The officials of the household department are all veterans of making fake accounts, and the items and items are smoothed and smooth in the morning, and it is not said that the emperor has found more than a dozen capable officials to audit, even if he finds a hundred, it is useless. The major families are also watching from the ground, just waiting for the emperor to find out one, two, three, and collectively impeach, and the royal family is also ready to attack.

However, it backfired, but after checking the accounts for three days, the emperor had uncovered five or six earth-shattering corruption cases, including cases of stealing military rations, stealing military salaries, taking money, and intercepting treasury silver, and so on, and the total amount of corruption reached a shocking 10,000 taels, which was equivalent to the total tax revenue of the Great Yong State in the past ten years, and even implicated hundreds of officials.

The emperor was afraid of the major border generals and tried to suppress them, so he turned a blind eye to the crime of stealing military salaries and rations from the household department, so that the situation became more and more serious, and even the border soldiers froze to death and starved to death countless times every year. It is precisely because of this that as soon as the five princes said that they would enter the king of Jingqin, the soldiers from all over the country responded in droves and established him as the new master.

He wants to rectify the dynasty and purge the households, what can the magnates in the capital do not agree? He only needs to transfer the soldiers who have suffered from hunger and cold such as the Weihu Army, the Benhu Army, and the Dragoon Army on the frontier into the capital, and release them inside and outside the court.

Hubu Shangshu was first sentenced to death by Ling Chi, and even the nine clans, and their subordinates were not left behind, and they were all killed. Not only the household department, but also the officials of other ministries were implicated, and many people were imprisoned for a time. This bloody storm came too suddenly, which caught the great elites off guard and made them angry. They couldn't imagine how the emperor could sort out such a huge and complicated account in three days, and how did he find ironclad evidence?

At that time, the head of the household who was imprisoned in the heavenly prison also brought them a message, saying that there was absolutely no problem with the accounts, and let them just help them mediate, and then counteract the emperor. Looking at it now, is this called no problem? It's full of loopholes! So someone bought several officials from the prosecutor to inquire about the situation, and only then did they know that all the evidence was found by a young man seconded by the Criminal Department, and his ability to check accounts was unparalleled in the world. And he has only checked a tenth of the accounts now, and if he continues, more people will be implicated.

If Zhao Langzhong is gone, the world will be peaceful! This idea came to the minds of many powerful people at the same time, and they immediately ordered them to buy their heads with a lot of money.

Youshu's mansion has been very lively recently, and in order to protect his safety, the king of Yama came every night and did not leave until the next day when he was safely sent into the side hall of the Qianqing Palace. Those killers who visited Zhao's Mansion were either crazy, unconscious, or missing, and for half a month, they didn't even touch the edge of Zhao Langzhong. And those colleagues who betrayed him were dismissed from their official positions, thrown into prison, and beheaded in the autumn.

It's also to blame them for their short-sightedness, if they finish this errand well, they will be able to become an official and become a knight just around the corner. But they thought that the emperor's foundation was shallow, and he couldn't fight the Manchu Dynasty after all, so he became a thief in turn. As everyone knows, the emperor's foundation in the court is indeed shallow, but he has three million soldiers and horses in his hands, and most of them have been sent to besiege the capital.

He does not rely on the support of the big family, and he does not rely on the support of the ministers in the court, so he does not need to be constrained by anyone at all. But unfortunately, there are still very few people who want to understand this truth.

In addition to the problem of corruption, the household department also has a large backlog of IOUs, not only the emperor loves to withdraw the treasury and silver at will, but the major officials also follow the example, the family builds a house to borrow money from the household department, holds a wedding banquet to borrow money from the household department, and even daily expenses are taken from the treasury silver, and the situation of filling private pockets is very strict. Youshu is a staunch of the royalist party, and after quickly checking the account books, he joins the debt collection team of Otai, trying to let his master see his most capable side.

The imperial list urging everyone to repay the loan has been posted, and after waiting for three days but no one responded, on this day, Outai was ready to personally go to the house of Prince Li, who owed the most money, to collect the debt. Prince Li is the younger brother of the former emperor and the uncle of Emperor Xuanguang. As the saying goes, the thief captures the king first, everyone looks at me, I look at you, and they don't want to move first, so find a hardest idea.

