While the people in the government office were eagerly discussing the recent frequent "Thunder God Apparition" incidents, another major event happened.
The prefect ordered a thorough investigation of all the accounts of Pingbo Mansion for the past ten years!
As soon as this news came out, it could be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves and caused a huge response.
You know, what is the most forbidden thing to check in Pingbo Mansion?
That’s the account!
For many years, four merchants have controlled more than 90% of the large transactions in Pingbo Mansion.
This is the core reason why they are so wealthy.
When they get rich, the court will naturally suffer losses.
Although there is no longer a court, but King Fu is here, it is actually the same.
Yuan Chixin suddenly said that he wanted to check the accounts, which was almost equivalent to explicitly saying that I would kill you.
After his order was issued, the five thousand soldiers recruited in the past few days became useful.
These people are all poor people who were recruited temporarily. They just have the name of regular army, but their combat effectiveness is actually very average.
Fortunately, the combat power that the four companies and three merchants could mobilize on the surface is gone.
In addition, most of these people's poverty is directly related to the four merchants. After hearing that they had to deal with the four merchants, they all became more energetic.
The one hundred personal guards brought by Yuan Chixin were appointed as captains and captains to command these people.
The officials of "Shumin Pavilion" took them to check the accounts, but if there was resistance, they should be captured first.
As a move that completely broke his face, Yuan Chixin was also sweating.
If this step encounters great resistance, the rest will not be easy to handle.
In fact, the four companies and three merchants reacted very strongly to this.
However, they obviously no longer have the strength to fight.
Faced with the government officials who directly brought soldiers to check the accounts, many people still relied on their usual arrogance and refused to allow the soldiers to enter.
The accompanying officials wanted to give him some kind words, but unexpectedly, a soldier who was fed up with the bullying stabbed him to death.
This time, it frightened the other people in the room.
Many people simply jumped through the windows to escape.
Originally, if the person ran away, he would just run away, as long as the ledger is still there.
Unexpectedly, there were many enthusiastic citizens around, who caught the escapees and handed them over to the government soldiers.
The government soldiers were not polite to them. They beat them up and killed several people on the spot...
Similar things are happening almost everywhere in the entire government office.
In just a short period of time, more than a dozen people were killed.
Although everyone in the government office made a sudden attack, the four merchants were not vegetarians after all.
Some people reacted quickly and ordered the evil slaves to block the soldiers, while they themselves set fire to the account books.
Some shopkeepers also choose to run away with their account books...
For a time, Fucheng seemed very chaotic.
When it comes to auditing accounts, the first ones to be affected are the three merchants, because they are the ones who handle it openly.
The four families are the ones in control behind the scenes, and they will also be hit hard after the incident.
Ever since he was deprived of power, Lou Fucheng spent his time in the government office doing nothing every day.
Now that he suddenly knew that Yuan Chixin had turned against him, he was also shocked. He grabbed Captain Lin and went directly to find Yuan Chixin.
"Master Yuan, what do you mean?"
Lieutenant Lin suppressed his anger and questioned Yuan Chi's heart.
"I took over the Pingbo Mansion, but I just checked the accounts according to the rules."
"Since it's according to the rules, why don't you communicate with us in advance?"
"The audit is just a routine matter, and it's not a big deal. There's no need to alarm you two!"
Seeing Yuan Chi's intention, Lin Fuwei wanted to argue again, but was stopped by Lou Fucheng.
Lou Fucheng looked directly into Yuan Chixin's eyes. Seeing the determination in his eyes, he felt a little troubled, but he still said:
"Master Yuan, as the saying goes, keep a thin line in your life so that we can meet each other easily in the future. Are you really going to stand against everyone by doing this?"
"Aren't you the ones standing against everyone?
Do you need me to say more about your reputation in Pingbo Mansion?
How many people hate you to the core, do you need me to say more? "
Seeing Yuan Zhi's resolute attitude, Lou Fucheng said no more, greeted Lin Fuwei and left the "Shumin Pavilion".
