The System Forces Me to Be the Emperor

Twelfth lunar month twenty.

Xiao Rui got up by himself this morning, and didn't let Jiao Didi's servant girl go to great lengths to wake him up. Why is he so diligent? Because today is the last morning morning of the year, tomorrow I can take a vacation.

Step on the spot to the Meridian Gate, line up for the Golden Palace, and wait for Emperor Xia to go to court, which is the beginning of the early court.

The old-fashioned way of playing early if there is something to do, and leaving the court if there is nothing to do. After the six ministers reported a few simple questions, there was no more important matter. It seems that knowing that it is the end of the year, I want to relax.

Emperor Xia also changed from his usual seriousness and ordered people to eat at court.

In the past, the morning meal was a bowl of hot porridge and a pile of pickles, which was not delicious, but only suitable for feeding the stomach, but today it is extremely rich, with snacks and side dishes. The hot porridge is not simple white rice porridge, but porridge with snow shells and sea cucumbers.

Emperor Xia smiled and said: You have worked hard this year, my loves, and the prosperity of the Great Xia Kingdom is inseparable from your contributions. Tomorrow will officially start to rest and bathe. Many loves need to go back to their hometowns to visit their relatives, so pay attention to safety on the way.

Hai Banban, get ready. Xia Huang turned to look at Hai Dafu.

Hai Dafu received the decree, and with a wave of his hand, the forbidden army moved to the desk. It turned out that it was the event for His Majesty to write the word Fu. According to the tradition of the Great Xia, when the last morning court ends every year, His Majesty will bestow the word Fu to the ministers to express trust and blessing On this day, the beneficiary thanked Dai Ze and pasted the word Fu in the main hall of the mansion to show the greatness of the emperor's grace.

Afterwards, Emperor Xia came to the dragon case, mainly made of silk, covered with cinnabar, and wrote in person at the case. Thank you respectfully.

As the prince, Xiao Rui naturally did not participate in His Majesty's rewards to important ministers.

After the blessing, the morning court is over.

As the king of a country, Emperor Xia has just started to be busy, and the pen will be closed on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month. He has to finish the squeezed memorial as soon as possible.

Xiao Rui left the palace leisurely.

As soon as I got back to the gate of the mansion, I saw Jia Xu waiting in front of the gate.

Your Highness, Wei Zhongxian sent his adoptive son here, and this person is in the secret room. Jia Xu whispered.

Xiao Rui looked happy, and said: Is there any result in tracking Wei Dabao?

Jia Xu nodded.

Xiao Rui immediately jumped out of the carriage, followed Jia Xu to the secret room in the backyard, and met Wei Zhongxian's adopted son Tian Ergeng.

When he saw Xiao Rui in a three-clawed golden dragon suit, Wei Zhongxian's adopted son knelt down and kowtowed in fright.

Little man Tian Ergeng, kowtow to His Highness King Xian, His Highness is a thousand years old! The man prostrated himself on the ground and shouted respectfully.

Xiao Rui sat down and said, You are Eunuch Wei's right-hand man, you don't need to perform such a grand ceremony, just get up and talk!

Yes! Tian Ergeng stood up.

Only then can Xiao Rui take a good look at this person.

He is in his thirties and has a normal face, but it is definitely not a good bird at this age to recognize Wei Zhongxian, who is in his forties, as his adopted son. According to Jia Xu, Wei Zhongxian has already adopted five adoptive sons, who are respectfully called Wu Biao by the people of Dongchang, and they are Wei Zhongxian's capable generals.

According to this rhythm, when Wei Zhongxian sits in charge of the East Factory, he should be able to gather all the Five Tigers!

There are five tigers and five giants, and the history really has similarities.

After Xiao Rui looked at Tian Ergeng, he glanced at Jia Xu, who nodded.

Xiao Rui then said: Let's put Wei Zhongxian's matter aside for now, have you kept your mission in mind?

Tian Ergeng said respectfully: The villain always remembers, and dare not forget His Highness's instructions. Please rest assured, Your Highness, the villain will definitely gain Wei Zhongxian's trust, and everything will be guided by him. When His Highness does not use the villain, the villain People are Wei Zhongxian's dogs.

Jia Xu deliberately said: Your Highness, please rest assured. To prove his loyalty, I sent Tian Ergeng's son to the Northwest Camp. He is under the care of Commander Zhuge. He is naturally grateful to Dai Ze.

Yes, yes, this is the blessing of the villain, and it is also the blessing of the villain's son. Tian Ergeng was even more respectful.

No wonder Xiao Rui believes too much. Since he wants to control Wei Zhongxian and let him use him, he must be prepared for his possible rebellion at any time. , it is difficult to guarantee that he has no dissent. If there is one at that time, his most trusted adopted son can become a sharp weapon to kill him.

Tell me about what Wei Zhongxian told you. Xiao Rui asked.

