Long Song Fenghua: The Demon Queen Confused the King's Heart

Chapter 210 A plan within a plan, a play within a play

"Yes, yes." Zhu San stammered, "Didn't this lord transfer the money himself, and send all the official money to the villain's gambling house..."

"How dare you speak nonsense here!" Mu Changge frowned, and said sharply, "Not one or two of these official bankers came from our Mu family, saying, who in the world did you instigate to trap us in injustice? !"

"Injustice! Everything the villain said is true!"

"Every sentence is true?" Mu Changge sneered, disdainfully flicking his sleeves, "Then I want to see, your sentence is true, how credible is it!"

Mu Changge glanced at Zhu San coldly. At this moment, a well-dressed guard came quickly from outside. When he saw the emperor, he was taken aback for a moment, and then saluted respectfully.

As soon as the guard came in, everyone present recognized that he was the most powerful attendant around the prince.

"Did the prince order you to come?" When the emperor said this, his gaze secretly glanced at Mu Changge, feeling a little displeased.

Embezzling disaster relief money is a heinous crime that no one can undo. If it is just for lust, you have to use the power of the prince to intercede. No matter how much the emperor valued the prince before, just based on this point, you must It will make the emperor lose some trust.

Li Yuanfan thought deeply in his heart, and said, "Your Highness has a very good personal relationship with the Mu family, so it is natural to be worried, but since this matter involves disaster relief funds..."

Before Li Yuanfan could finish his words, the guard hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Li misunderstood, His Highness has never been a person who bends the law for personal gain, let alone someone who wants to protect anyone."

"The villain came here and just wanted to ask Mr. Mu why the horse-drawn carriage transporting the relief money in the palace hasn't arrived yet. The villain has been waiting with his brothers for a long time, lest he delay Mr. Mu's departure time."

All the people present were confused, Li Yuanfan asked subconsciously: "The carriage for transporting the silver is arranged by the palace itself, what are you waiting for?"

"This... is arranged by Mr. Mu, and the villain doesn't understand." The guard said frankly, "The villain only knows that according to Mr. Mu's order, he has brought the real disaster relief money and is waiting for the carriage in the palace."

"What is real disaster relief money?" Mu Wenxian, who had always been indifferent to himself, suddenly seemed a little anxious, "Is there any difference between true and false!?"

"Naturally."

The person who spoke was Mu Changge, but when she saw her turn around, there was a hint of sharpness in her half-smile expression.

"It's not uncommon for the second uncle to not know about this matter. Eldest brother has always been cautious in doing things. Even in his own mansion, he never likes to publicize."

"A few days ago, since the relief money was delivered to the mansion, some family members said that they had seen extremely suspicious people around here."

"Brother was afraid that some villain would be eyeing the ten thousand taels of silver. I still felt that it was not safe enough to rely on people to guard it day and night, so I went to discuss it with me."

"If there is something good or bad about the disaster relief money, neither the eldest brother nor our Mu family can bear the responsibility. Therefore, the two of us came up with such an idea."

"Brother secretly ordered people to work day and night to make fifty identical wooden boxes, and then replaced them with stones and placed them in the warehouse where the official silver was originally stored, while the real silver was quietly buried in the ground."

"As for the guards, the elder brother was afraid of not having enough manpower, and he was thick-skinned. He borrowed some manpower from His Highness the Crown Prince and King Cang, and the guards were tight-knit."

"Brother is wholeheartedly sharing the emperor's worries, so he couldn't wait to leave a few days ago, so he ordered people to prepare early, and he didn't want to waste a lot of time on preparation."

As he said that, Mu Changge chuckled, "When I came back just now, the place where the silver taels were buried has been dug up, and here are only these stones left. It's just a step."

Mu Hongyu was also a little like waking up from a dream, all the purple color on his face faded, and he suddenly said: "The emperor knows that this matter is really a misunderstanding!"

"I didn't know before that the father-in-law who came to count from the palace entered through the back door, but the person who arranged for him was waiting at the front door early, so he missed it and caused a misunderstanding!"

As he said that, Mu Hongyu said to the attendant again: "Hurry up and bring back those silver taels, count them, and see if there is not a penny missing."

The attendant was very dazed, so he just obeyed, and soon, there were wooden boxes one by one, and others carried them over.

Putting the fifty boxes on the ground, Mu Hongyu gestured to Eunuch Guo, "Please take a look at Eunuch Guo again."

After taking a closer look, Eunuch Guo nodded, "Yes, this is true, but I don't know, inside these boxes..."

Hearing this, Mu Hongyu took off the keys without saying a word, and opened them one by one. Wherever he looked, there was a silver light shining.

