In my previous life, I killed my whole family. In my next life, I killed the royal family.

General Hu thought the official from the Ministry of Revenue was joking. He walked forward with a laugh and took a look. He saw that the box was full of stones, with no silver in it. He was so scared that he sat down on the ground.

He didn't know where he went wrong.

During the transportation, the silver never left his sight.

At night, the carts loaded with silver were placed in the middle of the camp, and General Hu and his confidants slept in one of the carts.

When Qi Ze saw that there was no silver in the box but only stones, he immediately asked someone to invite officials from the Ministry of Justice.

Because the six ministries were working in the same courtyard, all the officials rushed to the basement of the Ministry of Revenue upon hearing the news.

The officials were stunned when they saw that the boxes unloaded from dozens of horse-drawn carriages were all stones. This had never happened before.

The officials were shocked and asked, "Who is so bold as to exchange stones for silver?"

An official was surprised and said: "So there are bandits outside the capital!"

An official praised, "The emperor is so wise!"

After counting all the iron boxes containing silver and finding that they were full of stones, General Hu was so desperate that he vomited blood and collapsed to the ground with his eyes rolled back.

The outcome of his mission will be disastrous.

Prime Minister Pei calmly arranged, "The Ministry of Justice will guard this place, and we will go to the palace to see the emperor."

He pointed at Qi Ze and General Hu, as well as several seventh-rank generals who were trembling with fear and were escorting the tax silver.

General Hu was so frightened that he could only exhale but not inhale, and his body was as limp as a lump of dough and he couldn't get up.

Prime Minister Pei said to him, "If you don't go to see the emperor, you will be sentenced to death. If you go to see the emperor and explain the situation clearly, you may be spared."

General Hu seemed to have been reborn and he turned over and stood up.

He straightened his clothes, brushed off the dust on his body, and bowed: "Yes, Prime Minister."

The prime minister and several others walked towards the imperial palace which was separated by a wall.

On the way, Qi Ze whispered to the Prime Minister, "Uncle, what do you think we should do about this?"

Prime Minister Pei whispered, "There may be something fishy about this matter. If we really investigate further, many people will die!"

"I don't think General Hu has the guts to steal from his position."

"Well, that's right." Prime Minister Pei frowned and thought of a solution.

General Hu exchanged one million taels of tax silver. He would be sentenced to death, and his entire family would also be sentenced to death. Who would use the silver?

The few people soon met the emperor, and after paying their respects, the prime minister explained the purpose of their visit.

"Your Majesty, someone has used some unknown method to replace the tax silver with stones."

"What?" The emperor looked surprised.

He couldn't believe that more than 10,000 soldiers escorting one million taels of silver would be exchanged for stones?

The emperor looked at General Hu with cold eyes.

"Hu Weibiao, how did you deposit the tax money?"

General Hu knelt down, kowtowed several times, and then he spoke:

"Your Majesty, the tax money has never left my sight."

He started by talking about how he got the tax silver from the Jinling government office, how he took several breaks along the way, and how he arranged for defense.

"We never camp in the wild. We always camp outside the county town or at the post station. There are guards within a mile radius."

"No one can escape..."

The emperor glared at him and interrupted, "Then how did you lose your silver?"

"I don't know, Your Majesty." General Hu knelt on the ground.

The Prime Minister stepped forward and asked quietly, "Your Majesty, was it those bandits that Commander Zuo is currently hanging who did this?"

The emperor moved around on the dragon throne unnaturally, not knowing how to express his opinion.

At this time, the emperor felt very distressed.

He had spoken with all his might that there were bandits, and he had also sent the commander of the imperial guards to suppress them.

Can he now deny his own statement: There are no bandits?

Obviously not!

The emperor soon realized that the throne and his life were nothing compared to one million taels of silver.

Now that silver was really stolen, it is much more realistic than the previous excuse of bandits.

Now, no one doubts that there are bandits in the capital anymore.

The emperor thought about this and nodded. "It might be them who did it."

