How did Zhang Caiyi become like this? This is the second step. We will talk about the second step after the first step.

Of course, he passed the second step after passing the first step, which is a matter of fact.

Qin Ruchu was furious when she saw his arrogant look. "System, is there no evidence that can beat him to death?"

System: "Yes, these things were done by Cheng Shihang and Cheng Zhe's secret guards. As long as we catch them and torture them, we will convict them."

Qin Ruchu was shocked: "He has secret guards? Why haven't we encountered them?"

System: "Cheng Zhe's secret guard was sent out by him to do something. Coincidentally, the thing he wanted to do was to eliminate the traces of you and Tang Yige."

Qin Ruchu: "...Besides this? Is there anything else?"

System: "Cheng Shihang has a room full of gold. If you dig it out, it will prove that he accepted bribes. The Cheng family will guarantee it..."

Since the Cheng family was saved, there was naturally no need to embarrass them, and everything was solved.

However, Qin Ruchu didn't have time to think so much. Her attention was all on the gold: "What did you say? A basement of gold? How big is the basement?"

Emperor: “!!!” This question expressed his inner thoughts.

Tang Yiqian: "..." What is she excited about? Is it what he thinks?

System: "It's not big, but only half the size of Cheng Mansion."

Qin Ruchu: "It's so big? Are you planning to get on top of it? You said I was secretly digging some?"

Although she had never been to the Cheng Mansion, she knew it would be small. She couldn't imagine how much gold there was in half of the Cheng Mansion. It didn't matter if she secretly went there to dig some.

Tang Yiqian: "..." The thing he feared the most had happened. Was he giving her less food or clothes? Was he so greedy for money?

The emperor looked at Tang Yiqian with a face as dark as the bottom of a pot. Look at the good wife he married. That is his gold, and no one can touch her, but he is angry with her.

Cheng Shihang waited for a long time until the emperor spoke, and then he reminded him, "Your Majesty?"

Qin Ruchu glared at him: "System, how do you think I should tell the old emperor about the bad things he did?"

System: "Say it with your mouth. Are you also saying it with your feet?"

It's really a simple question to ask.

Qin Ruchu's mouth twitched: "Evidence, I'm talking about evidence, can I just say it directly? Don't just think I'm talking nonsense."

"Your Majesty, I want to report Cheng Shihang for corruption and abuse of power." Tang Yiqian said suddenly.

Didn't you see that the emperor was getting impatient waiting? Tang Yiqian was reluctant to speak after meeting his gaze.

I eat the emperor's food and share his worries.

Also, he and Qin Ruchu were husband and wife, and Qin Ruchu was a woman in the inner house, so her rewards were limited, so why put all the credit on him?

This is your Majesty's idea, and it is also for his own good.

It's about maximizing benefits.

Qin Ruchu didn't think too much about it. She turned her head suddenly and looked at Tang Yiqian with sparkling eyes: "System, it turns out that the dog man had already found out about it. No wonder he looked so confident."

Tang Yiqian: “…” Looking at her heartless appearance, he felt inexplicably tired.

Cheng Shihang panicked when he heard what Tang Yiqian said: "You are lying, Your Majesty. I am innocent. Since I put on this black yarn hat, I have always taken it as my responsibility to benefit the people and never dared to take a single needle or thread from the people."

Qin Ruchu: "Yes, you are holding the needle and thread of the rich, how can you look down on the melons and dates of the poor families?"

Tang Yiqian tried hard to ignore her complaints, and said with his thin lips opening and closing, "Your Majesty, I have found out that Master Cheng has a roomful of gold..."

“Bang!”

Cheng Shihang's body went limp and he fell to the ground. He had not expected that Tang Yiqian had even found out this.

He was completely finished.

The old emperor looked at Cheng Shihang coldly, and with a stern face, he called the commander of the imperial guards: "Go and search the Cheng mansion."

"I accept your order."

The commander of the imperial guards, who received the emperor's order, went straight to Cheng's mansion.

He didn't know where the basement was, but he could ask and he could dig deep into the ground to find it.

Kung Fu is about having a heart.

With the help of 떘그 and his own efforts, the commander of the imperial army finally found the entrance to the basement.

On the bed.

If Qin Ruchu were here, she would definitely say that Cheng Shihang and Cheng Zhe were truly father and son, as the entrances to their basements were set up exactly the same.

Looking at the dark entrance, the commander pointed at a guard and said, "You go in first."

How could he be so unlucky? The guard cursed in his heart, but his expression was unusually respectful: "Okay, sir."

Picking up the gun, he went to the basement. Two minutes later, he came out. When asked, he stammered, "Commander, inside, inside, inside..."

"What's going on inside?" The commander was almost dying of anxiety.

It's going to be something scary, right?

"Gold, so much gold." The guard swallowed and finally found his voice.

"What?" The commander snatched the handle from the guard and walked in. After walking about half a meter, he stopped and looked at the scene in front of him. His mouth opened, "Oh my goodness."

In front of him, there were piles of gold bars.

Gold bars piled up together blocked the way forward.

You know, this is the entrance.

In other words, everything behind is gold.

No wonder the emperor suddenly asked him to find a basement. This was his purpose.

The people behind were also stunned when they saw this scene and stood there in silence.

They thought they were well-informed; after all, they were imperial guards and had done many house-raiding operations, but this was the first time they had seen a scene like this.

How much gold does this cost?

They probably make this much money in their lifetime.

After who knows how long, the commander finally found his voice and said, "Put everything away and be careful. If I see one, I will settle accounts with you."

Don't even think about being greedy. The emperor is so poor and hates corrupt officials the most. Don't even think about taking one, even if you take half a stick, you will be punished.

Everyone who understood their boss's warning shuddered in unison, "Boss, we got it."

I almost went astray. It's not their fault. With so much gold, who would be tempted?

Imperial study.

Quietly.

No one spoke.

Qin Ruchu knelt and moved, feeling her neck tired and her knees aching: "It hurts so much, how long do I have to kneel?"

The old emperor: “!!!” He forgot to let them get out.

Just as they were about to let them get up, the commander of the imperial guards strode in, carrying several boxes behind him.

"Your Majesty, this is part of the gold in the Cheng Mansion's underground chamber."

The box opened, and a golden light appeared before everyone.

The old emperor's eyes were almost blinded by the light. He stood up suddenly, strode forward, reached out and touched the gold, "Okay, okay."

Then he got angry. A minister of rites was so greedy. Those century-old families...

The emperor gathered his thoughts, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at Cheng Shihang, and pronounced his sentence on him, "The Minister of Rites, Cheng Shihang, has been corrupt and perverted the law, and has plundered the people's wealth. His crimes are grave. I will now take off his black silk hat, chop off his head and display it to the public, and drag him away."