"General, all, all searched!" The lieutenant stepped forward with a strong composure.

Kun Wu clenched his saber, slowly put away the forced qi he had released at a glance, nodded indifferently, glanced at the gun again, and walked out of the main room without saying a word.

Zhao Chen didn't hesitate, brushed away Meng Yong, who was about to stop her, and was about to follow.

"Your Highness!" Meng Yong frowned and pulled her harder.

"I don't want to talk to you now, Meng Yong, don't force me." Zhao Chen said coldly and was about to get rid of him.

Meng Yong reluctantly let go of his eyebrows, grabbed her hand with one hand, touched it in his arms with the other, and quietly stuffed the things he took out into her palm, and then let go of her.

"Go ahead, watch out for yourself." He straightened her shirt.

Zhao Chen twisted the thing with his fingers, coldly hooked the corners of his lips and glanced at him, turned around and left.

——

There was only a little more than an hour apart, but when he saw Emperor Chu again, Zhao Chen suddenly felt that the other party seemed to be a little more gloomy.

Without waiting for her to think about it, Kungo quickly revealed the results of the search.

There was no mention of the gun.

“… The head of King Wu's Mansion has also interrogated the results, and the silver ticket was indeed given by Prince Wu... In addition to Prince Wu, Xia and Liang, there are also Lord Shangshu Jia of the household department..."Kunwu's voice did not fluctuate.

Zhao Chen bowed to the ground: "Your Majesty, it is strange that the official treasury of the household department has gone to the water for no reason, and now the criminal minister has been framed again, it is obvious that the thief is trying to destroy the evidence and cause trouble." ”

Emperor Chu sat quietly on the chair and did not make a sound for a while.

Zhao Chen understood what the other party was waiting for, gritted his teeth and made a decision, and suddenly straightened up: "The criminal knows that he is not strict in governing his family, and I hope that His Majesty can give the criminal a chance to redeem his merits." ”

Only then did Emperor Chu look at her, and asked lightly: "How can you redeem your merits?" ”

"As the prince of the dynasty, the mansion has been sealed, and other suspects are naturally not spared!"

There was a slight ruthlessness in her eyes, and she knocked hard: "The criminal minister, please lead the troops to seal the other three mansions!" I beg your Majesty's permission! ”

Emperor Chu raised his thin lips, and only after a while did he slowly spit out a word: "Quasi!" ”

A dog that barks is not a good dog, and it has to be able to bite and dare to bite-

………

Chengnan Guanju Fang.

The armor clanged and the saber clanged.

A team of palace guards quickly surrounded the Shangshu Mansion of the Criminal Department, and broke in from the gate in an orderly manner.

"Who are you? How dare you trespass on Shangshu Mansion? The steward of Xia Mingji's mansion hurried out.

Zhao Chen, who was dressed in a crimson imperial official uniform, stopped in the front yard and said to him sideways: "By Your Majesty's instructions, your mansion will be sealed." ”

"Sealed? My family is the second product of the dynasty! Words alone are not enough! ”

Zhao Chen was silent, and the corners of his lips curled with mockery.

Yes, Emperor Chu did not give her the holy decree in black and white.

She secretly said sorry to Xia Mingji in her heart, but she didn't hesitate in her movements, waved her hand and ordered: "Search!" ”

"You!" The steward was extremely angry, and he was about to leave the house with his head bored, but he was stopped by the palace guards guarding the door.

"Stay here obediently, Lao Xia doesn't need to be informed." She said lightly, sat on the stone chair, and said, "Go and make me a pot of tea, fan it and bring it again." ”

The knife and axe were in front, the steward dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, secretly scolded in his heart, turned around and went into the backyard.

The lady is still waiting for him to settle it, tea? Bah!

Zhao Chen didn't care, and raised his voice: "Hurry up, we have to rush to the scene——"

Kun Wu stood beside her expressionlessly, like a foil, completely without the personal actions he did when he was in the Wuwang Mansion.

