Looking at Lu Zhixing and others who were busy loading silver onto the carriage.

Ye Hongtu waved his sword behind him, took the lead, and rushed out from the corner of the city wall.

"How dare you steal money from the national treasury? What crime should you be punished for?"

The sound arises before the person arrives.

Ye Hongtu's loud shout made Lu Zhixing and others who were busy tremble.

Even the guards at the gate of the national treasury changed their expressions and suddenly looked in the direction of Ye Hongtu.

Ye Hongtu led hundreds of soldiers and rushed to Lu Zhixing and others at lightning speed, surrounding them.

Seeing this scene, Lu Zhixing was almost frightened to death.

"Oh, God wants to kill me!

"How did you attract this old man?"

When he saw who was coming, his face turned pale instantly.

A feeling of despair grew from the bottom of my heart and then spread throughout my body.

Lu Zhixing didn't understand. The other party had clearly assured him that this matter would not attract anyone's attention or suspicion.

Even the guards of the treasury have all been bought off.

Why is Ye Hongtu here at this critical moment?

Lu Zhixing was puzzled by this problem.

......

"Lu Ren, it's so late, why are you busy here instead of resting at home?"

Ye Hongtu carried both his hands behind him and walked towards Lu Zhixing with a cold face.

Hearing this, Lu Zhixing shuddered.

He forced a smile and tried to calm down. He took a few steps forward and clasped his fists towards Ye Hongtu, saying:

"It turns out to be General Ye!"

"I wonder what's the matter that brings General Ye here in the middle of the night?"

Seeing that he did not answer his question, Ye Hongtu snorted coldly:

"Humph, Lu 꺶 people, you haven't answered my question yet."

"By the way, what on earth are you guys doing at this late hour?"

"Are you trying to steal the treasury?"

Ye Hongtu's words made Lu Zhixing jump with fear.

He repeatedly shirked his responsibilities and made a cunning excuse: "General Ye is joking. Stealing silver from the national treasury is a crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of the clan."

"Even if I had a hundred courages, I would not dare to do such a thing."

"These are just some old grains stored in the warehouse. Because they have been stored for too long, they have become moldy. We plan to transport them out of the city and dump them."

"General Ye, I really misunderstood!"

Lu Zhixing's mind worked quickly and he came up with such an excuse, which sounded quite reasonable.

"Oh? The Chinese said these are all moldy old grains?"

"But when I look at their bulging shapes, they don't look like it!"

"Let me check it to see if it's stale food or not."

As he spoke, Ye Hongtu appeared in front of a cart in a flash.

With a "bang", a palm hit the sack.

“Squeak, squeak, squeak~”

The sack tore into pieces in an instant, revealing the white silver inside.

Ye Hongtu picked up a piece of gold and looked at Lu Zhixing sarcastically: "Lu people, this is what you call stale food?"

"Kill! Today we must fight to the death, or we will all die!"

When Lu Zhixing saw that the truth had been revealed, he immediately yelled at his subordinates.

"Haha, a cornered dog will jump over the wall."

"You guys don't deserve it!"

With a "bang", Ye Hongtu's aura exploded, and a terrifying pressure enveloped all directions.

Those people just wanted to move, but under the pressure of this momentum, they couldn't even hold their swords steadily.

"You'd better lay down your weapons, or I'll kill you on the spot!"

As soon as Ye Hongtu finished speaking, the sound of swords falling to the ground was heard.

"Land people, come with me to meet the emperor..."

........

That night, an earthquake occurred in Yanjing City.

The emperor was furious, and Lu Zhixing, a third-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, had his property confiscated.

At the same time, all his relatives and friends were arrested and thrown into prison. This case alone implicated thousands of people.

When Ye Hongtu returned to the Ye family, it was already the morning of the next day.

Seeing Ye Hongtu, who looked very weathered, pushing the door open, Madam Xiao asked hurriedly:

"Master, why are you back so late?"

"What delayed you?"

Mrs. Xiao said with hint of meaning.

Ye Hongtu understood and looked in the direction of his precious daughter.

Ye Chuyao was seen chewing a small egg, with a pair of dark eyes looking at him curiously.

[Oh, it's so hard to be a general. You are already in a high position, but you still have to patrol the city. ]

[The key point is, it takes a whole night to be gone, and Daddy is having a hard time. ]

[This dog emperor is the most ruthless Zhou Baopi. Could it be that he is targeting Dad on purpose? ]

Ye Hongtu was a little amused.

Wang Li secretly felt sorry for His Majesty the Emperor, as he was the one who was being blamed.

"Something happened in Yanjing City last night."

"Lu Zhixing, the third-rank official in the Ministry of Revenue, actually dared to steal silver from the national treasury, the amount of which was as much as 100,000 taels. I caught him on the spot when I was patrolling the city."

"Then I captured him and brought him before the emperor. His Majesty was furious and directly ordered the confiscation of Lu's mansion."

"If nothing unexpected happens, the Nanmen food court will be packed with people by this time today."

[What? What happened? Why did Lu Zhixing fail? ]

[And, by coincidence, I bumped into Daddy. 】

Ye Chuyao was a little confused and didn't understand why the plot had developed like this.

She clearly didn't do anything, so the Xiao family's crisis is resolved?

Mrs. Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but still pretended to be puzzled and asked:

"That Lu people are too brave, right? They actually dared to steal the national treasury. This is a crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of the clan!"

“I really don’t know what he is thinking.”

"Of course it's because of greed!"

"With so much money in hand, it's normal to have some impractical and daring thoughts."

"But it hurt his friends and relatives."

Ye Hongtu sighed and felt sorry for those people.

[The reason he stole so much treasury silver was just to collude with others to frame his uncle. ]

[He was the first to harm others, and he deserved the consequences.]

【Not worthy of sympathy at all.】

Hearing Ye Chuyao's slightly angry words, Ye Hongtu and Mrs. Xiao smiled at each other.

One thing is beyond words.

"Master, you've been busy all night, you should take a rest first."

"I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some breakfast for you later."

Mrs. Xiao looked at Ye Hongtu's slightly tired face, her tone full of pain.

"Don't bother Madam, I'll just go to the side room and rest for a moment."

"As for breakfast, I will ask Grandma Liu to prepare it and bring it to the room."

After saying this, Ye Hongtu looked at Ye Chuyao again:

"My dear daughter, I will come and play with you after Daddy has rested."

[Dad, don't worry about Yaoyao, go and have a rest. ]

[After you have a good rest, you can play with Yaoyao again. ]

While thinking this, Ye Chuyao stretched out her two little lips and waved them towards Ye Hongtu.

"Hahahaha, my daughter is so nice. Are you telling me to go and rest?"

"Okay, Daddy, be obedient and go to rest now."

.......

After Ye Hongtu left, Ye Chuyao looked at the roof in a daze:

[The crisis faced by my third brother and uncle has been temporarily resolved.]

【No matter how you look at it, things are moving in a positive direction. 】

[However, the one who worries me the most right now is my second brother. ]

[That woman...”]

[Alas, I don’t know when my second brother will come back. ]