How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Xie Chengze stretched out his index finger and shook it, saying seriously, "Master Shen, please don't joke. The ten thousand taels in my hand are not in my hands."

"Where do you think they are now?" Xie Chengze looked distressed, as if he was really worried. "They are not in Yizhou, nor in Zhuolu County, nor in Chenghuan Palace... Oh, they are probably..."

He moved closer to Shen Yuan's face, not willing to be outdone. Shen Yuan slowly narrowed his eyes and did not back down. The auras between the two of them were entangled like ambiguity and confrontation.

Until Xie Chengze's malicious voice sounded faintly, "Could it be... the Ministry of Revenue?"

Shen Yuan's eyes flickered slightly.

"What exactly do you want to do?" Shen Yuan stared at Xie Chengze. For the first time, he couldn't see through his mortal enemy's thoughts.

"Shen Lang, Shen Lang, I'm not the vicious and cruel Second Prince. You don't have to hate me so much." Xie Chengze chuckled and patted his shoulder. "It's getting cold at night. Go to bed early."

After saying that, he bent down like a slippery little loach, crawled out of Shen Yuan's arms, and walked towards his room.

Xie Chengze was almost certain that the Shen Yuan in front of him was definitely not the talented Shen Yuan in the book.

To be precise, this Shen Yuan is most likely the reincarnated powerful official Shen Yuan.

Only that powerful official would hate "Xie Chengze" so much that he would suddenly have murderous intentions towards him when they first met. He was even sure that he would go to the county government silver bureau in Zhuolu County to take back the 10,000 silver taels he had donated, and he hid on the beam of the house to witness it all.

But, he is not "Xie Chengze". If Shen Yuan wants to kill him to vent his hatred, he, Xie Chengze, will never sit and wait for death.

……

Shen Yuan stayed awake all night, sitting in front of the tea table, thinking over and over again what Xie Chengze had said.

It was not until the next day, when it was just light in the sky, that Shen Yuan heard a commotion outside the door. He got up and went out, and saw a dozen yamen runners walking back and forth, carrying some wooden boxes onto the carriage.

Zhu Xiaobiao, dressed in gold, stood in the middle of the courtyard, waving his hands and giving orders loudly, "Hurry up! Haven't you all eaten yet? These are all silver donations my father gave out of pity for the people of Yizhou who were suffering from the disaster. We can't afford any mistakes!"

Xie Zimiao also joined in the fun, with his hands on his hips, imitating Zhu Xiaobiao's show of strength, "Move quickly! Otherwise, I won't let you have lunch!"

Shen Yuan took a quick look and found that County Magistrate Zhu was not there.

With such a big commotion, County Magistrate Zhu didn’t wake up?

Shen Yuan raised his eyebrows. The boxes being moved in front of him were several times more than those in the bank yesterday. Judging from the situation, Zhu Xiaobiao should have taken out all the money his father had embezzled over the years.

It seems that even if they are father and son, they will choose to betray each other without hesitation when facing life-threatening danger.

Zhu Xiaobiao was a man as ruthless as Xie Chengze, but he was not completely bad. He felt pity for those suffering beauties. Shen Yuan was very curious about how Zhu Xiaobiao would feel if Xie Chengze planned to order the execution of those concubines.

Can he take this opportunity to bribe Zhu Xiaobiao to become his secret agent?

Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Xie Chengze walking out of the room yawning, with a satisfied expression on his face, and it was obvious that he had a good night's sleep.

"Haven't you finished moving yet?" Xie Chengze rubbed his eyes, and soon his sleepy eyes turned into clear and bright ones.

"Second Prince, it will be ready soon." Zhu Xiaobiao hurriedly stepped forward to respond.

"You haven't finished moving it yet..." Xie Chengze laughed and glanced at him calmly. The next moment, he raised his leg and kicked Zhu Xiaobiao in the abdomen. His expression suddenly became extremely fierce. "Waste! You can't even move such a small amount of things? What's the use of you?"

His expression changed so quickly that everyone was caught off guard and stopped to look over here.

Xie Zimiao, who was showing off just now, instantly shrank his head and dared not say a word. Shen Yuan frowned and looked over, only to see Zhu Xiaobiao, who had been kicked, "flew" back several meters away in an extremely exaggerated movement, then fell to the ground and rolled a few times, shouting miserably, "Your Highness, please spare me - Your Highness, please spare me! It's all my fault, I won't dare to do it again -!"

Shen Yuan:?

What kind of trick is this?

Shen Yuan didn't think that Xie Chengze, who had no martial arts skills at all, could kick Zhu Xiaobiao, who weighed nearly 200 pounds, so far with his thin legs.

