Hongwen pulled Zhao Ci and said, "King Qin is in the house, let's go there later."
"The rumors outside are true. King Qin loves his sister very much." Zhaoci looked at the main room and rested his chin on his hands, "I want to sleep with my sister."
Hongwen glanced at her and said, "You are addicted to climbing on the bed."
"I only climbed three times."
Seeing that Zhao Ci was too few, Hongwen was silent. Does she know who she is robbing someone from?
These days, Hongwen found out that King Qin was a very jealous person, and when he got jealous, it didn't matter whether he was a man or a woman.
"Put it away when it's good, and deal with it carefully."
"Sister, you don't know that." Zhao Ci couldn't listen to others talking about Liu Yun now.
Hong Wen looked at her and said, "This is Prince Qin's palace."
"I know." Zhaoci looked confused.
Hongwen shook her head, forget it, she was so stupid, I guess King Qin didn't want to argue with her.
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The price of kudzu has been rising day by day. In just five days, it has increased tenfold.
Zhou Baicheng touched the silver ingot with a satisfied look on his face. Five carts of kudzu root cost 300,000 taels. This business was really exciting.
Zhou Baicheng burst out laughing, and at the same moment, Magistrate Ding's note was delivered to the emperor's court case.
The father died but the son did not go to the funeral, and did not even show up for the burial. During this period, he was promoted to an official position. Emperor Ye was furious and asked his chamberlain to call the Minister of the Ministry of Finance.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Emperor Ye pointed at the memorial and spoke in a deep voice.
Liang Yuanji opened his mouth, "Your Majesty, I don't know!"
"I don't know?" Emperor Ye picked up the memorial and threw it at Liang Yuanji, "Is it because he doesn't know, or is he covering up and forming a clique for personal gain?"
"I don't dare!" Liang Yuanji hurriedly knelt down.
Emperor Ye stood up, stared at Liang Yuanji, and said coldly for a while, "Go back and stay."
Liang Yuanji stooped and walked out. After leaving the palace, he grabbed the clothes of his entourage and said with a dark look, "Go and check."
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"Sir, it's ten, twelve taels!"
The boy ran up to Zhou Baicheng and said with his tongue tied.
"What!" Zhou Baicheng stood up in excitement, "What is the secret use of kudzu root? It's so skyrocketing!"
Zhou Baicheng turned around in circles and pounded the table with his fists. He was still anxious. If he had to wait, it would be more than 300,000 taels!
"This Xiaoguo man, money just falls from the sky!"
"Go, get the kudzu root before them." Zhou Baicheng's eyes were filled with greed.
Two days passed by, and the boy was breathing heavily, his throat seemed to be strangled by something, "M-Sir, you're crazy, you're really crazy!"
"One kudzu root, twenty taels of silver!"
The porcelain bottle in Zhou Baicheng's hand fell to the ground, and his lips trembled, "Two, twenty taels?"
"It's sold out too early, it's sold out too early!" Zhou Baicheng murmured, his heart bleeding.
"Sir." The young man walked forward and said in a low voice, "The Jiang family has hidden three carts of kudzu root. They are willing to sell it to you for eighteen taels per root."
Zhou Baicheng raised his eyes sharply, "Then why are you delaying? Get the things over here quickly."
"Sir, there is not enough money in the treasury."
"How much difference?" Zhou Baicheng looked calmly.
"Four hundred thousand taels. They will only give you something when they see the money."
Zhou Baicheng paced, his eyes flashing, "First pledge the farm and shop, and then redeem them after selling the kudzu."
"Hurry up." Zhou Baicheng urged the boy, fearing that the Jiang family would regret it too late.
In Jincheng, Liang Yuanji slammed the table angrily, "Okay, what a good Zhou family!"
"Come here, prepare a car!" Liang Yuanji shouted.
"Your Majesty, the Minister of Household Affairs is here to ask for an audience." The chamberlain came to the Emperor and said softly.
Emperor Ye frowned and said, "Let him come in."
