"What an empty building, who can tell me what kind of place this is?" In the treasury, Zhuo Ao looked at the clean warehouse without a single grain in front of him in surprise, looked at the hundred officials with a smile and said, "I didn't know that there was such a clean building in this palace. ”

"King, this is the treasury." Fei Zhong said softly, he felt that there was something wrong with today's king, but what was wrong, but he couldn't say it, and when he was talking at this moment, a trace of cold sweat unconsciously oozed from his forehead.

"Treasury? The gold left by the Taishi is here? Zhuo Ao asked, turning his head.

"Uh~Yes." Fei Zhong had no choice but to nod.

Zhuo Ao nodded, didn't say much, turned his head to look at You Hun and Guo Chu: "Bring your witnesses to me." ”

Soon, four palace guards came up, and these four people were the guards in charge of the treasury.

"You Hun said that it was Guo Chu who took away the gold from the treasury, is this true?" Zhuo Ao walked in front of the four of them and said lightly.

"Yes, it was Lord Guo Chu who took the gold." The four guards nodded at the same time.

"Nonsense, Zhao Kang, Lu Jie, Zhang Xun, You Gui, the four of you, why do you want to frame me!?" Guo Chu said angrily.

"We didn't frame the adults, it was the adults who took the gold." Among the four, the guard named You Gui said with a righteous face.

Guo Chu's face turned pale with anger, and he wanted to say more, but he was blocked by Zhuo Ao waving his hand.

"Think clearly, but the four of you saw him take away the gold left by the Taishi?" Zhuo Ao looked at the four of them seriously: "Slandering the minister is a serious crime, especially at this time of national disaster. I can be Zhulian Er and other nine clans. ”

"My lord, we are loyal to Your Majesty. I would never do such a reluctant, such thing. It was indeed seen with our own eyes by the four of us. You Gui said loudly: "If the king insists that the last general slanders Guo Chu, the last general has nothing to say and voluntarily dies to show his loyalty." ”

"Don't get excited." Zhuo Ao waved his hand and said: "It can't be fake, and it can't be fake, are you sure that the gold of the national master is put into the treasury?" ”

"That's right." You Guilang said: "It was the last general who saw it with his own eyes. ”

"That's going to be easy." Zhuo Ao nodded, turned his head to Huang Feihu and said, "King Wucheng, come here." ”

"Yes, what does Your Majesty command?" Huang Feihu came to Zhuo Ao's side. Asked, leaning down.

"You do." Zhuo Ao whispered a few words in Huang Feihu's ear, the voice was too small, no one heard what Zhuo Ao said, but when he saw Huang Feihu's eyes lit up, he nodded in agreement, and left reflexively.

Zhuo Ao was not in a hurry, someone brought a seat for Zhuo Ao to sit down, Zhuo Ao looked at everyone: "If there are disasters today, the country is in turmoil. The Taishi is loyal and courageous, and would rather starve the soldiers than suffer the people. But I can't let my soldiers go hungry to defend their homeland and country. Worried about me? ”

Hearing this, the hundred officials couldn't help but look at each other speechlessly, and at this time, You Hun stepped forward with a smile and said, "King." Although the minister does not have the ability of a master, he is also willing to do his best for my big business. The minister was willing to rush all the family assets totaling 500 gold into the treasury to solve the urgent need. ”

Baiguan sneered and looked at You Hun, all the family assets, five hundred gold? This amount of money is definitely not enough for You Hun to be greedy for ink for a month, and he was embarrassed to say it, but at this time, the hundred officials were already disheartened by the king of Xu, and if he said it at this moment, I am afraid that he would inevitably get burned, so for a while, no one spoke.

"Aiqing has good intentions, and I understand it, but this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause." Zhuo Ao shook his head noncommittally, looked out the door, but saw that Huang Feihu had already brought in with several guards carrying four sedan chairs, and lined up the sedan chairs.

"King, this is ......" You looked at Zhuo Ao in confusion.

Zhuo Ao didn't explain, and looked at You Gui's four guards: "The four of you enter the sedan chair, obey my orders, King Wucheng, on both sides of each sedan chair, send guards to handle, the people in the sedan chair must not poke their heads out, violators, beheaded!" ”

"Yes!" Huang Feihu agreed, and with a shout, eight imposing guards guarded the windows of the four sedan chairs, and someone had already sent the four people into the sedan chairs.

Zhuo Ao looked at Huang Feihu, Huang Feihu meeting, four attendants holding four wooden plates into the sedan chair, those who have good things can see clearly, in the wooden plate, there are four lumps of mud, for a while, the hundred officials were puzzled, and they didn't know what the king was going to do.

"I said, it's true, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake." Zhuo Ao got up, looked at the four sedan chairs that put down the sedan curtains, and said: "Since the four of you firmly believe that Lord Guo Chu has indeed mentioned gold from here, and he has seen it with his own eyes, then now, pinch out the shape of those gold, and the time for a stick of incense will not wait." ”

Saying that, Zhuo Ao had already sat back in his seat and continued to talk and laugh with everyone, which was also a means to bring the relationship between the monarch and the minister closer.

"King, this ......" You Hun wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhuo Ao.

"You are now, like Guo Chu, you are all suspects, in order to avoid suspicion, let's say a few words." Zhuo Ao said indifferently.

"Yes, the king......" You Hun only felt chills all over his body, and looked at Fei Zhong on the other side pleadingly, where did Fei Zhong dare to talk at this time, but he didn't squint and avoided You Hun's gaze, You Hun could only kneel beside Guo Chu in the gloating gaze of the ministers.

