I Slaughtered Through the Dungeon Worlds with My Cheats-Chapter 772 - 296 Eight Million Taels of Relief Money is Gone 【10,000 Words】_5

Chapter 772: Chapter 296 Eight Million Taels of Relief Money is Gone 【10,000 Words】_5

The day before yesterday, Liu Ming had been ordered to go out with ample Silver Coin and manpower; he personally visited the homes of those military families.

The army of fifty thousand that Mu Rufeng had recruited all came from villages and market towns within a two-hundred-kilometer radius of the Imperial City; it was quite convenient, as he just needed to visit each village one by one.

Besides, Liu Ming also brought quite a few people, so they were able to finish in one evening.

In Liu Mings opinion, the compensation money was distributed personally by visiting each village’s families; there was absolutely no embezzlement.

However, when Mu Rufeng asked him to double-check, he then realized.

Right after they gave out the money and left the village, there were people who entered the village and confiscated all the money.

Moreover, what was most infuriating was that those people claimed to be acting under the Ninth Prince’s name.

The two hundred taels and one hundred and fifty taels of Silver Coin were directly reduced to twenty taels and fifteen taels.

This amount didn’t even reach the standard compensation for ordinary soldiers.

Once Liu Ming and the Commander of the personal guards learned of it, they were instantly furious and immediately consoled the villagers and began an investigation.

They vowed to go and punish whoever was responsible as soon as they found out.

However, when they did find out, they were completely stunned.

Liu Ming let the Commander of the personal guards and some subordinates continue to comfort the families of the soldiers who died in battle, while he himself instantly returned to report.

"Who is it," Mu Rufeng said coldly, as a killing intent gradually emanated from him.

Those were the fifty thousand soldiers who had fought deadly battles with him; he never expected someone would dare to tamper with the money.

"Your Highness... it is Lord Xuanping."

"Good, very good indeed, my uncle is really well-behaved," muttered Mu Rufeng sarcastically.

Mu Rufeng slammed his hand on a red sandalwood lion statue beside him.

With a "boom!" the stone lion instantly shattered.

"Come, follow me to Lord Xuanping’s mansion," Mu Rufeng commanded with a chilling voice, brimming with murderous intent.

Mu Rufeng’s biological mother was a great beauty from a wealthy family. When the Emperor was still the Crown Prince, he met her mother during an incognito visit and fell in love at first sight (or more precisely, was smitten by her beauty) and married her back to the Eastern Palace.

After acceding to the throne, he granted her the title of Noble Consort, ranking just below the Empress and above other Noble Consorts because of her appealing appearance; she was fairly favored.

Thus, her family’s fortunes rose meteorically as well; although her grandfather had passed away, let’s not talk about him for now.

But, her mother also had a brother, who was conferred the title Lord Xuanping.

When her grandparents were alive, they managed to keep Lord Xuanping in check, and he hadn’t caused much trouble.

However, ten years ago, her grandparents passed away in the same year, and no one was there to control Lord Xuanping; he began to live unrestrainedly.

Relying on his sister’s status as the Noble Consort and his relation to the Ninth Prince, he started bullying the market and seizing farms and such.

He even forcibly took several women of good families.

After the Ninth Prince learned of this, he severely reprimanded him, and Lord Xuanping settled down.

However, five years ago, his mother passed away from illness. Before her death, she asked the Ninth Prince to take good care of Lord Xuanping.

Since Lord Xuanping had been admonished before, he hadn’t been overly excessive—only quite authoritarian; hence, the Ninth Prince didn’t interfere much anymore.

But now, Mu Rufeng never imagined that his uncle would give him such a huge surprise.

Half an hour later, Mu Rufeng, accompanied by Liu Ming and a group of guards, arrived at Lord Xuanping’s mansion.

"Greetings, Your Highness!"

The six robust servants standing at the mansion gate hurried to pay their respects to Mu Rufeng.

As the servants of Lord Xuanping’s household, they had seen Mu Rufeng many times, even his carriage.

Mu Rufeng didn’t even acknowledge these servants and directly entered the mansion.

The mansion was large and also extravagantly built; although not as expansive as his Prince Mansion, it was far more luxurious.

In a short while, Mu Rufeng arrived at the main hall.

Inside the main hall, the entire family of Lord Xuanping sat around a red sandalwood round table, eating their meal. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"Ah, I just mentioned this morning that I heard magpies chirping; it turns out Your Highness has come," Lord Xuanping, seeing that it was Mu Rufeng, immediately dropped his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with his clothing, and came up to greet him obsequiously.

"Seen Your Highness, the Ninth Prince."

Lord Xuanping’s family also hurriedly stood up and paid their respects to Mu Rufeng.

"Your Highness, weren’t you injured and recovering at home? Why did you come in person? I should have come to visit you; in fact, I planned to bring my family to visit you tonight."

"Lord Xuanping! You really gave me quite the surprise," Mu Rufeng exclaimed sharply.

His voice was loud, and he also used some of his Qi Blood Power, which gave the untrained Lord Xuanping quite a fright, causing him to fall on his behind.

The other siblings and aunts of the family were also startled, yet none dared to speak, all bowing their heads, not even daring to take a deep breath.

"Your Highness... what trouble has my lord gotten into now?" a still-charming woman hesitated for a moment but then stepped forward and tentatively asked in a soft voice.

This beautiful woman was Lord Xuanping’s principal wife and Mu Rufeng’s real aunt, Liu Ruyu.

Liu Ruyu was a daughter from a family of officials, knowledgeable and reasonable, gentle and pleasing. She was personally selected by the Noble Consort, his mother. Regrettably, she was blind to marry this useless uncle.

"We should really ask my dear uncle about this, look what good deeds he has done," Mu Rufeng said coldly.

"My Lord, what have you done again?" Liu Ruyu, looking somewhat pale, turned towards Lord Xuanping.