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

Commander Zuo has led his troops to the imperial mausoleum to pursue the robbers, and it is expected to take several days to return. Therefore, the capital city urgently deployed tens of thousands of city defense troops to strengthen the protection measures inside and outside the city.

Although the prime minister ordered the officials and soldiers who knew about the change not to reveal the fact that the silver had been replaced.

The capital city strengthened its protection measures, which attracted people's attention. The news about the theft of tax silver spread quietly in the capital city.

When people met, they talked about it: "Have you heard? The tax silver shipped back from Nanjing was actually replaced with stones!"

"Be careful, it is said that a full one million taels of tax silver were stolen this time!"

"We must pay attention to safety and prevent those robbers from stealing the gold and silver we are transporting!"

The big merchants coming and going felt very nervous when they heard the news, and they began to worry about the safety of their property.

Therefore, they chose to hire escort agencies to escort the goods and silver to ensure that nothing went wrong.

With the increasing demand for escort agencies from big merchants, the business of several famous escort agencies in the capital suddenly became extremely hot.

The escorts were busy accepting commissions, organizing teams, and preparing to set out to escort the goods. The entire capital was shrouded in a tense and busy atmosphere.

Civil and military officials were quietly waiting for Commander Zuo to wipe out the bandits. They all wanted to know who these bandits were that they actually sent the Imperial Guards out to search for them.

The Ministry of Revenue where Qi Ze works has been under a lot of pressure recently.

Minister Lu sat in the lobby of the Ministry of Revenue, looking worried and sighing.

He asked his men, "What good ideas do you have? How can we solve this urgent problem this month?"

The officials of the Ministry of Revenue all lowered their heads, unable to think of any way to come up with one million taels of silver.

The expenses of the palace require silver;

The concubines in the harem demanded monthly wages;

The salaries of officials must be paid in silver;

The yamen runners who were out on business wanted to pay silver;

The students of the Imperial College want money...

Lord Lu had a splitting headache. He had been an official for many years and had never encountered such a difficult incident.

His brother-in-law Lu Feng would have a half-smile on his face.

Like Qi Ze, he was an assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Lord Lu was at his wit's end and finally cast an expectant look on his brother-in-law. He hesitated for a while, thinking that if he didn't resolve the matter as soon as possible, his position as Minister might be in jeopardy.

Lord Lu's fat white face was replaced with a smile, and he asked, "Feng Hui, can you find a way to borrow some silver from the Lu family's silver shop to solve the urgent problem?"

All the officials looked at Lu Fenghui. They all knew that the Lu family was rich enough to rival a country, and transferring one million taels of silver was no big deal.

Lu Feng would chuckle, his eyes showing indifference, his tone even colder, "Our Lu family has money, but why should we help you?"

Minister Lu was so angry that he pointed at Lu Fenghui and yelled, "How dare you talk like that? I'm your brother-in-law!"

"I can't afford to marry you." Lu Fenghui waved his hands, "My sister died giving birth after you took two concubines!"

It would seem as if Lu Feng had been waiting for years for this opportunity to take revenge.

He publicly insulted his brother-in-law and said forcefully, "We have no relationship, and our Lu family will never help you with anything!"

After he finished speaking, he crossed his legs, picked up the teacup and glanced at Minister Lu. Seeing that Mr. Lu's fat face turned red with anger, he smiled happily.

The officials present lowered their heads, with a half-smile on their lips.

The incident between Minister Lu and the Lu family many years ago was known to all officials in the capital.

Actually, after Minister Lu got close to the emperor, he became ungrateful and betrayed the Lu family first.

Lu Feng would wait until his ex-brother-in-law got into trouble, and now he is taking the opportunity to avenge his sister.

He praised in his heart many times, "Who did a good thing this time and exchanged the tax silver!

He was still looking forward to it, "It would be best if Lu Gou lost his official position."

Minister Lu was a man favored by the emperor. After he favored his concubine and killed his wife, the Lu family, who was suppressed by the emperor, did not dare to take revenge on Minister Lu. The Lu family only hoped that he would get retribution.

That year, after Lu's death, the Lu family and Minister Lu had a lawsuit, which led to a complete fall-out between the two families.

