Capítulo 56: Chapter 56
Half an hour later!
Shen Lang, Jin Hui, and Jin Zhong led a hundred cavalrymen from the Count House and escorted Xu Wenzhao to a certain place.
Then, Xu Wenzhao's face turned paler and paler, and his body trembled more and more.
Finally, a group of cavalrymen stopped in a remote valley.
There was nothing here, only a stone sentry post, and it was already half-abandoned.
"Come down, Mr. Xu Wenzhao," Shen Lang said calmly.
At this time, Xu Wenzhao could no longer move. His legs were as limp as boiled noodles.
This scene is a little familiar. In the Name of the People from a different world?
Two warriors from the Count House directly carried him down.
"You should be very familiar with this place. To others, this place is not worth mentioning at all, but to you, it is very, very important." Shen Lang said, "Am I right, Mr. Xu Wenzhao?"
Xu Wenzhao could barely breathe, but he still stubbornly said, "I … I don't know what you are talking about."
He was still stubborn even in the face of death.
A hundred cavalrymen immediately set up a defense around the area. Jin Zhong, Jin Hui, and a dozen warriors entered the abandoned sentry post together.
Bang!
He kicked the door open and a black shadow dashed out, trying to escape.
Jin Hui was an expert. How could he let him escape? He easily grabbed the man's neck and lifted him up.
Whoosh!
The black figure suddenly shot out a poisonous arrow from his sleeve.
Jin Hui quickly blocked it with his arm. There was a small shield on it, and the poisonous arrow was knocked away.
Then, he moved like lightning and easily broke the black figure's arms and legs.
Kacha, Kacha …
"Ah …" The man in black let out an incomparably shrill scream.
"No …" Xu Wenzhao also let out a miserable cry.
Jin Hui stepped forward and abruptly tore off the black-clothed man's mask, revealing a face filled with fear and hatred.
It looked very familiar. It was Xu Wenzhao's son, Xu Tian. He was responsible for guarding the secret treasury here.
"This sentry post has been abandoned. What are you doing here?" Jin Zhong asked.
"Why do you care?" Xu Tian said coldly, "Can't I play here?"
Shen Lang said, "Don't talk to him. There's a secret door underground. Dig it out."
More than a dozen warriors stepped forward. They did not know where the secret door was, nor did they know where the mechanism was.
However, he could just dig three feet into the ground.
More than half an hour later, the ground of this abandoned outpost was dug more than two feet deep.
Sure enough, a secret door appeared on the ground with a huge iron lock hanging on it.
Jin Hui stepped forward and slashed down with his blade.
In the end, the lock was fine, but the saber was broken.
"This lock is made of tungsten. You can't cut it with a knife." Shen Lang said, "It must be opened with a key. If I'm not wrong, Mr. Xu Wenzhao definitely carries this key with him."
Xu Wenzhao immediately began to struggle with all his might.
Jin Zhong stepped forward and searched his body, but he couldn't find the key.
However, when he took out Xu Wenzhao's hairpin, he found it especially heavy, so he pulled it hard.
After the outer shell was torn off, the shape of a key was revealed.
This Xu Wenzhao was really scheming. He actually transformed the vault key into a hairpin.
Jin Zhong held the key and indeed opened the incomparably sturdy black lock and pushed open the extremely heavy door.
This door was also made of iron.
Xu Wenzhao really went all out.
After pushing the door open, a flight of stairs appeared, extending underground.
There was indeed an underground secret room here.
Jin Zhong and Jin Hui escorted Xu Wenzhao down the stairs and into the underground secret room.
It was pitch-black here. They couldn't see anything.
Jin Zhong lit a torch with a match.
Then …
The people present were all stunned.
All of them were gold coins!
The shelves in this small secret room were filled with all kinds of boxes, all of which were gold coins.
Not only that, there were all kinds of jewelry, antiques, paintings, and so on.
It was simply a treasure house.
They really didn't expect that Xu Wenzhao, a steward of the Count House, could embezzle so much money in just twenty years.
Jin Zhong and Jin Hui were really angry.
Xu Wenzhao, Xu Wenzhao!
If the old Count didn't take you in because you were a distant relative of the madam, you would be a poor scholar.
If the old Count didn't support you, how could you pass the county examination?
How could you be proficient in arithmetic?
Your clothes, your food, your house, your wife, your children, everything you have is given by the Count House.
Is this how you repay the Xuan Wu Mansion?
You are so cruel and unscrupulous, you are worse than a beast!
Shen Lang found an account book on the shelf. This was completely Xu Wenzhao's corruption diary.
He clearly remembered when and how much he had embezzled.
