The mountains and rivers are quiet and broad

"Young Master Xiaobie has left Zhuozhou now, and continues to go west."

The voice of the person reporting before the desk was cold, as if mechanically emotionless, the man behind the desk was even colder, with a low voice, which lowered the surrounding temperature. "Let him go."

"Yes……"

"Let Ding act."

"Yes." Respectfully agreed, the man quietly backed away.

The man behind the desk sits quietly. There is no light in the dark room. The man is used to blending into the night. The darkness gives him a sense of security and the satisfaction of being born in the dark and walking in the dark.

"Our people come from the darkness, go to the darkness, live in the darkness, walk in the darkness and die in the darkness, and never face the light for a lifetime. The darkness breeds us, not because of the power of evil, but because of the darkness at the beginning of the world. , darkness is the origin of everything.”

They have believed in the power of darkness since childhood, and in the greatness dormant in the dark.But hundreds of years ago, the ancestors who lived in the south of the mainland accidentally released an evil spirit, which caused a catastrophe.

The story told by the grandfather has been recalled countless times in the man's heart, "There is a sacred stone with great power, and the person who owns this stone owns the country..."

Although the grandfather was not sober when he said this, the man took it seriously and kept it in his heart.

Tapping the armrest of the chair with his fingers, the man raised his head, leaned back relaxedly, and tapped the rhythm unconsciously. The man sorted out his inferences bit by bit in his heart: the Zhou family is the one who owns the god stone, and the Chen family must not know the existence of the god stone. After sitting in the mountains and rivers, the sacred stone must still be in this palace. The last emperor who died, Jingdi, would never bring the sacred stone with him, but the man does not know what the sacred stone looks like.

He had to look slowly.This search took another three years.In the past three years, he has searched all over the palace, and the treasury four times. He will count the treasury tomorrow, and he admits that he is a little anxious.

However, a plan has been brewing for ten years, which is long enough. Not everyone can develop so powerfully from the rivers and lakes to the court, from money to human weapons in a short period of time.

The hero makes the moment—he feels the urgency to realize his ambition.

"Knock, knock." The knock on the door was soft, and one could feel the cautiousness of the person coming. The man slowly opened his eyes, and the butler's voice came from outside the door: "Master, Mr. Wang is here."

The man responded and walked out of the room.

The sky was not bright yet, and it was gray. The butler picked up a not-so-bright lamp. Seeing the man coming out, he suppressed the light again. He knew that men didn't like light. He had only entered this study three times in the past three years. The room is covered with thick curtains, and it is always in darkness, and it is rare to draw the curtains.But he was able to stay by this lord's side for three years because he could not look too much and ask too many questions.

"No problem." The man didn't look at the light, motioned for the butler to lead the way, and even smiled kindly, but the smile was superficial, not deep in his heart.

The butler felt cold all over, obviously the lord was not bad looking, and both inside and outside the court praised him for his gentleness and demeanor, but the butler was extremely afraid, fearing that if the lord was unhappy, he would end up like the servants who died earlier.

Leading the way at the front, the butler only shone the lamp in front of him. The man has excellent eyesight and can see clearly, but the man has a big problem and has no sense of direction.

The huge prime minister's mansion is empty and unpopular, with gardens and pavilions interspersed with winding paths. The man has lived there for three years and needs someone to guide him wherever he goes.

"Master Yan." Wang Jinyi, Minister of the Household Department, had been waiting at the door for a long time. Fortunately, the morning in June was not too cold, so Wang Jinyi waited quietly without a single complaint.

Yan Keqing gave Wang Jinyi a habitual smile, just like the butler's reaction, Wang Jinyi lowered his head to avoid Yan Keqing's gaze.

"Let's go..."

"Yes." The two got into the sedan chairs and staggered towards the palace.

Seeing Yan Keqing get into the sedan chair at the front, Wang Jin stepped into the sedan chair with a cat body, lowered the sedan chair curtain, and heaved a sigh of relief.

Yan Keqing came to the capital ten years ago, first worked in Dali Temple, and stayed in Dali Temple for six years.

In the first two years, he was only a minor post, but later he was quite "lucky" to solve the King Jin case, and he was favored by Emperor Xuanwu, and he was appointed as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.

However, he was in the position of Shaoqing of Dali Temple for another four years. In the sixth year, he was transferred to the household department, and in the seventh year, he was the prime minister until today.

After ten years of official career, it can be said that he is not magnanimous.When it comes to Yan Xiang, it is synonymous with "smooth wind and smooth water" and "smooth sky".

The ruling and opposition parties spoke highly of Yan Xiang. Wang Jinyi, who followed Yan Keqing, was just an inconspicuous person in the household department back then. Now he can have such a good reputation because he stood in the right place and followed the right person.

Wang Jin was secretly happy, just serving Yan Keqing was not much easier than serving the emperor. Fortunately, Wang Jin found the trick early in the morning - to follow Yan Keqing, he just had to be a blind, deaf and dumb, and an obedient puppet.

The sedan chair staggered into the palace, and several officials from the Ministry of Households were already waiting at the gate of the treasury. They had already had the experience of counting the treasury four times before. When they saw Yan Keqing, they greeted him respectfully.

Smiling gently, Yan Keqing raised his hand: "Excuse me. I have to work harder today everyone."

"Your Majesty Yan is too polite."

"Master Yan is really good-tempered..."

Listening to everyone's praise, Yan Keqing still maintained the same curved smile, and ordered: "Open the treasury..."

Hearing Yan Keqing's order, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

"What?" Yan Keqing raised his eyebrows and looked at Wang Jinyi.

Wang Jin was sweating profusely: "Eunuch Kang hasn't come yet."

"Then wait." Yan Keqing said, everyone hurriedly agreed, but then they didn't dare to speak easily, and there was an eerie silence in front of the treasury.

