Chapter 17: Being Tricked

Wu Yuanji nodded, "Yes, these contracts were all kept by Li Lingmu under threat."

Li Lingmu's ghost was so angry that he vomited blood. These contracts were obviously stolen by him. If he couldn't take them to the government office to change them to his own, why would he keep them?

Prince Jing couldn't help but say, "Sir Wu, why didn't you give these things to the Jinyiwei when Li Lingmu was in trouble?"

How could he give them to the Jinyiwei?

These things were obtained after he had planned for a long time, how could he hand them over.

But he said with fear on his face, "I am timid and afraid of things. I am afraid that I will be misunderstood by the Jinyiwei after handing them over, so I didn't dare to hand them over."

Wu Yuanji was heartbroken. Although the contract was not his, it was in his hands. He only needed to tell the head of the farm and the shop assistants that it was given to him by Li Lingmu. Even if others had doubts, they could not do anything to him.

Those farms and shops brought him a lot of income every year.

In order to win the trust of Lord Ning and avoid being arrested and thrown into prison, he could only bear the pain and hand it over.

Ling Chu suddenly sighed, "Hey, I've been busy all day today, tired and hungry. I'm a girl, so it's okay. But those Jinyiwei are tired all day, they can't be busy for nothing, right? Mr. Wu, you see..."

He didn't finish his words, but Wu Yuanji understood the meaning.

This is asking for a bribe.

Ning Chuyi and Prince Jing also understood what Ling Chu said, frowning, they are not the kind of people who will accept bribes.

Ling Chu saw that they wanted to speak, and hurriedly winked.

Wu Yuanji's face was ugly. With so many Jinyiwei, how much bribes would he have to give.

But it was about his life, he couldn't not give it.

Forget it, he could only comfort himself, keeping the green mountains, not afraid of firewood.

As long as he escaped this disaster, he would definitely find a way to double the money in the future.

Wu Yuanji endured the pain and said with a smile, "Everyone has worked hard, housekeeper, why don't you go and get some tea money for the adults."

The housekeeper agreed timidly, but he was complaining in his heart.

There was no copper left in the mansion, where could he get the money?

There was only one last place.

He went to get silver for the Jinyiwei, they...shouldn't follow him?

The housekeeper was unsure, but he could only bite the bullet and walk out of the yard.

Seeing that the Jinyiwei didn't follow him, the housekeeper was relieved, turned left and right, and walked into a rockery.

Ling Chu immediately turned to the Jinyiwei and said, "Why are you still standing there, why don't you hurry up and do it?"

The Jinyiwei looked confused, why did Miss Ling ask them to do it?

Ning Chuyi looked at him with disdain, why didn't he realize that the Jinyiwei under his command were so stupid?

Prince Jing also understood, and kicked the Jinyiwei next to him, "Are you stupid? Of course we have to confiscate the silver. The housekeeper has led the way for you, why are you still standing there like an idiot?"

The Jinyiwei suddenly realized, turned around and hurriedly chased in the direction of the housekeeper.

Wu Yuanji was almost angry to the point of vomiting blood, staring at Ling Chu fiercely, "How dare you lie to me?"

Ling Chu almost rolled his eyes at him, "Sir Wu, those words of yours can only deceive three-year-old children, we are not that fool Li Lingmu."

The ghost of Li Lingmu next to him was ashamed, he was indeed stupid, he was sincere to Wu Yuanji, the ungrateful wolf, and did not realize his wolfish ambition at all.

Wu Yuanji wanted to slap himself a few times, he always claimed to be smart, but he didn't expect to be fooled by a little girl.

The housekeeper saw those Jinyiwei rushing into the cave like wolves and tigers, his face turned pale.

He wanted to stop it, but how could he defeat those Jinyiwei?

The last 500,000 taels of silver hidden in the cave were dug out of the ground by those Jinyiwei.

Wu Yuanji was so angry that his heart was bleeding, but he could only beg Commander Ning, "Sir Ning, these were all given to me by Li Lingmu. Sir, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been timid and didn't hand over all the things. Please, sir, raise your hand..."

Wu Yuanji's son plucked up the courage to plead, "Yes, sir, my father is an honest official and didn't embezzle money..."

Wu Yuanji's concubine felt that the sky was about to fall, "Sir, please, don't arrest us and put us in jail. My husband is innocent. It was Li Lingmu who harmed us..."

"Sir Ning, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been threatened by Li Lingmu and hid these ill-gotten gains for him..."

Ling Chu almost laughed out of anger. At this point, Wu Yuanji was still throwing dirty water on the dead.

Did he think that Li Lingmu was dead, and no one knew the truth, so what he said was the truth?

Ling Chu took out a bottle of cow's tears exchanged from the system mall from his sleeve pocket, and took advantage of Wu Yuanji's unpreparedness to quickly sprinkle a drop on his face.

He said with a smile, "Mr. Wu, since you said that those things were given to you by Li Lingmu, come, confront each other in front of everyone and see who is lying."

Wu Yuanji was stunned, and then he was furious. What is this girl doing again?

However, before he could get angry, he suddenly found that the scene in front of him seemed a little gloomy.

Just as he was in doubt, a familiar puppet face in paleness suddenly appeared in front of him.

Wu Yuanji looked closely and found that it was Li Lingmu who had died many years ago.

Li Lingmu's ghost made a few clicks with his hands, straightened his head that was tilted to one side, stared at him gloomily with bloody eyes, and floated towards him with his feet off the ground.

"Wu Yuanji, you are such a wolf-hearted thing. I treated you like a brother and cultivated you with all my heart, but you framed me for rebellion and killed my whole family. You deserve to die. Give me the lives of my wife and children..."

Wu Yuanji did not expect to see Li Lingmu's ghost, and his legs and feet were trembling with fear.

Instinctively, he raised his hand to touch the protective jade pendant in his arms, only to find that the jade pendant had been smashed into pieces at some point. He immediately turned pale with fright.

"Li...Master Li, you...don't come here, I, I didn't mean to kill your whole family. I thought you would be demoted at most, but I didn't know your whole family would be beheaded.

Mr. Li, I was wrong. I should not have coveted your military power or sought your family’s property. I was wrong. Please let me go..."

Ling Chu originally thought that Wu Yuanji was not afraid of ghosts, but it turned out that he looked up to him. Previously, it was just because of the protective jade pendant that the ghosts could not get close to him, so there was nothing he could do about him.

Now that he had nothing to protect himself, Wu Yuanji was so frightened that he turned around and wanted to run away, but found that no matter where he rushed, Li Lingmu's ghost could be one step ahead of him and block his way.

Li Lingmu realized that he had no protective gear. He couldn't hold back the hatred in his heart anymore, rushed forward and grabbed him by the neck.

Others could not see Li Lingmu's ghost. They only saw Wu Yuanji first begging for mercy in the deserted air, then running away in fear, and now his feet were in the air, as if someone had grabbed his neck and lifted him into the air.

When the Jinyi guards saw the familiar scene in front of them, although they still felt strange, they were calmer than the previous time.

As for Wu Yuanji's family, their faces were pale with fear and they were trembling in the corner. No one dared to step forward to rescue him.