There's A Beauty

The officials of the household department are all veterans of making false accounts, and the outgoing and incoming entries have been smoothed out early in the morning. Not to mention that the emperor found a dozen capable officials to audit, even if he found a hundred, it would be useless.All the big families are also waiting on the ground, waiting for the emperor to find out one, two, three, and impeaching him collectively. The royal family members are also ready to launch an attack.

However, things backfired, but after checking the accounts for three days, the emperor has uncovered five or six shocking corruption cases, including theft of military rations, theft of military pay, fraudulent relief, interception of treasury silver, etc. The total amount of corruption reached A shocking [-] million taels, which is equivalent to the sum of the tax revenue of the Dayong Kingdom for ten years, and hundreds of officials, large and small, were implicated.

The first emperor was afraid of all the generals stationed on the frontier and tried to suppress them, so he turned a blind eye to the crime of stealing military salaries and rations by the household department, so that the situation became more and more serious, and even countless soldiers on the frontier died of freezing and starving to death every year.It is also because of this that when the fifth prince said that he would enter King Jingqin, the soldiers from all over the country responded and made him the new lord.

He wants to rectify the imperial court and clear the household department, so what if the dignitaries in the capital don't agree?He only needs to transfer the soldiers suffering from hunger and cold from the frontier, such as the Weihu Army, Benhu Army, and Dragon Cavalry Army, to the capital, and let them go inside and outside the court hall. Character?

Hubu Shangshu was first sentenced to death by Ling Chi, implicated in the nine clans, and all his subordinates were killed.Not only the household department, but also officials from other ministries were implicated, and many people were imprisoned for a while.This bloody storm came too suddenly, which caught Dayong's dignitaries by surprise and made them panic.They couldn't imagine how the emperor sorted out such a huge and complicated account within three days, and how did he find the ironclad evidence?

At that time, the Hubu Shangshu who was imprisoned in the sky jail had also brought them a message, saying that there was absolutely no problem with the accounts, and asked them to just mediate for themselves and counter the emperor.Look at it now, is it okay?It is full of loopholes!So someone bribed several officials of the Inspectorate to inquire about the situation, and only then did they know that all the evidence was found by a young doctor seconded by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. His ability to check accounts is unparalleled in the world.And he has only checked one-tenth of the accounts so far, if it continues, more people will be implicated.

If Langzhong Zhao is gone, the world will be peaceful!This idea appeared in the minds of many powerful and powerful people at the same time, and then they ordered each other to buy his head with a lot of money.

Youshu's house has been very lively recently. In order to protect his safety, King Yan Luo came every night, and did not leave until the next day when he was safely sent to the side hall of Qianqing Palace.Those killers who visited Zhao's mansion were either crazy, unconscious, or disappeared. For half a month, they didn't even touch Zhao Langzhong's side.However, those colleagues who betrayed him were dismissed from office, put into prison, and waited to be executed in autumn.

I also blame them for their short-sightedness. If they finish this errand well, they will be promoted to the ranks just around the corner.But they just thought that the emperor's foundation was shallow, and he could not compete with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, so they turned into internal thieves instead.As everyone knows, the emperor's foundation in the court is indeed shallow, but he has a full 300 million soldiers and horses in his hands, and has dispatched most of them to besiege the capital. It's as easy as drinking water.

He didn't rely on the support of the aristocratic family, and he didn't rely on the support of the officials in the court. He didn't need to be restrained by anyone at all.But unfortunately, there are still very few people who want to understand this truth.

In addition to the serious corruption problem, the Ministry of Household Affairs has a backlog of a lot of IOUs. Not only did the first emperor like to withdraw the treasury silver at will, but all the officials also followed suit. Money, even daily expenses, are drawn from the treasury bank, and the situation of pocketing is very serious.Youshu is a staunch member of the royalist party. After checking the accounts quickly, she joins Outai's debt collection team, trying to show her master her most capable side.

