At night, the lights are bright.
Dozens of large fire pots were placed in the open space of the parade ground. The blazing flames illuminated the night sky and dyed half of the East Palace red.
The Qishiyuan family moved neatly into the Xuanyinsi prison. East King Zhu Minjun became completely obedient. Under his orders, the family generals and servants gave up resistance and were taken to the South Street where a prison was set up on a plot of land.
Hundreds of family members, young and old, were now swaying here and there in the open space of the parade grounds, some snoring loudly, some clamoring for a feast, unable to sleep as they were hungry.
Dongwangzhu Family is just as its name suggests.
Dong Wang Zhu Minjun was calm and composed, and told his three brothers not to panic and refrain from bringing shame to their ancestors.
The confiscation of property is just a formality. The emperor just used it as an excuse to reduce the power of the princes. He dare not do anything to the East Prince's Palace. Let my brothers eat and sleep as usual and don't take anything to heart.
On the side of Xuanyinsi, thousands of people spread out across the East Palace, took over the warehouse, counted the cash, collected the account books, and secretly sent them to the Xuanyinsi yamen.
Just like all big families and sects, the East Palace has two sets of account books, one open and one hidden. The open one is fake and the hidden one is true.
The account books for the open account have been found, two large trucks full of them, and the hidden account books...
Zhu Minjun said that there was no such thing. The warehouse manager was loyal to him and was being sent to the torture chamber of Xuanyin Division. It was still unknown whether the truth could be extracted through torture.
Screening fake account books is of little significance. The real account books record important data such as Dongwang County’s tax revenue, and inventory requires a lot of manpower.
These are all things that happened later. Statistics is a time-consuming and laborious task. The Yidong Palace is a large and powerful place, and even the cash flow over a few decades is a staggering number. Without a special person sent by the court, the Ningzhou Xuanyinsi government would be unable to figure it out even if they worked themselves to death.
Every profession has its specialization.
Mathematics is a rigorous elder sister. The communication threshold for pursuing her is very high and she emphasizes talent. Hard work and sweat cannot please Mathematics. If she says you are not worthy, then you are not worthy, no matter how hard you lick her, it will be useless.
Therefore, thousands of people were busy taking stock of the wealth in the East Palace that was visible and could be directly observed with the naked eye.
In the name of searching for evidence, they blatantly carried out the work of ransacking houses.
Gold and silver jewelry, precious calligraphy and paintings, magic weapons, natural treasures...
"In Zone A, thirty Qiankun bags were seized, with varying amounts of gold inside, which has not yet been verified, as well as silver notes worth 60 million and dozens of rare and precious antiques."
"Zone C, a secret room, fifty Blood Cold Fruits, hundreds of Three Heart Leaves, ten pairs of Yin God Flowers, five hundred years old Thick Earth Ganoderma..."
"The Dan room in Wuzi District is sealed..."
"Land deeds were found in Xinzi District, and there is good farmland..."
"Report, an underground palace has been excavated in the Guizi area!"
"Report again, there are new discoveries in the Bingzi area..."
"… "
One by one, the Golden Guards were running between the various districts and the training grounds. The five clerks in charge of registration were in a hurry. There were seven or eight porcelain bottles on the table. Whenever someone's hand speed could not keep up with the speed of reporting, they would raise their hands and drink a bottle.
Seeing their colleagues busy as hell, the players were heartbroken and sobbed as they found the principal.
As temporary workers of the Xuanyin Division, they also wanted to do their best. They cried and shouted that they would die of exhaustion in the East Palace, and begged President Gao not to treat them as human beings.
Being a beast of burden in this life, I am destined to work hard tonight.
Lu Bei smiled slightly and told the temporary workers not to always think about sacrificing themselves. Newcomers should watch and learn more. Forcing things without experience would only delay the progress of the house seizure.
Rather than sacrificing in vain, it is better to keep their bodies useful. There are many days to come, and there will always be a time to sacrifice them.
