novelhk Chapter 130 This Thief Has My Heart
Chapter 130 This Thief Has My Heart
"Ruyi, put all your things away. It's safer where you are."
"Ok."
The two of them just washed up and went to bed. As for what was happening outside, it was none of their business.
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As for the young prince, after listening to Xiao Ningzi's words, he arranged for Xiao Ningzi to find his father or brother as soon as he entered the mansion, as he could not solve this problem by himself.
Then he asked Xiao Shunzi to drive the carriage to a guest room and arrange for them to stay there first, and to give them some food so that they would not starve to death.
Leave the rest to my father and brothers.
I just don't know why Xiao Heitan went to Shangshu Mansion and rescued people and sent them back.
Hey, I discovered that this little brother Xiao Heitan is more troublesome and noisy than me.
New Year's Eve is a good day for family reunion, but instead of celebrating the New Year at home, you are wandering around outside. What kind of special hobby is this?
Next time we meet, I have to talk to him properly. He is so careless about his life.
Is it so easy to deal with that old bastard Yang Huizhang?
When he saw someone, instead of just hiding away, he actually approached them. He was really brave.
This is a bit risky.
Hey, this little brother is really worrying. I should protect him more in the future.
Otherwise, he was worried that Little Black Charcoal might easily kill himself.
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Xiao Ningzi walked all the way to the palace gate, but did not see her own prince and the little prince. When she asked her eldest brother who was guarding the palace gate, he said that the banquet tonight had not ended yet.
It seems like something has delayed me.
Xiao Ningzi took the young prince's badge and entered the palace. The palace banquet was about to end. The first person he found was the young prince, and he told him the matter quietly.
When the young prince heard this, his expression changed instantly, and then returned to normal.
"Okay, I understand. Go back home first and ask a doctor to come over and take good care of the patient."
"Okay, my Lord, I'll take my leave."
The young prince greeted the princess and the others, asked them to go back first, and walked towards the Qinzheng Hall.
After being notified, go in.
He knelt down and bowed, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you."
The emperor was handling government affairs with his head down. He looked up at Mo Chen and said, "Get up and find a place to sit down," and continued to work.
"What's the matter? Why are you here at this time?"
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
The emperor then took it seriously, put down the memorial in his hand, sat up straight, and waved his hand.
Eunuch De led his people away.
After seeing that there was no one else around, Mo Chen spoke up, "Your Majesty, the governor of Huainan, Li Jikun, is not dead or absconded. He has been imprisoned in the residence of Minister Yang and has just been sent to my brother's residence."
The emperor stood up in shock and asked loudly, "What did you say? Li Jikun is not dead or escaped? He has been imprisoned in Yang Shangshu's mansion?"
"That's right, Your Majesty. Just now, Xiao Ningzi, who was beside Chi Er, sent me the news. A total of six people who were imprisoned with Li Jikun are now in my brother's house.
We don’t know who the others are yet. It is said that they were covered in wounds, without a single piece of intact flesh, and they must have been lynched.”
"All right, all right, all right. What does this old man want to do? Setting up a private torture chamber? Do you know who sent him here?"
"Your Majesty, it was sent by a new friend of Chi'er."
"Well, let's do this. Go back and interrogate overnight to find out what happened in the Huainan corruption case. Also, where is the real evidence? I'll ask Lianzhou to cooperate with you."
"Brother, I obey."
"Lianzhou?"
"Your Majesty, I'm here!" Lianzhou, who had just returned from patrol, hid in the dark and knelt before the emperor.
"Couple with the young prince to find out the whole story of the Huainan corruption case, and by the way, see if it is related to other cases?"
"As ordered."
"You should do it immediately."
"I, your humble servant, take my leave."
The emperor looked at the two people who went out, hoping that they could do their job more efficiently, find the key evidence, and kill this old man completely.
Otherwise he would keep jumping over his bottom line every day.
If there is enough evidence, I can shut up the Queen Mother and her group and kill that old man. I have had enough.
Chi'er, who only knew how to eat, drink and have fun, has made progress this time. I just don't know if the other party is taking advantage of this little fool.
After that, I sent someone to check it out.
However, I guess Uncle Wang will ask someone to investigate.
I can finally get a good night's sleep tonight.
The emperor was just about to rest when someone from Lianzhou came to report, "Your Majesty, there was a fire in Yang Shangshu's mansion. The patrol went in to help put out the fire and found that the mansion had been emptied. There was nothing left, not even the bed."
The emperor's voice became shrill with shock, "The entire palace has been emptied?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, it is said that there is nothing left inside, completely empty, including the bed, table, and even the cooking pots.
Everything that could be moved was gone. It was completely empty."
After hearing this, the emperor wanted to laugh out loud. If he didn't want to maintain his dignity as an emperor, he really would have laughed out loud.
Even so, the corners of his mouth couldn't be pressed down.
This thief really pleases me!
"What about the fire? Is it big? Is it out?"
“Your Majesty, the place on fire is the ancestral hall of Minister Yang’s mansion, and it has now been burned to ashes.
The yard next to it was only slightly burned, but the fire has been put out. There was no fire in other places."
"The ancestral hall was burned? No other places were burned?"
This thief is so wicked and evil. What was he thinking when he burned down other people's ancestral hall?
However, I have to say, this little thief did a great job, it really hit the nail on the head.
Do something you've always wanted to do but haven't been able to do.
"Your Majesty, it was the ancestral hall that was burned. The fire must have been started intentionally, but it could have been started accidentally."
"Okay, I understand. Let's go down."
After the emperor saw the people leave, he pretended to be serious and said to Xiao Dezi, "I am tired today, so I will rest first. I will not see anyone except Prince Ning and his son and Lianzhou. Remember this."
"The slave obeys the order."
This little thief is quite capable. He emptied the Shangshu Mansion without anyone noticing. The key is that no one found out. Hahahahaha...
When the emperor thought of this, he burst into laughter. It was so gratifying!
I haven't felt so happy in a long time. I didn't stop until I had laughed enough.
At this time, my brain came back to its senses and I found that something was wrong!
The house was emptied and no one knew?
What does this mean? It means that the Wucheng Bingmasi did not do their job properly. The people emptied their house and no one noticed.
The key is where are all these people hiding? Where are all these things hiding?
We must conduct a city-wide search and strict investigation to prevent them from committing crimes again.
It would be so scary if this happened every other day.
We also need to strengthen the defense around us.
As for the national treasury, it is basically empty, and even the poor rats are too lazy to patronize it.
The money collected is not enough to spend. The income is not enough to make ends meet. There is nothing to steal.
As for his own private vault, apart from a bunch of porcelain, calligraphy and paintings that could not be bought or sold and could only be used for rewards and collections, there was not much money in it. It was estimated that the little thief would not even look at it.
If you think about it this way, there's nothing to worry about. There's nothing there to begin with, so how can they steal it?
But my personal safety does need to be strengthened. I have nothing to steal, but I am afraid that someone might want to steal my life!
Arrangements must be made, more manpower and patrols must be increased, and my personal safety must be guaranteed.
I am a very cowardly emperor.
He was probably the poorest emperor in history.
If I were not the emperor, I would like to be a petty thief and rob the homes of these corrupt officials.
As subjects, are all of them richer than me? Is this appropriate? Is this reasonable?
It's difficult. Since I took the throne, I thought I had been working diligently and conscientiously, without slacking off at all, working hard day and night, but I'm still in this situation now.
Difficult!