"A total of ten thousand taels, all of which are listed here. Your Majesty, I only want to share the worries of the emperor and rescue the victims of the disaster. How could you be so obsessed that you took the disaster relief money and went to the gambling house? Please also learn from the emperor!"

The emperor's face turned pale, and he felt a little relieved in an instant.

However, Li Yuanfan's gaze was completely fixed on those silver taels the moment the fifty boxes were opened.

Although he is not very old, he has a strategic mind beyond ordinary people since he was a child. Everything around him is like a chess game that can be deployed at will in his eyes. He has never been so flustered like this moment. So caught off guard!

Official bank is not an ordinary thing, and it is by no means that someone can easily get so much at will.

The ten thousand taels of silver that were supposed to be delivered to Mu's house had already been transferred by him. Where did the ten thousand taels in front of him come from! ?
On Li Yuanfan's delicate face, a trace of out-of-control anger secretly emerged, and for the first time in his life, he realized what it means to become angry from embarrassment!
Her insouciance before, Mu Hongyu's panic, and even their quarrel and estrangement, now it seems that the two brothers and sisters sang together and put on a show together!

Mrs. Li's gray eyebrows were heavily depressed, he coughed a few times, his eyes were fixed on Li Yuanfan.

His most stable grandson was about to lose his composure, and the situation had changed, so he must not let him take risks, and this matter was even more outrageous.

However, although Li Yuanfan was still calm on the surface, his heart was already full of turbulent waves.Once a person gets angry, it is very easy to lose control, so Li Yuanfan didn't notice at all, Taifu Li tried his best to hint.

Li Yuanfan lowered his eyes, his lips curled up with a hint of coldness, and he said with an extraordinarily calm expression: "Master Mu, isn't this ten thousand taels of silver borrowed from somewhere for emergency use by Mr. Mu?"

In Li Yuanfan's heart, he has his own arrogance.Under that indifferent and calm face, what was hidden was something that he would never allow to plan, out of his control.

Even if there is, then he will do everything possible to reverse the situation at all costs!Even if he wants to take a desperate risk, he will not hesitate!

He was [-]% sure that the ten thousand taels of silver that Mu Hongyu had was the ones in the gambling house.

The purpose of the two brothers and sisters delaying time must be to send reinforcements to the crown prince Su Yunhao!

Who else could deliver 1 taels of official silver in such a short period of time, except the crown prince! ?
Li Yuanfan's eyes were darkened, "Any batch of official bankers has its own unique marks. This time, the disaster relief silver taels, in the whole world, are only 2 taels from you and me."

"The ones brought over from the gambling house just now have been confirmed. They are indeed the authenticity of this batch of official banknotes. I wonder if Mr. Mu dares to let us see if there are any marks on these official banknotes?"

Li Yuanfan's eyes are a little red now, if his guess is correct...then not only can he wipe out the Mu family this time, but he can also give Su Yunhao a heavy blow!
How can a prince who disregards the people of the world and bends the law to protect sinners who have a good personal relationship have the right to inherit the throne! ?
Mu Hongyu was stunned, his brows tightened subconsciously, but the scene exactly as Li Yuanfan imagined did not appear.

Mu Hongyu bent down, picked up an ingot of silver, and spread it generously in front of his eyes.

"Master Li, please look over it carefully. What is the mark on it, if it's not disaster relief money?"

The silver tael picked up by Mu Hongyu completely exposed the mark on the bottom, and Li Yuanfan was completely stunned in place at this moment.

It was also at this moment that Li Yuanfan's heart suddenly felt cold, as if he had suddenly sunk into a pool of icy water, and the ominous premonition that he was caught off guard hit overwhelmingly, making him feel a little shaky.

He suddenly realized that in order to restore the previous failure, he had fallen into the trap set by the brother and sister for him by mistake!
However, it was too late to repent, and when his heart sank heavily, Li Yuanfan clearly saw Mu Changge standing in front of him, with an undisguised coldness revealed between his brows and eyes.

"This is very interesting." Mu Changge lowered his eyes, glanced at the silver coins all over the floor, and with a slight smile, the words that seemed to be spoken lightly, but in an instant, shocked the hearts of the people in the Li family. set off a storm --

"This batch of official money is only 2 taels in total. Now [-] has been found from the gambling house, and the other [-] is safe and sound in our Mu Mansion. If you look at it this way, it looks like... the money from the gambling house... Did the ten thousand taels of silver flow out from Mr. Li's hands?"

Mu Changge chuckled again, his complexion sank, he looked straight at Li Yuanfan without avoiding it, and said in a cold voice: "Could it be possible that today's farce was caused by someone on purpose, and a thief came calling to catch the thief?" , so that my elder brother can be his scapegoat!?"

"Master Li, your abacus is exceptionally shrewd!"

(End of this chapter)