At night, Kyoto is connected to the royal palace.

Chu Lian stood on the steps outside the main hall in an ink-colored brocade robe, watching the people in the palace hang up the palace lamps one by one.

He changed from his previous arrogance and uninhibitedness, and looked preoccupied with a calm face.

"Your Highness, your orders to move all the things in the treasure house to the secret treasury have been completed, and the old slaves have also been registered."

Uncle Wu, the steward, stood aside with the account book in his hand and replied respectfully.

Chu Lian put his hands behind his back, rubbed the green jade wrench in his hand, and sighed.

"Tell Qingmo that someone will come to the door tonight, no matter who it is, try your best to stop it."

Wu Bo immediately nodded and said seriously.

"Yes, the minion will take someone to guard the door."

Chu Lian is waiting, waiting for the arrival of the people from the Prince's Mansion!

Until this moment, he was secretly expecting Chu Wen to change his mind, and he even thought that if the people of the Prince's Mansion were in the future tonight, he would still be as sincere to him as before!

It's just that when the moon was on the willows, there was still the sound of blades intersecting in the front yard, Chu Wen's face darkened little by little, and the hands behind him gradually clenched into fists.

Guarding Qing Mo with a knife, he landed in front of Chu Lian and arched his hand.

"Your Highness, the ancient guards of the Prince's Mansion brought an army from the Soldiers and Horses Division, saying that they would enter the palace to search!"

Chu Lian sneered, he still came in the end, and went to the front yard with Qingmo.

The leader was Gu Yi, the personal guard of Chu Wen of the Prince's Mansion, and Chu Lian knew that he did not go to Zizhou with the prince.

"Stop it all for this king!"

Chu Lian let out a cold snort, and the people fighting on the two sides stopped, but they still confronted each other with their long swords.

Chu Lian chuckled into a smile.

"Gu Yi Guard, this is the Lianwang Mansion, this king and the crown prince have always been harmonious, you entered the palace to search with such fanfare, why! When the prince is not here, are you so reckless in doing things for the prince? ”

Facing Chu Lian's cold voice, he questioned Gu Yiyi's composure and arched his hand.

"His Royal Highness King Lian, the slave was ordered by the prince to thoroughly investigate the matter of Zizhou in Kyoto, and he was instructed by the Governor of Dongchang to enter the palace of Lian Wang to search for gold mines, please don't embarrass Your Highness."

Chu Lian let out a chuckle, and then his eyes darkened.

"What if the king doesn't cooperate?"

Gu Yi smiled faintly, and as soon as he raised his hand, an army seconded from the Soldiers and Horses Division behind him immediately raised the long sword in his hand.

"Then please don't blame the prince!"

"Hahaha"

When Chu Lian saw this battle, it seemed that Chu Wen was bent on putting him to death!

"Well, this king has always been a sincere prince, and this time is no exception."

"Qingmo, take everyone and step back!"

At the sound of an order, the sword-carrying guards of the palace immediately retracted the long sword into its sheath and retreated to both sides.

The Ancient One seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and became respectful again.

"Then thank you for your cooperation!"

Half an hour later.

Gu Yi, who turned Lian Wang's Mansion upside down, came out of the backyard of Lian Wang's Mansion with an ugly face, ready to lead everyone away.

Chu Lian, who had been waiting at the gate, was sitting on a Taishi chair at the moment, and a low table was moved to his side at some point, and there were refreshments on the low table, and Chu Lian was drinking tea lightly.

Qingmo stepped forward and reminded respectfully.

"Master, they're out."

Chu Lian slowly put down the teacup at this time, and looked at Gu Yi with a faint smile and provocatively.

"Is there anything to be gained by searching for half an hour?"

Gu Yi calmed his face and stepped forward to salute.

"Isn't the prince afraid of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming back if he acts like this?"

Chu Lian snorted coldly.

"You can't find anything and threaten this king?"

Gu Yi understood at this moment that the king in front of him had already thought of a countermeasure, and pretended to promise that the prince would take the blame, but in fact, he secretly planned to divert his attention.

