Chapter 3: Raiding My Own House

Commander Ning glanced at the tray in the young eunuch's hand and said to the chief eunuch expressionlessly, "We have searched twice, but nothing was found."

The chief eunuch's sharp eyes swept across the piled boxes inch by inch, and said gloomily, "Since Minister Ling is unwilling to hand over the embezzled silver, then your family should go to the underworld to confess to King Yama."

When Minister Ling saw the chief eunuch take the imperial edict from the young eunuch behind him, his face turned pale as a ghost.

The emperor didn't even try them, and wanted to behead them immediately?

Originally, he thought that as long as he gritted his teeth and didn't hand over the silver, the emperor would not convict him.

Even if he went to jail, that person would not let him get into trouble.

But if he was beheaded now, how could his family survive!

Not only was Minister Ling panicking, but the others were even more shaky, and they couldn't believe that the emperor was going to behead their family.

Seeing that the eunuch was about to read the imperial edict, Ling Chu could only hurriedly shout "wait" and quickly walk out from behind the crowd.

With a plop, he knelt down.

But Ling Chu regretted it immediately.

He was too strong and his knees hurt.

But in the public eye, he couldn't reach out and rub them, so he could only grit his teeth and bear it.

The eunuch frowned and glanced at the girl kneeling in front of him, and asked unhappily, "Minister Ling, who is this..."

Minister Ling didn't know Ling Chu's intention, looked at her puzzledly, turned to the eunuch and said, "Eunuch Cao, this is my eldest granddaughter, Ling Chu."

Eunuch Cao, "Miss Ling, what do you want?"

Ling Chu straightened his back and replied neither servilely nor arrogantly, "Eunuch Cao, if I can find the silver, can I ask the emperor to show some leniency and let us go?"

When Ling Chu said this, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Everyone in the Shangshu Mansion stared at her back with anger. Did she know what she was saying?

The eldest lady was angry and said anxiously, "Ling Chu, stop messing around and come back quickly..."

Eunuch Cao certainly knew the importance of the three million taels of silver. Even if there was only a glimmer of hope, he would not let it go.

Seeing that the eldest lady was about to stop her, he said coldly, "If you dare to make a noise again, I will slap you in the face immediately."

The eldest lady's face turned pale, but she didn't dare to get angry.

Eunuch Cao turned around and asked, "Miss Ling, do you know where the silver is hidden?"

Ling Chu shook his head, "I don't know where the silver is hidden, but I can use the hexagram to calculate it."

Eunuch Cao frowned, not knowing whether he should believe her words.

After hesitating for a while, he turned sideways and respectfully said to Commander Ning beside him, "I wonder what Lord Ning thinks about this?"

Ning Chuyi did not answer him, but lowered his eyes to glance at the girl in front of him, and said in a light voice, "If you can find the three million taels, I can promise you and ask the emperor to show some mercy."

Ling Chu breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been three or four days since she traveled here, and she doesn't know whether her body in modern times has been cremated. If she travels back after beheading, but the body is gone, it will be tragic.

Since there is no way to be sure that she can travel back smoothly, she can only choose to save her current life.

"Don't worry, Lord, I will do my best to find the silver."

When the third lady heard this, she asked loudly in anger, "Sister, are you crazy? Are you planning to confiscate your own home?"

Ling Chu turned around and saw that if she remembered correctly, this third lady was her sister Ling Qing.

Seeing that everyone looked at her with disapproval, Ling Chu frowned. It was already this time, and she hadn't figured out the situation yet.

Silver is good, but you have to live to spend it, right?

"Yes, I want to confiscate my own house. My life has just begun, and I am not tired of living yet. I am quite satisfied with everything in Kyoto, and I have no plans to move to the underworld for the time being.

Of course, if you are really interested in the underworld and want to live there, I will not stop you."

The implication is that if you want to die, I will not stop you, but don't drag me down.

Ling Chu ignored them and lowered his head to take out three copper coins from the brocade bag on his body.

He cast a divination with a serious expression.

He first lowered his head to look at the hexagram, then put the copper coins back into the brocade bag, raised his feet, and walked quickly towards the main hall of Yanhe Hall.

Minister Ling was shocked and angry at this time, and instinctively wanted to stop Ling Chu.

But then he thought about it, this granddaughter has been raised in Xuanqing Temple since she was a child, and it was her first time back home yesterday.

She couldn't possibly know where the silver was hidden.

Thinking of this, Minister Ling calmed down again.

Ning Chuyi glanced at Ling Shangshu sharply, thought for a moment, and followed him.

Yanhe Hall is the courtyard where Ling Shangshu and his wife live. The decorations inside are not luxurious, but they are dignified and majestic.

Ling Chu looked around as she walked.

Commander Ning just watched her search quietly and did not stop her.

This main hall is very spacious. Ling Chu pretended to search quickly, shook his head, and walked out.

The Jinyiwei were not surprised that no silver was found in the main hall, after all, they had searched it twice just now.

Many people were suspicious. Using divination to find silver was something that had never happened before. Could this Miss Ling really find it?

Just when everyone thought that Miss Ling was going to change places, she suddenly stopped and turned around and walked back.

She stopped in front of a red-painted pillar, looked up for a while, and then raised her hand to touch it. The gentle movement was like touching a treasure.

Eunuch Cao, who followed him, frowned and looked at him for a while, then said impatiently, "Miss Ling, we don't have time to play with you. If you know where the silver is hidden, I advise you to find it out as soon as possible. Otherwise, your whole family will be beheaded."

Ling Chu turned his head and looked at him, pointing at the pillar and said, "Look, it has been found."

When the Jinyiwei heard this, they had the same thought at the same time, that Miss Ling was actually a fool.

Such an obvious look, Ling Chu was not blind, of course he saw it.

He rolled his eyes secretly, you are the fool, your whole family is a fool.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his unhappiness, Ling Chu turned to Commander Ning and said, "Sir Ning, can I borrow your sword?"

Commander Ning did not give the sword to Ling Chu, but just looked at her steadily. Just when everyone thought he would refuse, he slowly said, "Do you want to cut the pillar?"

Ling Chu nodded, "Yes."

Eunuch Cao frowned and couldn't help but said, "Sir Ning, how could the silver be hidden in the pillar..."

Ning Chuyi glanced at him, walked forward, drew out the sword on his body, and started cutting on the pillar.

In a few strokes, he cut a square block, and with a pick of the sword tip, the cut wood block fell out.

As the wood block fell, there was something white, which fell out continuously.

Everyone instinctively looked down and looked stunned.

The white on the ground turned out to be silver ingots.

This was really a slap in the face. They thought Miss Ling was a fool, but it turned out that they were the ones.

Who could have imagined that Ling Shangshu actually hid the embezzled silver in a pillar? No wonder the well-informed Jinyiwei couldn't find it no matter how hard they tried.

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