Chapter 247 Go Wherever You Want

"Ah Xuan, come in quickly."

Manager Shang opened the window to welcome Li Xuan back.

He had been observing the movements of the Siyun Grain Store all night, fearing that something might happen.

Manager Shang was afraid of alarming the masters in the Siyun Grain Store, so he did not dare to use all five senses to investigate, and could only observe the situation in the Siyun Grain Store with his naked eyes.

As a result, after waiting for a while, he saw a pair of shining cat pupils approaching, and his heart was finally at ease.

Regardless of the mission, at least Li Xuan returned safely.

Li Xuan directly climbed into the open window, and then "meowed" proudly at Manager Shang.

Hearing this, Manager Shang couldn't help but smile, knowing that Li Xuan had succeeded in tonight's operation in all likelihood.

Manager Shang quickly closed the window.

Only then did Li Xuan turn out all the account books in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.

A total of ten account books as thick as bricks.

Manager Shang was very excited after seeing them.

"Good, good, Xuan, you did a good job!"

"Didn't you alarm them?"

Manager Shang almost clapped his hands in joy.

But it was late at night, so he resisted the urge.

Manager Shang didn't turn on the light, but picked up a ledger and checked it under the moonlight by the window.

Li Xuan also approached with curiosity, and found that there was nothing special on it, just some ordinary records of incoming and outgoing accounts.

How much rice was sold today, how much money was collected, how much inventory came into the warehouse, and how much the corresponding loss was.

Li Xuan couldn't help but doubt the authenticity of this ledger.

"Is this really what Emperor Yongyuan tried so hard to get?"

At this time, Manager Shang suddenly chuckled twice and said to Li Xuan:

"Xuan, you can't see anything strange, right?"

From Manager Shang's words, he seemed to have seen the problem with this ledger.

"Ah Xuan, look here."

Shang Zongguan said, pointing to a line in the account book, where the income and expenditure of a certain day were recorded.

"I don't know how good you are at math, take a look at this day's account to see if it is correct."

Shang Zongguan gave a hint, allowing Li Xuan to figure out the tricks by himself.

Li Xuan immediately followed Shang Zongguan's instructions and looked at the numbers carefully. As a result, after comparing them, he found that the income and expenditures together were not the total on the account book at all.

"Is the number in this account book wrong?"

He then looked carefully and found that there was always such a problem, and the error was not big. Occasionally, there was a mistake of one or two digits, which looked like a careless accountant's account book.

Seeing Li Xuan's expression, Shang Zongguan also knew that he had found out that it was wrong.

"These wrong numbers are the key, and there should be a corresponding decryption method."

"They are indeed careful. Not only did they hide the account books, but they also put a lot of effort into recording them."

"But there are people in the palace who are responsible for these decryption tasks. Just hand them over to them when the time comes."

"Our mission here has been completed."

Shang Zongguan has confirmed the authenticity of the account books, and he breathed a sigh of relief and put the account books back on the ground.

"Ah Xuan, for the sake of caution, these account books should be kept with you."

"When you return to the palace, you will present them to His Majesty in person."

Shang Zongguan winked at Li Xuan while speaking.

Li Xuan understood that this was to ask him to ask for credit from Emperor Yongyuan so as to ask for the opportunity to enter the Sun Flame Pond on the first day of the new year.

Li Xuan understood in his heart, and he was not polite. He immediately used the Emperor Hong Bone Ring to collect all the account books.

"Okay, Ah Xuan."

"You have worked hard today, and rest early."

Shang Zongguan stroked Li Xuan's fur, then pointed to the bed in the room and asked him to have a good sleep.

Li Xuan meowed and agreed.

He was very excited all day because he was out of the palace today. Now that he had completed the task and relaxed his mind, he really felt a wave of fatigue.

He slept a lot, and he didn't close his eyes much today because he was excited all day.

Li Xuan habitually climbed to the head of the bed, but there was no Princess Ankang to sleep with him, which made him feel a little empty in his heart.

But his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and he gradually couldn't resist the sleepiness.

Before closing his eyes, Li Xuan saw that Shang Zongguan was still standing by the window conscientiously, observing the movements of the Siyun Grain Store.

It seemed that Shang Zongguan was going to stay overnight.

At this time, Li Xuan didn't care about anything else, slowly lost consciousness, and fell asleep.

...

Early the next morning.

Li Xuan was awakened by a noisy sound.

Someone outside was shouting that the fire had broken out.

Li Xuan immediately got up from the bed and saw that Shang Zongguan was still standing by the window, but now he was frowning.

He also quickly jumped to the window, and saw a raging fire in the direction of the Siyun Grain Store, and the area was full of people busy putting out the fire.

Li Xuan looked at the sky in the distance. It was getting light and the sun was just coming out from the hill in the east.

"Ah Xuan, you were lucky to succeed last night."

Manager Shang sighed as he looked at the Siyun Grain Store, which had become a sea of ​​fire.

"Meow?"

Li Xuan looked at Manager Shang in confusion, not understanding why the Siyun Grain Store was burned down like this while he was sleeping.

Manager Shang explained:

"Ah Xuan, do you see those officials down there?"

