Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

"Nothing to say? Humph, in that case, you were really involved in Lu Gong's affairs?" Gao Yao's face was as gloomy as water, and he stared at Lu Zhi with sharp eyes. He did not let it go because of her statement. Instead, he directly broke the window paper and pointed out the problem straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zhi's originally calm face changed color in an instant. She could no longer maintain her previous calmness and composure. A hint of panic flashed across her eyes. She involuntarily tensed her face, and even her breathing became rapid.

"My husband, I can swear to heaven that I have never done anything to let you down! If you don't believe me, I am willing to die to prove my innocence!" At this moment, Lv Zhi was extremely excited, clenched her fists, and trembled as she spoke loudly. Her eyes were wide open, her eyes were red, and her face was full of anxiety and grievance, as if she had suffered a great injustice, and she was eager to prove her innocence to Gao Yao.

However, facing such an extreme reaction from Lu Zhi, Gao Yao just waved his hand calmly and said in a flat tone: "Okay, no need to say more. Since you keep saying that you have a clear conscience, then bring Lu Su to me first. Oh, by the way, call Yu Shu and the others as well." After that, he sat upright on the chair, closed his eyes slightly, and no longer paid attention to Lu Zhi.

"Yes!" The maid who was waiting on the side heard Gao Yao's order and hurriedly responded. She then turned around and quickly left to carry out the order.

At this moment, Lu Zhi, who was still kneeling on the ground, felt a sudden jolt in her heart, and a sense of uneasiness surged up for no reason. She thought Gao Yao would continue to ask about Lu Gong, or severely reprimand her, but she never expected that Gao Yao would suddenly ask to summon Lu Su, Yu Shu and others, which was really beyond her expectations. For a moment, Lu Zhi's mind was in a mess, and she couldn't figure out what Gao Yao meant by this move. It can even be said that Lu Zhi was completely unprepared for this.

Originally, Lu Zhi thought that after doing what Li Yi had ordered, she thought that this was a turning point and a way out given to her by Gao Yao. She only needed to admit her mistake and hand over all the power in her hands according to the agreement with Lu Su. After being honest for a while, Gao Yao would naturally favor her again. Lu Zhi was very confident about this.

Lu Zhi believed that she was undoubtedly the most capable person in the entire mansion, and the others were far inferior to her. This was indeed the case. Even when she knelt on the ground just now, Lu Zhi thought that Gao Yao was just giving her a small punishment. After all, if there was no punishment for such a thing, it would be unacceptable. So until Gao Yao spoke, Lu Zhi thought her guess was correct.

When Gao Yao directly said that she was involved in Lu Gong's affairs, Lu Zhi's heart tightened. Lu Zhi was really panicked, because she knew Gao Yao very well. Gao Yao never liked bluffing. He would either not say anything, or once he opened his mouth, there must be something wrong.

And this is what Lu Zhi is most afraid of right now. She doesn't know what she did wrong, what the impact is, and what it affects. This feeling of unknown makes Lu Zhi feel the most terrified.

After a while, Lu Su, Yu Shu, Xiao Yue, and Shi Hua all came to the main hall. However, when they saw Lu Zhi kneeling on the ground in the main hall, the women did not dare to speak after paying their respects to Gao Yao. They retreated to the side obediently. Lu Su was very sensible and knelt on the ground like Lu Zhi.

“Bring the person in.”

"Here"

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Gao Yao didn't waste any words. This time he spoke directly to the guard at the door. After the guard answered, he quickly dragged a middle-aged man into the main hall.

However, the man was obviously beaten badly at this time, with bruises all over his face. Without the support of his personal soldiers, he fell directly to the ground, and it was difficult for him to get up.

"Mr. Shui, I, Gao Yao, have treated you well, haven't I? After you came to the Southern Territory, almost everything you have was given by me. It has been almost ten years since you came to the Southern Territory from Pei County. From an ordinary accountant to the current chief steward of the Southern Territory Chamber of Commerce, the money you have earned now cannot be spent in several lifetimes, and you still want to line your own pockets?"

Gao Yao's voice was terribly cold when he spoke at this time, and when Lu Zhi saw Shui Bo appear, her heart tightened. Shui Bo was one of the few people Gao Yao brought out from Pei County. He was originally a poor accountant. His family owed him money, and he couldn't pay it back, so he was sold into slavery and rescued by Gao Yao. Because he had some talent for numbers, Gao Yao kept him and started as a housekeeper in the mansion. Later, after arriving in the southern border, Gao Yao began to entrust him with important tasks and took over various affairs of the Southern Border Chamber of Commerce.

