Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Zhanji both sat in the lobby of Dengfeng County without saying a word. Dengfeng magistrate Qu Kejin and a group of Dengfeng County yamen runners, as well as grain officials responsible for managing Changping Warehouse and the "old man" responsible for managing the reserve warehouse, stood honestly in the hall.

Qu Kejin's legs were trembling a little.

Qu Kejin did not know Yang Shaofeng, but Qu Kejin, who had only entered the officialdom for ten years in Yongle, met Zhu Zhanji.

The most important thing is that the soldiers from the garrison who came from somewhere closed all villages and roads in Dengfeng, and the Xuanwu Guard even blocked the entire Dengfeng County Town in a blatant manner. Even the county government was surrounded by the Jinyiwei.

It's really a fly that can't fly out.

As time passed by little by little, the silence of Yang Shaofeng and Zhu Zhanji made the atmosphere in the lobby of Dengfeng County more and more depressing. It was not until Wu Ming came back from outside that the dull atmosphere was broken.

Seeing that Wu Ming's face was also not good-looking, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but skip a beat and asked, "Have everything done?"

Wu Ming bowed and said, "Go back to the top minister, you should die humble!"

Before Yang Shaofeng asked a question, Wu Ming continued: "When Beizhi arrived, the Zhou girl was indeed there, but when Beizhi told her that everything was over and was about to take her away, she committed suicide!"

Yang Shaofeng sighed, staring at Dengfeng magistrate Qu Kejin, with a gloomy face and said, "I will settle this account with you later. Now you can tell me what about the food?"

Qu Kejin said in a trembling voice: "Returning to the angels, the food... are all borrowed by the Yin soldiers. I really don't know!"

Yang Shaofeng chuckled, turned to Wu Ming and ordered: "Smash ten fingers of him."

Wu Ming bowed and responded, and rushed forward with two Jinyiwei lieutenants. He first tied Qu Kejin, who had not yet reacted, then stuffed a linen into Qu Kejin's mouth, then grabbed Qu Kejin's palm and spread it on the ground, and smashed it hard with the back of the knife.

It was not until all ten fingers were smashed that Wu Ming pulled out the linen that was stuffed into Qu Kejin's mouth and bowed to Yang Shaofeng and said, "Reported to the Prime Minister of the Zhuang Yuan, the magistrate of Dengfeng Qu Kejin's ten fingers have been smashed!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said to Qu Kejin again: "Now, tell me, where is the food?"

Qu Kejin, who was already sweating profusely, endured the pain and shouted: "Dog official! You abused lynching! I want to participate in you!"

Yang Shaofeng laughed, ignored Qu Kejin who was roaring, and then continued to say to Wu Ming: "Broke ten more of his toes."

Yang Shaofeng's calm and slow voice made Qu Kejin finally scared: "Slow! I'll say!"

However, Yang Shaofeng still ignored Qu Kejin and instead said to Wu Ming who stopped on the side: "Execute the order!"

Even Wu Ming, who thought he was a cruel man, was frightened by Yang Shaofeng's appearance. After bowing, he did the same thing and smashed all of Qu Kejin's ten toes before bowing to the order: "Report to the Prime Minister, the execution has been completed!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded, picked up the tea on the table and took a sip, and said to Qu Kejin: "Where is the grain?"

Qu Kejin said in a trembling voice: "The food was borrowed by the Yin soldiers, so the officials really don't know!"

Yang Shaofeng finally laughed and pointed at Qu Kejin and said, "It's a man! Unfortunately, what I like most is to fabricate a tough guy like you!"

Shaking his head, Yang Shaofeng ordered Wu Ming again: "Find a hammer and smash the bones on his left arm inch by inch."

Qu Kejin shouted, "I really don't know! I really don't know!"

Seeing Yang Shaofeng shook his head slightly, Wu Ming really found a hammer and smashed Qu Kejin's left arm inch by inch. He bowed and said, "Reported to the Prime Minister, the execution has been completed! If he is still unwilling to take action, there are still some ways to cure him!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and said to Qu Kejin: "Where is the grain?"

Qu Kejin screamed: "Even if you kill Xiaguan, Xiaguan still doesn't know where the food is going!"

Yang Shaofeng gave Qu Kejin a thumbs up and said with a smile: "I want to respect you three points! But, are you not afraid of death, are your family members afraid? Because you are alone and are involved in the Nine Clans, what do you think?"

With a light chuckling, Yang Shaofeng continued, "By the way, it's not the clan's punishment, but the clan. No matter men, women, young and old, you will be with you, and your dead ancestors will also break the grave and open the coffin, then crush the bones and ashes. Finally, you will completely erase all the traces of your existence, including all historical books and county annals, and there will be no traces. Even your genealogy will be burned, and all those who have something to do with your family will also erase the records related to you.