Outai led many Praetorian Guards to go violently, but before he even entered the door, he was beaten out by Prince Li's private soldiers, and his official robes were scattered, so he was not a wolf. Youshu was also pushed twice, fell on the side of the road, accidentally pressed a token with his palm, picked it up and looked at it, and found that it was very familiar.

Where do you seem to have seen this pattern? When he thought about it carefully, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised that the shape of this token was extremely similar to the one on King Yama's waist, and the pattern carved on it was exactly the same as the mask of the Fourth Hell Master. How can there be such a coincidence? Who does this token belong to?

He observed the people present without a trace, and found that there was a diagonal shadow behind everyone, obviously all of them were big living people, and he was a little confused for a while. When he was stunned, Prince Li had already stepped out and shouted, "If you don't want money, you want to die, you go back to sue the emperor, if he sends someone to harass him again, this king will die in the imperial tomb, so that he can go to the underworld to find the king of Yama to accuse him of the crime of great rebellion!" The words slammed the main door and refused to see guests.

Outai straightened his official hat while spitting at the plaque of the prince's mansion, turned around, and found that the token in Youshu's hand was very familiar, so he hurriedly grabbed it and tied it around his waist.

"Is this your token?" Youshu was slightly surprised.

"Is it still yours?" Otai gave him a strange look.

Most of the tokens are in this shape, and it is not surprising that they are similar by chance. Youshu saw that his reaction was flat, so he dispelled his doubts and helped each other to go to the criminal department. Outai seemed to have injured his waist, and after sitting down, he hummed and groaned, and invited two doctors to come for treatment.

After the imperial doctor left, he said helplessly, "Zhao Langzhong, you have also seen that the official has injured his lumbar spine and is unable to move, but the emperor has already sent a message, and he will definitely settle Prince Li within three days." Or will I leave this errand to you? ”

If it were a different person, he would definitely be disgusted by Outai's behavior of shirking responsibility, but Youshu was very happy and hurriedly took the order and left. Ou Tai and the others walked away and wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads, their hearts were so dangerous, if they were recognized by Zhao Langzhong, they would capsize the boat together with their masters. Fortunately, Zhao Langzhong is smart and smart, but he doesn't like to think about things, and he never doubts ghosts, so he got through the trick.

The vignette of the token Youshu turned her head and forgot about it, and she was full of debt collection. If he wants to take this opportunity to impress his master, he naturally has to do it properly and perfectly. Prince Li is a master who does not enter oil and salt, relying on his high seniority, he is used to using his tone and tone, and when dealing with such a person, he will be kicked in the face if he is soft; It's even harder, it will provoke him to jump off the wall, what should I do?

Youshu never takes the usual path, and she counts on her mind as soon as her eyes roll. At night, he led a group of ghost servants to enter Prince Li's mansion under the cover of the blindfold, dragged the sleeping Prince Li up, and took him to the main hall for interrogation. And his beloved concubine was used to perform ** technique, completely fell asleep, and woke up the next day when the sun shone.

Prince Li thought he was dreaming in a daze, and he couldn't help but be surprised to see a man with a mask on his face sitting in the hall, with bull heads and horse faces standing on either side. The man claimed to be the king of Yama and ordered him to return the treasury money as much as he could, otherwise he would be thrown into the eighteen layers of hell.

Prince Li cried out for injustice and resisted to the end, and was beaten to the ground by a bull and a horse, and burned his whole body with hellish fire, making him roll and howl miserably, and he was miserable. After being tortured for more than an hour, it was really worse than death and death was worse than life, so he kowtowed and said, "I will return the silver tomorrow, King Yama, please spare me this time." ”

Niu Tou Ma Mian escorted him back, pointed to the charming woman on the bed and said, "Tomorrow someone will naturally come to collect debts with tokens, if you don't pay it back, we'll see you in the underworld." ”

Prince Li was about to ask what the token was, when he saw a hoof stretched out from the horse's face, and pointed at the woman, and a gust of wind slashed off her full of green silk, and then all rolled into a small box. When the ghost figure dispersed, Prince Li collapsed beside the bed in fright, and said in extreme fear: The methods of the ghosts and gods are really terrifying. If you refuse to listen, will you have to cut off your head next time? But death is not the most terrible, what is terrible is that after death, you will have to live forever and suffer in hell forever. In this way, it is better to return the silver quickly, do more good deeds, and strive to accumulate enough yin virtue for a chance to be reincarnated.

