chen Xiao's mission was to suppress bandits, so he did not hide it at all, "I have been here for a long time. The government has suppressed bandits several times, but there is nothing that can be done against them."
"They usually don't disturb the people, so the government and these bandits have been in a stalemate. Who knew they would cause such a big incident."
Chen Xiao's eyes paused slightly, "What about the soldier who saw the bandit? We recently received an urgent report from Hedong County, saying that his family was wiped out. Are there any clues?"
Fang Zhengshan's hand on his side suddenly tightened, and he said calmly: "Yes, we found a corpse of one of those bandits at the scene."
"It should be the bandits they killed when they resisted."
Chen Xiao nodded slightly and said no more.
However, Fang Zhengshan came closer to Chen Xiao and said worriedly: "Colonel Chen, don't be careful when you go to suppress the bandits. These bandits are extremely vicious and are not easy to deal with."
Hearing this, Chen Xiao showed a slight smile on his face, "Don't worry, Mr. Fang, I will be careful."
Zhao Jin took in the conversation between the two and looked thoughtful.
After a long time, Zhao Jin said: "Master Fang, will you still be giving porridge tomorrow?"
"All the disaster silver has been shipped, and the situation in Hedong County should be alleviated a lot."
Fang Zhengshan also relaxed a little. He stood up and said, "Of course I still have to go and give porridge."
He bowed to Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi and said, "I would like to thank you, Your Highness. Lord Marquis and Captain Chen sent the disaster money. I will thank you all for the people of Hedong County."
Zhao Xingzhi approached Fang Zhengshan, helped the man up, and said with a smile: "Master Fang's words are serious, these are what we should do."
However, when approaching Fangzheng Mountain, Zhao Xingzhi couldn't help but wrinkle his nose.
Fang Zhengshan didn't notice it and kept saying thanks.
Zhao Jin and others did not spend too long chatting with Fang Zhengshan. After traveling for so many days, everyone was inevitably a little tired.
The next day, Zhao Jin checked the time and went to call Zhao Xingzhi.
"Your Highness, let's go see them giving porridge."
"This is exactly what I want."
Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi walked to the porridge shed together.
When they were about to arrive at the porridge shed, they found that Chen Xiao, Fang Zhengshan and Jun Cheng were all in the porridge shed.
Fang Zhengshan stood behind everyone and watched, while Chen Xiao and Jun Cheng were helping.
"Your Highness, wait." Zhao Jin grabbed Zhao Xingzhi and refused to let him go out.
"Let's take a look first." Zhao Jin lowered his voice.
Hearing this, Zhao Xingzhi took back his steps and nodded.
Zhao Jin could clearly see that Fang Zhengshan, who was standing behind, saw the victims who were completely different from the worry and sympathy he showed in the government office flower hall that day.
Those somewhat cloudy eyes were full of pride.
proud?
Why should he be proud?
Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
When the county magistrate was ladling porridge to the victims, he held the top of the spoon in his hand. After serving the porridge to the victims, he immediately retracted his hand and accidentally touched the victims, and his whole face turned green.
These two people clearly behaved differently from yesterday.
Chen Xiao was busy distributing porridge to the victims and didn't notice much of the strange behavior between Fang Zhengshan and Jun Cheng.
Suddenly, he suddenly raised his head and looked towards where Zhao Jin and Zhao Xingzhi were.
Zhao Jin did not evade, and openly told Chen Xiao that they were indeed watching in secret.
Zhao Jin even raised his chin towards Chen Xiao's back, telling him to look behind him.
Chen Xiao frowned and glanced back.
There was only Fangzheng Mountain behind him, so he saw Fangzheng Mountain at first sight.
Chen Xiao's sudden turn back was so sudden that Fang Zhengshan was startled. He quickly suppressed the pride in his eyes and showed a puzzled look, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay," Chen Xiao said calmly, "I always feel like someone is watching us."
Fang Zhengshan breathed a sigh of relief without leaving any trace, and said with a smile: "They must be the victims of the disaster. They are hungry, so it is normal for them to stare at the porridge."
Chen Xiao nodded, said nothing more, and continued to distribute porridge to the victims.
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