Since then, even if your nine tribes have completely disappeared, you will not be able to enjoy blood food in the future, and your ancestors will not be able to enjoy blood food in the unfilial descendants. From then on, everyone in your family will become lonely ghosts, and no one will think of you."

The extremely calm voices were silent, just like ordinary people greeting each other if they had eaten.

Qu Kejin was finally scared and shouted, "I said! I said! I was ordered by Shangguan to transfer the people guarding Changping's warehouse for one night. As for where the food went, Xiaguan really didn't know!"

Turning his head and looking at Zhu Zhanji, Yang Shaofeng continued to ask, "Where is the reserve warehouse?"

"Xiaguan really doesn't know about the preparation warehouse! The preparation warehouse has always been under the supervision of the elderly in the local village, and the Xiaguan has never asked about it!"

Qu Kejin wailed with tears and tears: "Everything that Xia Guan said is true. If there is a lie, it will cause Xia Guan to fall into the eighteen levels of hell and will never be reborn!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and turned his attention to the warehouse officer who was responsible for managing Changping warehouses: "Now, let me tell me, where is the grain?"

The warehouse officer responsible for managing Changping warehouses and the four "old men" responsible for managing the reserve warehouses have long been unable to hold on. When he heard Yang Shaofeng's question, the warehouse officer immediately crawled two steps towards him and shouted: "The villain said! The villain said everything!

When the magistrate of Qu County transferred the villain away for one day, the villain knew that there must be something wrong with it, so he went to the warehouse to check the next day. The matter was indeed as Qu Magistrate said. There were only a few pieces of paper money left in the warehouse and no grain was left!

Later, Qu Magistrate sent someone to send a hundred taels of silver to the young man, saying that the villain would shut up so that he would not cause disaster to the family and cause trouble. So the villain did not dare to make a statement, but just wanted to wait for a good harvest to buy another batch of grain to fill the gap!

However, later, I found something strange in the Zhouji Grain Shop in the city. The grain sold by his family was very similar to the food lost in Changping Warehouse!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and signaled to Wu Ming. After Wu Ming turned around and went out, he turned his attention to an old man responsible for managing the reserve warehouse: "Tell me honestly everything you know, I don't want to make things difficult for you."

The old man who had long collapsed on the ground forced himself to kneel down and bowed: "The villain doesn't know where the food is going! I haven't encountered famine in previous years, so the villain didn't go to the preparatory warehouse to check it. It was not until the famine began that I found that there was no food in the warehouse!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and then asked, "Who has the keys to the preparatory warehouse?"

The old man bowed: "There are two keys to the preparatory warehouse when you return to the angel. One is in charge of the county government and the other is in charge of the villain himself. He will basically not leave his body on weekdays."

Yang Shaofeng nodded and turned his gaze to Qu Kejin: "Where is the key?"

Qu Kejin shivered and shouted, "The villain doesn't know. The villain has always ignored the keys, and the county magistrate is in charge of the matter!"

Yang Shaofeng turned his attention to the county magistrate who was also limping on the ground: "Where is the key?"

"The key...is gone!"

Knowing that he was lucky, the county magistrate did not dare to hide anything: "The keys of the reserve warehouse are rarely used. The villain will not go to the reserve warehouse on weekdays, so he doesn't take this key too seriously. He is usually locked in a public housing. This time he planned to open the reserve warehouse and found that the key... cannot be found!"

Yang Shaofeng glanced at Zhu Zhanji, but found that Zhu Zhanji's face became more and more gloomy.

At this point, it was basically in a vicious cycle.

The grain in Changping warehouse was resold, while the grain in the reserve warehouse was not known where it went, and even the people in charge of the reserve warehouse did not find any clues.

If these old men and county magistrates are all true, then if they want to quietly transfer the grain from the four reserve warehouses without disturbing anyone, it will take more than one or two days to do so.

If these old people and county magistrates are lying, what is the reason that can make them risk being covered up by the barbarians?

Yang Shaofeng did not speak anymore, and the atmosphere became dull. It was not until a long time before Wu Ming and a few Jinyiwei lieutenants tied up to the lobby of the county government.

After skipping all the red tape, Yang Shaofeng said to the man who was thrown on the ground: "The owner of Zhouji Grain Store?"

The man who was thrown on the ground shouted: "Yes, yes, yes, villain Zhou Xing is the owner of Zhouji Grain Store. However, villain has always been law-abiding and never does business that is in jealousy. I don't know where I offended the master. I hope he will be kind to you!"

Yang Shaofeng ignored Zhou Xing, but instead chuckled and said to Wu Ming: "Have you brought all the books and other things?"

Wu Ming nodded and waved behind him, "Bring it up!"

Yang Shaofeng nodded and ordered Shen Hao, who was standing in the hall watching, "Take someone to check immediately and check it one by one to see if there is any problem inside."
Chapter completed!