Seeing that Yan Keqing was a little unhappy, Wang Jinyi was also a little anxious.In the previous four times when the state treasury was opened, Mr. Kang went to the state treasury fifteen minutes beforehand, and returned the keys on time four hours later.

Yesterday he went to find Eunuch Kang, and Eunuch Kang accepted with a smile. He didn't know what happened today, but he was late.

A quarter of an hour passed.

Its daybreak……

"My lord, please send someone to ask." Wang Jin felt a cold sweat on his forehead.

Yan Keqing nodded and acquiesced.

Those who went came back quickly, and indeed they came back alone.

"Where is Mr. Kang?" Wang Jin looked at him with dissatisfaction when he saw his subordinates in a hurry.

"Eunuch Kang said he didn't have the key."

"Where is that?"

Seeing that half an hour had passed, Wang Jinyi was afraid that Yan Keqing would turn around and blame him.He couldn't help but smoke from his throat in anxiety, and the others didn't dare to say anything, it could be seen that Yan Xiang was not very happy.

"Eunuch Kang just said yes, wait a little longer."

The original words are: wait.He didn't dare to speak in the original tone, so he had to be more tactful, which still drew Yan Keqing's slightly annoyed stare.

"Let's go, maybe I want to see Eunuch Kang in person." Yan Keqing tossed off his robe and was about to take a step when he saw a sedan chair slowly approaching.

"Master Yan, this seems to be..." Wang Jin looked at Keqing Yan and then at the sedan chair. On the sedan chair, there was a black hollow hanging sign with the word "benevolence" written on it.

It is the sedan chair of King Ni.Yan Keqing recognized it at a glance, but King Ren should have left the capital to track down the Demon Sect, right?Yan Keqing had a bad premonition in his heart.

The sedan chair stopped, and the person next to him was Grandpa Quan.Eunuch Quan leaned over and opened the curtain, respectfully said: "My lord, we're here."

Chen Ke got out of the sedan chair slowly, perhaps because he didn't sleep enough, Chen Ke was not in a good mood, and he perfectly interpreted the image of "Cold Face Yama".

Everyone knelt down in unison, the sound of rubbing the corners of the clothes made Yan Keqing feel harsh, he kept smiling, bowed, and said to everyone: "See the prince."

Chen Ke nodded slightly, without saying much, and handed Eunuch Quan a bunch of keys.

Eunuch Quan took it with both hands respectfully, and presented it to Keqing Yan: "Master Yan, I have offended you so much, you are late."

Yan Keqing glanced at Eunuch Quan, smiled and said, "Eunuch has something to do."

He took the treasury key and handed it to Wang Jinyi: "Open the treasury!"

The heavy door of the national treasury was slowly opened, and there were three keys in total. Behind the three doors was the most important foundation of the dynasty.Chen Ke had never entered the treasury before, so he stepped forward, but Yan Keqing stopped him slightly.

"My lord surprised my minister." These words sounded very intimate, and people who didn't know might mistakenly think that Yan Keqing and King Ren were very familiar.

Chen Ke glanced at Yan Keqing, and it was rare to accompany someone to greet him: "Really?"

How do people accept this?Yan Keqing didn't mind, "Yeah, isn't the lord looking for the Devil's Cult, why did you come back to Beijing suddenly?" Yan Keqing pretended to gossip to the end.

Seeing the officials who filed in and began to count in an orderly manner, Chen Ke also stopped at the gate of the treasury, looked at Yan Keqing, and played a language game with him: "Yes, I have found the capital, and I will come back."

Yan Keqing was very surprised: "This, the Demon Cult..."

Chen Ke shook his head, Yan Keqing closed his mouth in a timely manner, and asked again: "Then why is the prince here free today? Could it be that this treasury is also related to the Demon Cult?" Yan Keqing frowned, very worried.

"What's the matter, Mr. Yan, the political affairs are busy recently, and even Eunuch Kang can't get away. It's right for me to share the emperor's worries."

"Yes, my lord said so."

"How long does it take to count the treasury?"

"Five days."

"Well, starting from tomorrow at three o'clock every day, Grandpa Quan will deliver the key..." Chen Ke said, and Grandpa Quan saluted Yan Keqing, "Return it at Shenshi."

"Yes……"

"After the daily counting, the sorting list is directly handed over to the whole father-in-law."

Yan Keqing was startled, and then said: "Yes..."

Nioh, what does this mean?Or what is the emperor's routine?Yan Keqing's heart was full of twists and turns, maintaining a peaceful face, leading Chen Ke into the treasury, introducing the division of the treasury and the functions of each part one by one, and explaining in detail how these things will be recorded on the list.

Listening to Yan Keqing's introduction, the national treasury is very rich, but the officials of the household department in the past few years were too fishy in troubled waters, and the accounts left behind were all chaotic. The treasury was not clear for a while. This time, Yan Keqing personally came out and vowed to count the treasury carefully According to the situation of the national treasury, the law of enriching the country will be formulated.

"A rich country is a rich people."

"My lord is right, it's just that there have been a lot of floods in the south in the past few years, and the treasury has to be filled."

"Well." Chen Ke stopped and stood in front of the armory, which was a certain distance away from the crowd.

Chen Ke lowered his voice, it sounded a bit colder, there was no expression on his face, and the look in his eyes was incomprehensible, "Master Yan, do you still have any memory of the King Jin case eight years ago?"

King Jin who died eight years ago, King Ren who was estranged from his brothers after the case of King Jin, and His Majesty today, King Ren who left the capital and quietly returned to Beijing.

It turns out that King Ren is a drunkard today, and his intention is not to drink, Yan Keqing suddenly realized.

"Naturally, it was the king's case that Weichen handled back then."