Clear and Muddy Loss of Love

Chapter 256

Lovesickness to the bone, you know

After finishing all this, Qi Yan felt a little uneasy.

She felt a little ashamed of those friends and brothers in Sifang Bank who had followed her all the way.

When Qi Yan established the Sifang Bank, he didn't think much of it at all, he just sowed a seed, and never managed it carefully for a day.

Who would have thought that this seed would grow into a towering tree unintentionally, Qi Yan felt quite uncomfortable when he thought that he had never worked hard but picked the fruit again and again.

What's more, Sifang Bank's banner is full of poor people who have nowhere to live, who were tired of winning the case back then.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that they are desperately building the Sifang Bank. How much effort has been put into these millions of taels of silver?

Therefore, Qi Yan has retained the two major industries of Sifang Bank and Mizhuang. As the saying goes, people depend on food, and Mizhuang will not disappear no matter when.

Let's get through this first, let's talk about it first, Qi Yan is going to have a good discussion with Nangong Jingnv when this is over, and return these people innocent, Sifang Bank will never drive them away, but there is an innocent identity It's also good to walk in the world, and there is one more choice.

Qi Yan suddenly felt a blur in front of her eyes, and when she came back to her senses, she was already slumped on the ground, her pale face was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and her body trembled slightly.

Qi Yan sat on the ground for a long time before recovering, stood up silently supporting the edge of the desk, silently tidied up her things, went back to the bed and lay down.

That night, Qi Yan slept very deeply, and when he woke up, it was already dawn, and it was a rare good night's sleep.

She asked Du Zhong to pull out the official files of the Huainan generation, combined with the confessions of the mob who surrendered last night, and began to trace the officials of several state capitals and counties where the incident occurred.

The list was quickly sorted out. There were two prefects and fourteen related directly subordinate officers.Qi Yan handed the list to Du Zhong, asking him to send his personal guards out of the city immediately, making sure to invite all the people on the list.

Du Zhong took the list with both hands and went to do it immediately.

Having nothing to do, Qi Yan ordered someone to distribute a batch of amnesty rolls, and then went to chat with the people who came to vote last night.

Three days later, Eucommia invited people here, and one of the prefects died suddenly, and the remaining 15 people were all brought here.

Du Zhong: "Your Highness, what should we do with these people?"

Qi Yan retreated to the left and right, and said to Du Zhong: "According to the confessions of the common people, the relief food distributed by the court has been tampered with, so I suspect that someone took advantage of the natural disaster to commit corruption."

Du Zhong's face changed instantly, and he bowed and saluted: "Your Highness, I know that this matter is not known to you!"

Qi Yan: "Lord Du's character is obvious to all. These days you lead the army to fight at the forefront. Without you in charge, I don't know what chaos Huainan would have. Besides, the local military and government are separated. I believe this matter has nothing to do with Master Du." Nothing to do."

Du Zhong: "The emperor's husband knows the details, and the officials are grateful. I dare to ask Your Highness, how to deal with these 15 people."

Qi Yan: "Don't worry, lock them up alone first, and eat three meals a day as usual, but no one is allowed to talk to them."

Eucommia: "Yes."

……

But two days later, Du Zhong reported back and forth that someone couldn't take it anymore, and he didn't know whether he was bored in prison or for some reason, so he took off his belt and hanged himself, but the jailer rescued him in time, and the doctor saw that he was fine.

Qi Yan: "Understood, send people to strictly guard them so that no accidents will happen to them, and each will be given a set of the Four Treasures of the Study, continue to wait."

Eucommia: "Yes."

At night, Qian Tong and Sanwa came back, and the [-] amnesty rolls they brought out this time had been privately distributed to the safe people on Yuanbao Mountain. Several times of crisis, this time the two of them can return safely, and Sanwa should take the lead.

In addition, Qian Tong also brought back a piece of news: Although the mob on Yuanbao Mountain was in a difficult environment and there was a shortage of food and clothes, they had sufficient fighting equipment, including scimitars, simple knives, and many bows and arrows. Tong Tong risked his life and took advantage of the darkness to explore into a cave and found it.

Now Qi Yan further confirmed the previous speculation: the Huainan riot was caused by the masked man behind the scenes.

She immediately repaired a letter, sealed it with red wax and ordered her to send it to the capital, and a few days later... Some of the dozen or so people in the prison couldn't bear the mental torture, so they wrote a confession and handed it to the jailer .

Qi Yan received a total of ten letters of surrender, confessing that they were greedy for disaster relief funds, disaster relief food, and five other people. There was no movement for several days, and the prefects of Yuanbao Mountain and Jinxiu Mountain were impressively listed. .

Qi Yan called the accompanying criminal officials and gave him the confession: "This is the confession written by ten people in the prison. Later, you can interrogate them one by one and convict them according to the law. You must interrogate them clearly and ask them to sign and draw a pledge. , and then circulated together with these ten copies, posted on the bulletin board and displayed in each city for three days."

Criminal Ministry official: "Yes."

After the officials from the Ministry of Punishment left, Qi Yan narrowed his eyes, his eyes were cold.

……

Another half month has passed, and the Chinese New Year will be in a few days.

Qi Yan finally received the money from the Sifang Bank, which was personally escorted by Qian Yuan. Among the senior management of the Sifang Bank, only Qian Yuan was innocent, so it was convenient for him to walk.

Seeing Qi Yan, Qian Yuan directly knelt down to pay homage: "Little man Qian Yuan, see the master."

Qi Yan smiled warmly, helped Qian Yuan up, and said to Qian Tong who was beside him: "Watch the seats."

Qian Tong brought a chair, and Qian Yuan thanked him three times before he sat down. Although we have been in touch every year, Qi Yan has not seen Qian Yuan for many years. Although Qian Yuan's attitude is very respectful, Qi Yan treats him well. More like old friends.