The time of a stick of incense arrived in a blink of an eye, Zhuo Ao waved his hand, and the four guards opened the sedan curtain, took out the wooden plates of the four people, and sent them to Zhuo Ao.

"This one is a gold bead, and these two are gold bricks, huh...... Can anyone tell me what this object is? Zhuo Ao asked, pointing to a lump of mud on top of the wooden plate.

"King, You Gui has been scared to death in the sedan chair." Huang Feihu opened the sedan curtain and looked at it, bowed down.

"Pull the other three out." Zhuo Ao looked at Guo Chu with a smile: "Lord Guo, get up, your charges have been cleared." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Guo Chu stood up with the support of the two officials, but once again bowed deeply to Zhuo Ao and said sincerely.

"Get up, I said, it can't be fake, and it can't be fake." Zhuo Ao didn't look at You Hun, whose face was pale and trembling, but looked at the other three guards and said, "You three, do you still have something to say?" ”

"The king spares his life! This matter was all persecuted by You Hun and You Gui, and we were also forced to do so. The three guards knelt down with a puff and hissed.

"You are my guardians, guarding the treasury, and the trust of the country in you, but unfortunately, you have failed to live up to my trust." Zhuo Ao shook his head, didn't look at the three of them anymore, waved his hand and said, "Drag it out, behead him at noon, confiscate his family property, and confiscate it." ”

"Yes." Huang Feihu responded loudly, and with a wave of his hand, the wolf-like guards had already pounced and lifted the three pale people out.

"Big ...... King. You Hun looked at Zhuo Ao with a shudder.

"What else does Lord You have to say?" Zhuo Ao looked at You Gui and said indifferently.

"The king, for the sake of the minister's saddle for the king all these years, and for the sake of the people working day and night, I ask the king to be merciful outside the law, and the minister is willing to atone for his sins with all his family assets." You Hun cried bitterly.

"All the family assets? Five hundred gold? Zhuo Ao turned his head and looked at him coldly: "I look stupid? How dare Lord You be so foolish? ”

"Minister......" You Hun was like a chaff sieve, trembling and speechless.

"I'll give you a chance to see how you've worked day and night for the people all these years." Zhuo Ao sneered and shouted, "Huang Feihu! ”

"The minister is here." Huang Feihu strode forward.

"You personally go to raid the house, take down the You family, confiscate their property, send it to the treasury, and then send someone to tie You Hun to the downtown area, and see how the people who let Lord You work day and night repay him." Zhuo Ao said sharply.

"Yes." Huang Feihu led the order out loudly, and the two guards dragged him out amid You Hun screaming.

"Your Excellency, go back to the main hall with me and wait." Zhuo Ao looked at the empty treasury and sighed.

"The ministers obey." The hundred officials agreed in unison, and it could be heard that with You Hun falling off the horse, the voices of the hundred officials were no longer as lifeless as before.

Everyone returned to the main hall to discuss state affairs again, and this time, a few old ministers stepped forward and told Zhuo Ao about the situation of some of the victims, such as today's frequent disasters and the emptiness of the treasury, which must be dealt with as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause greater public resentment.

Zhuo Ao nodded, disaster relief, it is not gold and silver jewelry can be saved, there is no food, even if there is more gold and silver jewelry, it is a problem to not be able to fill your stomach.

Noon was approaching, and a soldier came to report that the soldiers and horses of the Taishi had arrived thirty miles outside Chaoge and were about to enter the city.

Zhuo Ao put down the notebook, stood up and looked at Baiguan and said with a smile: "The Taishi has returned triumphantly, it is really my luck to become a soup, and you adults will go to the noon gate with me to greet the Taishi." ”

"Your Ministers obey!" A group of ministers agreed in unison, and many ministers also looked at Zhuo Ao with a little relief in their eyes.

Zhuo Ao took hundreds of officials out of the noon gate and met Huang Feihu who came back from raiding his home.

Looking at the endless convoy behind Huang Feihu, Zhuo Ao suddenly smiled and said, "It seems that the money and food for the victims of the disaster have been lost." ”

"The king is wise." Beside Zhuo Ao, Fei Zhong's face was not very good-looking, but he still forced a smile to Zhuo Ao.

"The King." Huang Feihu came to Zhuo Ao's side.

"These are Youhun's family properties?" Zhuo Ao looked at Huang Feihu and said.

"It's just a part of it, You Hun is inside and outside Chaoge, and there are still three manors that haven't been raided yet." Huang Feihu said in a deep voice.

"King, spare your life~" At this time, You Hun, who had finished the parade, was locked in a prisoner car by more than a dozen guards, and came back embarrassed, and when he saw Zhuo Ao, he immediately lost his soul and screamed.

"Lord You, if you are really rich and rival the country, if you sell my songs, you may not be able to compare with this part of Lord You's net worth." Zhuo Ao shook his head, turned his head to look at Huang Feihu and said, "I never thought that five hundred gold would be so much, it seems that I, the king, are really poor." ”

"King Mingjian." Huang Feihu said with a smile.

"Send all these to the treasury, and keep a detailed record of them, and all the grain and grass shall be used for the relief of the victims, and if anyone dares to withhold them, there will be no forgiveness for their immediate death, and this matter shall be supervised by you personally." Zhuo Ao nodded.

"The king can rest assured, and the ministers should handle it impartially." Huang Feihu nodded and said, at this time, the news of Wen Taishi's entry into the city came, Zhuo Ao smiled and said: "This will be taken care of by others in advance, and I will go with me to meet Taishi." (To be continued.) )