Chapter 162: Ruthless and ruthless in raiding the house
Nangong Ye put his arm around Dongfang Yuning's waist and easily jumped off the palace wall.
As soon as his feet touched the ground, Dongfang Yuning did a Thomas spin (mind version) on the spot, like a wound-up spring, with his hands on his hips, and raised his head to the sky and let out a money-loving cry:
"Wuhu! Warm-ups are over! Brother Aye, let's go! Let's do something big—raid the house!"
She didn't even wait for Nangong Ye's response, because he would definitely follow her anyway, so she immediately activated the ultimate form of Tyrannosaurus Rex breaking into the vault without recognizing any relatives!
*Da! Da! Da!
His footsteps were so loud that they shook the earth, his chin was raised high enough to poke a hole in the sky, his hands were arrogantly placed behind his back, and every step he took was filled with the domineering aura of a bandit king, as if to say, "I built this road, I planted these trees, please leave me some money to buy your way through, no, I leave all my money!"
Wherever he passed, the soldiers and officials in charge of guarding the various mansions all felt that an invisible god of poverty was retreating, and the aura of the god of wealth was coming towards them. They all took three steps back, making way for a golden avenue.
Nangong Ye, the cold-faced evil spirit who had just witnessed and indirectly facilitated the physical salvation drama, now transformed into the most loyal guardian knight, following his little princess closely.
He didn't need to speak, and he didn't even bother to look at others, but the low pressure surrounding him, which was three times colder than the Siberian cold current, was enough to freeze anyone who tried to get within three meters of Dongfang Yuning into an ice sculpture.
First stop: Prince De’s Mansion, treasure hunt!
"Bang!"
Dongfang Yuning kicked the red lacquer door of Prince De's Mansion, which was a symbol of status but seemed extremely troublesome at the moment. The door had actually been knocked open long ago, but the sense of ceremony was very important.
"Open the door! Check the water meter! Oh no, search the house!"
[Ding! The host is showing off his domineering power! The House Raid Squad Deluxe Edition (with a humanoid self-propelled nuclear weapon pendant) is officially online! Target locked: Prince De's Mansion!]
The electronic sound of System 118 carries the excitement of rubbing hands together.
[Starting all-around scanning! 3D modeling loading... Infrared perspective activated... Sonic detection activated... Beep, beep!]
A massive silver vault has been discovered hidden beneath the master bedroom bed! 15 meters deep! The silver mountain is estimated to hold 500,000 taels, and the gold mountain is estimated to hold 100,000 taels! Holy crap! Host, did that old Prince De move the treasury home?!
[Holy crap! 500,000 taels of silver?! 100,000 taels of gold?!]
Dongfang Yuning's eyes instantly turned into two gold ingots, and he waved his little hands excitedly.
"Brother Aye! Hurry! Send people down to dig! Move! Confiscate! Don't leave a single penny behind! This is all the people's blood and sweat! Ugh, this is all the beautiful fund for building Dayan!"
She rushed into the master bedroom and pointed at the large carved bed:
"Right here! Dig it up! Dig three feet deep!"
The soldiers began to work with a clamor. Dongfang Yuning was also busy, his eyes rolling around.
[118! Keep sweeping! Don't miss any corners! An old fox like Prince De must have some hidden agenda!]
[Received! Scanning the study... Ding Ding! Found a hidden compartment behind the bookshelf! Ten paintings and calligraphy by famous artists from the previous dynasty! Three rare military manuals!]
And... huh? A crudely carved imitation of a jade seal? Host, this thing looks like something from a street stall. Is this the standard of Prince De's taste?]
System 118 said with disdain.
"Imitation? Or street vendor goods?"
Dongfang Yuning picked up the jade seal and curled his lips.
"Tsk, your ambition is as high as the sky, your life is as fragile as paper, and your taste is even worse! Confiscate it! Send it to the Tiangong Pavilion for re-forging and see if you can make a few more fingers out of it!"
She threw it casually, and it landed accurately in a box held by a soldier.
[Beep beep! Major discovery! The rockery in the back garden is hollow! Scan reveals: 300 sets of fine armor! 50 high-quality crossbows! 5,000 crossbow arrows! Wow, host! Is Prince De running a weapons shop at home?]
The sound of System 118 rose an octave.
"What? Hoarding munitions?!"
Dongfang Yuning put his hands on his hips and shouted at the air (the direction where Prince De disappeared).
"You are such a good Prince De! You wanted to rebel when you were alive, and now you want to leave a pile of junk taking up space! Brother Aye, have someone blow up the rockery!
Oh no, tear it down gently! Take the useful things inside to the military camp, and melt the rusty ones to make hoes! Respond to the court's call and develop agricultural production! "
Nangong Ye gave a look and immediately engineers came forward to start professional demolition.
Dongfang Yuning strolled into the warehouse and looked at the mountains of silks, satins, porcelains, and jades, shaking his head in disdain:
"Vulgar! So vulgar! All they know is hoarding these inedible and inedible things! System, valuation!"