When they arrived outside, Lieutenant Lin said anxiously:
"What should we do now? This guy surnamed Yuan wants to play with our lives!"
Lou Fucheng pointed at the official uniforms worn by the two of them and said:
"Although you and I have lost our power now, our skin is still there!
With this body, you can cope with it. "
"How to do it?"
"Since it is the prefect who requests the audit, we must not violate it, and we must cooperate well.
Invite people from the four families to get involved, and ask them to help check the accounts, and ask them to submit all the accounts to the official's desk. "
When Lin Fuwei, who was still a little worried just now, heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up and he gave Lou Fucheng a thumbs up:
"High, high, high, this move is really high!"
When the accounts are in the hands of Yuan Chixin, problems will naturally be discovered, which is a disaster for them.
But if it falls into their own hands, there will naturally be no problem.
Moreover, for this reason, even the government soldiers had no reason to stop them from putting on official uniforms to conduct investigations.
Lin Fuwei admired Lou Fucheng's wisdom.
"Don't talk nonsense, go get things done!
Also, it seems now that we should not have had any illusions about such celebrities from the beginning. Such people are ignorant of current affairs, and some decisions should have been made long ago..."
Soon, there was commotion in the city again.
All the people who worked in the government offices of the four families were mobilized, and they took the slaves and evil servants of the four families to collect the account books from each family.
It was much easier for them to collect the accounts than the soldiers, and they did not encounter any resistance at all.
Yuan Chixin had known that the four merchants and the three merchants could not sit still and wait for death. When he heard the other party's move, he also sighed:
"This move uses force to gain strength, but it is a clever idea. It should be Lou Fucheng's idea.
Hey~~ This person is considered capable, but unfortunately, he is too selfish. "
Yuan Zhong asked: "Then how to deal with it next?"
"As usual, fight with them to collect as much as you can."
"What about the account books in their hands? What if they jump over the wall in a hurry and burn them all?"
Yuan Zhong said worriedly.
Yuan Chi smiled heartily and said: "Burning the account books is a last resort. They will not do this until they are in desperate situations."
"Why?"
"What is recorded in the ledger is the income details of each of the four merchants.
With these things in place, corruption within the family can be effectively prevented.
Once they are gone, with the size of four companies and three merchants, internal moths can seriously damage their vitality. "
"I see."
Yuan Zhong understood something, and then sneered,
"Aren't these big families tired of fighting with outsiders and their own people all day long?"
"They dare to do things that are of great benefit, not to mention tiring, even if they lose their heads."
Yuan Chixin said something slightly mockingly, and then said,
"Make arrangements and prepare to seal all treasuries and ports."
In any case, this time the government's power was fully mobilized, and the efficiency was quite high.
In less than half a day, the account books had been collected.
Lou Fucheng and others mobilized their manpower to collect much more than those from "Shumin Pavilion".
After collecting the things, Lou Fucheng naturally couldn't put them in the government office, but put them in Lou's house.
As soon as the front foot was released, a large number of government soldiers surrounded the Lou family.
When the Lou family saw this, they were shocked and didn't know what they wanted to do.
Lou Fucheng did not come from the Lou family, but came back from outside.
He was not in the government office before, and I don't know where he went during this time.
After coming back, he immediately asked the leader of the government soldiers why they surrounded Lou Mansion. The soldiers reported back that there were thieves in the city causing trouble, and the prefect was afraid that Lou Mansion would be in danger, so he specially sent troops to protect him.
Naturally, Lou Fu Cheng didn't believe this nonsense and was extremely angry. He scolded the soldiers and told them to leave.
But this is obviously useless. It is really a scholar who encounters a soldier, and there is no reason to explain.
No matter what Lou Fucheng said, the team leader only said that he was executing the order.
It happened that the team leader was a member of Prince Fu's personal bodyguards. He was not afraid of the powerful people in these places, and Lou Fu Cheng's official power was of no use to him.
