World Ruler System
CH 188 Xiao Jun again failed
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To the northwest of Youngzhou Yuan Li and Ren Yun seemed to be walking down a market full of people buying and selling.
"Sister Ren ten gold coins for a horse is clearly a robbery!" yuan Li said.
"Truly such an expensive price was afraid of having to spend several thousand gold coins to buy hundreds of horses!" ren Yun chimed in. Shortly after from the front a young man approached the two of them.
"Welcome young master, do you want to buy a horse?" asked the man while cupping both hands.
"Right, but 10 gold coins is too expensive I think there's someone who deliberately raises the price!" said Ren Yun.
"Let's just relax, sir, I have thousands of good horses and I guarantee you won't disappoint!" said the man with a smile.
"Then what price are you selling?" asked Yuan Li.
"Although the price has been raised but buying with the old price is also not possible, I took the middle of just 6 gold coins per horse" said the man. Ren Yun and Yuan Li thought for a moment.
"Stay a little expensive, let's find another one" Ren Yun said as he walked. The man quickly prevented.
"Wait for you, the price is worth the quality. Tell you what, let me take you guys for a look!" said the man while walking towards a place. Ren Yun and Yuan Li glanced for a moment then followed the horse-seller guy.
Ren Yun and Yuan Li had already arrived at the horse dealer's place, a place behind the market and countless stables containing large and powerful horses.
"Please the two masters check for themselves?" said the man, Ren Yun and Yuan Li nodded and began to look at the stables containing horses.
"The horse is good but dear the price is, can not be less?" ren Yun said after seeing the horse.
"How yes sir, this is already the lowest price we offer!" said the man.
"Just how about five gold coins and all these horses we take, after all, if no one buys the cost of care is also expensive if not taken care of horses susceptible to disease, the selling price will decrease and the cost of treatment will be expensive" said Yuan Li bargained. The horse-seller man seemed to think about Yuan Li's words that had little point.
"Emm, how is it!"
"You must have a way to get a good horse, we better take all the capital will be faster back" said Ren Yun.
"But what the two masters are sure about is buying all the horses here, this horse has a total of 500!"
"Of course, we need a lot!" yuan Li said
"Alright then five gold coins!" said the horseman.
"You wait here we will take the money first" Yuan Li said.
"Good sir"
Ren Yun and Yuan Li then passed away leaving the place and they saw the ground of the rather deep footprints of the horse, it was likely that the horse's foot was mounted horseshoe. They both looked at each other and smiled.
Soon after Yuan Li and Ren Yun died, the man was approached by Xiao Jun's bodyguard.
"Master" said the horseman as Xiao Jun's personal bodyguard was already in front of him.
"You're doing well, it's your pay!"
"Sir, thank you but this horse is good is it not a loss to sell five gold coins?"
"It's not something you take care of, go fast!" said bodyguard.
"Okay, thank you!"
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In the palace hall Xiao Dong was conversing with Xiao Feng.
"How's it going?" ask Xiao Dong
"The person I assigned has got about 500 horses, today will arrive in the capital, I've asked Master Ren of the Military Division to check whether it's the standard of war horses or not!" said Xiao Feng and Xiao Dong nodded in understanding. When he was about to speak suddenly appeared the prime minister's sister Wang reported.
"Honor to the king may the king live a long life"
"Stand, what are you going to report?"
"Reporting to the king, there was a smuggling of military horses which caused the horse reserves in the barracks to be greatly reduced. Although it was not my act but I still felt guilty, for the sake of Youngzhou I continued to investigate this case. Some days I get a hint of the existence of 500 horses" said Minister Wang's first brother reported.
"According to my investigation, the 500 horses I found were all bought by the Second Prince!"
"Feng'er what is this?" ask Xiao Dong
"The horse I bought from northwest Youngzhou has no military horses" Xiao Feng replied
"When the entry of military horses will certainly be used special horseshoe, although released will certainly cause traces, if examined is also not difficult!" said Wang Zouran, the prime minister's brother, Minister Wang. Xiao Feng smiled faintly then looked at Wang Zouran.
"Master Wang feels I've taken your duty so deliberately make a slander like this!" said Xiao Feng.
"If the Prince insists it's not a military horse, let's go with me to the Military division to check" Wang Zouran said.
"Alright let's go to the Military Division to check" Xiao Dong said as he stood up and walked out of the hall followed by Xiao Feng and Wang Zouran.
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"Ren Zhi have you checked Feng'er's given horse?" asked Xiao Dong.
"The horse-king of the second prince's handing had already been checked all had military horse standards, however." Ren Zhi's remark cut off Xiao Dong.
"However the horse tread has traces of military horseshoe?" asked Xiao Dong.
