The ace magician becomes a princess

Chapter 154 The Man in Black in the Study Room

The servants let Aunt Fang in.

After entering the door, Aunt Fang didn't go back to her bedroom immediately, but stood by the door for a while, and was ready to go back to the room after making sure that there was no one there.

At this moment, a black shadow floated down from the sky above Ling's mansion, heading towards Ling Zhongqing's study.

Aunt Fang had never seen such a man in black who came to Ling's mansion in the middle of the night, and she was curious, so she quietly followed him.

In the study, Ling Zhongqing was obviously taken aback when he saw the man in black, and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

"Guard Yan, why are you here? Does His Highness have any instructions?"

"Let me ask you, has Cao Huwei been to your place?" Yan Huwei said straight to the point after entering the door.

"Come here! What's the matter?"

Ling Zhongqing's words made Yan Weiwei's already serious face even uglier.

"When did he come? When did he leave? What did he tell you?"

Ling Zhongqing thought about it for a while and said: "Guard Cao came here eight days ago, that is, the night before His Highness King Xuan brought people to Jizhou to investigate the case.

He came to find Xiaguan, mainly to say that King Xuan was coming to spy on the canal, and asked Xiaguan to pay more attention.After speaking, he left.What, what happened? "

Yan Weiwei's expression gave Ling Zhongqing a very bad premonition.

You know, he is working on the salt case with his head up, and the matter will explode soon, and the emperor will definitely send someone down to investigate.

In other words, the 5000 million taels of silver was obtained from the entire salt case.

Such a huge amount, if Cao Huwei did not hand it over to the prince, but took it for himself...

Ling Zhongqing didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"You mean he left eight days ago? He hasn't seen you since then?"

"Yan Huwei, you tell the subordinate first, has Cao Huwei not gone back to see the crown prince?"

Seeing Ling Zhongqing panicked, Yan Wei asked, "Why are you so nervous?"

"Because Guard Cao has 5000 million taels of silver that a subordinate official gave to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"What?" Yan Weiwei asked in surprise: "Where did you get so much money? It can't be all money from the canal, right?"

"The money that the canal was short of money, Xiaguan has already made up for it. The money was earned by the Xiaguan who made the salt case. That day when the guard Cao came, the Xiaguan gave him all the money, thinking that he is the prince's confidant, and must I won't take this money privately, who knows..."

Thinking of the 5000 million taels of silver being embezzled by Cao Huwei for nothing, Ling Zhongqing sat down on the chair, feeling powerless.

"You caused the soaring salt price in the upper reaches of the canal?" Yan Weiwei asked in disbelief.

"Yes... yes. At that time, the lower officials only wanted to raise more money for His Royal Highness, so that he could manage it everywhere. Who knew... that Guard Cao is such a bastard! He even dared to embezzle His Royal Highness's money for himself."

"He won't betray his master because of the money." Yan Huwei said with certainty: "If I'm not wrong, Cao Huwei should have been killed."

"What?" Ling Zhongqing was shocked: "Who has the ability to hurt Cao Huwei? Besides, Cao Huwei is a master of martial arts and is a master at the peak of Tianxuan. Even the green-robed envoy of Jizhou may not be his opponent. Who is so So powerful, you can actually kill Cao Huwei?"

When I asked here, I remembered my money again.

"If something happens to Guard Cao, then...

(End of this chapter)