Chapter 221 So this is how the money for the palace came from!
Of course they were wearing night clothes. At around twelve o'clock in the morning, they dressed neatly and walked out of the bedroom. Unexpectedly, when they looked up, they ran into Qu Feng who had been waiting outside.
He looked the man up and down, crossed his arms and said, "Look at your attire, are you going to do justice?"
"Wrong, wrong, wrong, we are going to eliminate harm for the people!"
“Is there any difference?”
Ran Qingxuan always felt that he had a resentful expression on his face, so he asked before he left: "Why are you not sleeping at night and blocking here just to tease me?"
"Are you free?"
Unexpectedly, Qu Feng put his hand down and said through gritted teeth: "I want to go too!"
Gu Yanchen glanced at him calmly and said leisurely: "I don't carry men on my back..."
"It's okay if you don't carry me on your back. It's the same if I ride on your shoulders!"
Even with a black scarf wrapped around his face, Qu Feng could see that Gu Yanchen's face turned dark in an instant.
It was hard to imagine that scene. Ran Qingxuan knew that he wanted to take advantage of Gu Yanchen, so he tried to suppress his smile.
"That's enough. If you make me angry, I'll hit you twice. But among us, he is the only one who knows Qinggong. If he takes care of me, how can he take care of you?"
Qu Feng rolled his eyes, took a few steps forward and smiled obscenely.
"This is not easy. The process of going there is not important. I just want to have fun."
"You want me to put you in a space and then release you when I get to the right place?"
Qu Feng gave her a smart expression, and Ran Qingxuan looked at Gu Yanchen with a questioning look.
He had been to the City Lord's Mansion a few years ago and knew the general layout of the mansion. If their target was only the warehouse, it would be no problem to bring one more person.
During the years that Qu Feng was 'trapped' in the Divine Doctor Sect, although his life was relatively comfortable, it lacked novelty and excitement. When he saw the two people acting mysteriously during dinner, he knew that something must be wrong.
"It's just something convenient, so we can go together."
Gu Yanchen knew something, and when he saw Qu Feng's surprised smile, he felt a little superior in his heart.
"Shall we set off now?"
The style of the song was also very exciting, and the level of excitement was extremely high.
The deal was settled. Gu Yanchen held the person in his arms along the way, and he really wanted to ask about what he heard that day.
But when the words came to my lips, I held them back.
Noticing that Gu Yanchen's body seemed a little tense, Ran Qingxuan asked in the cold wind: "Is the City Lord's Mansion heavily guarded? Are you afraid of something going wrong?"
"No, why do you ask?"
Knowing that Ran Qingxuan was thoughtful, Gu Yanchen adjusted his state before explaining.
"I was thinking, luckily we changed our appearance when we entered Shuangling City. When we came back at noon, soldiers posted notices on the street with our portraits drawn on them."
Indeed, in order to conceal their identities, they had dressed up simply on the first day they entered Shuangling City.
After beating Duan Hong during the day, the two disguised themselves again. Now they would not be noticed even if they walked on the street.
"He accidentally became a celebrity, but even if they turned Northern Qi upside down, they would never find someone who didn't exist."
The early morning breeze was icy cold and painful when it blew on the face. Shuangling City covers a large area and Gu Yanchen walked slowly. It took more than 20 minutes to reach the City Lord's Mansion.
Gu Yanchen stopped at the corner of an alley. Before landing, Ran Qingxuan looked down from above and thought that he had not arrived yet, so he slowly moved over. Unexpectedly, the explanation she heard shocked her for a long time.
"You said this is the City Lord's Mansion?"
"Well, this place is closer to the warehouse in the central courtyard." Gu Yanchen thought there was no problem, but Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but be amazed.
"It's so big, it must be more than 2,000 square meters, right?"
You should know that before the Gu family was ransacked, the Prince Chen Mansion they lived in was only about 1,000 square meters. Apart from the small courtyard where the masters lived, there were not many rooms left.
If she had seen correctly in the air just now, this backyard alone was comparable to the royal palace in the capital, and the level of luxury was beyond words.
"No wonder the officials of Shuangling City set up checkpoints at the city gate to collect money. How could they not be able to build such a luxurious house after so many years?"
"But no matter how much money we have, if we want to build such a large place, I'm afraid it would take at least a few hundred thousand taels. I just don't know where Duan Hong's father got so much money."
Gu Yanchen pretended to be mysterious and moved closer to her, muttering something in a low voice.
“Shuangling City is a major hub close to the capital, but any business that wants to enter the capital must pay taxes.
Every year, cities across the country would pay taxes according to prescribed amounts, and in addition to major merchants, the people also had to pay corresponding grain.
Once someone tampers with it, a considerable amount of money will flow out. ”
Ran Qingxuan was shocked when he heard this. This was not simply tax evasion, but an imposition on the normal basis.
Once the people think that this is the amount collected, even if someone notices something is wrong, they will have no way to appeal. After all, once such a matter is reported, it will not just be the city lord who will be implicated.
Who wouldn't want such a great benefit? But anyone who finds out something is wrong will be killed immediately before reporting it.
Seeing that he knew it so clearly, Ran Qingxuan couldn't help but feel a little contempt.
"Since everyone knows about it, why doesn't anyone care?"
Hearing this, a sneer appeared on Gu Yanchen's face, and he said sarcastically.
"A few years ago, a newly crowned top scholar asked to be the county magistrate of Shuangling City. Half a month after taking office, he found out that there were problems with the taxation in previous years. He did not tell anyone about this and personally went to the capital to seek an audience with the evidence.
When Emperor Mingde found out, he was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. However, the person in charge of supervision at that time was Qi Ren! ”
"Hiss..." Ran Qingxuan took a breath and immediately understood.
"It seems that this is where all the money in the palace came from. I just don't know what he will do with the money!"
Gu Yanchen pursed his lips and said uncertainly: "Perhaps he wants to use it to recruit troops and wait for the final opportunity?"
Ran Qingxuan shrugged: "Maybe, but without actual evidence it's slander. I just don't know how long this incident will last for us."
"As long as they don't threaten the lives of my family, what these princes do has nothing to do with me!"
Ran Qingxuan didn't want him to think about it anymore, so he changed the subject.
"Let's leave this place as soon as we finish the search. Mother and the sisters-in-law will go into the city tomorrow, so we have to go back first."
Gu Yanchen quickly adjusted his state and took Ran Qingxuan over the high wall. While avoiding the guards patrolling in the backyard, he moved towards the warehouse in the middle courtyard.
It was not known whether the two were unlucky or the City Lord’s Mansion was too heavily guarded, but they were almost discovered several times along the way.
When passing by a courtyard, a howling like a pig being slaughtered was suddenly heard. The two people, who had a strong sense of stealth, squatted down at the same time. After listening carefully, they realized that it was Duan Hong who was being carried back.
The process of reconnecting broken bones was extremely painful, not to mention the ten fingers that were broken by Gu Yanchen. The pain was so satisfying just thinking about it.
Seeing that no one dared to approach the courtyard, the two men realized that some of the guards they had met before were from Duan Hong.
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