As for the treatment Gao Yao gave Shui Bo, it couldn't be better. In addition to the official position, the money was almost enough for him to spend in several lifetimes. He could even marry a wife and have children in the southern border. If there was really a choice, Gao Yao really didn't want to believe that Shui Bo would actually do anything in front of him, but the fact was the fact.

"My Lord, I am sorry. I was wrong. I was really wrong. I will never do it again. I am willing to spend all my wealth just to ask you to spare my family's lives."

Listening to Gao Yao's words, Shui Bo didn't say a word to defend himself, or rather, he didn't dare to say anything at all. The longer he followed Gao Yao, the clearer it became about Gao Yao's temper and character. When Gao Yao was nice to you, he was really nice, and it was no exaggeration to say that he was definitely the best lord. But when Gao Yao became ruthless, he would definitely cut off the roots and not be polite at all.

"Millions of wealth? Where did your wealth come from? Don't you know it yourself? Now that you are here, just tell me directly, so as to save me the trouble."

At this time, Gao Yao stopped talking nonsense and asked Shui Bo to tell the truth. After hearing what Gao Yao said, Shui Bo finally looked at Lu Zhi and then kowtowed to Gao Yao.

"My lord, I deserve to die! Of the silver I intercepted along the way, only 30% went into my pocket, and the remaining 70% was given to my mistress!" Shui Bo said tremblingly, then he fell to his knees with a thud, burying his head deeply in the ground, not daring to raise it to look at everyone.

When Shui Bo said this, Lu Zhi, who was sitting upright, turned pale instantly, bloodless, like a piece of white paper. She widened her eyes and her lips trembled slightly, obviously not expecting things to develop to this point.

At this moment, the other women in the hall were also shocked by this sudden change. They were dumbfounded and looked at each other. They could not have imagined that this matter would involve Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi was an important figure in charge of Gao Yao's business affairs. The mistress mentioned by Shui Bo could not be anyone else except her.

At the same time, Lu Su, who had been kneeling beside Lu Zhi, was also shocked after hearing this. She never thought that she and Lu Zhi had always been good sisters on the same front, but Lu Zhi had never revealed a word to her about these things. In other words, from beginning to end, she was kept in the dark and knew nothing about it.

In sharp contrast to the panic of the crowd, Gao Yao seemed unusually calm. His face was as gloomy as water, showing no emotion at all. He just asked calmly, "How much silver is there in total?" It seemed that he had been mentally prepared for what was happening.

"About 20,000 kilograms of gold in total!" At this moment, Shui Bo's trembling voice uttered such an astonishing number with difficulty. His body trembled involuntarily, as if he was enveloped by an invisible pressure.

After hearing this number, everyone around them stared with wide eyes and gasped. 20,000 jin of gold? That's a full 200,000 taels! Such a huge amount of wealth, how could it not make everyone present tremble with fear and be dumbfounded?

At this time, Gao Yao slowly said, "Alas, Shui Bo, why do you have to do this? If it weren't for my support and care, you would probably still be doing the hardest work for someone's family, and you might not even be able to have enough food for three meals a day. Now it's a time of war and chaos, human life is worthless, and you may die on the street one day. But you don't know how to appreciate your blessings, and you actually did such a thing..."

Facing Gao Yao's questioning, Shui Bo was already frightened out of his wits. He fell to his knees with a thud, kowtowed and said, "My lord, this old slave... This old slave deserves to die, this old slave really deserves to die..." As he spoke, he kept apologizing to Gao Yao and slapped his own cheeks fiercely, hoping to gain Gao Yao's forgiveness.

Only the sounds of "pa, pa, pa, pa..." were heard continuously, and bright red palm prints soon appeared on Shui Bo's face. However, he seemed to feel no pain at all and continued to mechanically repeat the action of whipping himself.

"Forget it! Considering the relationship between master and servant, I will let you go today and give you a way out. You have one hour to pack up your belongings and take your family with you to leave the southern border as soon as possible. From now on, you are not allowed to set foot here again, and you must not appear in front of me, otherwise you will bear the consequences! Do you understand?" Gao Yao said grimly.

"Here! Thank you, Lord, for your grace, thank you, Lord, for your grace!" Shui Bo heard this, and his face was full of surprise. He was so excited that he trembled all over. He didn't care about the pain on his body, and he rolled and crawled towards the gate of the mansion. He looked like he was afraid that Gao Yao would suddenly regret it. Strangely enough, Shui Bo, who looked seriously injured, seemed to be injected with a magical power at this moment. He ran very fast and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.