Husband-in-Law: Reborn Peasant Girl Busy Farming

Chapter 253

The people kneeling below all had their hair standing on end.

Xue Lince couldn't help but be shocked when he saw it.

The table is made of solid wood after all.

One palm could break the table into pieces, which was obviously beyond his imagination.

"Why don't you answer my question?" The regent looked at Cai Tiao, who was kneeling at the front.

"I'm a lower official, I'm a lower official..." Cai Tiao couldn't explain why.

After all, the difference between forty cents and one tael is twenty-five times.

"Okay, I won't ask you about the price of food for now." The regent raised his chin to Zhang Fan on the side. A clerk standing behind him took out a sack and threw it in front of Cai Tiao with a bang.

, "Just let me see what the food in Shandong is like!"

Before the clerk could take action, the regent took out a dagger from his boot and thrust it straight into the sack on the ground.

The rice inside was dull, slightly gray, and rarely whole grains. As soon as a few handfuls came out, Xue Lince could already smell the stale smell.

At this time, Cai Tiao's face was ashen and he sat on the ground without saying a word.

"Master Cai, Prefect Cai, Cai Tiao!" The regent kicked him hard on the shoulder. The old prefect leaned back and almost fell, but the person behind him helped him and kept him from falling to the ground.

"This is the rice you sold to the victims for one tael of silver per dou!" The regent's voice echoed in the county government. People around him said nothing and did not dare to make a sound, for fear of being caught by the regent the next second.

Being a typical example, "As an official of the imperial court, where is your conscience? Will you eat this rice?"

"Your Highness!" At this moment, a young man next to Cai Tiao climbed out, knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times, and then said, "This is not what Mr. Cai wants!"

"Humph," the Prince Regent snorted coldly, as if he was looking at a dead person, "Then you should tell me how this is 'not what he wanted'!"

Xue Lince and Chen Cheng were on the other side, and couldn't help but sweat for the young man.

"Your Highness, you don't know something. There is no food in the treasury..." the young man said sadly, "The flood in Licheng also affected the granary of the county government office. The food soaked in the flood has become moldy. How can we eat it?"

It’s really life-threatening!”

Small sobs could be heard from all around, causing the Prince Regent to frown.

Seeing that the regent didn't speak, the young man knelt on the ground and continued: "These grains were bought by a wealthy family in Licheng from other places. He said that to buy these grains, a dou would cost close to two taels. Originally, he said that this grain was less."

The one who doesn’t sell five ounces a dozen is Mr. Cai..."

"Chen Xing! Stop talking!" Cai Tiao interrupted him at the right time, "Your Highness is right, I should bear the responsibility for these things..."

"You are right," the regent didn't pay attention to what they just said, his voice was full of ridicule, "Everything that happens here should be borne by you!"

"A dou of rice is nearly two taels? Cai Tiao, please tell me, is it that I look like a fool, or is it that you, Cai Tiao, are talking about something other than a head?" The table just now has been smashed by him, and there is nothing to take pictures of now.

He could only glare at the person in front of him, "Can you believe this?"

"There is no food in the city, and there is nothing I can do about it..." Cai Tiao's voice was a little soft, but everyone present could hear it.

Xue Lince shook his head helplessly.

Could it be that the prefect thought that by performing a painful trick, he would soften the heart of the man in front of him?

What a joke.

Putting aside whether the murderous Prince Regent will be soft-hearted, Xue Lince, even a political idiot, can see the clues just from these words.

As I interrupted just now, Prefect Cai probably used the provincial government's money to buy part of the grain, so he only had one tael of silver per dou.

Otherwise it would be five taels.

There seems to be nothing wrong with this.

But do these people really think others are fools?

Even if someone wanted to make a fortune, they wouldn't be stupid enough to use old rice that was almost spoiled to start this business. Some are of better quality and cheaper than him, so why do they have to buy this from other places?

I think it's just because the rice is cheap. Looking at the quality, even the Tang family's horses won't feed it.

After all, if it ruins your stomach, you don’t know how much it will cost in the future.

I guess the water here is quite deep.

Xue Lince was a little lucky at this time. It was the regent who brought people to provide disaster relief.

If it were just him and Chen Cheng, they probably wouldn't be able to control these silverfish.

Even wanting to embezzle money for disaster relief is not a matter of good conscience, but a matter of wanting to give the heads of himself and the nine tribes to the Regent for Duijingguan.

"Incoming, the chief criminal Cai Tiao was taken to the prison, and the rest were taken to the capital." The regent spoke, and his men hurried forward to take the people into custody.

"Your Highness can't!" The man who spoke for Cai Tiao just now spoke again, "Master Cai is dedicated to the people, how can your Highness do this? Besides, the punishment cannot be as good as a doctor. Master Cai is a fourth-grade prefect, so why..."

"I have forgotten about you," the regent walked to this man, lowered his head slightly and looked at the young man's stubborn face, showing a sinister smile, "this bitch is loyal, I want to know a lot, so follow him

Cai Tiao was taken to prison together."

The old prefect could no longer stand at this time, so he was only able to walk with the help of a Yamen servant.

He said nothing else before leaving, and only took another deep look at the Prince Regent before he was dragged away.

"Okay, just do whatever you have to do." The regent pressed his temples as if he had a headache. When he raised his face again, he felt that his face was a little pale. "Chen Cheng has arranged it. Before lunch at the porridge shed,

You have to set it up well, if you can make out the silhouette of people in the porridge, the cell next to Cai Tiao is prepared for you!"

Xue Lince saluted after Chen Cheng, and the two turned and left.

But as soon as Xue Lince reached the door, he was stopped by the regent.

"Xue Yuanwailang stays!" Chen Cheng turned around briefly, gave him a wish-for-blessing expression, and left in a hurry.

Just kidding, it's already time, if you don't hurry up and get ready, do you really want to stay in jail?

Xue Lince said nothing, just stood there, waiting for the regent's instructions.

"I, the king, listen to me, are you here with your family this time?" The regent's voice was full of disdain, as if he had already determined that Xue Lince was greedy for pleasure, "Let me tell you, this is disaster relief, not a sightseeing tour!

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"Yes." Xue Lince saluted. He felt that Tang Luoyu had been wronged, and he felt uncomfortable. He knew that he shouldn't speak now, but he couldn't help it. "It's just that the official Neizi is also here to help."

"Oh?" The regent snorted coldly and looked at Xue Lince in front of him, "Then I will listen carefully to see how your family can help!"

"This incident happened suddenly and came in a hurry. It's just that my wife received the Holy Grace and was granted the title of Yiren. She felt that she could not live up to the Holy Spirit's gift, so in addition to the money donated before, she also shipped another batch of medicinal materials."

(End of chapter)