Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Gong Shangjiao asked Jin Fu to find the manager who was in charge of finances when he was away.

"Second brother, do you think that someone in my Zheng Palace would also spend money randomly?" Gong Yuanzheng looked at the hall of Jiao Palace where people were originally talking and laughing, and suddenly the atmosphere became extremely solemn.

"Don't worry, Yuanzheng. All the expenses of the Zheng Palace are personally checked by my father. This kind of thing will never happen."

Zhuo Yichen has always admired his father's abilities. After all, the finances of the Demon Collection Bureau and the Zhuo Mansion are all managed by his father, and the management of the shops under the Zhuo Mansion is also handled by his father. He only needs to wait for the shop owners to come and give him money at the end of the year.

"What if someone steals my seal? Will Dad let that person get the money?"

Apart from the fact that someone had stolen Gong Zishang's seal of the Palace Master, Gong Yuanzheng could not think of any other way to withdraw money from the Jiao Palace without being discovered.

"Don't worry, Yuanzheng. The seal of the Palace Master in the palace gate has no effect on Dad. The only thing that can take money from Dad is the note with the Qilin seal that Brother Ling gave you."

Zhuo Yichen knew that Zhang Qiling had given his brother Yuanzheng a black jade carved unicorn seal. The seal at the palace gate, which represented the identity of the palace master, was useless to his father! The seal, which looked like broken copper and rotten iron, was not as valuable as the hammer that Zhang Qiling used to crack walnuts for his father.

"Only the people in the palace regard the seal as a treasure. In fact, in my father's eyes, it is not as valuable as the small hammer made of meteorite iron that he uses to crack pecans."

Zhuo Yichen and Gong Yuanzheng sat together and bit their ears, but among the people present, except Gong Zishang who had no internal energy and Gong Ziyu who did not have enough internal energy, everyone else could hear it clearly.

"Xiao Zhuo, don't you have something to do with Li Lun? Why don't we go find him quickly! Otherwise, the big locust tree will be angry and ignore us again." Zhao Yuanzhou realized that this was an internal problem of their palace, and it was not convenient for the two outsiders to interfere in this matter, so he found an excuse to take Zhuo Yichen away from the Corner Palace Hall.

Gong Yuanzheng looked at Zhuo Yichen who was leaving eagerly, because his second brother had forgotten why they came to see his brother Gong Shangjiao in the first place.

"Okay, after we've dealt with the matter with the young lady, I'll accompany you to talk to the elders about your decision to leave the palace." Gong Shangjiao patted Gong Yuanzheng's head twice, and when he looked down, he saw the banknotes in Gong Yuanzheng's hand, "Why don't you put the banknotes away? Why are you leaving them out like this? Who are you planning to give them to as a reward?"

Gong Ziyu originally came with Gong Zishang. After discussing for a whole night, they felt that it would be easier to borrow money from Gong Yuanzheng, the famous God of Wealth in the palace.

Gong Ziyu looked at the thick stack of banknotes in Gong Yuanzheng's hand and glanced at it with his wise eyes. Although Gong Yuanzheng's hand speed was relatively fast, he still saw the word "Wan" on the banknotes!

Gong Ziyu tugged at Gong Zishang's sleeve and said, "Sister Zishang, look at what Gong Yuanzheng is holding!"

Gong Zishang also noticed that Gong Yuanzheng was stuffing a thick banknote into his purse. After seeing the words on the banknote, her mouth watered! She had never seen a banknote of such a large denomination!

"That expedition brother!"

Gong Zishang walked timidly to Gong Yuanzheng with her size 40 feet, startling Gong Yuanzheng who was stuffing banknotes into his purse.

"What are you doing? Aren't you talking about how you got an extra 1,500 taels for no apparent reason?"

Gong Yuanzheng looked up at the pretentious Gong Zishang, and continued to struggle with his own small purse. In the end, Gong Yuanzheng chose to put the silver bills that could not be stuffed into his brother's purse.

Gong Yuanzheng easily took out a purse full of patches from Gong Shangjiao's waist. As soon as the purse came out, it instantly caught the eyes of everyone present.

"Brother Shangjiao, you don't have to be so frugal! If you really can't do it, let your sister sew a purse for you!"

Gong Zishang looked at the patched old purse, his tone full of pity.

Gong Ziyu rummaged through his purse, looked at the small amount of money inside and finally put it away with a red face, saying that he didn't want to embarrass himself. What could his little money do?

Only Gong Yuanzheng was used to it. After hearing Gong Zishang's loving words, he bared his teeth at Gong Zishang like a puppy with its fur standing on end. "Gong Zishang! Did Gong Ziyu eat your brain?"

Gong Ziyu got angry!

Gong Zishang's expression changed instantly, "You little brat! What are you talking about? Look at your brother's purse, it's all torn to pieces! I don't think it can hold much stuff, a slightly heavier grain will burst it!"

"I think you are not only brainless, but also blind! This is a purse made of Yunjin, Shujin and woven satin. It is a very popular purse nowadays!"

Gong Yuanzheng's dog-like look and the curses he uttered stunned Gong Zishang.

Gong Zishang took another closer look and found that the purse was indeed covered in patches, but each piece of fabric was of top-quality material, better than the fabric of Gong Ziyu's clothes.