The imperial list urging everyone to repay the loan as soon as possible has been posted, but no one has responded after waiting for three days. On this day, Outai is going to personally go to the family of Prince Li, who owes the most, to collect the debt.Prince Li is the first emperor's direct younger brother, and also Emperor Xuanguang's uncle. He has survived two dynasties and is quite prestigious in Beijing.As the saying goes, to capture the thief first, to capture the king, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and you are unwilling to make the first move, so find the one with the hardest idea to start.

Outai led a lot of imperial guards and left aggressively, but was beaten out by Prince Li's private soldiers without even entering the door.Youshu was also pushed and shoved twice, and fell on the side of the road. She accidentally pressed a token with her palm, and when she picked it up, she found it looked very familiar.

Where did this pattern seem to be seen?After thinking about it carefully, he couldn't help being secretly surprised. The shape of this token was very similar to the one on King Yama's waist, and the patterns carved on it were exactly the same as the mask of the fourth prison master.How could there be such a coincidence in the world?Who does this token belong to?

He observed the people present without any trace, and found a slanting shadow behind everyone, obviously they were all living people, and he was a little confused for a while.While he was in a daze, Prince Li stepped out and yelled, "Do you want any money? You need to die. Go back and tell the emperor. If he sends people to harass me again, I will smash my head to death in the imperial mausoleum." Go to the underworld to find King Yan Luo and sue him for the crime of treason and immorality!" Then he locked the front door with a slam, and refused to see visitors.

While straightening his official hat, Outai spat at the plaque of the Prince's Mansion, turned around, and found that the token in Youshu's hand looked familiar, so he quickly grabbed it and tied it around his waist.

"This is your token?" You Shu was slightly surprised.

"Could it be yours?" Outai glanced at him strangely.

Most of the tokens have this shape, and it is not surprising that they happen to be similar.Seeing that his reaction was flat, Youshu let go of her doubts and walked towards the Ministry of Punishment with each other's support.Au Tai seemed to have hurt his waist, he groaned and groaned after sitting down, and then he invited two imperial physicians for diagnosis and treatment.

After the imperial doctor left, he said helplessly, "Mr. Zhao, you have also seen that I have injured my lumbar spine, and I am unable to move, but the emperor has sent a message, and I must settle Prince Li within three days. Or, Is this errand left to you?"

If it were another person, he would definitely be disgusted with Outai's behavior of shirking responsibility, but Youshu was very happy, and quickly took orders to leave.Ou Tai and the others went far away and wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, thinking that it was dangerous, if Zhao Langzhong found out their identities, they would capsize along with their master.Fortunately, Zhao Langzhong is clever and clever, but he doesn't like to think too much, and he is never suspicious, so he got away with it.

Youshu forgot about the little episode about the token when she turned her head, and was preoccupied with debt collection.If he wanted to take this opportunity to impress his master, he naturally had to do it properly and perfectly.Prince Li is a master who doesn't like oil and salt, relying on his seniority, he is used to playing tricks, to deal with such a person, if he is soft, he will be kicked on the nose; What to do?

Youshu never took the usual path, and she always thought of her when she rolled her eyes.At night, he led a group of ghost servants into Prince Li's mansion under the cover of blindness, dragged the sleeping Prince Li up, and brought him to the main hall for interrogation.And his concubine was cast into a psychic spell, completely fell asleep, and could only wake up when the sun shines the next day.

In a daze, Prince Li thought he was dreaming, and he was surprised to see a masked man sitting in the hall with bull's head and horse faces standing on both sides.The man claimed to be the King of Yama and ordered him to return Ku Yin as soon as possible, otherwise he would be sent to the eighteenth level of hell.

Prince Li cried out his grievances, and resisted to the end. He was pinned down on the ground by a bull's head and a horse's face, and he was beaten. He was burned all over his body with the fire of hell, which made him roll and howl, in unspeakable misery.After being tortured for more than an hour, he kowtowed and said, "I will pay back the money tomorrow, Lord Yama, please forgive me this time."

He escorted him back with a bull's head and a horse face, pointed to the charming woman on the bed and said, "Of course someone will come to collect the debt tomorrow with a token. If you don't pay it back, I'll see you in the underworld."

