"Lord, please listen to my explanation! Lord..." Li Shu shouted hysterically, but unfortunately there was no response, and the only trace of light was extinguished in the darkness.
"Lord! This man has betrayed you, what are you doing with him?" Outside the secret room where Li Shu was imprisoned, behind the white-robed man who captured Li Shu on the official road in the east of the city stood a black-robed man whose face was covered by a cloth; The man in white robe bowed his hands to him respectfully and said, "Why don't you let your subordinates get rid of him for you?"
"Don't worry! Keeping him is still useful!" The man in black robe patted the man in white robe on the shoulder: "Wu Shang, you did a good job this time; you and Tianhao are my right-hand men, and his loyalty is unquestionable Yes, but sometimes he is too showy and can easily make mistakes, so if something happens to you, you have to help me a little bit."
"Tianhao is a talented person with few rivals; and he and I are brothers, so if there is any difficulty, I will naturally take care of him." The man in white robe had no expression on his face when he spoke, and there was no wave in his heart. People don't know whether he is sincere or fake.
"That's good, that's good!" The man in black robe seemed to be very satisfied with the man in white robe's answer: "By the way, things over there need to be handled urgently. This is not a place where we can stay for a long time."
"I understand!" The man in white robe said with cupped hands.
In the main hall of the Household Department, Su Xing, who was dressed in a red official robe, sat upright in the center of the hall. His solemn face without a trace of a smile could not conceal his inner satisfaction.
"See you for your humble position, Mr. Su!". On the left and right sides of the lower head stood Shaerba, the left minister of the household department, and Zhu Danian, the right minister of the household ministry. They both bowed to Su Xing and saluted.
"You two adults don't need to be polite, we will be colleagues from now on!" Su Xing raised his hands towards the two ministers: "I hope that the two adults will work together with Xing to be loyal to His Majesty!"
"I am willing to be loyal to Your Majesty, and I am willing to share your worries." Salba and Zhu Danian once again made a series of remarks to Su Xing, speaking out official clichés.
"Two adults, please sit down! When Xing Lin took office, he was ordered by His Majesty to allocate money for disaster relief. I wonder how much money is left in the treasury?" Su Xing waved his hands downward: "Master Sha, please tell me."
"Sir, the materials and equipment for the frontline soldiers and the river transportation project of the Ministry of Industry consume a lot of money. Currently, the national silver inventory is less than one million taels." As Salba said, he also glanced at Su Xing: " Otherwise, the former Minister would not have taken the risk to propose a tax increase to your Excellency."
"Sir, what Mr. Sha said is absolutely true!" Zhu Danian also echoed: "Raising troops alone consumes nearly half of the national treasury's silver. I wonder if your Majesty can you tell your majesty to lay off some of the border troops to recuperate?"
"What both gentlemen said is very reasonable. I will report it to Your Majesty at the appropriate time! But the most urgent task is how to increase the amount of money in the national treasury to relieve Your Majesty's worries." Su Xing sneered in his heart: "It seems that the national treasury's The money deposit is worse than what Your Majesty said."
"The method Mr. Zhu just mentioned is a long-term solution. If you want to increase the revenue of the state treasury in a short time, there is no other way except raising taxes." Salba bowed and said: "Your Excellency is good at business, I think he is better than the lower official. Be clear about this!"
"Report! Sir Su, Yin Tianfeng, the shopkeeper of Sanshun Bank, is visiting." Just as Su Xing was discussing politics with Sha and Zhu, a young boy in gray clothes came to report.
"Shopkeeper Yin, please speak in the back hall." When Su Xing heard that Yin Tianfeng was coming, a confused smile appeared on his face: "My lords, we will discuss this matter another day."
"Master Sha, a person who was originally under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue suddenly became our Shangguan!" Zhu Danian saw Su Xing enter the back hall, stood up and stretched, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are so Any extravagant hopes will eventually come to nothing!"
"Master Zhu, you just said you were going to become our Shangguan!" Salba mocked Zhu Danian without showing any signs of weakness: "Do you think you will have a good life in the future?"
"It's not like you don't know that I don't have any ambitions. All I need is wine and meat every day." Zhu Danian saw that Salba still wanted to drag himself into the water. He walked out of the lobby with a smile, but the sound came in without missing a word. In Salba's ears: "Sir, you asked the Su family to increase taxes before. I'm afraid the future life will not be as pleasant as before."
"Zhu Danian, you are just a waste." Salba wanted to eat Zhu Danian alive: "You will be the one to look after me in the future."
"Brother Chuan! This is the tax tag, please check it." A tax collector in official uniform handed the tax tag to Li Chuan, who was in charge of the ward.
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"Gouzi, it's quite early to get off work today." Since the tax fraud incident, it has become Li Chuan's daily job to be in charge of collecting tax plates and uniforms.
"I gave a piece of my story to Brother Shui, so I'm going to leave early!" The tax collector named Gouzi took off his uniform, took out his coat from the wooden cabinet and put it on: "By the way, Brother Chuan" ! You must have heard that the head of the Shang family suddenly became our minister, and Master Sha’s face is as ugly as a dead person in the family!"
"Shut up." Li Chuan shouted, "The matters of adults are not something that officers like us should discuss. Be careful of losing your head."
