Chapter 43 Is this the one million taels you mentioned?

Author: I want to light the lamp

Chapter 43 Is this the one million taels you mentioned?

Rong Cen was not sure whether the emperor's uncle had seen through it. As soon as the regent left, she quickly called Wanli to close the palace door and stand guard outside.

"Your Majesty? Are you feeling better just after drinking the medicine?"

Rong Cen nodded towards Wen Renxu's copycat Silly Bai Tian Hanhan. Seeing that the two big burdens on his shoulders were nowhere to be seen, he asked seriously: "Where is the money that was sold now?"

His Majesty looked like he was talking about business. The old man was slightly frightened. He scratched his head and said, "The father-in-law beside His Highness the Regent said that the treasury is empty and money should be spent wisely. It is easy for Your Majesty to squander it, so it is better for the Regent to keep it on your behalf."

To be on the safe side, if Your Majesty needs to pay for it, just send someone to find the Regent."

Rong Cen: "..."

It’s her dragon robe that’s being sold today, right?

If Rong Cen hadn't seen Lao Ba carry the cage out with her own eyes, she would have thought that what he secretly sold today was the Regent's python robe!

Although the emperor's uncle is sensible and will not refuse to give money if he really wants it, but with his quick and easy way, he can't wait to use one tael of money to make a hundred taels of money.

Maybe it was the one who squandered the treasury and scared the emperor's uncle into poverty. This disaster was not caused by Rong Cen, but she should bear the blame :)

I have to go south tomorrow, and I can’t do it if I don’t have any money.

She suddenly had an idea and asked, "Is the Minister of War's house very wealthy?"

The old man was like a thorn in the side, "Qin Shangshu said that he opened the Liujie pawnshop, and hired people to secretly do pawn business near the bank all year round. The big bank built on the outskirts of Beijing was filled with gold and jade..."

"Do you know where the money is hidden?"

"Of course! Qin Shangshu took me to see it and gave me a large sum of bribe money. That Zhuangzi is in Yushan Village, just over the Gold and Silver Mountain."

After hearing about Jinyin Mountain, Rong Cen suddenly had an immature idea in his mind.

The next moment, she pinched it out with force, but her eyes lit up and she accurately positioned, "Bribery?"

"I can confiscate it! I only want to be promoted. I have always kept myself clean and I never dare to be greedy!"

Rong Cen raised his eyebrows: "Be honest."

"If I don't buy it without accepting Qin Shangshu, it's really hard to refuse your kindness! This has nothing to do with me! I am innocent!"

Lao Ba hurriedly tried to clarify, but he just kept talking. Seeing His Majesty's face looking ugly, he was obviously losing confidence, "Your Majesty, I don't want to accept one million taels of silver from him. You see, I didn't even bring it back..."

Rong Cen looked ugly, for no other reason than that a minister of the Ministry of War could easily take out two million silver coins to flatter his master and seek glory, and to bribe the public.

The 10,000 soldiers and guards sent them off as soon as they were told, and they even made arrogant promises of arranging the emperor's expenses.

On the other hand, Lao Ba didn’t want the one million silver patterns in vain?!

But I heard him lower his head and murmur in a low voice, "Each box is so heavy that I can't bring it back. They are all buried under the trees in the wild forest outside the palace."

Unexpectedly, His Majesty got up and got off the dragon bed and walked to Lao Ba. All his words were naturally listened to.

Rong Cen looked at him with a half-smile, picked up his right ear, and said, "The stolen money will be confiscated. I forgive your innocence."

"The commander of the dragon guards..."

"It depends on my mood."

Facing Shang Xiu's expectant eyes, Rong Cen poured cold water on him without any hesitation.

-

Yizhou.

Xiao Lian and others stayed on guard for several days. On the twelfth day, they finally noticed the difference between Ye Jun and the past.

The military guards guarding the city walls and the archers lining the city walls were all moved away. The city gates were closed and wide open, as if to welcome guests from afar.

"Then Pang Chong is indeed waiting for us old bones."

Shao En, with the branches and leaves of the shrubs above his head, huddled behind the first tree and observed that Yizhou City seemed to be deserted, and Ye Jun started to plan an empty city.