I thought Lou Fu Cheng would make a big fuss, but he actually endured it and returned to his home.
On the other side, Yuan Chixin saw some of the account books that had been collected, and immediately asked the scribes to start checking the accounts.
It's easy to make fake accounts for small things, but it's not so easy for large things.
In addition, the four merchants were used to being arrogant in Pingbo Mansion, and they all disdain to make false accounts. Anyone who knows how to count can see the problems in the accounts.
But after hearing that half of the account books were sent to the Lou family by Lou Fu Cheng, Yuan Chixin was also thinking about how to get these account books.
Yuan Zhong couldn't come up with any ideas, so he could only protect Yuan Chixin as much as he could.
While Yuan Chixin was focusing on the pile of files in front of him, a black spider as big as a little finger appeared on the beam.
A piece of silk was pulled out from the spider's abdomen and hung down, gradually approaching the back of Yuan Chixin's neck.
Just when he was about to fall, he saw Yuan Zhong, who had his back turned to this side, turning around.
When he saw the spider, his expression changed and he quickly drew his sword. With a flash of sword light, the spider was immediately chopped into two pieces.
Yuan Chixin, who was reading the file, was startled and almost mistakenly thought that Yuan Zhong was trying to kill him.
Then he realized that Yuan Zhong could not do this.
Before he could realize what was going on, he saw that Yuan Zhong had already stepped forward and jumped away from the table with him.
As soon as he left the table, two more centipedes fell on the beam.
The two centipedes are also completely black, each one inch long and one finger wide.
After Yuan Zhong took Yuan Chixin away from the table, he grabbed the door with one hand, grabbed two pieces of sawdust, and threw them hard. The sawdust flew out and smashed the two centipedes.
After killing the centipede, I saw another toad jumping in from the window sill.
Yuan Zhong swung his sword and slashed, but the toad moved very quickly and managed to dodge.
Before he could add another attack, he saw a snake and a scorpion appear in the darkness at the corner of the table.
Both of them go towards Yuanzhixin at the same time.
Yuan Zhong kicked up a chair, and the snake that jumped up was knocked away by the chair and could not get close.
But the scorpion was close to Yuan Chixin.
This shocked Yuan Zhong, who was a little too late to take action.
At the critical moment, Yuan Chixin picked up the fruit plate on the table and smashed it down.
The scorpion was hit squarely by the fruit plate and was smashed to pieces.
Yuan Zhong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
At this time, the toad that had just retreated saw that the situation was not good, jumped off the window sill, and planned to escape.
Seeing this, Yuan Zhong did not choose to pursue, but stayed by Yuan Chixin's side.
The most important thing now is the safety of my master.
While the two were nervous, the surrounding officials were disturbed. When they came to check the situation, they saw another movement at the window sill.
With a "bang", something was thrown up.
Yuan Zhong pulled Yuan Chixin and dodged sideways.
At first glance, it turned out that the toad that was thrown up was the toad that had just escaped.
At this time, the toad was smashed into a puddle of mud and was obviously dead.
Looking at the window sill again, a dark, dry hand with a rancid smell stretched out, grabbed the window sill, and climbed up.
This thing is a special zombie.
The main body is a zombie, with a head in the shape of a centipede's venomous pincers and a neck connected to the head, resembling a toad. There are two centipedes hanging from its ears. The centipedes are still twisting, which looks really disgusting and scary.
The right hand is a withered zombie claw, and the left hand is an arm made of a snake. The venomous snake is still spitting out the poison, and the green pupils are glowing with a cold light. Being pressed against it will inevitably send chills down the back.
In addition, there is a poisonous scorpion tail on the back, swinging around.
Seeing this thing, Yuan Zhong's pupils shrank slightly, and the hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
But thinking that his master was by his side, he did not retreat, but took half a step forward to block Yuan Chi's heart.
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