Forcing me to keep vigil for your childhood sweetheart? Then I'll leave you.

Chapter 137 Escape to Hong Kong

After hearing Huangfu Qingling's words, Chen Chong looked at Xiao Changyun carefully.

"No...I don't know..."

These were the lines he, Bao Bu Tong and Lin Yi had agreed on.

You must pretend not to know him first, and then Huangfu Qingling will use the crime of deceiving the emperor to force him to admit it and show that he was forced.

Otherwise, if Xiao Changyun finds out that Chen Chong is on Lin Yi's side, it will be difficult to control Xiao Changyun.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know this kind of wandering merchant."

Xiao Changyun immediately spoke up, "Since he violated the maritime ban, he should be dealt with according to the law."

"Chen...Chen Chong, right?"

"I ask you again, if you lie in this palace, it is a grave crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Huangfu Qingling's face was filled with anger, and her tone was full of threats, "If you tell even one lie, you will be executed at the Meridian Gate!"

As a businessman, Chen Chong does have strong acting skills, especially when he was working under Xiao Changyun.

Crying face or smiling face, it all comes up casually.

At this moment, Chen Chong pretended to be terrified and immediately knelt down and kowtowed.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... I... I really..."

After this stumbling block, Chen Chong pretended to be unable to hold back and immediately said, "Prime Minister Xiao asked me to do this!"

Hearing this, Xiao Changyun sighed.

After all, he was just a small businessman, and under such torture, he had no choice but to tell the truth.

"Your Majesty, I also found a lot of information about Prime Minister Xiao in Chen Chong's residence."

"He's making money behind the four major markets!"

Bao Bu Tong immediately spoke up, "That so-called Chamber of Commerce is Xiao Changyun's biggest tool for making money among the people!"

"Your Majesty is wronged!"

"That's his different side of the story!"

"How can we allow this false accusation to go unpunished?"

Xiao Changyun became anxious. He didn't expect that Bao Bu Tong could find out so many things!

"That's Chen Chong's one-sided statement! Come, drag Chen Chong out and behead him!"

How could he not know that Huangfu Qingling was using Bao Di Tong to deal with him?

"enough!"

"Chen Chong, you are guilty of heinous crimes and will be executed in the autumn!"

Huangfu Qingling immediately spoke up, "Xiao Changyun, Xiao Changyun, I trust you so much, yet you are still engaging in these corrupt practices!"

She pointed at Xiao Changyun, her face full of anger.

"Your Majesty, please spare Prime Minister Xiao for his hard work and great contributions!"

"I second the proposal..."

The ministers following Xiao Changyun knelt down and begged for mercy.

"Well, I'll deal with you later!"

"Call Lin Yi!"

With these three words, Lin Yi was invited from the prison to the palace.

"Today I have decided to lift the maritime ban."

"But private businesspeople will have to wait another six months."

Huangfu Qingling had also made a good plan, and wanted Lin Yi to take the initiative to lay out the rules.

"Lin Yi, I appoint you as the Imperial Commissioner for Construction Supervision. It's a sinecure, but you'll be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue."

"From now on, build a port for me!"

Huangfu Qingling personally selected Lin Yi, and no one dared to say a word. "Let's start with Lianjing Ferry. I want to see smooth water transportation along the Nanhe River!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Lin Yi knelt down and thanked him.

This was also discussed before.

Lin Yi didn't want to be an official, but if he wanted to have free rein, he had to have some status.

Therefore, Huangfu Qingling gave him an absolutely sinecure.

This imperial commissioner was unable to participate in any court affairs and had to report to the Ministry of Revenue.

To put it bluntly, apart from having a title, Lin Yi is still an ordinary person.

Afterwards, Lin Yi quickly rushed back to Lianjingdu to start supervising the construction.

Xiao Changyun had to stay at home unemployed because his corruption case needed to be thoroughly investigated.

