After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Back at Wanchun Garden, as soon as Yan Mu entered the door, Xue Changfeng rushed to him with a roar.

"Lao Qi, something big happened. Gu Zian was captured by Li Huai's people!"

Yan Mu's mouth twitched, "I know."

"Ah, you know?"

Yan Mu ignored him and walked around him into the hall, but saw everyone there. Mrs. Na Gu was crying anxiously, and Liu Yunxiang was comforting her. Feng Zheng's face turned pale, as if he was holding back a surge of anger.

He walked over and sat down on the main seat, then looked at the mud on his boots.

"Lao Qi, please say something quickly. What should we do next?" Xue Changfeng chased over and asked.

When he asked, everyone looked over.

Liu Yunxiang stood up first, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Yan Mu, and asked gently: "What does Li Huai mean?"

"He wants to hand over those account books to the court." Yan Mu said.

"Absolutely not!" Feng Zheng shouted, "Mr. Yang will bear it with all his strength, even at the cost of his own life. We cannot let his hard work go to waste!"

"Especially this will destroy Yanzhou." Mrs. Gu also said anxiously.

Liu Yunxiang frowned. She had felt the prosperity of Yanzhou, the righteousness of Yanzhou's local officials, and the simplicity of Yanzhou's people these days. Is such a wonderful place really going to be destroyed?

"There is only one way now." Yan Mu said.

"What method?" Feng Zheng asked.

Yan Mu glanced at the mud on his boots again, then raised his head and said, "Kill Li Huai."

As soon as these words came out, everyone else present took a breath.

His Majesty the Seventh Highness said he would kill someone, and the person he killed was an official of the imperial court!

"Kill him." Yan Mu took a deep breath, "To stop him!"

"But the government office is heavily guarded, so it's not easy to kill him." Liu Yunxiang quickly accepted the proposal, but it was also difficult to kill Li Huai.

"I'll go!" Feng Zheng stood up and said through gritted teeth: "Don't worry, Your Highness, I will definitely kill him and cut him into pieces!"

"I'll go too!" Zi Jin said.

"Don't cause trouble." Feng Zheng frowned.

"Why am I causing trouble? My kung fu is better than yours!"

"Keep your mouth shut."

"you!"

The two quarreled again. Liu Yunxiang waved his hand to stop them, and then looked at Yan Mu, "Since we want to do this, we must do it, otherwise we will have no chance."

Yan Mu nodded, "So I'll go too."

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "Are you going too?"

Yan Mu smiled with deep eyes, "I got some dirt on him, and I have to pay it back to you."

Although Liu Yunxiang was worried, seeing that Yan Mu had already made up her mind, she had no choice but to tell her: "Be careful, safety is the most important thing."

Yan Mu held Liu Yunxiang's hand, "Don't worry, I, Yan Mu, have never failed to kill anyone."

Taking advantage of the darkness of the night, Yan Mu asked Zi Jin and Xue Changfeng to protect Liu Yunxiang, and then he took Feng Zheng there.

Liu Yunxiang was so worried that he couldn't sit still. She asked Zijin to go to the roof and pay attention to the direction of the government office to see if anything happened.

Zijin stood on the roof, wanting to look far away. Looking at the night scene of Yanzhou, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "Girl, Shengjing is prosperous, but I don't need to see Yanzhou. The long streets are hung with lanterns, like a A fire dragon, the lights of thousands of houses are like stars in the sky."

Liu Yunxiang sat down on the stone bench in the courtyard. The prosperity of Yanzhou was unexpected. She thought that the reason why Yan Mu killed Li Huai was to protect Yanzhou like this.

"It would be great if all places in Da Rong were like this." Zijin said again.

"Yes, I hope your words will come true one day."

But nowadays, there are serious party disputes in the court, constant civil strife in the local area, and the Southern Jin Dynasty is eyeing the outside. It is a very difficult task to spread Yanzhou's prosperity throughout Da Rong.

At this moment, she will feel a little heavy on her shoulders.

Fortunately, Yan Mu and Feng Zheng returned safely before dawn.

When they came back, it meant that Li Huai was dead. Liu Yunxiang saw that Feng Zheng's eyes were red and he had obviously cried. She didn't ask anything and just told them to rest quickly.

Back in the back room, Liu Yunxiang helped Yan Mu take off his outer clothes. When she saw blood on it, she hurriedly pulled him over to check.

"It's from Li Huai," Yan Mu said.

Liu Yunxiang looked around and felt relieved when he saw that Yan Mu was indeed not injured. She saw the account book that Yan Mu had put aside again, picked up the top one and flipped through a few pages.

"Every page is a big hole."

"Yang He is so courageous."

Liu Yunxiang sighed, "Although I got these account books back, how should Yang He's case be settled? How should his life be saved? What should Yanzhou do in the future?"

Yan Mu pulled Liu Yunxiang and asked her to lie down and rest, "Don't worry about these things."

"You have an idea?"

Yan Mu curled his lips and lay down next to Liu Yunxiang, "It's actually very simple."

"what?"

"Fake the accounts and spend the 100 million taels on the accounts."

Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened, "You, you also want to make false accounts? You think those officials in the court are fools, you..."

No, Yan Mu never does stupid things. Sure enough, Yan Mu laughed slyly at this moment.

She wanted to ask, but Yan Mu hugged her and told her to sleep quickly.

"Look, you have lost weight. You must make up for it when you return to Beijing."

Liu Yunxiang leaned into Yan Mu's arms and breathed a long sigh of relief. Now that Yan Mu had an idea, she no longer worried.

"After the matter in Yanzhou is settled, I want to go to Yangzhou."

"About Brocade Workshop?"

"Ah."

"I'll accompany you."

"You still have to go back to Shengjing for business. Don't worry, I won't be there for too long."

The next day, Liu Yunxiang got up a little late. When she came out after freshening up, she saw the senior official sitting outside in the hall, holding the account books and shaking his head.

"Your Highness, one million taels. It's too difficult to spend it cleanly and leave no trace."

When Liu Yunxiang heard this, he knew that Yan Mu wanted Gao Yuanwai to make the false accounts. He was a businessman and he still had some ability in this matter.

"Who told you to leave no trace?" Yan Mu raised his eyebrows.

"What do you mean, Your Highness?"

"Li Huai was the governor of Yanzhou seven years ago. During his three years in office, he took over the construction project of the palace and used the extra [-]% tax to cover all the expenses needed to build the palace, right?"

The senior official nodded, "That's right."

"I want you to spend this 100 million in the account book, but you must leave traces and check the palace account in detail."

"what?"

"That is to say, Li Huai did not collect enough silver taels to build the palace in those three years, leaving many holes. Yang He only embezzled the 100 million taels in order to fill these holes."

When the senior member heard this, he immediately understood what Yan Mu meant and began to wipe away the cold sweat.

"Your Highness, you, you are throwing dirty water in front of the Emperor!"

"Only in this way, the emperor will not let anyone investigate further. Yang He is cleaning up the mess for the emperor, and his loyalty is a lesson. Naturally, the emperor will not kill Yang He again. As for this confusing account, Li Huai is dead anyway. Just push it on him."

The senior official gave a thumbs up in admiration, but his body was shaking a little, probably frightened by Yan Mu's boldness.

"It's just that it's not easy to make this fake account well. It has to leave traces and not be too deliberate." Gao Yuanwai smoothed his mustache and had an idea, "There is one person... No, no, she is sure Won’t help.”

"Who?"

Gao Yuanwai hesitated for a moment and said, "My sister is the proprietress of Luoxia Silk and Satin Shop. She is a master of accounting."