My name is Chang An, your name is Gu Li

Seeing Song Jing's confident look, Su Ke was still a little worried: "But Prime Minister Song, although we really can't find out what's going on, what if they directly target Chang Yonghe?"

"Prime Minister Song, you only have Chang Yonghe as your student. How can you be so sure that he will be fine? In my opinion, you still need to be more careful."

Song Jing smiled and shook his head, saying, "Prime Minister Su has been smart all his life, why is he so stupid in this place?"

"You did think of the more dangerous places, but you underestimated Yonghe's reputation and how much importance it is given today."

"Does the current emperor also know Chang Yonghe?" Su Ke was stunned for a moment, "Could it be that you, Prime Minister Song, told him?"

"That's right," Song Jing replied, "When the first victory report came that day, I immediately handed it over to the current emperor and explained the existence of Yonghe."

"The current emperor said that his affairs would be kept secret, and there is also the existence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already admired Yonghe's talent, and now he has even more respect for him after knowing Yonghe's contribution to the governance of evil money."

"If His Royal Highness wants to plant something, do you think they can gain anything big?"

After listening to this, Su Ke thought about it for a while and felt that what Song Jing said made sense. But he still asked, "Why does Prime Minister Song know so much?"

"If I can't think of these things, I really don't need to sit on the position of Prime Minister." Song Jing said with a smile, "However, Prime Minister Su has reminded me. I will also arrange for spies to go out and deal with those who make trouble."

"That's good. It's right to be cautious." Su Ke nodded. "I wonder if Prime Minister Song is free this afternoon?"

Song Jing held his chin and thought for a while, then replied, "There is nothing to do. I wonder why Prime Minister Su asked this?"

"Then may I have the honor to invite Prime Minister Song to my humble home for a game of chess?" Su Ke said with a smile.

"Now that you mention it, I'm a little itchy. I'll visit your house after lunch." Song Jing also said with a smile.

"Then I will wait for Prime Minister Song's arrival at home."

At noon, when Chang An returned to the gate of Chang's house in a carriage, he found Gu Li sitting on the steps at the gate with a look of grievance. He was slightly startled, then hurriedly walked up to her, lifted her up from the ground, and asked with concern:

"What's wrong, Gu Niang? Why are you sitting on the ground? Is there something that makes you unhappy again?"

Gu Li's eyes were red at this time, and his voice was a little tearful: "Chang Lang, the snowman you built for me has melted."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, then touched her head and said, "Spring is here, and the weather is starting to warm up. And the snowman is made of snow, so it's normal for it to melt. Why are you sad?"

"I know everything. I know it's spring now, and I also know that snowmen are made of snow..." Gu Li became more and more unhappy as she spoke. Chang An was even a little afraid that she might burst into tears after saying something.

"Then... don't be unhappy." Chang An took Gu Li's hand, shook it gently, and led her into the mansion.

"But...but that was what Chang Lang gave me."

Gu Li pouted, her eyebrows drooped, and she looked very sad. Although Chang An gave her many things, no matter which one, no matter whether it was good or bad, she regarded it as a treasure. If any one of them was broken or lost, she would be very distressed.

Chang An gently squeezed her little hand and comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. Gu Niang, think about it from another perspective. Last year's snowman melted. Does that mean that Chang Lang can make two new ones for you this winter?"

"But it doesn't snow every year in Chang'an." Gu Li pursed his lips and said, "I'm already seventeen years old and have always lived in Chang'an. I've only seen snow for five or six years. Not to mention the heavy snow like last year."

Chang An raised his eyebrows, and thinking back, it seemed to be true: during the Tang Dynasty, the earth was in a warm period, and there were not many winters with snow, let alone heavy snowfall.

He thought for a moment and said, "Then every winter when it snows, no matter how heavy or light it is, I will make two snowmen for Gu Niang."

"What if it doesn't snow that year?" Gu Li raised his eyelids and asked.

"If it doesn't snow that year, I will draw a picture for Gu Niang. The Gu Niang in each painting will be different. How about that?" Chang An said.

Gu Li rolled her eyes, as if she was calculating in her mind, as if she felt that this would not be a loss, so she nodded and said, "Okay! If it doesn't snow that year, I will go to Li's Cloth Shop in the East Market to order a new set of clothes, and then wear them to paint for Chang Lang!"

Chang An raised his eyebrows when he heard this, stretched out the finger of his free hand, poked Gu Li's soft waist, and said jokingly: "Do you go to Li's Cloth Shop to order a new set of clothes every year?"

