After a scuffle.
The tough bandits robbed them of all the silver and valuables they had on them, and finally stripped them down to their pants before leaving in a big way.
Xiao Liu covered his bleeding neck and huddled behind the carriage. He had exhausted all his strength. In the end, he was not spared. He could only watch helplessly as this group of shameless bandits robbed the money and robbed it again. They even pointed at his size and humiliated him...
...
At the same time, the emperor's imperial edict was also issued, ordering the Zongren Mansion to seize Mo Jing'an's Prince An's Mansion.
People from the Zongren Mansion conducted a massive search in Prince An's Mansion, and the emperor specially sent Prince Yan to supervise it. Prince Yan was always loyal, and he was an expert at ransacking homes. He would not be merciful even to his own nephew.
Mo Jingan looked at everything in front of him calmly, with a trace of sadness in his eyes, and couldn't stop shaking his head.
After the people from the Zongren Mansion searched the entire Prince An's Mansion, they found only 10,000 taels of gold and some treasures given by the emperor. Other than that, they found nothing.
The men placed all the things they searched in the yard.
Prince Yan turned his head and glanced at Mo Jing'an, narrowing his eyes slightly. He didn't know what he was thinking. After a while, he patted his back appreciatively and said with praise: "Nephew, you are really good. It seems that you have done well over the years. You really didn’t embezzle a single tael of silver.”
Mo Jingan put his hands behind his back, straightened his body, pretended to be magnanimous in his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, how could my nephew embezzle money? My nephew has been scrimping on food and clothing, and last time he replenished the money for four Brother, except for the money that is enough to make a living, the house is already destitute."
Immediately afterwards, Mo Jingan sneered, with a hint of disappointment in his eyes.
"My father doesn't trust my son so much. I'm just... so heartbroken. If my father wants to confiscate it, he should confiscate my mansion..."
"Nephew, don't be too sad. The emperor misunderstood you. The emperor is angry at this time. When the storm passes, he may be able to forgive you." Prince Yan said kindly: "In the next period of time, you Try to keep a low profile and don't make your father angry again."
Mo Jingan nodded: "Thank you, uncle, for your kind words. My nephew will definitely remember them."
Prince Yan patted his shoulder again and comforted him: "Don't worry, the emperor will truthfully report your situation to the emperor."
Mo Jingan raised his hand and said, "Thank you very much, uncle."
Prince Yan waved his hand and directed the people in the Zongren Mansion: "Okay, everyone should evacuate."
It wasn't until Prince Yan left that Mo Jing'an took off his disguise and raised a proud smile on his lips. Humph, you want to rob his mansion? There are no doors.
His father said he was punishing him, but it wasn't because of the epidemic. The treasury was bleeding badly, and it was really bad to want to steal his money to replenish the treasury.
Just wait, as long as the money is there, sooner or later, he will make a comeback.
Mo Jingan returned to the room and fell asleep in a happy mood.
Unexpectedly, at dawn, Xiaoliu ran back rolling and crawling in a rag, clamoring to see him.
Mo Jingan got up from his dream, went out and saw Xiao Liu, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, "Xiao Liu? Didn't I ask you to transport the things to Changzhou? Why did you come back so soon?"
Xiao Liu knelt on the ground and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, have mercy on me, Your Majesty, have mercy on me, all our money... has been robbed by bandits."
"What?"
Mo Jingan's face was shocked, a trace of anger rose in his eyes, and he asked in disbelief: "A dozen carriages were all robbed?"
Xiao Liu cried and nodded: "Yes, more than a dozen carriages were robbed, and a tael of silver was gone."
Hearing this, Mo Jingan almost fainted. Thinking that all his belongings had been robbed, his heart was bleeding. He covered his chest and took a deep breath, then stepped forward and kicked him hard. Kicked Xiaoliu and said angrily: "You bitch, you lost something and you still have the nerve to come back? Where are the bandits? Where are the bandits who stole things?"
Xiaoliu was kicked to the ground, and the rags on his body fell off. He knelt on the ground half-clothed and cried bitterly: "Those bandits all ran away, and they even stripped us of our clothes." .”
"Don't you know martial arts? Where's your kung fu?"
"The little one fought desperately and was stabbed in the neck. The key is that they brought smoke and stunned us all."
Mo Jingan clenched his fists tightly, his chest heaving violently with anger, and he roared with red eyes: "Why don't you go and catch them! Kill them with your men and wipe out all their lairs. We must kill them." All my money will be recovered!"
"If you can't bring it back, I will kill you!"
"yes."
Xiao Liu picked up the rag and wrapped it around himself, and quickly went to lead people to kill the bandits.
...
On the emperor's side, after hearing Prince Yan's report, his eyes widened in disbelief: "What? Only ten thousand taels of gold were found from the second son's house?"
Prince Yan cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, we have searched all of Prince An's Mansion and only have these ten thousand taels of gold."
The emperor frowned suspiciously: "No, when did this second man become so poor? I'm still counting on the money in his warehouse to fill the national treasury..."
This epidemic outbreak is so severe that in order to cure the epidemic among the people in the world, more than half of the national treasury has been emptied. It is already empty.
He handed over the management of thousands of merchants in the country as well as river and sea transportation, thinking that Mo Jing'an would get some benefits, but who would have thought that the second son would be clean-minded and honest.
This really surprised him...
