The rural doctor bought a husband who was very treacherous

Chapter 200: Ministry of Revenue Account Books

Although Father Su did not plan to enter the court again when he returned to Beijing this time, he still had to attend Su Tang's wedding in Kyoto.

So this time when going to Beijing, every member of the Su family will go to Kyoto.

According to what Su Tang said, it would be fine to just think of it as a family outing for fun.

My second brother Su Baichuan, who was struggling last night over whether to stay in Kyoto, still hasn't made a decision today.

"Don't worry, let's go to Kyoto and maybe my second brother will have made a decision." Su Tang looked at the slightly embarrassed Su Baichuan and comforted him with a smile.

"Well, I'll just treat it as a trip to Kyoto." Su Baichuan had a cheerful personality to begin with, and with Su Tang's persuasion, he soon stopped hesitating. At most, he could choose to stay in Dahe Village like his elder brother, and there was nothing wrong with that.

"Princess." Sun Yueyun waited until Su Tang finally calmed down before she found an opportunity to come to Su Tang's side.

"Hmm?" Sun Yueyun looked like she was worried.

"Princess, Yueyun wants to ask you something." Sun Yueyun knelt down suddenly and kowtowed to Su Tang. She didn't look up, but just nodded and said again: "Princess, Yueyun really has no choice. If you don't agree to Yueyun, Yueyun will never feel resentful."

"Tell me what it is first." Su Tang gave Chunmei a wink, and Chunmei immediately took Xia Mei and others away and closed the door.

"Stand up and talk." Su Tang said to Sun Yueyun.

Sun Yueyun thanked Su Tang, stood up, took out a small booklet from her arms and handed it to Su Tang.

"This is what my father left me. I never thought I would be able to take it out one day."

Su Tang didn't take the booklet from Sun Yueyun's hand, "What is it?"

"This is an account book of the Ministry of Revenue. It records the details of the tax silver that the Ministry of Revenue has embezzled in the past five years." Sun Yueyun's hands were shaking as she held up the account book, but her words were firm and decisive.

"Oh? How did this account book fall into your father's hands?" After hearing this, Su Tang took the account book from Sun Yueyun.

"This account book was actually copied by my father. He has been serving as the chief accountant in the Ministry of Revenue for many years. However, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue did not allow my father to inspect some of the account books. My father said that there were special people in the Ministry of Revenue to look after those account books. He did not know who was recording and inspecting them.

My father noticed something was wrong here, so he secretly started to check the account books of the Ministry of Revenue from previous years. He found some records that didn’t match up, and they were all recorded in this book.”

"Could it be that your father's property was confiscated because others found out about this?" Su Tang looked at the little girl standing in front of her.

In her previous life, Sun Yueyun was only a high school student. In ancient times, without the protection of large families, most children matured precociously.

After being sold out, Sun Yueyun has been keeping such an important account book very well. I guess she must have some scheming behind it.

However, after she came to the Su family, she did not use this method on the Su family, which shows that her character is reliable.

"Where was your father exiled?" Su Tang asked the thin girl standing in front of her.

"Lingnan."

Su Tang had no idea where Lingnan was, so she had to ask Chunmei and the others later.

"Okay, as for your father's matter, I will find an opportunity to transfer him back after I return to Beijing."

“Whether it succeeds or not, Yueyun would like to thank Her Royal Highness the Princess first. In this life, Yueyun and my brother swear to be loyal to the princess until death.” Sun Yueyun knelt down again, and her forehead, which was already bleeding, hit the ground heavily again.

"Okay, if you keep knocking your head against me, you won't have to swear allegiance to me anymore." Su Tang said to Sun Yueyun with a smile.

"Yes." Sun Yueyun had used a lot of force just now, and her head was a little dizzy.

After a while, she stood up and left.

Sun Yueyun also knew that her father's affairs involved too many things, and even as a princess she might not be able to bring her father back in the end.

But even if there was no hope, Sun Yueyun felt that she had to give it a try.

Ever since she was bought by Su Tang, the Su family has never treated her and her brother harshly. Even though she has little contact with Su Tang, she knows that children raised by a family like the Su family must be trustworthy.

Not long after Sun Yueyun left, Qi Lingheng returned to Su Tang's room.

"What were you busy with so early in the morning?" After dawn, Qi Lingheng was released by Su Tang and left.

At that time, Su Tang didn't ask Qi Lingheng what he was going to do. He seemed to be leaving in a hurry.

"Didn't you say before that you wanted to test the power of the howitzer? Qi Feng and his team found a suitable place deep in Huangyan Mountain. There are not many trees there, and it's surrounded by sand, gravel and rocks."

"Oh? Is it far from here? Is there a village nearby?"

The sound of the howitzer is too loud, and if it is too close to the village, it will easily cause panic among the villagers.

"There is no vegetation in that area. Qi Feng and his team investigated again when they came back this time. There are no villages in the nearby mountains. Even wild animals rarely come to that area."

Su Tang nodded after listening, "Then let's try it tomorrow."

"Ah."

"By the way, let me show you this." Su Tang said, handing the booklet that Sun Yueyun took out to Qi Lingheng.

"I have some impression of this Sun Zhubu. He is a bit rigid and doesn't seem to be very familiar with other officials in the Ministry of Revenue."

Qi Lingheng was flipping through the book in his hand while talking to Su Tang. "The amount recorded in this book is not small. Look, the difference in this month alone is 50,000 taels of silver."

"Fifty thousand taels is not a lot, right?" Su Tang touched her nose. If she had been told fifty thousand taels before she came here, she would have definitely thought it was an astronomical figure.

Even when she cheated Qian Shaojie out of five thousand taels when she was treating him, this fifty thousand was still a large sum of money for Su Tang.

But now, Su Tang’s space has a lot of silver, jewelry, antiques and the like.

The money seized from the Xie family alone is more than 50,000 taels, so Su Tang is now a rich man.

"Are you rich?" Qi Lingheng turned his head and glanced at Su Tang.

"It's just so-so." Su Tang touched her nose again.

Qi Lingheng only knew that Su Tang had accepted the money from Northern Xinjiang. As for the fact that Su Tang had accepted the assets of the Qian family and Queen Xie's family, he didn't know.

Seeing Su Tang's guilty look, Qi Lingheng didn't bother with Su Tang. When he turned his gaze to the book again, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth that he didn't even notice.

"This booklet is probably only a part of the records of Chief Bookkeeper Sun. There must be big problems with the account books of the Ministry of Revenue." Qi Lingheng quickly flipped through the contents of the booklet, handed it back to Su Tang and said.

"Don't you want this?" Su Tang stuck out her lips towards Qi Lingheng.

"No need. I've memorized it all. You can give this booklet to Emperor Jing when you have the chance." Qi Lingheng walked to Su Tang's side and said, "What did you eat just now? There are still crumbs in your mouth that you haven't wiped clean."

"Is that so?" Su Tang subconsciously wiped the corner of her mouth with her hand.

Qi Lingheng's hand was faster than Su Tang's. He put his finger on the corner of Su Tang's mouth first and said, "Look, what is this?"

Qi Lingheng's white fingertips were indeed stained with a tiny piece of pastry crumbs. He gently picked it up and placed it in front of Su Tang.

At this moment, Su Tang felt her cheeks getting slightly hot, and her heartbeat quickened involuntarily.

The cold touch of Qi Lingheng's fingers just now passed through her skin like an electric current, causing a shudder deep in her body.

"Well, I'll put this booklet away first." Su Tang tried to divert the awkward mood.