Zhenguan Xiaoxian Wang Li Shen Li Shimin

Li Shen's shouting attracted doubtful looks from others. Li Shen ignored this and asked one of the guards who was searching:

"Has this well been searched?"

"Prince Qi, we have searched this well from the beginning. It is indeed a real well, and there is still water in it. We even specially brought a bucket of it."

The guard replied.

"Come here, send someone down the well to see if there is any passage below."

After hearing this, Li Shen gave the order.

Xue Rengui immediately arranged for a guard to go down with a rope from the wellhead, and several guards were responsible for slowly lowering the rope down.

Li Shen lay down at the mouth of the well and shouted to the guards below:

"Have you found anything?"

"My lord, we have discovered something. There is an entrance here." The guard below shouted.

Li Shen said excitedly:

"Go in and see what's inside, be careful."

After a while, it became obvious that the rope became lighter, indicating that the guard below had untied the rope.

While waiting, Li Shen turned around and smiled proudly at Xi Bian.

"Hey, Xi Bian, what do you think is down here? Do you think it's a secret warehouse?"

"Haha, um... I don't know what's going to be down there." Xi Bian's face felt a little unnatural.

"It doesn't matter, we will all know it in a moment." Li Shen was very dissatisfied with Xi Bian's attitude.

I really can’t shed tears without seeing the coffin, yet I still don’t confess at this time.

Li Shen waited for a quarter of an hour, but the guards below had not yet come up. Li Shen wondered if there was some mechanism below.

At this moment, the guard came back from outside.

"Huh?? Why are you back from outside?" Li Shen looked at the guard, then looked back at the well to see what was going on.

"Prince Qi, the villain just walked around and around along this road. There is indeed a secret treasury inside.

Moreover, the villain discovered that the exit of the treasury was in a private house next to the Governor's Mansion.

There are still people living in the houses, but they have all been taken down by villains. "The guard reported back.

As expected, you are playing tunnel battle with me, Li Shen thought to himself.

"Let's go, you lead the way, let's go and have a look, so that our Governor Xi can be convinced."

The guards took Li Shen out of the Governor's Mansion, then walked around the streets behind the Governor's Mansion, and came to a relatively large house.

At this moment, there were guards guarding the door. When Li Shen walked in, he saw several guards guarding three people.

The guards who went down the well took Li Shen to a study room and pushed open the bookshelf to reveal a downward staircase.

Xue Rengui immediately arranged for people to light torches and went down to explore the way, with Li Shen following behind.

About five or six meters back to the bottom, there is a passage in front of it, about a foot wide, which can be passed by carriages.

Not long after walking along the passage, the front suddenly became clear.

This was a small warehouse. The guards' torches illuminated the place brightly. Li Shen walked in and looked around.

There are some shelves on the wall, some boxes on the shelves, and countless copper coins piled on the floor.

"Xi Bian, do you have anything else to say?" Li Shen turned around and asked.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how there is so much money here. This has nothing to do with me." Xi Bian was still making his final struggle.

"Hmph, Xi Bian, I really admire your stubbornness. Do you think it will be over if you don't admit it? Your people have been captured by me, as well as the three people here.

Do you think they can withstand the torture of this king? "

Li Shen snorted disdainfully.

Xi Bian also knew that the big thing was over, and instantly knelt down to Li Shen.

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty, please spare your life. I am willing to dedicate all these treasures to Your Majesty. I only ask Your Majesty to spare my life."

As he spoke, he kowtowed to Li Shen.

Li Shen was stunned after hearing this, huh? Is this a blatant bribery?

Wang Xuance on the side laughed after hearing Xi Bian's words. Wang Xuance was the one who had entered Li Shen's treasury. According to his visual inspection, there were about [-] copper coins in it.

And some of the boxes on the wall should contain some rare things.

However, Xi Bian really bribed the right person this time. This small amount of money was not enough for their prince to spend a month.

If the prince suddenly comes up with an idea, there is no upper limit.

The four dogs raised by the palace eat raw beef every day, and it is all fresh. They eat half of a cow, and the remaining half is for the palace's own use.

Either send it to the palace or to the East Palace.

A cow is worth about 3000 guan, and the food for these four dogs for a year costs more than [-] guan.

Even the prince said that Li Shen was so prodigal that he could not afford to spend three thousand guan a year on raising dogs.

If Xi Bian bribes other officials, maybe he can really succeed. One hundred thousand guan. That is, the annual salary of the prime minister of the dynasty is only [-] guan.

Li Shen's father-in-law Lu Shuang's salary is an extra [-] yuan a year.

But Li Shen is different. Li Shen is a person who loves money but has no concept of money.

So when Xi Bian said that he would give all the money to him, he was still thinking, how many things can this money buy?

Seeing Li Shen thinking, Wang Xuance couldn't stand it anymore. He was not afraid that Li Shen would make mistakes, but he felt that it was too embarrassing for Li Shen to count on his fingers.

So he stepped forward and whispered:

"My lord, one hundred thousand guan is the value of more than 600 kilograms of gold."

"What? Just over 600 kilograms of gold?" Li Shen suddenly raised his head, and his face was instantly angry.

"You bastard, you dare to openly bribe me. Do you think I will betray my virtue for a mere tens of thousands of dollars?

You are wrong, very wrong. I am a member of the royal family, a descendant of the clan, His Majesty’s tenth son, the majestic Prince Ji of the Tang Dynasty.

This world belongs to my Li family. How could I bend the law for personal gain?

Do you think this king will be as evil as you?

After all, you are also someone who has read the books of sages, and I disdain to associate with you. snort. "

Li Shen's words made Xi Bian stunned. Didn't you count on your fingers just now? Did I see it wrong just now?

"Come here, move everything out here, put Xi Bian in jail, and interrogate all the officials. The guilty ones will be convicted according to the law.

Xuance, you are responsible for handling these matters. All affairs of Cangzhou Mansion will be handled by me first.

After the case is concluded, you write a memorial for me and send a horse back to Chang'an. "

Li Shen ordered.

"Yes."

Next, Wang Xuance took Li Shensheng's place to interrogate the prisoner. All the officials and good people in the governor's office had to interrogate him, and those who reported the crime could be given a reduced punishment.

Xi Bian's cronies were screened out, and Xi Bian's family members were also thrown into prison.

Li Shen was not merciful. He did not want to harm his wife and children, but only if he did not benefit them.

If you enjoy ill-gotten wealth, don't complain and bring disaster to the fish in the pond.

If you dare to break the law, you must first think about the consequences.

As the saying goes, the legal net is wide and open, don't stretch out your hands, otherwise you will be caught.