Qian Yuan was very pleased to see that his son was getting better and better, and his temperament was different from Qi Yan's in the past few years.

Qian Yuan took out a stack of bank notes from his bosom and handed them to Qi Yan: "Master, time is too late, and now all walks of life outside are in a downturn. Although the price of the shop has been suppressed very low, it is still difficult to convert it into silver. It will take some time. This is the bank note that the villain and Haruki have tried to collect in advance through various methods. There are 150 million taels, of which the villain has already exchanged 50 taels into small denomination bank notes, so that the owner can cash it out. In addition, there are another 50 taels of villains who made their own decisions, half of which were exchanged for broken silver and half of which were exchanged for copper coins, a total of 200 million taels. The villain thought that Huainan had just been hit by a disaster, and the small merchants did not have many copper coins in their hands. It's more convenient for the master."

Qi Yan smiled sincerely, and said: "I have always been at ease in your handling of affairs. Thanks to your thoughtfulness in these matters, otherwise it would be a trouble."

Qian Yuan: "The master has a great reputation. It is a villain's blessing to share the worries of the master's family. Please give me some money for this bank note."

Qi Yan took the bank note and put it aside, and asked: "How is Chun Shu?"

After finishing speaking, the master and servant looked at each other and smiled, and there was a tacit understanding.

Qian Yuan half-jokingly replied: "Master, don't you know Chun Shu? He is a famous beast in our Sifang Bank. He can only get in and out. Hearing that the master's family wants to pay money again, Chun Shu jumped up in anger. , He said that he wanted to come to the master to discuss it. But he could also guess why the master gave the money. Although Haruki's face was covered with tattoos, but in his heart... he had the world in his arms, the court had no money, How could he sit idly by and ignore the disaster victims in Huainan? If there were no Chunshu, the villain would not be able to raise money so quickly. The cause is great, so it is estimated that we can raise another 800 million taels.”

This figure was far beyond Qi Yan's estimate, it was really incompetent and ignorant, Qi Yan thought that the bank had donated so much to the imperial court before, this time it would be good to be able to come up with two or three million.

Qi Yan: "No need, I have also sent people to investigate for a while. Huainan has a good foundation, and many materials can be obtained locally. The manpower to help the people rebuild houses is also free of money. This 200 million taels is enough. Let Chun Don’t worry about the tree, it’s enough to prepare another million.”

Qian Yuan: "Yes."

Qi Yan talked with Qian Yuan for a while, seeing his eyes drifting directly to Qian Tong's body, knowing his love for his son, he let Qian's father and son retreat together.

A few days ago, officials from the Ministry of Criminal Justice had already convicted those ten officials, and it was time to move on to the next step when the money arrived.

Several of the ten people had relatively minor circumstances and admitted their mistakes well, so they were sentenced to confiscation of property, dismissed from their posts and exiled, and the others were sentenced to prison.

Qi Yan cuts paper and grinds to write...

Beijing.

Nangong Jingnv received two letters from her family, one from Youzhou and the other from the fiefdom of Princess Zhuohua. Nangong Sunv said, "Because I just returned to Youzhou not long ago, and the national mourning system cannot hold a big New Year, so I celebrate the New Year this year." He will not go back to the capital, but in the letter he greeted Nangong Jingnv and thanked her for taking care of Shangguan Fu.

Nangong Shunv also said in the letter that she had just returned to the fief and wanted to spend more time with her mother. It was the first time in so many years that she was able to spend a new year alone with her mother, so she will not be coming back this year, and ask His Majesty how well.

After reading the two letters, Nangong Jingnv got up and walked out of the imperial case piled up with memorials, went to the window and opened it.

A gust of cold wind hit Nangong Jingnv, her mind cleared up a lot, but her heart was hard to hide.

This is the first Spring Festival when she ascended to the throne of God, and it is also the first Spring Festival when she is not accompanied by her family.

It was within Nangong Jingnv's expectation that the two sisters could not return to Beijing, but Qi Yan's absence was not Nangong Jingnv's plan.

Doing the math, Qi Yan has only been away for two months, but it seems to me that two years have passed. I used to read a book that said: "One day is like three autumns. I always find it funny and hypocritical. Now it's my turn." Only when you experience it yourself can you really understand it.

It's not that she hasn't parted with Qi Yan since she got married, it's just that she was surrounded by many people at that time, even her thoughts were not so deep and clear, now only she is left in the huge inner court... this heart is empty.

Especially after knowing the identity of the Qi Yan woman, from the initial confusion and bewilderment, to now there is a feeling of pity in my heart that I have never felt before. The other party is also a woman like myself. I wonder if there is anything to eat?Do you dress warmly?

And her body... This is what I'm most worried about.

Did the accompanying imperial doctor decoct her medicine on time?Are the nourishing royal meals cooked on time?Did you tell her to eat?

Thinking of Qi Yan's body, Nangong Jingnv could only feel distressed.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk."

Fan Xing: "Your Majesty, the imperial dining room has cooked porridge. You have worked hard for two hours. Let's take a break and have something to eat."

Nangong Jingnv originally wanted to dismiss Fan Xing, but when she thought that she was so worried about Qi Yan's body, she must be the same, so she had to be good.

Nangong Jingnu: "Come in."

Fanxing was very disciplined, put the bowl on the small table and left without raising his eyes.

Nangong Jingnv closed the window and walked over, seeing that the imperial bowl was filled with a bowl of red bean porridge, and the treasures were shining with crystal luster, she was stunned.

After she sat back to the imperial case with a bowl in her hand, she couldn't help writing: red beans are born in the southern country, and a few branches will be sent in spring.May you pick more, this thing is the most lovesick...