[Estimating... Host, these may be vulgar, but they are all hard currency! One hundred pieces of Suzhou embroidery and brocade, estimated at ten thousand taels of gold! Fifty boxes of official kiln porcelain, estimated at... Holy crap! Host, look over there! That dusty rosewood box!]
Dongfang Yuning followed the system's instructions, pushed aside a pile of silk, and took out an unremarkable box. Opening it, he saw a dozen books with yellowed pages and ancient bindings.
[Ding ding ding! Scan confirmed! A full-color, hardcover edition of "Spring Night Secret Plays" from the former imperial palace! Detailed annotations! And the unabridged manuscript of "Jin Ping Mei"?!]
System 118's voice was filled with the excitement of discovering a new world.
[Host! This is a rare and out-of-print copy! A precious resource for studying ancient folk culture! Its value... is immeasurable!]
Dongfang Yuning blushed, then she closed the lid solemnly and coughed twice:
"Ahem! This... this is a major contraband item! It's extremely bad! This princess must personally...
Ahem, personally escort it back to the palace to conduct in-depth, serious, critical academic research! No one else is allowed to touch it! Write it when you register...
Well, I'll just write about some banned books from the previous dynasty. The content is vulgar and needs to be sealed and handled by a special person!"
Nangong Ye stood aside, watching her trying to hide her true intentions. A hint of smile flashed across his eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up imperceptibly. Well, Ning'er said she wanted to study it, so she wanted to study it.
The second stop: The Fourth Prince’s Mansion, the lair of scumbags, the raid was even more brutal!
As soon as he stepped into Nangong Huaijin's residence, Dongfang Yuning pinched his nose:
"Ugh~ What's that smell? It's a mixture of urine and human scum! 118, give me some air purification first!"
[Beep! Activating the environmental purification module (mind version)! Host, I suggest you go directly to his bedroom. The core evidence is there!]
System 118 precise navigation.
Rushing into Nangong Huaijin's "elegant" bedroom, Dongfang Yuning went straight to the point:
"The bed! Overturn it! The wall! Knock it! The floor! Pry it open!"
[Scanning... Found a secret compartment inside the bedpost! Inside are five secret letters to the Third Prince of Beidi! The contents involve selling border defense maps!]
System 118's voice was cold.
"Traitor!"
Dongfang Yuning's face turned red with anger.
"The evidence is irrefutable! Confiscate him! Hang him and these letters on the city gate tower for three days!"
[A wall compartment has been discovered! Inside are twenty usury ledgers! Records show the deaths of seven innocent families and the seizure of thousands of acres of land!]
System 118 continues to broadcast.
"Scum of the scum!"
Dongfang Yuning kicked the wall but couldn't move it. His foot hurt a little and he gritted his teeth.
"Confiscate the account books! Return the land and property of the victims immediately! Interest? Oh, compensate them tenfold from the confiscated property!"
[Ding! Found something under the floor... uh...]
System 118 paused.
[A chamber pot made of pure gold...? It's inlaid with various gemstones? The shape... is quite unique?]
"What the hell? A golden chamber pot? And it's inlaid with jewels?"
Dongfang Yuning almost choked on her own saliva. She ordered the soldiers to pry open the floor, and sure enough, she saw a container that was glittering with gold, jewels, and emitting a strange smell.
[Host, this thing is worth... Putting aside its actual use, the gold and gems alone are worth at least five thousand taels!]
System 118 provides accurate valuation.
Dongfang Yuning pinched his nose and picked up the heavy, dazzling golden chamber pot with two fingers with great disdain, his expression twisted:
"This fellow Nangong Huaijin...his tastes are even more refined than Prince De's! Is he afraid others won't know he's full of evil intentions? Gold trimmings on a toilet—so stinking!"
She shook it in disgust.
"Confiscate it! It must be confiscated! Find a furnace and melt it down! Break it into gold bricks! Take away the gems on it... clean them and register them separately!
"I'll put it on the armrest of the dragon throne for Gan'er, so he'll always remember that some people look good on the outside, but behind the scenes they even have diamonds on their shit! This is a negative example!"
The soldiers and officials around looked at the glittering golden chamber pot, then looked at the princess's face full of disgust and calculation. They wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, and their faces turned red from holding it in.
The third stop: The house of the unlucky Minister Zhang. Even the house search should be ceremonial!
When they arrived at the residence of Zhang Qing, the Minister of Rites, the Minister, who had fainted from fright and then woken up, was being held by two soldiers, his face as pale as death.
[Scanning initiated... Host, a small secret room has been discovered beneath the study! It contains 50,000 taels of silver, and...]
System 118 suddenly raised the volume,
[Holy crap! Host, look! This old guy sewed banknotes into the lining of his favorite mink coat! A full 100,000 taels! And a few large Dong pearls! Does he think he's Santa Claus?]