After waiting for half an hour, the entire Shangshu Mansion was searched, and Zhao Chen recognized Emperor Chu's sentence of "being honest for many years", and understood why Xia Mingji sued her everywhere.

He, a second-grade scholar, deserves to be really poor...

Zhao Chen stared at the dissatisfaction tank that was found, and only had more than 200 taels of silver... Only then did he withdraw with the palace guards.

Only a few people were left to guard it in case the news leaked.

And their next stop.

It is the Mansion of the Soldier Minister, that is, the residence of Liang Xu.

At this time, it was already more than half of noon, and it stands to reason that the Liang order of the next value should be exactly in the house.

She stopped at the door, looked at it, and whispered, "Call the door." ”

As soon as the door opened, a teenage doorman came out, and when he saw the palace guard, he was stunned before asking, "What is this?" ”

"Where's Lord Liang?"

"My family just had lunch and is taking a nap, what's the matter with you?"

She smiled, limped open the door and walked in, followed by the palace guards.

All the way to the atrium, Liang Xu didn't come out, and the smile on her face gradually came into her eyes.

For a moment, she stopped in front of the backyard, ignoring the chaos around her, and raised her voice to call, "Lord Liang! ”

No response.

She shouted twice, waited for a while, and said to herself with a light smile: "This Lord Liang is really dead asleep..."

Kun Wu behind him didn't say a word, and suddenly strode into the backyard, pushed open the door of the main room and walked in.

Zhao Chen followed him unhurriedly, and as soon as he entered the main room, he covered his nose and retreated a few steps, as if surprised, and asked, "Oh, Lord Liang, what's wrong?" Why is this face covered in blood? ”

Kun Wu withdrew his hand and said lightly: "It's dead, it died a moment ago." ”

"How can you say that death is death..."Zhao Chen said softly, walked a few steps, picked up the letter on the table and looked at it again, the smile in the depths of his eyes became stronger.

Confession letter.

The letter made it clear that it was he, Liang Xu, and the Lord Wang, who was burned to death in the official treasury, who secretly stole the official silver tickets and took the cash of the official bank...

And when he sensed that the situation was not good, he ordered the king to knock over the candlestick, burn the official treasury, and then use the fire to kill him.

Afterwards, he felt uneasy in his heart, and felt ashamed of the grace of God, so he left a letter, drank poisoned wine, and apologized to the Holy God with his death...

Zhao Chen endured it and didn't laugh out loud.

The handwriting of the letter is fine, it looks like it's from Liang Xu, but this content-

In addition to the letter, there was a large stack of ledgers on the table.

Zhao Chen flipped silently, and his eyebrows couldn't help but rise higher and higher.

In the past thirteen years, nearly two-tenths of the income of the household department every year has been taken away by this fake silver ticket, with a variety of strange names, from the expenses of the Chu Emperor's parade, down to the Ministry of Engineering, the military salary...

Emperor Chu's money bag was dug out of a big hole silently.

She thought about it, flipped out the part from eleven or two years ago, and looked at it carefully, but until the end, she didn't see the accounts about the battle of Chu and Wei.

In the mobilization of the big war, the profit is the most amazing.

But this person who had the courage to steal the emperor's money didn't seem to have done anything about that war at all-

"General, the secret room was found in the room." Gong Wei said.

Zhao Chen put away his thoughts and grabbed the words: "What are you waiting for?" Pry! If you can't pry it open, smash it with a hammer! ”

Kungo, who was inspecting the corpse, nodded and agreed with her instructions, and the palace guards began to work inside and out.

In a moment, with a bang, the entire wall of the inner room was smashed open and knocked down, revealing the dark secret room.

Zhao Chen raised his sleeves and brushed it indiscriminately, waiting until the dust was dispersed, and then approached and took the torch and leaned inside.

Nothing...

Zhao Chen smiled, looked back and asked lightly: "General Kun, this person's family background is cleaner than that of Lord Xia, you said that he stole all the silver from His Majesty, what did he spend it?" ”

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