Prince Li was about to ask what token it was, when he saw Ma Mian stretched out a hoof, and nodded at the woman, then a gust of wind shaved off her black hair, and then rolled them all into a small box.After the ghost shadow dispersed, Prince Li paralyzed by the bed in fright, and thought with extreme fear: The methods of ghosts and gods are indeed terrifying.If he refused to obey, would he have to cut off his head next time?But death is not the most terrible thing. What is terrible is that after death, one will live forever in hell.In this case, it is better to quickly return the money, do more good deeds, strive to accumulate enough yin virtue, and exchange for a chance to reincarnate.

Leaving aside how Prince Li regretted it for the time being, Youshu had already returned to the haunted house with the box in her hand, ready to go to bed after soaking her feet.

"Pretend to be the king and set up a private court, Zhao Youshu, what should you do?" A deep voice suddenly rang in his ears, causing him to step on the copper basin and make water all over the ground.

"I, I have no other choice." You Shu looked guilty.

"Leave this matter aside for the time being, this king asks you, are you really Zhao Youshu?" King Yan Luo patted him lightly on the shoulder, and the two of them moved from the haunted house to the empty and quiet Nether Palace.

Youshu became more and more nervous, and murmured, "I am Zhao Youshu, why do you ask this?"

King Yan Luo watched him for a long time before picking up the life and death book on the table, and said, "Turn to the fourth page of No. 60 and have a look."

Youshu felt something in her heart, and opened it with trembling hands, only to see that the second, third, fourth, and fifth rows of the fourth page of No. 60 were all blank, but the sides were filled with words, recording a person's name, life, and life expectancy , the number of reincarnations, the amount of merit and so on.He buried his head lower and lower, and he no longer dared to think about it.

King Yan Luo saw him like this, and said firmly, "This king has long discovered that the words about Zhao Youshu on the life and death book are gradually fading, and until today they have completely disappeared. It can be seen that the real Zhao Youshu is dead, and you are not him. This king It took a long time to find out your origin, and there is no record in the book of life and death, which shows that you are not from this world."

Youshu raised her head suddenly, and asked, "So you have been following me, are you testing me and doubting me?" He was heartbroken, never expecting that the first friend he identified would come close for this purpose Own.Those companions all the way, talking at night by candlelight, trusting wholeheartedly, turned out to be all jokes.

"You guessed right, I'm an outsider. What do you want to do to me now? Eat me up?" His tone was flat, but tears were rushing down, his face that was always flushed was now pale .

Yama stood still for a long time before approaching him step by step, pressed him into the chair, put his hands on the armrests, imprisoned him in his arms, and said word by word, "You are right, I really want to eat you .”

Youshu widened her eyes and choked up, "I didn't expect you to be such a king of Yama! You've been lying to me all this time!" He had to admit that his heart was about to break. The person I like the most, I like it so much that I forget that their positions are opposite.

"Why are you crying?" Yan Luo Wang moved closer and said in a hoarse voice, "I said I would eat you up, that's not the way to eat it. With your small body, you only have enough food for one meal. What's the point? I want to eat it every day. , eat every meal."

Youshu began to tremble, and said in a trembling voice, "Are you going to fatten me up and cut a catty of meat a day?"

Yan Luo Wang couldn't help laughing, he strangled his slender waist with one hand, touched his upturned buttocks with the other hand, and said, "I was wrong just now, you should eat me, not me. Here, understand?"

Feeling the fingers between her buttocks, Youshu's pale cheeks quickly flushed red, her already round eyes widened a lot, and she dared not believe it, "You, you, you..."

"What are you, I have liked you for so long, can't you feel it? As the master of one world," I am actually the master of two worlds, but there is no need to say it now, "I am already busy enough, but for Protecting you Zhouquan accompanied you day and night, even at the expense of power for personal gain, to take back property for you, and take care of household chores. I have paid so much for you, but you turned around and fell in love with Emperor Xuanguang, how can I be reconciled? Yes, I have long If I found out that you are an outsider, if I wanted to harm you, I would have done it long ago, so why wait until now?"

He grabbed the tender flesh of Youshu's left cheek and cursed, "You little bastard, figure out for yourself how much life you owe me, and what should you pay for it?"