Manager Shang raised his chin and gestured not far away.

Li Xuan looked down and saw a team of officials among the firefighters, leading the surrounding people to put out the fire.

But the fire was so fierce that it could not be controlled at all for a while.

"Those are officials from Wannian County. Just now, after the Siyun Grain Store opened, they came to ask the shopkeeper of the Siyun Grain Store to cooperate with the investigation. As a result, the shopkeeper said yes, but secretly opened the mechanism in the counter and ignited a fierce fire."

"In the eyes of the officials and the people, the shopkeeper was directly set on fire, and the clerk was also inside to put out the fire, and now he has disappeared."

"But I think they have already made arrangements. There may be two bodies left in the sea of ​​​​fire, but they have already left from somewhere else."

"I can feel that the shopkeeper activated the protective energy to protect himself at the moment of being ignited."

Shang Zongguan sneered disdainfully, with cold light in his eyes.

If there is a choice, now that the account book is in hand, he would like to kill the two people on the spot.

But in order not to affect Emperor Yongyuan's plan, Shang Zongguan can only resist this impulse.

In the early morning, Baoningfang was in a mess because of the sudden fire. Even the shops around Siyun Grain Shop were also affected by the disaster and suffered heavy losses.

And as expected by the chief steward Shang, there were indeed two charred corpses left in the burned Siyun Grain Shop. Judging from their figures, they were undoubtedly the shopkeeper and the clerk.

The fire was not completely extinguished until near noon. Seeing that the fire was under control, the chief steward Shang took Li Xuan to check out and leave.

After paying a high price of ten taels of silver for the room, the chief steward Shang found a carriage at a carriage shop on the roadside and went to Ping'an Commercial Bank.

This time, after the chief steward Shang entered the Ping'an Commercial Bank from the main gate, someone immediately came up to ask their purpose.

After finding a steward, the chief steward Shang showed a token. The steward did not say much nonsense and directly took them to the room where the chief steward Shang disguised himself yesterday.

"Please do as you please, my dear guest. If you have anything to ask, please tell me."

The steward, who seemed to have some status, said politely, and then turned and left.

After entering the room, it didn't take long for Shang Zongguan and Li Xuan to return to their original appearance.

It is much easier to remove makeup than to disguise.

Shang Zongguan did not take advantage of Li Xuan and returned the human skin mask to him.

With Shang Zongguan's ability, it is not difficult to collect these things, so there is no need to take advantage of Li Xuan.

At this time, the eunuchs in charge of purchasing had already completed their tasks and loaded all the things into the carriage.

The empty carriage when they came was now full.

They had completed the purchase yesterday and had been waiting for Shang Zongguan to come back.

Shang Zongguan checked the purchase list and confirmed that it was correct, then took the convoy back to the palace.

When they went back, Shang Zongguan drove a carriage himself, and Li Xuan hid behind Shang Zongguan.

On the way back, Li Xuan was also curious about the prosperity of the capital, thinking how nice it would be if he could enter and leave the palace freely in the future.

He found that the capital was much more interesting than the palace.

It should be said that compared with the two, the palace was too boring.

It was far inferior to the capital, even if there were all kinds of people on the road, and all kinds of interesting things happened between them.

On the way back, Li Xuan looked at the pedestrians and the scenery, but there was still a question in his heart.

He quietly stretched out his tail and gestured on the back of Shang Zongguan.

"Shang Zongguan, what is the problem with the Siyun Grain Shop?"

Shang Zongguan noticed the handwriting written by Li Xuan on his back and couldn't help but smile slightly.

He was still thinking that Li Xuan could endure for so long before asking him this time.

Shang continued to drive the carriage, and then replied in a voice that only they could hear:

"Ah Xuan, when you see His Majesty later, ask him in person."

Seeing Shang's words, Li Xuan felt a little dissatisfied, but he did not continue to entangle.

"Ask Emperor Yongyuan."

I did the job for him, so I have the right to know.

But Li Xuan thought that Emperor Yongyuan, who likes to speak half-speak, would probably not tell him the truth.

For some reason, Li Xuan felt that the journey back to the palace was much faster than when he came out.

Soon the convoy arrived at the gate of the imperial city leading to the West Palace.

At this time, Li Xuan saw the name of this gate.

[Tongming Gate]

Li Xuan remembered the location here.

Because this is the fastest way from the West Palace to the capital.

However, there are many imperial guards in front of the Tongming Gate, and those commanders of the imperial guards are not easy to deal with.

Li Xuan has the ability to jump out of the imperial city directly, but if he does so, he will probably attract the attention of the masters of the imperial palace.

After seeing Master Ye, Li Xuan dare not underestimate the masters of the imperial palace in the imperial city.

The last time he took off and landed was in the courtyard of the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Li Xuan estimated that if he landed somewhere else, he would probably receive a warm "welcome ceremony" immediately.

"We still have to find a legitimate reason to enter and exit the palace."

"Maybe we can wait until Ankang becomes an adult and leaves the palace."

"At that time, we can go wherever we want to play."

Li Xuan imagined the future, and his face was filled with many expectations.

The capital is so interesting, he wants to take the two girls out to see it together.

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