The Return of the Demon

Liang Anzhi's eyes lit up, "Does the prince have a solution?"

Ning Chen smiled and said, "Buddha said, it cannot be said, it cannot be said!"

Tan Tai Qingyue glanced at Ning Chen. Whenever Ning Chen showed such a mean expression, it meant that he was going to do something bad and someone was going to be unlucky!

At this time, Feng Qizhen and Pan Yucheng came back.

The two looked at Liang Anzhi standing next to Ning Chen with some confusion.

Ning Chen explained the situation again!

The two stood in awe.

Feng Qizhen said, "Sir Liang, I, Old Feng, apologize to you... I thought you were a dog official before, and I wanted to twist your head off and use it as a chamber pot."

Liang Anzhi's face twitched.

Ning Chen asked, "How did you interrogate?"

Pan Yucheng's face was solemn, and he said, "I interrogated Zhao Hongyi. According to him, the Tianshen Sect has grown very fast and now has tens of thousands of believers."

Ning Chen was shocked at first, but soon sneered.

"Nonsense... How many people are there in Qingzhou and the six counties under its jurisdiction? Either Zhao Hongyi is lying, or he has been deceived by the great god."

"By the way, have you found out who the great god is?"

Pan Yucheng said: "According to Zhao Hongyi's account, the great god is a monk... Zhao Hongyi is the richest man in Qingzhou, but in the past year, his descendants died of illness for no reason. The great god came to beg for alms and saw at a glance that there was an evil spirit in the Zhao Mansion, causing the Zhao family's descendants to die one after another."

"Later, after the great god cast a spell, Zhao Hongyi's only remaining grandson was able to save his life... From then on, Zhao Hongyi regarded the great god as a god, and let his only grandson worship the great god as his teacher."

After listening, Ning Chen couldn't help but sneered.

"It seems that Zhao Hongyi has been targeted for a long time. The Zhao family's descendants died of illness for no reason. It must be the trick of this evil monk... If there are gods in this world, how could they watch the disaster in Qingzhou and the people suffer?"

"Old Pan, have you found out where this great god is?"

Pan Yucheng shook his head, "Zhao Hongyi doesn't know either. He is just following orders!"

Ning Chen waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's ignore these... The most important thing now is to save the people of Qingzhou first."

"Old Feng, go to the Southern Border Army Camp and find Niu Anguo for me."

This time, 30,000 troops were transferred from the Southern Border, and the leader was Niu Anguo, one of Tong Yuanzhou's deputy generals.

"Okay, I'll go now!"

Feng Qi turned around and left!

Ning Chen looked at Liang Anzhi and said, "Lord Liang, you have to stay in prison during this period."

Liang Anzhi was stunned.

Ning Chen's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Lord Liang, you have to help me lure out the evil monk of the Heavenly God Cult."

Liang Anzhi looked puzzled.

Ning Chen said: "There will be chaos in the city tonight. Sir Liang can take this opportunity to escape from the prison with the help of his confidants... When Sir Liang escaped, he took away the silver he had embezzled over the years."

"Sir Liang, you took a lot of their silver, right?"

Liang Anzhi nodded, "Yes, a lot, all added up, at least 100,000 taels... But I didn't touch a penny of this silver."

"After the disaster in Qingzhou, the price of grain skyrocketed, and the people couldn't afford it at all... I had already asked people to quietly distribute this silver to the people, and every sum of silver was recorded in the book."

Ning Chen smiled and said: "The purpose of the Tianshen Cult is to make money. Sir Liang escaped with 100,000 taels of silver notes... They will definitely find you."

Liang Anzhi roughly understood Ning Chen's arrangement.

"Don't worry, Sir Liang. The confidant who helped you escape is my Ning'an Army. They will protect you."

Liang Anzhi leaned over and said, "It's not a pity for me to die. As long as I can save the people of Qingzhou, I can do anything."

Ning Chen raised his mouth slightly, "I will do my best to protect you, but Sir Liang, please suffer some physical pain first."

Liang Anzhi looked puzzled.

Ning Chen said, "You were interrogated by me personally, but you didn't have any injuries afterwards. It's hard to believe."

Liang Zhian immediately understood. He looked up and said, "Come on!"

Ning Chen looked at Pan Yucheng, "Old Pan, you are proficient in the art of interrogation... Can you make a person look seriously injured but not seriously injured?"

Pan Yucheng was about to nod, but heard a click.

The faces of everyone present changed drastically.

Liang Zhian actually broke two of his fingers. His facial features were distorted in pain, his whole body was twitching, and cold sweat was pouring down his forehead.

He trembled and said, "Your Majesty, please give me a few heavy punches on my face, it would be best if I could knock out my teeth... That evil monk is quite resourceful, if I try to cheat, I'm afraid I can't fool him."

Ning Chen nodded slightly.

"Sir Liang, the people will remember you!"

Liang Zhian forced a smile, "People are freezing to death outside every moment, the little suffering I have endured is insignificant compared to the people of Qingzhou."

Ning Chen sighed, "Sir Liang, I'm sorry!"

"Come on!"

Ning Chen hesitated for a moment, and finally went forward and punched Liang Anzhi, making his face swollen, his mouth and nose bleeding, and two teeth fell out.

Liang Anzhi twitched with pain, and trembled, "This, this... should be OK."

"Sir Liang, can you bear it?"

"Thank you for your concern, your Majesty, I'm fine... As the prefect of Qingzhou, as long as I can eliminate the evil for the people, I will die without regrets!"

Ning Chen showed admiration.

"Old Pan, send Lord Liang to the prison and lock him up with Ji Leshan... Save someone tonight, and take Ji Leshan with you."

With Ji Leshan as a witness, Liang Anzhi could more easily gain the trust of the evil monk.

Pan Yucheng took Liang Anzhi away.

Tan Tai Qingyue said softly: "The officials of Daxuan are so brave, no wonder Daxuan is so strong."

Ning Chen pulled the corner of his mouth, "The officialdom is dark, and so is the officialdom of Daxuan. If all the officials of Daxuan were honest, there would be no such things as stealing the granary and starving the people to death... Liang Anzhi is like a cotton ball in the gutter."

As he was talking, Feng Qizheng came with Niu Anguo.

"I am Niu Anguo, the last general, to see the prince!"

Niu Anguo saluted respectfully.

They are also old acquaintances. When they were in the southern border, Niu Anquan had seen the style of Ning Chen leading the army to attack Nanyue.

"General Niu, we are familiar with each other, so I won't say polite words... Now I have an important task for you."

Niu Anguo's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "Your Majesty, just give me your orders, and I will complete them."

Ning Chen nodded slightly and said: "You will go back to the barracks later and select 500 elite soldiers. Tonight at midnight, pretend to be bandits."

"Ah?"

Niu Anguo was confused.

Ning Chen smiled and said: "General Niu doesn't know that Qingzhou officials and businessmen colluded to steal all the granaries... Now there is not a grain of food in the granaries of the entire Qingzhou, causing a large number of people to die of hunger and cold."

Niu Anguo was furious. As a soldier, he hated this kind of thing the most.

He had long discovered that there was no place in Qingzhou to give porridge to disaster relief. He was still confused in his heart, thinking that the imperial court's decree to open the granaries and release grain had not yet arrived...I didn't expect it to be like this.

These dog officials, all deserve to die.

Ning Chen said in a deep voice: "The grain in the Qingzhou grain merchants' warehouses now is actually the grain from the Qingzhou granary. These profiteers took advantage of the snowstorm to raise prices crazily and make a fortune from the national disaster... Tonight, I want all the grain merchants' grain to return to the Qingzhou granary."