Shen Lang smiled and said, "Mr. Xu Wenzhao, is the evidence irrefutable?"
"Huff … Huff …" Xu Wenzhao gasped for breath. He couldn't speak at all.
He couldn't stand at all and collapsed to the ground.
But there was one thing that he was unwilling to accept. The location of this secret vault was top secret. Even his wife didn't know about it. How could Shen Lang know about it?
Xu Wenzhao hissed, "Shen Lang, I didn't tell anyone about the location of this secret vault. How did you know about it?"
Not only Xu Wenzhao, but Jin Zhong and Jin Hui were also puzzled.
This secret vault was completely top secret. How did Shen Lang know about it?
Shen Lang sneered and said, "Xu Wenzhao, you are too greedy. You even want the Count House to pay for the construction of the vault. In the account book from nine years ago, you lost 20,000 Jin of iron and bought 25 Jin of ferrotungsten. During those years, this was the only outpost that was abandoned. Furthermore, this was the only outpost that was abandoned. More than 130 people were mobilized to demolish this outpost. Do you think everyone is a fool? "
"You idiot. You even told me the location of the vault in the account book."
Jin Zhong and Jin Hui admired Xu Wenzhao from the bottom of their hearts.
Shen Lang was able to determine the location of Xu Wenzhao's vault from these clues. He was really smart.
Xu Wenzhao was about to go crazy. He pointed at Shen Lang and hissed, "Are you a human or a ghost? Are you a human or a ghost?"
"Load up all the gold and treasures and bring them back to the Count House. Bring that scum Xu Wenzhao back as well." Shen Lang ordered.
"Yes!" Jin Zhong dragged Xu Wenzhao back.
Xu Wenzhao's eldest son, Xu Tian, was paralyzed on the ground. He looked at Shen Lang with hatred.
Shen Lang said, "Kill this man. Cut off his head."
Xu Tian was shocked and hissed, "How dare you? The State of Yue has new policies. Local nobles have no right to punish their subordinates, let alone kill them! "
Shen Lang sneered, "Idiot. Who will know if I kill you here? Burn your body to ashes and scatter it into the sea. "
Jin Hui stepped forward and was about to cut off Xu Tian's head.
Shen Lang suddenly said, "Why don't I try?"
He didn't want to kill, but he needed to experience the cruelty of this world.
Jin Hui was stunned. He passed the knife to Shen Lang.
Then, the expert Jin Hui pressed Xu Tian down forcefully, not letting him struggle.
Shen Lang took the sharp knife and touched Xu Tian's neck. He pressed a few times and then made a gentle cut.
Jin Hui's eyes twitched.
Huh? Why does it feel like the son-in-law is more skilled than me when it comes to cutting people?
…
The convoy returned with a full load.
When the Count saw the gold, jewelry, and antiques, he was full of surprise and infinite pain.
He doubted himself.
Did I do something wrong?
I'm so tolerant, but I raised such an ingrate.
Am I just a muddle-headed ruler?
If it weren't for his son-in-law, Shen Lang, Xu Wenzhao would have gotten away with it for a long time. Who knows how much more wealth he would have stolen from the Count House.
Good son-in-law, good son-in-law!
Thanks to Shen Lang, the Count House was able to recover such a huge loss.
Thanks to Shen Lang, the current financial crisis of the Count House could be alleviated.
The Count looked at Shen Lang. There were thousands of words that he didn't want to say.
Because it was his own family, it would be too polite to say thank you.
Then, the Count looked at Xu Wenzhao coldly and said, "Xu Wenzhao, what else do you have to say now?"
Xu Wenzhao's body trembled, then he suddenly knelt on the ground, walked over on his knees, hugged the Earl's legs, and said, "My Lord, it's all my fault for being blinded by lard. It's all my fault. Please don't be angry and harm your health."
The Count kicked him away and said sternly, "Stop acting. I must have been blind to have trusted you all this time and put you in an important position. I didn't expect the human heart to be so sinister."
Xu Wenzhao crawled over on his knees again and hugged the Count's legs. He wailed, "My Lord, please spare my life. Please, for the sake of Old Master, for the sake of Madam, for the sake of my twenty years of loyalty, please spare my lowly life."
The Count kicked him away again.
He was completely heartbroken.
Xu Wenzhao crawled in front of Shen Lang and kowtowed desperately. He cried and begged, "My lord, it's all my fault. I'm blind. I didn't recognize Mount Tai and offended you. I'm stupid beyond measure, I'm cruel and unscrupulous, I beg you, for the sake of my old age, spare my lowly life, I beg you, I beg you. "
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