Zhao Yao is not at home.

As Bai Changkong's disciple, Zhao Yao took his two sons and went to Cuiwei Peak early in the morning to watch the ceremony of Bai Changkong's granddaughter's marriage.

The only people left in Zhao Yao's family were his wife, two daughters-in-law, and several grandchildren.

The Zhao family mansion is not big. After all, it is the public property of the Guanglu Temple, rented to officials of the government at a low price. The courtyard has only three entrances, front and back, and there are only seventeen or eighteen servants in the house.

Ah Hu rushed into the yard first. Before the two servants in the front yard could figure out what was happening, they were knocked unconscious by the flying broken bricks and tiles.

In the yard, screams of women and children were heard, and a large group of people rushed in. The small three-courtyard house was packed with people in an instant.

In all directions, the high-rise buildings of the neighbors next door were also occupied, with strong bows and crossbows drawn, guarding all possible corners for escape.

A little further away, across two streets, there was also chaos in another mansion.

Yin Yuan, who was very excited, took Lu Yi and strode in: "Is the owner of this house an official? An official from the Guanglu Temple? Where is he? Arrest him, arrest him, Lao Yu, torture him severely, I want to know everything."

Zhao Yao's family was taken out by the guards without any resistance.

Zhao Yao's wife, a well-maintained and moisturized woman, stared blankly at the red palace guard robe on Lu Yi, then looked at the robes on the captains and strong men behind Lu Yi, then suddenly knelt on the ground and screamed at the top of her lungs.

"Damn it! I knew you couldn't do anything against your conscience!"

"I knew this old man had been obsessed with being a minor official all these years. Those who entered the Guanglu Temple in the same year as him were promoted or sent to other places, but he just sat there as a supervisor and didn't move. There must be something wrong with him!"

"Woo woo, no matter how wrong it is, it's all that old man's fault. This gentleman has nothing to do with my children and grandchildren!"

Lu Yi waved his hand and several young eunuchs rushed up, blocked Mrs. Zhao Yao's mouth with a handkerchief, and pulled her aside.

According to the Dayin Law, if a woman knew that her husband had violated the law but concealed the crime and did not report it, she would be punished according to the same crime. However, this law was contrary to the principle of "protecting one's relatives" advocated by the gentlemen of culture and education. One of the "reforms" that the gentlemen of culture and education are now advocating is to abolish this law of "concealing and not reporting will be punished according to the same crime."

Ah Hu, with a group of tall and strong bodyguards, carrying heavy weapons such as iron rods and iron pestles, started to rummage around in the rooms.

There was a continuous "crashing" noise, and houses collapsed as if they were being rammed by a thousand wild boars, with dust rising everywhere.

Yin Yuan was so excited that his face turned red and his body was shaking slightly.

"This is a house search, this is a house search... It's exciting, thrilling, and something I've never seen or heard of before." Yin Yuan muttered in a low voice, "Old Fish, Lu Qing, can we do more of this kind of thing in the future?"

"This house is still too small. Whose house is the largest in Gaojing City? Next time, let's find a family with the largest house and copy it."

Lu Yi coughed lightly and said, "If nothing unexpected happens, apart from the Imperial City and Jiuqu Garden, the largest house in Gaojing City is the General's Mansion."

Yinyuan closed his mouth and glared at Lu Yi with resentment.

Lu Yi smiled. Over there, in a side room in the backyard, Ah Hu's roar came: "Brother Yi, there is a secret passage... Hey, I smell the urine of Master Cat, this is it for sure."

"Your Majesty, please, we have found the place." Lu Yi smiled and pointed to the backyard.

A large group of people poured into the backyard, and a team of guards wearing heavy armor and carrying heavy shields bravely and fearlessly rushed into the underground passage.

There was a dull sound coming from underground. After a while, a young eunuch came running over and said in horror, "Your Majesty, eunuch... down there, down there..."

The young eunuch swallowed deeply. He was so frightened that he couldn't speak for a while.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Lu Yi, Yin Yuan, Yu Changle and the others stood in amazement in the underground hall where Bai Changkong hid the gold, staring blankly at the hardwood boxes that were being opened one by one in front of them.

Gold bricks, gold ingots, gold ingots, and gold in various shapes are neatly stacked in large boxes.

In some large boxes, the space between the gold ingots and gold ingots was filled with sesame-sized gold sand. The entire box was filled to the brim, and one box was equivalent to a large piece of gold.

In some boxes, between the gold nuggets, there were various rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and even agates, pearls and other rare items.

There were also some boxes that had no gold but were filled with ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, coral, tourmaline, jade and other items that were more precious than gold.

In the entire hall, the value of this wealth was difficult to estimate at the moment.

"I can be considered as a money-maker. The money I handle every year is like a mountain of gold and silver." Yin Yuan looked at the two thousand big boxes in front of him and said quietly, "But I make a lot of money, but I spend even more. Lao Yu, Jiuquyuan, how much money do I have in my private treasury now?"

Yu Changle laughed dryly: "I took inventory a year ago, and now there is less than 10 billion strings of cash left in your Majesty's private treasury."