"Your Majesty, I deserve death for my crime!"
As soon as he entered the imperial study, Liang Yuanji knelt on the ground and shouted sadly, "Last year during the snow disaster, the imperial court appropriated 300,000 taels of silver, but after investigation, the money never reached the victims."
"Your Majesty, the state owns a giant rat!" Liang Yuanji shed two lines of tears.
"The snowstorm killed and injured nearly 10,000 people, many of whom could have survived." Liang Yuanji looked sad.
"Please your Majesty, conduct a thorough investigation! Conduct a thorough investigation!!!"
Liang Yuanji's cries echoed in the imperial study.
Emperor Ye's face was cold. That night, the imperial study was brightly lit, and officials came in and out from time to time.
The next day, the entire Jincheng knew that the disaster relief money had been embezzled.
At first, everyone didn't feel much about it. After all, corruption happens everywhere.
But when the bloody list fell into their hands, everyone was shocked. The names were so densely packed that it was impossible to see them all at a glance.
"Dead, so many dead?" Someone murmured with trembling lips, and his hand could hardly hold the paper.
"This just has a name." A scribe said solemnly.
"How much have you been greedy? How much have you been greedy!" Sobs kept coming and going. At this moment, no one could hold back.
"Of the three hundred thousand taels, only one thousand taels are used for disaster relief."
There was silence.
"Only one thousand taels! Only one thousand taels! What about those officials? Why no one mentions it!" The people screamed, holding the paper in their hands, with scarlet eyes.
"Officials protect each other, don't you understand? Our life and death are not worth a penny in the eyes of those officials."
"Isn't it worth a penny?" Everyone looked blank and laughed loudly.
The public's anger was rising in waves, and at this time, even the emperor couldn't suppress it even if he wanted to.
Xuanyang City, Princess Mansion, Meng Po walked towards Cui Tingyu, "Princess, let's take a rest."
Cui Tingyu put down his sword, "Jincheng, I'm getting excited just thinking about it."
"Princess, do you really want to implement the last step?" Meng Po pursed his lips into a thin line, "In this case, the emperor must know that it was you."
Cui Tingyu curled her lips and smiled brightly, "So what?"
"The Zhou family doesn't deserve to live."
"Expand the army by 30,000. You have seen Yang Shu's training method." Cui Tingyu raised his eyes slightly and looked at Meng Po.
"yes."
Mengpo clasped his fists, turned around and walked out.
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In Yonghe County, Zhou Baicheng grabbed the boy by the collar and lifted him up. His veins popped out and his face was ferocious, "It's the third day, where is he!"
The boy was trembling like chaff, "Sir, I'll go and have a look. They may be busy, that's why they didn't show up."
"It's best like this." Zhou Baicheng let go of his hand, his face full of anger.
"Master!"
"Someone is coming from Jincheng!" the attendant shouted as he ran.
Zhou Baicheng frowned and walked out of the house.
Seeing Zhou Liang, Zhou Baicheng smiled, but before he could say anything, someone slapped him in the face.
"You did a good job!"
"Father?" Zhou Baicheng covered his face, feeling guilty. It shouldn't have happened. It had only been a few days and he had kept it secret. How could the news reach Jincheng?
"Father, what did my son do?" Zhou Baicheng swallowed his throat and asked softly.
"What to do?" Zhou Liang was furious, raised his foot and kicked Zhou Baicheng down, "Ding Feng, was it you who gave me the message?"
Zhou Baicheng was stunned for a long time before he remembered, "Father, how can a mere foreigner be so angry? He is not from our Zhou family."
"Did you know that he was recommended by Liang Yuanji!" Zhou Liang roared.
"So what? We just happened to get Liang Yuanji down." Zhou Baicheng said casually. He knew that his family was close to the Minister of Household Affairs.
"Idiot, do you know that the silver coins from last year's snowstorm were dug out!" Zhou Liang gritted his teeth and kicked Zhou Baicheng one after another.