Players definitely cannot be allowed to do tasks like confiscating property.
Otherwise, by the end of the copying, the East Prince's Mansion would have been one of the poorest in Wu Zhou, with no clothes to wear and no food to eat. Although they had a place to live, they were penniless.
The players were responsible for maintaining order at the scene, as well as photographing Lu Ziwei's wisdom and bravery and Hu Ziwei's stunning beauty, in order to spread the positive image of Xuanyinsi.
That is to say, standing guard.
On the live streaming website, the comments were filled with comments calling the officials "corrupt officials". Some people were cursing and asking whether the Xuanyinsi Yamen was still recruiting.
People curse the rich because they themselves are not rich; people curse the greedy because they themselves are not greedy.
The dragon slayer will eventually become the evil dragon. This is reality and human nature.
Seeing their own principal being called a dog official and holding a stunning beauty hostage so that she couldn't sleep at night, the players were unhappy and the live camera switched several screens.
Outside South Street, which stretched for dozens of miles, excited crowds came from all directions to cheer. Some were laughing, some were crying. Due to poverty, they could not set off firecrackers, so they could only sing and dance.
Before the barrage was changed, there were no dog officials, only dog biting dog.
"Report, a golden sword and jade seal were dug out from the garden of the palace in District Yi, as well as two imperial robes."
"What did I say? There must be something under the third tree!" Lu Bei clapped his hands in applause, deeply impressed by his own foresight, and asked someone to quickly present the evidence.
Soon, two brand new imperial robes were handed over, with golden feather phoenixes looking proudly, and every stitch and thread was lifelike.
“Wonderful!”
Lu Bei nodded repeatedly, ordered his men to hold up the imperial robe, and looked at the East King Zhu Minjun who was resting with his eyes closed not far away: "Your Highness, East King, don't you want to explain?"
"If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext. Heaven and earth can bear witness to my loyalty to the king. Your Majesty will make the decision." Zhu Minjun showed contempt, indicating that he didn't care. It was clearly a frame-up, and he was mentally prepared.
and…
“Puff—”
Zhu Minjun laughed loudly, pointing at the imperial robe and mockingly said, "I don't know who made this robe. It's really a little too delicate. It's so skinny. Not to mention me, no one in the entire East Palace can wear it. Remember to change it into two more magnificent ones when presenting it to His Majesty."
After saying that, he puffed out his big belly. Crouching Dragon, Young Phoenix and Great Congming followed him and talked and laughed, and the training ground was filled with a happy atmosphere.
Lu Bei: …
You piece of crap, you can't even handle such a small thing, and you still have the nerve to call yourself a professional
Lu Bei glared at Hu San, who was speechless and felt deeply aggrieved.
You can't blame him, the intelligence was wrong.
Hu San carefully considered the information about the East Prince's Palace for a long time. In order to frame him and make him look real, he read the information about the East Prince Zhu Minjun over and over again ten times.
According to intelligence, Zhu Minjun has a square face and is very majestic.
The description and evaluation of the King's body say that he is fat and kind-hearted, and has a broad mind and is tolerant.
Fox Three thought about it and concluded that being tolerant means having a very thick waist. He was a fat man, and two normal people could fit into his waistband. When he privately made the imperial robe, he loosened it up a notch according to the body shape of a strong man.
Who would have thought that he was too narrow-minded and seriously underestimated the power of the East Palace.
"Report!"
A Qing guard rushed to the parade grounds and said, "We found a secret room in the Jia area. Inside are the imperial robes, phoenix chairs, jade seals and other items of the royal family. There are also clothing for civil and military officials, imperial edicts, memorials and other large and small items, totaling more than 1,200 items."
"???"
Zhu Minjun was stunned. The three smart guys had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter and were still grinning foolishly. They only came to their senses after Zhu Minjun punched them one by one.
