Chapter 231 Where did the money go?

"Is everything under control?"

There were no candles in the room and the windows were closed, so not even a ray of light could get in, making it pitch black.

In the darkness, Fan Jian seemed to be able to see at night. He tilted his head and muttered in one direction.

"No, the information he said before was all false. The retainer's real name was Zheng Tuo, and he had no children. Even some of his relatives thought that Zheng Tuo was drowned in a flood a few years ago."

A man in black blended perfectly into the room, answering in a deep voice with a frown on his face.

"It seems that he is indeed from the Overwatch Council."

"Your Excellency, according to my investigation, Zheng Tuo and Yuan Bo'an may have had private contact."

"Let's stop here and don't alarm him. I didn't expect Yuan Bo'an to be from the Supervisory Council. Chen Pingping, ah, Chen Pingping, my relative deserves to be defeated!"

"Don't worry, sir. Zheng Tuo does have a nephew. But the relatives haven't had any contact for many years. Zheng Tuo loves the nephew very much, but he doesn't reveal his identity."

"That should be his biological son." Fan Jian raised his eyebrows and smiled slightly, "Very good, then you can keep an eye on him secretly, and when the time comes, you can threaten him."

The man in black didn't say anything, but rubbed his fingers silently, and his calloused hands made strange sounds.

He was waiting for Fan Jian's remaining instructions.

"This is the only thing that matters to me. I'm sorry to bore you with all the idleness."

"Although I am no longer in the Tiger Guard, I have never missed a day of my training and I don't feel bored."

Fan Jian nodded, and told the man in black to go and do his job, and reminded him: "Depending on the situation, if you feel it is necessary, send one of his son's hands to his room."

The man in black disappeared into the room in silence.

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The Ministry of Finance in Kyoto collapsed, and a large amount of deficit was exposed, but the silver it represented was nowhere to be found.

Fan Jian did not make any extra moves and continued to claim illness and not attend court. He did not even give any extra explanation, which aroused the dissatisfaction of all the civil and military officials in the court.

For several days in a row, the Crown Prince and the Grand Secretary requested to see Emperor Qing, but were not allowed in. It was obvious that Emperor Qing was still hesitating about how to deal with Fan Jian.

From the spies, we learned that Fan Jian was still loyal and indispensable. The biggest reason for replacing the Minister of Revenue with someone else, besides his ability, was that Emperor Qing was worried.

Fan Jian's 'greed' is at least for the sake of Qing State.
Emperor Qing gradually made up his mind.

When the investigation team continued to dig deeper, they were terrified by the huge deficit. If it was just that, it would be fine, but the identities of the people involved made them dare not increase their efforts!
They didn't communicate, but they all stopped tacitly.

Unexpectedly, at the court meeting the next day, the official who had previously attacked Fan Jian the most fiercely began to speak well of Fan Jian.

Some even signed their names to guarantee that Fan Jian had been with His Majesty for 30 years and had always been conscientious and had never made any mistakes. They had already pushed the deficits in the account books onto the former Minister of Revenue.
Some smart people have already realized that something is wrong.

Lord Fan Jianfan has been ill for a long time. Even after such a big mess was exposed, the illness still hasn't healed! And the palace actually tacitly accepted that he was ill and couldn't attend the court. The meaning of this is self-evident.

This means that the person in the palace tolerated what Fan Jian did.

Therefore, the final result was that the former Minister of Revenue embezzled a huge amount of money and was executed in the autumn!
Although everyone knows that when Fan Jian was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he had the final say in the Ministry of Revenue.
The palace commended all the departments responsible for the matter, and even rewarded the Crown Prince and the Grand Secretary who were in charge of the matter. This embezzlement case that shocked the entire Kyoto was thus hastily closed.

Although Fan Jian successfully avoided this incident, he could not do anything more in the short term.

After all, he was still sick.

Since you are sick, you should recuperate at home.

The former Minister of Revenue was raided and only 500,000 taels of silver were found, far from the deficit in the account book, but no one cared where the silver went. In a teahouse on Suzaku Street in Kyoto, a man wearing a bamboo hat was reading a notice posted by Jingzhao Prefecture.

The national master has made a brilliant plan, and this first phase is proceeding according to the planned route.

Now that we have the results, it’s time to move on to the second step.

No one could help him expose Fan Xian's true identity anymore.

Those who wanted to protect Fan Xian could not hide this news, and would not easily let it be exposed. As for Fan Xian's enemies, they also did not want to make Fan Xian's identity as a prince public, because that would do more harm than good!
With Fan Xian's current strength, it is hard to say whether there will be any fence-sitters who will turn around and support the other party to take the position, thus increasing the other party's strength for nothing.

This is also the reason why Ang Lee and Sean sent He Daoren to Kyoto.

This time, even if he is a master of the ninth rank, he is still in danger of death.

After reading the notice, Taoist He tightened his hat and disappeared into the teahouse.

There were more than a dozen people in a small courtyard.

Taoist He took out the contact token and identified himself.

"Meet the adults!"

He Daoren nodded and said, "There is only one thing to do. Don't stay after you finish it. Evacuate Kyoto completely. Life or death depends on yourself!"

The others nodded when they heard this, full of excitement!
If I can survive this mission, I will return to Northern Qi and enjoy endless wealth and glory, and it will also benefit my descendants!
Not to mention that once this matter is accomplished, it will be a great thing for Da Qi!

Some of them are determined warriors, and some are patriotic people. Although they don't know what the final result of exposing Fan Xian's identity will be, since it is the order of the Northern Qi State Master and the leader of the Black Ice Platform, and they are willing to activate all the hidden lines that have been buried for so many years, it must be a matter of great importance!

"Copy the contents of this letter 10,000 times. The paper has already been prepared. Do not print it to leave traces. Once the preparations are complete, everyone will go to the designated locations to distribute them. The specific method of action is already stated later."

"I wish you all a triumphant return!"

Taoist He said in a deep voice.

"For Da Qi!" After everyone responded in a low voice, they began to get busy in this small courtyard.

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The Qing court was still dealing with the aftermath of the deficit case at this time, and the Supervisory Council also sent a large number of personnel out of Kyoto to the Ministry of Revenue and the Qingli Division in Jiangnan and neighboring counties to begin arresting people.

All attention was diverted, allowing He Daoren and others to act safely.

The prince has been exceptionally diligent these days. He has long been immersed in the praise from Emperor Qing and has forgotten everything else, completely unaware of the change in the atmosphere in Kyoto.

It was rare for His Majesty to praise him, and even though the case had been closed, the prince still diligently participated in the interrogation of the guilty officials.

The person in charge of the Jiangzuo Qinglisi was a Yuanwailang named Fang Li, who was considered a relatively senior official sent by the Ministry of Revenue.

"Bring him in!"

The prince had an expression of righteousness, as if he was serving his country and his people. It was a little heavy and a little sacred.

When Fang Li was escorted in by the staff of the Supervisory Commission with a sad face and at a loss, he had already wet his crotch.

The prince frowned at first, then looked at the face in the audience, his heart suddenly skipped a beat. Wait, why does this person's face look so familiar?
He was no longer as high-spirited as before, and asked tentatively:

"Speak now! Where did all that silver go!"

　It will be posted during the day tomorrow. It’s a bit sudden as I have a lot to do today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)