That's right, it's just a snap of his fingers for him to kill me, so why wait until now?On the contrary, he has always protected me and taken care of me, which can be called meticulous.Thinking about it this way, the fear, grief and indignation in Youshu's heart were all replaced by guilt.He didn't dare to struggle, but he stopped his tears. After careful calculation, he really owed this man several lives. Upholding the principle of repaying kindness with kindness, he should pay it back, but what he wanted was... What should I do about my backyard flower?

Youshu was tangled up, feeling that this man's embrace was as hot as a stove, making him restless and ashamed.He lifted his buttocks and kicked his legs again, wishing he could turn into a grasshopper and jump out.

King Yan Luo pinched his jaw, making him look directly at himself, and said in a deep voice, "Look at your little face, except for shame, embarrassment, and hesitation, there is no hatred or loathing. Do you know what this means?"

"What does this mean?" Youshu's head was burned out and she couldn't think at all.

"It means that you also like me, like Emperor Xuanguang, but you don't want to admit it."

"Nonsense! The only one I like is my master! In my previous life, in my previous life, in this life, in the next life, and in the next life, I will always like him! I like him forever and ever!" You Shu was already incoherent. Tongue is a little knotted.

It was the first time Yan Luowang heard such an infatuated and unrepentant declaration, and he was both moved and funny, and also a little indescribably sour: The little bastard said he was in love with Emperor Xuanguang, but he loved to cling to him, and he clearly liked both of them. , refused to admit it.Fortunately, the two belonged to the same person, otherwise he should have been hanged and beaten.

Suppressing the smile that pressed his throat, he threatened, "Emperor Xuanguang is the choice between me and I will give you three days to think about it. You have to remember that no one in this world can save you except me. If this book of life and death Bo let other ghosts find out, you should know the consequences?"

Youshu was sent back to the ghost house before he could react, and the ancestor immediately brought him a basin of hot water to continue soaking his feet.How could he be in that mood, he just dried his feet and went to bed, rolled around all night without falling asleep.But public affairs belong to the public, and private affairs belong to private interests. One cannot forget public affairs because of private interests. Early the next morning, he forced himself to go to Prince Li's Mansion to ask for debts.

Seeing the hair in the small box, Prince Li was frightened and asked him where he got it from.Youshu said that at night, King Yama entrusted him with a dream and asked him to bring things to ask for debts. Although he was dubious, he tried his best.Prince Li was completely terrified, and sold all the money to pay back the debt, and even wrote a book to accuse the emperor.Seeing that the prince had already compromised, the courtiers felt that if they dragged on, they would seek their own death, so they had to pay for it.

The depleted national treasury was filled within half a month, which made Emperor Xuanguang very happy, and specially hosted a banquet in Qianqing Palace in honor of Zhao Langzhong.He is a well-deserved contributor to the thorough investigation of the household department and the recovery of national debts.

Because of something on her mind, Youshu, who has never drunk alcohol, drank three glasses of spirits today, making her face pink and her pupils watery, very touching.Emperor Xuanguang persuaded him to drink again and again, with an unpredictable expression.

At this moment, a tall figure appeared out of thin air, walked slowly to the table, embraced Zhao Langzhong from behind, and whispered softly, "Three days have passed, have you made up your mind?"

Youshu woke up instantly, and stammered back with mental strength, "No, no, can you give me a few more days?"

"Day after day, how long do you plan to procrastinate?" Yan Luo Wang smiled lowly while poking into his skirt, stroking and rubbing slowly.His hands can change from virtual to real, so they directly penetrate the fabric and touch Youshu's delicate and soft skin.

Youshu was paralyzed by the numbness and wanted to groan, but the master was watching from the side, how could he show his ugly face, so he had to bite his lips tightly to endure.King Yama took advantage of this gap to pat him all over, and when he touched his lower abdomen, he suddenly trembled and then let out a muffled grunt.

Emperor Xuanguang showed a worried expression, "Mr. Zhao, what's the matter with you? But you are not healthy. Do you want to call the imperial physician for treatment?"

"No, don't." Youshu panted heavily as she lay on the table.

