"The check is clear. Have they all been rescued?"

On Dongshi North Street, in front of the Yangshengtang, Jia Qiang looked miserable at the moment. Her hair on the left side of her forehead was singed, her body was covered with ashes, and holes were burned out of her sleeves and front hem of her clothes.

At this moment, he didn't care much and asked anxiously.

Gao Long and Shang Zhuo were in worse condition than him. They threw the quilts that had been watered and covered with mud on the ground, and said loudly: "Master Marquis, the nuns at the Yangsheng Hall have counted them. There are eighty-five in total." There are quite a few children. But...three of them were not rescued, but the others are all fine."

When Jia Qiang heard this, her face became very ugly, and she asked: "Have you found out where the fire started? Was it the fire in the kitchen that was confiscated? Or was it the fire in the charcoal pot somewhere?"

Gao Long shook his head and said: "It's not clear yet, but it is said that the location of the drain is not in the kitchen, it seems to be the bedroom..."

Just as he was talking, he saw Sun Peng coming hurriedly. He was an old man with an ancestral fire prevention ban. Jia Qiang knew there was something wrong just by looking at his face and asked, "But what did you find?"

Sun Peng said: "Master Hou, I may have discovered the reason for the water leakage."

"explain!"

When Jia Qiang heard this, she was shocked and asked.

Sun Peng said: "According to the people at the Yangsheng Hall, the first place where the water leaked was the backyard of the bedroom. They just washed the bedding and sheets yesterday and put them in the backyard. The first place where the water leaked was in the backyard, and then it spread. He went to the bedroom and burned most of the health hall. The young man went to the backyard to take a look and found that the backyard of the health hall was connected to the back kitchen of the Cyclamen Restaurant on the front street. The chimney of the kitchen of the restaurant was built on On the back wall of the Health Hall. So my guess is probably..."

When Jia Qiang heard this, her face turned pale, she turned around and left without saying a word.

Seeing this, Gao Long, Shang Zhuo and more than 20 personal soldiers and more than 100 soldiers and horses, including Si Dingyong, all followed.

"Hey! Sir, what are you doing..."

Perhaps because he was guilty of being a thief, the owner of the restaurant named Cyclamen actually greeted the guests at the door. When he saw Jia Qiang coming, his face changed and he asked with an apologetic smile.

Jia Qiang just looked at him with a serious look, but had no intention of speaking and was about to go in.

The old shopkeeper was so courageous that he actually opened his arms and tried to stop him, but Gao Long caught him by the collar and threw him aside.

The old shopkeeper shouted loudly: "My master is the left servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, how dare you make a mistake?"

Jia Qiang didn't even look back and ordered: "Arrest him."

When he walked all the way to the kitchen, he saw a few guys digging out the chimney and mixing mud to prepare for repairs.

Seeing this, is there anything Jia Qiang doesn't understand?

He said sternly: "Put all these bastards in jail and torture them out of what happened today, quickly!"

Gao Long and others were also furious, and led a swarm of people, captured all these guys, and escorted them back to the Bingma Si Yamen.

"The restaurant is sealed! No one can come in without my order."

After looking at the scene of the fire room, Jia Qiang went out.

It was really dangerous today. As expected, today he only focused on the Taiping Guild Hall and burned nearly a hundred children to death at the Yangsheng Hall.

Beheading may not be necessary, but dismissal from office and denomination are inevitable.

It’s really hateful!!

However, before he could return to the Yamen with lingering fear, he saw a group of palace officials approaching on horseback. After seeing him, they did not even get off their horses, so they hurriedly announced the decree: "Your Majesty has a decree, and the Ningguo Mansion is sent to attack. Waiting for you, Jia Qiang, the commander of the military and horse divisions of the five cities, will come to the royal gate immediately!"

…

"Your Majesty, Jia Qiang, the First-class Marquis of Ningguo Mansion, has arrived."

"Xuan!"

