The eldest son is fierce

Tang Jing's eyes were as sharp as a knife, trying to see through Tang Yi.

It was difficult for him to remain calm because the amount Tang Yi mentioned was exactly the same as the amount he had borrowed from the national treasury. This made him feel uneasy and he couldn't tell for a moment whether Tang Yi was deceiving him or had real evidence.

Could it be that Tang Yi found Gu Cheng’s account book?

This is impossible!

They had people monitoring Gu Cheng, and they didn't even notice that Gu Cheng kept account books, not to mention that the Second Department of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had already turned Gu's house upside down!

How did Tang Yi know that? Gu Cheng was already dead, so how could he have told him in a dream?

"What's going on? Minister Tang is anxious?"

Tang Yi smiled jokingly and said, "Are you sweating profusely and your hair is all over your body? Are you wondering how I knew this? Are you... really wanting to kill me to silence me?"

"It's actually very simple. I was just scaring you."

Tang Yi knocked his hand on the table and said, "It's just scaring people. I can do it too. You scare my grandmother, and I scare you. It's fair."

"Of course, there is a difference. The difference is that you are fabricating, while I am simply stating a fact."

"So, Minister Tang, you'd better prepare the money. If His Majesty asks about it during the court session and Minister Tang doesn't have the money to pay back, His Majesty will be angry."

Tang Yi knew very well what the Tang family was like now.

He couldn't even come up with a few hundred taels. If he really wanted to raise 60,000 taels to return to the national treasury, Tang Jing could only sell his house, land, and shops.

Old Lady Liu looked at Tang Yi, the corners of her mouth slightly raised, and the depression in her heart almost disappeared.

Who said that there is no one in his Liu family? Who said that there is no one in his Liu family who can stand up?

Isn’t that it?

Yan Shuangyu's face had turned pale, and she was so nervous that the handkerchief in her hand was torn.

She knew very well how much silver Tang Jing had taken from the national treasury, because it was with this money that he began to frame Tang paintings step by step in the countryside.

"You are so presumptuous!"

Tang Jing was so angry at Tang Yi that his face turned blue and he slapped the table hard.

He leaned forward, his face almost touching Tang Yi's. "I don't owe the national treasury any money. Stop exaggerating here. Do you really think... I dare not do anything to you?"

"Minister Tang, you can't play with me anymore!" Tang Yi put away the Embroidered Spring Knife and said calmly: "I've already told you that I'm trying to scare you. Why can't you resist being scared?"

"Oh, one more thing..."

At this point, Tang Yi glanced sideways, staring coldly at Yan Shuangyu: "Everyone says my mother died of illness. I used to believe it, but now... I have a lot of questions in my heart."

"So, I will re-investigate the truth behind my mother's death."

"I am now a member of the Imperial Guards. I can reopen investigations into any suspicious cases."

Hearing this, Yan Shuangyu took two steps back, her face pale.

Tang Yi took a step forward, approached her, and raised his voice a few notches: "Second Madam Tang, you killed my mother."

"No, I didn't, you are talking nonsense, you are framing me!" Yan Shuangyu retorted loudly in a sharp voice.

Of course, she was the one who killed Liu Ruyu, but she handled the matter very cleanly, leaving no trace.

Even if Tang Yi investigated, she wouldn't be able to find any clues... Just looking at the boy's cold eyes made her feel inexplicably trembling and frightened.

Those eyes seemed to be able to see through everything she was hiding.

"Don't get so excited, I was just asking casually, to scare you."

Tang Yi chuckled, turned around and helped Old Lady Liu out: "Grandma, let's go. If you miss me and Yin'er in the future, just send someone to call us. Don't come to our house, so as not to bring bad luck to the Liu family."

At the same time, his cold voice spread in the courtyard.

"Minister Tang, the Eastern Yu are invading the border, the Northern Di are pressing in, and a war is imminent. Lives could be lost and rivers of blood could flow at any moment. And yet, Your Majesty has done what a king should do."

"Dispatch troops to support, prepare supplies, gather food and fodder..."

"And what about you? As important officials in the Daqian court, have you done what you should do?"

"No, at this time, instead of helping the Emperor resolve the Great Yan crisis, you're still thinking about the little tricks you have in your hands!"

"You...are truly shameful, only worthy of being killed as sacrifices to the heavens!"

"No, you people are too filthy, not even worthy of offering sacrifices to the heavens!"

Every word he said was a gem.

Every word fell like a slap on Tang Jing's face.

The fig leaf of Tang Jing and even all the ministers in the court was completely torn and destroyed.

Snapped!

Tang Yi was so angry that he slapped the table and shouted: "Unfilial son, unfilial son! How dare you..."

However, Tang Yi didn't even look at him and left the house with Madam Liu.

Only after the figures of the few people disappeared through the gate did Yan Shuangyu, her face pale, walk forward and support Tang Jing. "Master, Tang Yi...how did Tang Yi know the specific amount you owed the national treasury?"

"Did he really find evidence?"

Tang Jing glanced at Shuangyu, then swung his sleeves and angrily said, "Can't you see? Tang Yi is venting his anger on his grandmother and aunt, deliberately mocking us."

"Evidence? There is no evidence in Gu Cheng's case. He wants to spread the news through me and send people to the Jinyiwei to destroy the evidence."

"This rebellious son deserves death!"

Hearing this, Yan Shuangyu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

No evidence is good.

Otherwise, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

At this time, outside the Tang family's gate, Old Madam Liu looked at Tang Yi beside her with a kind smile: "Are you really my grandson, Xiaoyi? You look so sharp-tongued and imposing, and you are completely different from the good boy you used to be."

Tang Yi rubbed his head against the old lady's palm and said, "I am always a good boy in front of grandma."

Hearing this, the smile on Old Lady Liu's face suddenly became even brighter. She turned her head to look at the Tang family, then looked at Tang Yi and said, "Grandma will leave the matter of your uncle and Wen Yan to you."

"But no matter what, always put your own safety first. If something is impossible, don't do it. The Liu family won't blame you."

Tang Yi nodded and said, "That's what my uncle said... Uh, Grandma, didn't my uncle already write a personal letter to the Liu family to report his safety? Why are you still begging Tang Jing?"

Jiang's eyebrows jumped and she quickly lowered her head.

Madam Liu and Shen exchanged a look of shock. "Letter? What letter? We didn't receive any!"

Hearing this, Tang Yi couldn't help but frown slightly. This shouldn't be the case. Didn't Lin Bao send the letter to the Liu family yesterday? How come they didn't receive it?

"Forget it, maybe my person sent it to the wrong person."

Tang Yi patted his grandmother's hand and said, "Grandma, just leave the uncle's affairs to me. You can just go home and wait for news."

"During this period, don't ask anyone for help, and don't trust anyone else to help the Liu family, lest you fall into their trap."

"Okay, I'm going to work. Goodbye, grandma."

Tang Yi said hello to Old Madam Liu, then turned around and ran towards the carriage.

Looking at Tang Yi's back, the smile on Old Lady Liu's lips gradually faded.

"Go back and check if anyone came to deliver a letter yesterday."

"If anyone betrays his country, he will be beaten to death!"