Quick Wear: Crazy Fox Calm Tree

"You said he embezzled the relief money?" Xu Zhouzhong frowned. Although he instinctively felt a little unconvinced, he thought about Qin Yu's reputation and the things he had done in the past when his family was confiscated. For some reason, Xu Zhouzhong suddenly became very sure that Qin Yu must have embezzled the relief money.

For a moment, the atmosphere between the two was very solemn.

"We must get to the bottom of this." Xia Yimei looked at Xu Zhouzhong seriously. If the disaster relief money was really misappropriated, they absolutely could not sit idly by and must seek justice for the people in the village.

Xuzhou nodded emphatically, already having a plan in mind.

Although Qin Yu is the leader of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, which sounds very powerful, he is actually a lonely man. His family may not be poor, but it is definitely not very rich either.

You can tell the difference by simply investigating his usual spending and comparing it with his previous spending.

Furthermore, the news they heard was that Qin Yu had misappropriated the snow disaster relief funds in order to build the Southern Dam, so they just needed to investigate whether the construction of the Southern Dam had anything to do with Qin Yu.

They started investigating right away, and after some investigation, they found some suspicious clues.

First of all, Qin Yu's expenses have indeed increased a lot in the past six months. In the past, apart from his official uniform, his private clothes were ordinary clothes, and he rarely wore accessories. But in the past six months, he was either wearing silk and satin, or brocade and silk clothes, and he also hung a jade pendant around his waist.

Although the clothes are not particularly dazzling, they are very different from the simple style in the past.

Secondly, there were indeed some problems with the Southern Dam half a year ago, and this case was handled by Qin Yu. He also raided the home of the official who was in charge of the construction of the dam at that time, but not much silver was found on the surface.

As for whether he left something behind privately, it is unknown.

However, according to insiders, the silver obtained from the house confiscation was less than half of the silver embezzled by the officials. As for where the missing half of the silver went, it is unknown.

Finally, the imperial court was indeed worried about the issue of disaster relief silver for the snow disaster, and it took a long time to resolve the issue.

Looking at the pile of evidence in their hands, Xia Yimei and the others became more certain of their guess. Qin Yu must have embezzled the disaster relief money, which resulted in the severe impact of the snow disaster, killing so many people and causing the victims to flee to the capital.

They took the evidence to the Dali Temple and wanted to sue Qin Yu, but before they could finish their words, they were driven out by the bailiffs.

Facing the impatient yamen runners, Xia Yimei's eyes were full of anger. These corrupt officials really did not care about human lives. Could it be that in their eyes the snow disaster was a trivial matter?

Qin Yu has caused so many people to become homeless, and now they want to protect him. There is really no law!

Xu Zhouzhong stopped the angry Xia Yimei. Xia Yimei didn't know, but she knew that the relationship between Dali Temple and Jinyiwei was not that good. If Qin Yu really had any problems, Dali Temple would never let it go like this.

Moreover, they just talked about the snowstorm and didn't mention Qin Yu. The Dali Temple had already driven them out impatiently, so there must be some reason behind it.

Xuzhou took out a piece of silver and handed it to the runner at the door. Looking at the silver in his hand, the runner, who had originally had a grim expression, finally looked a little better.

"Just ask!"

"We want to ask about the snow disaster in the north. This matter is related to Jinyiwei Qin Yu. Why don't you accept this case? Aren't you afraid that the victims will come to the capital to file a complaint?" Xuzhou asked again.

The bailiff glanced at Qin Yu, his eyes full of doubt. Finally, he thought of something and looked away.

"So you didn't know!"

"?"

"There was indeed a snowstorm in the north, but the disaster relief silver and other things had already been delivered, and the snowstorm had already been dealt with." The bailiff said nonchalantly as he put away the silver.

"!" Xia Yimei and the others opened their eyes wide, unable to believe the news.

The bailiff, considering the silver and having nothing to do today, simply started talking to them.

……

Sitting on the boat, Mu Qing was fishing at the bow with a bamboo pole in his hand, while chatting with the plants beside him in his mind, asking about the confusion in his mind before.

It turns out that in the original timeline, a big part of the reason why Xia Yimei was able to expand her milk tea business throughout the Great Zhou was because of Qin Yu.

The place where she originally farmed was the northern village where a snowstorm occurred. For various reasons, she and Xuzhou returned to the capital.

When they first arrived, they were not very noticeable, and even had low status. Although Xuzhou Zhong was the son of a prince, he was an illegitimate child, and his name was not even on the family tree, so not many people knew his identity.

So their whole family did not live in the palace, but rented a yard outside. However, it was quite warm and they lived a carefree life.

Xia Yimei's milk tea shop was not doing well at first. Although it was not losing money, it was not making much money either. The turning point was that the disaster victims from the north came to Beijing, and Xia Yimei and her friends happened to know one of them.

When Xia Yimei learned from the other party that her relatives and friends who stayed in her hometown were killed and their families were broken up due to the snowstorm, she collapsed all of a sudden.

Especially after knowing that the reason for all this was that the court did not distribute disaster relief money in time, no officials went to rescue the people, and their disaster relief money was misappropriated by the leader of the Jinyiwei, Qin Yu, to repair the dam in the south.

Xia Yimei went crazy and wanted to chop Qin Yu down. After Xuzhou Zhong heard the news, he took her and a group of disaster victims to the gate of the palace to file a complaint and to the Dali Temple to sue Qin Yu for embezzling money.

Although Qin Yu had already been sentenced to death and the relief money had already been distributed when they filed the lawsuit, their actions still won them a lot of praise, especially from the leader Xia Yimei's family.

Because of this incident, when the ministers saw Xu Zhouzhong's face, they recognized at a glance that he was extremely similar to Prince Xu. Xu Zhouzhong therefore returned to his ancestral home and became the third young master of the palace, Xu Zhouzhong, and Xia Yimei became the third young master's wife.

From then on, the two of them dealt with all kinds of ministers' wives, began to frequently attend various banquets, and soon established their foothold in the circle.

Xia Yimei's milk tea shop also opened up sales due to the visits of these high-ranking officials and nobles. Because she made a lot of money and gained fame, Xia Yimei had the financial strength to improve the recipe in the shop and made real milk tea.

As the milk tea tasted better and better, Xia Yimei and her friends became more and more famous, so their business gradually expanded further and further, and slowly spread throughout Da Zhou.

Therefore, the reason why Xia Yimei was able to make her business so big, and even the reason why she could become the Crown Prince's Consort in the future, was that her success was completely inseparable from Qin Yu, the stepping stone.

The Xu Palace can accept the third young master Xu Zhouzhong, who has a good reputation, and even support him to become the prince of the palace.

But if it was the illegitimate son Xuzhou Zhong, then even if he returned to the palace, the people in the palace would not even look at him. I think Xuzhou Zhong himself knew this, otherwise it would be impossible for him to live outside the palace after returning, and even never reveal his true identity.

I'm afraid his days in the palace are not as good as his days outside.