Chapter 349 Nothing
When Wu Meiniang said this, the servants and old women serving in the yard were not surprised.
If Teng Xiang looked three points similar to Teng Chong, then he looked five points similar to Li Yao.
Originally, the servants thought that Teng Xiang was Teng Chong's son.
But since Teng Chong was captured, Li Yao moved into this yard.
And whether it was day or night, Li Yao would hang out with Wu Meiniang, and did not avoid the servants serving in the yard.
So when they saw that Teng Xiang looked more like Li Yao, they guessed that Teng Xiang was Li Yao's son.
And Wei Feng also saw Li Yao's appearance and his affair with Wu Meiniang, guessed that Teng Xiang was his son, so he used him as a hostage to threaten.
But when Teng Xiang heard what his mother said, he didn't want to believe it at all, "Mom, my father is Teng Chong, a high-ranking official, not this bad guy. I don't want him to be my father, he bullies you, I don't like him."
A five or six-year-old child doesn't understand human affairs at all, and doesn't understand what Li Yao is doing by stripping her mother naked and pressing her on the bed. He just accidentally saw this scene, and heard her mother's shouting, and was taken away by the nanny.
In his cognition, Li Yao was bullying his mother.
"Xiang'er, Uncle Li is your father."
"No, I don't want him to be my father. My father is a high-ranking official, and I want to be a high-ranking official in the future."
Teng Xiang was very stubborn.
And Wu Meiniang didn't have the heart to explain to him at this moment, seeing Wei Feng frowning with a gloomy face, as if he had no patience.
He could only beg Li Yao, "Brother Li, we only have one child, you can't just watch him die, can you? Please tell them where the rice came from, okay?"
Wu Meiniang cried and begged softly, Li Yao couldn't help but soften his heart.
It can be seen that Teng Xiang was still scolding him, calling him a bad man, and his heart hardened again.
Although Teng Xiang looked more like him, he was not 100% sure that he was his son.
Although Wu Meiniang followed him first, and she also said that Teng Xiang was his child.
But he had broken Wu Meiniang's virginity not long ago, and let her follow Teng Xiang.
He couldn't ruin the second prince's big thing for a child of unknown identity.
It was just a child, he was still young, and when the second prince became a big thing in the future, he would have any woman he wanted.
As for children, it was even more casual.
Li Yao glanced at Prime Minister Teng and then withdrew his gaze indifferently, "I don't know where the tribute rice came from. This matter has nothing to do with me."
As long as he didn't admit it, when the Jinyiwei reported the tribute rice to the emperor, Teng Chong would have no choice but to die.
Teng Chong was the prince's man. He helped the second prince cut off the prince's left and right arms. Even if his affair with Wu Meiniang was exposed, the second prince would have someone protect him.
When Wu Meiniang saw him deny the tribute rice, her face turned pale, "Brother Li, are you going to give up on us? Are you going to watch us die without saving us?"
Ling Chu was not surprised by Li Yao's reaction at all. No matter what era, scumbags are not uncommon.
Ning Chuyi waved his hand and asked Yin Sha to take Li Yao away for interrogation.
After a while of calculating in a mysterious way, Ling Chu took people to the right wing and found a secret door.
Soon, Ning Chuyi and his people followed her into the basement through the secret door.
The side room was not big, but the basement was quite big. Everyone was stunned when they entered.
This situation surprised Ning Chuyi and the Jinyiwei.
They guessed that there was silver hidden in the basement, but they didn't expect that the silver was not hidden very secretly.
The entire basement was densely packed with silver bricks and ingots of various sizes, just like worthless stones piled on the ground casually.
There was another wall with boxes stacked on top of boxes, almost to the top.
These boxes were not locked, and Ning Chuyi opened a lid casually.
A dazzling golden light shot out from inside, making the basement brighter.
These boxes contained gold bricks, gold bars, irregular gold nuggets, and gold lumps.
Ning Chuyi asked people to count all the gold and silver, register them, and then carry them out of the basement.
Wu Meiniang felt sorry for the silver, and was also uneasy in her heart, not knowing how the Jinyiwei would deal with her and her son.
He also resented Li Yao, who had used her, but in the end, for his own sake, he abandoned her and her son.
If she had known that all her efforts would be in vain. She might as well have married a businessman at the beginning, and she would not have ended up like this.
After finding the silver, Ling Chu took Ning Chuyi and the others to the study.
The house was not big, only three entrances, and the study was not as big as the study of Zuo Shilang's residence.
The furnishings inside were simple, with a large desk. Although there were four treasures of the study on it, it still looked brand new and had not been used.
There was also a set of small tables and chairs on the right, and on the table was a half-written large character with childish handwriting.
It was obvious that this was the large character that Teng Xiang practiced on weekdays.
There was a bookshelf against the north wall, which was full of books, but there was almost no sign of flipping through.
Teng Chong usually came here secretly to find Wu Meiniang to sleep, and he would not read or work in this study.
Although Wu Mei Niang can recognize a few words, she is not a book lover and rarely comes here.
This study is basically only for Prime Minister Teng to practice writing.
Ling Chu looked at the bookshelf for a few times and wanted to move the books on the third row, but she couldn't reach them.
She was about to call a Jinyiwei to help.
But a big hand with distinct joints reached out.
Ling Chu turned around and saw Ning Chuyi standing behind her.
Is it possible for this martial arts person to walk without making any sound? She didn't even know when he came over.
Ling Chu complained in her heart, and seeing that Ning Chuyi had already taken down several books, she naturally reached out to take them, and then turned around and put them on the big case beside.
The Jinyiwei who was about to come to help saw this scene and had to stop and look at his colleagues. They all saw the same idea in each other's eyes. Their master and Miss Ling really cooperated tacitly.
After Ning Chuyi took down the books in the third row, she saw that the color of the white wall behind seemed to be newer than the one next to it.
After knocking a few times with her fingers, she knew it was a secret compartment.
After prying open the secret compartment, there was a black box inside.
After Ning Chuyi opened it, he found an account book and a handwritten letter inside.
The account book recorded the evidence of the corruption of the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue.
The letter said that the second prince asked Wu Meiniang to seduce him and stay with him as a concubine in order to monitor him.
He also asked the guard Li Yao to threaten his family and forced Teng Chong to embezzle gold and silver from the silver bureau, hoping to use the money to recruit soldiers.
After reading the account book and handwriting, Ning Chuyi put the box back.
Then the box and the gold and silver dug out were all sent to the palace.
Wu Meiniang and her son and Li Yao were taken to the prison.
Half an hour later, Ning Chuyi left the palace with the imperial edict to confiscate the property and surrounded the residence of the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue with the Jinyiwei.
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Little Hammer: Hum, when will it be my turn to appear?)