The air pressure around them dropped suddenly and no one dared to make a sound.
"good!"
"Very good!"
King Jin was so angry that he slapped the stakes of the wooden fence and hooked his finger at the steward, "Come on, tell me how many beasts are in here."
"Reply, Your Highness, there are ninety-eight in total." The steward was so frightened that he dared not say anything else.
The King of Jin withdrew his hand from the stake and asked, "Is this all you lords have looted?"
When the steward heard the word "looted," he dared not hide anything any longer and confessed, "No... originally there were several hundred. The people in the prefectural government ate a lot, and the master also gave away a lot as rewards."
"What else do you know? Tell me everything. If you dare to hide it, I will have someone chop off your head right now." King Jin glanced at him with a cold gaze, his dark pupils hiding an extremely suppressed anger.
"Please spare my life, Your Highness. I will tell you everything, I will tell you everything!" The steward knelt on the ground and said in panic.
He pulled out a booklet from his lapel and presented it with both hands, "Your Highness, everything in the manor is recorded in this booklet. You can have someone check it carefully."
"The governor feared discovery, so he set up a secret hold beneath the villa, storing grain from the Youzhou granary, grain looted from the people, and disaster relief grain sent by the imperial court."
"I have to take inventory of the things in the other villages every day, so I always carry this book with me."
"Yingyi, take the booklet and lead the others to check. The others will follow me to the secret warehouse."
Prince Jin flipped through the booklet for a few seconds, then handed it to Yingyi and asked someone to take the manager to the secret warehouse.
The steward pushed open the door of the study in the villa, walked to the bookcase inside, reached out and twisted the Qilin ornament on it, and the wall inside opposite slowly opened.
Prince Jin and his companions walked in slowly, holding fire sticks. After passing through the secret passage, they saw a closed stone door.
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