Gong Zishang smiled awkwardly, sat down opposite Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Shangjiao, and poured himself a cup of tea to cover up his embarrassing behavior.

Gong Ziyu also quickly sat down next to Gong Zishang, smiling foolishly.

"What are you laughing at? Showing those two big front teeth. Do you want me to knock them out for you?" Gong Yuanzheng turned around and looked at the stupid Gong Ziyu showing his two big front teeth.

Gong Ziyu immediately covered his mouth. After all, Gong Yuanzheng would really do this, and it would be reasonable for Gong Shangjiao to knock out Gong Yuanzheng's two front teeth. He had been like this since he was a child. Every time he and Gong Yuanzheng had a conflict, he was the one who got scolded, beaten, and punished. Gong Yuanzheng was always taken away from the Blade Hall intact by Gong Shangjiao.

After Jin Fu brought the steward up, Gong Shangjiao handed the account book directly to Jin Fu, who then passed it to the steward.

"Manager Qian, I need you to explain to me what happened to the extra 1,500 taels in the Shang Palace this month?"

Manager Qian opened the account book tremblingly, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on his forehead, and he didn't even dare to reach out to wipe the sweat.

"this!"

Manager Qian looked at the 1,500 taels of silver that inexplicably appeared in the Shang Palace account book. He didn't know what was going on because he happened to be back home for something and was not at the palace at that time.

"What! Are you trying to tell me that this one thousand five hundred taels appeared in the account book by itself?"

Gong Shangjiao looked at Manager Qian, who was kneeling on the ground with trembling hands, looking at the account book over and over again.

Gong Yuanzheng looked at Manager Qian with a sinister look on his face, his eyebrows drooping, and he was holding three silver needles that were gleaming with cold light in his hands. "Brother! If it were me, I would just use three silver needles. No matter how he tries to argue, he will have to spit it out obediently!"

Manager Qian looked up and saw the three silver needles in Gong Yuanzheng's hand, staring at him with sinister eyes. How could he not know what was going to happen? He quickly fell to the ground and begged for mercy, "Master Zheng, I really don't know what's going on! This, this, this account book records the time when the Shang Palace came to withdraw the money, and this old servant was at home dealing with my mother's funeral!"

Gong Shangjiao gave Jin Fu a look, and as Gong Shangjiao's confidant, he immediately understood what he meant. He turned around and left, and soon after, he brought several accountants from the palace gate to gather in the main hall of the Jiao Palace.

"Tell me who took your shift that day? If you can't find that person, I think brother Yuanzheng's palace must be in need of pharmacists." Gong Shangjiao glanced casually at the people kneeling on the ground.

"It was Steward Chen! I received a letter from my family that day saying that my mother wanted to see me for the last time before she died. I had originally planned to come to Jiao Palace to look for you, Master Jiao, but I ran into the Young Master halfway. I thought it would be the same if I told him the same thing, so I told him the reason, and he sent Steward Chen to replace me."

When Manager Qian's life was threatened, he suddenly became very clear-headed. He remembered that after receiving the letter that day, he originally wanted to come to Jiao Palace and Gong Shangjiao to ask for leave. But he met the young master halfway and thought that he would say the same thing to the young master. When he came back later, Manager Chen just told him that everything was as usual, so he didn't take it seriously.

"Manager Chen? What do you say?"

Gong Shangjiao turned his eyes to the middle-aged man kneeling behind Manager Qian, "Reporting to Master Jiao, it was just as Manager Qian said that day. The young master asked me to replace Manager Qian. But later, the maids of the Shang Palace came to ask for money with notes with the eldest lady's seal, saying that they were for researching weapons. I gave them the money without asking any questions at the time."

"My seal? I always come directly to Jiaogong to ask for money from my brother Shangjiao. I never use any notes!" Gong Zishang always feels at ease only when he gets the money in his hands and never delegates such important matters to others.

Gong Shangjiao would always see Gong Zishang coming to withdraw money several times every month, so she was naturally very familiar with Gong Zishang's habits. Apart from loving to peek at the guards in the guard camp practicing martial arts, she would also touch the silver and count the money.

"It seems that there is a thief around the young lady! He actually dared to steal the young lady's impression and come to the corner palace to withdraw money."

Gong Shangjiao, Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Ziyu looked at Gong Zishang's ugly face. Gong Zishang probably knew that it was that man who did it!

"I roughly guessed that it was that person who did this kind of thing."

"Who is it? Could it be your bastard brother who is neither good at literature nor martial arts?"

Gong Zishang looked at Gong Yuanzheng who had guessed correctly with a gloomy face and nodded, "Besides him, I really can't think of anyone else who would dare to go into my room and touch my things."

Gong Yuanzheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Gong Zishang, "It seems that your brother has very dirty hands and feet! But it's true, with a mother who likes to steal things, what good can a son do? Only your father, that old fool, treats him like a treasure!"

Gong Yuanzheng suddenly thought of what the mother of Gong Zishang's illegitimate brother had done. He felt as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a fly, and leaned close to Gong Shangjiao's ear and whispered to him.

Gong Ziyu knew without thinking that Gong Yuanzheng was complaining again.