Zhu Tian: A journey of spiritual practice starting from Joy of Life

Chapter 185 Infiltrating the Ming Family to Find the Account Book

But she is still my mother!

Lin Wan'er interrupted Leng Feibai, bursting into tears, "This is an unchangeable fact. I need to know what my mother has done?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Haitang Duoduo realized that Lin Wan'er was not in a good condition, so she knocked her unconscious and hugged her.

"I feel there are some things she's better off not knowing!"

Haitang Duoduo said calmly, "I'll take her back to her room first. Sang Wen, you come with me to take care of her!"

Upon seeing this, Sang Wen turned to look at Leng Feibai.

Leng Feibai nodded and watched the two women leave with Lin Wan'er.

Upon seeing this, Li Chengping couldn't help but ask, "Uncle-Master, what exactly did my aunt do?"

"They set fire to and massacred several villages within the borders of Qing and Northern Qi!"

Leng Feibai said calmly, "And she almost used all the accountants in Xinyang as fertilizer a while ago!"

Li Chengping had met Li Yunrui a few times in his early years. Upon hearing that his aunt had done so many things, he sat down on the stool in a daze.

Seeing this, Wang Qinian signaled to Shi Chanli to escort Li Chengping back to his room.

"Young Master!" Wang
Seeing that everyone else had left, Qi Nian couldn't help but say, "What you said tonight was rather inappropriate. Madam, she..."

"Let Fan Xian appease him!"

Leng Feibai sighed and said, "Let him handle all the troubles, including his disciple and his wife. As compensation, I'll go and deal with the Ming family for him!"

After saying that, Leng Feibai flew out of the window and disappeared into the night sky.

Upon seeing this, Wang Qinian wanted to chase after them to see what was happening.

But the inn is in a bit of a mess right now, and Leng Feibai is practically invincible, so if I go there, I'll just be causing trouble.

Meanwhile, at the Ming family manor, Ming Qingda, who had just finished discussing things with Old Madam Ming, returned to his own courtyard.

After driving away all the servants, Ming Qingda, dressed in coarse cloth, had a deep resentment in his eyes.

Although the matriarch of the Ming family was his biological mother, she had an extremely strong desire for power, and she doted on her younger brother. If it weren't for the fact that her younger brother was still a child.

I'm afraid I won't even get the position of head of the Ming family.

After venting his anger internally, Ming Qingda prepared to go to sleep fully clothed.

At that moment, a bird flew in through the open window and transformed into a strange man.

Seeing that Ming Qingda was asleep, the clone did nothing more than raise his hand and point out a finger, sending a burst of energy into Ming Qingda's body, causing him to fall into a deep sleep.

Seeing this, the clone quickly stepped forward, placed both hands on Ming Qingda's head, and rapidly began to explore his memories.

Before long, the ledgers that Xia Qifei mentioned immediately appeared in the clone's perception.

"The main body, the location of those account books, is inside the Ming family ancestral hall. The mechanism is on the right side of the ancestral hall, near a hanging bowl-shaped lamp..."

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai, who had just infiltrated the Ming family, replied "received" and quickly flew to the Ming family ancestral hall.

The Ming Family Ancestral Hall is a large, independent courtyard with a dozen or so servants guarding it.

Deep within the courtyard are the Ming family genealogy and the ancestral tablets of past generations.

The ancestral hall was brightly lit, and the air still had a strong smell of cooking oil.

"Is this the Ming Family Ancestral Hall?"

Standing on the roof, Leng Feibai looked at the layout of the ancestral hall, then leaped into the hall and knocked the servants unconscious before they could react.

Using Ming Qingda's memories, Leng Feibai quickly found the oil lamp at the entrance to the dark room.

"Crack!"

As Leng Feibai turned the oil lamp, a rumbling sound came from the wall behind him.

Leng Feibai turned his head and saw a wall crack open, revealing a passage. Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai immediately transformed into a fly and quickly flew inside.

The passageway was pitch black, and Leng Feibai quickly arrived at the deepest room.

Upon entering, Leng Feibai saw a dozen or so boxes, each the size of a half-figure statue.

Looking at the boxes, Leng Feibai raised his hand and waved his hand. His true qi transformed into a wave of air and flew out, directly blowing open the top box, which contained a series of books.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai took out a book and began to read.

Although the room where the boxes were stored was dark, the surrounding darkness did not affect Leng Feibai's eyesight.

"In the second year of the Qingli era, Zhou Guangyi, the prefect of Suzhou, was presented with 12,000 taels of silver..."

After a quick glance, Leng Feibai waved his hand, and all the boxes in the room fell directly into the Twelve-Story Building.

With the item in hand, Leng Feibai felt much relieved and immediately transformed into light to escape from the Ming family.

Inside the Jixiang Inn, Fan Xian was having a terrible headache.

"Fan Xian."

Leng Feibai pushed open the door and walked in, asking directly, "How's things going with the Ming family?"

"Just like you said, they did indeed pull off a scapegoat scheme."

Fan Xian couldn't help but say, "Brother, why did you talk about Li Yunrui in front of Wan'er? If I hadn't comforted Wan'er for so long, I would have been really worried that something would have happened to her."

Leng Feibai sighed and said, "It's the same whether you say it sooner or later. You should have been prepared for this a long time ago."

Fan Xian was also extremely helpless after hearing this, and sighed, "If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have brought Wan'er along..."

"impossible!"

Leng Feibai interrupted Fan Xian, "As long as you and Li Yunrui keep going against each other, Wan'er, who is caught in the middle, will get hurt sooner or later. All you can do is comfort her."

Fan Xian nodded after hearing this, and then instinctively covered his head.

Upon seeing this, Leng Feibai couldn't help but ask, "Have Uncle Wuzhu and Old Deng contacted you?"

"no!"

After Fan Xian finished speaking, Leng Feibai raised his hand and waved it, and a bunch of boxes stolen from the Ming family ancestral hall immediately appeared in the room.

"The ledgers are all here!"

Leng Feibai said calmly, "You'd better be prepared. If Old Zhu sees these account books, he might tear down the Ming family's ancestral graves."

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian immediately became interested and started looking at the account book with Leng Feibai. The two of them talked from midnight until dawn the next day.

After Lin Wan'er got out of bed, still half asleep, a loud noise reached her ears.

"These bastards!"

Fan Xian's shout startled Lin Wan'er, who quickly put on her clothes and ran out of the house.

Fan Xian and Leng Feibai had dark circles under their eyes, and around them were piles of books.

"What are you doing?"

Upon hearing this, Fan Xian stood up and complained to Lin Wan'er, "Wan'er, do you know what happened to the more than 20 million in deficit in the Imperial Treasury? It was all taken by the Ming family to pay tribute to the powerful and influential people in the Qing Kingdom..."

"more than!"

Leng Feibai yawned and said, "The Ming family has also withheld a portion of it. The total amount of silver in the ledger is nearly thirty million taels."

Looking at the two of them, Lin Wan'er bit her lip and said, "Didn't Mother and Second Cousin take the lion's share of the embezzled silver?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Feibai waved his hand, and the account books scattered all over the floor immediately returned to the Twelve-Story Tower. He chuckled and said, "After all this commotion last night, I'm really a bit tired. Fan Xian, I'm going to take a nap. We'll talk again this afternoon."

After saying that, Leng Feibai quickly returned to his room.

(End of this chapter)