Mr. Wang suddenly turned pale. How could he not know the meaning of Tie Butian's words
"The right minister's son was sentenced to be exiled into the army, but he died in prison for no apparent reason. Afterwards, although this Liucui Lake became an ownerless thing on the surface, secretly, it belonged to your royal family."
Tie Butian said indifferently: "My lord, there are dozens of shops and industries around Liucui Lake. Well, there are sixty-eight shops in total, but among them, thirty-seven are named Wang. The court has never cared about this matter. Firstly, it was because of internal and external troubles in the past few years, and they couldn’t spare their hands; secondly, the three people from the imperial censor’s supervision office also had property in Liucui Lake. The eleven families share equally, hehe, the annual income is not cheap, it is very impressive!"
"Thirdly, I also count on you. When will we be able to look back? After all, it is not so easy for us, Tie Yun, to train a court minister. Your own ability is only one aspect, and there are court support and public reputation. Successive political achievements. Serving the country and the people can be regarded as making contributions! Hehe... "
Tie Butian's tone was already tinged with a hint of chill. The two officials were trembling all over, their faces were dripping with sweat, and they felt dizzy as well.
"This is Liucui Lake, which became the place where six or seven officials made their fortunes and shared the spoils! Now, when the court is about to requisition, you actually come to me to talk about public anger? Where did the public anger come from? Could this so-called public anger be just you? The anger of several families is not enough?"
"Manipulating public opinion in this way, you actually want to influence Gu's decision-making!" Tie Butian's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly, "Wang Zhi! Are you really so young and easy to bully?!"
With a plop, the two of them trembled like they were sifting chaff. They felt that their legs were weak, and finally they couldn't stand up, and they knelt on the ground.
Tie Butian said calmly: "Why, two adults, you need to ask for your consent to requisition Liucui Lake alone?"
"I don't dare!" The two of them kowtowed like garlic, and at this moment, they almost broke their guts with regret. No one could have imagined that Liucui Lake was really the prince's intention, and the prince was so resolute!
"Hmph! Liucui Lake is originally a national property, but you use the scenery of Iron Cloud City to fill your own pockets; this matter is simply ridiculous! As officials of the imperial court, you are living on the imperial salary, and you still... It's really embarrassing. Extremely heartbroken!" Tie Butian said sadly: "Forget it, after all, I'm an old courtier, and I don't want to do too much. Mr. Wang, you can inform the other families that half of Liucuihu's income over the years has been handed over to the national treasury. Go back. .”
"Yes, yes, thank you His Highness the Crown Prince for your kindness." The two kowtowed repeatedly, sweating profusely, as if walking around the gate of hell.
"I don't know these companies, do you still need to send a copy of the account book to compare?" When the two of them exited the door thankfully, Tie Butian seemed to be talking to himself, which immediately made the two of them go back together again. He stumbled and rolled down the steps in a state of embarrassment.
Seeing the two leaving in a state of embarrassment, Tie Butian's eyes were cold. He had been waiting, waiting for news from Chu Yang; but he might have been waiting for these people to tell the truth to him.
Now, after confirming Chu Yang's ability, Tie Butian made a decision. If there is no result yet, then Tie Butian plans to keep those two people for another day...
"Butian Pavilion finally started to take shape." Tie Butian finally sighed as he looked at the hazy moonlight outside the window. Since the establishment of Butian Pavilion, it was just a gimmick to prop up such a shelf. Tie Butian's name is the prince, but he is actually the king. How can he have time to manage the Butian Pavilion
Now that Chu Yang's arrival has truly filled this gap.
"Uncle Ying, what do you think Chu Yang will do to Butian Pavilion?" Tie Butian seemed to be talking to himself.
Suddenly, the air in front of him floated densely, and it seemed that the space was also inexplicably distorted, and a shadow of nothingness emerged, like a ghost, with a dry and low voice: "You shouldn't ask about this matter." I."
"I'm not asking you, but... I want to meet you." Tie Butian said softly, "You guys are my biggest reliance, but I'm so unwilling to show up, I don't see you for a few days, I always want to talk to you. Only after confirming your existence, I feel that when I go to sleep at night, I can dare to sleep... Hehe... "
Shadow's empty eyes also seemed to fluctuate, and he said hoarsely: "Don't worry, Your Highness, with the two of us here, no one can kill you in the next three days."
Tie Butian nodded with a light smile, and murmured: "I'm so tired." He took two steps back slowly, fell on the bed, and murmured: "You two shadow uncles, you should also rest."
The air twisted again, and the shadow slowly drifted away and disappeared.
Tie Butian on the bed had already closed his eyes. With the shadow around, he feels at ease. Although I don't know what rank Brother Shadow is, I know one thing clearly: if Brother Shadow wasn't by my side, Wu Wuqingrou might have already taken his head, right
When Cheng Ziang came back from Tie Butian's place, it was already midnight; when he walked to his room, he was about to open the door to enter, when he was startled suddenly, and shouted in a low voice: "Who is in my room?"
"It's me." A clear voice said, and then, the candlelight in the room suddenly lit up.
"So it's the throne." Cheng Ziang heaved a sigh of relief, pushed the door open and entered. In the room, Chu Yang was sitting upright on the chair in the middle, looking at him with cold eyes.
"The unknown emperor Kui Ye came here, what advice do you have?" Cheng Ziang felt a little drumming in his heart for some reason.
Cheng Ziang Mingming felt that the other party was weak, and he could kill him with a single hand, but he felt fear in his heart against this seemingly frail young man. For him, this is really an unimaginable thing.
"I dare not take advice." Chu Yang smiled and said, "It's just that in the afternoon, my wording was a bit inappropriate. Regarding the change of position, I didn't communicate with Captain Cheng beforehand, so I felt very uneasy. .”
"Where is there, Yuzuo Chu is clever. He caught the traitor in one fell swoop, cleared the hidden dangers for me in the Butian Pavilion, and even used thunderous means to turn the entire Butian Pavilion into a fighting force in the shortest time. It is extremely admirable to become someone." Cheng Ziang said with a smile.
"Well, so, Captain Cheng still approves of what I did?" Chu Yang smiled.
"Of course, of course, extremely recognized." Cheng Ziang nodded repeatedly. He was still guessing in his heart, Chu Yang's real intention here. I felt a little apprehensive, a little guilty.
"Well, His Royal Highness didn't say anything?" Chu Yang said with a smile.
"Uh, I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything... huh?" Cheng Ziang woke up suddenly after speaking halfway, and stared at Chu Yang dumbfounded, as if he had seen a ghost.
"It's fine if you don't say anything." Chu Yang stood up, nodded lightly and said, "Actually, I hope he will say something, hehe, Mr. Cheng is tired from running around, and at such an advanced age, don't work too hard, hehe Go to bed early." Just like that, he opened the door and walked away.
Cheng Ziang's head was covered with cold sweat and his whole body was cold.