After Lu died, she left no children, so someone from the Lu family came to count her dowry.

"Master, this is all the dowry for the eldest lady." Lu's maid pointed at the boxes and cried.

"What? My sister's dowry was eighty-eight loads of money, plus shops and land, and all you get are these few broken boxes?" Lu Fenghui jumped up immediately.

The Lu family was furious and went to find Minister Lu to ask for an explanation. The eldest of the Lu family asked, "Where is my sister's dowry?"

Minister Lu relied on the emperor's favor and was arrogant at first. He said to the Lu family, "She herself spent her dowry lavishly on others. Can we get back what we gave away?"

It turned out that Lu's dowry was divided between Minister Lu's mother and two concubines.

Regarding the dowry, Minister Lu told outsiders the excuse that "Madam is virtuous and divided the dowry between her two concubines."

How could the Lu family allow a scum who killed their relatives to take over their family property?

They attached a petition with a list of dowry and went to the government office to file a complaint and demand the dowry.

Minister Lu was stunned. He couldn't believe that the Lu family, who now had no power, dared to sue him.

Because this matter involved the Shangshu, the officials in the government office were unable to handle the case and it was transferred to the Ministry of Justice.

The Ministry of Justice sent someone to persuade Minister Lu, "For the sake of your reputation, it's best to return the dowry."

"She was the one who sent him here. Why should I retreat?" Minister Lu refused to retreat.

Lord Bai, an official from the Ministry of Justice, asked unhappily, "Lord Lu said that it was Lu who sent the person, but she is dead, so we can't know whether it is true or not. Do we want those who got the things to confront each other underground?"

"How can you talk like that? I'm going to report you to the emperor." Minister Lu jumped up in anger.

"No matter how high an official you are in this world, you cannot silence the people." Lord Bai also stood up, threw down a few words and left.

At first, the emperor was happy to watch Minister Lu and the Lu family quarreling, and he never expressed his opinion.

It was the Prime Minister who reminded the Emperor, "Your Majesty, if Minister Lu gets the upper hand this time and seizes the Lu family girl's dowry, it will be difficult to change this trend in the future, and the consequences will be quite serious."

The emperor thought, "I have three daughters. If they marry princes-in-law, and they do the same thing as Lu, wouldn't I suffer in silence?"

He then expressed his position, "Lu Hua returned the Lu family's dowry according to the dowry list."

Minister Lu had no choice but to return it.

When the Lu family went to count the dowry, the Lu family caused a lot of trouble again.

"You can also use copper jewelry instead of gold jewelry."

"Use blue coarse cloth instead of Shu brocade?"

"Replacing the fox coat with a linen coat?"

The Lu family threw the things away and shouted outside the Lu residence, "Give us back our things faithfully, or we will sue you again."

Minister Lu had no choice but to order his mother and two concubines to "pay back everything, or else you will be sent to the countryside."

The three of them took out the things while crying, "It was clearly given by Lu, and now they want to return it."

Lu's eldest sister-in-law Yang came out and yelled, "She's gone to the underworld. Go look for her there."

"You guys go down, our Lu family will burn more gold ingots for you."

The women from the two houses started to curse at each other on the spot.

"The Lu family is shameless and cruel. They killed our aunt and even wanted to covet her dowry."

"All members of the Lu family will die a miserable death!"

"If your Lu family loses their official positions, they will go home and eat tree roots..."

In the end, all of the Lu family's things were taken back, and they no longer had any dealings with the Lu family.

Minister Lu also hated the Lu family very much. "They are so rich, but they still care about this little dowry. It makes everyone lose face."

Later, whenever the Lu family came to the Ministry of Revenue to pay money for business, Minister Lu would always refuse to sign and delay the payment for a long time, saying, "We don't have any money." "Is this what your Lu family lacks?" "If you can't pay the money, we won't do business with you!" and so on.

Minister Lu has done something ruthless and left no way out. Now that the tax silver has been replaced, he asks the Lu family to borrow silver. Can the Lu family get it?

Even if he offered high interest, the Lu family would not give it.

"How can such a treacherous person become a high-ranking official? It would be best if he goes back to the countryside and farms." The Lu family had this idea a long time ago.