"I know!" Gouzi stuck out his tongue, neatly folded his uniform and put it in the wooden cabinet: "Brother Chuan, is there any wine in the kitchen?"
"Not today, Mr. Su is going to have a banquet with Shopkeeper Yin of Sanshun Bank." Li Chuan made a note in his book and wrote down the time when Gou Zi returned the tax tag and uniform: "The kitchen is so busy, let's not get involved. "
"Brother Chuan, this is Huang San, the Tingwei sent by the Tingwei Mansion to guard the Household Department!" A young man in gray clothes walked in with a man who looked to be in his thirties.
"Do you have Lord Zhu's warrant?" Li Chuan asked, while looking at the imperial guard Huang San; he was seven feet tall, with a sallow complexion and a mustache. His unfamiliar face gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
"This is your Excellency's warrant!" The young man handed a letter stamped with the servant's seal into Li Chuan's hands.
"Well! You go down first." Li Chuan looked at the letter and put it in his arms. He smiled at Huang San and said, "Brother Huang, have we met somewhere?"
"This is the first time Huang has come to this household department, and it is also the first time he has seen Xiongtai. How could he have seen him before?" Huang San smiled and shook his head.
"Then I must have remembered it wrong!" Li Chuan said with a smile: "Brother Huang came just in time! Since Luo Bei's accident, it has been really tiring for one person to manage this ward. I will ask Brother Huang to help me in the future."
"It's easy to talk about!" Huang San raised his hand towards Li Chuanyi: "Brother, please take good care of me in the future."
To the south of Dongguan Road is a winding, rugged, muddy sheep farm trail; on both sides of the road are dizzyingly high cliffs, making it a hazy shadow from a distance.
"Miss Misu, these footprints seem to have disappeared here." Liu Ningshi stood on tiptoes and looked into the distance.
"This valley looks extremely dangerous, and the enemy is dark and we are clear." An Dafang folded his hands in front of his chest: "I have already sent a signal for help, why not wait for Wang Hu and others to arrive and enter together."
"Chief Security Officer, I can leave marks for them along the way." Misu was worried and quickly shook his head: "The moment Brother Bei falls into their hands, he will be in more danger."
"Brother Da Fang! Let's go in and explore, maybe we can find something else!" Liu Ningshi looked at Mi Su's appearance and couldn't bear it, so she tried to persuade her.
"Since Ning Shi said so, okay!" An Dafang looked at Liu Ningshi helplessly: "Miss Mi Su, let Yin Nongdie lead the way."
The silver butterfly was like a graceful angel, fluttering its graceful wings and flying towards the depths of the trail. Liu, An and Mi followed behind and moved forward slowly.
After walking for about half an hour, the originally narrow narrow path suddenly became clearer; the deep valley is surrounded by mountains on all sides, with deep and beautiful ravines, green pines covering the walls, clear springs paving holes, dangerous hanging paths, jagged rocks, and various colors among the flowers. The butterflies were flying and playing, making the three of them feel as if they had entered a three-dimensional picture.
"Hmm? Yin Nongdie doesn't seem to be leaving?" Liu Ningshi looked at the butterflies in the valley, which seemed to be attractive, and Yin Nongdie also flew to them and started dancing among them.
"Ning Shi, didn't you think there is a cave outside this east city?" An Dafang seemed to be attracted by the scenery here, and his face gradually softened: "It's so beautiful."
"Miss Liu, Misu also thinks this place is so beautiful!" Misu walked to the gurgling stream, held a bottle of clear lake water in both hands and gently poured it on her face, and her anxious heart slowly calmed down. .
"It is indeed beautiful here, but Ningshi always feels like something is wrong?" Liu Ningshi became alert: "Brother Da Fang, what do you think? Brother Da Fang?"
Liu Ningshi couldn't hear any sound, so she hurriedly turned her head and found that An Dafang and Mi Su had disappeared, and she was left standing alone.
"Hoo ho ho!" In the originally beautiful valley, there was suddenly strong winds, lightning and thunder, and the clear stream turned into raging waves that trampled the flowers, plants and trees wantonly.
"Girl, you don't belong to Jinling City in the first place!" From the raging waves, a shadow of a man in black with a cloth mask and sharp eyes slowly rose from the water, holding a steel knife and pointing at Liu Ningshi : "I've let you run away for so many years, and you still can't be captured today?"
"Nonsense! I am from Jinling City." Liu Ningshi stared at the man in black, her pretty face flashing with excessive murderous intent: "You guys! Ningshi doesn't know how to I am no longer afraid of you, and I will never surrender to you again.”
"Hehe! Little girl, you have become more capable." The figure of the man in black loomed towards Liu Ningshi: "Let me see what you have learned in these years?"
"Swish!" Liu Ningshi flicked her jade palm, and the dragon-shaped dagger flew out of her waist; two blue arc-shaped air blades flew towards the man in black.
"Hahaha! That's all." Although the figure of the man in black was not fast, he shuttled back and forth between the air blades very calmly.
Liu Ningshi stepped forward with both feet and spread out her shadow-like body skills to surround the man in black, her sword never leaving his vital points. But strangely enough, no matter how she used it, she could not hit the man in black.
"Ahhh!" Liu Ningshi's ears rang with screams. The man in black actually gave up attacking her and instead attacked the people around him: "Little girl! If you don't surrender, I will kill you." Just everyone here."
