hsntnovel Chapter 2098 Intelligence
Chapter 2098 Intelligence
The banquet lasted for an hour. Li Shen found that he thought he was quite extravagant, but he did not expect that he was the most conservative one in this occasion.
The end result of this group of people was simply a chaos of demons, and they even molested the young lady.
Li Shen gritted his teeth in hatred.
After the banquet, Li Junxian and Li Yixie sent Li Shen back to their own courtyard.
"Governor Li, please don't make the dinner so grand. I've been exhausted from the journey and want to rest early. I have to travel again tomorrow. Just send the food here."
Before leaving, Li Shen gave an instruction that he liked to play, but he didn't like to play with strangers.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Li Junxian saluted.
When Li Shen returned to the front hall, he saw two middle-aged men waiting in the living room.
Seeing King Ji coming back, he hurried forward to salute:
"See His Highness Prince Ji."
"Yeah." Li Shen nodded and sat in the main seat.
"What are your names?"
Li Shen didn't know these two people, although they were the general managers in charge of a region and were considered senior leaders.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, my name is Zhu Zhisong, and I'm the owner of Liangzhou Newspaper." One person spoke first.
Li Shen took a look and found that the man was thin and had an ordinary appearance, except for a mole on the right side of his mouth with two hairs on it.
You can tell at first glance that he is a very shrewd and calculating person.
Li Shen nodded with satisfaction. This kind of person is quite shrewd and smooth, and is more suitable as a shopkeeper who collects intelligence.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, my surname is Yang, and my name is Tongfei. I am the owner of the Liangzhou purchasing point."
Another person followed up with a report. This person had a fat head and big ears. Li Shen could tell at a glance that he was extremely fat.
"Okay, let's talk about Liangzhou first. Zhu Zhisong, you go first. Is there any news recently?"
Li Shen took the tea handed over by Shi Tou and asked.
"My Lord, nothing special has happened in Liangzhou. If there is anything different, it is the competition among merchants in the past few months, and many wealthy people from Shazhou and Yizhou have come to Liangzhou to seek refuge.
I heard that there is some unrest in the Western Region, and they are afraid of being implicated."
"Bullshit." Li Shen cursed after hearing Zhu Zhisong's words.
"Shazhou is blocked by Yumen Pass, how could they possibly come over? Do these rebels dare to attack Yumen Pass? Unless they are crazy.
Have you checked whether someone is deliberately creating panic and spreading rumors? "
"Your Highness, it shouldn't be the case. I haven't heard any news about this in Liangzhou Prefecture, and the Shazhou newspaper hasn't sent any news. So it shouldn't be the case."
Seeing that Prince Ji was angry, Zhu Zhisong hurriedly reported it.
"That's good. You've been here for so long, you should have some understanding of the officials in Liangzhou City. Have there been any unusual movements since Li Junxian came?
Or is someone deliberately making things difficult for me?"
Li Shen asked the newspaper people to come mainly to ask this question. Li Shen was very afraid of death, so everything had to be arranged properly.
There are too many conspiracies and intrigues against him, and he has to be on guard.
Zhu Zhisong thought for a moment before replying:
"Your Highness, there is no information on this matter at the moment. After Governor Li arrived, he quickly took over Liangzhou because of the imperial edict.
So far, no one has been found to be hypocritical.
However...I have found out that some officials have been corrupt and accepted bribes."
Having said this, Zhu Zhisong looked at Li Shen cautiously, waiting for Prince Ji's anger.
"Is the amount of embezzlement large?" Li Shen calmly took a sip of tea.
"Your Highness, it's not very big, and there's not much profit here. Apart from some food, we make a little money from local merchants to help our brothers." Zhu Zhisong replied.
"Is there anyone who oppresses the people? Forcibly abducting women, forcing women of good character into prostitution, killing people and robbing their goods?" Li Shen asked again.
"No, Your Majesty. If there was, I would have passed the news back long ago."
"Well, I understand. I will handle this matter myself. If anyone oppresses the people, you must report it, otherwise you will be in trouble."
Li Shen nodded to show that he understood. He was not going to take care of trivial matters. If it was about getting rid of harm for the people, Li Shen could pretend to be a secret visit.
"Yes, I dare not."
"Okay, it's your turn. Has anything happened at your purchasing point?" Li Shen looked at Yang Tongfei again.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, everything is normal at the purchasing point and nothing else has happened." Yang Tongfei saluted in reply.
"Really? Then what happened to the ten missing cows?" Li Shen asked casually while drinking tea.
Li Shen's words startled Yang Tongfei. He glanced at Zhu Zhisong and bowed deeply.
"Your Highness Prince Ji, I gave those ten cows to the border troops as a gift."
"Oh!"
"presumptuous!"
Li Shen slammed the teacup on the table and shouted angrily.
"Plop~" Yang Tongfei was so scared that he fell to his knees.
“Your Highness Prince Ji, please spare my life, Your Highness Prince Ji, please spare my life. I only gave five cows to the border troops, and sold the remaining five cows to passing merchants.
I sold the items for a total of 40 strings of cash, and asked someone to send 20 strings back home. The remaining 20 strings have not been spent and are still in my bedroom.
Your Highness Prince Ji, I know I was wrong."
Yang Tongfei kowtowed and begged for mercy as he spoke. The official letter of self-inspection from Prince Ji's Mansion had already been sent out, asking them to conduct a self-inspection, which was in other words surrendering themselves.
But Yang Tongfei was hoping for the best and did not report it. Firstly, what he embezzled was not money but cattle, and the death of livestock was a normal thing.
Secondly, the amount he embezzled was small, only 40 strings of cash. He thought that the government would not be able to find out, but he did not expect that Prince Ji knew about it.
"Yang Tongfei, you should have received an official letter from Prince Ji's Mansion, right?" Li Shen asked expressionlessly while looking at Yang Tongfei kneeling on the ground.
"I...I got it." Yang Tongfei nodded.
"But why didn't you report it? Do you think the Ji Wang Mansion can't find out? Or do you think the Ji Wang Mansion won't investigate you?"
Li Shen stood up and walked in front of Yang Tongfei with his hands behind his back.
"Your Highness, I know I was wrong. I couldn't resist the temptation and was bewitched. Please spare my life."
Yang Tongfei cried bitterly and begged desperately. He said that he had embezzled the money of Prince Ji's mansion and had not surrendered even when given the chance. How could Prince Ji let him go?
"Sigh~~~" Li Shen looked at Yang Tongfei and sighed.
Originally, this matter was not complicated. Li Shen gave them the opportunity. Forty strings of cash should not have been a big deal, but Yang Tongfei was too smart for his own good.
According to Wang Hongfu, Yang Tongfei is a talented person, smart and capable, who has always done a good job and has never been involved in corruption.
I don't know why I did this this time.
"Okay, you get up." Li Shen returned to his seat, thought for a moment and asked:
"Yang Tongfei, tell me the truth, why did you embezzle five cows instead of taking the money directly?"
(It’s time to go to bed, brothers and sisters, good night. Please urge me to update.
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