Chapter 342 Basement

No matter how turbulent the dark tide is in Beijing, Hongxue and Shan Yucheng just don't care about it, they just wait for a peaceful year in the fief.

However, something happened at this time. While walking in the yard under house arrest, An Zhicheng accidentally fell into the pool in the backyard, choked a mouthful of water into the trachea, and died when he caught it...

When she got the news, Hongxue was practicing calligraphy in the warm pavilion.

"Do you think it was suicide? Accident? Or murder?" Hongxue asked while looking at Shan Yucheng who was reading a book.

"Suicide is absolutely impossible." Shan Yucheng shook his head and said, "The more greedy a person is, the more he will spare his life. As for accidents, we can't rule them out, but homicide is more likely..."

"He's already useless, so I keep it as a handle for something..." Hongxue also nodded and said, "So, it's only a matter of time before he dies..."

"It's a pity that those grains and silver..."

"Don't be a pity." Hong Xue gave him a white look and said, "They left you 10 taels, if it were me, I would leave [-] taels at most for decoration..."

"You money-grubber..." Shan Yucheng couldn't help reaching out and pinching Hongxue's nose.

At this moment, Huang Wentao hurried in and said: "My lord..." But when he saw the two people who were so close, he looked embarrassed and lowered his head hastily.

"What's the matter?" Shan Yucheng turned around as if nothing had happened.

Huang Wentao was instantly embarrassed, but now he has recovered. He also knows that the prince does not hide anything from the concubine, so he said directly: "The minister found a secret room in the government office..."

Generally, a magistrate's term lasts for three years, and wherever he goes, he must be accompanied by his family. Therefore, the yamen in various prefectures and counties are of the type where they work in the front and live in the back, just to make it easier for adults to come and go.

Although the government offices in Jingyang Mansion are very large, the decoration and layout inside are all standard configurations of government offices in other places, and even the furnishings in the rooms are not surprising.

However, in such an unsurprising place, there is such a big secret room.

"If we hadn't put him under house arrest so quickly, I'm afraid these things would have been transferred..." Hongxue walked around the secret room. There are quite a lot of antique furniture, gold and silver utensils. Who would have thought that the entrance of this secret room would be Designed in the hut?As long as An Zhicheng can figure it out, it's no wonder that he didn't find anything valuable after searching for a long time before. Considering that An Zhicheng is a big corrupt official, it's strange that he has no money, so it's all hidden here.

Yun'an and the others were busy leading people to count the number, then registered and carried it out, and put it into the private treasury of the palace.

"Master Huang, how did you find out here?" Shan Yucheng looked at Lu Zhicheng curiously.

"This..." Huang Wentao looked a little embarrassed, blushing and said: "Last night, I had a stomachache and ran five or six times. The last time I ran out of strength, I accidentally bumped into that wall... I didn't know that at the time. Care, when I went to the latrine this morning, I found that the wall seemed to have moved a little as a whole..."

"Master Huang, your stomach troubles are worth a lot..." Hongxue couldn't help laughing, she had felt that his steps were a little weak before, and thought it was because he had a lot of trouble with his wife last night, but It turned out to be a stomachache, so he said: "To show your reward for your stomachache, this is the detoxification pill that Qingzhu just developed, and I reward you with one..." He took out another small porcelain bottle and handed it over, "After eating Although it cannot be invulnerable to all poisons, some common medicines cannot help you, such as smog laxatives and the like..."

"Thank you, Princess." Huang Wentao hurriedly knelt down on the ground, took the bottle with both hands, and carefully hid it in his arms.

"Why don't you eat?" Hongxue frowned.

"Go back to my wife..." Huang Wentao said with a chuckle, "Pearl is a woman, once she encounters something like that, it will be much more dangerous. I am a man, so it's okay..."

Hongxue's impression of this man became better, she poked Shan Yucheng and said, "Did you see it? This is called a model husband..."

"Well, for my husband, I must study hard and improve every day." Xuanyuan Lingyun nodded seriously, and even used Hongxue's colloquial words.

Hongxue's heart warmed slightly, then she looked at Huang Wentao and said, "There are two pills in that bottle, just to know that you will never forget your wife..."

Huang Wentao couldn't help laughing, and he didn't care about being shy anymore, he hurriedly took out the bottle, and there were indeed two bottles, so he swallowed one and put the other away.

"Master Huang, if I say detoxification, it must be detoxification? You are not afraid that I will give you poison?" Hongxue couldn't help teasing Huang Wentao.

"The concubine's words are wrong. From the moment the officials decided to follow King Cheng, the prince and concubine are the masters of the subordinates. If the king wants to die, the minister must die... Even if the concubine really gives poison to the humble minister, the humble minister will definitely swallow it. I'm going down..." Huang Wentao said seriously.

Hongxue couldn't help but rolled her eyes and said, "Master Huang, you can only listen to half of what you say, forget about the other half..."

"Please ask the princess to clarify."

"Well, my concubine will tell you clearly today that it is right to be loyal, but you can't be foolish. If your master is a fool, then he will let you die, and you must not die, because it's not worth it..."

Huang Wentao's face was full of surprise.

"Let's talk about something shocking. King Cheng is a wise master, capable and responsible. Therefore, everyone follows him and is loyal to him. I also love and respect him. But one day, if he becomes that kind Right and wrong, when the master who disregards human life, let me tell you clearly, the first person to oppose him is definitely this princess..."

"This..." Huang Wentao's face turned pale, and he didn't know how to answer the words for a moment, so he couldn't help looking at Shan Yucheng, but found that the prince was very calm, and he didn't even move his eyes.

"Don't worry, this king will never let you turn against me." Finally, Shan Yucheng spoke, but Huang Wentao was shocked by what he said. The prince actually agreed with the princess's words.

"Master Huang, if these words are put on the court, it will definitely shock the world." Hongxue looked at Huang Wentao and said with a smile: "But this princess hopes that you can keep it in your heart. The prince appreciates your ability, no matter where you are here or where you will go in the future. , you will be his first humerus minister, so I hope you can be his eyes and ears, remind the prince to reflect on himself, and don't give this princess a chance to rebel against him, okay?"

Huang Wentao had already calmed down at this time, and realized the weight of the princess's words, he hurriedly fell to his knees and said, "I will do my best..."

(End of this chapter)

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