Seeing Xie Chengze's angry face, he drew out the long knife from the waist of a yamen runner and swung it at Zhu Xiaobiao, "Useless thing! I will kill you!"

The yamen runners retreated in fear, fearing that their lives would be in danger. The guards of the convoy did not dare to meddle in the matter. For a moment, no one dared to plead for Zhu Xiaobiao.

Zhu Xiaobiao was crawling on the ground in a panic, holding his stomach, and kept shouting for help. Xie Chengze chased after him, swinging the knife in his hand faster and faster. When he was about to hit Zhu Xiaobiao, suddenly, the doors of several rooms were suddenly pushed open, and several beauties ran out and pounced on Zhu Xiaobiao!

Although she was trembling with fear, she still desperately protected Zhu Xiaobiao and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Your Highness, please spare my life! Please let Lord Zhu go!"

"You dare to stop me, a mere unruly person?" Xie Chengze said viciously, swinging the knife in his hand. "Get out of the way! Otherwise, I will kill you too!"

"How can Your Highness kill innocent people!" A very handsome young man rushed over, spread his arms and stood between the two of them. He looked at Xie Chengze fearlessly and shouted, "The current emperor loves the people like his own children and advocates that officials everywhere love their people. Your Highness is now abusing his power to kill innocent people. How can you set an example for the world!"

"I don't want to listen to your nonsense!" Xie Chengze swung the sword in his hand fiercely, "If you don't get out of the way, I'll start with you!"

"Then use me as a scapegoat. But I don't know if Your Highness can bear the crime of killing innocent people!" The handsome young man raised his head stubbornly, his arms and lips trembling slightly, but his body did not move at all, as if he was really risking his life.

"Jingze, get out of the way!" Zhu Xiaobiao pushed away the beautiful concubine who was protecting him and shouted at the young man, "All of you leave! Why are you accompanying me to die in vain!"

"My Lord, you saved our lives, and our lives have long been yours!" Jing Ze growled in a deep voice, "We will never watch you in danger and do nothing!"

He closed his eyes tightly and shouted at Xie Chengze, "Your Highness, if you want to kill him, then you have to step over my body first!"

"Okay! Very good!" Xie Chengze was so angry that he laughed. He waved his hand and ordered, "Come here! Tie these people up and take them to the carriage! They are all rare beauties. It would be a pity if they died. I will take them to Yizhou and take good care of them along the way!"

After he finished speaking, the guards who were accompanying him came to their senses and quickly dragged all these people into the carriage.

"Let me go! Let me go!" Jing Ze struggled hard and shouted angrily, "You dog official! You are not worthy of being a prince! Kill me if you can!"

Jing Ze would rather die than suffer humiliation a second time!

Xie Chengze scratched his ears and pretended not to hear.

Shen Yuan watched all this and roughly understood what Xie Chengze wanted to do.

In the assassination in his previous life, Xie Chengze was frightened and furious. After learning the truth, he directly ordered the death of Jing Ze and others without seeing the faces of the others clearly. In addition, it has been a long time, and Xie Chengze may have long forgotten who were the people who were loyal to Zhu Xiaobiao.

That's why I tricked Zhu Xiaobiao last night and staged a fake show to lure out these people who were willing to avenge Zhu Xiaobiao.

It is Xie Chengze's usual evil taste to bribe and use the people who assassinated him in the previous life as his own assassins.

He is still the same person, a little smarter and more cunning, but his vicious nature has never changed.

Shen Yuan was disappointed, but he didn't know why. Perhaps it was because the young man with the bright and clear eyes reminded him for a moment of the little boy who gave him sweet oranges when he was a child.

When he left the capital in his previous life, he had been thinking about her all the time, but in the end, the person had changed. When he came to his senses, the two of them had already taken completely different paths and there was no possibility of returning to the same path.

After the concubines were gagged and tied to the carriage, Zhu Xiaobiao climbed up swiftly, without any fear or panic on his face.

All the boxes on the ground were moved onto the carriage. Xie Chengze stepped onto the carriage, and his previous ferocious look was no longer there.

He said calmly, "Let's set off to Yizhou."

After the carriage left the county government office, it was not until noon that Magistrate Zhu and his wife, who had been drugged, slowly woke up.

By then, the Second Prince's motorcade had already left with the treasures that Magistrate Zhu had embezzled over the past ten years. Only Magistrate Zhu, who was howling and cursing, and Madam Zhu, who had a subtle look on her face, were left there, looking at the empty warehouse with worried looks on their faces.