The wise king said: "I know it was not you who killed him."
Xu Qing said: "Then if you don't hurry up and let Jingzhao Mansion solve the case, there's no point in coming to me."
Speaking of this, Xu Qing was startled: "You don't want me to solve the case, do you? You don't want to go, I'm busy every day!"
King Xian: "Just busy playing mahjong with your wife every day?"
Xu Qing's face froze: "How do you know?"
King Xian said: "Xue'er told me that you are stupid. You couldn't even notice that she and your wife were changing cards under the table at the card table."
Hearing this, Xu Qing was stunned for a moment. It turned out that she was really cheating.
Although Xu Qing had always known that there was a 90% chance that Xiao Ruxue and his wife were cheating on each other, but it was still hard for Xu Qing to accept the sudden admission by Xiao Ruxue.
Because, Xiao Ruxue not only admitted that she was cheating, but also said that she was stupid!
This is heartless!
Have you forgotten who made the candied haws?
Have you forgotten who grilled the fish in the past?
Xu Qing raised her head and said: "Your Majesty, your daughter said such bad things about me, can you give me some compensation?"
"Compensation?" King Xian looked at Xu Qing jokingly and said, "It's not like I said bad things about you. What kind of compensation do you want from me? It was Xue'er who said that. If you have the ability, you and Xue'er will go?"
They both sat down on the chairs outside the shooting range, and then the wise king began to talk about today's events.
The wise king said: "Okay, I don't want you to solve the case. As I expected, that gambling house is a place where some ministers of the court laundered their money. I want to know where the money they laundered came from.
Yes, so I want you to help me check the accounts."
"Account?" Xu Qing was stunned: "What account?"
King Xian said: "The account of Chu State."
Xu Qing said: "Now that the last storm has just passed, you want to check the accounts again? I don't want to take the blame for the second time. Please ask someone else. Although you know the true thoughts of those in the court, it doesn't feel good to be scolded openly.
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The wise king said: "Don't worry, no one will take the blame this time, because the accounts checked this time are the accounts from the previous year."
"The accounts from the year before last?" Xu Qing asked doubtfully: "Didn't the accounts department check and seal all the accounts from the year before last?"
The wise king said with a cold light in his eyes: "It is precisely because the accounts from the previous year have been sealed, so we will not alert anyone if we go to investigate..."
Last year's accounts are still stored in the Accounts Department. If you check last year's account books, you will definitely be alert. However, the account books of the previous year are not stored in the Accounts Department.
The account books from the year before last and previous years are all piled up in a palace in the palace, and no one cares about them on weekdays.
Who said that to investigate corrupt officials, you have to check the accounts of the Ministry of Accounts?
When old accounts are dug out, corrupt officials will still be caught!
After explaining his thoughts to Xu Qing, King Xian looked at Xu Qing and said: "In the Guoshang Yuan, find a group of confidants and you and I will go through the accounts secretly. I must know how many honest officials there are in the court and how many are there."
How many corrupt officials.”
Xu Qing looked at the Xian Wang and said sincerely: "I have no confidants in the GuoShang Yuan." After hearing this, the Xian Wang frowned: "No confidants? What do you mean? You have been running the GuoShang Yuan for so long.
You don’t even have any confidants, do you think I can believe this?”
Xu Qing spread his hands and said: "As you said, I spend more time at home than in the GuoShang Academy. Even in the GuoShang Academy, ahem, don't I still have to study secret books, and I am still busy in my spare time?
Isn't it normal to be lazy and have no confidants? Besides, you don't have time to cultivate him, right?"
And I am also busy slacking off in my spare time.
The wise king wanted to slap him when he heard these words. Is this what a qualified Chu person can say?
King Xian always thought that he was lazy enough, but he didn't expect that Xu Qing turned out to be better than his master!
The wise king sometimes wondered, how could there be such lazy people in this world?
Does his father know that he is so lazy?
He should be glad that he is not his son.
If Xu Qing has no confidants, then auditing the accounts will become troublesome. This matter must be carried out secretly, and no leakage can be tolerated.
The Xian Wang thought for a while, then took out a jade plaque from his cuff and handed it to Xu Qing's hand. It was warm and smooth, with a crystal clear appearance. It was a good piece of jade.
Xu Qing looked at the crystal clear jade token in his hand, then looked at King Xian and said: "Your Majesty, I am not such a person. Even if you bribe me, I can't become a confidant. But having said that, this jade should be able to be sold.
A lot of money, right?"
When the wise king heard Xu Qing's words, his veins skipped a beat. How could he still regard this as a bribe? Does a prince like him need to bribe a county official?!
In the first sentence, he said that he was not such a person, but in the second sentence, he asked how much money he could sell for.
How can there be such shameless people in the world?!
King Xian suppressed the urge to beat him up and said, "This is the order from the three Shadow Guards! If you dare to sell it, I dare to sell you!"
Xu Qing looked at the token in his hand and said: "The transfer order for the three Shadow Guards? What are the Shadow Guards?"
King Xian said: "The intelligence network directly under my king is spread all over the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains. The Shadow Guard and the First Guard are responsible for espionage and the Second Guard is for assassination. These two guards are lurking throughout the Three Kingdoms. They are also the two, three and four guards with the largest number of people.
The five guards will be at my side at all times."
"What I have given you is the transfer order of the Three Guards. From today on, you will be the commander of the Three Guards. From tomorrow on, you will be responsible for teaching the Three Guards how to borrow money and how to use the abacus. If you have no confidants, I can only let myself
The confidants came to check the accounts."
Having said this, the Xian Wang sighed, pointed at Xu Qing and said: "You said that you have been in charge of the GuoShang Academy for so long without even cultivating any confidants. How did you become the dean of the GuoShang Academy?
?!"
Xu Qing looked at the wise king with an innocent face. Is it wrong not to train his confidants? Moreover, even if he did, could he tell you?
You can't admit it even to death!
Just when King Xian was about to turn around and leave, Xu Qing murmured: "I don't know how much the monthly salary of the three guards commanders is or when it will be paid each month."
Xian Wang’s fists in his sleeves clenched again. He still wanted to receive money?!
The Xian Wang looked at Xu Qing, who was always greedy for money, and said, "You, the dean of the National Business Academy, still care about the monthly salary of the Shadow Guard Commander?"
Xu Qing was surprised and said to the wise king: "Did you hear all my murmurings?"
Wise King: "My ear has always been good!"
Xu Qing said: "That's great. How much is the monthly salary of the Shadow Guard Commander?"
The veins on Xian Wang's forehead have appeared again. Is this guy doing it on purpose?
The wise king looked in disbelief and said, "With your wealth, do you still care about the monthly salary of the Shadow Guard Commander?"
Xu Qing said: "No matter how small a sparrow is, it still has a fleshy mouth."
The Xian King looked at Xu Qing who was showing his face and said, "When we were in Yongzhou, I remember that you said you were not greedy for money, didn't I?"
Xu Qing said matter-of-factly: "If you're not greedy for money, you're not greedy for money, but this is my legitimate labor income, why not?"