He pushed away the guard standing in front of him, then grabbed a long knife and split open the grain bag in front of him.

As soon as the bag was opened, the soil inside leaked out instantly.

Seeing this situation, Li Chengqian was no longer calm.

He waved the long knife in his hand wildly, splitting open bags of "food."

What shocked everyone was that these bags were all filled with bags of soil.

The surrounding guards also reacted at this time, drew their sabers one after another, and began to dismantle the sacks in a similar manner.

After a while of work, except for the top few bags which contained grain, the rest were all filled with soil.

Seeing this situation, the people around him began to point and point.

Li Chengqian, on the other hand, slipped the long knife from his hand and sat down on the ground. He stared blankly at the bags of soil in front of him and muttered: "How is it possible? How is it possible?"

At this time, Changsun Wuji also got the news and arrived with his people.

The first time he arrived, he asked the imperial guards to disperse the crowd watching the excitement, and then ordered people to help Li Chengqian into the Prince's Mansion.

"Uncle, Buddhism has mistaken me. You have to help me now."

As soon as he returned to the Prince's Mansion, Li Chengqian held Changsun Wuji's hand in tears and cried.

Hearing what Li Chengqian said, how could Changsun Wuji not know at this time that his nephew turned out to be a Buddhist? Only then did he feel confident that he dared not listen to his own advice and insisted on attacking the merchants in the entire Chang'an City. Take action.

"You said Buddhism misled you, but because of the food?"

Although he was angry in his heart, Changsun Wuji was not a person who did not care about the overall situation. He could only hold back the anger in his heart temporarily and asked his questions.

"Yes, uncle, this batch of grain was provided by Buddhism. Not only that, I also purchased it at a price that is [-]% higher than the current market price. I just didn't expect these bald donkeys to be so vicious and cheat me with sand and soil."

"Then you didn't think of checking during the handover?"

When Changsun Wuji heard that the grain was bought at a high price, he immediately became anxious.

"It's been tested, but it was fine last night. Why did it turn into sand this night?"

When Sun Wuji asked, Li Chengqian immediately patted his chest and assured him that he had personally inspected the grain.

Seeing that the other party was speaking so firmly, Changsun Wuji was a little unsure.

Could it be that the food sent by Buddhism was all real, but was replaced with sand overnight last night?

Thinking of this, Changsun Wuji called the person who was watching the night last night with a gloomy face and asked:

"Did you notice anything unusual during your vigil last night?"

Several guards who were keeping watch at night were trembling and did not dare to answer.

After they came back last night, Li Chengqian arranged a celebration banquet.

These people usually have no important tasks in the Prince's Mansion, and since it was a banquet arranged by His Highness, they naturally drank a few more drinks.

When it was their turn to keep vigil, they went there in a daze. When they got there, they fell asleep directly.

Now when Changsun Wuji is asked, how can he dare to answer.

When Changsun Wuji saw them like this, he immediately knew that there must be something hidden, so he drank to them:

"If you recruit me now, I can give you a good time later, but if you dare to hide it, you will be unable to live or die."

After hearing what Changsun Wuji said, Li Chengqian also reacted, pointed at the noses of several guards and cursed:

"You bitches, such a big thing has happened in the Prince's Mansion now, do you think you can be spared if you don't open your mouth?"

Under the double coercion of the two men, the guards could only tell the truth in order to get a chance of survival.

Unexpectedly, after Li Chengqian heard this, without saying a word, he had people pull them out and beat them to death with sticks.

Changsun Wuji had no intention of stopping him at all. Instead, he directly ordered the manager of the Prince's Mansion and asked him to lead people to question the servants one by one to see if anything unusual was discovered last night.

Then, he asked Li Chengqian to bring up the young Buddhist monk who was staying at the Prince's Mansion for communication.

As soon as the young monk arrived, Changsun Wuji directly scolded without waiting for anyone else to speak:

"You bald donkey, how dare you collude with outsiders, use sand and soil as food, and deceive the prince of the dynasty, you must be guilty!!!"

Facing Changsun Wuji's rebuke, the young monk did not panic at all, but said slowly:

"Amitabha, monks don't lie. The food that the poor monk handed over to His Highness the Prince a few days ago is indeed genuine. His Highness the Prince has also personally inspected it. How can I make a statement?"

"And after the grain was transported into the Prince's Mansion last night, it was supervised by the Prince's Mansion guards throughout the process. The poor monk didn't leave his room all night, and it was impossible for him to have time to change it."

"The donor framed the poor monk in this way, does he think that Buddhists like me are easy to bully?"

After saying that, the expression on the originally kind-hearted little monk's face changed, and he looked at Changsun Wuji with wide eyes.

When the young monk saw him like this, even a decisive person like Changsun Wuji couldn't help but feel a little palpitated.

Taking a deep breath, Changsun Wuji turned his head to the side, not looking at the young monk, and continued:

"The food that was just shipped last night turned into gravel overnight. If you say this has nothing to do with you, no one will believe it."

"Now, I am not going to investigate what went wrong. I am calling you here this time just to ask your Buddhist sect to deliver another batch of food as soon as possible to make up for the previous quantity."

The young monk hesitated for a moment, then recited the Buddha's name and said: "Master Changsun, it's not the young monk who doesn't want to help, but you should also know how precious the batch of food last night is now."

"My Buddhist sect also spent an extremely huge amount of money to barely get it together..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengqian interrupted directly:

"Don't you just want money? You tell me the number, and I will find a way to get it for you."

Li Chengqian, who controls most of Chang'an's wealth, is now wealthy. In his opinion, anything that can be solved with money is not a big deal.

The young monk shook his head and said with a troubled face: "Your Highness, this is not a matter of money. It is really impossible for our Buddhist sect to collect such a quantity of food in such a short period of time."

"Then how much can you put together now?"

Zhangsun Wuji asked.

"At most, it's one-tenth of the grain from this transaction."

"What can I do with this little food? If my father discovers that I didn't deliver the food on time, you know the consequences!"

Li Chengqian became anxious and shouted directly.

He has already sent someone to report the news to his father. If the schedule is delayed, not to mention his status as a supervisor, I am afraid that even the position of the prince may be unstable.

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