The next day he found his house empty and everything was gone. He hurriedly opened the private vault and found that the lock was gone. The whole house was covered with dust.
"Ah~ Who is it? Which bastard is it!"
Bai Zhiyue didn't hear it, so she wasn't scolding her.
At this time, the stewards from all over came to report
"Sir, the kitchen has been emptied, leaving only the stove."
"Sir, all the money in the accounting office is gone, and the public treasury is empty."
"Sir, there's not a grain left in the granary. Only rat holes remain."
He was so angry that he shouted like crazy
"Get out, all of you~"
Then a low voice said,
"Sir, the lady took the young master and the young lady back to her parents' home last night!"
Li Qingshan couldn't bear it any longer, so he picked up something nearby and threw it at the man. Fortunately, he was smart and ran away after saying that, so he was not hit.
Only the butler was left, and he had to mention it even if he didn't want to.
"Master, we haven't had breakfast yet. The kitchen is out of everything. We need to send someone to buy more. We also need to prepare enough ingredients."
After all, the family needs to eat, and we can't just buy a little and eat it all. We need to prepare at least a month's worth of grain and oil. There is not a penny in the public account, so we have to ask the adults for an explanation.
Everyone in the prefecture was starving and waiting for his advice. Without money, they couldn't function.
"Go to the Liu family to find the lady and ask her to come back and take charge. This is the mistress's responsibility."
Damn, this is really something. He invited her back just to use his own private money to subsidize her, and he even said it so strangely.
In the past, he would have to dress up nicely and go to Yue's house to pick someone up. But this time, he couldn't disguise himself anymore. He would be scolded if he went, and he had to use his wife, so he could only let the housekeeper make the trip.
After hearing about this, Liu Shi didn't return home. She only gave the housekeeper 200 taels to buy some food for the time being. At this time, she didn't dare go back. It was obvious that he was angry. What if he couldn't stop...
I absolutely cannot reply.
Fortunately, after hearing about Li Qingshan's situation, her family did not persuade her to go back and make do with it. Instead, they asked her to stay at her parents' home temporarily and make a decision after she thought everything through. She couldn't make up her mind yet, so she gave the silver to the housekeeper.
In fact, 200 taels is only enough to buy some firewood, rice, oil and salt for the mansion, which can only last for a few days.
When the housekeeper returned home with 200 taels of silver, he was scolded by Li Qingshan.
"You're useless. You can't even coax someone back. What's the use of you?"
"Madam doesn't want to go back, there's nothing I can do."
The housekeeper rolled his eyes and came up with an idea.
"Sir, why don't you let the eldest son go? The lady will always feel sorry for the young master."
Li Qingshan immediately understood
"Starting today, I've dismissed the eldest young master's zither and horse riding instructors, and I've also stopped practicing calligraphy. We simply don't have any extra money to pay him back. I'll give him two vegetarian dishes, a bowl of soup, and a few steamed buns every day. Just hold on for a while!"
He would make his eldest son suffer for a few days, and then, without any need for him to tell them, they would have to go and persuade their mother to come back and take charge of the household. The eldest son, who had never experienced hardship before and was only interested in studying and practicing calligraphy, would definitely not last more than a few days.
Haha, this kind of person, I don’t know how he pretended to be so nice in the past. Even if he has been pretending for so many years, he should have some habits. But he can lose everything immediately after something happens. He doesn’t care about anyone at all.
He finally managed to arrange his family affairs and went to Yingtian Prefecture to report to the police with a dark eye.
"Master Gao, my house was robbed last night. What did you do as the Yingtian Prefecture to allow thieves to be so rampant in the Imperial City and steal from my house?"
Prefecture Governor Zhang is exhausted. These days he has been dealing with endless cases and lawsuits. First, there was the person sent by Duke Rongfu, then Minister Zhao sued his steward, and now an imperial censor has come. Is this the end of his tenure as prefect?
It’s not easy to be an official in the imperial city, it’s really not easy.
"I will conduct a thorough search and apprehend the thief."
It's not like he has the final say on the public security of the imperial city. Go find someone else to yell at. Do you really think you don't know anything? Those who participated in what happened last night talked a lot about it when they got home. If you go out on the street now, you will definitely hear people talking about it.
Even thieves can't stand what you do. Otherwise, why would they steal your things? I haven't heard of anyone else losing so much valuables.
But the censor cannot be offended, and there are some things that cannot be said.
In fact, Li Qingshan still suspected Bai Zhiyue.
"Master Zhang, please ask Lord Rongfu about this. She was the one who said there was a thief, but we didn't see any trace of him. Why did she see him alone?"
Lord Zhang thought to himself, if you have the guts, go and ask yourself what the identity of Lord Rongfu is. You are interrogating him without any evidence.
"Master Wu mentioned to me that they failed to catch the thief last night. Today, they have been strictly checking people coming and going, and they have also added people to patrol at night. If they find anyone, they will be caught immediately."
"Hmph, as soon as possible!"
He knew it was unrealistic for him to interrogate Bai Zhiyue, but this was the only option.
But the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. The so-called thief didn't exist at all, so how could a thief come from and take away his belongings?
Bai Zhiyue must have been angry that I was reporting her to the court, so she did what happened yesterday. She must have sent people to move the property away, so it was useless to search for the thief.
But can he go and search? Can he come to your house and say that it was you who moved away?
It's impossible without evidence. It makes him so angry.
She beat him, made him look bad, and made herself a pauper. Then think about all those people who were troubled by her, who didn't suffer a huge loss, almost emptying their family's savings.
Even Lord Wan was filled with hatred at the thought. How could this disaster have happened to him if it weren't for him? What the hell, the eldest prince? Bah, I quit!
But his disaster is not just this
When the emperor learned about this, he called the people into the palace and gave them a good scolding. He had finally found the chance. These censors were always looking for trouble. They had no ability to deal with major issues and could do nothing but quarrel. They kept saying one way or the other.
He criticizes this person today and that person tomorrow, saying that he is not in compliance with regulations and that he is unreasonable. Humph, today I will let him know how it feels to be scolded.
Well, there was no clear law at that time that said beating a woman was a crime. As long as no one was killed, he would be fine.
The emperor couldn't punish him for this, but he could still hurt him emotionally and morally.
Some officials also took this opportunity to report him, saying that since he was such a deceitful person, how could he guarantee the accuracy of government affairs? Censor Li needed to be re-evaluated.
The emperor agreed with him and punished him to reflect on himself at home for a month, and then go to the Ministry of Rites to work as a doctor and study hard.
Li Qingshan was a bully who only feared the strong and bullied the weak. He was scolded and insulted in the court, and was also reported by others, but he did not have the slightest temper and just bowed his head and accepted it all.
When he returned, he couldn't help but want to beat someone up again, but he found that his concubines were afraid of him as if they were wild beasts. Thinking about the current situation, if something happened again, he would not be able to be an official, so he had to give up the idea of venting his anger on his concubines and went out to find a place to vent.
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