"I am the Emperor of Dayin, and I own all nine provinces. Not to mention the other princes, my ancestral province alone is 720,000 miles long and wide, and my people number in the trillions..."

"It's the 19th year of Jiayou now. I'm using the name of a tyrant to make money. As long as I'm willing to pay, even if it's a butcher selling pork, I dare to give his mother a third-rank imperial robe to satisfy my craving!"

"For these rubbish, I was scolded by the civil and military officials!"
"It's been nineteen years since Jiayou. I've been making money for more than ten years, but the balance in my private treasury is less than ten billion strings of cash. I'm reluctant to spend money. I'll even default on Lao Yu's gambling debt if I can."

Yu Changle rolled her eyes and looked at Yinyuan with resentment.

"Look, look, here."

Yin Yuan's face flushed with excitement, and he pointed at the boxes and gestured, "I got rich overnight. How much gold is here? More than my private vault, right? Much more, right? Tell me, how can an old guy who teaches in the Imperial College be so rich?"

Lu Yi sighed and said, "Your Majesty, you make money and are accused of selling official positions. Others are different. They call it 'selecting talented people for the country'!"

"You sell official positions, but usually you can only sell sinecures. People recommend talents for the country, but they actually arrange official positions for them."

"What do you think?"

Yinyuan walked to a large box, reached out and grabbed a handful of golden sand, opened his hands slightly, and the golden sand flowed down through his fingers, making a crisp "da da da" sound.

He grabbed another gold ingot and rubbed it on his face again and again in ecstasy.

"Let's check it out. What's going on with this house, what's going on with this secret passage, and what's going on with such a large underground secret room."

Yin Yuan said quietly, "This is Wu Yin Fang. They have built such a large territory underground. Will their tunnels dig directly into the imperial city one day? Will they be able to dig directly into Jiuqu Garden?"

"This is not the residence of a nobleman. I can understand that those nobles would build some secret rooms and secret passages underground. The noble families always have some shameful things that they like to hide underground."

"But this house is the public property of the Guanglu Temple. Every blade of grass, every tree, and every grain of sand here are the property of the Dayin Taifu."

"The public property of the Guanglu Temple cannot have secret rooms or secret passages."

"Such a large project could only have been excavated by them themselves afterwards."

"Let's check it out. We have to kill a bunch of people."

Yin Yuan casually stuffed the gold ingot in his hand into his sleeve, turned around, and nodded to Lu Yi: "Lord Tianyang, this matter is well done. Regardless of whether it can be traced back to Bai Changkong, we men have made this fortune!"

"Well, whoever sees it gets a share. I'm not a stingy emperor."

"As for the money here, Lao Yu, you take 10%, Lu Yi, you take 10%, and the remaining 80% is mine."

"The rewards for the men who are going out today will be generous. This amount will be paid from my share."

"Also, Lao Yu, in Yinmaifang, give Lu Yi three more manors, fiefs and lands, and double them all for me."

Lu Yi clasped his fists and bowed deeply to Yin Yuan.

It's wonderful that with this windfall, Lu Yi's money accumulated from the small stalls and hawkers can be spent openly.

As Yin Yuan was talking, he turned around and walked to a large box. He picked out a few large red rubies of excellent color and naturally put them into his sleeves.

"Also, I found that there were only gold and silver jewelry, corals, tortoise shells, etc."

"But since he accepted bribes, these wouldn't be the only things he had... Antiques, famous paintings, rare books, rare and precious medicines, these must be there. But they're not here, which proves that he must have hidden the stolen goods somewhere else."

"Lu Yu, I leave this matter to you. Make him bankrupt!"

"Old Yu, you should also be more serious about the other court officials. If Bai Changkong is like this, then what about the other court officials? Hmm? To put it more bluntly, if the head of the Imperial College is like this, then what about the chief priest of the Imperial Academy?"

Yu Changle laughed dryly: "Your Majesty, the Grand Master of the Imperial Academy is probably not easy to check. Zhu Song has a very good reputation among the people, especially among scholars. His reputation is even much higher than that of the Prime Minister."

"They are hijacking public opinion!" Yinyuan said these heart-piercing words.

Lu Yu drooped his eyelids and said nothing.

The fact that he could say this proved that Yinyuan was still clear-headed and not a complete tyrant.

"Then we have to arrest a few people." Yin Yuan said quietly, "I am short of money. Now it seems that arresting corrupt officials is more profitable than selling them."

Lu Yi and Yu Changle looked at each other and had the same idea.

Yin Yuan laughed again: "By the way, where is Shi Wuyou's head? And where is the token of the Nine Yin Sect Leader? These are good things that can be used to offer sacrifices to the ancestors in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. The person that the ancestors of the past dynasties failed to catch was caught by my Lu Qing. It shows that I am more capable than the ancestors!"

Lu Yi said nothing.

Yinyuan laughed in ecstasy.

Outside, a young eunuch rushed in and said, "Your Majesty, this is very interesting. The house of Bai Shanzhang's granddaughter and her husband is actually nearby."