Exile is exile, is half of the capital enough as compensation?

If they said their homes were robbed because they were unsafe, the palace was well guarded.

Unexpectedly, he was also killed.

Before, they could cry poor in front of the emperor and ask for some money, but now, they probably have to not only return what they took back, but may even have to pay double.

Zhao Mingyao looked at the two people in front of him with their heads hung down, and guessed what they were thinking from their expressions.

"Uncle Li Shangshu, don't worry. I won't make things difficult for you, but..."

Minister Li became even more panicked when he heard Zhao Mingyao say this. This man's expression did not seem to indicate that he wanted nothing. He immediately knelt down and apologized, "I am deeply troubled. I also want to share your worries, Your Majesty, but my family is really stretched to the limit."

"Your Majesty, I am your old minister..." The king's uncle also clasped his fists and looked embarrassed.

Zhao Mingyao knew what they were thinking. He waved his hand and motioned them to stand up. "My dear ministers, there is no need for this. I have already said that I do not need you. I kept you here because I want you to..."

When the prince and Minister Li walked out of the imperial study, they felt that the task they had taken on today was indeed a bit difficult.

"Hey, let's go!" The prince's uncle was also very sad, but there was nothing he could do.

After Zhao Mingyao and the other two left, he summoned the secret guards.

"Go and loosen their bones." Zhao Mingyao said with a gloomy face.

He has been unhappy these past two days, so he can't let others be happy.

An Yi received the order and left. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart after receiving such a task.

It is always easier to go out and carry out a mission than to stay in the palace and constantly try to figure out the master's thoughts.

On the other side, the uncle of the king and Minister Li, who were sent by Zhao Mingyao, went to the military camp.

From there, he led a team of people to the several households whose homes had been ransacked before.

The prince and his men worked for three days and almost demolished several mansions, but still found nothing.

"It's so clean, so clean that I can't believe anyone has lived here before." Minister Li put his hands behind his back, and the hypocritical expression on his face could no longer be maintained.

They went to such great lengths to find nothing except a few stones dug up from the ground.

Not to mention the secret vault, they didn't even find a single piece of silver.

The prince's uncle also stared at the soldiers who were salvaging in Lengfu Lake with a constipated expression, "Has this Leng family been looted before? Did the imperial guards find anything at the time?"

"I heard there aren't any. Not only here, but also the second room of the Leng family next door is also very clean."

"It's really strange. How come the thief chose families like ours? The five of them might be able to say that they transferred their property, but you and I..." The prince couldn't finish the rest of the words. He had been thinking about the theft in their house these days.

I thought he had offended someone, but after knowing that many families had been robbed that night, I no longer thought so. Now not only them, but also the national treasury and the concubines in the harem had been stolen.

"Do you think it will happen..." Minister Li muttered to the prince's uncle in a low voice.

After hearing this, the uncle's face changed immediately, "Don't talk nonsense, how is it possible, how can there be ghosts in this world?"

Minister Li scratched his head and laughed, "Isn't this just a blind guess?"

"Okay, just say these words to me, but don't tell anyone else." When the prince's uncle thought about what he said, his hair stood up unconsciously.

I don’t know if they all had something to hide, but after saying that, I felt a chill on my back.

Minister Li also shuddered unconsciously.

Thinking of what he had just said, the bad feeling in his heart became even stronger. If it wasn't broad daylight now, he would have been scared away.

The king's uncle was also frightened by what Minister Li said, so he found an excuse to leave first.

After leaving, the prince stood at the door of Leng Mansion for a long time, and his eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of the sky prison.

Everyone in the world thought that the prince was imprisoned in the Sky Prison. Only a few of them knew that the prince was killed on the night Zhao Mingyao tortured him to confess. Not only the prince, but also everyone in the prince's mansion were secretly executed.

He still remembers the cries and pleas for mercy from the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince's children.

Most of the families who suffered thefts in the capital were the culprits who participated in the incident that night.

He now had to doubt what Minister Li said.

After thinking for a while, he turned around and went back to the Prince's Mansion. After a while, a carriage came out from the back door of the Prince's Mansion and then left the city.

The prince's uncle came back from outside the city in the afternoon. When he came back, he was holding a note in his hand.

There were only a few words on the note: "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door."

These words kept echoing in his mind like magic.

That night, when Minister Li came to discuss the next steps with him, the people from the Prince's Mansion informed him that his prince was ill.

Minister Li didn't even get to see the emperor's uncle, so he could only enter the palace alone in misery.

As for Leng Youran, the instigator of all this, no one knew that she had caused panic among the people in the capital by simply confiscating a few warehouses.

At this moment, she was feeding the last group of people in the Leng family.

This time, it was Old Man Leng who came last. When Leng Youran saw him coming, she knew that he had something to say.

Leng Chengye continued to keep watch for the two of them as usual.

"Ran'er, do you have enough food?"

"What's wrong, Grandfather?"

“People who left home were not in good condition… so Grandfather thought…”

"It's okay. There's more than enough money to support their family. When Grandfather comes back, let them come over. But I won't see them. Let them come over here. I'll put the things in the grass."

Old Master Leng was very pleased that she had such an intention. Although he trusted Li's family, he didn't want to expose his granddaughter to others like this.

If they put the things here, they will just think that they were delivered by someone they arranged and won't think too much about it.

"Okay, and that kid from Lijia wants to talk to you about something, what do you think?"

"When he comes over later, I will appear."

After saying this to her, Old Master Leng didn't stay long and disappeared into the forest with Leng Chengye.

After Leng Youran waited for them to leave, he placed the food for Li's family in the grass and hid in the space.

The day before yesterday, the exile team came into the city to rest. She had wanted to take the opportunity to get the hook knife for Li Tianduo, but she didn't expect that Zhao Xu would take them to stay in the county government office instead of the post station.

As for the exiles, they were placed in prison, so she didn't find any chance either.

They happened to be staying at the foot of the mountain tonight. In fact, even if Li Tianze didn't come to find her, she wanted to find an opportunity to discuss with him about getting the hook knife for Li Tianduo.

They are now three hundred miles away from Beijing. If they don't prepare themselves, they will probably just wait for death.

People who left home came over one after another to eat, and Leng Youran watched them in the space.

When she saw a five-month-old pregnant woman being supported by a girl of eleven or twelve years old, she couldn't help but frown.