Dongfang Yuning was amused. He walked up to Minister Zhang, who was shaking like he was in the late stage of Parkinson's disease, and said with a smile:
"Master Zhang, I heard you have an ancestral mink coat? The weather is getting colder, and I'd like to borrow it to try on and see how the people feel."
Minister Zhang’s eyes went dark and he almost fainted again.
The soldier presented the thick mink coat to Dongfang Yuning, who took it and felt it was heavy in his hands.
She handed it to a sharp-eyed old lady next to her:
"Mammy, please...take off this lining!"
With a few crackling sounds, the white silver bills and round big Dong pearls fell to the ground.
"Wow! Master Zhang is really good at managing the household! This lining is very warm!"
Dongfang Yuning picked up a banknote and blew on it.
"Tsk tsk, one hundred thousand taels? And Dongzhu? Register! Confiscate! Oh, and this coat..."
She looked at the tattered coat and casually threw it to a soldier beside her who was shrinking his neck due to the cold.
"Brother, you've been working so hard, why not use it to make a vest? It's mink after all!"
Soldier:"……"
Looking at the tattered mink fur and then at the princess, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
During the entire house-raiding process, Nangong Ye was like Dongfang Yuning's most powerful background board and automatic tow truck.
When a palace steward tried to stop the soldiers from entering an inconspicuous woodshed where several boxes of antiques were hidden, Nangong Ye just glanced at him indifferently.
The butler felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. His legs went limp and he fell to the ground, his crotch visibly wet.
In a place where he suspected there was a secret room but couldn't find the mechanism, Dongfang Yuning stamped his feet:
"Brother Aye! Shake it!"
Nangong Ye's face was expressionless as he lightly stamped his toes on the ground. Buzz! An invisible wave of air spread out, and the stone slabs on the ground cracked, revealing a hidden compartment underneath.
Soldiers: “…”
Move things silently.
When Dongfang Yuning saw a half-human-high, pure gold, ugly and distinctive Pixiu, which was said to be used by the King of De to attract wealth, he ordered his soldiers:
"Move it away and confiscate it!"
As a result, the four soldiers blushed and couldn't lift it.
Nangong Ye walked over and picked up the heavy lump of gold with one hand, as easily as if he were lifting a rag doll, and placed it steadily on the cart loaded with large items.
Dongfang Yuning Starry Eyes:
"Brother Aye is the best!"
Tired of searching the house, Dongfang Yuning fell directly into Nangong Ye's arms and commanded the soldiers:
"Keep moving! I'll supervise you!"
Nangong Ye held her firmly, found a clean stone step to sit down, let her lean comfortably in his arms, and used his internal energy to drive away the autumn chill for her.
The official from the Ministry of Revenue looked at the princess dozing off in the arms of the evil spirit while supervising work, and his hands shook even more violently as he took notes - this scene was too beautiful and too terrifying!
As the afterglow of the setting sun spread across the capital, this grand, chaotic, and hilarious drama of house confiscation finally came to an end.
Carriages loaded with gold, silver, treasures, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and even the diamond-studded gold chamber pot (already packed), formed a long queue and drove to the National Treasury and the Imperial Household Department in an endless stream.
The Minister of Revenue held the thick and growing list of confiscated property, tears streaming down his face (with emotion):
"It's paid! It's paid! This year's military pay, disaster relief funds, money for river embankment repairs... it's all here! Princess Fuxing, you truly are Dayan's God of Wealth!"
Dongfang Yuning yawned, jumped down from Nangong Ye's arms, clapped his hands, watched the last carriage drive away, and stretched contentedly:
"Call it a day! Brother Aye, come home for dinner! We'll have chicken legs today! Two!"
Nangong Ye naturally took her slightly cold little hand, and his low voice carried a hint of imperceptible tenderness:
"Okay, let's go home."
The two turned around, and the setting sun stretched their shadows very long.
Behind him was the capital city, which had just experienced a double baptism of physics and economy and had become exceptionally clean, as well as countless officials who closed their doors, trembled in fear, and prayed that they would not be noticed by the princess.
System 118 played the background music of "Congratulations and Get Rich" in Dongfang Yuning's mind:
[Ding! The 'Beijing City Termiticide Removal and Treasury Recharge' event has concluded successfully! The host has confiscated approximately 1.2 million taels of gold and 3 million taels of silver!]
Treasures and antiques estimated at approximately 800,000 taels! Armor and armor! Also included: a set of academic research materials (out-of-print color illustrations)! A gold and diamond-encrusted chamber pot! The host is mighty! [Sprinkle flowers! (Electronic fireworks effects)]
Dongfang Yuning:
[Hmm, not bad, not bad, a small profit. Let's see who dares to be greedy tomorrow. I still haven't found a gift for my godson in celebration of the new dynasty...]
Nangong Ye listened to his young wife's lingering voice, held her hand tightly, and his eyes were filled with unwavering pampering and indulgence.
As long as she is happy, it seems that it is not impossible to clean up Dayan's termites regularly?
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