At this moment, the Prince's Mansion is lost, and he has to send the news to the palace as soon as possible, whether he has time to remedy it.

Slowed down his attitude and said respectfully.

"The slave is also acting on orders, please don't blame the king!"

Chu Lian raised his eyebrows and said.

"Naturally, you are also from the second brother's mansion, and this king knows that it depends on the owner to beat the dog."

Gu Yi's face changed, and he only hated that he hadn't even found anything in the palace at the moment, so he couldn't help but be presumptuous at the moment, and gritted his teeth.

"It's not a slave to disturb His Highness's rest, so take people away."

As soon as the words fell, Gu Yi raised his hand and shouted.

"Let's go!"

Gu Yi left the Lian Wangfu with a mighty man, and Chu Lian slowly got up.

Walking to the gate of Lian Wang's Mansion, watching Gu Yi's men and horses disappear, the hand hanging by his side gradually tightened.

That night, his alliance with the crown prince came to an end.

In the future, it is time for him to find a way out for himself.

The next morning.

Prince Chuwen was injured and did not return, and the matter of Zizhou was not eyebrow-raising.

The people of the Prince's Mansion actually led troops to the Lian Wangfu last night to search for it, but they found nothing.

Not surprisingly, the emperor was once again furious.

"What do I want you to do? Such a large amount of raw gold can't even be found, what a bunch of waste! ”

There was a roar from the Qinzheng Palace, and everyone knelt down in unison to persuade him.

"The emperor is angry."

The emperor was accustomed to hearing these four words, and paced back and forth in front of the dragon chair angrily.

No one dared to speak in the huge Qinzheng Hall at this moment, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"Hundreds of civil and military officials! They are all my humerus ministers, but now they are deaf? Or dumb? Can't figure it out? ”

Seeing everyone kneeling on the ground, the emperor roared angrily.

"Father, the son may have a way to find out a thing or two about the Zizhou gold mine."

Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded above the main hall.

The emperor frowned and looked at it, it was actually Chu Nan, who had never spoken in the court.

I saw him get up slowly, take two steps forward, and bow his hand respectfully.

"Would you like to hear it?"

The emperor always wrinkled his eyebrows, and with a suspicious look, he could see that he didn't believe Chu Nan.

"What's the method?"

Chu Nan's biological mother had a humble status, she was sent to Jiangnan when she was a child, and she was not raised in the palace all the year round.

He returned to Kyoto a few months ago, and the emperor didn't have much affection when he saw him, and he felt guilty about him.

simply gave him a mansion, and let him enter the court to learn how to assist in political affairs, so that he could help the prince in the future.

Chu Liens Svenwen stood there and said seriously word by word.

"According to the report, the amount of raw gold excavated from the Zizhou gold mine is huge, and it is also said that the original gold was sent to Kyoto, but such a large amount of raw gold has not been searched for ten days, and someone must have made the raw gold into gold with the mark of the manufacturing company."

The analysis was reasonable, and the emperor's heart also calmed down, and he sat down on the dragon chair with a flick of the dragon robe and long sleeves.

Chu Nan continued.

"Erchen thought that there should be two groups of people to investigate thoroughly, the first group of people went to the suspected mansion to search, mainly to compare the accounts with the number of gold in the mansion, if it does not match, it will be very suspicious."

"Another group of people went to the money bank to search, such a amount of gold, if it is not hidden in the mansion, it will be scattered and hidden in the major banks, just to see if anyone has deposited a large amount of gold recently."

In fact, the method is simple, but everyone's eyes have always been on the raw gold, and they did not expect that the original gold could be made into gold privately.

As soon as the words fell, a trace of surprise flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he couldn't help but glance at Chu Nangao.

After a moment of silence, the emperor's deep voice sounded above the main hall.

"In this case, then this matter will be handled by you, there is no one in your house, and if you need manpower, you can go to the Gongwei Division to transfer."