grandfather married

Chapter 366
Lu Guogong's expression was very gloomy, "You said that the account book of the mine was stolen?"

The visitor lowered his head, with a hint of fear, and tremblingly replied: "If you return to your father-in-law, you will find that the account book is missing six days ago."

With a cold face, Lu Guogong asked in a deep voice: "Have you found out who stole the account book?"

The person who came shook his head, "After the account book disappeared, the young one was sent to the capital to report this matter to the Duke of the country. Before the young one left, the steward had ordered the mine to be thoroughly searched, and he even went to the magistrate himself to ask the magistrate to help. Search for the villains."

However, Duke Lu knew that the effect of searching people out would be minimal, so he frowned and said, "Okay, I know about this, you go down first."

When this person retired, Duke Lu called his confidant again, and asked him to go to the First Prince's Mansion to find the First Prince, saying that he had important matters to discuss.

The eldest prince came very slowly, and it took several hours to come. Duke Lu's face was very ugly, but the eldest prince was in a good mood because Wang Jian had bought a lot of sergeants guarding the palace gate recently, with a smile on his face all the time. Lu Guogong found it an eyesore.

"Your Highness can still laugh, the ledger at the copper mine was stolen."

"puff--"

He choked before taking a sip of tea, and there was a violent coughing sound in the hall. The First Prince beat his chest, and it took him a long time to suppress the cough, and asked in an unbelievably startled voice, "Master Taishan, what do you mean by copper mines?" Was your account book stolen? Who stole it? Where is the account book? Have you got it back?"

Seeing that he was aware of the seriousness of the problem, Lu Guogong's expression darkened, "I don't know who stole it, and it may be difficult to find the ledger."

Li Yang became anxious, "Is it because the people in the mine guarded against themselves? Have the villagers searched?"

Lu Guogong waved his hand, "These mines will be tracked down there. It's good if they can be tracked down, if not."

He looked at Li Yang seriously, and said word by word, "Then think about what to do after this matter is exposed. Most of the people who stole this ledger came after you, Your Highness."

Li Yang was as anxious as an ant on a frying pan. He fidgeted and his face gradually turned pale. "What should I do? This is a private mining of copper mines, no, no, no, there is another item, private casting of copper coins! The crime is even more terrifying, if the royal father knows that we have stolen mother's money, the royal father will not spare us."

Li Yang looked at Lu Guogong anxiously, "Master Taishan, you have to let someone destroy that workshop for casting copper coins. This matter must not be exposed."

Duke Lu nodded calmly, "Don't worry, the workshop is not on the side of the mine. After the accident, I have sent people to the workshop to destroy everything in the workshop without leaving any traces."

Li Yang's heart relaxed slightly, but when he thought about the loss of the ledger at the mine, he got a severe headache, "Master Taishan, the ledger is gone now, if someone denounces it, Father will definitely be furious."

He only got rid of the confinement through the New Year's banquet. If the copper mine incident happened, he really couldn't imagine how his father would punish him.

Seeing Li Yang rushing to his head, Duke Lu said in a deep voice, "For the current plan, there is only one solution. If someone reports on the copper mine, we can only let the Xu family take care of it."

Li Yang was overjoyed at first, then hesitantly asked, "Will the Xu family agree?"

You must know that digging copper mines privately is a serious crime of murder. Will the Xu family really accept this catastrophe of ransacking the family and exterminating the family?If it was him, he would die anyway, and he would definitely drag others into the water and go to hell together.

Duke Lu's eyes darkened, "Things have come to this point, it's okay, I'll tell Xu Wenbin personally."

Li Yang's heart gradually relaxed again, "It would be best if Master Taishan could let the Xu family admit this matter."

Duke Lu's complexion did not improve, "The people behind the scenes will definitely make trouble. You have to be careful these days, and don't show yourself."

Li Yang nodded fiercely, "Master Taishan, don't worry." He gritted his teeth again, "Which grandson is staring at me all day? It can't be the third child again?"

When Duke Lu heard the words, his eyes flashed, thinking about the third prince.

When Li Yang left and it was night, before Duke Lu went to invite Xu Wenbin, Xu Wenbin himself took advantage of the darkness and came to the Duke's mansion in disguise.

Duke Lu received him in the study, and after seeing Xu Wenbin's expression, he said calmly, "It seems that you already know about the mine."

Xu Wenbin's normally stern face showed a scorched look at this moment, "In the middle of the afternoon, the people sent by the family arrived in the capital, and I didn't know that the account book was missing. Duke, what should we do about this matter? "

Lu Guogong said blankly, "Wen Bin, the ledger is gone and I can't get it back. The people behind the scenes will not miss this opportunity. Everyone can't be involved."

Xu Wenbin immediately understood what he meant. He looked at Duke Lu in disbelief, and said in surprise, "Master Guo, you want me and the Xu family to be scapegoats?"

"How can it be regarded as a scapegoat? Didn't the Xu family get involved in this matter? Didn't they benefit from it?" Lu Guogong retorted.

A sneer appeared on Xu Wenbin's face, "Master Guo, that copper mine belongs to the eldest prince. If I hadn't worked for you faithfully, I would have accepted such a head-killing thing?"

Lu Guogong looked at Xu Wenbin with a gloomy gaze, "Wenbin, I thought you would know how to choose. It's better to sacrifice you than to implicate me and the First Prince. The First Prince is the Holy Majesty's own son. I will die. I have military merits, and I am still a hereditary duke of the country. At worst, I will exchange my life with the duke of the country, and we will be fine in the end, so why do you want to involve us?"

Xu Wenbin sneered coldly when he heard the words, "You may be able to save your life, but the Duke of the country will be kicked out of the hereditary duke position by the Holy Majesty, and the eldest prince will also lose his sacred heart, and he will have no chance to be the prince. maximum punishment.

The Duke's Mansion was lost in the hands of the Duke of the State, and the Duke of the State will go to Jiuquan in the future. How can he face the ancestors?Without the protection of the Duke's Mansion, those whom the Duke has offended in the past will all be stepped on. By that time, the Duke and the Du family will surely have a bad life, so it's not in vain for my Xu family to lose killed. "

Xu Wenbin looked as if he was determined to die. The Duke of Lu had expected it a long time ago, and his expression did not change. He only asked softly: "If the eldest prince and I were not involved, I swear to you that the Duke's mansion will protect you." The descendants of your Xu family, do your best to train him, and after the collapse of Emperor Qi Cheng, use the ability of the Duke's Mansion to support him in rebuilding the Xu family and restoring the glory of the Xu family."

Xu Wenbin looked dazed, and after a long time slowly said, "What does the Duke mean, Li Daitao is stiff?"

(End of this chapter)