He pointed at General Hu and said, "You, take the men out to suppress the bandits and make up for your crime with merit."

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty." General Hu kowtowed several times again.

Qi Ze breathed a sigh of relief.

Prime Minister Pei led the people out of the imperial study and went back to dismiss them. "This was done by bandits. You all go back to your duties and don't spread these things around."

"Yes, Your Excellency Prime Minister." The officials dispersed.

General Hu knelt down and kowtowed to the Prime Minister, "Thank you, Prime Minister."

His head was broken and bleeding.

Prime Minister Pei smiled and said softly, "It was Qi Ze who reminded me."

"Thank you, Lord Qi." General Hu was about to kowtow to Qi Ze again.

Qi Ze hurriedly said, "No, no, General Hu, get up quickly, and go back and find a way to find the whereabouts of the tax silver."

"Okay." General Hu was able to save his life for the time being and was extremely grateful to the person in front of him.

Even if he was to be convicted in the future, this buffer period would give him time to arrange to send away one or two children and leave behind his own descendants.

General Hu and his men carried the boxes of stones onto a horse-drawn carriage and left the basement of the Ministry of Revenue.

Qi Ze asked in a low voice: "Uncle, why did you tell him that I reminded you?"

"I have my own reasons." Prime Minister Pei smiled mysteriously and did not elaborate.

Qi Ze looked at Prime Minister Pei with admiration. A prime minister is a man of strategy and scheming.

When he returned home from his mission, he told his family what happened today, "One million taels of tax silver were exchanged for stones."

The whole family was stunned and asked, "Where did the money go?"

Qi Wan pretended to be ignorant and asked, "How did the money get swapped? Where did it go?"

She laughed in her heart: "All the money is in my space."

"Didn't the dog emperor say that Brother Qin was a bandit and sent someone to hang him? I'll exchange the silver for you and see where you can find the bandit."

When Qi Wan was paying his respects in the morning, he heard his brother say, "Today, the tax silver shipped from Nanjing has been deposited into the treasury, and the monthly salary can be paid."

After she went down, she immediately turned the beads and silently issued an order, "Exchange the tax silver shipped from Jinling for stones."

There was a flash of light in the sky.

One of the servants shouted, "Look at the lightning, it's going to rain."

Chunyan was going out to collect clothes, "It's going to rain."

Qi Wan called her back, "It won't go down."

After a long time, the sun was shining brightly and the sky was blue with white clouds.

Chunyan praised: "Miss, you are amazing."

Qi Wan smiled and said, "There was a flash of lightning, but the sky didn't get dark, so it won't rain."

"I'll remember that." Chunyan said with admiration.

Qi Wan found an opportunity to enter the space to check, and saw that the front of the building was filled with silver ingots neatly arranged.

She cursed: "Humph, you dare to call my brother Qin a bandit, watch me slowly deal with you, the dog emperor."

The second prince was surprised to learn that the tax silver had been replaced with stones and that there were indeed bandits outside the capital. "How did those bandits do it?"

Military Advisor Li pretended to know everything and said, "They colluded to deceive the emperor."

He pointed to the Prince's Mansion.

The second prince understood that it was probably Commander-in-Chief Zuo who had colluded with General Hu to do this, and the two of them had embezzled the silver.

"How audacious!" The second prince cursed, "If they fall into my hands, I will kill them."

People are like this. If they have prejudices against someone, when something happens, they will always consider that person as the first person who did it.

The military advisor came forward and whispered, "This is a good opportunity, Your Highness."

"When?" asked the second prince.

"Muddy the water a little and let the prince take the blame..." the military advisor muttered.

The second prince was very excited after hearing this, "This is indeed a good idea."

For the sake of his own dignity and to get more things, the second prince listened to the advice of others without caring about anything else, and was actually at the mercy of others.

The third prince who had just died, and his military advisor Ren Zhang, were bloody examples placed before the second prince and military advisor Li.

But they didn't take it seriously at all. They always thought that those two people were idiots and that I was smart and clever and would not end up like them.