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Chapter 299: Blocking the Secret! Li Changan, a Loyal Minister of the Country!

Zhou Xianping and his son Zhou Li were startled by the footsteps and shouts outside the door, and immediately went out to check. A large number of guards and servants began to gather, shouting and cursing.

"Who on earth is disturbing the peace of the Zhou Mansion so late at night!"

"Which government office is so blind that it doesn't know this is the residence of the Minister of Revenue? Are you dissatisfied with the money the government has allocated to the government?"

The Ministry of Revenue was in charge of money and grain, and had a very high status among all the government offices. Although the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue had a Shangshu above him, when they went out to do business, the other government offices would receive them by the chief official.

After all, no government office would go against money. Even the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guards had to serve the Ministry of Revenue, which was the God of Wealth of the Dafeng Dynasty.

This is the source of the arrogance of the Zhou family servants, and also the basis for Zhou Li to dare to be domineering and arrogant in the capital.

However, Zhou Xianping and his son, who were the first to reach the door, panicked instantly.

Surrounding the Zhou residence were all night watchmen. Eight night watchmen with silver gongs lined up and walked in from the main gate. They had gloomy faces, held the hilts of their swords, and said nothing.

The night watchmen outside the gate who were beating the gong had already drawn their swords. The gleaming blades looked particularly cold and ferocious in the night.

The guards of the Zhou Mansion, who had already gathered, saw that the people coming were night watchmen, and their ferocious arrogance was instantly extinguished. They became timid and cowered.

Xu Qian'an looked at the majestic night watchman and a fire suddenly ignited in his heart. If he wanted to survive better in this world, he had to master power and force.

The night watchman came at night, which was the most taboo thing in the officialdom of Dafeng. Minister Zhou was horrified and his hands and feet became weak.

However, he still forced himself to remain calm and said, "I am a third-rank official. I don't know why you gentlemen have surrounded my residence! The night watchman is here. Is there an imperial decree from His Majesty?"

If there was an imperial edict, the night watchman entering Zhou's mansion would definitely hold it high, but there is none now.

Without an imperial edict, who would dare to touch a third-rank official?
Minister Zhou's eyes rolled around, and he kept thinking in his mind that the emperor clearly knew about the tax and silver case, but he did not order an investigation.

He was confused and wondered what he had done wrong to alarm so many night watchmen. This kind of scene would not be much different even if Wei Yuan came in person.

At this moment, a sound suddenly came from the roof behind me.

"Who said that we can't deal with you without an imperial decree?"

Zhou Li and his son turned around at the same time and saw Xu Qian'an covered in bruises on the roof, and Li Chang'an standing with his hands behind his back.

Zhou Li swallowed several times nervously, his eyes were a little dull, and his hands and feet were shaking.

It's over, this is coming for him!
Li Changan lifted Xu Qian'an from the back of the neck again and dropped him in front of Zhou Xianping and his son.

Zhou Xianping knew Li Changan, who was the public enemy of the civil officials in the court, but he also happened to be the night watchman's golden luo. He was the kind of person that people hated but could do nothing about.

"Li Changan, since you don't have an imperial decree, how could you trespass into my residence without permission? You night watchmen are so lawless..."

Before he could finish his words, a golden light suddenly flashed within the range of his vision, and his son Zhou Li was wrapped in a golden aura and flew towards Li Changan in an instant.

"Dad! Save me..."

Li Changan pinched Zhou Li's head with his hands and gently pressed his whole body to the ground. The most domineering Mr. Zhou in the capital immediately knelt straight on the ground, his two knees were broken and blood was flowing all over the ground.

Zhou Li, who was in unbearable pain, cursed, "Li Changan! Let me go..."

Li Changan frowned and said to Xu Qian'an calmly, "Slap him."

After hearing this, Xu Qian'an's injuries seemed to have mostly healed. He immediately rolled up his sleeves and slapped Zhou Li in the face.

Snapped!Snapped!Snapped……

"You can't speak, right? I'm going to teach you a lesson!" Xu Qian'an was on the verge of life and death, and he showed no mercy. With a few slaps, Zhou Li's teeth were knocked out more than a dozen, and his cheeks were swollen.

Zhou Xianping was so angry that he was shaking all over, but due to Li Changan's force, he could only yell and threaten, "Li Changan, you have no respect for the emperor and the law. I will impeach you to His Majesty..."

Li Changan raised his eyes coldly, and Zhou Xianping was suddenly struck by lightning. He didn't dare to say anything more and could only scold the servants around him.

"What are you standing there for? Go and rescue the young master! Quickly!"

However, these usually arrogant servants, even if there were dozens of them, would never dare to go beyond the line again once they were stopped by the night watchman's silver gong.

"Save the young master and I'll reward you with a thousand taels of silver!"

When the servants heard Zhou Xianping's roar, they remained silent. A few strong servants took a few cautious steps forward.

"rub!"