Something happened!
The cheerful atmosphere came to an abrupt end and immediately became solemn.
"There are so many. Hurry up and present the evidence..."
Lu Bei secretly thought that he was amazing, and cast a look of admiration towards Fox Three, taking back his previous words, saying that he was worthy of being his elder brother, and people belonging to the fox genus were indeed amazing.
Fox Three: (a`′a)
My second brother might not believe me. He didn’t prepare much evidence, and buried it all under the third tree on the east wall of the garden. His current harvest…
It was purely an accident.
The two exchanged glances, and Lu Bei understood what he meant and was suddenly startled.
It wasn't Fox San who did it. The East Palace really has evidence of treason, and it's the kind that means one family will die.
My goodness, this is a frame-up that turned out to be a real rebellion, and no good people were wrongly accused!
It's too outrageous, even novels don't dare to write like this.
"hehe."
Lu Bei smiled but didn't smile. He waited for the evidence to arrive at the training ground one by one. He glanced at Zhu Minjun who was frowning, and asked the Qingwei loudly: "Area A is the inner courtyard of the palace. In addition to His Highness and the Princess, the residents are His Highness's immediate family members. They are all very valuable. Don't talk nonsense, kid."
"Your Excellency, I dare not speak carelessly. All the evidence was seized in District A, the inner courtyard where the second son of His Highness the Eastern King resides." Qing Wei reported truthfully.
"You are such a rebellious dog, how could I give birth to such a beast like you!"
Zhu Minjun was furious and kicked one of his sons. The man's waistline was among the top among all the scholars, so he must be the second prince.
"Father, please don't hit me. I am innocent and I know nothing. It must be... it must be a false accusation."
The second prince looked panicked and fell to the ground, shaking like a sieve. The evidence was correct, he had indeed made it privately, just to fulfill a childhood dream.
The King of the East was a military prince who expanded the territory. He was the younger brother of the former emperor of Wu Zhou and was good at fighting and had made great contributions.
To make a slightly outrageous analogy, is it possible that if the King of the East was born one or two years earlier than the previous emperor, and the throne was passed down from generation to generation, then he would have become the common ruler of the world
Very likely!
Having missed the throne, the second prince was in great grief. He lost his appetite for several days and could only eat half a pig for one meal.
When his wives and concubines saw that he had lost his appetite, they tried their best to please him to prevent the news from leaking out. He taught himself to sew and forge tools, which enabled him to obtain many royal items.
Every night, once the gates were closed, the second prince would ascend the throne and have fun with his queen and beloved concubines.
This could not be said openly, nor could it be said secretly. If it were said, he would die. The second prince refused to admit it and insisted that he was framed.
"Report!"
"Area A, a secret room was found in the inner courtyard of the Third Prince, and the golden sword and jade seal were seized, as well as several pieces of clothing for the empress and concubine."
"Report! The Grand Prince's Inner Courtyard in District A..."
"Report..."
Half an hour later, led by the Green Guards and followed by the Gold Guards, a total of 40 imperial robes, 12 jade seals, and 100 seals of various types of emperors were moved out from Area A, which is also the inner courtyard of the East Palace. There were numerous items related to the royal family.
The bravest one is the eldest prince. As the eldest son and prince, he will be the next King of the East who will succeed to the throne after he outlasts Zhu Minjun. The eldest prince is a man who is free from vulgar interests.
He had no illusions about the throne, and there were no fake imperial robes and seals in the secret room of the inner courtyard. What he pursued was art, and there were three hundred hardcover picture albums hidden in the secret room.
They were all painted by him personally, the result of long-term study and outstanding accomplishments, with a strong realistic style.
There are three hundred picture albums, half of which are for the current queen and concubines, and the other half is for the empress dowager alone.
Lu Bei: “…”
Fox Three: “…”
Barrage: "…"
Just kill them all. Keeping them around will only drive up prices and cause manure waste.