When Shi Yi thinks about Xianyu, someone always comes to disturb her.

The private vault in the Fourth Prince's mansion was pried open overnight, and a large number of gold bars and ingots filled several warehouses.

The imperial guards packed all the gold into boxes and transported it to the palace overnight, filling the national treasury.

It’s no wonder that the national treasury has finally been filled up by half.

The officials in the Ministry of Revenue must have been so happy when they saw this. The rich Ministry of Revenue is the boss! Only then can you feel safe.

I guess I won’t be scolded by other departments for a long time!

well! I will cry if I continue!

When the country is poor, the Ministry of Revenue is the hardest job to be in! Anyone can come and criticize it.

By dawn, all the gold in the Fourth Prince's mansion had not been moved.

Because the Fourth Prince's Mansion was near the Imperial Palace, the things moved out of the Mansion were completely exposed to all the ministers.

Many ministers who attended the court saw the carriages transporting gold, with boxes of gold being loaded onto the carriages.

The treasury is so empty, and the fourth prince's family has more gold than the treasury, this...

The fourth prince's father-in-law was the Minister of War, Zeng Yunzhou, a second-rank official. When he saw this scene, his legs went weak and he almost fell down.

It's over! This bastard is asking for death.

This is going to kill his daughter.

His only daughter married the Fourth Prince by arrangement of the late Emperor, not because his family wanted to marry into a wealthy family.

Their family is a scholarly family with many famous scholars, but their reputation has been severely damaged by the Fourth Prince.

They can't just ignore it if something happens, otherwise what will happen to their daughter?

I wiped his butt many times while pinching my nose.

This time, so much gold was seized from his house. He couldn't even imagine how the Fourth Prince had plundered so much gold, and he didn't know how many lives were lost behind it.

The Marble Shaoqing of Kyoto is almost bald because of his hair being pulled out. How unlucky is it for a minister like him to be involved in such a case? Can he try the prince?

The Fourth Prince has been cursing ever since he was taken to the Dali Temple's prison cell.

He cursed the emperor for being incompetent and unjust, cursed the Dali Temple for looking down on others, cursed the jailer for abusing the prince, cursed that there were too many rats in the cell, cursed...

My throat is smoking from cursing, the jailer is also wronged!

The higher-ups don't allow us to give him preferential treatment, and we can't let this ancestor die or get injured. Isn't that making things difficult for us?

The emperor didn't sleep all night. He and the queen kept describing the luxury of the fourth prince's mansion. What a guy! He lived a much more comfortable life than the emperor himself.

He said: "Queen, you didn't see it. In the past, those people said that there were many things in the Fourth Prince's mansion that went beyond the ancestral rules. I didn't take it seriously. But guess what, he just put a dragon throne there and it would be the Xuanzheng Hall."

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, the queen gently stroked his back to calm him down and said:

"It's just a bit luxurious, which is not the most critical point at the moment. The real worrying question is whether he really has an army in private?"

The emperor closed his eyes and said firmly:

"From his reaction just now, the answer is undoubtedly yes. However, the key now is whether we can find conclusive evidence.

I have ordered the secret guards to search his study, hoping to find some valuable clues. Otherwise, it may lead to a series of troubles and crises. "

The emperor's brows were tightly furrowed, his heart filled with worry and anxiety.

The Queen said calmly, "I wonder if General Xiao can find out anything?" Didn't they say there was a gold mine? It would be best if they could catch him in the act.

Another thing is to find out those who colluded with the Fourth Prince and helped cover up the truth.

The emperor got a headache whenever he thought about these things!

The Chen family is the general he least wants to get into trouble with, and they must not let the royal family down.

General Xiao found out that Zhang Laoliu's name was indeed on the patrol battalion's roster, which meant that he was indeed a soldier of the patrol battalion in the past.

The identity is correct.

The next step was to verify whether his words were true. Finding a gold mine would be the most powerful evidence, so Xiao Jingxing took his personal soldiers into the mountains to "hunt" every day.

Especially the hillside where Zhang Laoliu said there was a cave entrance. After searching for a long time, nothing unusual was found. Later, Xie Jiu couldn't stand it anymore, so he took Wei Dong into the mountain and quickly found the exact location.

All I can say is that professional matters should be left to professionals.

Wei Dong basically locked down the approximate location by relying on the plants on the hillside. He said to Xie Jiu:

"Look at this plant with purple flowers. It's called dianthus. It's very beautiful, right? In fact, where there are large areas of this flower growing, it is a sign of a gold mine."

A group of people: We see this flower every day, but we never associate it with gold mines.

Xie Jiu: "Just based on this kind of flower?"

Wei Dong: "There is also a kind of grass called elderberry, which also grows in patches. Most of them are likely to contain gold mines, but you still need to see the ore to confirm it."

In other words, after seeing these flowers and grasses growing in patches, you can basically identify them, and then work with professionals to look at the content of the ore to determine where the gold vein is.

Once the gold vein is found, the mining route has also been found. Basically, there is no escape. It is just a matter of time to find the entrance to the cave.

General Xiao admired Wei Dong very much and wanted to recommend him to serve as an official in the court, but was rejected by King Dongshan.

Weidong politely declined the invitation to become an official.

Xie Jiu's expression looked much better.

Ye Qingfeng rolled his eyes and was speechless. Xie Jiu was meddling too much!

It's just that Manager Wei has too good a temper.

General Xiao also knew that he couldn't force it, and could only regret that the court missed out on such a talented person.

After Wei Dong came back, he asked Xie Jiu: "How do you know General Xiao?" He seemed to be very familiar with him.

Xie Jiu did not answer, but asked Wei Dong: "Don't you like him? Or do you dislike being an official?"

Wei Dong shook his head: "It's not about like or dislike, we are just not on the same level. I am not the same kind of person as them, and we can't be together."

Weidong believes that he is just an ordinary citizen. Even if officials need them for a while, it is only temporary and there will not be much interaction in the future.

Xie Jiu: "Having a good relationship with the general will be good for your future business, right?"

Who doesn’t want someone behind them?

Why doesn't Wei Dong have any intention of making friends with the powerful?

Wei Dong admitted: "I really don't want to rely on them, because if you don't use them as a backer, it will backfire."

Money moves people's hearts!

People who hold power are usually more greedy. It is not uncommon for them to use various methods to rob and annex the property of merchants. We always hear about such things.

Therefore, it is better to rely on yourself than on others.

Xie Jiu wanted to say: I can be your backer in the future and help you block all the people and things with bad intentions.

However, how can one clearly state one's identity?

In Weidong's heart, he is Xie Jiu.