A strong wind flashed by, and a man in white clothes, holding a knife in both hands, slashed in the air with a burst of energy. Immediately, blood spurted out a dozen feet. The head of the servant walking in front fell to the ground and rolled to Zhou Xianping's feet.

Zhou Li was still being beaten. Zhou Xianping took several steps back in fear. His face turned pale and he pointed his trembling fingers at Li Yuchun, the man in white and silver gong, who had just killed someone.

Li Yuchun slowly squatted down and wiped the blood on the knife on the servant's body. When he stood up, two completely symmetrical blood stains were left on the left and right sides of the servant's clothes.

Then, he inserted the shining long sword into the scabbard. With the sharp sound of "clang", all the servants knelt on the ground, shouting for mercy.

"When a night watchman investigates a case, he must execute the person first and report to the police later. Don't risk breaking the law!"

Li Yuchun was not an arrogant person, and his tone of voice was calm and peaceful, but he expressed the murderous intent of thousands of troops.

At this moment, on the roof not far away, a pretty Taoist nun wearing a veil was watching all this coldly.

"Lord Wei, are you just going to let Li Changan do what he wants?"

Not far from her, a tall figure in a green shirt slowly descended, and a hint of murderous intent flashed across his elegant and handsome face.

Arresting a third-rank official without any imperial decree is a complete overstepping of authority.

"Reckless? I think it's great. There are some things he can do better than me."

"How could a person like the Imperial Master, who is not from the outside world, actually care about such mundane matters?"

Luo Yuheng said slowly, "This person is related to the fortune of our sect, or perhaps the fortune of the world. Is there anyone more important than him in the world? Duke Wei got there first."

Wei Yuan was shocked. He had specially consulted the director of the Imperial Observatory about Li Changan's matter, but the director just smiled and said nothing, claiming that the secret could not be revealed.

"The silver Zhou Xianping embezzled was definitely more than 150,000 taels. Your Majesty underestimated his ambition and was deceived by his superficial loyalty, so he was unwilling to investigate further. It is a good thing that Li Changan was able to find out."

Under the veil, Luo Yuheng smiled coldly. Was Emperor Yuan Jing deceived by Zhou Xianping? I'm afraid not.

"Duke Wei, since ancient times, loyal ministers and good generals have never had a good end. You should take care of yourself."

Wei Yuan didn't want to ask more questions, he knew he wouldn't get any answers, so he might as well keep silent.

"Lord Li... please spare my life... I was wrong..." Zhou Li mumbled, already admitting defeat.

"Okay." Li Changan spoke. Xu Qianan stopped after hearing the order, and then shouted, "Zhou Li, why did you send someone to assassinate me?"

Zhou Li was squirming on the ground, mumbling, "I was in a brothel...being beaten and scolded by my father...and you were actually laughing beside me..."

"Fuck you!" Xu Qian'an cursed and stepped on Zhou Li's back.

Zhou Li had only a few teeth left, but he refused to give in.

"to be honest."

As soon as Li Changan opened his mouth, Zhou Li couldn't help but confess.

"Father intended to embezzle 150,000 taels of tax silver. It was he who instructed the Revenue Department Chief to carry out the tax silver robbery. However, you discovered the flaw and the plan failed..."

Zhou Li's words did not cause any emotional fluctuations in anyone. This was an open secret, but no one had pointed it out.

The clerk called by Li Yuchun was busy recording the facts. Zhou Xianping could not escape the charge of embezzling tax silver.

Zhou Xianping was so angry that his teeth itched, but he could only watch his son being tortured into confessing, there was nothing he could do.

Fifteen thousand taels is not a small amount, but it is not much for the emperor either. It is just a small amount to balance the relationship in the court.

Zhou Xianping, who had been in officialdom for many years, sneered in his heart. After all, Li Changan had never been an official and did not know the emperor's thoughts. What Emperor Yuan Jing cared about most was the imperial majesty.

Li Changan dared to move Zhou Xianping without the imperial edict, which was something the emperor could not tolerate.

Zhou Li didn't know much, so he couldn't ask anything more. Li Changan turned his gaze to Zhou Xianping, scaring him so much that he trembled.

"Li Changan, don't be so arrogant! You disobeyed the emperor's order and your death is imminent!"

Li Changan didn't care about Zhou Xianping's threats. "I heard that Minister Zhou has embezzled 5 million taels of tax silver in the past few years. This is a serious matter, so I can only make an emergency decision."

As soon as these words came out, several Yinluo night watchmen were shocked. Five million taels! This is simply a thief who stole the country!
Even Wei Yuan, who was far away, had his pupils shrink suddenly, and a huge wave of emotion surged in his heart. If it was really five million taels, then where did the money go? Even if he spent money on wine and women and indulged in extravagance, he would not be able to spend so much money.

No wonder Li Changan dared to break into Zhou's mansion. If the emperor knew that the amount of silver involved in Zhou Xianping's case was not 150,000 taels or 500,000 taels, but 5 million taels, he would never tolerate him.

