Duke Zhen Guo rode up to the court and arrived steadily at the gate of the palace, his face full of peace.

Today is the second day, and tomorrow we can go to Jia's house to move money.

Tomorrow I can severely humiliate Jia Rong.

The Duke of Zhen was a little excited and wished that the day would pass soon.

"My lord is not well." The housekeeper of the mansion rushed over quickly.

The officials who were about to enter the palace to attend court all looked at him. Duke Zhen was a little angry because Old Bei was too incompetent.

"Master, this is your newspaper."

It gets up early and you can read the newspaper clearly without lighting a candle.

Lao Bei placed the newspaper in front of the Duke and asked him to read the first page.

"Look at this."

The Duke looked over and saw that the newspaper printed words on a page, as if all the pictures on the page had been printed on it.

There are many numbers listed on this piece of paper, such as one thousand taels given to a fifth-rank official of the Ministry of War in a certain month of a certain year.

In a certain month of a certain year, 10,000 taels of silver were given to an official from the Ministry of Household Affairs for his birthday.

There is another article on it: In the year of Shenmao, 20,000 taels were sent to the Zhenguogongfu, two pieces of Ru kiln porcelain from the Song Dynasty, and several pieces of Shu brocade tribute.

The Duke of Zhen Guo looked at his body and was shocked, "Slander, this is completely slander."

"My lord, calm down."

The Duke of Zhen held the newspaper and called to him, "You should immediately take people to surround the newspaper office and do not allow the newspaper to be sold to the outside world."

"It's too late. The person in the palace will read this newspaper, and it has been sent to the palace now."

Duke Zhenguo was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat, "I will go into the palace now to report to the emperor. You should immediately send people to arrest everyone in the newspaper office."

"Yes."

This time it is not a siege, but a capture.

Officials who have not yet entered the palace learned the newspaper information from people who chased them from home.

Officials with names on the list were shocked, while officials without names on the list were waiting to see the show.

Some are happy and some are sad.

Lord Yushitai: We must investigate this case thoroughly and never tolerate it.

Ambitious people: seize this opportunity and run up.

When he went to court that day, the emperor's mood remained unchanged, and he asked Aiqing about government affairs as usual.

Just then, one thing was resolved. Han Yao from Yushitai stood up and accused the Duke of Zhen of being corrupt and accepting bribes.

The Duke of Zhen Guo refused to admit it, "You are trying to catch wind and shadow, and you are somewhat sincere when you say something that is absolutely impossible."

Han Yao: "Have you forgotten how you went to the south of the Yangtze River to investigate Liu Gui, the world's number one salt merchant, five years ago?"

The emperor's expression remained unchanged, and he immediately called the imperial guards, "Go and arrest the people from the newspaper shop that published this newspaper."

"Yes."

The Imperial Guards ran out of the inner city and chased them all the way to the Guangming Newspaper Office.

The staff at Guangming Newspaper were panicked, "Why are you here again?"

The captain of the Royal Forest Army explained his purpose and was about to capture them.

Zhushan layman shouted: "It's unfair, this newspaper is not ours."

"We are Sunshine Daily. They are daily newspapers, not newspapers published by us. The paper quality is different."

"Sir, I know where this newspaper is." A newsboy said.

The Imperial Guards immediately distinguished the true from the false, and found that they were looking in the wrong place, so they followed the newsboy to arrest the person.

After a lot of fighting, I finally caught the newspaper company hiding in the cellar.

The one who was arrested was a descendant of Liu Gui. He was already a little crazy and laughed when he saw the emperor.

"These people all took my family's money. In order to get more money, they all rushed to protect my family with shameless faces."

"Your Majesty, the Zhenguo Duke took the most money, which should have been given to the salt in the military camp. He used the money from refined salt to buy my coarse salt.

He pocketed all the difference in price, and he also worked with the adults in the Ministry of War to sell official salt privately.

All soldiers in the water army and water villages must give them filial piety money, otherwise they will not be promoted."

Everyone in the Ministry of War: "You are talking nonsense."

"That's nonsense."

Duke Zhen Guo pointed his finger at the descendants of the Liu family and suddenly felt pain in his chest. He spurted out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

"My lord."

"My lord!"

Only two or three people went to help the Duke, and other officials avoided him like the god of plague.

The emperor looked at Duke Zhenguo indifferently, and did not call the imperial doctor, nor did he ask anyone to send Duke Zhenguo back.

The Chief Assistant couldn't stand it anymore, and he raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Zhen Guo is old, why not let him go home for medical treatment."

The emperor then spoke: "Send the Duke of Zhen Guo back to see a doctor."

There was obviously an imperial physician in the palace, but the emperor said that he should be sent back for medical treatment, which meant that the imperial physician was not allowed to treat the Duke of Zhen.

The Duke of Zhen Guo is old and cannot withstand the hardships. If he is treated properly, it may not be a big deal.

Now after all the hard work, maybe the body will collapse.

Su Qiong looked at the scene in front of her, her face turned pale.

Thunder and rain, could it be the emperor’s favor?

In the past, the emperor was full of praise for the Duke of Zhenguo and carried it with him everywhere.

Nowadays, I don’t believe anything because of an account book.

Then I thought about myself, who claimed to be a member of the Duke's Mansion. Now that the Duke's Mansion has collapsed, my position will not last long.

Su Qiong looked defeated. He didn't want to listen to what the emperor said later.

Following the retired officials, they walked out of the palace in a daze. They were not in the mood for work, so they took leave early and went back to rest.

"Selling newspapers, the Ministry of Household Affairs checked the accounts of Ningguo Mansion from 300,000 to 130,000."

"Selling newspapers, secretive private transactions, officialdom is dark."

"Freshly published newspaper, Ningguo Mansion has a deficit of 130,000 taels."

People who got up early were very interested in hearing the news and paid to buy a copy of the newspaper.

Hearing the sound of selling newspapers, Su Qiong was shocked. Could this be done by Jia Rong?

Su Qiong's sedan was stopped.

Someone shouted outside the sedan: "Sir, my uncle wants you to get off the sedan."

With an attitude of seeking the truth, Su Qiong got off the sedan chair.

He really saw Jia Rong.

Jia Rong was sitting in front of a stall not far away, eating boiled peanuts and teasing the stall owner's girl.

It's him.

It really is him.

All this was done by Jia Rong.

Su Qiong walked towards Jia Rong with heavy steps.

Jia Rong got Dongzi's hint and looked back at Su Qiong, "Hey, Master Su, come and eat some freshly pulled peanuts."

Under the bright sun, cold sweat broke out on Su Qiong's back. He opened his mouth to speak, only to realize that his teeth were trembling.

"Is it you?"

"It's not me, it's you." Jia Rong said with a smile, "It's because you were lucky and didn't join in with them."

Jia Rong smiled and ate a peanut, "Fortunately, you took your reputation into consideration and didn't hide the note to harm me in the exam, otherwise you would have done it today."

"How did you do it?" Su Qiong asked stiffly.

"In this world, when the truth is false, the false is also true, and when the false is true, the true is also false." Jia Rong stood up and looked at this adult condescendingly, smiling disdainfully.

"I'm going to Mr. Shofu's house, do you want to come with me?"

Jia Rong took the lead to move forward.

Su Qiong hesitated for three counts, then immediately stood up with support on the table and followed Jia Rong, first with difficulty, then with heavy steps, and finally he dropped all the burdens and followed Jia Rong.
To be continued...