"Military horseshoe? why did the king come to such a conclusion?" ren Zhi asked in astonishment, Xiao Dong immediately looked towards Wang Zouran. Wang Zouran directly approached Ren Zhi.
"Sir Ren have you checked clearly?"
"Of course, I checked everything, if Mr. Wang does not believe please check for yourself" said Ren Zhi. Wang Zouran checked the horse. Xiao Dong approached Ren Zhi.
"Ren Zhi what does "yet" mean in your words?"
"This is how the king of horses the Second Prince gave him was far better than the horses sold in northwestern Youngzhou, fearing that the uneven distribution of horses would go awry" said Ren Zhi explaining that made Xiao Dong laugh.
"This is what it means!" said Xiao Dong. Xiao Feng smiled faintly as he recalled the reports from Yuan Li and Ren Yun that he already knew the horse being sold was a military horse from the Youngzhou barracks that Xiao Jun had smuggled in, yet still Xiao Feng had told him to buy it because the Patriarch of the Mu family that Xiao Feng and Feng Xi had saved from the Black Dragon Group raid helped him.
Wang Zouran finished checking and indeed did not find any traces of horseshoe on the horse tread. It was obvious that all the horses had already been exchanged by your Patriarch for better horses.
"Mr Wang has checked and there is nothing unusual here, so Mr. Wang has deliberately slandered me!" said Xiao Feng.
"I'm just checking horses for Youngzhou's sake, this might be my negligence, Please the king give a punishment!" w.a.n.g Zouran said while kneeling in front of Xiao Dong.
"The negligence in examining is ridiculous for a high-ranking official like Mr. Wang, this evidence is in sight and there is no smuggling of military horses, he said, it means you corrupted the horse-buying money so that the horse reserves were reduced and then you slandered the official royal members to cover up your deeds!" said Xiao Feng.
"Prince don't be slanderous" said Wang Zouran. Xiao Feng then took out a small book from his storage ring and handed it to Xiao Dong.
"Dad I've been investigating evidence of Wang Zouran's crimes, please look" Xiao Feng said. Xiao Dong received the book and read it, Xiao Dong's face smeared upon seeing the report. While Wang Zouran was already sweating coldly.
"The bodyguard, take Wang Zouran to prison and in the next two days he gets a beheading for committing the sin of corruption of state funds for personal gain!" said Xiao Dong and immediately two bodyguards came and dragged Wang Zouran.
"Good!"
"Since the matter is over, Feng'er don't forget what you promised!"
"I won't disappoint you"
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At the military barracks Yuan Li came to face Uncle Li who was sitting reading the report.
"Greetings to Mr Li!" yuan Li said as he cupped his hands.
"What's the problem?"
"I am the Second Prince's person and was assigned to return the horse to Youngzhou military barracks" Yuan Li said as he displayed Xiao Feng's token. Uncle Li closed the book and looked at Yuan Li.
"Return horses? why don't I understand what you mean?" ask Uncle Li.
"A few days ago I found 500 horses northwest of Youngzhou, Mr. Li did you know that smuggling military horses was a big crime" Yuan Li said, Uncle Li slammed the book and walked over to Yuan Li.
"Are you slandering me?"
"I dare not just that military horses like the troops all recorded in the Military Division investigated alone already caught who smuggled, this horse appeared in northwestern Youngzhou, if the king knew this, he said, the first place to be checked was the military barracks. But the second prince said that Mr. Li was his uncle and would not make it difficult for Mr. Li. If this horse doesn't belong to a military barracks, consider it a gift from the Second Prince!" Yuan Li said.
"I am indeed short of horses, if the Second Prince wants to give 500 horses this is certainly my acceptance!" said Uncle Li
"The second prince said that he longed for Mr. Li's noodles as a child and he wanted to get back to feeling them"
"Haha, go home and tell Feng'er if you miss my noodles he can come here at any time" Uncle Li said and then sat back in his chair.
"Okay, sir, then I beg you to leave!" yuan Li said and left the room. Uncle Li seemed to be thinking of something.
"Feng'er is a good chess player today I received his kindness, winning and losing this game is already determined." murmured Uncle Li.
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"Arrghh, Xiao Feng is fucking my plan this time failed again" Xiao Jun said when he heard reports from his bodyguard that Wang Zouran was caught.
"Prince, Wang Zouran is rumored to be beheaded in two days!"
"Hmm good then at least he won't leak the horse-buying money flowing into my pocket"
"Then what should we do?"
"For the time being we don't move yet you keep an eye on Xiao Feng it's not impossible that he will investigate where the money flows besides that I have to discuss with mother" said Xiao Jun.
"Good!"
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