The old butler wanted to say more, but the deceased suddenly stabbed the other man in the abdomen with a knife!

"Poof!" There was a sound, and blood and intestines flowed out along the opening in the abdomen.

"You, why do you want to kill me?" The old housekeeper was shocked.

He never expected that everything was under control. He was just trying to show off a few words to show his strength, but in the end, he was killed by a confidant!

"Why? In order to get orphans, you allowed a severe drought in the three prefectures, refused to provide relief, and then took the children from the people for only one copper coin per child."

"Have you all forgotten this?"

"Although I was only two and a half years old at the time, I remember clearly, one penny, one penny, take the child away and let the child live. Those were the last words of my parents who starved to death." The dead man said through gritted teeth.

The old housekeeper had nothing to say.

He really deserves to die.

"But, that was Master Han's plan. The eldest prince nodded. I'm just the executor." The old housekeeper still wanted to argue.

Although he knew he was going to die, he still wanted to find some hope.

"Huh, Master Han and the eldest prince, although they are the instigators, what they actually said was to cut the food and money by one-third and allocate two-thirds to make the disaster worse."

"I just want to take the opportunity to buy some children, and I don't want to starve the victims to death."

"After all, the eldest prince and Master Han are also afraid of future retribution. They lack nothing, not money, but status."

"But according to you executors, not only will the crop be reduced by 100%, but you will also take the opportunity to increase taxation! If we don't provide disaster relief, the people will still have a third chance of survival. If we provide disaster relief, the people will have no chance of survival at all!" The dead man said fiercely!

With.

The old housekeeper had nothing to say.

He knew about this and even wanted to report it, but considering the 2,000 taels of silver sent by the people below, he chose to turn a blind eye.

He also felt that this matter had nothing to do with him and was done by someone below. What does it have to do with him?

But he didn't expect that his failure to report his knowledge left no room for adjustment or relaxation in the matter.

The motive of the dead soldier to kill him was so sufficient that it could not be more sufficient.

"No, all of you dead soldiers are useless!" The old housekeeper thought of a question in horror,

"Who told you the truth?"

"What do you think?" The dead man drew out his knife and stabbed the opponent's lungs directly.

Lung bleeding and suffocation are the most painful ways to die.

The old housekeeper slowly fell to the ground. He was in great pain, his face turned blue, and he was gasping for air, but he couldn't get any breath.

In the end, he killed himself alive.

When the dead man saw this, he turned around and left.

Not long.

The maid came in to bring tea.

When she saw the old housekeeper dead and with blood all over the floor, she did not let out the familiar scream, but pretended not to see anything and quickly turned around and left.

He even cleaned up his footprints before leaving.

This maid didn't conspire, she just didn't want to be the first person to find out, and then be suspected and beaten.

Once it's hit, it's death.

If you hit someone, you will kill him.

This is the rule in the house.

Because if you are beaten, you will hold a grudge. Rather than wait until the future, it is better to beat you to death now.

There are only two ways to deal with the servants in the eldest prince's mansion.

One is reward.

The second is execution.

Naturally, this maid did not dare to take this risk.

As a result, the dead man who should have been caught immediately had three extra hours to escape.

It wasn't until another staff member came to see the old housekeeper that he discovered that he had been dead for a long time.

Then he began to report it and ordered people to search for it.

…………

And this is just the beginning.

For a time, there were frequent cases in the eldest prince's house.

Under normal circumstances, if a murder occurs once or twice a year, it is very serious.

But now it happens twice or three times in ten days!

Simply outrageous!

Either the butler was killed by a servant, or one of the servants tried to assassinate the master.

Of course most cases are unsuccessful.

After all, if the frequency is too high, the success rate will drop sharply.

This is also because there are many people in the eldest prince's mansion and the place is very big.

Otherwise, there won’t be enough people to handle cases.

All in all, there was chaos in the prince's mansion.

The eldest prince was very shrewd. When the first case occurred, he immediately stopped living in the mansion and went to another small courtyard that no one knew about.

"Damn it, I know it must be the second prince who did it. He wanted to take the opportunity to alienate my power and make everyone feel in danger!" The eldest prince walked back and forth in a room.

He was very anxious.

"Uncle, please be patient. Although this has its drawbacks, it is not without its benefits." said the aide.

"How can I settle down? If this matter reaches the ears of my father, he will definitely think that I can't even deal with a few servants. How will I manage the entire force in the future?" the eldest prince said depressedly.

"It doesn't matter, I have thought of this a long time ago, so now the cases in the house are basically sealed, and no one outside will know about it." The staff was confident.

"But my father's wind guards will hear the news."

"Haha, they heard the news, but they won't have evidence, and they won't be able to report it to the emperor."

"Why is this?" the eldest prince asked in confusion.

"That's because even if the emperor knew about it, he would not make a big move. He wanted to maintain a balance between the two princes."

"If we suppress you too much, it will be equivalent to letting the second prince's power grow too much, which will encourage the second prince's ambition and make the situation unbalanced." The staff said this.

After hearing this, the eldest prince thought for a while and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Even so, after the emperor gets the news, he will still reprimand the lonely king. Those who follow the trend will follow the trend and turn to the second prince." He worried.

"It's okay. If we can't solve something, let others not be able to solve it either."

"In this case, everyone will feel that it is not that our strength is too weak, but that the problem is too difficult."

"What do you mean?" The eldest prince thought thoughtfully.

"Yes, we also fought back, and we also caused the same thing to happen in the second prince's house."

The eldest prince nodded, then shook his head.

"But how can we achieve this?"

"The second prince has made his mansion so watertight that no knife can be inserted into it."

"The rules are the most stringent. Among the servants, no one dares to make friends with outsiders."

This is what he envies and what he despises.

Because if you do this, you will definitely offend a lot of people.

I don’t know which day the second prince will be killed by his servants.

However, he forgot that his own leniency only enriched the management, but made the people at the bottom more stressed.

It's not as good as the second prince, who is equally strict no matter how high or low he is.

On the contrary, it makes people at the bottom take it for granted.

"Your Majesty is right. The Second Prince's house does not make many friends with outsiders."

"Furthermore, we are too harsh in dealing with things, so it is difficult for us to penetrate deep into their interior. But please rest assured, Your Majesty, I have devised a wonderful strategy." The aide said confidently.

You can only commit a thief in a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief in a thousand days.

Then some cases began to appear in the second prince's house.

Although the frequency is much lower than that in the eldest prince's house, it still comes and goes.
To be continued...