Dad, don't be greedy! My brother climbed into the emperor's bed, and I became famous overn

Two hundred thousand taels.

The imperial court just allocated the funds two days ago.

The decree from above was written very clearly, giving Gu Debai full authority to oversee the disaster relief efforts.

The silver went from the Ministry of Revenue and was distributed to various epidemic prevention departments through his hands.

He did consider it.

Two hundred thousand taels of silver passed through your hands; wouldn't it be a waste not to take a cut?

He has already had the accountant prepare a list of false claims.

The price of medicinal herbs doubled, and the total amount charged by clinics and consultation fees across the city increased by 30%.

With this inflow and outflow, at least 100,000 taels of silver can be saved.

But now his son has a soul-locking chain around his neck.

If he takes the money.

My son is going to hell.

Gu Debai pulled Gu Mingli behind him, blocking him like a wall.

"Arrest me! My son didn't embezzle anything! I have no money! You can take my life!"

He roared, his voice full of energy.

Then he paused for a moment.

I realized it.

"Wait a minute! I didn't embezzle any money meant for epidemic prevention and disaster relief! You've arrested the wrong person!"

He became more and more agitated as he spoke, and the veins on his neck bulged out.

"That sum of silver is still in the Ministry of Revenue's treasury! Not a single tael has been touched! Go and investigate! Make sure you find out everything before you arrest anyone!"

At this point, he seemed to have found his confidence, and his voice stopped trembling.

"Even in the underworld, there's evidence! You can't convict someone before they've even committed corruption! What's the difference between that and a corrupt official?!"

The butler muttered under his breath, "Master, are you trying to reason with a ghost...?"

Gu Debai's mind cleared up a bit after hearing this.

He immediately put on a smile and politely bowed to the Black and White Impermanence.

"Gentlemen, I will have someone present you with two hundred thousand taels of silver tomorrow as a gift."

Yi Wu and Yi Shi exchanged a glance.

Now that we've come this far, they should be considered to have completed their mission, right?

Seeing that the Black and White Impermanence remained silent, Gu Debai took it as tacit agreement.

He stepped forward, removed the chain from Gu Mingli's neck, and pulled his son's arm, preparing to go back into the house.

"Come on, Li'er, Daddy will take you back."

Gu Mingli lowered his head and breathed a long sigh of relief.

It became.

Just then, another pair of Black and White Impermanence in the courtyard moved.

Their mission isn't finished yet.

The burly man slowly drew the short sword from his waist.

Yi Wu's ear twitched slightly.

On the surface, he still maintained that cold and aloof expression, remaining completely unmoved.

But he subtly moved his right foot back half an inch, lowering his center of gravity.

The internal energy in his hands and feet had already been activated, flowing silently through his meridians like an undercurrent.

Yi Shi also noticed it.

He raised his eyelids and glanced disdainfully at the group of "colleagues" opposite him.

Although Yi Shi's mind isn't the sharpest, his intuition is always terrifyingly accurate when it comes to fighting.

Those two "Black and White Impermanence" figures exuded a murderous aura.

He wrapped the Soul-Locking Chains around his hands twice, the iron rings pressed against his palms, the icy touch instantly tightening his nerves.

The moonlight was slowly obscured by a layer of clouds.

The light in the courtyard gradually dimmed.

A fierce glint flashed in the skinny man's eyes, and he curled his lips into a slight smile, silently uttering two words.

"Let's do it."

The two people opposite rushed over instantly.

He suddenly drew a short knife from under his wide robe.

The blade is narrow and thin, with a blood groove on the edge.

This is not a prop used to bluff people.

This guy is a murderer.

The blade flashed in the last ray of moonlight and lunged towards Gu Debai!

The burly man followed closely behind, flanking them from the other side.

Their steps were incredibly fast, their robes fluttering as the two men closed in from the left and right, launching a pincer attack.

They have only one goal.

He wants Gu Debai dead.

A flash of light.

Yi Wu moved.

He slammed his right foot into the ground, and shot out like an arrow.

The White Impermanence's robe suddenly burst open in the night wind, fluttering like a flag.

