Chapter 19 [Things escalate]

"The East Palace is investigating a case, everyone else please stay away!"

In Kyoto, the Eastern Palace guards found all the people who carried the silver that day.

On that day, due to manpower shortage, the people who carried the silver were not Lin Gong's men, but the servants of Zuixianju.

There are eighteen people in total, and all of them have now been found.

Unfortunately, these eighteen porters were all killed.

It’s better for people from the East Palace to arrive a little later.

Now, the case escalated again.

In the important area of ​​the capital, under the feet of the emperor, eighteen lives were lost, which is by no means a small case.

Upon learning that all eighteen people had been silenced, Li Chengqian's face finally became a little heavy.

On the stretcher, Lin Gong's butt was swollen. He wanted to take a breath, but after thinking carefully, he held it back.

At this time, he was afraid that he would be beaten again.

"If it was you who stole the silver, what would you do now?" Li Chengqian lowered his head and looked at Lin Gong, whose buttocks were covered in blood on the stretcher, and asked.

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the twenty military sticks were real and not a bit exaggerated.

Moreover, they beat him after he took off his pants.

It is better to lose face than to lose your life.

Li Chengqian was taking his anger out on him, but he was also protecting him.

Although Lin Gong was a warrior, he understood this point in his heart.

Therefore, he had no complaints about the beating.

"Your Highness, I didn't steal it!" Lin Gong said hurriedly.

Li Chengqian just looked at him calmly without saying a word.

Lin Gong was anxious, ignoring the pain, and said with a grin:

"Your Highness, I really didn't steal this silver, I swear!"

Seeing his eagerness to explain, Li Chengqian's eyebrows jumped slightly and he said:

"I said what if."

"Who is Jia Ru? I don't know Jia Ru!

Your Highness, please listen to my argument. Even if you give me ten times the courage, I would not dare to steal this money!"

Li Chengqian really wanted to kick him.

"Lin Gong, brains are a good thing, but it's a pity that you don't have them!"

Li Chengqian rubbed his brows, feeling really speechless.

As he spoke, this guy actually stood up from the stretcher.

"Does your butt hurt anymore?" Li Chengqian asked.

"What?" Lin Gong hadn't reacted yet. The next moment, the severe pain in his body made him wail with his mouth wide open.

It's rare to be this stupid.

"Wang Biao."

"Here!" A burly man stood up straight, waiting for orders.

Wang Biao, the leader of the six leaders of the Eastern Palace, is a seventh-rank warrior.

"Gather the team and set off immediately. Target: Zuixianju."

"Yes!"

Three thousand people marched in a mighty force and headed straight for Zuixianju.

In the carriage, Li Chengqian leaned against the window and enjoyed Chunchan's service.

"Your Highness, what are we going to do at Zuixianju?"

Lin Gong followed behind on a stretcher, and he couldn't help but ask.

"If the silver didn't disappear in the Lin Mansion, and it wasn't swapped by you, then there are only two possibilities.

Before it even left Zuixianju, it was replaced by someone using a trick."

Li Chengqian said.

"Yes, why didn't I think of it!" Lin Gong was overjoyed.

Li Chengqian didn't want to pay attention to him. If he stayed with a fool for too long, he would be infected.

"Your Highness, it's been a night. The silver may have been moved away."

Uncle Fu said as he drove the carriage.

As soon as these words were spoken, Lin Gong, who had originally felt a little hopeful, suddenly turned face black.

"Uncle Fu, please don't talk. No one thinks you are dumb."

Lin Gong did not dare to look down on the old eunuch. After all, he was a man respected by the prince, so he could not look down on him.

Uncle Fu did not take his words to heart, but said to the carriage:

"Your Highness is gambling. You are gambling that this huge amount of silver has not been transferred in time and that it is still in Zuixianju." "The one who knows me best is Uncle Fu." The young man said lightly in the carriage.

"Your Highness, if you still can't find the silver in Zuixianju, what should you do..."

The maid Chunchan was quite worried about this.

After all, one night is enough to do a lot of things.

For example, the eighteen porters were killed and all of them were silenced.

"At this time, we can only take a gamble." The young man closed his eyes and said calmly.

"Faster, faster!"

On the stretcher, Lin Gong shouted loudly, he wished he could get off and run.

I was afraid that if I was a second late, the money would really fly away.

Zuixianju.

It was already evening, and guests were arriving one after another, and the banks of Liujing River suddenly became lively.

Zuixianju is a unique place.

As long as you have enough money, you can always find a girl with similar interests here, allowing you to completely relax.

Of course, the price of mental relaxation and physical relaxation is naturally different.

As a brothel, Zuixianju is of a much higher standard and has higher consumption.

Today, Guo Baokun came here early, hoping to see the courtesan Si Lili again.

He has spent a lot of money, but until today, he still has not been able to become the lover of the night.

What you can’t get is always in turmoil.

Guo Baokun is determined to win over Si Lili.

He believed that Lin Gong could invite Si Lili to be the host and he could also meet her in person.

However, when he arrived at Zuixianju, Guo Baokun realized that after the disaster relief charity sale, Si Lili's net worth had skyrocketed again.

If you don't have a lot of wealth, it's hard to see her.

"It's all because of that damn Lin Gong that I don't have enough money to pay the threshold now!"

Thinking of this, Guo Baokun became even more furious.

They are all second-generation officials, but now, Lin Gong has become famous and has become a rising star in Kyoto, praised by everyone.

Looking at himself, even his father looks down on him.

Thinking of this, Guo Baokun became even angrier.

"One day, I can prove myself!"

Standing on the covered bridge, Guo Baokun looked at the pleasure boats on the river in a daze.

That is Si Lili’s flower boat.

Now, he is obsessed with Si Lili, but he cannot get her, which makes him feel sad.

"I, Guo Baokun, actually have the potential to be a great general, but I haven't yet activated my potential. You all just wait!"

Guo Baokun muttered to himself in a low voice.

"Now that the money has disappeared, I wonder how you can still be so arrogant!"

Thinking of the disappearance of the silver that caused a lot of controversy today, he suddenly felt much better.

Just then, a burst of orderly footsteps came from afar.

"According to the order of the Crown Prince, the Eastern Palace is investigating a case. All outsiders must leave. Anyone who obstructs will be killed without mercy!"

Three thousand troops quickly surrounded Zuixianju and cleared out all the people there.

"Lin Gong, you have come to this day!" On the covered bridge, Gao Baokun looked at Lin Gong being carried here with a bloody buttocks, and laughed.

"Guo Baokun, I'm busy now and don't have time to deal with you. Get out of here!" Lin Gong said impatiently.

Now, the only thing he cared about was money.

To him, everything else is trivial.

Lin Gong thought so, but Guo Baokun didn't think so and continued to mock him:

"In my opinion, you have embezzled this money. How interesting is it to cry thief?"

Lin Gong frowned immediately and said with a dangerous look:

"You mean, it was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who ordered me to embezzle this money?"

"Is there a second possibility?" Guo Baokun asked with a smile.

"What a skill! How dare you say that in front of the prince?"

"Why... not dare!" Guo Baokun's voice suddenly became softer in the second half of the sentence.

Because he saw a young man in white suddenly walk down from the carriage.

It was the prince!

(End of this chapter)