How Prince Li regretted it for the time being, here, Youshu had already returned to the haunted house with the box, ready to soak his feet and go to bed.

"Pretending to be the king to set up a private court, Zhao Youshu, what crime should you be guilty of?" A deep voice suddenly sounded in his ears, causing him to step on the copper basin and make the floor full of water.

"I, I'm forced to do it too." Youshu looked weak.

"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, this king asks you, are you really Zhao Youshu?" King Yama patted him lightly on the shoulder, and the two of them moved from the haunted mansion to the empty and lonely Netherworld.

Youshu became more and more nervous, and muttered, "I am Zhao Youshu, why do you have such a question?" ”

King Yama looked at him for a long time before picking up the book of life and death on the table, and said, "Turn to page sixty-four for yourself." ”

You Shu felt something, and opened it with trembling hands, only to see that the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows of page 64 were all blank, but the sides were full of words, recording a personal name and life, life expectancy, number of reincarnations, merit and so on. His head was buried lower and lower, and he didn't dare to think about it.

Seeing him like this, King Yama said firmly, "This king has long discovered that the words about Zhao Youshu on the book of life and death are slowly fading, and they have completely disappeared today, so it can be seen that the real Zhao Youshu is dead, you are not him." This king has been calculating for a long time and has not been able to find out your origin, and there is no record in the life and death book, which shows that you are not from this world. ”

Youshu suddenly raised her head and asked, "So you have been following me, are you testing me and doubting me?" His heart ached, he never thought that the first friend he identified would approach him for such a purpose. Those who accompanied each other all the way, talked at night, and trusted wholeheartedly, turned out to be all jokes.

"You guessed it, I'm out of this world. What do you want to do to me now? Eat me? His tone was flat, but tears were falling down in a hurry, and his face, which had always been flushed, was now pale and pale.

The king of Yama froze for a long time before he approached him step by step, pressed him into a chair, put his hands on the armrests, imprisoned him in his arms, and said word by word, "You are right, I do want to eat you. ”

Youshu's eyes widened and he choked up, "I didn't expect you to be such a Yama King!" You've been lying to me all along! He had to admit that his heart was about to break, and this was his favorite person except for his master, and he liked it so much that he forgot that their positions were opposites.

"Crying for what?" King Yama leaned closer and said in a dumb voice, "I said I was going to eat you, but that's not the way to eat. With your small body, it's only enough to eat one meal, what's the point? I will eat every day, every day. ”

Youshu began to tremble, and said in a trembling voice, "Are you going to fatten me up and cut a pound of meat a day?" ”

King Yama smiled dumbly, strangled his slender waist with one hand, and touched his upturned buttocks with the other, and said, "I said something wrong, you should eat me, not me eat you, use here, understand?" ”

Feeling the fingers between the thighs, Youshu's pale cheeks quickly flushed, and her already round eyes were much bigger, and he couldn't believe it, "You, you, you, you ......"

"What are you, I've liked you for so long, can't you feel it? As the lord of one realm," in fact, there are two realms, but there is no need to say it now, "I am already busy enough, but in order to protect you, I accompany you day and night, and even do not hesitate to use my power for personal gain, take away your family property for you, and take care of the trivial affairs of the house." I have paid so much for you, but you turned your head and fell in love with Emperor Xuanguang, how can I be willing? That's right, I found out that you are an outsider a long time ago, if I wanted to harm you, I would have done it a long time ago, so why wait until now? ”

He grabbed the tender flesh of Shu's left cheek and scolded, "Little bastard with no conscience, you calculate for yourself how many lives you owe me, and what should you pay back?" ”

Yes, it's just a snap of a finger that he wants to hurt me, so why wait until now? On the contrary, he has always protected me and taken care of me. Thinking about it this way, the fear and grief in Youshu's heart were all replaced by guilt. He didn't dare to struggle, but he also stopped his tears, and after careful calculation, he really owed this person several lives, adhering to the principle of repaying kindness, he should indeed pay it off, but what he wanted was...... But it's his own backyard flower, what can I do?