The Book of Life and Death was flung out and landed squarely on the wrist of the skinny man holding the knife.

The force was extremely strong.

The dagger flew out of his hand, spun twice in mid-air, and landed on a pillar three zhang away.

The hilt of the knife was still humming.

The skinny man's wrist went numb, and his entire right arm went numb as if he had been struck by lightning.

Before he could pull away, Yi Wu's left hand had already gripped the back of his neck.

Fingers like iron clamps.

The tall, thin man had his head pressed down, and he fell headfirst to the ground.

His face slammed into the bluestone slab.

With a muffled thud, blood splattered from the nose.

On the other side, before the burly man could even hand his short knife to Gu Debai, an iron chain whistled and lashed out.

Yi Shi flicked the Soul-Locking Chain like he was jumping rope; with a flick of his wrist, the chain wrapped around the burly man's blade.

He pulled suddenly.

The dagger flew out along with half of the sleeve.

The burly man's tiger's mouth was split open, blood gushing out, and he grimaced and gasped for breath.

Yi Shi stepped forward and kicked him in the chest.

"You choose not to take the path that's right in front of you, but you barge into the gates of hell."

The layer of black ash on Black Impermanence's face looked particularly gloomy under the moonlight.

The burly man mumbled something, but couldn't speak.

Yi Wu Yi Shi quickly chained the two assassins and dragged them out of the Gu residence.

Everyone breathed a long sigh of relief as they watched the departing figures of the Black and White Impermanence.

Gu Debai patted Gu Mingli's hand and sighed:

"Son, look at this, you can't get by without money. I can't even get through to the underworld. I need to work harder."

"?"

Gu Mingli's lips twitched.

What does that mean?

So tonight's events have become the driving force behind his father's accelerated embezzlement?!

No! We need to correct his father's thinking immediately.

"father."

Gu Mingli's voice still retained the ethereal quality of a "soul," but his speaking speed was slightly faster.

"The underworld officials have arrested the wicked people who have committed heinous crimes."

He had to lock the narrative framework of the whole thing in place before his father figured it out.

"It seems that the underworld will judge good and evil in the world."

"Father, doing good deeds in the future is more important than making more money!"

Gu Debai remained silent.

Clearly, they haven't given up.

"My son, have you ever heard the saying that money can make the devil turn the millstone?"

Gu Mingli: "?"

His father has such a strong belief!

Gu Mingli looked into his father's eyes and spoke slowly and deliberately.

"Not a single tael of the money allocated for epidemic prevention and disaster relief can be touched."

"Father, please promise me."

Gu Debai looked at his son's face, which was so pale it looked like he wasn't alive.

Then I remembered the soul-binding chain around my son's neck.

He closed his eyes.

"Fine! I'll give you the money to avoid disaster. I promise you."

The voice was muffled, as if a piece of flesh had been ripped from the heart and liver.

It breaks my heart.

Gu Mingli smiled and helped his father into the house.

The backyard wing room.

Gu Mingyue and Taozhi had already washed their faces, changed their clothes, and combed their hair again.

Yi Wu lightly touched the ground with his toes, jumped over the courtyard wall, and landed in Gu Mingyue's room.

Gu Mingyue sat at the table, tapping her fingers on the surface as she waited for news.

Upon seeing Yi Wu enter, he quickly stood up and inquired.

"It's over? How was it? Was my dad scared?"

"I was terrified. They even captured two assassins. Yi Shi has already tied them up."

Gu Mingyue was taken aback. "An assassin?"

Yi Wu handed over the mission letter he had taken from the assassin.

Gu Mingyue looked at the sealing wax mark by the last bit of moonlight and smiled.

"They are people of Marquis Cheng'en and Consort Mei."

She handed the letter to Yi Wu.

"Deliver these two people along with the letter to Prince Qi's residence first thing tomorrow morning."

"Also, write another letter and send it to my father's bedside."

Yi Wu didn't understand and asked, "Write what?"

Gu Mingyue smiled.

"It is written that the underworld officials came to lock up my brother tonight, all because he received offerings from Consort Mei."