It's better to be an empress than a county magistrate

Feixue came back, and Lu Xingchen saw that her face was blushing and looked puzzled.

"Why is your face so red? Is it too hot?"

"No, you should go back and wash your face."

Feixue shook her head, "Girl, I'm fine. Maybe I left too hastily just now."

"Why do you look the same as Ling Xiao? Why are you in such a hurry?" Lu Xingchen said.

Feixue usually hated to hear people say that she and Lingxiao were the same. But when she heard Lu Xingchen say this, why did she feel so sweet in her heart?

Not surprisingly, Feixue's cheeks turned even redder.

Ling Xiao walked over quickly after taking a bath.

The boy washed himself, tied his hair up, and changed into nice clothes. He looked exceptionally handsome.

"Ling Xiao, you are so beautiful." Lu Xingchen said while looking at Ling Xiao.

A blush appeared on Ling Xiao's cheeks.

"Girl, you..."

"Well, I think you are the prettiest."

"There is no silver in the treasury of Governor Kang, but there are a lot of beautiful cloths. I will have someone make you some suitable clothes."

Handsome boys are always popular.

Lu Xingchen said as he held Ling Xiao's clothes.

"You see, this dress is a bit short."

Ling Xiao's face became even redder and he scratched his hands awkwardly.

"Feixue, remember to keep an eye on him and make him some nice clothes." Lu Xingchen turned around and said to Feixue.

Feixue nodded and agreed.

"Let's go, where can we find the private vault of Prefect Kang?"

"Girl, it's in the Temple of Heaven." Ling Xiao said.

Lu Xingchen couldn't help but reveal a look of surprise.

The Temple of Heaven was the place where she gave Yuan Tianshi his place to stay.

I didn't expect that Magistrate Kang's private treasury was actually hidden in a Taoist temple.

"Go and take people to surround the Temple of Heaven." Lu Xingchen ordered.

Ling Xiao agreed, quickly gathered his men, and soon surrounded the Temple of Heaven.

Lu Xingchen brought Feixue and his personal guards to the Temple of Heaven.

The abbot of the Temple of Heaven, Taoist Yuzhen, and the Taoist followers gathered in the courtyard of the temple.

The Temple of Heaven is not very big, but there are about forty or fifty Taoists gathered there.

"Commander-in-chief, what are you doing..." Taoist Yuzhen stepped forward and asked.

"Prefect Kang's private treasury is in your Taoist temple." Lu Xingchen did not beat around the bush with him.

"You know about this?"

Although Lord Yuzhen pretended to be completely clueless, his eyes would not lie.

"It seems that you have a close relationship with Prefect Kang." Lu Xingchen snorted coldly.

"Commander-in-chief, that is Lord Kang's private property. Lord Kang is still alive. Even if he is gone, there are still his family. You have no right to open the private vault..." Taoist Yuzhen stepped forward and said passionately.

Lu Xingchen snorted coldly, "For a city as big as Jizhou, there is not even a tael of silver in the treasury."

"Master Yuzhen, where do you think the silver went?"

Lord Yuzhen was speechless after being asked this question.

"He regards Jizhou City as his own asset." Lu Xingchen said coldly.

“Is this still an official of the imperial court?”

"He thinks he is a local emperor."

"Can he farm? Can he mine? Can he make silver? Where does all this silver come from? Is it extorted from the people?"

Taoist Yuzhen also snorted coldly.

"Wouldn't Lord Lu do the same?"

"After you took the silver, didn't you also hide it in your own private vault?"

Lu Xingchen slapped Taoist Yuzhen in the face.

Taoist Yuzhen covered his face and looked at Lu Xingchen with disbelief.

"You, you dare to hit me."

"You are such a stubborn old Taoist priest, why shouldn't I dare to hit you?" Lu Xingchen glared at him, "You are slandering me, so I can kill you just as I wish."

"How did you know I would put it in my private vault?"

"I'm telling you, I really won't. I have always clearly distinguished between public and private. If it's my Lu family's private property, then it's my Lu family's private property. If it's the court's or the government's property, then it belongs to the court and the government."

Ling Xiao had already found the location of Governor Kang's private vault, and soon he carried out the gold, silver and treasures inside, box by box.

The Taoists at the Temple of Heaven were also shocked when they saw so many treasures being carried out.

"Governor Kang really has a lot of hidden things."

After all the things were carried out of the warehouse, Ling Xiao rushed to Lu Xingchen excitedly.

"Girls, there are too many. It's almost unimaginable."

"This is the largest amount of valuables that I have ever seen being taken out of a warehouse."

Lu Xingchen walked up to the boxes and opened one at random, revealing something golden and yellow inside.

This is very shocking.

"Master Yuzhen, you are a monk. Have you ever gone out of the city to see the lives of the people around Jizhou City?"

Lu Xingchen looked at Taoist Yuzhen coldly.

“Aren’t monks supposed to be compassionate?”

"They eat bran and vegetables all day long, and in winter they freeze to death or starve to death."

"But Lord Kang, as a fatherly official, actually hid so much gold and silver..."

"If he could have given even a corner of this box to these people, they wouldn't have to live in such hardship."

Taoist Yuzhen was speechless.

"Search the Taoist temple for me again and dig out Taoist Yuzhen's assets."

"Okay..." Ling Xiao agreed excitedly. He loved finding these yellow and white things the most.

"You, you dare..." Lord Yuzhen suddenly became anxious and shouted.

But before he could move, two shining knives were placed on his neck.

"What am I afraid of?" Lu Xingchen sneered.

"And all the land and shops of your Taoist temple will be confiscated."

"What does a broken Taoist temple need so many Taoists for? All the young and strong ones should get out of the temple and fend for themselves."

"The younger ones should also become apprentices."

"They are all a bunch of fake Taoist priests, living in the Taoist temple and waiting to die."

"I tell you, Jizhou City will no longer support idle people."

The Taoists didn't expect that they would be driven out of the temple, and they immediately let out wails.

The guards drew their swords instantly.

In the face of absolute military power, all words are just a waste of spit.

Except for a few old, weak and sick people who were left in the Taoist temple, all the young and strong people were driven down the mountain.

Ling Xiao also easily found Taoist Yuzhen's private vault, and actually moved out six boxes of gold, silver and treasures from it.

Moreover, there are more than a dozen shops and four large farms under the name of Tiantan Temple.

From now on, this Taoist temple belongs to Master Yuan Tianshi.

Master Yuan Tianshi was on his way to the capital when he sneezed several times.

Master Yuan rubbed his nose, wondering who was talking about him again?

Lu Xingchen placed the property he had moved back from the Temple of Heaven in front of Master Guo.

Master Guo was so excited that he almost shouted out.

The bamboo fan in his hand spun rapidly.

"Girl, with this money, we can do whatever we want."

Lu Xingchen smiled and nodded, "We can make a uniform set of armor for our officers and soldiers."

"All weapons can also be replaced with a unified system."

"When we encountered the Qiang army this time, our equipment was really shabby."