Youshu was entangled, and felt that this person's arms were as hot as a furnace, making him sit still and full of shame. He lifted his farts and kicked his legs, eager to turn into a grasshopper and jump out.

King Yama grabbed him by the jaw, made him look directly at him, and said in a deep voice, "Look at your little face, there is no hatred or disgust except shame, embarrassment, and hesitation. Do you know what this means? ”

"What does this mean?" Youshu's head was already burned, and she couldn't think at all.

"This means that you also like me, like Emperor Xuanguang, but you don't want to admit it."

"Nonsense! The only thing I like is the master! I will like him in my last life, in my last life, in this life, in my next life, in my next life! I love him for eternity! Youshu was already incoherent, and she didn't know what she said, but she felt that her tongue was a little knotted.

It was the first time for King Yama to hear such an infatuated and unrepentant declaration, and his heart was moved and funny, and there was some indescribable sourness: the little bastard said that he loved Emperor Xuanguang, but he loved to stick to himself, and he clearly liked both, but he refused to admit it. Fortunately, the two belong to the same person, otherwise he should have been hung up and beaten.

Suppressing the smile in his throat, he threatened, "Choose me or Emperor Xuanguang, I'll give you three days to think about it." You have to remember, no one in this world can save you except me, if this book of life and death is discovered by other ghosts and immortals, you should know the consequences? ”

Youshu was sent back to the ghost house before he could react, and the ancestor immediately brought a basin of hot water for him to continue soaking his feet. Where did he have that mood, he wiped his feet directly and went to bed, rolling all night without falling asleep. But the public to the public, private to private, can not be private and forget the public, the next morning, he went to the prince's palace to ask for debts.

Seeing the hair in the small box, Prince Li was frightened and asked him where he got it. Youshu said that at night, the king of Yama asked him to come with something to ask for debts, although he was skeptical, but he tried his best. Prince Li was completely frightened, smashed the pot and sold iron to repay the arrears, and wrote an excerpt to the emperor to accuse him. The courtiers had already compromised when they saw that Prince Li, and they felt that if they dragged it any longer, they would be killing themselves, so they had to pay for it one after another.

The already empty treasury was enriched in less than half a month, which made Emperor Xuanguang feel very happy, and specially set up a banquet in the Qianqing Palace to entertain Zhao Langzhong. This time, he is a well-deserved hero in the thorough investigation of the household department and the recovery of national debts.

Because of something in his heart, Youshu, who has never been a drop of alcohol, drank three glasses of spirits in a row today, making her face like a glow and her eyes cut water, which is very moving. Emperor Xuanguang repeatedly persuaded him to drink, and his expression was unpredictable.

At this moment, a tall figure appeared out of thin air, walked slowly to the table, hugged Zhao Langzhong from behind, and whispered softly, "Three days have passed, have you thought about it?" ”

Youshu woke up in an instant, and stammered with her mental power to reply, "No, no, can you give me a few more days?" ”

"Day after day, how long are you going to drag it out?" King Yama chuckled as he reached into the hem of his garment, slowly stroking, rubbing, and carrying. His hands can be transformed from virtual to solid, so he directly penetrates the fabric and touches Youshu's delicate and soft skin.

Youshu was paralyzed by the crispy and numb feeling, and almost wanted to moan, but the master was watching from the sidelines, how could he show his ugliness, and he had to bite his lip and endure it. King Yama took advantage of this gap to touch him all over, and when he pressed and rubbed his lower abdomen, he made him shake violently, and then snorted.

Emperor Xuanguang showed a worried expression, "Zhao Langzhong, what's wrong with you?" But if you are sick, should you call the doctor to come for treatment? ”

"No, don't." Youshu lay on the table panting.