Emperor Xuanguang quickly hugged him into his arms, unbuttoning his clothes, and whispering in his ear, "But you've been drinking too much and have chest tightness? Wait for me to rub it for you." He started to move slowly while talking.

The two hands moved around her body, and they always pressed to the most sensitive place, which made Youshu's cheeks flush and she almost collapsed.Just when he wanted to resist, King Yan Luo grabbed his jaw from behind, turned his face away, and kissed him deeply.

Can you kiss through a mask?Youshu was stunned for a while, and then she reached out to push it, but what she touched was not the cold mask, but the extremely elastic texture.This undulating shape, this high nose, deep eyes, and thin lips, how come the more you touch it, the more familiar it becomes?The panic on his face slowly receded and turned into bewilderment.

Seeing him like this, King Yan Luo and Emperor Xuanguang stopped their movements together and laughed lowly.The laughter overlapped strangely, making Youshu look left and right, dizzy.

"You guys, do you have the same face?" Even he himself didn't believe it, and finally thought of Outai's token in a blink of an eye, and vaguely realized it.

King Yan Luo lifted the blindness, slowly merged with Emperor Xuanguang, and said with a smile, "Fool, Emperor Xuanguang is me, and King Yama is also me. We are the same person."

Youshu gritted her teeth and clenched her fists, and complained tearfully, "You lied to me!" These days, he has been struggling with the fact that he likes two people at the same time, but it turns out that these two people are masters!No wonder he couldn't raise his guard against King Yama from the very beginning, no wonder he accepted him naturally, trusted him without reservation.That's because his subconscious mind has long been accustomed to the breath of the other party's soul, and his body recognizes it a step earlier than his brain.

"You're kidding me!" Thinking of the threat three days ago, You Shu became even more angry.

Emperor Xuanguang picked him up, threw him into the bright yellow curtain, and whispered hoarsely while kissing, "No matter who you choose, I will let you eat. Don't make trouble, and you won't be angry if you are full."

Youshu struggled hard, but was easily pressed down.The curtain fell without wind, covering the beautiful scenery, but it couldn't stop the room full of groaning. When the clouds collected and the rain settled down, he had no energy to care about it at all, and was limply hugged and patted by his master.

"So we have been married for three generations?" Emperor Xuanguang believed in Youshu's words, but he had no memory in his mind.He pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "It's no wonder that Ziwei's skyfall appears in the starry night."

"What is Ziwei Sky Pendant?"

"Ziwei Tianzhu is the fall of Ziwei Emperor Star." Seeing Youshu's shock, Emperor Xuanguang hurriedly comforted him, "I am still here, so Ziwei Emperor Star should not have fallen, but lost its star position." As for why he gave up the star position and looked at the limp person in his arms, he already understood the answer.No wonder he wakes up and is in the Prison of Di, it should be something went wrong when he fell.

"What will happen if you give up the star position?" You Shu became nervous, wrapping her hands tightly around her master's neck.

"It doesn't matter to me, but the world will have a situation where there will be conflicts between heroes and feudal lords. Under Ziwei's command, Pojun, Tanlang, Qisha and other stars will join the world one after another, taking the position of Star King. But now Ziwei Although the sky is falling, the stars have not yet appeared, but I can see them, so the world will still be peaceful for hundreds of years." Emperor Xuanguang was so strangled that he couldn't breathe, but he was very happy in his heart.

"That is to say, the world will be in chaos?" Youshu's eyes straightened.

"For a long time, we must divide, and for a long time, we must unite. This is the general trend of the world. Well, don't think about it, even if the Ziwei Emperor Star does not fall, the stars such as Qisha, Pojun, and Tanlang will still enter the world. This is the arrangement of heaven, isn't it? You and I can change it." Emperor Xuanguang patted Youshu's bare back.

Youshu has learned fighting numbers, so she naturally understands that every time a certain number of years is reached, the evil stars of the heavens will take turns to enter the world and sweep away the mortal world.Even Xingjun can't reach the way of heaven, he should wash up and sleep as a mortal.Thinking of it this way, he rested his head in his master's arms and fell asleep peacefully.