The villain and the powerful official secretly read the diary and broke my plot every day

"Okay, thank you all for your hard work this time."

Gu Yanqing stood up and looked at the three people in front of him seriously, his tone full of solemnity.

"Prime Minister, this is what we should do."

Mu Kang spoke with a smile, Lin Jing laughed foolishly, but Jiang Wen still had a cold face and nodded silently.

"This time we have quite a good harvest. Mu Kang, please count it and keep 10% for the three of you to divide among yourselves."

Gu Yanqing has always been generous to his subordinates.

The amount of stolen money seized in Yuzhou was countless. They only left one-third of it at Xuehuling, and the remaining two-thirds were secretly hidden. Later, Uncle Ping would use his connections in the business world to launder the silver and jewelry in batches.

"Prime Minister, isn't 10% too much? We don't need it."

After hearing what Gu Yanqing said, Mu Kang was a little flattered: "I am a lonely man and don't need much money. I will give half of it to them. After all, Lin Jing and Jiang Wen are young and they will have to start their own families in the future."

Mu Kang likes his current life very much. He works as a steward in the prime minister's mansion and takes care of household affairs. He has never attached much importance to money.

After hearing Mu Kang's words, Jiang Wen on the side also said coldly: "I don't need the silver either, Prime Minister, I'll leave that silver for you to do big things."

Back then, Gu Yanqing saved his life. In Jiang Wen's heart, he would always be a member of the Prime Minister's Mansion regardless of life or death. He had never thought about getting married and starting a career in his life. As long as he had a place to live, he would be satisfied.

"Then I, too..."

Lin Jing also put away his smile at this time, looked at Gu Yanqing, and said hesitantly: "I want one thousand taels, I want to exchange for a sword, one thousand taels should be enough."

"Do as you please." Gu Yanqing did not try to persuade them any further.

In fact, he had already made his own plans in his heart. No matter what the fate of the Gu family would be, he would arrange a retreat for the staff in the mansion in advance and help them save a large sum of money, enough for them to have food and clothing for the rest of their lives...

****

The bandits of Xuehu Ridge were so bold that they dared to openly challenge the imperial court. Their fate was naturally to bring about their own destruction.

The entire Divine Constable Division was mobilized, assisted by the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. In just one night, they slaughtered all the bandits in Xuehu Ridge and recovered the lost dirty silver on the mountain.

This incident soon spread again in the capital...

On the day when the criminal officials from Yuzhou came to Beijing, it was still drizzling. The people of Beijing stood on both sides of the long street in the drizzle, preparing a lot of rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves, and warmly welcomed these corrupt officials from Qingyun Kingdom to Beijing.

Jiang Jiang was also standing in the crowd with an umbrella, but she was standing farther away and had not prepared any rotten eggs in advance. Jiang Jiang's target was not the convicted officials. What was so good about those dirty and smelly prisoners?

Jiang Jiang's eyes were fixed on the big boxes at the back of the team. It was said that these were all silvers recovered from Xuehu Ridge.

One box, two boxes...

Jiang Jiang counted silently. There were seventeen boxes of silver in total, and five carriages loaded with countless luxury goods such as jewelry, calligraphy and paintings.

How much did Gu Yanqing secretly leave behind?

Jiang Jiang was very curious. With Gu Yanqing's courage, he would probably keep at least half of it, right?

And how much of this silver will he give to Emperor Jianping?

Jiang Jiang felt that he might not give too much to Emperor Jianping, because Gu Yanqing had read his diary and should know what the final outcome of him and Emperor Jianping was.

**

On September 14, the Liu family army, led by Liu Cheng'an, was ready to go.

This time, with the free cotton given by Guangmao Trading Company and the large amount of silver confiscated by Cong Yuzhou, the national treasury was finally filled, and the Liu family army's military supplies were also particularly sufficient this year.

Ten-mile Pavilion outside Beijing.

Liu Cheng'an rode his horse to a halt, and sitting on the horse beside him was Liu Ruyue, who was dressed in warrior uniform.

"Cheng'an, are you waiting for Shopkeeper Yun?"

Seeing that her brother kept looking back in the direction of the capital, Liu Ruyue couldn't help but ask a question.

Liu Cheng'an came back to his senses and shook his head slightly.

Duplicity.

Liu Ruyue sighed softly, "Yanlou is very busy. Manager Yun is very good at socializing and has a good relationship with the noble ladies in the capital. Do you think she... is she really the Chu Yunyue from before?"

Liu Ruyue still couldn't believe that the confident and outspoken woman with stars in her eyes in Yanlou could be Chu Yunyue, the crazy, stupid and unpresentable daughter of the Chu family.

"Chu Yunyue died a long time ago. Sister, please don't say such things again in the future. It will cause others to misunderstand."

Liu Cheng'an remembered what Yun Yue had once said to him.

The person alive now is Yunyue, who has nothing to do with the original Chu Yunyue.

"It's almost time. I should leave. Take care, sister. Please take good care of my parents while I'm away!"

Liu Cheng'an gave a serious warning, then rode away without looking back.

**

Autumn in Beijing is cold and rainy.

Whether it was the criminal officials from Yuzhou entering the city or the Liu family army leaving, they were just hot topics among the people. After a few days, no one discussed these topics anymore.

Because there is never a shortage of fresh topics and gossip in the capital.

For example, right now, the latest gossip circulating in the capital these days are all about the Meng family and the Dongping family.

The engagement between the two families was known throughout the capital, but the eldest son of the Meng family had passed away unexpectedly some time ago, and the third daughter of the Meng family had to observe a three-year mourning period. This was supposed to be within the law of propriety, but who knew that the seventh son of the Dongping family had been spending his nights in the brothels of prostitution, and there were even rumors that he was planning to take the most popular courtesan in Dongfeng Tower as his concubine...

Isn't this a slap in the face of the Meng family?

This kind of scandal and gossip has always been the favorite of the spectators. Not only in the streets and alleys of the capital, but even the noble ladies and gentlemen in the capital have been discussing this matter recently.

**

Gu Mansion.

After dinner, Gu Yanqing was about to go back to the study to handle official business, but Gu Yanhuan had already jogged to catch up with him.

"Brother, have you heard anything about the Meng family and the Dongping family recently?" Gu Yanhuan asked crisply.

"Oh, I heard a little bit."

Gu Yanqing nodded. He was never very interested in those scandals and gossips, but Dong Pingle seemed to be afraid that others would not know about his romantic affairs. Now that it has become a hot topic in the city, it is hard not to hear about it.

"Let me tell you..." Gu Yanhuan told Gu Yanqing the gossip he heard in Yanlou, and then looked at his elder brother with anticipation.

"Okay, I understand." Gu Yanqing just nodded, and then... nothing happened.

It turns out that the eldest brother doesn’t care about the affairs of the Meng family and the Dongping family?

Seeing that Gu Yanqing didn't react, Gu Yanhuan felt a little depressed. At this time, Gu Yanqing, who was walking in front, suddenly slowed down his pace, turned to look at his sister and asked, "Haven't you been very busy in Yanlou recently? Why are you still in the mood to care about these gossips?"

"I'm a bit busy indeed. I've been learning fashion design from Jiang Jiang recently. It's very interesting."

Speaking of this, Gu Yanhuan's eyes lit up.