Eat the whole family? I emptied the storehouse of the Marquis' Mansion and married the crippled

Jiang Zhi did not stay in the study. After entering the study, he pressed a mechanism on the bookshelf, and a secret passage appeared on the flat ground.

The two walked down the stairs of the secret passage.

There were lights burning on the walls of the dark room, and when they occasionally came across a fork in the road, they would choose the side they wanted to go without hesitation.

Judging from the two men's familiarity with the dark room, it is obvious that they go there frequently.

About a cup of tea later, the two walked up to the ground along a secret passage.

The mechanism next to the secret passage is hidden in the wall. If you are not familiar with this place, it is difficult to find the mechanism to open the door.

Coming out of the dark room, there was still a small study, but the furnishings in the study were much more luxurious than Jiang Zhi's study.

As soon as he entered the study, Jiang Zhi wiped his face and a human skin mask appeared in his hand.

Mu Chuan, who was following closely behind him, also took off the human skin mask on his face and stepped forward to take the human skin mask in Jiang Zhi's hand.

Jiang Zhi revealed his true face, and it was none other than Jiang Mo, who broke into Ye Jintang's boudoir day and night.

Passing through the study, Jiang Mo entered the prince's bedroom.

At this moment, there was a man who looked exactly like him in the bedroom, leaning on the couch reading a military book.

"I've met the master."

The fake Jiang Mo quickly stood up from the couch and walked forward to greet Jiang Mo.

"Get up, Chen Qi, I'm not here these few days, is there anything that happened?"

"Imperial Noble Consort Dehui is still worried about Your Highness. She sent several waves of spies to test me. She even found several famous doctors under the pretext of treating Your Highness's injuries and personally treated my legs and arms."

"Those precious medicinal herbs were stuffed into my stomach without regard for my life."

"Those famous doctors are quite capable. My leg disease has almost healed. Unfortunately, my right arm can no longer hold a sword and kill the enemy."

When Chen Qi mentioned his injuries, his voice was full of regret.

"Just stay in the Crown Prince's Mansion and recover from your injuries. The Royal Concubine will not kill me in the short term."

"Your Highness has soldiers at his disposal, so why don't you just rebel? It's really too frustrating to be in the capital like this."

"The emperor is obsessed with the harem and even lets the imperial concubine participate in important court affairs. Where is the prestige of our Tianqin country?"

When Chen Qi thought of the past, he felt so angry that his teeth ached. How come the once wise emperor became more and more ridiculous as he got older?

"Do you think I don't want to rebel? But I only have a few soldiers, which are not enough. I have been trying to expand the number of my private soldiers in the past two years, but I am short of money."

"I can't let people go hungry, wear warm clothes, and work for nothing."

"If you want to raise troops, you need a lot of silver. This is a bottomless pit. No amount of silver can fill it up."

"The only thing I can do now is to find a way to leave the capital. As long as I can return to my fiefdom, I can let go and earn money to raise private soldiers."

Speaking of money, we have to say that Imperial Noble Consort Dehui was really smart.

No matter how much contribution Jiang Mo made over the years, the rewards he received were all empty.

Either it was a beautiful house, or it was useless imperial porcelain, calligraphy and paintings, or it was a beautiful woman.

As for silver, there was not a single copper coin. Even the land and other private property that should have belonged to the prince were all managed by the clan affairs office.

From the very beginning, Imperial Noble Consort Dehui was wary of Jiang Mo.

Without money, everything you want to do will be restricted.

Fortunately, he was ruthless enough to himself and asked for permission to go to the border to kill the enemy early on.

It was because of his outstanding achievements in killing enemies at the border and plundering a lot of money that he was able to slowly accumulate some property. Otherwise, he would not even have this little private army.

Looking at all the dynasties of the Qin State, no prince had ever lived as financially tight as he did.

"Master, how about we find a few shopkeepers who are good at business and let them help you make money."

Jiang Heng brought the teacup and placed it next to Jiang Mo.

When he was with Jiang Zhi, Jiang Heng was his servant Mu Chuan, and when he was with Jiang Mo, he was the young eunuch Jiang Heng.

"I only have so little property. Even if I find more shopkeepers, I can't turn more money into money. Moreover, if I make too much noise, it will be easily discovered by the imperial concubine's spies. Then the loss will outweigh the gain."

"Before we go to Ningchuan Prefecture, everyone should be careful and not reveal their true identity."

Jiang Mo looked at Jiang Heng and said, "Today at the Marquis of Danyang's mansion, I saw the Sixth Miss look at you several times. Let Lechuan walk with me outside these few days, and you don't have to follow me."

Jiang Heng smiled bitterly. He couldn't go out just because Ye Jintang looked at him twice more. This was too tragic.

"But you should not be idle while you are in the palace. Find all the spies in the palace. I don't want to go to Ningchuan Prefecture with the Royal Concubine's spies around me."

"Yes, I will never let my master down."

Only half a cup of tea after Jiang Mo came back, Shi Bin came to find him.

"I've met the prince."

"I haven't seen you for a while. Where have you been?"

"I just came back from Chiyunzhou."

"We found Miss Lin."

"No, I searched all the places where she was exiled, and I only found some maids and servants who used to serve the Lin family, but they also didn't know where Ruoyu was."

"How could a person just disappear suddenly?"

Shi Bin sat in the chair helplessly. In order to save time, he hardly had a good night's sleep in the past month. He just hoped that he could find Lin Ruoyu as soon as possible.

As time went by, he had no news at all, and the despair in his heart was like a sharp knife, cutting into his heart all the time.

He couldn't imagine what Lin Ruoyu would end up like now.

"I have no news about General Zhou's youngest son. Almost everyone related to him has been killed. Now I want to find someone to draw his portrait but I can't find anyone."

A young man who only has a name but no one knows him may change his name in a few years, and his appearance may change greatly. Then finding him will be as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack.

"Shi Bin needs you right now. If you are not in the capital, it will be difficult to deal with you."

Jiang Mo doesn't have many people he can use, and Shi Bin is one of them.

Shi Bin, who was sitting on the chair, rubbed his unshaven and haggard face vigorously.

"Your Majesty, I understand the importance of this matter."

"The most urgent task is to let the prince go to the fiefdom first. I have already contacted several old ministers. Now we are missing an opportunity, an opportunity to break the ice. If there is no opportunity, we must create it ourselves during the New Year."

"Your Highness must leave the capital at the beginning of next spring."

"Yes, I think so too, but it's only a month away from the Chinese New Year. I'm afraid it won't be easy to change the emperor's mind in such a short time."

"Everything depends on human effort. With Your Majesty's talent and wisdom, I believe nothing can be difficult for Your Majesty."

Jiang Mo laughed out loud. Shi Bin had been his little follower since he was young. Over the years, no matter what situation he was in, he had 100% confidence in him and believed that he could get out of the predicament.