"Why, how come this is still coming out? The dust has settled." Zhou Baicheng curled up and said blankly.
"Father, my son is wrong."
Zhou Baicheng hugged Zhou Liang's legs and begged for mercy, crying with snot and tears.
Zhou Liang waved his hands and slapped two big ear-scratchers again, wishing he could stuff the person back into his mother's belly. If he is not capable of civility or martial arts, he would be left to eat and wait to die, even if he can get into trouble!
"Father, the emperor loves Cheng Wang the most. If we cry, he will definitely not care!"
Zhou Liang slapped, until his anger was vented, he stopped, "Why did I give birth to such a waste like you!"
"Pack up and follow me back to Jincheng."
"Father, father, there is a business that has not been concluded yet. First, let's wait for two days." Zhou Baicheng said vaguely, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth.
Ge Gen didn't take action, how could Zhou Baicheng dare to leave? If he didn't make up for such a huge shortfall, he would be beaten to death if his uncle knew about it.
"Idiot, what business are you still taking care of at this time? With your brains, can you still make a big deal?" Zhou Liang snorted.
"Father, please give your son two more days." Zhou Baicheng begged.
Zhou Liang dragged Zhou Baicheng to the carriage. Even Jincheng was in turmoil, but he still dared to hide in Qingxian!
In Zhou Liang's view, Zhou Baicheng didn't want to go back and be punished.
"Your Majesty, the disaster relief money has gone into the pockets of the Zhou family." The inspector said solemnly.
Emperor Ye swept the table, his facial muscles trembling, "I didn't give them enough!"
After taking a few breaths, Emperor Ye stared at the inspector and spoke slowly, "Hide it for now."
"Yes." The inspector lowered his head, hiding the sadness in his eyes. The emperor's love for the Zhou family has reached no limit, and is simply intoxicated!
"Boom!"
"Boom!!!"
"Boom!!!!"
This is! Dengwengu! The inspector raised his head suddenly and saw that there were guards guarding the drum place. If you want to play the drum, you have to walk through iron nails and receive a thirty-ridged staff. Not many people can survive this.
This was the second time in the past century that drums sounded.
"emperor?"
Emperor Ye's pupils shrank, "Come, come and have a look."
When I heard the sound of drums, there was a great injustice, and the emperor needed to summon all the officials to the court.
"Dong dong dong..."
The sound of drums spread far away, and the officials dressed in court uniforms went straight to the palace gate.
The drummer was a strong man of about thirty. Every time he took a step, there was a pool of blood on the ground. Among ten people, he was the only one who survived to the end.
Pushing aside the supporting chamberlain, the strong man staggered towards the emperor.
The officials on both sides couldn't bear to look away when they looked at the winding line of blood.
"Zhou family, greedy, disaster relief silver, white, bones exposed, please the emperor, strict investigation, strict, investigation..." The strong man said word by word, blood gushes from his mouth.
"Strict investigation..." The strong man kept repeating, and he hit the ground.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, dead, dead." After checking, the chamberlain said to the emperor.
The hall was silent, and they all heard the strong man's words.
"emperor!"
The guard hurriedly entered the palace, "The people outside the palace gate were full of people, looking very angry. The imperial army could hardly control the situation."
"What do they want to do!" the emperor roared, veins looming on his forehead.
The guards knelt down, not daring to repeat what the people said.
"Foolish King, you are partial to favor and trust! You support traitors! You treat the people as if they are nothing! You will be punished by God!!!"
"You will be punished by God!!!"
The angry shouts gathered and soared into the sky.
At this moment, the hall was deathly quiet, and no one dared to look at the emperor's face.
They knew the public sentiment was raging, but they didn't know it was like this.
The emperor wiped the Zhou family's butt, and all was exposed.
One after another, the already angry people went completely crazy.
Emperor Ye's breath was heavy. He stood up holding on to the arm of the chair. He was so angry that he said, "Pass my order to the commander of the Imperial Army..."
"Your Majesty!" The Minister of Rites interrupted hurriedly, not allowing Emperor Ye to continue. If he started killing people, the country would be in chaos.
"Leave it to Dali Temple. They will definitely be able to find out the mastermind who embezzled the disaster relief funds."
Emperor Ye suppressed the sweetness in his throat and said, "Check, check hard for me!"
"My lord, I obey the order." The minister of Dali Temple came out and said without sadness or joy.
With a heavy heart, the officials walked out of the hall.
In the royal study, the chamberlain lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to see you as the king."
Emperor Ye rubbed his brows and said, "Tell him, I'm not free."
"Father." Cui Sheng ran in, his face full of tears. He wiped it randomly and knelt down, "I heard that my uncle embezzled disaster relief funds and killed many people."
Cui Sheng cried heavily, "Father, I am very heartbroken, how can they ignore human life!"
"Father, please punish me severely and give an explanation to millions of people." Cui Sheng knocked his head heavily on the floor.
Emperor Ye was shocked and stood up to help Cui Sheng, "I am very pleased that you can think so."
Touching Cui Sheng's head, Emperor Ye's eyes gradually became firm.
"Go back, Dali Temple will investigate."
Cui Sheng hugged Emperor Ye, his eyes full of admiration, "Father, please take care of yourself."
Emperor Ye smiled and asked his chamberlain to take Cui Sheng to Linyang Palace.
In Xuanyang City, Meng Po handed the secret letter to Cui Tingyu, "Princess, everything is as we expected, but will the emperor really protect the Zhou family? This time, it is different from usual. Everyone is watching."
Cui Tingyu raised his eyelids, "If the Zhou family's evidence is conclusive, then Cui Sheng will no longer be considered the heir apparent."
"Emperor Ye worked hard to pave the way for Cui Sheng, how could he give up halfway."
"He also hopes that this son will strengthen the country."
"Have all the people in Yonghe County evacuated?" Cui Tingyu asked casually.
"Everyone has been evacuated. As the princess ordered, all the silver was mixed with rice and shipped to various places in batches."
"A total of 9,310,000 taels. Those people are extremely greedy."
Cui Tingyu caressed her dress and sat down on the wooden chair, "Speed up your movements and get through Yushan."
"Yes." Meng Po responded. Seeing that Cui Tingyu had no other instructions, he retreated.
The Dali Temple investigation was carried out with great momentum. People were arrested and imprisoned every day. The screams in the execution room continued all night long. In just two days, all officials who had embezzled disaster relief funds were found.
The Zhou family was just given a false name and did not participate in it.
Although everyone was still suspicious, the blood at the execution ground eliminated a lot of resentment.
Standing on the big tree in the courtyard, Zhou Baicheng swayed on his toes, his lips were chapped and peeled, and he was breathing more out than in.
In the main room, Zhou Wentai was lying on the couch, covering his mouth and coughing, "The other party's layout is so strict that it's scary."
"It seems like he only pushed one step forward, but the whole situation is in his hands."
"If it weren't for the emperor's will to become the king, the Zhou family would probably be in trouble."
"Brother, we have to find this person." Zhou Liang looked stern.
"Zhu Xiao went to investigate." Zhou Wentai looked at Zhou Liang, "Take good care of people. If anything happens, you will handle it yourself."
Zhou Liang nodded hurriedly, "I blame me for being useless. If there is another son, I will kill him."
"Get out." Zhou Wentai waved his hand impatiently.
In the dead of night, several figures walked into Zhou's house. They looked at each other and ran toward the courtyard with clear goals.
