At this moment, there was a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the Xi Zheng Palace, and then Xu Changqing's heart-wrenching cry, "Your Highness, Your Highness the Crown Prince! I, the humble minister Xu Changqing, have something urgent to do. Please see Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
This shouting without warning completely interrupted the atmosphere carefully arranged by Li Chen in Xi Zheng Palace.
As if she had received an amnesty, Liu Sichun ran away like a rabbit and hid far away. She bowed to Li Chen and said hurriedly: "Daughter of the people, please leave first."
After saying that, Liu Sichun opened the door of Xi Zheng Palace, just as Xu Changqing ran in crawling on the ground. Liu Sichun glanced at the panicked Xu Changqing and ran away quickly.
If you don't run away, your chastity will be lost here.
While Liu Sichun narrowly escaped death, Li Chen set a gun on fire, and the duck that was about to be cooked actually flew away.
He stared at Xu Changqing extremely unhappily, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said through gritted teeth: "If you don't say you are ugly today, I will take off your head and use it as a chamber pot!"
Xu Changqing said in panic: "Your Highness, something big happened. The Chen and Hu families confiscated four million taels of cash!"
This sentence is not long, but its content is like a bolt from the blue.
Li Chen's eyes widened and he flew into a rage. He was so angry that he stared at Xu Changqing and said coldly: "At the emperor's feet, four million taels of cash would take a long time to move. Tell me, so much cash has been moved."
Robbed!?"
Xu Changqing's face turned pale, and he felt that His Highness the Crown Prince's power was like a stormy sea, pressing down on him one after another. Even the air around him seemed to freeze, and he could hardly breathe under the pressure.
Gathering up all his courage, Xu Changqing said: "The huge sum of four million taels in cash from the Hu and Chen families is not in the capital, but is stored in a bank they opened in Tong County. I have been ordered to inspect the two families."
After counting all the assets in the treasury of the two banks in Tong County, the accounts will be made as usual and then sealed and prepared to be shipped to the treasury."
"Because I have other assets that need to be counted and seized, I stayed in Tong County and asked the Tong County magistrate to send officials to the capital. According to the rules, immediately after leaving Tong County, there will be officials from the Ministry of Revenue leading officers and soldiers to take over the cash bank.
Unexpectedly, this batch of cash had just left Tongxian County and was robbed by a group of people before it reached the capital. All the government officials were killed. After learning the news, I rushed to the scene and took all the money.
It’s gone.”
"I was so frightened that I didn't dare to hide anything. I immediately came to plead guilty to the prince and asked him to die!"
As Xu Changqing spoke, he lay on the ground crying and bowed to the end.
Li Chen was furious, but his mind remained calm. He said coldly: "What's the use of killing you now? If you die, will the four million taels of silver come back!? Who knows the escort route!?"
"In addition to the minister, the magistrate of Tong County also knows." Xu Changqing replied hurriedly.
"Where are the others!?" Li Chen gritted his teeth and asked.
Xu Changqing felt the murderous aura almost surging out of Li Chen's words. He shuddered and said, "Kneel down and wait outside the East Palace."
"Let him get out of here!"
Li Chen yelled angrily, and immediately, outside the East Palace, a fat middle-aged man wearing a county magistrate's uniform, with disheveled hair and a fearful face ran over to him.
He bowed his head and hurried outside the Xi Zheng Palace. When he saw Li Chen, who was wearing a red dragon crown prince uniform, he did not dare to look at him. He knelt on the ground with a thud, and his forehead hit the floor tiles with a dull sound.
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"Xu Jiuan, the magistrate of Weichentong County, comes to see His Highness the Crown Prince."
Li Chen strode up to Xu Jiu'an, raised his leg and kicked Xu Jiu'an on the shoulder.