"The Emperor has a decree, and Jia Qiang, the First-class Marquis of the Xuanning Palace, has come to the palace to see you!"

"The Emperor has a decree, and Jia Qiang, the First-class Marquis of the Xuanning Palace, has come to the palace to see you!"

Jia Qiang, who was in a state of embarrassment, stepped inside amid the announcements from the palace.

Previously, he had learned some of the reasons from Eunuch Xiong, who had announced the decree, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

Unexpectedly, we actually arrived together.

It's really dangerous!

"Your Majesty Jia Qiang, long live my emperor!"

Looking at Emperor Long'an sitting on the Danbi Dragon Chair, ignoring the scrutinizing eyes around him, Jia Qiang bowed to see him.

When Emperor Long'an saw Jia Qiang, he was relieved and said in a deep voice: "Jia Qiang, there are officials who want to impeach you for inciting people and not doing your job properly. They also said that today is the day when your Laoshizi Guild Hall will be opened. You

He doesn't even go to the government office and abandons the public service for personal reasons. He is really a scum. What do you say?"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, if you speak about official affairs, the person who speaks is not guilty. I have nothing to say to him. I can only say something to him. It is really shameful. Since I took office, I have continuously destroyed things.

Several major cases, including the conspiracy case, have been solved twice, not to mention the Wu family's smuggling case. If this is called abolition of public affairs for personal reasons, and I want the person who is impeached to hang out, what achievements has he made?

What achievements have you made?"

As soon as this statement came out, all the officials in the court were unwilling and accused:

"I'm waiting for the inspectors..."

"We are waiting to rectify the country..."

"We are waiting to clear up the atmosphere..."

"Do you want to block the way of speech?"

It was like poking a hornet's nest. Jia Qiang felt that there was no benefit in arguing with these people, and it would be even worse if she lost. So she decisively changed the target and said: "Okay, I won't mention you. If you say that I abolished public affairs for personal reasons, then you will be the ones who have done it before."

Let’s take out what the commanders of the Military and Horse Division have done and show them to the public, to see if they have done anything more than I have done, without neglecting public affairs for personal reasons..."

Emperor Long'an didn't give the censors a chance to speak again. After knocking on Jin Fu, he asked, "Jia Qiang, what's wrong with you?"

Jia Qiang said: "Your Majesty, when I went to the Yamen today to inspect various affairs, the health care hall on Dongshi North Street ran out of water, so I took people to rescue..."

As soon as these words came out, all the officials in the court were startled, and Emperor Long'an also asked hurriedly: "Is there any damage?"

Jia Qiang said sadly: "Three of them were burned to death..."

Emperor Long'an was relieved when he heard this. Three people could still accept it, but if there were more, there would be trouble.

Just when I was thinking like this, I heard a young censor say: "Your Majesty, Jia Qiang, as the commander of the army and horse division, allowed a good place like Yangshengtang to suffer the disaster of Zhurong. It is really a disgrace to the divine grace. I think,

All the men from the Military and Horse Department must have been sent to spread rumors and confuse people, so the fire was not put out in time and three innocent babies died. They deserve to be punished for their crimes!"

When Jia Qiang heard this, she felt nauseated as if she had eaten a fly.

Emperor Long'an asked: "Jia Qiang, what do you say?"

Jia Qiang shook her head and said: "I really don't know where this person came from..."

Zhao Dongshan, the censor of Zuodu of the Duchayuan, reminded: "This man is Kang Ye, the official of the Duchayuan, and his father is Mr. Kang, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel."

When Jia Qiang heard this, her disgusted thoughts suddenly turned into anger. She turned around and cursed loudly: "What do I think is a dirty seed? The chimney of the kitchen of your restaurant is built on the wall of the backyard of the health hall, and the sparks fall on the bedding sheets that are being dried.

The fire caused by the emperor, now you have the nerve to scold me? If the emperor were not here, I would not be able to beat you to death, you are a bastard!"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole hall was in an uproar.

