After Qingshu arrived in Shengjing, he began to investigate the case of Lu Shuli being killed. The case was quickly found out that the murderer was Qian Zong, the surname Bao, who had a grudge against Lu Shuli.

When the person was interrogated, the other party's confession said that Lu Shuli had an affair with his wife, and in anger he killed Lu Shuli. However, Mr. Bao Qian's wife said that Lu Shuli arrested her and forced her, and it had been a year.

After reading the confession of Mr. Bao Qian’s wife, Qingshu’s face looked very ugly.

Qianwei Fox asked, "Madam, what's wrong with you?"

Qingshu showed her the confession in her hand.

After watching the Thousand-Faced Fox said, "Then he died is really not unfair."

As a secret spy, you must not let your identity be leaked at any time. The one with the surname Lu is better, because he fell in love with the beautiful woman, he used the handle he caught to force her, and he deserved it if he died.

Qingshu said: "This case is for now, let's check on military pay."

In fact, it is not difficult to investigate the matter of empty salary. The Ministry of War pays the military salary according to the list of soldiers every year. As long as you check the list with the actual number of people in the army, you will know. The difficulty lies in the fact that the people in the army do not cooperate.

Qingshu found General Fang, the highest general of the garrison, and asked to verify the personnel in the army, but was rejected by the other party. Just as she was trying to find a way, Duke Zhenguo arrived in Shengjing.

The Thousand-faced Fox and Qingshu told the news and said with some concern: "What are the Duke of the State coming to Shengjing at this time?"

Qingshu couldn't figure it out, so he handed over the post, but he didn't expect the post to be returned. Then the next day, General Fang came to Qingshu in person and agreed to her send someone to the army to investigate.

Qingshu was not familiar with military affairs, but this time Fu Jingen asked Aide Kong to come to Shengjing with her. He was very familiar with military affairs and began to investigate the matter after entering the military camp.

After half a month of investigation, I found that there was indeed a phenomenon of empty salary, but it was not as serious as Duan Boyang said. The garrison reported to the court was 100,000 soldiers, but in fact only 95,000, and 5,000 people were 100,000.

Of course, there are not only military pay, but also other supplies. These are all divided by the generals in the army, and the higher the position, the more you get.

Ying Yiyang Yin was secretly in the dark, but the situation he found was the same as what Qingshu found.

Things went so smoothly that Qingshu felt uneasy. She said to Qianwei Fox: "Do you think this is weird?"

"What's weird?"

"It went too smoothly, no obstacle at all."

When taking this errand, Boyang said that this trip was very dangerous and asked him to act carefully, but the result was completely different from what she thought.

The Thousand-faced Fox said with a smile: "It must be that the Duke of the State secretly used our efforts to do so smoothly, otherwise the Duke of the State would not come sooner or later, but this time."

This is what Qingshu finds strange: "Why did you say that godfather interfere in this matter?"

Qianwei Fox thought for a while and said, "Sir, you'll know about this when you go back and ask our master?"

Why did the Duke come forward must be his master who came to him. As for what he used to motivate the Duke, it is unknown.

Qingshu said with a cold face: "I must find out this case clearly and see what tricks these people are playing?"

As a result, before she could continue to investigate, she received a letter from Duan Boyang. In the letter, Duan Boyang asked her to return to Beijing as soon as possible. You don’t need to ask Qingshu to know that this is asking her not to continue to investigate.

Qingshu is not a fool either. He knows that such a big thing is not the final decision of Duan Boyang, so this must be what the emperor wants.

Yaoyao didn't believe it when she saw her: "Mom, why are you back so soon?"

"Why, don't you want my mother to come back?"

Yaoyao rushed over and hugged her, and said with a smile: "No, I miss my mother every day! But I thought you would take another two or three months to come back just like before."

"Mom, this errand was not going well? It's okay, if it's not done well this time, let's continue to work hard to get it done next time."

Qingshu's mouth twitched.

Seeing her expression, Yaoyao quickly said, "Mom, I have been studying hard this month. If you don't believe it, you can ask Master Gu and a few gentlemen."

"How did you learn Mandarin?"

Yaoyao smiled and said, "I will finish my studies in half a month. Mom, you promised me before that if you finish learning in advance, there will be rewards."

What you promised must be fulfilled, Qingshu said: "My mother also said that it must be within a reasonable range, otherwise it will be invalid."

"Mom, I hope my brother can come back to celebrate my birthday."

"good."

This is not necessary for Yaoyao to mention, Qingshu will also let Brother Fu come back when he comes.

Yaoyao looked at Qingshu with bright eyes and asked, "Mom, what gift are you going to give me when I was my birthday?"

"What do you want?"

"Mom, I like the embroidered screen of the spring picture placed in your room. Give it a gift to me!"

Qingshu refused without thinking: "No, the embroidered screen mom also likes it very much. You Dao means that a gentleman will not take away what others love, you can change it."

"Mom, I am a child, not a gentleman. Mom, I really like the embroidered screen."

No matter how distorted Yaoyao was, Qingshu didn't let go.

Bajiao said outside, "Madam, the master is back."

Yaoyao complained when she saw Fu Jingen, saying that Shu was stingy and couldn't even give her an embroidered screen. She really liked the embroidered screen and wanted to put it in her bedroom.

Fu Jingen smiled and said, "Where do you come from those beautiful jewelry?"

Yaoyao suddenly stopped talking.

Touching the back of her head, Fu Jingen smiled and said, "Okay, when you are on your birthday, I will take you to a foreign goods shop, and I will buy you anything if I like it."

Yaoyao went out happily.

There was only two couples left in the room. Qingshu looked at him and asked, "You don't seem to be surprised at all when I come back so soon?"

Fu Jingen did not hide it from him, and said, "It was the Duke I went to ask him to go to Shengjing to make this matter settled."

As expected by Thousand-Faced Fox, she asked with a ugly face: "There are definitely not the number of people I found who have eaten the empty salary?"

Seeing him nodding, Qingshu asked with a dark face: "How many people have they falsely reported?"

"I don't know the specific ones, but it should be 10,000 or 20,000!"

"Why did the godfather cover up these people? What would the emperor think about this when he knew it?"

Fu Jingen shook his head and said, "The Duke of the State is not trying to shelter these people, but to stabilize the rear. The few generals from top to bottom are clean. If they are punished, who will fill these vacancy? If the Later Jin people get the news and lead the troops to invade, who will lead the troops to fight?"

Qingshu said in a bad tone: "As you said, just because you want to use them, even if you kill and set fire, you will let them."

Fu Jingen shook his head and said, "I'm just letting it go temporarily, and it will definitely be liquidated in the future."

"When will it take?"

"It won't be long, at most three years."

Qingshu didn't ask why it was three years, but just said with some concern: "Will this matter have an impact on his godfather?"

"The prince returned to Beijing and submitted a memorial to apologize. The emperor punished him for three years and kept thinking about it at home for three months."

Duke Zhenguo rode his horse back to Beijing and arrived five days earlier than Qingshu.
Chapter completed!