It turned out that this secret passage led directly to Zhang Ting's study. No wonder he didn't let others enter his study. He was really cunning. He actually connected the treasury of Daning Kingdom directly to his own home. He could use Daning Kingdom's silver at will. His wishful thinking was really too loud.
Little Shuangzi came to the cave entrance and looked down. Little Lingzi waved to him.
"Shuang Ge, we are here."
Hearing Xiao Lingzi's voice, Xiao Shuang looked at him in astonishment.
"Brother Ling, why are you guys down there? Where did you get down from?"
"Don't ask any more questions. Put the ladder down and call more people over."
After hearing this, the twins did not dare to delay. They quickly put down the ladder and called their men.
Leng Yu ordered them to move all the silver, porcelain and other items in the basement to the ground, and he went to the Shangshu Mansion first to wait.
At this time, the female members of the Shangshu Mansion and the servants were already kneeling all over the yard, and among them were a few children.
The second wife was holding a child in her arms, her face as pale as paper.
Leng Yu came up to her and said seriously:
"You must know something about the cellar."
The second wife shook her head vigorously.
"I...I don't know."
"You're lying."
"No, sir. When he left this morning, he only said...he only said that the child should not be allowed into the study until he was thirteen years old. During this period, no one else was allowed to enter the study."
The second lady's words made Leng Yu's eyes flash with anger.
It seems that Zhang Ting had already made his own plan. Even if he died, he would pave a way out for his son. But he was too naive. Did he think the people of Daning were fools?
Leng Yu waved his hands and shouted:
"Arrest all these people and put them in the prison to await their fate."
As soon as he finished speaking, the yard was suddenly filled with wailing. Leng Yu had no intention of listening and walked back to Zhang Ting's study with his hands behind his back.
It was not until dark that the silver hidden in the cellar was brought up. Xiao Lingzi came to Leng Yu and reported:
"Your Highness, after counting, there are 6.1 million taels of silver here. 500,000 taels are currently in the treasury, and the remaining 1.9 million taels are missing."
Disappeared without a trace?
I'm afraid it has been squandered by Zhang Ting a long time ago.
Leng Yu took a deep breath, a layer of coldness covered his brows, and said loudly:
"After raiding Zhang Ting's house, convert all his belongings into silver and see how much space is left."
"yes."
Xiao Lingzi and others searched Zhang Ting's house again and found countless valuables in Zhang Ting's house, and the gold, silver jewelry and jade articles in the rooms of his six wives were even more numerous.
After the final calculation, there were still 900,000 taels of silver missing, but this already made Leng Yu feel very relieved. At least he discovered it in time and saved most of the treasury silver of Daning State.
He immediately ordered people to rebuild the national treasury, seal the secret passage, fill in the cellar of Zhang Ting's mansion, search and seal the Shangshu Mansion, and take all the people in Zhang's mansion to the sky prison to be dealt with after the emperor woke up.
Zhang Ting died, and the person who was most happy was Leng Xi.
At this moment, he was sitting quietly in Prince Xi's Mansion, his expression was much calmer than before.
That Zhang Ting, a month ago, inexplicably gave him 500,000 taels of silver, saying it was a gift to him, and asked him to speak well of him in front of the emperor. At the time, he didn't understand what he meant, but now he understands that he was embezzling. He didn't expect that these 500,000 taels actually came from the national treasury. Thinking of this, he took a deep breath...
He would not use the 500,000 taels of silver unless it was absolutely necessary.
As long as Zhang Ting died, the matter would be over. He had nothing to fear about the silver. What he had to wait for now was to take Liu Xi's head. When Leng Yu led people to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to provide disaster relief, he would lead people to force the emperor to abdicate in the name of rescuing the emperor.
Thinking of this, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and a sharp look appeared in the depths of his eyes.
…
Once the night becomes quiet, it feels a bit scary.
In the Yangxin Palace, Luo Lan, who had just received the emperor's blood test results, felt very fortunate. After a few days of treatment, two-thirds of the poison in the emperor's blood had been cleared. In other words, in two or three days, he would no longer need to be given anesthetics, and he would then be able to wake up.
Just when Luo Lan decided to tell Liu Xi the good news, she suddenly heard a sound of fighting outside. She looked through the crack in the door and saw Liu Xi fighting with two men in black. The guards guarding the door of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity wanted to step forward to help, but thinking of what Liu Xi had just said, they dared not step forward.
Luo Lan opened the door and Zhang Yuan came to greet her.
"princess……"
"What happened?"
"There's an assassin. Eunuch Liu has asked his subordinates to stay here while he goes alone to deal with it. Our subordinates want to help, but they're afraid they'll fall for a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain."
"Well, from the current perspective, will Eunuch Liu suffer any loss?"
Hearing this, Zhang Yuan seemed a little excited.
"Princess, I didn't realize before that Eunuch Liu's martial arts were so good. This time, I've really opened my eyes. Although the martial arts of those two men in black are also extraordinary, it seems that they can't gain any advantage over Eunuch Liu. You see, Eunuch Liu may have already forced them into a corner."
Through the faint moonlight, Liu Xi and the other two could no longer be seen. Luo Lan suddenly frowned.
"Take someone to check it out."
"But……"
"If they want to assassinate the emperor, they won't come with just two people. You take a few people over to take a look, and Xiaotanzi and the others will stay behind."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After saying this, he waved to the guards around him, and they quickly headed in the direction where Eunuch Liu disappeared.
At this time, Liu Xi was being pressed step by step by the two men. They were waving long swords in their hands and vowed to kill Liu Xi.
"Who are you?"
It turned out that although Liu Xi was good at kung fu, he was old and his eyesight was a little blurry, so he was hit by the opponent's silver needle, which made his legs weak and he could not fight with the opponent anymore.
The two men in black snorted coldly and replied directly:
"Go ask the King of Hell."
Before he finished speaking, the two men in black jumped up together and rushed straight towards Liu Xi. At the same time, Zhang Yuan also rushed over quickly, stood in front of Liu Xi, and wrestled with the two men in black.
The guards who arrived later also joined the battle, and Liu Xi was taken back to the gate of the Palace of Tranquil Longevity.
"Princess, Eunuch Liu is injured."
Luo Lan, who was standing at the door watching, saw two people supporting Liu Xi walking towards them and hurried over to greet them.
Liu Xi looked at Luo Lan with a face full of shame and shook his head vigorously.
"Princess, it's fine. It's just a silver needle. I can remove it myself later. You don't need to do anything."
"How can that be? Quick, help Eunuch Liu sit down..."
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