"Your Excellency, these are all chivalrous figures I met during my time as a fugitive. Gentlemen, this is none other than Prime Minister Li of the current dynasty!"
Xiang Liang was gone for an hour.
He returned and led a group of people toward him.
These people all looked fierce and menacing, with an extremely intense murderous aura emanating from their brows, giving the impression that they had emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
"Greetings, Prime Minister Li!"
"We, the wandering bandits, greet Prime Minister Li!"
"Good, good, good! Gentlemen, I am deeply grateful for your help in avenging my personal grudge. I promise you a generous reward!"
"Thank you very much, Your Excellency!"
There were more than thirty burly men standing in front of Li Lin at this moment.
One by one, they waited respectfully for Li Lin's next orders.
"Xia Jie, go and fetch the map of Xianyang City!"
"promise!"
Xiang Yu quickly retrieved the map, which Li Lin then took and examined closely. He discovered that the location of the Shaofu (Minister of the Imperial Household) was actually affixed below the Imperial Palace, to the west of the Censorate.
"Brothers, tonight you will first follow me into the Shaofu (Minister's Residence) and capture the Shaofu Commander, Han Meng, alive. Then you will follow me to kill the entire family of the mastermind behind this. Do you understand the plan?"
"My lord, we understand, but if we openly attack the Imperial Household Department, wouldn't the guards of Xianyang and the army outside the city be alerted?"
"Yes, it's not going to be easy for us to get away safely!"
"Hmph, do you think I didn't consider that? Don't worry, I'll have someone make arrangements later. Tonight, no matter how much noise we make, no one will come!"
Li Lin flicked his sleeve, looking quite confident.
His confident demeanor drew nods of agreement from the crowd.
Seeing Li Lin's stubbornness, Xiang Yu couldn't help but step forward and advise him, "My lord, the person you're going to kill is His Majesty's own uncle! If His Majesty finds out, you'll be doomed!"
"Xia Jie, do you really think that old geezer is His Majesty's uncle? If he really is, would he have invited me to meet him last time? Would I have been so tactless as to offend him?"
Li Lin couldn't help but laugh, leaving Xiang Yu with a blank expression.
Upon seeing this, Xiang Liang hurriedly whispered the intelligence he had gathered over the past few days into his ear.
"So that's how it is!"
He suddenly realized, "So that old geezer's son-in-law is the emperor's uncle, and he's not even close to the emperor!"
"Perhaps he could be arrogant before, but the key point is that now that his son-in-law is dead, he still dares to be so arrogant, actually provoking the Prime Minister. Isn't this like an old man hanging himself, courting death?"
"Heh, you're really asking for it!"
At this moment, Li Lin smiled, patted Xiang Yu on the shoulder, and stroked his hair, saying, "You still need to work on your brain. When have you ever seen me do a losing business?"
"That's true!"
Time flies, and soon it got dark.
The city of Xianyang was brightly lit.
Countless torches lit up in response.
At this time, the position of the Shaofu Ling was located in the Shaofu, which was situated to the west of the Censorate.
Due to the special nature of their work, they usually live in the Shaofu (a type of government office) during working hours.
So, I didn't go home.
Han Meng is systematically revising the ledgers, attempting to overhaul the problematic accounts from the past few years and turn them from problematic to problem-free.
Beside him were his two assistants.
Kumamoto is a native of Chu.
Tian Heng was from Linzi.
"My lord, this account is still not right. In the thirty-first year, we had a surplus of three million coins, but by February of the thirty-second year, our treasury had a deficit of six million coins. However, in January, we only spent nine million coins and received more than ten million coins. How can we calculate this? In February, we should still be in a surplus of seven million coins."
"this......"
Han Meng picked up the bamboo slip and took a closer look. Wow, it really was!
Who kept these ledgers?
Such a huge oversight resulted in all the bills for the past thirty-three years, as well as the first half of this year, being wrong.
"Sir, given such a huge oversight, let's stick to the previous method and increase the amount of money in January. That way, since we're already in deficit in January, it's reasonable for us to continue being in deficit in February!"
"That's true!"
Han Meng nodded.
Suddenly, he remembered where the national treasury's expenditures had gone in January of the year before last.
It wasn't that we went to the First Emperor's place. Even if the First Emperor held a grand banquet for the New Year and entertained many guests, it wouldn't cost much money.
It was not to bestow blessings upon the people.
Instead, it ended up in the pockets of these people.
They acquired a considerable amount of land and houses.
On the other hand, they made an outstanding contribution to the rise in housing prices in the Xianyang area.
"kill!"
Suddenly, just as they were discussing changing the accounts...
A shout of killing rang out outside the mansion.
"What's wrong?"
Han Meng hurriedly opened the door. The guards outside were also bewildered. Seeing their lord emerge, they quickly knelt down. "My lord, it seems there are some troublemakers causing a disturbance outside. You should stay inside; it's safer there..."
They had barely finished speaking.
The gate of the Shaofu was forcibly smashed open.
The leader was a burly man, nine feet tall, carrying a large machete, who would hack at anyone he saw.
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