Zhou Xianping was shocked when he heard this, and his voice became a little unnatural, "Li Changan, don't lie. I have only this much money in these years, where did I get five million taels of silver?"

Li Changan said coldly, "You won't cry until you see the coffin?"

Seeing Li Changan's cold eyes, Zhou Xianping panicked and shouted, "Confucian scholars cannot use the law of words against officials above the fourth rank. This is the iron rule of Dafeng!"

After he finished shouting, he wanted to run away, but several Silver Gongs had already blocked his way.

Li Changan said calmly, "Is there such a rule? I don't know. Wei Yuan didn't tell me."

Then, he stared into Zhou Xianping's eyes and said, "A gentleman... should be honest!"

"Tell me, how much silver did you take from the treasury? Where did it go?"

Zhou Xianping's eyes were filled with horror and he instantly broke out in a cold sweat. His consciousness gradually became out of control and his mind was filled with thoughts of confessing something.

Xu Qian'an put his hands on his hips and said majestically, "My master is a warrior. What does the rules of Confucian scholars have to do with a warrior?"

Zhou Xianping could no longer refute, so he explained the matter tremblingly, "In the past ten years... I have used various means, either greedy, robbing, or stealing, and have taken a total of 6.12 million taels of silver from the national treasury..."

The facts confessed by the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue himself turned out to be more than what Li Changan said. Even Wei Yuan was dumbfounded that the officialdom of Dafeng was so chaotic.

Even Xu Qian'an was completely shocked. A minister had embezzled six million taels of silver from the national treasury over the years, and the court was completely unaware of it. What kind of crappy court was this?

Zhou Li, who was lying on the ground, also widened his eyes. He had no idea that his father could be so generous!
"The silver... the silver... I... I... can't remember it."

Zhou Xianping's mind suddenly became confused and the words he spoke were out of control, but he just couldn't continue speaking.

Li Changan could not help but frown, knowing that this was a method used by a third-grade sorcerer to conceal the secrets of heaven. Although the Confucian school's words could allow him to speak, if the information about the whereabouts of the silver in his mind was obscured and there was no trace of it in his brain, he would not be able to tell it.

"Shield the secret!"

Luo Yuheng and Wei Yuan were also surprised, which meant that the power behind Zhou Xianping was very strong. It was an unknown powerful force that was hidden in the dark and made everyone ignore him.

Wei Yuan said solemnly, "The one who refined the fake silver was a skilled sorcerer, and the one who concealed the secrets of heaven was also a sorcerer. It seems that there is a powerful sorcerer hiding in the dark."

"After the sorcerer conceals the secrets of heaven, unless he takes the initiative to appear in front of people, everyone's memory of him will be erased, all traces of him will disappear, and his relatives and friends will forget him."

The top three levels of all systems are called the supernatural realm. They all have extraordinary qualities, and their methods have become extremely unique and strange.

Li Changan knew that the matter could be over. As long as Zhou Xianping admitted to embezzling the silver, he could let Wei Yuan handle the rest.

As for the truth of the matter, Li Changan certainly knew it well, but under the influence of the sorcerer's concealment of the secrets, no one would have any impression of it even if he told it.

"Xu Qian'an, where is your father?"

Xu Qian'an answered without hesitation, "He died for his country in the Battle of Shanhai."

Li Changan nodded. His memory was blocked. It was indeed true.

He ordered the night watchmen to arrest Zhou Xianping and his son, and ransacked Zhou's house overnight. The powerful Minister Zhou was completely overthrown.

The news of this incident spread throughout the capital the next day. Minister Zhou's son assassinated Li Changan's disciple, and the house was searched overnight by night watchmen.

Minister Zhou, as the God of Wealth of Dafeng, actually embezzled six million taels of silver without permission, and was immediately cursed by the people.

Some people cursed Zhou Xianping for being greedy and crazy, while others cursed the imperial court for being incompetent, and they wondered how anyone had noticed for so long.

The reactions of the ministers in the court varied. Of course, many people cursed Zhou Xianping, but almost all the civil officials submitted memorials, demanding that Li Changan be punished for exceeding his authority.

One is that the case was handled without an imperial decree, and the other is that the third-rank official was treated in a way that followed his words.

Especially the second one, which was enough to make the entire Dafeng court officials panic. Every official had some shameful little secrets.

Emperor Yuan Jing, who had been practicing Taoism in peace, had his peace and tranquility disturbed.

Bia Bia was almost crying when she saw the pile of memorials impeaching Li Changan that was almost taller than her.

"Father, ignorance is not a crime. Wei Yuan never told Li Changan, so of course Li Changan doesn't know the rule! Wei Yuan must be punished for this!"

"Li Changan learned that Zhou Xianping was endangering the country, so he took the risk of exceeding his authority to handle the case. If the emperor punishes him, it will hurt the hearts of the people!"

"Father... Li Changan is a loyal minister of the country!"

(End of this chapter)