The female general was reborn in the enemy's house? They all die!

"Um?!"

The more the emperor listened, the more surprised he felt. He stroked his beard and stared at Lu Anfei and asked, "Lu Anfei, is what Zhou Xu said true?"

"Your Majesty, this... this..."

Zhou Xu glanced at Lu Anfei's sweaty expression and laughed in his heart.

Before Lu Anfei could argue, he spoke again, "Your Majesty, there is no need to bother asking Lord Lu. I have already noted down Lord Lu's private residences."

When the emperor heard this, he immediately winked at Eunuch Gao.

Afterwards, Eunuch Gao quickly found writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone and presented them to Zhou Xu.

Zhou Xu thought for a moment, then picked up the brush and began to write smoothly.

Not long after, Eunuch Gao presented the paper.

The emperor looked at the contents and pondered for a moment, then prepared to ask the guards to search immediately.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say!"

Zhou Xu saw the guards about to go out and hurriedly stopped them.

Because he knew very well that Lu Anfei would not be able to escape the blame for this report, but the prince and the Xia family would not let him have an easy time in the future. He had to listen to Rong Sheng today and give up Du Sheng as well.

"What else does Mr. Zhou want to say?"

"Your Majesty, I also mentioned in my memorial that General Du Sheng might have colluded with Lu Anfei and probably accepted bribes from Lu Anfei. Why don't we ask the guards to search together? It will be faster this way."

"Mr. Zhou did remind me."

The emperor nodded in understanding and looked at Zhou Xu with approval.

"Then do as Mr. Zhou said and bring Du Sheng to the palace. I want to interrogate him on the spot!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the hall began to whisper to each other again.

At this moment, Lu Anfei seemed to have completely given up resistance.

He was completely deflated and lay on the ground in silence.

He buried his head deep in the cold floor, still thinking about all this in his heart.

Why, what went wrong?

Zhou Xu has always been cautious and always humble in front of me.

But today he seemed like a different person. Not only did he speak eloquently, but every word he said was fatal to him.

Who is behind him?

Could it really be the Wei family...

But now Concubine Wei has been poisoned by the Queen Mother and cannot get out of bed, and Prince Ming and Wei Xun have also been imprisoned in the Dali Temple.

In other words, the Wei family can no longer make much of a splash, and the Zhou family is just a small family. Will they give up the powerful influence of the prince and the queen and join the Wei family?

Unless he's crazy he would do that...

The more Lu Anfei thought about it, the more dizzy his head became. He felt as if the sky was about to fall.

After an unknown amount of time, the guards who were sent out finally came back.

The difference this time was that each of them was carrying a heavy wooden box in their hands.

At the end of the team, Du Sheng, with a panicked look on his face, also followed in.

He was still hungover and his temples were slightly aching.

But he tried his best to control his shaking body, fearing that he would lose his manners in front of the temple.

But the moment he stepped into the hall and saw the tense scene inside, his legs suddenly went weak and he knelt down heavily.

He lay prone on the ground, shaking slightly uncontrollably.

He was not actually nervous about meeting the emperor.

It was because he saw Lu Anfei lying on the ground like himself, limp and not daring to breathe. There were many wooden boxes beside him, surrounded by dust, and they must have been dug out from the ground.

Lu Anfei was the Minister of Revenue, but now he looked like a stray dog.

Moreover, the emperor's expression was extremely ugly.

The guards broke into his house and forcibly dragged him over without explaining the reason.

Something must have happened—

Du Sheng shook his heavy head, and his paralyzed nerves gradually recovered. He was very suspicious that he had been discovered for slandering Wei Xun because he had received favors from the prince and others.

Sure enough, he guessed correctly.

The emperor signaled to the guards to put down the wooden box but did not rush to open it.

His sharp eyes passed over the ministers, and finally his cold gaze fell on the disheveled Du Sheng.

"Du Sheng, someone reported you to me, saying that you accepted bribes. Won't you explain yourself?"

Du Sheng was facing the floor, trying to sort out his confused thoughts. When he heard the emperor's voice, he immediately raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, I...don't have any."

"General Du, do you call this an explanation?" Zhou Xu sneered, "You might as well just tell me where the stolen silver you hid is."

"Sir Zhou, I have no grudge against you. Why do you want to frame me?" Du Sheng's mind finally became clearer at this moment.

At that time, Lu Anfei did give him tens of thousands of taels on behalf of General Xia.

To be on the safe side, he did not hide the silver at home, but buried it in an open space in the wild. That place was in the middle of nowhere and no one could possibly find it.

Even if they found it, they shouldn't know that he hid it.

Thinking of this, Du Sheng felt a little relieved. He pretended to be calm and said, "Lord Zhou, you must have real evidence to support your words. I am upright and have nothing to fear. If you don't believe me, you can search my house."

But before he could finish his words, several guards suddenly returned from outside the hall.

One of the leading guards carried a box and a letter and walked quickly to the center of the hall.

He knelt on one knee and reported: "Your Majesty, I just found these in General Du Sheng's house. Please take a look."

"Oh?"

The emperor took a closer look at the box and his eyebrows raised immediately.

How come this is exactly the same as Lu Anfei’s wooden boxes?

As if he had guessed about 70% of the mystery in his mind, he unfolded the letter with a serious face.

The hall was silent at this moment, and all the ministers were staring at the emperor's expression with expectant eyes.

The emperor's eyes moved over the letter, and his solemn face turned from blue to black.

After a while, he finally couldn't suppress his anger anymore and threw the letter in his hand to the ground.

Under everyone's horrified gaze, he shouted, "Call Li Yujing to me!"