In order to stabilize other ministers in the court, Huangfu Qingling handed the matter over to the Minister of Justice.

But just when Lin Yi arrived at Lianjingdu and began to check the recent construction progress, a major event happened in the capital.

For several days in a row, various robbers and thieves appeared in the four major markets in the capital.

Many vendors suffered!

A large amount of money is missing!

When Huangfu Qingling learned about this, he was furious and ordered the Minister of Justice to suspend the investigation of Xiao Changyun and instead investigate these cases.

"Your Majesty, this case is very serious and requires long-term consideration..."

"Your Majesty, I have been working day and night, and the Ministry of Justice is supervising this case..."

"Your Majesty, those bandits' whereabouts are so secretive that they can't be tracked down in a short time..."

For several consecutive morning court sessions, the Minister of Justice kept finding various excuses to shirk his responsibilities.

Huangfu Qingling had no other way to deal with him except to lose her temper.

Five days later, he could only ask Bao Bu Tong to investigate secretly.

But after a field visit, Bao Bu Tong found that these cases were indeed very complicated. It was impossible for one person to commit the crime if more than a dozen houses were robbed in one night!

In addition, everyone in the Ministry of Justice was "slacking off", so Bao Bu Tong had no idea where to start the investigation.

"Forget it, I'll go find Lin Yi tomorrow. You make the arrangements, and I'll go there myself."

Huangfu Qingling said this and shook his head.

Such a big case, with so much money missing, is the most terrible thing.

The next morning, Huangfu Qingling and Bao Bu Tong rode their bicycles from the capital city all the way east. They had some lunch when they passed through the comprehensive post station.

Then they went all the way to Lianjingdu.

Lian Jing is now completely different from before he crossed the river!

On the one hand, there are various houses and shops on both sides of the river, and Lin Yi even built a bridge!

This is a bridge made of cement. Not only is it thick and durable, it even looks quite majestic!

The bridge is high enough to allow some medium-sized ships to pass through, and small boats can easily go back and forth.

In the middle of the bridge is a platform, from which you can see the back and forth flow of the Nan River.

There are large warehouses on both sides of the bridge, which store various goods in different categories.

From any perspective, this is a top inland port.

At this time, Lin Yi was fiddling with something outside, seemingly repairing a road or building a house.

"Lin Yi!"

Bao Bu Tong walked to Lin Yi with a smile.

Lin Yi saw through the awkward smile he forced out.

"What difficulties have you encountered?"

Lin Yi walked over while asking the dismissed ministers of the Ministry of Works to calculate the data.

If Bao Bu Tong hadn't encountered any difficulties, he didn't think he could have such an awkward smile.

"Yes, I want to come and see."

Huangfu Qingling came out and said, "This port looks good, but what are you building?"

Looking at the earthen slope-like things that Lin Yi had built along the way, Huangfu Qingling was a little confused.

"This is a rail-mounted Xuanwu car. You don't need to worry about the direction. It just moves back and forth along the tracks. I plan to lead it to the post station and then connect the port and the post station together."

Lin Yi explained briefly and immediately asked about the matter, "I heard that there are bandits in the capital?"

"To be honest, all four major markets were hit hard, with more than a dozen stores robbed and stolen overnight."

Bao Bu Tong frowned and spoke slowly, "The Ministry of Justice is ineffective, and I am alone... I am small and powerless..."

"You're looking for me for something that even the Ministry of Justice can't investigate?"

Lin Yi frowned slightly.

"You are the only one who has a lot of clever ideas. Why don't you help Bao Bu Tong first?"

After saying this, the three of them went to a large hotel at the back and booked a room for a discussion. Lin Yi also learned most of the things.

"I see. In terms of beneficiaries, the biggest one should be Xiao Changyun."

"Your Majesty, you've already changed the direction of the Ministry of Justice's investigation. Doesn't that make him feel better?"

Lin Yi's extraordinary beneficiary theory reminded Bao Bu Tong of the time in Liangzhou City.