Chapter 75: Bite Back
No one among the civil and military officials in the audience dared to respond.
Xiao Shentian looked at the princes and said, "My princes, usually you guys are fierce and aggressive, aren't you? Why don't you dare to speak out when it comes to national affairs?"
The princes looked at each other.
The eldest prince Xiao Wenyan winked at Xiao Wennan on the side. Xiao Wennan stepped forward and said, "Father, I think we can ask Xie Jizi to think of a solution."
"Xie Xunfeng? What can Laojiu, a hostage who only receives monthly salary, do?" Xiao Shentian said sternly to Xiao Wennan.
Xiao Wennan bowed to Xiao Shentian and said, "Father, you don't know. Our Xie prostitute is very secretive. I heard that our Xie prostitute spent a lot of money in Hua Manlou yesterday! In order to win a Kuiwang, he spent more than 20,000 taels of gold! Even the grandson of the Grand Master spent more than 10,000 taels!"
As soon as Xiao Wennan said this, the Grand Tutor's face became very ugly.
Xiao Shentian's expression was the same.
Before Xiao Shentian could speak, Xiao Wennan continued, "Father, if Xie the hostage was paid monthly, how long would it take him to get these 20,000 taels of gold? So, I think Xie the hostage must still have connections with the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou might be secretly giving him money. Now that he is a hostage, he is also a member of the Great Xia, and he should contribute to our Great Xia!"
What Xiao Wennan said was very clever. He just mentioned Yan Mou lightly and did not cause trouble for Master Yan anymore .
Not only did he achieve his goal, but he also didn't make Master Yan feel that he was being targeted.
"Father, what the Ninth Prince said is right. Now under your call, all our palaces are tightening their belts. But this hostage is spending so much. It is enough to show that his source of money is very problematic... If he can take out 20,000 taels to win the smile of a brothel girl, it must not be difficult for him to raise the one million taels!" The eldest prince Xiao Wenyan said.
Xiao Shentian looked at Xie Xunfeng and said, "Xie Jizi, is this true? Where did your money come from?"
Xie Xunfeng saw that they wanted to harm him.
He smiled coldly in his heart, put on a silly look on his face and said nonsense, "Your Majesty, it is true! But my money was given to me secretly by Wu Guozhang to please me when I was engaged to the princess. He said it was the princess's dowry! I didn't want it, but he insisted on giving it to me. He said he had many ways to make money in the Ministry of Revenue, and as long as I listened to them, they would have a steady stream of money for me! They gave me more than 100,000 taels of gold notes one after another, and now I only have more than 10,000 taels of gold left to spend. Your Majesty, if you want it, I will donate it all!"
After saying this, he made a silly expression and took out the gold notes left over from yesterday.
As soon as Xie Xunfeng said this, the whole room was in an uproar.
Master Yan was already unhappy because he had just been tricked by them.
Now, of course, he seized the opportunity and pointed at Wu Guozhang and said, "Wu Guozhang, is this what you call an empty treasury?"
Wu Guozhang never expected that Xie Xunfeng would say this.
"Your Majesty, this fool is talking nonsense...I, your old minister, have never given him any money...He is talking nonsense..." said Wu Guozhang, pointing at Xie Xunfeng.
Xie Xunfeng still looked naive and said, "Wu Guozhang, is that what you told me at the beginning? Why don't you admit it? Didn't you tell me that your queen's family is rich enough to rival a country, and as long as I listen to you, the money will be inexhaustible. Why are you pretending to be poor now?"
" Now the people of Yuzhou are still in dire straits! It is said that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda! Haven't you always wanted the eldest prince to be the crown prince? Wu Guozhang, if you pay this one million taels, and His Majesty is happy, let the eldest prince be the crown prince, and you can also save people and do good deeds... This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone..."
Xie Xunfeng's silly words shocked everyone in the hall, and they opened their mouths in amazement.
They didn't think Xie Xunfeng was talking nonsense.
After all, how could a fool lie?
After all, the fact that Wu Guozhang embezzled money from the Ministry of Revenue was an open secret in Daxia.
"You idiot are talking nonsense! It's slander! Your Majesty, please drag this idiot away and punish him severely! He is spreading rumors to confuse the people!" Wu Guozhang's face turned pale with anger, and he pointed at Xie Xunfeng and cursed.
"Father Wu, tell me. This money was not given to me by you. Who gave it to me? Was it my brothers and sisters in the Great Zhou who wanted to kill me?"
Xie Xunfeng's words left Wu Guozhang speechless.
"You ask me, how should I know? Anyway, I have never given you money!" Wu Guozhang said anxiously.
Master Yan said in a cold voice, "Father-in-law Wu, in my opinion, what Xie Zhizi said was not a lie. Everyone knows that Xie Zhizi is kind-hearted and would not lie! Only you have had a relationship with Xie Zhizi! Then tell me, besides your Wu family, who else can give Xie Zhizi such a huge sum of money, and who has the ability to give Xie Zhizi such a huge sum of money?"