"Isn't Pang Chong always brainless? How could he use a high-end strategy this time?" Xiao Lian hung upside down on the tree with his head hanging down. "There is an ambush behind the city gate. There are at least ten people on the left and right."

Wen Renxu had already made a large circle and slipped under the city wall. From a distance, he saw the burly and silly man shaking his head and waving his hands. Who knew what he was gesticulating!

Shao En picked the green leaves from his body and said, "According to the original plan, I will take the old generals into the city, and you will stay here to watch. I will continue to send a few more skilled and fast people to deliver the news to the other four states."

It's not that I didn't know that entering Yizhou City would lead to death, but there was no other way. I had to go to the Longtan and Tiger's Den. Otherwise, it would be even worse when Pang Chong found out that they were here.

"Please be careful!"

A group of veterans organized themselves on the spot, leaving all the dry food they had with them to the dragon guards. They walked towards the gate of Yizhou City with a breath of dust.

People were sent out every day to deliver the news. Whether it could be successfully delivered was not yet known, but the number of dragon guards Xiao Lian brought was getting fewer and fewer every day.

In four days, there were originally fifty elites, but now there are only thirty-four, including Xiao Lian.

The woods all seemed deserted.

The red sun rises slowly in the east, but the sky seems to be getting colder.

Xiao Lianfei stood down from the tree and watched Shao En and the others getting closer and closer to the city gate. His uneasiness became more intense and he thought to himself: Your Majesty, please ask me, Lao Xiao, to try my best to defend Yizhou. Reinforcements will be there in the fourth day at the latest. Your Majesty.

, this is already the fourth day...

Ten steps, nine steps,... three steps, two steps... Shao En and others have safely entered the city, and nothing happened.

Xiao Liang just breathed a sigh of relief, but something unexpected happened right at this moment!

He had just warned that there was an ambush behind the city gate. The old general was fully prepared and alert to both sides. Unexpectedly, there was no movement from the other side. When they all entered Yizhou City, one voice after another sounded - "Close the city gate!"

That’s it! Ambushing behind the city gate to close the door and beat the dog?

So what's the point of their trip? The disparity between us and the enemy is nothing but death.

Xiao Lian had killed countless people, and this was the first time in his life that he had no confidence in fighting.

"The second oldest Qizhou, the third oldest Tangzhou, the fourth oldest Yanzhou, and the fifth oldest Chuzhou must pass the news to the state guards."

"yes!"

-

In the afternoon, the prime minister asked to see him, and Rong Cen talked with him in detail for two hours, until his mouth was dry, and then he persuaded him to agree to his own personal expedition to the south.

"There are regents supervising the country, and there are veterans sitting in the court. Grand Master Lu dare not act rashly. Your Majesty can rest assured that you are here. I hope your Majesty will take care of the dragon body and return safely and triumphantly!"

"I will, I will."

Rong Cen finished his perfunctory answer and finally sent Wen Renmo away on the pretext of taking a lunch break.

As soon as he stepped out of Renzheng Hall, Rong Cen climbed through the window to look for Lao Ba.

She was going south tomorrow, and she had to dig out a few boxes of silver to deal with the one million silver under the trees in the wild forest.

"How many boxes?!" Lao Ba jumped, "Your Majesty, you might as well go and rob the bank! I only have ten boxes in total!"

One thousand taels per box, one million taels can fit into one hundred boxes. How come it is impossible to only have ten boxes.

Could it be that Lao Ba still wants to embezzle it for himself?

When they arrived at the destination, the two of them dug it out. Seeing that there were really only ten boxes, Rong Cen felt a little doubtful about life.

How can there be one million taels? Isn’t this just one hundred thousand taels?

"Is this the one million taels you said?"

Rong Cen looked sideways and saw Lao Ba's eyes shining with "One million taels of silver" written all over his face.

Okay, no need to answer.

Rong Cen sighed, why did she find an illiterate person to sell things?

Could it be that the emperor’s uncle also paid one hundred thousand taels?!

Her dragon robe suffered a terrible loss...
Chapter completed!