After I killed him for 9,000 years, he was reborn.

"Meng Qisui, I will give you one more chance. I don't care what method you use or who you want to investigate. No matter who is involved, you must investigate it thoroughly and find out whether the Yellow River bursting its dikes was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster.

Who are the people involved in this case?

Where did all my money go?

You must investigate this thoroughly for me, without leaving out a single person. Also, all the silver that was embezzled by those corrupt officials must be recovered for me, not a single ounce of silver can be left behind.

Spit out exactly what you have eaten, no more, no less.

If this case is handled successfully, Meng Qisui, the current Minister of Justice is old and should retire. I can't bear to see an old minister in his seventies working so hard. "

"Here..."

Many well-informed people soon learned about the little incident in the palace, and undercurrents began to surge beneath the seemingly calm surface.

In the eldest prince's mansion, the eldest prince and his wife had dismissed all the servants and were talking in private.

"Madam, my father has been in a bad mood these days because of the Yellow River bursting its banks. Now the floods are raging and the disaster is serious, affecting three provinces. My father is furious and has asked Meng Qisui, the evil dog in the court, to investigate the matter personally."

"What should I do?

I remember that the Water Conservancy Supervisor of the Ministry of Works was a sensible official. He presented a lot of silver to our family during every festival.

Meng Qisui is a powerful character. If he finds out about our house, we will be in trouble."

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, don't worry...

The Water Conservancy Supervisor of the Ministry of Works was a man who was good at flattering others. In addition to sending money to our family, he also gave a lot to the homes of the second and third sons.

If something happens to me as the eldest brother, none of my good brothers can escape either."

"That's true. The law does not punish everyone. We are all the same princes anyway. The emperor can't do anything to us."

The eldest prince's wife reached out and took off the fox fur cloak from the eldest prince and hung it on the rack, then turned around and helped her husband change his clothes herself.

"I hope so. Anyway, the Ministry of Works' Water Conservancy Supervisor and his wife, Sun, have both died in the Dali Temple prison. It's not an exaggeration to say that there is no evidence. Father won't pursue things too much without evidence. After all, I am his biological son, and the eldest son he personally raised."

After comforting himself in this way, the eldest prince's originally anxious heart felt calmer. When he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he changed his mind and realized that something was wrong. He had missed something important.

"Madam, I heard that there are rumors that the Ministry of Industry and Water Conservancy has hidden a large amount of silver for many years, as much as one million taels of silver.

But no one has found the money yet."

When the eldest prince thought about such a large sum of money never seeing the light of day, his eyes glowed green. He licked his lips greedily and began to imagine how he would spend the money if he got it.

"Where would he hide so much money?"

I don't know if the eldest prince has already imagined that he was throwing money away with his 18th concubine, and the eldest prince's wife replied casually without even raising her head.

“Yeah, where would he hide the money?

Let me think about it carefully, think about it carefully..."

The eldest prince paced back and forth in the room, racking his brains but could not figure out where the Ministry of Works and the Water Conservancy Bureau would put such a large sum of money.

"Oh, what's the point of thinking so much?

It would be better to send someone to check. Millions of taels of silver are not just a few hundred pieces of paper. So many things have to be put somewhere. If we find the silver before others, wouldn’t that be wonderful?”

After finishing the chores at hand, the eldest prince's wife straightened up and said something casually that made the eldest prince's eyes light up.

"Madam, what you said is absolutely right. Anyway, the water supervisors in the Ministry of Works are all dead, so there is no evidence. The silver is more important. We have to find it before others."

…………

Except for the eldest prince, the second prince, the third prince, the fourth prince and the fifth prince, who were already adults, did not say it out loud, but privately they were all eyeing the millions of silver.

There is only one exception, and that is the dignified Nine Gates Admiral Tong Guoan.

Many people in Yuanjing City knew that the Director of the Ministry of Works and Water Conservancy was Tong Guoan's man. Now that he was in trouble, the first people who would suspect, including the emperor, was that the millions of taels of silver hidden by the Director of the Ministry of Works and Water Conservancy must be in their hands.