The young censor Kang Ye was so scolded by his boss that he was stunned. He didn't know how to reply for a moment. He only blushed and retorted: "You... you are so slanderous!"

"Bloody spewing?"

Jia Qiang walked up to him and said sternly: "Are the cyclamen on Dongshi Qian Street your family's property? In front of the emperor, how dare you lie!"

When Kang Ye heard this, his face turned pale and he didn't dare to answer. Then he remembered that although it was not on the same street, behind Cyclamen, it seemed that there was indeed a Yangshengtang.

He also thought about collecting the unfinished meals from the Cyclamen guests and giving them to the Yangshengtang, so as to gain a good reputation, but was later blocked by his father...

At this moment, being pressed by Jia Qiang, how could he answer the question? Seeing Jia Qiang approaching step by step, he could not cope with it. Fortunately, at this time, Kant, the left minister of the Ministry of official affairs, knelt down to plead guilty and said: "Your Majesty, if it is really the fault of my family.

, I am willing to accept the crime and pay for a Yangshengtang. The ten years of chewing in the Yangshengtang will be provided by my family."

Although Emperor Long'an was furious, he could not dismiss his ministers because of a mistake in his restaurant, so he said solemnly: "Master Kang should be more rigorous in running the family. It is really sad to cause such a disaster!"

Kant kowtowed again and again: "Your Majesty, I must give an explanation to the Emperor and the court about this matter!"

Jia Qiang did not look back at Kant. He knew that he himself might not be able to deal with such an old official, but he felt that it was okay to deal with the younger one, so he continued to press Kang Ye and said: "Please ask Kang Yushi, just now you thought it was me who made San

An innocent baby died young, so I think his crime deserves to be punished! So now it is your Kang family who caused the crime, how do you think this crime should be punished? If it cannot come to me, it will be punished. If it comes to you Kang family yourself, it will be punished.

Let’s just pay three drinks as a penalty and pay some dirty money?”

Kang Ye heard this and was speechless. Kang De didn't want to do anything, but at this moment he had to save his son. He said in a deep voice: "Ninghou got the order wrong. Quanzi thought that Ninghou abandoned the public affairs for personal reasons."

, only spread rumors and caused the death of innocent babies in Yangshengtang, so they think this crime deserves to be punished. Although my Kang family has made mistakes, it is unintentional, and we are willing to pay a sufficient price to compensate. Therefore, it is not just one time.

thing."

Jia Qiang smiled and said: "After beating the young one, the old one came out. The young one is shameless, and the old one is even more shameless! Now you still insist that I am abandoning the public service for personal reasons and spreading rumors? I don't know that I

How can the public be abolished for personal reasons? When the Jia family opens a guild hall, it becomes the official for private reasons. Then the restaurant opened by your Kang family is much more elegant than my guild hall. What is this called? Furthermore, I am the Marquis of this

The Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division has only been in command for a short time, but he personally led the troops to solve a major case and almost died! Today, he even prevented a fire caused by your Kang family that was supposed to kill countless innocent children! Also, all ministers of civil and military affairs

Some of you in your family live in the East City, right? Haven’t you noticed that the roads have become tidier and cleaner recently? Haven’t you noticed that all the green-skinned bullies in the neighborhood have disappeared? Even if it’s not that people don’t pick up items on the road and don’t close their doors at night, it’s still ten times more peaceful than before.

Which of these is not my credit? This is also called abolishing public service for personal reasons?"

After hearing Jia Qiang's self-proclaimed boast, Emperor Long'an, who was full of civil and military officials on the throne, looked slightly weird.

Confucianism's emphasis on humility is engraved in the bones. Not to mention civil servants, even Jiang Duo, the Duke of Zhao, who is recognized as the most shameless and unscrupulous among the martial arts, can only dare to say that he has never made any merits and only made one meritorious service.
To be continued...