I embezzled 100,000 taels at the beginning, and the empress begged me to be more greedy

It's getting late.

Chen Qingyun returned to the side room and took out the memorial sent by the Six Garrison Army.

After opening the letter, Chen Qingyun felt uneasy and unable to concentrate, and Jiang Zuo's words kept coming to his mind.

She doesn't care about the mess between Jiang Zuo and that Miss Zhao. In the eyes of the empress, there are only national affairs, and she doesn't care about these trivial matters of love.

Well, that's it.

She shook her head and continued to focus on the memorial.

These memorials from the six prefectures did not make Chen Qingyun feel relieved.

It has been so long since the case of illegal sale of armor has been solved, but the clues have not yet been uncovered.

Chen Qingyun suspected that there might be many people among the six garrison troops who were involved in this and were deceiving their superiors and subordinates.

No matter what, Chen Qingyun must find out the truth.

Selling armor to the enemy is a capital crime of treason, and those who do so must be severely punished.

Of course, except for this guy Jiang Zuo.

Today I inspected the Anding County area. It has only been a month since I last came here, but the empress was surprised by the huge changes.

It turned out that Zhenbei Pass was actually a newly built solid fortress in Jiangzuo. No wonder it was able to resist the Mobei people so easily.

In this way, things in Mobei have indeed stabilized.

So, should she fulfill the promise between her and Jiang Zuo...

marriage……

Empress Chen Qingyun really had never thought about it.

After much thought, Chen Qingyun decided to use Jiang Zuo's tactics to deal with Jiang Zuo.

That's dragging! Hard dragging!

The empress now has another mission, which is to go on a diplomatic mission to the Southern Kingdom to negotiate peace with the Kingdom of Chen.

Judging from the methods Jiang Zuo used to deal with the Mobei tribes, I believe his diplomatic ability is definitely not inferior to his ability to make money.

For some reason, Chen Qingyun felt more at ease after handing these important matters to Jiang Zuo.

……

Tiemaguan Pass.

The Six Garrison Army Station.

In the study, Yan Kang opened a secret letter.

"The Emperor is currently in the Six Northern Towns. Please be cautious."

Looking at the secret letter in his hand, Yan Kang fell into deep thought.

"The Emperor is coming to the Six Towns again?"

Yan Kang frowned.

He had no idea who sent the secret letter, let alone why this person wanted to remind him of Yan Kang.

The emperor is coming here, probably to inspect the border defense. Why should we be so cautious?

Yan Kang thought that he had done nothing wrong and had no need to be afraid of the emperor's arrival.

He burned the letter in his hand and left the study.

It was already late at night, and Yan Kang went to the barracks alone.

At this moment, not far away, several figures suddenly appeared and left the armory stealthily.

They are secretly moving weapons from the armory!

Yan Kang was startled and was about to shout loudly, but when he looked carefully, he found that the people in front of the armory were all from their Six Garrison Army.

This... Could it be that there is a traitor?

Yan Kang hurried forward to check and see the faces of these people clearly.

The leading man was none other than Yan Kang's nephew Tang Wensheng.

It turned out that the theft of the armor was caused by a thief in the family.

Yan Kang was filled with anger. He walked forward and asked sternly, "What are you doing?"

The soldiers of the Six Garrison Army all raised their heads and looked at Yan Kang in astonishment.

"Lord Governor!"

They all knelt on the ground, now in a state of panic.

This group of people could never have imagined that the Governor would appear in the armory in the middle of the night.

"Second uncle..."

Tang Wensheng was also extremely panicked at this moment.

Yan Kang angrily walked to the front of the weapons cart, picked up a suit of armor, and asked, "Are you smuggling weapons and planning to sell them to the people of Mobei?!"

Originally, Yan Kang thought that the armor of the Yan army of the Mobei people was all made by that Jiang Zuo, but he didn't expect that his own Six Towns Army was even more ridiculous.

Everyone looked at each other, totally unsure of how to answer.

Now that Yan Kang has caught him in person, there is no way he can make excuses.

"Uncle, we are just transporting the goods to another barracks..."

Tang Wensheng tried to argue.

"If you want to transport it here, why not transport it during the day? Why do you have to do it this late at night? Do you think I am confused?"

Yan Kang's face was filled with anger to the extreme.

Tang Wensheng was speechless, knowing that this matter could no longer be concealed.

"Uncle, let me explain. We just..."

"Shut up! You are so confused!"

Yan Kang was angry that he did not fight back.

"No matter what, I will report this to the Emperor. The mistake you made will harm our Six Towns Army! You will all bear the consequences!"

Yan Kang seemed to be trying to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice.

"Uncle, you must not tell the emperor. You know what the emperor is doing. If the emperor knew about this, not only would I die, but our whole family would die!"

Tang Wensheng begged for mercy repeatedly.

The other soldiers also kowtowed and begged Yan Kang to spare them this time.

"Do you know that the emperor has ordered a thorough investigation of this matter? You still dare to commit crimes against the wind. Do you want to kill all the soldiers of our Six Towns Army?"

Yan Kang was so angry that he punched the armor.

Tang Wensheng knelt down and said, "Second uncle, we won't dare to do it again next time. As long as you don't report it, no one will know about it. After today, we will pretend that nothing happened. Please, I don't want to die yet, and I don't want to implicate my family..."

Yan Kang remained silent, and glanced at the many soldiers kneeling on the ground with a serious look.

After all, he is my nephew.

Yan Kang was already moved at this moment, and his heart began to waver.

"Move the things back first. If you do it again, you will be punished by military law!"

Yan Kang ordered sternly.

So to speak, he chose to turn a blind eye and suppress the matter silently.

The soldiers of the Six Garrison Army quickly stood up and moved all the weapons back to the warehouse.

And so, the matter was over.

The next day.

Yan Kang had just woken up when he heard You Qian coming to report: "Governor, there is a guest from the capital waiting in the guest hall. Please go and meet him immediately."

"Guests from the capital?"

Hearing this, Yan Kang was shocked.

Could it be that this guest from the capital is the current emperor?

Yesterday he received a secret letter saying that the emperor had gone north to the Six Towns.

Thinking back to what happened last night, Yan Kang felt uneasy.

He had planned to continue concealing the fact that the Six Garrisons Army was secretly selling weapons and armor, but if His Majesty really wanted to investigate, how should he, as the Governor of the Six Garrisons, handle it?

With an uneasy mood, Yan Kang went to the guest hall to meet the guest from the capital.

As soon as he walked into the door, Yan Kang was surprised. He stared at the guest's face for a long time and couldn't come back to his senses.

"It's been a while, Governor Yan."

The guest said.

Yan Kang narrowed his eyes, his eyebrows full of confusion, and said, "Minister Xu? What wind brought you here?"

The person standing in front of Yan Kang at this moment was the current Minister of Personnel Xu Renyou.

"Doesn't Governor Yan welcome me?"

Xu Renyou said calmly.

"Of course you are welcome. I wonder what brings you here, Minister Xu?"

Yan Kang frowned.

He knew very well that this person's visit was definitely not for good reasons.