The eldest son is fierce

The prince was very angry because this national debt crisis involved many of his officials.

No one wants to pay back the money and everyone cries that they have no money. What can he do?

You can only protect your own arms.

Although it was not his order to kill Gu Cheng, Gu Cheng, who falsified accounts, is dead, and that is good for you, me, and everyone.

Tang Yi, this loser, why is he joining in the fun now!

"Your Highness, I was just about to report to you that Captain Su just came out of the Gu Mansion and went directly to the East Palace. He is now waiting outside." Hong Zhu said respectfully.

"Let him in!" The prince waved his hand and shouted coldly.

Hong Zhu responded and retreated.

Soon, Su Kuang was brought into the hall.

"Su Kuang, you'd better explain to me clearly what the case that was reported in the palace has been solved means."

The prince stood in front of the window, his eyes fixed on the direction of the palace, his voice extremely cold.

Su Kuang bowed respectfully and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness. This is just a trick by Ning Chuan and Tang Yi."

"According to your Highness's wishes, I have completely destroyed the scene."

"Ning Chuan and Tang Yi couldn't find any clues, so they claimed to have found the murderer. The things I left scattered all over the place are all evidence."

"They want to alert the enemy and have someone destroy their so-called evidence."

"As long as we catch him, that will be the clue they've been waiting for."

The sternness on the prince's face quickly disappeared when he heard this, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth again.

He immediately turned around and raised his hand to signal Ning Chuan to sit down, saying, "In other words, this so-called solved case is just fake news, right?"

Su Kuang picked up the teacup on the table and toasted the prince. He drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became cruel.

"Your Highness is right, it is false."

"This also shows that Ning Chuan and Tang Yi have run out of tricks."

Su Kuang put down his teacup and bowed respectfully, saying, "Congratulations, Your Highness. We don't have to do anything. Once the deadline given by His Majesty for solving the case arrives, Your Highness will be able to kill three birds with one stone."

"Oh? Which three eagles?" The prince narrowed his eyes.

Su Kuang's face was full of confidence. He said, "First, eliminate Ning Chuan. Ning Chuan is your Majesty's confidant. If your Majesty wants to control the Jinyiwei in the future, Ning Chuan must die."

"Secondly, Your Highness has cleared the way for the ministers, making their accounts at the Ministry of Revenue into bad debts. Even if Your Majesty wanted to investigate, there would be no way to investigate. This will surely make them even more loyal to Your Highness."

"Of course, the third point is the most important."

Su Kuang smiled with confidence and pride, and said, "Prince Xiao Di of Yan. Prince Xiao Di of Yan has no foundation in the court, but he has many supporters in the army."

"I have a bet with someone: whoever solves the Ministry of Revenue case first will have to run around the city naked."

"If the Prince of Yan stripped naked and ran around outside the city, he would be a laughing stock in Kyoto and a disgrace to the royal family."

"Then he will no longer have anything to do with that position."

The prince's hand suddenly stopped, and the tea in the cup spilled out.

His smiling face suddenly froze, and he looked at Su Kuang fiercely. His eyes became cold and stern, full of scrutiny and examination.

Although Xiao Di had no foundation in the court, he had a high prestige in the army.

Among the imperial troops currently guarding Kyoto, many generals have connections with him and have fought alongside him in battles on the border.

Now, Su Kuang actually said that he could destroy him?

The prince stared at Su Kuang with a cold gaze. Su Kuang also had a smile on his face and nodded slightly at the prince.

From the very beginning, his target was not Tang Yi, but Prince of Yan Xiao Di.

Tang Yi, it was just a by-product.

"Your Highness, do you think that given His Highness the Prince of Yan's personality, if he loses, he will deny his debt?"

Su Kuang slowly took out the bet he had signed with someone from his arms.

And now, Tang Yi and Xiao Di are from the same place.

Hong Zhu immediately stepped forward, took the contract and placed it on the prince's desk.

The prince looked at the bet carefully, the coldness in his eyes gradually dissipated, and even his heartbeat quickened.

Among the princes in the capital today, Xiao Di poses the greatest threat to him. As long as Xiao Di is eliminated, the throne will be his.

Given Xiao Ce's character, he would definitely not deny his debt if he lost.

A member of the royal family who ran naked in front of the people of Kyoto would be unacceptable by etiquette and laws, despised by the ancestral temple, and abandoned by all officials. What qualifications did he have to compete with him?

"If the fourth brother loses, he will definitely not deny his debt."

The prince signaled Hong Zhu to return the contract to Su Kuang, then looked at Shu Kuang and said, "The premise is that you first have to tell me why you think you can definitely win."

Su Kuang put the contract away and said, "I have already found witnesses and evidence to prove that it was the former Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue who hired a killer because he could not repay the huge debt to the national treasury."

"The murderer is his subordinate in the Ministry of Revenue."

The prince took a sip from his teacup and said, "Mr. Liu is a man of integrity. The Liu family has been in dire straits in recent years. What is the purpose of his huge debt?"

Su Kuang laughed and said, "Mr. Liu has a mistress. She is Meixiang, the famous courtesan of Huanyin Pavilion in Kyoto. Coincidentally, this woman got into business with someone and lost all her money."

"Liu Gongjin embezzled public funds from the Ministry of Revenue to cover the deficit."

The prince smiled and put down his teacup, saying, "That's very good. Then let's do as you say!"

"If this matter is done well, I will be rewarded handsomely."

Su Kuang quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "Thank you, Your Highness. I am willing to go through fire and water for you, without hesitation."

The prince waved his hand and Su Kuang turned and left.

Then the prince returned to the zither table and gently plucked the strings with his fingertips.

The messy yet extremely melodious sound of the piano rang out in the hall.

This is his usual method of thinking. Others like to think in silence, but he always feels uncomfortable if he doesn't have something in his hands when thinking.

I used to like painting, but which woman in the world could be worthy of him?

Therefore, those scrolls only showed enchanting figures but no faces.

Now, he likes to play the piano.

Zheng!

At this moment, the prince's hand suddenly stopped.

The originally melodious piano sound suddenly became sharp and stopped abruptly.

Hong Zhu knew that the prince had made a decision and bowed to wait for his orders.

"Tell Liu Wen that they should pay back the money."

You have to pay back whatever is on the books.

The treasury is out of money, so the worst that can happen is that taxes will be increased.

To put it nicely, the people of the world are the people of Dayan, but to put it bluntly, they are just slaves of his Xiao family.

Slaves should devote everything to their masters!

……

Zhuangyuan Street, Zhuangyuan Building.

Today is a day off, and Liu Wen and a group of civil officials in the court gathered again in Zhuangyuan Street.

Their target, of course, was still the mysterious little poet.

They sent people to wait for several days, but still had no news about the little poet.

However, he wrote several masterpieces that caused a stir again.

"The shadows are sloping and the water is clear and shallow, and the dark fragrance floats at dusk."

"What a beautiful poem! It's a quatrain that will be remembered for all time. To use such a poem on a woman is truly a waste of talent!"

"The clouds are like the clothes, the flowers are like the face, the spring breeze is blowing the threshold, and the dew is thick..."

"Such a beautiful poem was actually written for a maid? And we don't even know who that maid is!"

Although they hated it, many ministers were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet after reading Tang Yi's poems.

Such a good poem, such good lyrics, why were they given to a prostitute?

What I hate even more is...how come such good poems didn’t come from their hands?

If this was created by them, it would surely become famous in Kyoto and go down in history.