Emperor Xuanguang hurriedly took him into his arms, unbuttoned his clothes, and whispered in his ear, "But you drank too much chest tightness?" I'll rub it for you. As he spoke, he slowly began to move.

The two hands roamed over his body, and always pressed to the most sensitive places, causing Youshu's cheeks to flush and almost collapse. Just as he was about to resist, King Yama grabbed him by the jaw from behind, twisted his face over and kissed him deeply.

Can you kiss through a mask? Youshu was stunned at first, and then reached out to push, but what she touched was not a cold mask, but an extremely elastic texture. The undulating shape, the high nose, deep eyes, and thin lips, how do you become more familiar with them the more you touch them? The look of panic on his face slowly receded, turning into disbelief.

Seeing him like this, King Yama and Emperor Xuanguang stopped their movements and chuckled. The laughter strangely coincided, making Youshu look left and right, and her head was dizzy.

"You guys, you have the same face?" Even he didn't believe this, and he finally remembered Otai's token and vaguely realized it.

King Yama lifted the obstruction method, slowly merged with Emperor Xuanguang, and said with a smile, "Fool, Emperor Xuanguang is me, King Yama is also me, we are the same person." ”

Youshu gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, and complained with tears, "You lied to me! These days, he has been tormented by the fact that he likes two people at the same time, but it turns out that both of them are masters! No wonder from the beginning, he was unable to defend against the king of Yama, no wonder he naturally accepted him, trusted him, and held it back. That's because his subconscious has long been accustomed to the breath of the other party's soul, and the body is one step ahead of the brain.

"You're fooling me!" Thinking of the threat three days ago, Youshu was even more angry.

Emperor Xuanguang picked him up and threw him into the bright yellow curtain, kissing him while whispering in a dumb voice, "No matter who you choose, I will let you eat." Don't make a fuss, don't get angry when you're full. ”

Youshu struggled hard, but was pressed down lightly. The curtain fell without wind, covering the beautiful scenery, but it couldn't stop the room from whispering, and when the clouds and rain stopped, he had no strength to care at all, and he was held in the arms of his master and patted on his stomach.

"So we're married for the third generation now?" Emperor Xuanguang believed in Youshu's words, but he had no memory in his mind. He pondered for a moment and suddenly said, "No wonder there will be a purple sky falling in the starry night. ”

"What is the Ziwei Sky Fall?"

"Ziwei Sky Fall is the fall of Ziwei Emperor Star." Seeing that Youshu was shocked, Emperor Xuanguang hurriedly reassured, "I'm still fine here, so the Ziwei Emperor Star should not have fallen, but given up the star position." As for why he gave up the star position, look at the limp man in his arms, he already understands the answer. No wonder he woke up in the Prison of Deafness, presumably on a business trip when he fell.

"What happens if you give up your star position?" Youshu became nervous, and her hands were tightly tied around the master's neck.

"It doesn't matter to me, but there will be a situation of strife and princes in the world. Under the jurisdiction of Ziwei, the Broken Army, the Greedy Wolf, the Seven Kills and other stars will enter the world one after another to seize the position of the Star King. But now although Ziwei has fallen from the sky, the stars have not yet appeared, only I can see it, so there are still hundreds of years of peace in the world. Emperor Xuanguang was strangled out of breath, but he was very happy in his heart.

"In other words, the world will be in chaos?" Youshu's eyes are straight.

"If you join for a long time, you will divide for a long time, this is the general trend of the world. Okay, don't think about it, even if the Ziwei Emperor Star does not fall, the stars such as the Seven Killings, the Broken Army, and the Greedy Wolf will still enter the WTO, this is the arrangement of the Heavenly Dao, not that you and I can change it. "Emperor Xuanguang patted Shuguang's naked back.

Youshu has learned the number of doushu, and naturally understands that every certain number of years, the fierce stars of the heavens will take turns to enter the world and sweep away the mortal dust. Even Xingjun can't reach the Heavenly Dao, so he's a mortal who still washes and sleeps. Thinking like this, he pillowed in the crook of his master's arm and fell asleep with peace of mind.