Tian Ergeng said: Your Majesty, Mr. Wei asked the villain to follow Wei Dabao secretly. These few days, he did not dare to delay at all, for fear that his negligence would spoil His Majesty's important affairs. Fortunately, the hard work paid off. Last night, Wei Dabao quietly left Dongchang didn’t tell anyone, and only took his confidants out. The villain followed him and saw him enter the west of the city, and then entered an alley and stopped in front of a house. The villain did not dare to approach, and saw Wei Dabao get off with his own eyes. When the carriage enters the house, the villain retreats.

Oh? You told Wei Zhongxian about this, what did Wei Zhongxian say? Xiao Rui asked.

Tian Ergeng said: Master Wei hesitated for a while, then asked the villain to come to Xianwang's mansion, and told the villain to report the truth without any concealment, and also asked the villain to report to His Highness, and you can inform the villain in the future. Man, the villain can act as a contact person and directly tell Lord Wei, and Lord Wei will finish it immediately without any delay.

Xiao Rui nodded, Wei Zhongxian hesitated, because he also wanted a piece of the pie, but unfortunately he didn't have the strength, if that house was really the place where Wei Dabao hid his treasures, he would definitely be closely guarded by Wei Dabao, although Wei Zhongxian was responsible for the arrest, there were many people under his command , and can mobilize Jin Yiwei, but you must know that even he belongs to Wei Dabao's command, and it is impossible to do it with Wu Biao, his own confidant.

Afterwards, Jia Xu took out the map and asked Tian Ergeng to point out the exact location of the house before sending him away.

Xiao Rui called Li Yuanfang.

Yuan Fang, how is your lightness skill? Xiao Rui asked.

Li Yuanfang said proudly: Don't worry, Your Highness, there is absolutely no problem in visiting the palace at night!

Xiao Rui threw the map to Li Yuanfang, and said: Explore this house at night to see how many spies or eyeliners are hidden inside. Be careful, don't be discovered.

Li Yuanfang smiled and said, Don't worry, Your Highness!

At night, after Xu time, Li Yuanfang disappeared into the night in night clothes.

He jumped on the eaves, jumped over a long distance, landed silently, and disappeared without a trace when he turned around.

As expected of a fifth-rank master, Xiao Rui showed envy. He is still in the second-rank now. Although he finds opportunities to train every time, and also changes to fighting with Li Yuanfang to improve his combat power, the progress is still slow. If he wants to enter the third-rank, he still needs to take a while.

After half an hour.

Li Yuanfang came back.

He shook his head and said, Your Highness, there is nothing in that house!

Nothing? Xiao Rui was taken aback, and Jia Xu looked at each other in blank dismay.

Li Yuanfang nodded and explained: When I first arrived at the house, it felt very quiet, pitch black, and there was no movement. Listen carefully, and there is no time to breathe, so after testing with stones, I was sure that there was no one in the house, so I went in. The house is still dilapidated, and the inside of the house is dilapidated. A few days ago, the house on the right side of the bedroom was crushed by heavy snow. This kind of house is very common in Xicheng District. It was too dark, and I didn’t dare to light a fire to take a closer look. So hurry back and report to His Highness.

Your Highness, could it be that the person followed him wrong? Li Yuanfang asked.

Xiao Rui said: Tian Ergeng looks very clever. He said that he saw Wei Dabao get off the carriage and enter the house with his own eyes. It should be true. Yuan Fang, you will accompany me later, and wait for the curfew Go later.

Okay! Li Yuanfang replied.

At the end of Haishi, there was a curfew in the capital, and the patrol battalion began to patrol the streets.

Xiao Rui also changed into night clothes, and led by Li Yuanfang to his destination. Coincidentally, Xiao Rui also took the opportunity to learn night travel skills from Li Yuanfang, and Li Yuanfang taught him all of his money, which also benefited Xiao Rui a lot.

When they came to this house, the two climbed over the wall and entered.

This is an ordinary residential house, facing north from south, with the main house on the north side and wing rooms on the east and west sides.

Xiao Rui entered the main house, the main hall was in the middle, and the bedroom was in the east room. Sure enough, the top of the bedroom was crushed by the heavy snow and a big hole was broken.

Yuan Fang, light the lamp. Xiao Rui said.

Li Yuanfang took out the fire folder and lit the torch he was carrying. The fire illuminated the room, and the two immediately saw the problem.

If it is really a deserted house, the ground should be dust except for the mess, but now, there are some footprints on the ground, extending from the main hall into the west room.

Xiao Rui immediately followed the footprints into the west room, and stopped when he saw the footprints coming directly to the bed.

The bed was a mess, full of debris.

It seems that Tian Ergeng did not follow wrongly, and Wei Dabao did enter this house! Xiao Rui laughed.

But there's nothing here? Li Yuanfang wondered.

Xiao Rui smiled and said, Yuan Fang, are you sure?