"The cloth and ready-made clothes from Li's Cloth Shop are not cheap. Madam Gu wants to order a new set? She is such a rich woman."

"Ah..." Gu Li felt a little itchy and quickly dodged to the side, "I'm not some rich woman."

While Chang An and Gu Li were playing, in the prison in Penglai County, a censor was sitting at the door of the punishment room, looking at the Penglai County magistrate inside.

At this time, the magistrate of Penglai County was trembling with fear, looking at the Supervisory Censor sitting at the door with his eyes, and almost cried out: "Master Censor, if you have anything else to ask, I will tell you everything I need to say."

The Supervisory Censor crossed his arms, called a bad man over, and ordered, "Go get some paper and pen, and take notes later."

"Yes."

The bad guy responded and left to get paper and pen. Soon, the bad guy came back and stood beside the table, ready to copy.

"Penglai County Magistrate, you just said that you would tell me everything. Now I need you to promise that what you say is true." The Censor-in-Chief looked at the county magistrate and said.

"Little one understands, little one understands."

"That's good. This way, neither you nor I will be in trouble." The Supervisory Censor nodded, and then asked, "Zhang Ru, Chen Kui and other private minters in the county are all protected by you, right?"

"Yes, yes, it was because I was blinded by money that I did such a stupid thing." The county magistrate was afraid of being beaten again, so he did not dare to lie and admitted it quickly.

"The second question is: In addition to Zhang Ru, Chen Kui and others, are there other people in the county who privately mint coins?" The Censor-in-Chief took a look at the confession written by the bad guy and continued to ask.

"Yes, yes, yes."

"How many are there? Tell me all their names. If you don't have a name, tell me your appearance, where you live, etc."

"besides......"

You asked him questions and he answered them, from privately minting coins to corrupt officials, he asked almost everything. I don't know how long the interrogation lasted, but the censor finally stopped asking questions. Then he asked the bad guy next to him:

"Have you copied everything?"

"Your Excellency, I have copied everything down, word for word." The bad man put down his pen and handed the confession on the table to the Censor.

After the Supervisory Censor read it from beginning to end and confirmed that there was no problem, he ordered: "Send someone to take the Penglai County Magistrate back to the cell, then organize people, take the ultimatum, and search for the person he just confessed in shifts all day and night."

"In addition to the people who confessed in the confessions, all the officials, police officers, and wealthy businessmen who colluded with each other for money and corruption were arrested and detained pending trial."

"Yes." The bad guy responded and turned and left.

Before the evening curfew, there were no "empty rooms" left in the prison of Penglai County. After an investigation by the bad guys, all those who had profited from the private minting of coins in the city, big and small, had already "moved in".

Several counties near Penglai County also received the news very quickly. Most of the counties under the jurisdiction of the county magistrates had already received the censors. A small number of them also heard the news and began to worry.

If the investigation in Pengcheng County only made the county magistrates who participated in the private minting of coins a little nervous, then the results of the investigation in Penglai County began to make them panic. Except for some county magistrates who did not participate in the private minting of coins, the county magistrates and officials who had received benefits to some extent were all very scared at this time.

Even those counties and prefectures that had not yet been searched were extremely nervous. After all, if the search had not arrived yet, who knows. Some even started to conduct their own investigations, and then threw those they caught into jail, waiting for the arrival of the Censor.

As a result, for a while, many people in the county were in panic, and only a few honest officials could sit in the court with peace of mind.

Things had been going on until the end of January. When the matter in Penglai County was concluded, the Censor wrote a letter with the information he had collected and ordered a messenger to deliver it urgently to Chang'an City.

Along with the news from Penglai County, there were also messages from several other counties. After receiving these new reports, Song Jing was also extremely happy, so he sent someone to deliver them to Emperor Li Longji.

The next day, as usual, the court was to be held. After the ministers saluted and shouted "Long live the emperor", they stood up and looked up at Li Longji sitting on the dragon throne. They couldn't help but be a little surprised -

Li Longji, sitting on the dragon throne, was full of excitement. He said, "My Lords, the investigation results of Penglai County and other counties and states yesterday have been delivered to me. The investigations have been completed and the criminals have been brought back to the capital."

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is wise!" Seeing the emperor so happy, the ministers in the audience flattered him as usual.

"Although we should celebrate the effective governance of the issue of evil money, I have another matter to arrange today."

At this time, Li Longji also changed the subject and said: "It is already the end of January, spring is in the air, and it is time to make arrangements for the Spring Examination."