But Lord Tong Guoan felt really wronged. He and his concubine Li Yue'er did receive a lot of benefits from the Ministry of Works and the Water Conservancy Bureau, but those were all given voluntarily, not asked for by his family. Moreover, over one million taels of silver was not a small sum, he had never received so much money before.

This made Tong Guoan more anxious than others and he wanted to know the whereabouts of the silver, otherwise he would be the scapegoat.

Tong Guoan, the commander-in-chief of the Nine Gates, was more eager to find the money than anyone else. After all, others were looking for money for wealth, but Tong Guoan was different. He was looking for his life. If he couldn't find the money, even his uncle would be of no use. He was afraid that the grass on his grave would be two meters high by next year.

Three days later, it was the beginning of autumn, which was also an auspicious day for the charity fundraising auction scheduled by Tencent.

The weather is very good today. Yesterday's rainfall has relieved the hot weather in Yuanjing City a lot. The autumn weather is clear and refreshing, which is very suitable for concentrating our efforts on doing big things.

As the only officially recognized intelligence agency in the Da Chong Dynasty with the blessing of Emperor Guardian, Tencent openly occupies a large piece of land in Yuanjing City, where every inch of land is valuable. A large plaque with the word Tencent written by Emperor Guardian himself is hung at the entrance.

On weekdays, except for the shops at the door that are open to the public, outsiders are not allowed to enter other places within the Tencent's sphere of influence, except at certain specific times.

For example, today is the day of the auction. Tencent has its own auction hall, which is not far from the shops that operate on a daily basis, and can be considered as the outskirts of Tencent.

The Tencent Auction House is very grandly built, covers a very large area, is four stories high, and is decorated with carved beams and painted buildings, and is magnificent and luxurious.

At the center of the four-story auction hall is a high-ceilinged auction platform, which can be compared to a large stage in the modern world, grand and spacious.

The first floor is a spacious hall filled with people, which mainly receives those who have bought tickets to enter, individual visitors who come to watch the fun, and some wealthy families who have some assets but are not particularly wealthy and hope to get a bargain at the auction.

The second floor is set up as a booth. Those who want to go to the second floor must first pay a deposit of 2 taels of silver before they are eligible to get a booth on the second floor. Most of the people on the second floor are wealthy businessmen.

The third and fourth floors are private rooms, which are very cleverly designed. People outside cannot see inside the rooms, but people inside the rooms can see what is happening outside, so the confidentiality is very good.

In order to occupy a private room on the third floor, one must first pay a deposit of 10 taels of silver, and also have sufficient status.

For example, private room 306 is exclusively used by Duke Yue’s Mansion.

As for the private rooms on the fourth floor, they are generally not open to the public. Even if you are rich and powerful, you are not qualified to go to the fourth floor.

Others may not know, but Li Shiliu certainly knows that the fourth floor is reserved for royal relatives. And they are not ordinary royal relatives, but at least close relatives of the emperor with the title of prince or above, or the emperor's princes and princesses.

Tencent Auction usually holds an auction every quarter. In order to enrich the entertainment life of the people in Yuanjing City, Tencent Auction also sells tickets to the public. Tickets cost 10 taels of silver each. One can only go to watch the excitement alone and cannot participate in the auction bidding.

Anyone who can participate in the auction and bid, regardless of their identity, must pay a deposit. After paying the deposit, they will receive a tag engraved with a number, and only with the tag will they be eligible to participate in the auction and bid.

Tencent's auctions have strict rules and regulations. They guarantee the authenticity of every auction item and promise to compensate ten times the price if the items are fake. If anyone finds that an item sold by Tencent is fake, Tencent will pay 10 times the compensation to the discoverer and the buyer respectively.

At the same time, all those who come to participate in Tencent's auction must abide by Tencent's rules. If someone does not pay after bidding, Tencent will ask him to go to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple for a chat, and will blacklist those who refuse to pay. Tencent will never do any business with him again, not even a small monthly magazine "A New Account of Tales of the World". Tencent will not sell it to him.