Li Yuanfang looked at the bed in front of him, suddenly realized, then pointed to the bed and said, Your Highness, you mean

Xiao Rui nodded, and said: Wei Dabao is cunning, how can his secret coffer be easily known by others? It must be hidden very well.

Li Yuanfang came to the bed. This bed was a kind of cabinet bed, without independent four legs, and there was a cabinet under the bed. After checking, Li Yuanfang found that the bed had a mechanism that could remove the bed board. Presumably there is a secret passage hidden inside, leading to Wei Dabao's secret vault.

Your Highness, what should we do next? I don't know where the passage under the bed leads. Could there be many masters in ambush? Li Yuanfang asked.

Xiao Rui shook his head, and said: Wei Dabao loves money like his life, so naturally he has to hide his own small treasury from everyone. If he arranges many people to protect him, wouldn't his collection be in vain in case of being stolen? And you found out By the way, the footprints on the ground are all made by official boots, so it means that only Wei Dabao has been here. So I guess, the passage under the bed leads directly to his small coffers, and there is no second passage, and there is no Guards.

It doesn't bother him, why not hide in Dongchang, so there are still a large number of imperial guards guarding it. Li Yuanfang laughed.

Xiao Rui also smiled, and said: The East Factory is not his family, if one day he is taken down, he won't even have the chance to take away the money, and it will take advantage of others for nothing, so naturally he will hide it in his own home or outside. The safest place is outside. Open it, let's go in and have a look!

Li Yuanfang nodded, and immediately opened the mechanism, the bed board bounced up, and after it was lifted, it turned out to be a downward passage.

Li Yuanfang took the torch and walked in immediately, followed by Xiao Rui.

Walking down the stairs for three or four meters, there is a corridor going north. This corridor is nearly two meters high and more than one meter wide. It is made of large blue stones.

Li Yuanfang couldn't help but said: Your Highness, Wei Dabao built a small treasury, such a big deal?

Xiao Rui shook his head and said: It's not his handwriting. This channel has been built for many years. I don't know who built it before. He happened to use it as a private treasury.

The two walked along the passage for a full twenty or thirty meters before they came to the end. At the end was a large iron gate, which was locked.

Li Yuanfang looked at the iron lock, and said: It's a fine iron lock, unless you pry it open, it's very difficult to break it with a weapon.

Xiao Rui frowned and sighed: Then we can only come back next time and find a master lockpicker.

Your Highness, villains don't know how to open locks. Li Yuanfang chuckled.

Xiao Rui glared at him, this guy can still joke.

Li Yuanfang took out two thin tools from his bosom, fiddled with them for a while, and finally actually picked the iron lock. Then the door opened, and the two entered.

Unexpectedly, there was a staircase inside the iron gate.

Xiao Rui and Li Yuanfang looked at each other, thinking that there was a treasure house behind the iron gate.

The two walked up the stairs, and when they reached the top, Li Yuanfang quietly lifted the wooden board that covered it, revealing a gap. It was pitch black outside without any sound of breathing, so he lifted the wooden board and walked out.

The light of the torch instantly illuminates the space, and the surrounding environment is clear at a glance.

This is also a secret room, why is it called a secret room, because it has no door, no window, only a very small window for ventilation. And judging from the structure of the secret room, it should have been sealed later.

Xiao Rui calculated the distance, and was surprised to find that his current location was exactly on the north side of that dilapidated house, and there was only a house between the two locations.

So, this is a secret room built between two houses? What is it for?

Xiao Rui was puzzled.

However, he couldn't care less about wondering next, because he found that Li Yuanfang had opened the box next to it, and it was full of gold, silver, jewelry, and bank notes!

Get rich!

Your Highness, there are at least a million taels! Li Yuanfang looked around and said in shock.

Xiao Rui chuckled: Normal! When the East Factory was not established, Wei Dabao was the steward of the inner court department, which was a fat job. Later, when the East Factory was established, he became the steward of the East Factory. It seems that there are fewer fat jobs. , but it didn’t decrease but increased! No one should be filial and filial to him! People like this who ransacked their homes just made a living with pens two or three times.”

Your Highness, do you want to call someone to take all the money away? Li Yuanfang asked.

Xiao Rui looked at this secret room. It was difficult to break through from the inside or the outside with only one or two manpower, so it could only be moved through this passage. but

Xiao Rui asked: Yuan Fang, do you know our purpose of moving Wei Dabao's treasury?

Your Highness is short of money! Li Yuanfang said bluntly.

Well, this is one of the small reasons, as long as he sees his money lost, his heart is full of despair and sadness, and then let him get dirty with his hands and feet in helping the poor, so that Wei Zhongxian can catch him. Xiao Rui asked.

Li Yuanfang nodded.

Xiao Rui said again: But now, I have a better idea. Let's go, let's go back first.

Li Yuanfang pointed to the banknotes and jewelry in the box, swallowed, and said, Don't you want some?

No hurry, no hurry. Xiao Rui was also a little moved, and he forced himself to leave.