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Zhang Tuizhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, turned pale in pain, and Zhao Wujiang let go of his hand.

"Master Zhang, five hundred thousand taels are ready. Send someone to notify me.

But you only have one hour now, I will rush to the Chen Mansion." Zhao Wujiang twisted his left hand, and the silver needle that pierced Zhang Tuizhi's fingernails was summoned and sucked out.

"ah!"

Zhang Tuizhi held his left hand and wailed in pain and almost lost his voice. For a long time, he panted heavily and looked at the direction Zhao Wujiang was leaving, with fear and resentment in his eyes.

If the big plan hadn't come to fruition, I would have crushed you to ashes regardless of your status! He stood up slowly and decided to prepare money first. Once there was evidence against him, he would first use the money to stabilize Zhao Wujiang, and then settle the score with Zhao Wujiang later.

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It's the beginning of time.

Zhao Wujiang took the people involved in the house raid to the residence of Chen Anbang, Minister of the Ministry of War.

The Chen Mansion has long been surrounded by soldiers and horses sent by the Empress. Without an imperial edict or specific token, it is impossible for ordinary people to enter it.

As for Zhao Wujiang's arrival, they all retreated to a passage and respectfully welcomed him in.

As the residence of the Minister of War, the Chen Mansion occupies a large area and is located in a prosperous place in Kyoto. The mansion itself is worth at least seven to eight thousand taels of gold.

Coupled with the various valuable furnishings in the mansion, it adds a lot of value to Chen's mansion.

If all were collected, it would be worth at least three hundred thousand taels of silver.

But obviously, it is impossible to take all the wealth of the Chen family into his own hands, and it must be handed over to the national treasury.

And Zhao Wujiang didn't come here for the Chen family's wealth. The wealth was just incidental. More importantly, he was looking for things other than wealth, such as power and some hidden secrets.

The clerks who were dealing with related matters began to move hurriedly, moving tables, chairs, benches, gold, silver, calligraphy and paintings from Chen's house to the courtyard. After a while, the courtyard was almost full of piles.

During this trip, Zhao Wujiang borrowed an official he was familiar with from the Ministry of Household Affairs, Liu Wanshan, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Liu Wanshan was extremely grateful to Zhao Wujiang. The opportunity to raid his home was really rare. More importantly, he felt that Zhao Wujiang regarded him as one of his own, which obviously made him even more happy.

He held the account book in his hand and counted the items moved out of Chen's mansion in detail.

Zhao Wujiang put his hands in his sleeves and wandered around the Chen Mansion leisurely. It seemed like he was taking a leisurely stroll, but in fact he was checking whether there were any abnormalities in the furnishings or architectural layout of the Chen Mansion.

Along the way, Zhao Wujiang did not notice anything unusual except that his servants and maids were trembling.

He was led by his servants to Chen Anbang's study room.

The study has been sealed, and there are people sent by the Empress to guard the door. They have already received the order, and Zhao Wujiang, as the officer in charge, will be in charge of this house raid.

"Master Zhao!" The guard saluted respectfully, and then opened the seal for Zhao Wujiang.

Zhao Wujiang pushed the door open and entered.

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Zhao Wujiang has seen a lot of study rooms, such as the study room of Dijiao Gang leader Qi Lin. Except for some pens, inks, papers and inkstones, the rest of the place is filled with swords and knives.

Dugu Yihe's study room is the most primitive and most like a scholar's study room. There are bookshelves in the room, and the bookshelves are filled with various ancient books and important texts.

But now Chen Anbang's study made Zhao Wujiang shine at a glance.

This bright spot is not a surprise, but a surprise.

According to Zhao Wujiang's initial intuition, Chen Anbang's study should be similar to Qi Lin's study, with some weapons hanging on it.

After all, Chen Anbang is the Minister of the Ministry of War and a martial artist.

But unexpectedly, what Zhao Wujiang saw when he pushed the door open was boxes of large wooden boxes that had been opened. The wooden boxes were filled with shining silver.

In addition to money, the room contained a normal desk with some pens, ink, paper, inkstones, and scattered letters and manuscripts.

Zhao Wujiang kicked the box full of silver. The box made a dull sound. He was a little confused. Shouldn't there be some weapons?

He sat on the chair in front of the desk, picked up the letters and manuscripts on the desk, and found that they were just some extremely ordinary manuscripts, some simple battle reports or matters related to the Ministry of War, etc.

Something felt wrong... Zhao Wujiang looked at everything on the desk and found nothing unusual. He began to wander around the room, knocking and knocking.

Knock on the pillar, knock on the chair, knock on the table, knock on the oil lamp...

As long as it was a real object, Zhao Wujiang would knock it a few times to see if it was hollow or had a hidden mechanism.

After two cups of tea, Zhao Wujiang, who found nothing, had no choice but to let people outside start counting the things in the study.

After everything in the study was moved away, he sat alone on a chair in the center of the study and looked around.

Suddenly, he felt blessed and seemed to have thought of something. He slowly closed his eyes and felt the flow of air around him.

After a few breaths, a smile appeared on his cheeks.

Sure enough, there was a secret room in the room... After he practiced the Vajra Indestructible Magic, all the acupuncture points in his body were opened. Just now, he keenly felt that although the air in the room was flowing slowly, it was only five steps away from him.

At the position, the air seems to be accelerating a lot.
Chapter completed!